Research

Evidence and implementation.

Hawaiʻi-focused policy papers on affordability, thermal electrification, portable solar, distributed storage, and imported-fuel risk. Each paper distinguishes verified fact, policy judgment, and open question.

Program analysis · September 7, 2026 · 7 min

SHARE and the case for household infrastructure.

A new California program connects grid investment to household equipment. Hawaiʻi can adapt its financing logic while setting its own requirements for access, measured delivery, customer control, and accountability.

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Implementation paper · September 7, 2026 · 7 min

Financing household capacity without transferring the risk.

A practical financing framework for efficient cooling, hot water, storage, and other essential home upgrades: combine confirmed support and affordable capital, preserve a household savings margin, and pay separately for verified grid services.

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Technical policy paper · September 7, 2026 · 7 min

Battery-enabled thermal equipment: procure the service.

Cooling, hot water, and refrigeration should define the equipment requirement. This paper sets out a performance standard for coordinating heat pumps, thermal storage, batteries, and controls without tying public policy to a particular enclosure or manufacturer.

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White paper · September 2026 · 9 min

The energy affordability agenda starts at the meter.

Hawaiʻi’s clean-energy transition is also a household-cost and essential-service agenda. This paper sets out a practical, technology-neutral approach: reduce waste first, finance efficient thermal-electrical equipment fairly, and compensate verified grid value without transferring risk to customers.

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White paper · September 2026 · 10 min

Federated batteries for Hawaiʻi: capacity at the customer meter.

A virtual power plant is a contract and operating system, not a metaphor. Hawaiʻi can use customer batteries and controllable thermal loads to provide measured capacity, load shifting, and fast response while protecting household reserve energy and customer choice.

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Policy framework · September 2026 · 8 min

Portable solar for apartments and condominiums: a safety-first path.

Rooftop solar is unavailable to many renters and condominium residents. Hawaiʻi can create a limited portable-solar pathway that broadens access without treating electrical, fire, structural, or consumer-protection requirements as optional.

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Decision framework · September 2026 · 11 min

What Hawaiʻi should ask before building LNG infrastructure.

Liquefied natural gas may compare differently with residual fuel oil in a particular operating case. It is not a renewable resource, and any long-lived import infrastructure should clear a transparent, independently reviewed full-cost test against local clean-resource and flexibility portfolios.

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White paper · September 2026 · 8 min

Commercial cooling and refrigeration are an affordability strategy.

For a grocer, clinic, food business, school, farm, or small manufacturer, the energy system is part of daily operations. Hawaiʻi can lower operating costs and improve resilience by treating efficient thermal equipment, controls, storage, and finance as one implementation program.

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