Got bright ideas? In Hawaii’s post-NextEra period, let’s hope so.

In the aftermath of the Florida-based company’s failed bid to buy Hawaiian Electric Industries, it’s now on the local power company and the state to regroup to charge toward our clean-energy future. A glimpse into that future should come at a Tuesday forum marking the 8th Annual Hawaii Clean Energy Day: “2030 or Bust: Reality Check,” 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Laniakea YWCA. Gov. David Ige will be among attendees expected to share actions and plans to meet clean-energy milestones.

Advance registration, by noon Monday, is $40 ($20 for students). For more, see hawaiienergypolicy.hawaii.edu.

Renovations give plantation life a makeover

Kunia Camp or Kunia Village, which dates back to 1910 and was part of the pineapple plantation, will soon be the site of 82 renovated or new homes made available at affordable rents to low-income farmworkers. For some, it will be a way to return to their childhood homes.

The nonprofit Hawaii Agriculture Research Center on Tuesday had a blessing for the first of the homes. The restoration of the former plantation camp will include 121 homes, farmland, a church, U.S. post office, community center, neighborhood store, warehouses, offices and wastewater treatment plant. Everything old is new again.