Maui Mayor Michael Victorino called Young Brothers the "lifeline for the state of Hawai‘i."  He continued saying, "The neighbor islands depend on Young Brothers tremendously.  Some of us do not have big harbors that could bring in larger ships to off load, and so we depend on Young Brothers to bring in almost 90% of all the produce, all of our food and other necessities that this county, this island, Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi exist off of."

Under the interim rate that has been in effect for nearly eight months, the typical Maui monthly residential bill for 500 kilowatt-hours increased by about $5 a month.

This year’s conference will take an in-depth look at the innovative policies and technologies that continue to allow rapid growth in PV.

Randall Iwase, chair of the Hawaiʻi Public Utilities Commission will resign from his post, effective Dec. 28, 2018.

The 2.64-MW project, including a battery energy storage system, will be owned by Moloka‘i New Energy Partners, which will sell electricity to Maui Electric.

The Hawai‘i State Senate has confirmed Jennifer “Jennie” Potter to the Public Utilities Commission.

The project would provide energy from its solar array and battery at a rate of about 17 cents per kilowatt hour, less than the present cost of diesel generation

The appeal challenged the Public Utilities Commission and its denial of a request to intervene in a case involving a proposed agreement by Maui Electric Company to buy power from the former Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar plantation’s coal-fired power plant.

It will cost an estimated $205 million to update the energy networks of Hawaiian Electric, Maui Electric and Hawaiʻi Electric Light over the next six years.

The draft Grid Modernization Strategy describes the scope and estimated $205 million cost to update the energy networks of Maui Electric over the next 6 years.

Sierra Club: If passed, private corps will be allowed to make unlimited profit from selling water, creating new incentive to divert water from public streams

Maui Electric envisions achieving 100% renewable energy on Moloka‘i by 2020, on Lānaʻi by 2030 and on Maui by 2040.

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

Sea Link of Hawaiʻi, the ferry between Maui and Molokaʻi, offers fares of $62.04 for a one way ticket. The company faces competitive air fares as low as $36.

The Time of Use rate structure program encourages customers to reduce electricity use during times when electricity is more expensive to produce, while allowing them to take advantage of less expensive electricity being offered at other times.