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Apr. 10—The state Legislature appears poised to create a new way for Hawaii electric utilities to pay for wildfire risk mitigation that reduces the cost possibly passed onto ratepayers in an ...
HECO power plant at Kahe Point in West Oahu. Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (HEI) is the largest supplier of electricity in the U.S. state of Hawaii, supplying power to 95% of Hawaii's population through its electric utilities: Hawaiian Electric Company serving Oahu, Hawai'i Electric Light Company serving The Big Island, and Maui Electric Company serving Maui, Lanai and Molakai.
Mar. 24—Senate Bill 3282 comes four years after the Legislature reorganized the agency to improve its focus in part by converting it from a DBEDT division to an agency with a Cabinet-level director.
Hawaii has committed to developing renewable energy to supply 70 percent or more of Hawaii's energy needs by 2030. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Hawaii requires solar water heaters for new homes, except for those in areas with poor solar energy resources, homes using other renewable energy sources, and homes employing on-demand gas-fired water heaters. [ 7 ]
Kauaʻi Electric was incorporated in 1905 as a subsidiary of McBryde Sugar in order to construct a 2.4 MW hydroelectric plant on the Wainiha River. Kauaʻi Electric merged with Lihue Plantation's Waiahi Electric Company early in the 1950s. Kauaʻi Electric became a division of Citizens Utilities Company in 1969. In the late 1990s, Citizens ...
Because the federal government has already agreed to pay half, Hawaiian Electric’s $95 million share is estimated to raise a typical residential customer’s monthly bill by 33 cents on Oahu, 71 ...
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), "Electricity prices generally reflect the cost to build, finance, maintain, and operate power plants and the electricity grid." Where pricing forecasting is the method by which a generator, a utility company, or a large industrial consumer can predict the wholesale prices of ...
Dec. 10—Hawaiian Electric is starting contract negotiations with developers of 15 renewable energy projects across the state that will "further reduce Hawaii's dependence on imported oil for ...