Hawaii

The Rotten Political Incentives of the Utility Industry 0
- August 22, 2023
The monopoly electric utility business model is rife with problems. Chief among them is the regulatory capture it invites. Monopoly utilities tend to reflect the political environment in which they are situated. This is no accident. They know where their bread is buttered and are more than happy to play along with the ambitious energy
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The Antiplanner’s Library: Visiting Paradise 0
- June 24, 2010
One of the Antiplanner’s co-speakers during a couple of events in Honolulu is David Callies, a law professor and author of two books on Hawaii land-use law: Regulating Paradise and Preserving Paradise. Hawaii passed the first statewide growth-management law in 1961, and still has about the strictest land-use laws in the nation. Not coincidentally, it […]
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Back in the Air Again 0
- June 23, 2010
The Antiplanner is spending the next week in Hawaii to talk with people about both transportation and land-use planning. On Friday from 9:30 am to 11:00 am, I’ll speak about transportation issues at the University of Hawaii, Holmes Hall 353, Honolulu. On Tuesday, June 29, I’ll speak on land-use issues at a luncheon at 1132 […]
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