I have not yet put the growing list of current and emerging energy generation and storage techs, which I have been informally compiling, into a guest op-ed format for Civil Beat as requested by Eric Pape many months ago.  But I have shared many of them in response to several past CB articles.  So, for now, I will cite below some of the most recent developments I have learned about.  

But I first should say, with all due respect to the CB editorial board, I think this editorial is far too vague and tepid, as well as far too deferential to Hawaiian Electric management and even to Governor Ige--whose opposition to the Next Era takeover I fully supported.  For example, I think you far too easily assume that "smart" grids and "smart" meters are unequivocally "good" things, and that a concurring community consensus already exists.  I think this is far from the case.  But I also appreciate your acknowledgment of growing interest in non-profit utility ownership alternatives.--con't below