Last reminder! The final Big Island PUC meeting is tonight. It’s at 6 p.m. at the Kealakehe High School cafeteria. Please come and support the Hawai‘i Island Energy Cooperative.

At least 250 people showed up at last night’s meeting, and the Hilo High School cafeteria was packed. It ran about two hours, and the people speaking opposed the NextEra/HEI merger by 10 to one. A great many who spoke against the merger also spoke in favor of the Hawai‘i Island Energy Co-op.

The PUC called these public listening sessions in order to hear from the public before starting its formal hearings in November. That’s when it will determine whether the sale of Hawaiian Electric to NextEra is in the best interests of Hawai‘i and the state’s energy future.

If you are on the west side of the island, please come to tonight’s Kealakehe meeting.