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Kauai Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) has updated its website, providing easier navigation and offering new features such as current outage information to the cooperative’s member-owners. “This enhanced, user-friendly format provides more information that our members have been requesting,” stated KIUC’s President and Chief Executive Officer, David Bissell. The new platform also allows members to access ...
Read More KIUC Updates Website with Outage Map, Easier Navigation

The symposium is being organized by the Hawaii State Energy Office. The State Energy Office is interested in exploring best practices in developing deep energy efficiency programs. This symposium will discuss programs and policies that could stimulate the adoption of greater, deeper energy efficiency (EE) sooner than later. Deeper EE in all sectors (behind and ...
Read More Nov 14, Symposium on Exploring Programs and Policies for Deep Energy Efficiency Opportunities

The Hawaiian Electric Companies opened applications on October 22 for NEM Plus, a program that allows Net Energy Metering (NEM) customers to add features such as energy storage to their rooftop solar systems. The program is only available to existing NEM customers with HECO, MECO, and HELCO. Read more about it in HECO’s news release. ...
Read More HECO Launches NEM Plus program – Docket No. 2014-0192

Maui’s second large-scale photovoltaic solar project came online on October 4. Maui Electric Company’s (MECO) project is under a power purchase agreement with Ku’ia Solar, LLC, which is independently owned by Kenyon Energy. Currently, Maui County has a renewable energy portfolio of 34% – ahead of the state’s target of 30 percent renewable energy by 2020. ...
Read More Maui’s Second Large-Scale Solar Project Brought Online – Docket No. 2015-0224

Hawaiian Electric Companies has selected seven solar-plus-storage projects on Oahu, Maui and the Big Island. The seven projects will be spread out across the utility’s service territory, with three projects on Oahu, two on Maui and two on the Big Island. The projects are still subject to approval by the Public Utilities Commission (PUC). Under the state ...
Read More Hawaiian Electric Companies select 7 solar-plus-storage projects for record increase in renewable energy – Docket No. 2017-0352