Hawaii Reporter: Senate Minority Leader: Governor Should Seek Exemption to Jones Act Requirements

“The Hawaii Shippers Council president Michael Hansen also summarized DBEDT’s press release and the Governor’s response to the HRTF Final Report[ii]: ‘Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie (D) established the 30-member Task Force by Executive Order No. 13-19 dated February 19, 2013 to identify the challenges and risks if one or both refineries in the State were permanently closed.  The Task Force was attached to the DBEDT’s Hawaii State Energy Office for administrative purposes and two private sector consultants – ICF International and Poten & Partners Inc. – were contracted to provide technical support and compile the Task Force report.'”