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The following documents were identified as public comment and filed in Docket
No. 2014-0356.
FILED
mar 30 2Q1G
Puttie Utilities Commission
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Wolff, Samuel <[e-mail]>
Tuesday, March 29, 2016 5:06 PM
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF REINSTATING THE POWER PURCHSE AGREEMENTS FOR
SOLAR ENERGY FACILITIES IN MIULANI AND WAIPIO
SunEdison Solar Farm Support Resolution.doc
Aloha,
Please see the attached Resolution unanimously passed by the Mililani/Waipio/Melemanu Neighborhood Board No.25
Mahalo,
Sam Wolff
Neighborhood Assistant
Neighborhood Commission Office
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MILILANI/ WAIPIO/ MELEMANU NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD NO. 25
do NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION • 530 SOUTH KING STREET ROOM 406 • HONOLULU, HAWAII. 96813
PHONE [phone] • FAX [phone] • INTERNET: www.honolulu.gov/nco
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF REINSTATING THE POWER PURCHSE
AGREEMENTS FOR SOLAR ENERGY FACILITIES IN MILILANI AND WAIPIO
WHEREAS, on July 31, 2015, the State of Hawaii Public Utilities Commission approved
power purchase agreements for three utility-scale solar energy facilities that are being
developed by SunEdison on 0‘ahu and that will have a total capacity of 112 megawatts; and
WHEREAS, two of those projects are located in Central Oahu - the 15-megawatt Mililani Solar
project adjacent to the Mililani Agricultural Park and the 47-megawatt Waipio Solar adjacent to
Kipapa Gulch; and
WHEREAS, since 2014, this neighborhood board has consistently supported these two projects
by approving resolutions citing the energy savings these projects will produce and the plans to
keep agricultural zoning and support compatible agricultural uses; and
WHEREAS, when operational, the electricity generated by all three projects will contribute 3%
toward reaching the State of Hawaii’s goal of 100% clean energy by the year 2045; and
WHEREAS, on December 29, 2015, SimEdison entered into a purchase and sale agreement in
which D.E. Shaw group, Madison Dearborn Capital Partners IV, L.P. and Northwestern
University have agreed to purchase the three solar projects; and
WHEREAS, with $42 million already invested in these projects, construction began in the fall
and significant progress has been made on the Waipio project site with the installation of 1,000
metal structural posts on 150 acres, laying of nearly 68,000 feet of underground wiring and
mounting of 1,240 solar panels; and
WHEREAS, on February 12, 2016, Hawaiian Electric Co. terminated the power purchase
agreements for all three projects; and
WHEREAS, in challenging HECO’s reasons for termination, SunEdison is asking the PUC to
order HECO to rescind the termination of the power purchase; and
WHEREAS, as long as these power purchase agreements remain canceled, the ratepayers of
Oahu will lose out on 112 megawatts of low-cost, renewable energy; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED that Mililani-Waipio-Melemanu Neighborhood Board No. 25 continues to
support the Mililani and Waipio Solar projects; and
Oahu's Neighborhood Board system - Established 1973
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Neighborhood Board #25 supports reinstating the power
purchase agreements for these projects so that they can be completed and operational by the end
of 2016 or soon thereafter; and
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be transmitted to the Governor of
the State of Hawaii; members of the Hawaii State Legislature; the Director of the Department of
Agriculture; the Director of the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism;
the Public Utilities Commission, the Mayor of the City & County of Honolulu; all City Council
members; the City & County of Honolulu Departments of Planning and Permitting; SunEdison;
D.E. Shaw Group; Castle & Cooke Hawaii; the Hawaiian Electric Company; all members of the
MililaniMauka/Launani Valley Neighborhood Board No. 35; and all neighborhood board
chairs.
Adopted by Mililani-Waipio-Melemanu Neighborhood Board No. 25 at its regular meeting of March 23,
2016, by a vote of 18-0-0.
Richard G. Poirier, Chair