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FREE CONTENT: Plans by Florida Power & Light’s parent company to buy Hawaii’s largest utility for $4.3 billion are stirring debate in that state. With some of the highest electricity prices in the nation, Hawaii has ambitious goals to develop renewable energy to help trim bills. The state aims to increase the share of electricity produced from renewables to 65 percent and to triple its solar output by 2030. Already, one in 10 Hawaiian homes uses rooftop solar panels. Some in Hawaii are concerned that FPL’s parent company, NextEra Energy, is buying Hawaiian Electric Industries when FPL is ending rebates for rooftop solar and Florida lags in renewable energy production. “Florida is not known for rooftop solar. It’s known for utility-scale projects,” Leslie Cole-Brooks, executive director of the Hawaii Solar Energy Association, told a Hawaii TV station. “And here in Hawaii, the Hawaii Solar Energy Association is all for maximizing all of our resources.” U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono, a Democrat from Hawaii, has said she hopes FPL’s parent comes to her state with a “different attitude” on rooftop solar, adding that the purchase “deserves careful scrutiny.”
Posted on: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 20:10:03 +0000

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