Energy 808: The Cutting Edge
18 months into his term. A discussion among Jay Fidell, Marco Mangelsdorf and PUC Commissioner Jay Griffin. Questions: · What are your principal takeaways from being on the PUC for 1-½ years? What has surprised you the most? Disappointed you the most? What did Randy Iwase bring as chair? What exactly does the chair do? […]
Jennie Potter Six Months After Her Appointment to the PUC (Energy 808)
A discussion of trends, changes and issues at the PUC. How are things going for you five months into being commissioner? How challenging is it being an off-island commissioner? What does the departure of Randy mean to you? What advice would you give to people thinking about applying for the now open commissioner position? What […]
Current Developments at the Public Utilities Commission (Energy 808: The Cutting Edge)
PUC Chair Randy Iwase appears to discuss his forthcoming retirement from the PUC with hosts Marco Mangelsdorf, President of ProVision Solar, andJay Fidell The hosts for this episode are Jay Fidell and Marco Mangelsdorf. The guest is Randy Iwase. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, […]
Burning Biomass and Elon Changing the World (Energy 808: The Cutting Edge)
Hawaii’s Most Recent Energy News and Developments. Marco Mangelsdorf, President at ProVision Solar and Mina Morita, former Chairwoman of the State of Hawaii’s Public Utilities Commission, appear alongside Jay Fidell for Mina, Marco and Me to discuss Hawaii’s most recent energy news and developments. * The fate of Honua Ola biomass burning power plant up […]
L’Energie Potpourri (Energy 808: The Cutting Edge)
Recent energy news and developments. Changing of the guard in the House Energy and Environment Committee. Chris Lee to head Judiciary with Nicole Lowen stepping up to chair EEP · Utility ownership models: waiting for Godot, i.e., the $1+ million report to come from Boston Consulting/London Economics. What to expect? · Utility-scale solar v. roof-top […]
Current Developments in Energy and Politics in South East Asia (Energy 808: The Cutting Edge)
What can be learned from South East Asia’s energy initiatives? Marco has just returned from an energy rich trip to South East Asia, and we will discuss what he learned about energy initiatives and progress in the various countries he visited. The hosts for this episode are Jay Fidell and Marco Mangelsdorf. ThinkTech Hawaii streams […]
HEPF – Looking Back, and Looking Forward (Energy 808: The Cutting Edge)
In this episode of Energy 808: The Cutting Edge, Mina Morita and Jay Fidell take a look at the Hawaii Energy Policy Forum. Together they will talk about their mission and what the future holds for the HEPF. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Mina Morita. ThinkTech […]
The Recovery Situation in Kauai (Energy 808: The Cutting Edge)
What can we learn from it? On this episode of Energy 808: The Cutting Edge, Mina Morita and Jay Fidell talk about the recovery situation on Kauai as well as lessons learned. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Mina Morita. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet […]
Business Strategy and Hawaiian Electric with Sr. VP Shelee Kimura (Energy 808: The Cutting Edge)
Business development and strategic planning. In this weeks episode of Energy 808: The Cutting Edge, HECO SVP Shelee Kimura joins Jay and Marco to talk about Business Strategy and how it applies to Hawaiian Electric. The hosts for this episode are Jay Fidell and Marco Mangelsdorf. The guest for this episode is Shelee Kimura. ThinkTech […]
Half Moon Solar – Battery Project on Molokai (Energy 808: The Cutting Edge)
A ground breaking project and will change the way solar-batteries and energy work on Molokai This week Mike Hastings is CEO of Half Moon Ventures, joins Jay and Marco via Zoom to talk about a groundbreaking project that has the potential of changing the way solar batteries and energy work is done on the Island […]