In HNN’s livestream show “Covering the Cost with Annalisa Burgos,” we break down the numbers behind Hawaii’s affordability crisis in candid conversations with financial experts, entrepreneurs and community leaders.
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – In this episode of “Covering the Cost” on Sept. 2 at 12:30 p.m., Annalisa Burgos talks with the state’s chief energy officer, Mark Glick, about the cost of powering Hawaii, from generating electricity to fortifying transmission lines to dealing with outages, and the need for a mix of investments to repair and modernize our aging grid, through interconnection and transmission infrastructure and power plant efficiency.
The state secured $18.5 million in federal funding aimed to help safeguard the state’s electrical grids against disasters, partnering with Hawaiian Electric and the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency (HIEMA) to complete five major resilience projects between 2027 and 2029 on Maui, Oahu, and Hawaii Island…