Why Not Ohio? Hawaii Permits Residents to Generate Clean Energy, Feed It to the

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Why Not Ohio? Hawaii Permits Residents to Generate Clean Energy, Feed It to the Grid

HONOLULU, Hawaii, October 14, 2010 (ENS) - The Public Utilities Commission of Hawaii has approved an initial rollout of feed-in tariffs, FIT, a rewards program to facilitate the acquisition and development of renewable energy in Hawaii.

Approved last Wednesday, the FIT program covers renewable energy generators of up to 500 kW in size. The program will allow homes and business to get paid for building renewable energy systems such as rooftop solar and feeding the energy into the electric grid.

Hawaii will be one of the first places in the United States to adopt such a program, versions of which have led to rapid and widespread adoption of renewable energy in Europe.

"We are pleased to launch the FIT program for the Hawaiian Electric Companies," said Commission Chairman Carlito Caliboso. "The predictability and certainty that FITs provide to renewable energy developers should incent future renewable projects and ultimately advance the State's efforts to wean itself off of imported fossil fuel."

The 2009 Hawaii State Legislature enacted this goal into law by establishing a renewable portfolio standard of 40 percent and an energy efficiency standard of 30 percent by 2030.

The Energy Agreement featured the FIT as a way to "dramatically accelerate the addition of renewable energy from new sources."

Why Not Ohio? Why does Ohio continue to support a Democratic Governor who will not push feed in tariffs to the Ohio Legislature?

Why does Ohio continue to support a Governor who continues to push for more and more dirty coal and nuke plants to be built in Ohio.

I support Feed-In Tariffs. Feed-In Tariffs will create green manufacturing jobs and wean our dependance off of coal and nuke power sources.

Dennis S. Spisak-Green Party of Ohio Nominee for Ohio Governor

www.votespisak.org/governor/

www.dennisspisak.com

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