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A virtual community meeting will be held for area residents and interested parties to learn more about Kūihelani Solar Phase 2, a proposed utility-scale solar project in Central Maui. The virtual meeting will take place via Zoom on Tuesday, Aug. 27 at 5:30 p.m.

The US House Committee on Energy & Commerce is holding a subcommittee fact-finding hearing on Thursday in Washington, D.C., to investigate the role of electric infrastructure in the “catastrophic Maui fire” in Lahaina on Aug. 8 that killed at least 97 people.

Toby Taniguchi, president and chief operating officer of KTA Super Stores and a longtime business and community leader on Hawaiʻi Island has been appointed to the board of directors of Hawaiian Electric. Taniguchi’s term on the Hawaiian Electric board begins on Friday, May 7, 2021.

Hawaiian Electric warned its customers of scammers pretending to Hawaiian Electric employees and using scare tactics and trickery to get potential victims to pay “overdue” bills with prepaid debit cards.

Hawaiian Electric will conduct its routine aerial line inspections for East Maui and Upcountry from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 17. Hawaiian Electric will be using a helicopter to perform the power line inspections. 

Hawaiian Electric permanently closed its walk-in payment centers in Honolulu, Kahului, Hilo, Kona and Molokaʻi due to declining use and customers adapting to other payment options. The payment centers have been closed since mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The initiative aims to accelerate the cost-effective electrification of transportation in all passenger, public and fleet vehicles.

The DBEDT is hosting community meetings on Maui to discuss the future of utility ownership models.

Participants can choose from one of two kits (limit one of either kit per ratepayer)—the Water and Energy Saver Kit or the Negawatt Kit.

During 2015, Maui Electric donated more than $167,000 in corporate contributions to nonprofit and community organizations across Maui County, including donations to support community services provided by Maui United Way, the Boys and Girls Club Maui and Maui Youth and Family Services.

Today, Gov. David Ige became a member of a bipartisan coalition of 17 governors—the Governors’ Accord for a New Energy Future—a joint commitment to take action to promote clean energy, clean transportation choices and a modern electrical grid.

NextEra Energy Inc. and Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. today announced the expiration of the mandatory, pre-merger waiting period in connection with the companies’ proposed merger that was announced in December 2014.

Although NextEra Energy Inc. and Hawaiian Electric provided additional, extensive details on NextEra Energy’s plans for its merger with HEI, promising of a total of nearly $1 billion in customer savings and economic benefits to the state, Sierra Club of Hawai‘i says NextEra falls short, adding that the Sierra Club and Earthjustice are “underwhelmed” by the merger rebuttal.

Two of the state’s leading environmental advocacy groups, Sierra Club and Earthjustice, have commended Gov. David Ige’s statement today opposing plans to import and burn fossil gas in the islands.

The Division of Consumer Advocacy of the state Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs filed its testimony yesterday, recommending that the Public Utilities Commission reject the $4.3 billion NextEra Energy Inc.-HECO Companies merger as proposed, calling the purported benefits illusory and inadequate.

JLM Energy Inc. and Maui Solar Project are bringing Hawaiʻi a new energy option for this hurricane season. Energizr combines renewable energy, the grid and energy storage in one energy appliance, so renewable energy will be available on-site during a power outage.

After holding a special meeting, Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. recently announced the approval of the proposal to extend the deadline for shareholder voting on the proposed merger agreement with NextEra Energy Inc.

Hawaiʻi Energy launched a new program offering free and low-cost home energy-saving kits that give residential electric customers the opportunity to reduce their annual energy costs by up to $160.

Residential customers who own or are considering the purchase of an electric vehicle now have access to a new tool to estimate how much money they can save by using special time-of-use EV charging rates offered by the Hawaiian Electric Companies.

Maui’s residential electric rate is at a four-year low. The island’s effective rate is 31.5 cents per kWh. A typical 600 kWh bill is $198.78, which is $21.46 lower than last month and the lowest since February 2011.