National Drive Electric Week, September 9-17, 2017, is a nationwide celebration to heighten awareness of today’s widespread availability of plug-in vehicles and highlight the benefits of all-electric and plug-in hybrid-electric cars, trucks, motorcycles, and more. Read more about National Drive Electric Week on this website: driveelectricweek.org.
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Hawaiian Electric Companies (HECO) has made available a free mobile app to download in the Apple iTunes and Google Play stores. The apps allows customers to sign up for services such as paperless billing and provide instant alerts on utility work or weather-related events. A key feature of the app is the mobile outage map, ...
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Hawaiian Electric Company filed its draft Grid Modernization Strategy on June 30, 2017. Read more details about the draft by searching Docket No. 2016-0087 in the PUC’s Document Management System. There is also a direct link to a copy of the draft on HECO’s website: https://www.hawaiianelectric.com/about-us/our-commitment/investing-in-the-future/grid-modernization-strategy Final Grid Modernization Strategy documents are due to the ...
Read More HECO submits draft Grid Modernization Strategy
Congratulations to the Division of Consumer Advocacy for winning the Governor’s award for Team of the Year! The DCA Next-Era-Hawaiian Electric Merger Evaluation Team processed and analyzed over 100,000 pages of information, working tirelessly through a heavy and increasingly complex workload of dockets. To ensure Hawaii’s consumers receive significant and quantifiable benefits, the team sacrificed ...
Read More DCA Next-Era-Hawaiian Electric Merger Evaluation Team Wins Governor’s Award for Team of the Year
The application period for an energy credit from the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is from June 1 through June 30, 2017. To apply, go to hcapweb.org/liheap or in-person by visiting a community action agency. For more information and to view a full list of agency addresses and phone numbers, visit humanservices.hawaii.gov. Read more ...
Read More LIHEAP Application Period in 2017 is Next Month
In a recent Decision and Order, the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) approved an increase of approximately 0.12 percent for Young Brothers, Limited’s (YB) intrastate revenues at present rates of $72,042,526, representing an increase in YB’s intrastate revenue requirement to $72,130,526 for the 2016 adjusted test year. The PUC also approved, in part, the Stipulated Settlement ...
Read More Young Brothers Rate Increase Docket No. 2016-0014 Decision and Order
On March 28, the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) approved, subject to certain conditions. Transmittal No. 17-01, filed on January 18, 2017, by HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC. {“HECO”), HAWAII ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY, INC. {“HELCO”), and MAUI ELECTRIC COMPANY, LIMITED (“MECO”)(collectively, the “Companies”). The PUC specifically approved the Companies’ proposed Special Medical Needs Pilot Program for the two-year period from April 1, ...
Read More Customers with special medical needs may now apply for discounted rate