It is time to submit your comments on KIUC’s new hydro-power plant proposal for West Kaua’i, the West Kauaʻi Energy Project (WKEP). For this project, KIUC is proposing to construct a new hydro-power plant, renovate century-old ditches and diversions, and consume 11 million gallons of water from Waimea River everyday. Shockingly, KIUC insists on only completing an Environmental Assessment for this project. The community is calling for a much more robust and thorough Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) because this is a major new project being built on top of old sugar plantation diversions that have caused significant lasting harm to West Kaua‘i’s communities. Everyone should fully understand the implications of KIUC’s new proposal for producing electricity from hydropower in West Kauaʻi.