Almost three years later, however, that initiative has helped support dozens of energy programs that have laid the groundwork for the nation's most oil-dependent state to potentially become its most energy self-sufficient. Tall wind turbines are sprouting across the islands. Residents and businesses will soon be able to sell homegrown solar power back to the grid. Charging stations for incoming electric cars are being built--by law, at least one per 100-space parking lot by the end of next year.
''The path we were on was not one we could sustain,'' Republican Gov. Linda Lingle said in an interview. ''We had to be transformational. It couldn't be incremental any longer.''
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