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Hawaiian Electric works against the clock to add storage, renewables

February 13, 2019

HECO officials say they need to move quickly to find replacement power for retiring generators, and believe procurements focused on energy storage will be faster than an all-resource call that could take significantly longer to work though. The PUC is evaluating that point, but the utility is ready to move ahead.

Along with the AES plant on Oahu, HECO says it will also need to replace the Kahului Power Plant when it retires in 2024. “We have a time crunch now, with two of the islands,” HECO spokesman Jim Kelly told Utility Dive. “The clock is ticking.”

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