November

Hawaiian Electric utility work on Waipahu Depot St. to affect traffic, Pearl Harbor Bike Path thru Nov. 30

Hawaiian Electric contractors are continuing repairs to a 30-foot section of pipeline along Waipahu Depot Street, requiring closure of a section of roadway to one lane and a temporary bypass along the Pearl Harbor Bike Path. The work has been extended through Friday, Nov. 30, to accommodate additional repairs.

Hawaii utilities join forces against aggressive scammers, alert customers during Utility Scam Awareness Week

Hawaii residents and small businesses are losing thousands of dollars to increasingly aggressive thieves and scam artists posing as utility workers and bill collectors.

Hawaiian Electric fundraiser cookbook now available

Watt’s Cookin' – Hawaiian Electric Favorites is a 143-page recipe collection just published by Hawaiian Electric employees as a fundraiser for Aloha United Way, the nonprofit organization providing services for Hawaii’s most vulnerable populations.

PUC approves transfer of jointly owned utility poles from Hawaiian Telcom to Hawaiian Electric Companies

The Hawaiian Electric Companies have acquired Hawaiian Telcom's ownership interest in approximately 120,000 jointly-owned utility electric distribution poles on Oahu, Maui, Molokai, Lanai and Hawaii island under agreements approved by the Public Utilities Commission.

October

Hawaiian Electric construction requires partial closure of Kaiolu Street in Waikiki

As part of the construction to install new 46-kilovolt cables under the Ala Wai Canal, Kaiolu Street in Waikiki will be closed to through traffic at Ala Wai Boulevard 24 hours a day, starting on Thursday, Nov. 1, and continuing through Nov. 23, possibly longer.

Hawaiian Electric Companies' new NEM Plus program allows solar customers to add storage, non-export technology

The Hawaiian Electric Companies have launched NEM Plus, a program that allows Net Energy Metering customers to add features such as energy storage to their rooftop solar systems – as long as the new equipment doesn’t export power to the grid.

Hawaiian Electric to replace 1,200 potentially defective electric meters at Oahu businesses

Hawaiian Electric is notifying commercial customers about a potential hazard that relates to a particular brand of electric meter installed at businesses on Oahu.

Hawaiian Electric Companies select 7 solar-plus-storage projects for record increase in renewable energy

Seven major solar-plus-storage projects on three islands, representing the largest infusion of renewable energy in state history, are now in contract negotiations between developers and the Hawaiian Electric Companies.

September

Hawaiian Electric Companies invites public, energy stakeholders to Integrated Grid Planning workshop

The Hawaiian Electric Companies will host a public workshop to highlight their new Integrated Grid Planning process – an innovative approach to planning for the grid of the future as the state moves toward 100 percent renewables.

Hawaiian Electric funds electric vehicle for JABSOM's Hawaii HOME Project

Hawaiian Electric Company and the HEI Charitable Foundation have donated $30,000 to the University of Hawaii at Manoa John A. Burns School of Medicine's Hawaii Homeless Outreach & Medical Education Project (HOME) to purchase an electric vehicle.