Big Island Mayor Asks Governor to Declare Energy Emergency …Citing the expectation that the price of power on the Big Island is expected to rise by 20%, Mayor Mitch Roth says an emergency declaration is warranted.
Big Island Mayor Mitch Roth is asking Gov. David Ige to declare an energy emergency given the soaring price of fuel.
In a letter to Ige sent this week, Roth said an emergency declaration is needed to fast-track renewable energy projects currently under review by the Public Utilities Commission.
Some of that fuel comes from Russia, Roth said. Given that, the Big Island mayor said the impact of the U.S. boycott of Russian fuel imports “will have a disproportionately negative impact on Hawaii communities than most other states.”
