Hawaii’s long-awaited plans to import natural gas — and burn it to produce electricity — are advancing, with Japan’s largest power-generation company laying out a blueprint for development over the next five years.
Trump administration officials joined representatives of Jera Co. and the state to discuss the proposal in a closed-door meeting Monday. Details of the formal proposal, including plans for a floating offshore facility to process imported liquefied natural gas as well as a power plant to burn the fuel, were made public Tuesday.
The effort comes as Hawaii looks to wean its power system off imported oil and ...