Energy Firm Will Oversee HELCO Geothermal Bid Process (Honolulu Star-Advertiser)
Hawaiian State regulators have hired a Washington, D.C.-based energy consulting firm to monitor the competitive bidding process that Hawaii Electric Light Co. will use to select a company or companies to provide 50 MWe of geothermal power on Hawaii island.
The company, Boston Pacific Co., is the same firm that was hired by the state last year to oversee Hawaiian Electric Co.'s search for bidders to develop up to 300 MWe of renewable energy and an undersea cable to link Oahu with neighbor island electrical grids.
