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Drive to Clean Energy Amid Wildfires, Part 1

Hawaii PUC

Hawaii is undergoing a major transformation to move from a state that was almost completely reliant on imported fossil fuels to one powered by clean, renewable energy. Hawaii was the first state to commit to one hundred percent clean, renewable energy for electricity. PUF’s Paul Kjellander talks with Hawaii PUC Chair Leo Asuncion and the State’s Chief Energy Officer Mark Glick.
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PUF

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Energy Affordability by the Numbers

State Data

Tables report where energy is least and most affordable in the United States. All but two states saw a decrease, and generally saw a substantial decrease, in the average residential share over the last quarter century.
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PUF

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Clean Energy Amid Wildfires: Leo Asuncion

Hawaii PUC

“100% of generation should come from renewable resources by 2045. There’re definitions of what’s considered renewable generation. We’re a finite land mass. There’s no inter-island cable. Each island needs to figure out the right mix.”
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Leo Asuncion with Paul Kjellander

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Clean Energy Amid Wildfires: Mark Glick

Hawaii PUC

“With the combination of a complete RPS, that moves to total fruition at one hundred percent renewable energy, and going beyond net neutral on carbon emissions, Hawaii has one of the more robust energy policies anywhere.”
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Mark Glick with Paul Kjellander

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More Energy Affordability by the Numbers

Residential Electric, Gas

Energy was generally more affordable for U.S. households in 2024 than anytime in recent memory, when averaged nationally. Of course, for individual households, energy affordability varies immensely.
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PUF

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Safe Water Drinking Act's 50th Anniversary

On Tap for Next 50

“Ohio recognized the need to act and clean up not only the industrial waste but the unchecked discharge of raw sewage. What could no longer be ignored was the need for federal standards, oversight, and consequences. Environmental cleanup was not yet comprehensive, nor a national priority.”
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Mary-Anna Holden and Butch Howard

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Innovating to Keep Electricity Affordable

Portland GE

“In recent years, PGE has secured and contracted major grant support and tax credits that accelerate the pace of deployment and lower the cost of new technologies and renewable energy projects – savings that are directly passed on to customers.”
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Maria Pope

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