Building Permits for Puna Geothermal Venture
- Request to:
- Hawaii County Department of Public Works
- Law used:
- State of Hawaii UIPA
- Status of this request:
- Request partially successful
- Refusal Reason
- Got 35 pages of permits mostly never approved. No answer to clarification question, will rephrase another request at some point.
- Summary of Request
- 1. A copy of all building permit applications for PGV's two existing "power plants" and all new applications received by County of Hawaii from 1987 to present. 2. A copy of all building permits for PGV's "power plants" issued by the County of Hawaii. .
- Sara Steiner (Laulima Pahoa)
- 06/04/2025
- Hawaii County Department of...
- 06/25/2025
- Sara Steiner (Laulima Pahoa)
- 07/01/2025
Messages in this request
From | Sara Steiner (Laulima Pahoa) |
Subject | Records Request for Hawaii County Department of Public Works: Building Permits for Puna Geothermal Venture [#1447] |
Date | June 4, 2025, 11 a.m. |
To | Hawaii County Department of Public Works |
Status | Awaiting response |
Attachments |
Aloha,
Pursuant to the public records law, I would like to request the following records in electronic format sent to my email address.
1. A copy of all building permit applications for PGV's two existing "power plants" and all new applications received by County of Hawaii from 1987 to present.
2. A copy of all building permits for PGV's "power plants" issued by the County of Hawaii.
.
Mahalo,
Sara Steiner
Laulima Pahoa
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Sara Steiner (Laulima Pahoa)
- 1 month, 3 weeks agoJune 4, 2025, 11 a.m.: Sara Steiner (Laulima Pahoa) sent a message to Hawaii County Department of Public Works.
From | Mendonca, Ashlee – Hawaii County Department of Public Works |
Subject | Request for Government Records: RFI BLD 25-94 |
Date | June 25, 2025, 9:33 a.m. |
Status | Awaiting response |
Attachments |
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Good Morning, Ms. Steiner.
Please see the attached documents from our Building Division regarding your Request for Government Records, RFI BLD 25-94.
Also attached is your original request for Government Records.
Thank you,
Ashlee Mendonca
Administrative Assistant
County of Hawai'i, Department of Public Works
101 Pauahi Street, Suite 7
Hilo, HI 96720
Direct: 808.961.8783 Main: 808.961.8321 Fax: 808.961-8630
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- 1 month agoJune 25, 2025, 9:33 a.m.: Received an email from Hawaii County Department of Public Works.
- 1 month agoJune 26, 2025, 11:49 a.m.: Sara Steiner (Laulima Pahoa) published an attachment on request Building Permits for Puna Geothermal Venture.
- 1 month agoJune 26, 2025, 11:49 a.m.: Sara Steiner (Laulima Pahoa) published an attachment on request Building Permits for Puna Geothermal Venture.
- 1 month agoJune 26, 2025, 11:49 a.m.: Sara Steiner (Laulima Pahoa) published an attachment on request Building Permits for Puna Geothermal Venture.
- 1 month agoJune 26, 2025, 11:50 a.m.: Sara Steiner (Laulima Pahoa) published an attachment on request Building Permits for Puna Geothermal Venture.
- 1 month agoJune 26, 2025, 11:51 a.m.: Sara Steiner (Laulima Pahoa) published an attachment on request Building Permits for Puna Geothermal Venture.
From | Sara Steiner (Laulima Pahoa) |
Subject | Request for Government Records: RFI BLD 25-94 [#1447] |
Date | July 1, 2025, 9:40 a.m. |
To | Hawaii County Department of Public Works |
Dear Ashley,
I see no building permits for the power plants themselves. One of them is a 12 unit generating plant with 30MW capacity built and opened in 1993.
Then around 2014 PGV added an 8MW "bottoming unit"
I want a copy of those applications and building permits please!!!
...
Sincerely yours
Sara Steiner
- 3 weeks, 4 days agoJuly 1, 2025, 9:40 a.m.: Sara Steiner (Laulima Pahoa) sent a message to Hawaii County Department of Public Works.
- 1 week, 2 days agoJuly 17, 2025, 1:11 p.m.: Hawaii County Department of Public Works answered partially, but denied access to all information on the grounds of Got 35 pages of permits mostly never approved. No answer to clarification question, will rephrase another request at some point..