Mahalo Nui Loa - Thank You Very Much Malama Pono - Take Care of Your Spirit The Hawaiian word for health is ola. It also means life. Thus, the word health and life was one and same. They believed you could not have health without life, nor life without health. They regarded the body, mind and spirit as one --- the Trinity. This is as it is today. Each affected the condition of the other. If you abuse your body, you abuse your spirit and mind, and so on. Being healthy meant being physically, mentally and spiritually in lokahi or harmony. - Dr. George Kanahele All work and no play are not good for our mental, physical or spiritual well-being. We are always surprised to see how hard we work and how little time we spend on healthy, fun and leisurely activities. Creating a balance between work and play usually involves an increase in leisure time – quality time with family, friends or just private time alone. The Aloha Spirit is the coordination of mind and heart within each person. It brings each person to the self. A "Akahai," meaning kindness, to be expressed with tenderness; L "Lokahi," meaning unity, to be expressed with harmony; O "Oluolu," meaning agreeable, to be expressed with pleasantness; H "Haahaa," meaning humility, to be expressed with modesty; A "Ahonui," meaning patience, to be expressed with perseverance. Ua ola loko I ke aloha ~ Love gives life within Love is imperative to one’s mental and physical welfare - Mary Kawena Pukui

1. HAWAII – ENERGY DEPENDENCE – TRANSFORMATION
PROGRESS REPORT
“We have relied on foreign oil to meet our energy demand for far too long,” says
U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, an original co-sponsor to a federal bill that
would aim to have half of electricity nationally come from alternative energy
sources by 2030.
Last year, Hawaii became the first to set a deadline for all electric needs to be met by
renewable energy sources: 2045.
[M]ore than four-fifths of Hawaii’s energy still comes from petroleum. The price is
steep: Hawaiians pay the highest electricity costs in the nation, and the state spends
roughly $5 billion per year to import so-called black gold.
In 2014, net electricity generation from big bad oil dipped below 70 percent for the
first time — impressive considering that number was 90 percent in 2003. By
leveraging solar, wind, hydropower and geothermal sources, the state is trying to
flip its usage, and in 2015 there were five dozen renewable projects churning away.
HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM
Source: Can Hawaii Shake Its Addiction to Big Oil? By Nick Fouriezos. The Daily Dose.
December 01, 2016. http://www.ozy.com/2016/can-hawaii-shake-its-addiction-to-big-oil/74147
Web Accessed: December 15, 2016

2. STATE OF HAWAII DATA BOOK 2015
Reprinted from: 2015 State of Hawaii Data Book. Section 17 Energy and Science.
http://dbedt.hawaii.gov/economic/databook/db2015/ Web Accessed: December 15, 2016
Table 17.05-- PRIMARY ENERGY CONSUMPTION, BY SOURCE:
1998 TO 2014
[Trillion Btu]
Year Total Petroleum Coal Natural gas Renewable
1998 273.5600 233.6360 18.2230 0.0000 21.7010
2014 281.2060 236.6200 17.2410 0.1770 30.4190
Year Biomass Solar Wind Geothermal Hydro
1998 16.5480 1.3020 0.1970 2.4180 1.2370
2014 10.9500 10.6500 5.5030 2.4220 0.8950
1/ Revised from previous Data Book.
Source: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, State Energy Data System
(SEDS)
<http://www.eia.gov/state/seds/seds-data-fuel.cfm?sid=HI> accessed June 18, 2016 and calculations by
Hawaii State Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism.
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HAWAII PUBLIC UTLITIES COMMISSION Web Accessed: December 15, 2016

3. Table 17.07-- ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION, BY SOURCE, BY ISLAND:
2014
[Million kWh]
Island Total Petroleum Coal Wind Biomass
State total 10,204 6,926 1,511 579 334
Hawaii 1,167 729 - 136 -
Maui 1,174 855 15 258 33
Lanai 29 29 - - -
Molokai 33 33 - - -
Oahu 7,344 4,874 1,496 184 301
Kauai 458 406 - - -
Island Geothermal Hydro
Other gases
1/
Solar Others
State total 254 94 62 39 405
Hawaii 254 47 - 1 -
Maui - 9 - 3 -
Lanai - - - - -
Molokai - - - - -
Oahu - - 62 21 405
Kauai - 38 - 14 - *
[Cited above] [Emphasis and Highlighting Supplied]
Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO), Maui Electric Company Ltd. (MECO),
Hawaiian Electric Lighting Company (HELCO)
Kauai Island Utility Cooperative
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“Kauai is almost completely on clean, green, renewable energy right now.”
“Solar power and a state of the art biomass power plant.”
Cathleen Triplett, Science Teacher, St. Catherine School, Kauai
December 7, 2016
*** Mahalo nui loa, Malama pono, Me ke aloha pumehana ***