I think you hit the nail on the head. Their monopoly is in jeopardy and they aren't happy about it. Hawaii tried geothermal, but for some odd reason it made a

I think you hit the nail on the head. Their monopoly is in jeopardy and they aren't happy about it. Hawaii tried geothermal, but for some odd reason it made a loud whistle sound when letting off exhaust. People didn't like that, so the idea stopped cold. I'd have just had some shitty engineer spend ten seconds proposing an easy fix for that, but then again if the power company gave me millions NOT to do that, why would i?