<|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|>The Public Service Commission on Wednesday approved a pilot program intended to create up to 350 megawatts of long-term renewable power within the next three years, a move that state officials and environmentalists say could help establish a permanent guideline that utilities<wm> must follow for renewable energy development in the coming years.
The state of Hawaii, along with the Department of Business, Enterprise, Energy, and Environmental Affairs, has partnered with the company NextEra Energy to develop the project, a renewable portfolio standard. However, it also proposes a more permanent policy, the NextEra NextGen Hawaii standard. [Photo credit: NextEra Energy] (The New York Times: Lacey Peterson / June 14, 2011)

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Huge public support has been received by NextEra Energy to develop the project, a renewable