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Nearly 3,500 home systems added; 3.5 million panels now in use.

Hawaiian Electric Companies is hoping its new Customer Energy Resources department will more effectively serve customers with rooftop solar and other devices that can interact with the electric grid.

The Hawaiian Electric Companies have received more than 75 proposals after its call for more renewable energy resources to “accelerate the state’s transition off fossil fuels used for generations of electricity.”

Gov. David Ige recently announced the launch of the Green Money $aver program. The program is designed to make green energy installments, like solar water heaters and photovoltaic panels, more accessible and affordable for homeowners, renters, small businesses, and non-profit organizations. According to the governorʻs press secretary, the program is a significant step towards meeting […]

Eight middle school and 11 elementary school robotics teams qualified for the 2019 VEX World Championships at the Hawaiʻi State VEX IQ Championships. Among the winners were teams from Lokelani Middle School, Kualapuʻu School, Kaunakakai School, and the Mendija Robotics Academy of Molokaʻi.  The world championship will be held from April 24 to May 1 […]

The Hawaiian Electric Companies achieved a 27% renewable portfolio standard in 2018, even with the loss of Hawaiʿi Island’s geothermal resource for most of the year following the Kīlauea volcanic eruption. According to Hawaiian Electric, the loss of geothermal did not set them back in their effort to achieve 100% renewable energy by 2045. The […]

Phone scammers kicked into high gear this week, targeting Hawaiian Electric Companies’ customers including small businesses and even some churches.

AES will host a community meeting on Thursday, Nov. 15, to share information and gather community feedback on a proposed solar-plus-storage project near Waikapū, Maui.

Customers of the Hawaiian Electric Companies, including Maui Electric could see lower electric bills as a result of the federal corporate income tax cut.

Hawaiʻi teams to compete for slots at VEX Worlds

The Hawaiian Electric Companies urge fireworks safety during New Year celebrations

The Hawaiian Electric Companies plan to seek new renewable energy projects for O‘ahu, Maui and Hawai‘i Island beginning in early 2018.

Customers submitting new applications can now complete the process online using a new tool launched by the Hawaiian Electric Companies.

Metallic streamers sprayed from a “confetti cannon” onto power lines, caused an outage that affected about 300 customers in the Keʻeaumoku area early today.

More than 1,000 electric customers across the state have signed up for Hawaiian Electric Companies’ new Time-of-Use rates program.

HEI today withdrew its applications for approval of a liquefied natural gas contract and plans to for upgrades…

The PUC concluded that HECO-NextEra failed to demonstrate that the merger is in the public interest, using the words “vague, inadequate, uncertain, unrealistic… “

All public elementary, middle and high schools in the HECO’s service territory are receiving new, intelligent, energy-monitoring devices and software.

Company representatives say the Big Island of Hawai‘i led the state with 48.7 percent of customer electricity use coming from renewable resources in 2015.

The Hawaiʻi Public Utilities Commission has approved of a request to extend discount rates for another year to customers charging Electrical Vehicles during off-peak hours.