If you are concerned about the installation of 70 foot steel towers and overhead electricity lines through Kihei please attend Maui Electric’s community input meeting on Thursday, December 10th at Kamali`i School cafeteria at 6:30 pm. MECO plans to apply to the Public Utilities Commission for permission to install a new high voltage transfer line from their Ma`alaea generating plant to a...
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3/9/20 #kihei We post this announcement as a community service as KCA has no part in it, and it is not located in South Maui. However we attended a previous forum established by MECO last year, and found it outstanding. SEE https://gokihei.org/environment/100-renewable-energy-what-will-maui-look-like-event-fills-the-room-on-wednesday ...
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12/31/19 #kihei At least in this century most South Maui residents agree the most frequently flooded intersection whenever it rained in Kihei or upcountry was at Kaonoulu and South Kihei Road. We had numerous examples on this site to the point that some viewers asked why bother repeating the same info. SEE...
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10/30/19 #kihei #energy #solar Well we sure need more sources of renewal energy to help control severe climate change occurring already, so we were pleased to hear from another entity about a potential solar farm in our district. Yesterday afternoon, at our office, we met with T. Ilihia Gionson, of Hiehie Communications from Hilo, to hear about potential locations for a new solar farm...
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10/27/19 #kihei Wednesday afternoon last week we met with Hawaii Pacific Solar (HPS) at our office to hear about potential locations for a new solar farm being considered. At KCA we were very pleased to be contacted by Tricia Rohlfing who asked if we would be open to some preliminary discussion. We do our best to meet with any and all entities with potential projects in our district, but...
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8/29/19 #kihei About 50 So Maui residents assembled at St Teresa Church Hall on Tuesday evening to hear “how we can make South Maui a safer place.” Organized by Kihei’s Council Chair Kelly King, it included four entities: County Fire, Police and Emergency Management, as well as our electric utility, MECO. Each one offered an oral presentation and were...
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Maui County Council Chair Kelly King hosts Public Meeting on South Maui Fire Safety, Prevention and Mitigation Officials from the Maui Police Department, the Department of Fire and Public Safety, Maui County Emergency Management Agency and Maui Electric Company have been invited to make short presentations and answer questions from the community Maui, HI – Maui County Council Chair and...
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6/27/19 #kihei What do you think would be the topic for a panel composed of representatives for Kamehameha Schools Maui; County Administration; Maui Tomorrow; MECO; UHMC: Sierra Club Maui and a Kumu? Well this was the group who discussed this topic and tried to answer that general question and an onslaught of more specific ones from the assembly. We attended this Standing Room Only event...
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NOT A KCA EVENT, BUT CONSIDER ATTENDING ON WEDNESDAY AT CAMERON CENTER UPDATE 6/26/19 TONIGHT!! Pupu’s at 5:30- meeting at 6:00 PM at the Cameron Center (next to the Medical Center) in Wailuku. Bring your questions. 6/23/19 #kihei The Maui News June 23, 2019 Officials with Maui Electric Co., Maui Tomorrow and the Sierra Club believe that Maui eventually...
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Fire Department Fire Safety Presentation #Kihei #Waileafire #Membership #MPO March 21, 2019 Kihei Community Association President Mike Moran opened the bimonthly KCA member meeting at 6:30 PM Tuesday, March 19 at St. Theresa’s with a reminder of the services provided by the KCA, and the benefits of belonging. He announced a temporary forty percent reduction in the annual membership fee of $25....
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3/3/2019 #kihei #fire Image from mauinow.com How To Prevent Fire And Keep It From Spreading South Maui residents have been very concerned about fire hazards after the 200-acre brush fire in Wailea January 6 this year and a smaller one later in the month. Fortunately there were no deaths or injuries in either fire, but the first one caused many evacuations. KCA wrote to...
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11/28/18 #kihei Commencing at 11:30 this morning, Kenyon Energy’s photovoltaic farm of panels were blessed before a group of about forty, including a quartet from KCA. We were most appreciative for the invitation, as the vast majority of those attending were related to the industry and partners in the electrical energy project – Maui Electric (MECO), the land owner,...
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October 14, 2018 #kihei #energy #solar As reported in the Maui News today, the Innergex energy company has made it to the final award stage of MECO’s request for bids on renewable energy. This will be erected on 200 acres just mauka of Maui Meadows, connecting to a nearby MECO substation. The solar panels add up to 15 MW of power, with batteries able to store and provide four hours of full...
Read MoreMECO construction of needed substation south of Ohukai vs. bluerock 10/25/17 #kihei A day after our entire area (and the island) experienced an electric power failure which lasted from seven to seventeen hours, we do not dismiss the need for updating infrastructure to support that system. Granted an additional substation in north Kihei would have had no effect on that storm-induced...
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UPDATE 10/27/16 PHASE III When we supported the short extension here (phase II) we had advocated moving further onto phase III, extending the bike path across the park to Welakahao. Going back to 5/7/15 see https://gokihei.org/environment/kca-again-proposes-a-safe-bike-path-in-kihei we organized a site visit to show how this could be done with relevant ease, the biggest challenge a reasonable...
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10/21/16 — Yesterday morning the group meeting commenced with 4/5 of the organizations, absent Maalaea. Topics included transportation, with much focus of the new Maui Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO); Ahihi-Kinau Reserve changes, including paved fee’d parking lot, eliminating tobacco & alcohol, campaign to eliminate sunscreen use of oxybenzone contaminated product...
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TOPIC : MAUI’ S ENERGY OPTIONS If not the only time, certainly one of very few in almost five years of monthly meetings, those in the room were divided equally between invited guests and Association representatives. But par for the course Kihei was strongly represented with KCA directors and members. For the guests our electric company, MECO had three guys Sharon Suzuki, Mahina Martin and...
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Heading down to the beach? Off to church? Checking on goodies from the Easter Bunny?(We saw him coming ashore in Wailea in an outrigger.) Regardless of your action, did your electric power fail? Our Kihei first responders spend part of their Easter morning insuring the safety of our community, as the awaited a MECO crew at a potential trouble spot around Ka’ono’ulu & Kenolio. KCA...
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While we are often asked what actions of community interest are upcoming, our limitations of participating guys often comes down to doing something, or saying something, and the action always takes precedence. But if we can squeeze it in, on occasion we do public communication...
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Last evening (9/21/15) KCA attended the Alliance of Community Associations showing greater participation with three Directors engaging in the two hour meeting. The focus was the “guiding principals” * established over two year ago (see below), as well a long list of potential issues for interest and concern. a) the changing hospital management (Kaiser? or Pacific Health?) b) our Time-Warner...
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