Column: Senate Bill 2510’s power percentages stifle innovation, hinder energy goals

On Oct. 15, 2006, an earthquake jiggled a mercury switch at Oahu’s Kahe power plant, knocking out power to the island. The lights were out almost everywhere, except at Karen Young’s Waianae home. She had installed solar power with battery backup a year earlier — one of the first such systems on Oahu. With her refrigerator humming and lights on, Karen at the time had the most reliable electricity on Oahu. You could call it “firm” power.

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