KAUA‘I AND HAWAI‘I BY THE NUMBERS Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) leaders have reached a 13.2-percent “renewable-portfolio standard” as of 2004, according to Joe McCawley, a professional engineer and a KIUC manager of regulatory affairs in strategic planning. Under the
KAUA‘I AND HAWAI‘I BY THE NUMBERS
- Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) leaders have reached a 13.2-percent “renewable-portfolio standard” as of 2004, according to Joe McCawley, a professional engineer and a KIUC manager of regulatory affairs in strategic planning.
Under the state law to encourage leaders of utilities to become less dependent on oil for electrical generation, utilities are to reach a 15-percent mark by 2015, and a 20-percent mark by 2020, of generating electricity from renewable sources like hydroelectric, wind and biomass.