Hawaii Attorney General David Louie |
Louie said in a press release yesterday that “following a comprehensive legal analysis by the capable deputy attorneys general in my office, I have concluded that the DHHL has the right to receive all proceeds and income from the available lands, including 100% of the royalties derived from geothermal resource development.”
The opinion also concludes that DHHL is the state entity authorized to manage geothermal resources on Hawaiian home lands.