tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441020117205433950.post7880586694416036763..comments2023-11-04T23:31:40.392-10:00Comments on got windmills?: CHECKING FOR LEAKSAndy Parxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15398587036690312685noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441020117205433950.post-88541175427774504982010-10-01T03:41:45.077-10:002010-10-01T03:41:45.077-10:00Kaua'i Water Department yearly power bill is a...Kaua'i Water Department yearly power bill is about $3 million. If you were at the LBA meeting the comment about % of power use came from the audience. The person said Kaua'i Water Deparment uses 40% of the Counties use which is reasonable. Mr. Craddick did not disagree. <br /><br />With the water Department not being a major land owner Mr. Craddick said he did not see getting acres of land to put solar panels on unless there are changes to the National Energy Policy Act which Hawaii was so neatly exempted from presumably some heavy lobbying from Hawaiian Electric to our Senatorial represenatives. The key missing piece being the requirement to provide "wheeling" rates for anyone producing power so they can put it in the power transmission lines and use it where they can find the best price. Along with the wheeling requirement it protected the power utilities from getting stuck with high debt payments on power production facilities until they were depreciated to lower levels. Mr. Craddick also said they were looking at the roofs of peoples houses near the pump stations to generate solar power. <br /><br />So while it may be fun to poke fun at the news papers Bloggers need to check stories as much as the newspaper does before making the confusion worse.Kaua'iWaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16926462996425146331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441020117205433950.post-87869142956678569952010-09-25T19:51:14.564-10:002010-09-25T19:51:14.564-10:00Carl is right, "and 40% of County's use i...Carl is right, "and 40% of County's use is by Water Dept."<br /><br />Ken is also on the right line of inquiry. <br /><br />Mr. Craddick is prematurely dismissing alternative sources of power for the water pumps.<br /><br />Keep in mind PMRF has indicated they intend to get off KIUC's grid and go renewable. If DOW were to responsibly do that also, it could create some adjustments for KIUC that they appear to want to avoid. Imagine that DOW or just Craddick has been lobbied hard on this.<br /><br />BTW, the new cub reporter seems to be a step or two behind Coco.Mauibradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16759237357642699345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3441020117205433950.post-79673630119730040952010-09-24T16:37:54.334-10:002010-09-24T16:37:54.334-10:00You count the words? This all left me bewildered....You count the words? This all left me bewildered. DOW uses that much? Something strange here.Eleanorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00540804649719867368noreply@blogger.com