Griffin: Hawaiian Electric's transition is like trading cigarettes for crack
Jay Griffin · The risk of ‘unforced error’ in Hawaii’s coal transition · Jan 13, 2022 · at 9:22
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Jay Griffin, chair of the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission, confronts Hawaiian Electric during a regulatory hearing regarding delays in clean energy replacements for Oahu's retiring coal plant.
“Your plan To me, amounts to a shift from one fossil fuel to another. We're going from cigarettes to crack. We're going from coal to oil.”
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