briefing to house committee on energy & environmental
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January 17, 2008
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Senate Committee onSenate Committee onEnergy & EnvironmentEnergy & Environment
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Compact Fluorescents (CFLs)
• 700,000 CFLs installed in 2007• Est. 5x as many as 2006
Energy Star appliance rebate program
• Launched late summer 2007• 9000 rebate applications already received in 2007
Solar water heating program
• Almost 40,000 SWH installedsince program began in 1996
Savings from HECO, HELCO, MECO
• Megawatts saved: 103 MW• Annual CO2 savings: 400 million tons
energy conservation programs
RENEWABLE ENERGY
2006 RPS status report
Ocean energydevelopment guidelines
Oahu wind data offered
Oahu solicitation of interestfor 100 MW Renewable Energy
Big Island Tradewinds agreement
HECO Ward Avenue PV project (167 kw)
Oahu Integrated Resource Plan 4
BIOFUELS
Biofuels Milestones
NRDC / Hawaiian Electric Sourcing Policy
Biofuels Milestones
Promising activityfor local ag-energy development
Biofuels Milestones
Contract with biofuels supplier for Oahu
Biofuels Milestones
BlueEarth Maui biofuels processing plant
Biofuels Milestones
Successful testing of MECO diesel units
THANK YOU