It's been seven months since a fire knocked the Kahuku wind farm offline.
Work is underway to rebuild, but some want a second look to see if the project is even safe.
Kahuku's First Wind project barely got off the ground before it was hit with a blow.
The turbines spent seven months spinning and now seven months just sitting.
A fire in the battery storage facility knocked the system offline in August.
It was a first of it's kind technology - that went up in smoke.
Seven months after they started spinning, the Kahuku wind mills stopped because of a fire.
The fact that they're sitting idle is having an ripple effect that reaches your electric bill.
For seven months they were spinning in the wind.
"First seven months of operation it put about 52k megawatts of energy into the system," said Hawaiian Electric Company spokesperson Darren Pai.
A productive project - capable of powering 7,800 homes.
The biggest challenge for many Hawai'i residents who want to install solar water heaters or rooftop systems is the up front cost—which is why state lawmakers and industry experts are working on a way for more people to benefit from clean energy and it's savings by getting it with no money down.
"People are very concerned we have failed to address this issue," said newly-appointed House agriculture chair Rep. Jessica Wooley.
She said her committee finally passed a bill on Thursday that would require all imported GMO whole foods, meaning fresh produce, are labeled.
From network interviews to national news stories, U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard looks calm and cool. However, her parents said it wasn't always that easy.
"Tulsi is our shy little girl. Of all of our children, she is the shiest," Carol Gabbard said.
"When she and her sister would have to go out and talk to some adult, whether going to the store or delivering a message to a neighbor, she would always shove her younger sister, Davan, ahead of her and say, 'You go talk to them.'"
To better understand U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard's leap up the political ladder, we started where she started -- with her parents.
"We know her intelligence. We know her strength. We know her courage. We know her humility," state Sen. Mike Gabbard said of his daughter.
The Gabbards know their daughter better than anyone. They use the phrase "sincere about serving others" to help explain what makes her tick.
"It's there. It's real. And I think that's what makes the difference," Carol Gabbard said.
Tulsi is the fourth of five children, three boys and two girls.
There's a new push to legalize same sex marriage in Hawaii, where civil unions are allowed.
Aaron Escobido-Ortiz and Bruce Lee are have been together for seven years.They say if this newly introduced bill to legalize same-sex marriage in Hawaii passes they will finally not feel like second class citizens.
"Born and raised in Hawaii we feel that we deserve to enjoy the equal rights that other couples can enjoy," said Escobido-Ortiz.
The couple believes marriage is key because it would provide them with rights that they say civil unions do not.
Honolulu firefighters used CO2 extinguishers found inside a battery warehouse that erupted in flames.
That was the claim made Tuesday by the president and CEO of Xtreme Power, the Texas-based company that provides the battery storage system used by First Wind to regulate the flow of renewable energy onto Oahu's electrical grid.
