Powering Hawaii's Future

Cool tips to beat the summer heat

Hawaiian Electric offers helpful tips to help you beat the heat while saving energy. Here are some of my favorite tips I’ve implemented in my own life.

Fueling up on sunflowers with Pacific Biodiesel

In Hawaii, Pacific Biodiesel introduced a creative way to source clean energy straight from sunflowers.

Greatest of all time (GOAT) goat grazing on Maui

In partnership with Surfing Goat Dairy, it was the first time in our company’s 100-plus year history where we “employed” 15 goats to clear a 1-acre area next to one of our substations.

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Community, Electric Vehicles

Electric Garage Talk: Cynthia and her IONIQ, Esther

November 7, 2025 | Jennifer Ecklund

When Cynthia Carlton-Jarmon first learned to drive on her family’s farm in North Carolina — driving tractors, pickup trucks at nine, and school buses in high school — she never imagined she’d one day be zipping around Oahu in a sleek electric vehicle (EV) named Esther.

Community

Domonic Vespoli keeps Hawaiian Electric’s power plants and his ukulele tuned up

October 29, 2025 | Donica Kaneshiro

Maintenance Manager Domonic Vespoli grew up in Waianae. He said he would always pass Kahe Power Plant and be curious about what happened behind the gates.

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Community

From “No Can” to “How Can”: The power of relationships in Lahaina

October 15, 2025 | Michaellyn “Mikey” Burke

As Hawaiian Electric’s West Maui Community Liaison, a recent volunteer workday with community partners to protect Lahainaluna High School with a firebreak reminded me that our community relationships continue to be the strongest infrastructure that we build together across our islands.

Community

Quick tips for multi-factor authentication (MFA)

October 7, 2025 | Kyle Nakanishi

As a web support specialist at Hawaiian Electric, I speak to customers who experience issues accessing our Online Customer Service Center to view and pay their electricity bill.

Community

Cultivating a corporate culture of giving back

October 2, 2025 | Shannon Tangonan

When I agreed to be among the 104 Hawaiian Electric volunteers at this year’s Okinawan Festival on Oahu in late August, it slipped my mind that it was during Labor Day weekend, and I had already signed up for a shift at our company’s annual golf tournament on Labor Day to benefit Aloha United Way.

Community, Energy Savings

Discounted tech to save energy for Hawaii residents

September 30, 2025 | Andrew Millard

Working at Hawaiian Electric, I learned there are creative tech products with reduced prices available for Hawaii residents at the Hawaii Energy Marketplace.

Community

New features for Hawaiian Electric’s easy-to-use mobile app

September 24, 2025 | Jacky Leung

Part of the reason why smartphones are so useful — besides internet connectivity, high-definition cameras, GPS, etc. — is because we’re able to install different apps on them.

Careers, Community, Education

Powering the future: Maui-based interns gain hands-on experience at power plant

September 23, 2025 | Rhonette Poepoe

To help more Maui residents build successful careers and continue to call our Hawaii islands home, Hawaiian Electric is debuting new workforce developments like the Maui Power Pathways Program as a solution.

About Us, Electric Vehicles

Boxy, balky and unloved, MARS II was early vehicle for EV exploration

September 17, 2025 | Jim Kelly

While electric vehicles are a common sight today, their road to acceptance started more than 100 years ago. Back in 1899, Hawaiian Electric promoted electric cars as a sensible replacement for horses, declaring “electricity holds as unquestioned a superiority in the matter of lighting as it does in the matter of transportation.”

Emergency Preparedness, Safety

Apartment living: Preparing for an emergency

September 12, 2025 | Alyssa Okamura

As an apartment renter, I know it can feel overwhelming to build an emergency kit and deal with various situations when we have limited space and there are other parties, like facilities management, involved. However, it is important we find creative solutions to prepare and prioritize our safety.