A study by researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi and other institutions says current energy policy will lead to “creeping collapse” of systems.

The University of Hawaiʻi will need to get creative with renewable energy for the Mānoa campus, where the challenge is greatest.

The bill is expected to give Hawaiʻi ratepayers additional choices for purchasing electricity. Lawmakers hope it will also lower electric bills.

Converting the islands’ transportation fleet to clean energy could mean cost increases for locals, but advocates say they’d see long-term savings.

Whistleblower says utility commission risks “a mass departure of critical staff.”

The state must spend millions to see if more electricity can be produced using heat deep under the earth. And it will have to convince residents to support such an effort.

Making solar available to middle- and low-income residents was intended to help meet the state’s 2045 all-renewable energy goal. Now one developer says: “We just want out.”

The controversy involves a cap on HECO’s liability for future wildfires

Two bills still alive could move the state toward its goal — but at a price.

Native Hawaiian homesteaders nearby say they are already bearing the brunt of Hilo’s garbage, sewage, oil refining and airport facilities.