Hawaiian Electric advances Wildfire Safety Strategy, expands grid resilience work
Hawaiian Electric today announced actions it is taking as part of its Wildfire Safety Strategy, particularly in drought-stricken areas at elevated risk for wildfires.
Hawaiian Electric today announced actions it is taking as part of its Wildfire Safety Strategy, particularly in drought-stricken areas at elevated risk for wildfires.
The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has approved Maui Electric Company’s first base-rate increase in six years.
To mark Earth Day, the Hawaiian Electric Companies are releasing their 12th annual Sustainability Report for 2018-19, describing efforts to address climate change, enhance community resilience and sustainability, and move Hawaii closer to 100 percent clean energy by 2045, or sooner.
Maui Electric’s Fleet Department will hold a silent auction for its retired vehicles on Wednesday, April 24, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., on the front lawn of Maui Electric’s Kahului parking lot located at 210 W. Kamehameha Avenue and Wakea Avenue.
Dozens of scam "robocalls" to Hawaiian Electric customers threatening disconnection were ignored last week, an encouraging sign that customers are just hanging up on scammers.
A $10,000 grant from Hawaiian Electric to the nonprofit Touch A Heart (TAH) helped support 12-week internships for Ginger Narawa and Thomas Dias, who graduate today from the Hoololi Food Services Program.
In partnership with the County of Maui, Maui Economic Development Board (MEDB), Ulupono Initiative, Blue Planet Foundation and Hitachi, Maui Electric will assume ownership and operation of the existing electric vehicle fast-charging network, under an arrangement approved this week by the Public Utilities Commission (PUC).
The PUC has approved our grid modernization plan to put the latest digital technology to work managing the electric grids on five islands and giving customers more control over their energy costs.
Six grid-scale solar-plus-battery storage projects, the largest and lowest-cost portfolio of renewable energy resources to be assembled at one time in Hawaii, have been approved by the Public Utilities Commission (PUC).
Employees and retirees of Hawaiian Electric raised $417,633 for Aloha United Way (AUW) during a year-long fundraising campaign to support the nonprofit agency’s mission of building stronger, more resilient communities.
We have received a 2019 Best Practices Award in Outage Communications from Chartwell, Inc. for the development, implementation and promotion of a mobile app and online outage map/reporting tool that has resulted in significant new engagement with customers.