Kauaʻi Island Utility Cooperative

Kauaʻi Island Utility Cooperative’s Member Services and Communications Manager, Beth Amaro, discussed the island's impacts from Lala and highlighted a new rebate program for residents with electricity-dependent medical needs.

The state Consumer Advocate hired the outside consulting firm Jensen Hughes to review the KIUC's wildfire plan. According to their findings, some areas of the plan need critical improvement.

The U.S. Department of Energy announced last week that it would terminate more than $7.5 billion in funding awards to state-level energy projects. Those projects are mainly in Democrat-led states, including Hawaiʻi, which lost an estimated $68 million.

The Kauaʻi utility has yet to share if and how customers' bills may increase to pay for the costs of the utility’s plan, but KIUC Chief of Operations Brad Rockwell told the commission that the utility was keeping possible impacts to ratepayers in mind.

Maui Brewing Co. CEO Garrett Marrero discusses the state of small business in Hawaiʻi;

The Kauaʻi Island Utility Cooperative has submitted a wildfire mitigation plan to the Public Utilities Commission. It lays out KIUC's strategy for reducing wildfire risk, as well as its associated costs, over the next three years.

Lawmakers are looking to address Hawaiʻi's high electricity bills. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote reports on two different measures at the Legislature.

Gov. Josh Green is calling for a renewed push to expand rooftop solar. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote speaks with the head of the Hawaiʻi Solar Energy Association about the effort.

Hawaiʻi is experiencing a post-pandemic spike in utility disconnections. The Public Utilities Commission is holding a public meeting on a recent report on utility disconnection reforms.

Hawaiʻi's two big electricity providers have filed plans with the Public Utilities Commission about what they are doing to prepare for natural disasters.