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Hawaiʻi has been using the power of water to keep the lights on a lot longer than you might think. HPR’s Savannah Harriman-Pote explores the history of hydropower to find out what role it may play in Kauaʻi's green energy future.
Senate President Ron Kouchi delivered his opening remarks on the session's priorities to tax visitors at state parks, boost small businesses, cooperate with the Governor and diversify the state's economy off of tourism.
The project would divert water from Waimea River over the course of a 65-year lease. The two hydropower plants were in effect during Kauaʻi's plantation era, but have been abandoned for the last 20 years.