HECO's proposed
2009 power plant at
Campbell Industrial Park
The Hawai`i
Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has opened a docket (a
quasi-judicial
contested case hearing) to examine HECO's proposed 2009 power plant at
Campbell Industrial Park. There are three parties in the docket: HECO,
LOL, and the Consumer Advocate (Department of Commerce and Consumer
Affairs). A wine company (SWSA) located next door to the proposed site
is a participant not an intervenor in the case. PUC Decision No. 22030 (Sept
14, 2005) supends 90-day requirement to rend a decision. PUC Stipulated Prehearing Order
22381 (April 12, 2006) adopts Statement of Issues as proposed by
parties, establishes docket timeline. PUC Protective Order 22391
(April 17, 2006) established protocol for restricted (classified)
information.
PUC
Evidentiary Hearing:
Week of December 11, 2006
The public may attend: 465 S. King Street, Basement Hearing Room
Statement
of Issues
(1) Whether HECO’s proposed Project will provide facilities which are
reasonably required to meet HECO’s probable future requirements for
utility purposes. (a) Whether the location of the proposed generating
unit is reasonable? (b) Whether the project is reasonable considering
other feasible options?
(2) Whether HECO’s proposed combustion turbine is the appropriate type
and size generating unit for HECO to meet its probable future
requirements for utility purposes? (a) Is it reasonable to use
naphtha, low sulfur diesel, biofuels or blends thereof in the proposed
combustion turbine?
(3) Whether the impact of the proposed capital expenditures on HECO’s
revenue requirements for ratemaking purposes is reasonable relative to
the impact of HECO’s other options?
(4) Whether the projected consumer impacts (e.g., on rates and
reliability) arising out of the approval of the proposed Project are
reasonable.
(5) Whether HECO’s routing, location, configuration and method of
construction for the transmission line additions are reasonable.
(6) Pursuant to the requirements of HRS 269-27.6, whether all (as
proposed by HECO) or part of the construction of a second 138 kV
transmission line (approximately two (2) miles long) between the AES
Substation and the Campbell Estate Industrial Park (“CEIP”) Substation
that is part of the Proposed Project should be placed, constructed,
erected or built above the surface of the ground?
Department
of Health Air Permit
HECO's 2003
Application January 2005 Application
HECO's Case
HECO favors a fossil fuel power plant
to eventually become an ethanol-fueled power plant. The Direct
testimony of all witnesses have been filed with the Commission. HECO's
testimony is in the form of non-searchable pdf format. HECO has 16
witnesses, LOL has 12 witnesses and the CA has one witness.
HECO's Direct
Testimony (April 18, 2006)
Thomas C. Simmons (HECO
T-1): Policy Matters
Ross H. Sakuda (HECO
T-2): Need for Additional Firm Capacity, Capacity Planning
Considerations, & Type/Size of Capacity Addition
George A. Willoughby (HECO T-3):
Sales and Peak Forecasts
Alan K.C. Hee (HECO
T-4): Demand-Side Management Programs
Arthur Seki (HECO
T-5): Renewable Resources
Scott W.H. Seu (HECO
T-6): Distributed Generation Resources
Gary A. Hashiro (HECO
T-7): Integrated Resource Planning
Colton K. Ching (HECO
T-8): Need for New Transmission Line, Need for Substation
Breaker Replacement
Robert C. Isler (HECO
T-9): Project Summary
Perry J. White (HECO
T-10): Site Selection
Peter C. Young (HECO
T-11): Revenues Requirements and Customer Impact
Robert A. Alm (HECO T-12):
Community Considerations
Mr. White, HECO T-9 is the President of Planning Solutions. All other
witnesses are HECO employees.
Life of
the Land's Case
Life of
the Land's Direct Testimony supports Ocean Power (Wave Energy, Sea
Water Air
Conditioning, and Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion).
We strongly support Solar Water Heating, Photovoltaics Cells, Wind
Energy, Load Management and Energy Efficiency (Demand Side Management).
We also believe that the Honolulu Power Plant, built before statehood,
and located next to Aloha Tower should be removed and replaced with one
level of parking with a park on top.
Life
of the Land's Direct Testimony (August 17, 2006)
Kat
Brady Testimony re Climate Change and Overview
Henry
Curtis Testimony re Climate Change and Biofuels
Kehaulani
Watson Testimony re Environmental Justice
Dr.
Tad Patzek Testimony re Energy and Biofuels
Jeff
Mikulina Testimony re Emissions and Externalities of HECO's proposed
plant
Henry
Curtis Testimony re Alternatives
Dr.
David Rezachek Testimony re Sea Water Air Conditioning (SWAC)
Reb
Bellinger Testimony re SWAC Installations
Dr.
Hans Krock Testimony re Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
Representative
Cynthia Thielen Testimony re Wave Power
Denise
Antolini, JD Testimony re Wave Energy Laws
Dr.
Tom Denniss Testimony re Energetech Wave Energy System
Henry
Curtis Testimony re Economics
John
Whalen Testimony re Honolulu Power Plant Park
Life
of the Land: Selected Exhibits
Selected lOL Exhibits re
Climate Change
360
Risk Project: climate change:
ADAPT OR BUST Lloyd's
(formerly Lloyd's of London) Report
Abrupt
Climate Change
Department
of Defense
Mirage
and oasis: Energy choices in an age of global warming. New Energy
Foundation.
