Last time I checked who could demand what in cases like this, isn't the government a customer of the power utility? And, therefore, because of that structure, isn't it up to the power utility to be the one that states that they will get their power from X or Y, and just go through the process of gaining permit approval that way? 

On a side note, Gov. Ige's opposition does not seem to be stopping HEI from going forward in importing natural gas, anyway. So is this all noise at the end?