![]() “The pain is unimaginable and the road to recovery is long,” the committee members said in the Aug. Some of the questions that the Energy and Commerce Committee members have asked the local energy officials to answer include the actions taken to mitigate invasive grasses and fire risks HECO’s spending over the past decade on infrastructure, fire risks and other costs and efforts to modernize and harden the grid. 8, we stand ready to share what we know about what happened on Maui as well as the need to address increasing threats from extreme weather events moving forward,” HECO said in a statement on Thursday. “As we have done with all the inquiries regarding the events of Aug. HECO has said the cause of the second fire has not been determined and criticized Maui County’s lawsuit as premature while investigations are ongoing. However, the company said that its lines in West Maui had been de-energized for more than six hours by the time a second fire flared up at around 3 p.m. HECO has acknowledged that power lines falling in high winds appeared to have caused the first Lahaina fire at about 6:30 a.m. Hawaiian Electric is facing multiple lawsuits from Maui County and residents alleging that the company did not properly maintain its aging equipment and failed to shut off power during high winds, causing the deadly Aug. The PUC said it is “committed to continuing to provide support” for ongoing investigations into the Aug. The Public Utilities Commission confirmed Thursday that Asuncion, Glick and Kimura had been invited to respond to the subcommittee’s questions on the wildfires. “To that end, we seek a fuller understanding of the role, if any, of the electric infrastructure in this tragic event.” House of Representatives and its respective energy policy and oversight subcommittees, we are empowered to oversee energy supply, reliability of all power, and regulation of energy resources throughout the country,” the lawmakers said in a letter to Kimura, Asuncion and Glick on Aug. “In our capacity as Chairs of the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the U.S. 8 wildfires, which destroyed more than 2,000 structures and killed at least 115 people in Lahaina, while also burning down 19 homes in Upcountry. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.), chairperson of the Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee, recently launched an investigation into the Aug. ![]() Morgan Griffith (R-Va.), chairperson of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, as well as U.S. Shelee Kimura, president and CEO of Hawaiian Electric Leo Asuncion Jr., chairman of the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission and Mark Glick, chief energy officer of the Hawaii State Energy Office, are expected to testify, the committee said in a news release. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), announced the hearing on Thursday. The House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by U.S.
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