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[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

Now lets see if HECO passes the savings along to its customers..

I'll just hold my breath 🥶 ...

Issues aside, this is a great thing. We just got a several megawatt solar facility up the hill towards Makakilo finished, and the amount of rooftop solar we have is already pretty incredible. A couple more of these strategically spaced around the island and a bit more generation, and Oahu could reasonably get away from fossil fuels for at least residential and commercial energy demands.