A bit of background on NRG is interesting.  NRG Energy, Inc. was formerly the wholesale arm of Xcel Energy, and was spun off in bankruptcy in 2004.
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NRG Energy president David Crane resigned as president and CEO in December 2015.  Crane's resignation was a direct response to investor pressure and a declining stock price. The shareholders worried that the independent power producer had invested too many resources into distributed energy, without much to show for it.
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Governor Ige arbitrarily blocked NextEra's efforts to enter the Hawaiian marketplace. It will be interesting indeed to witness what the agreement with NRG, a financially troubled entity whose owners are focusing on ROI, will means for energy availability and prices Hawaii.
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While the Governor is busy making aspirational speeches and setting decades hence goals another financially unstable mainland firm is being allowed to assume a major role in his "renewable energy goal".