Rolling Blackouts Coming: HECO Doubles Down on Promise to Close Coal Plant
Hawaiian Electric sets goal of 70% carbon reduction by 2030, envisions zero emissions by 2045
‘We have to commit to bold actions in the next few years’
News Release from HECO, November 5, 2021
HONOLULU, Nov. 5, 2021 – Stressing the urgency of the global effort to slow climate change, Hawaiian Electric has set a goal to cut carbon emissions from power generation 70% by 2030.
Cutting emissions from power generation by 70%, compared with 2005 levels, would provide a significant portion of the reduction the entire Hawaii economy needs to meet the U.S. target of cutting carbon emissions by at least 50% economywide by 2030. The reduction includes generation owned by Hawaiian Electric and independent power producers who sell electricity to the utility.