Results
from Carbon Cycle Experiments. Hadley Centre.
A
synthesis of potential climate change impacts in the U.S. Pew
Center for Global Climate Change.
Global
Warming: The History of an International Scientific Consensus.
Environmental Defense (January 2003).
Selected LOL Exhibits re Ethanol
How
Reliable are Those USDA Ethanol Studies? r-squared
Blogspot (March 30, 2006).
Biofuels
May Not be Sustainability Panacea. Social Investment News.
The
Economic Feasibility of Ethanol Production from Sugar in the United
States. by Dr. Hossein Shapouri (USDA, 2006)
Growing
Energy: How Biofuels Can Help End America's Oil Dependence. NRDC.
Selected LOL Exhibits re Electric
Power Research Institute
(EPRI)
Wave
Energy Environmental Issues (December 2004)
Wave
Power in the U.S: Permitting and Jurisdictional Issues
Offshore
Wave Power in the US: Environmental Issues. (2004).
Offshore
Wave Power in the US: Permitting and Jurisdictional Issues (2004)
Economic
Assessment Methodology for Offshore Wave Power Plants. (2004)
System
Level Design, Performance and Costs - Hawaii State Offshore Wave Power
Plant (2005)
Survey
and Characterization of Potential Offshore Wave Energy Sites in Hawaii
(2004).
Selected LOL Exhibits re Economic Studies
Job Jolt:
The Economic Impact of Repowering the Midwest. University of
Illinois
Assessment
of the Potential Impacts of a Renewable Portfolio Standard in
Pennsylvania. Black & Veatch.
The
Potential Economic Impact of Nevada's Renewable Energy Resources.
University of Nevada Las Vegas
Imports,
Exports and Economic Development. Enterprise Honolulu
Importing
Energy, Exporting Jobs, from Dollars from Sense. US Department of
Energy
Selected LOL Exhibits re Ocean Power
Wind and Wave
Energy Weblog Law
Office of Carolyn Elefant (LOCE)
Wave
Energy Resource and Economic Assessment for the State of Hawaii.
David Rezachek, DBEDT 1992.
Final
Environmental Assessment: Proposed Wave Energy Technology Project.
Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Department of the Navy. January 2003.
Ocean Thermal
Energy Conversion Systems. Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
(EERE). U.S. Department of Energy.
Consumer
Advocate (August 17, 2006)
HRS §269-51 ''Consumer advocate; director of commerce and consumer
affairs. The director of commerce and consumer affairs shall be the
consumer advocate in hearings before the public utilities commission.
The consumer advocate shall represent, protect, and advance the
interests of all consumers, including small businesses, of utility
services''.
Most of the time, the Consumer Advocate's testimony is similar to, or
more hard line than the utility. (Like any rule, there are a few
exceptions).
Joseph A. Herz (CA-T-1)
Consumer
Advocate's (September 14, 2006)
Reponses
to Information Requests
HECO's
Rebuttal Case (September 28, 2006)
HECO's Rebuttal Case also includes lengthy EMF testimony by Bill Bonnet
(HECO) and hired ''experts''
Thomas C. Simmons (HECO RT-1):
Policy Matters
Ross H. Sakuda (HECO
RT-2): Additional Firm Capacity, Capacity
Planning Considerations, & Type/Size of Capacity Addition
George A. Willoughby (HECO RT-3):
Sales and Peak Forecasts
Alan K.C. Hee(HECO
RT-4): Demand-Side Management Programs
Arthur Seki (HECO
RT-5): Renewable Resources
Scott W.H. Seu (HECO
RT-6): Distributed Generation Resources
Gary A. Hashiro (HECO
RT-7): Integrated Resource Planning
Colton K. Ching (HECO
RT-8): Need for New Transmission Line, Need for Substation
Breaker Replacement
Robert C. Isler (HECO
RT-9): Project Summary (non-HECO employee)
Perry J. White (HECO
RT-10): Site Selection
William Bonnet (HECO
RT-10A): EMF & experts Kelsh (10B) Aaronson (10C), Hauret (10D)
Peter C. Young (HECO
RT-11): Revenues Requirements and Customer Impact
Robert A. Alm (HECO RT-12):
Community Considerations
Prehearing
Conference
(November 20, 2006)
Opening Briefs (March 2, 2007)
LOL's Opening
Brief
LOL Appendix
1
LOL
Appendix 2 (powerpoint)
LOL
Appendix 3 (powerpoint)
HECO's Opening
Brief
CA's Opening Brief
Reply Briefs (March 16, 2007)
LOL's Reply Brief
HECO's Reply Brief
CA's Reply Brief
Life of the Land is a
Hawaii-based, Hawaii-focused
environmental and community action group. Founded in 1970, the mission
of Life of the Land is to preserve and protect the life of the land
through sustainable land use and energy policies and to promote open
government through research, education, advocacy and, when necessary,
litigation. We believe that people are part of the environment. We are
known for research, research, research. We cover complex issues such as
genetic engineering, climate change, and quality of life issues. LOL is
a 501(c)3 charitable organization. We do not attend fundraisers,
testify for/against political and/or administrative candidates, nor do
we rank candidates. We work on issues not people.
Contact: Life of the Land, 76
North King Street, Suite 203, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817,
henry.lifeoftheland@gmail.com Executive Director: Henry Curtis, *
Assistant Executive Director: Kat Brady,
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