Rejection of Big Island biomass plant could cost 209 jobs

Hu Honua Bioenergy said the state Public Utility Commission’s decision Thursday to reject an amended power purchase agreement for a biomass project on the Big Island will result in imminent layoffs of 64 current Hu Honua employees and contractors and the loss of an additional 145 positions to be filled.

Those ancillary jobs consist of positions in trucking, forestry and support serv­ices on the Big Island, the company said.

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