Pixabay Plans for a biomass energy plant on the Big Island are heading back to the Public Utilities Commission after the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Pepeʻekeo plant. The state's highest court supported Honua Ola Bioenergy’s appeal of a PUC order that halted the facility’s planned completion. The nearly half a billion-dollar plant, that was formerly known as “Hu Honua,” would burn wood to produce energy for Hawaiian Electric's power grid. The court ruled that the PUC misinterpreted a 2019 court ruling and needs to hold a hearing that follows the court’s instructions. That includes consideration of greenhouse gas emissions, a concern brought by the environmental group Life of the Land.