I did not realize that Hawaii Gas, is a subsidiary of Macquarie Infrastructure Co. (NYSE: MIC). MIC is on mu BUY list. It appears that MIC owns the only franchised gas utility in Hawaii (through Hawaii Gas) that can build on it's monopoly and has the capital to finance such a program.
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First shipment of LNG arrives
The company plans to transport one container every two to four weeks
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Apr 08, 2014
Hawaii Gas has brought the first containerized shipment of liquefied natural gas to Hawaii, marking the start of a process that could eventually lead to lower energy costs for the state. -------------------------------------------
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (CLNE)
Apr 10, 2014, 6:51am HST
Clean Energy Fuels delivers first LNG shipment to Hawaii Gas
Clean Energy Fuels of Newport Beach, Calif., said Thursday that it is the company that supplied Hawaii Gas with the first shipment of liquefied natural gas to the Islands, which arrived at Honolulu Harbor last week. The initial shipment totaled about 7,000 LNG gallons, shipped in a 40-foot container to the Hawaii Gas facility at Pier 38, where it was regassified using a mobile vaporizer and injected into the company's synthetic natural gas distribution system .---------------------------------------
Par Petroleum Corporation (PARR) -
State, energy firms bet on importing liquefied natural gas to Hawaii
Texas-based Par Petroleum, which purchased the larger of the state’s two oil refineries, the former Tesoro Hawaii operation in Kapolei, may be interested in adding the shipping of LNG to what’s currently being offered, according to some in the local energy industry.
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