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ACTION ALERT

Should  Hawai`i  Invest  In  The  Past  OR  The  Future?

This is the burning question that will be asked next week by the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) as our fossil-fuel lovin’ buddies at HECO have their proposal for a new fossil fuel belching power plant reviewed in a Contested Case Hearing.

Life of the Land is the only public interest group in this docket (case). Our case is simple and straightforward:

• Global Warming is Real
• Burning fossil fuel is the largest contributor to global warming
• It is morally indefensible to build a fossil fuel power plant in light of all the scientific evidence
• Hawai`i has every resource known to mankind to be energy self-reliant
• We present an array of technologies that are viable in Hawai`i TODAY

WHERE IS THE HEARING?

The hearing will take place in the PUC hearing room in the basement of the

KEKUANAOA BUILDING

(where you get state id cards)

465 South King Street

(on the corner of Punchbowl & King across from the public library)

WHEN IS THE CASE BEING HEARD?

The hearing will be the week of December 11-15. It starts on Monday, December 11^th at 9 AM and goes through the entire day to 5 PM each day. LOL’s witnesses could go on late Tuesday, December 12^th and Wednesday, December 13^th and possibly Thursday, December 14^th. This all depends on how long it takes HECO’s 12 witnesses on the stand. The Consumer Advocate goes next and they only have one witness. Then LOL goes and we have 12 witnesses.

This is hearing is more judicial-like than other agency contested case hearings. HECO’s witnesses will testify and then be cross-examined by LOL (the Consumer Advocate decided not to cross examine any HECO witnesses). Then the Consumer Advocate’s sole witness goes on. (HECO is not going to cross-examine this witness.) Next LOL’s witnesses will testify and then be subject to cross-examination.

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

• Show the PUC your support for a Clean Energy Future for Hawai`i by attending the hearing
• Go to LOL’s website and read the case – www.lifeofthelandhawaii.org and click on ‘Proposed HECO Power Plant’ to learn about the case
• Write letters to the editor calling for a clean and renewable energy future for Hawai`i NOW
• Ask 5 of your family and friends to do the same

Don’t saddle our keiki with yesterday’s technology –

Create a future they can look forward to !