Hawaii #1 for expensive electricity: 'We're being priced out'

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"It's just insane, this is one of the main reasons why we left," former Ewa Beach resident Bickham said. "Hawaii is home. We raised our children there, our son, we literally left a year before he graduated high school and as prices continue to just go up and up and up, we're being priced out. The utilities are not helping."
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@soupbums 3 месяца назад

Heco is corrupt they need to investigate them

@bigkahuna1889 3 месяца назад

MAin reason why Hawaii energy is so expensive is Hawaiian Electric Monopoly is codified in the State Constitution. No incentive to cheapen costs and rates! No competition from alternate providers>

@donaldtrumpy5914 3 месяца назад

We need to protest in front of the Hawaiian Electric Company Building..

@travisgrant5608 3 месяца назад

GREED! 😈

@tondog9070 3 месяца назад

Why did we dump the coal fired plant at Barbers Point? The price to produce power from coal is a heck of a lot cheaper than diesel...ughhhh

@ShrimpBarbarian 3 месяца назад

I think the moment we decided that the pollution caused from burning coal wasn't worth the damage to human health and the environment.. Also, coal is terribly ineffcient. We've moved past the 19th century.

@wonderinggayze 3 месяца назад

Same can be said for Solar, Aqua, Aero, and Thermal energy harvesting.

@shaunjumawan9496 3 месяца назад

They closed it down because all those environmental bastards crying saying it hurts the environment that's why our racetrack closed as well then they lie straight in everyone's face oh its because of the land and hawaiian homes but they don't complain when they dig up the bones putting up a rail or building homes and desecrating sites soon mother nature will punish all the B.S on the island.

@hansolo8225 3 месяца назад

The environmentalists war on the working class locals is going perfectly to plan.

@kalkeikuu 3 месяца назад

Shame on HECO and for Hawaii Government for allowing their greed from these companies to do this to locals. Doesn’t look good on you to allow this to go on in Hawaii.

@chiburu_uchinanchu 3 месяца назад

noticed after the smart meter installation our bill nearly doubled even with solar+batteries

@RollingThunder808 3 месяца назад

Why did your bill double if you have solar?

@Travis66421 3 месяца назад

Don't forget they're preparing for lawsuits from the fires too..

@NuttGreez 3 месяца назад

You're likely in a neighborhood where they are piloting their new "peak dynamic rates" tests. Even with a battery, a couple window a/c or a load of laundry in the evening will drain what's stored in a few hours. Water heaters the silent killer at over 5KW when on. You really need to use the "chugging" appliances during the day/peak production as Heco will pay you less than half what they charge (even more during peak if they go as they plan.). It's about maximizing your use during peak production as even $20k of batteries will only be saving you a few dollars a day if you use heavy after sun down.

@austindelossantos6286 3 месяца назад

Braddah vote for Trump trust me.

@gregh7457 3 месяца назад

@@NuttGreez i'm in japan with a solar pv system. we have heat pump water heaters and they're pretty good on power consumption. for the compressor part of the system they use what looks like an oversized mini split outside unit. we also have hybrid gas/heat pump water heaters for those cloudy days.

@anythinginlife9334 3 месяца назад

I live in Oahu at Ewa now i move to Washington Vancouver last year i only pay 105 for my electric a month compare what i pay in Hawaii was 1200 a month it’s open my eyes now how ripped off Hawaii now the government don’t even trying to help the people but have to remember without the people there’s no country

@donaldtrumpy5914 3 месяца назад

They know they can manipulate the immigrants living in Hawaii..

@alaefarmestatesllc 3 месяца назад

We’ve been priced out

@hansolo8225 3 месяца назад

Every HECO customer is paying for those extremely expensive solar farms and battery backup systems.

@RollingThunder808 3 месяца назад

Not only isolation raises the price of electricity it's the lack of jobs. HECO hires a lot of extra workers.

@hansolo8225 3 месяца назад

Fun Fact: Coal generated power is still the cheapest 24/7 electricity generation source.

@jdmsll 3 месяца назад

HECO is privately owned by HEI, which pays one of the highest CEO salaries in Hawaii... are we too stupid to see that as the problem?

@sussel1618 3 месяца назад

I see how they are getting green alright!

@joyy.706 3 месяца назад

Ocean water energy Hello? Anybody home?

@jdmsll 3 месяца назад

yes, but let's check with HECO first, because they need to stall the process through bureaucracy for several years while your energy bill, and CEO salary goes higher.

@StartUmUp 3 месяца назад

Lol kanaks didn't even allow the super ferry to stay in operation saying it was damaging the reef, u really think they would stand by and let someone put things in the ocean to harvest wave power lol

@zoneout00 3 месяца назад

$100+ a month for every household on Oahu just to run the power plants is crazy

@jasonking6892 3 месяца назад

Its the same here in Joplin Missouri my 2 bed house is $87 a month Outrageous 😅

@gregh7457 3 месяца назад

guam electricity is cheaper and they're farther from the mainland

@hansolo8225 3 месяца назад

HECO should send out a survey to all their customers and see if they want continue the to move to expensive solar or go back to lost cost coal power.

@briangarnier5714 3 месяца назад

I am paying 42 cents per kwh with PG&E and they are asking for another rate hike....

@kalkeikuu 3 месяца назад

Extreme Greed. Yet, never any real solutions for locals…just being priced out of Hawaii.

@hansolo8225 3 месяца назад

Energy storage is impracticality expensive. Use coal and oil power plants for nighttime and cloudy days.

@rylans.5365 3 месяца назад

Kauai's energy portfolio currently includes 43% solar, 14% hydro and 11% biomass. The 52 megawatt Tesla battery system is connected to the 13 megawatt solar array. It is more than enough to keep up with night demand/on-peak hours. Coal and oil is far more impractical in Hawaii because the supply is shipped here, refined on Oahu, then transported out, only to be burned again for power generation or for cars. Renewable energy is energy security. Relying on other countries for oil is not energy security.

@hansolo8225 3 месяца назад

@@rylans.5365If solar and wind energy is so cheap then Kauai would have cheapest electricity in the country. The irrefutable fact is renewable electricity in Hawaii is the most expensive!

@8Bitretro 3 месяца назад

HECO is an embarrassment. Renewables only increased costs for consumers. Poor business competency

@Standupbarrel1 3 месяца назад

You get what you vote for….

@rylans.5365 3 месяца назад

It has nothing to do with that; HECO is a monopoly, there’s no denying that, and our location does not help with the prices.

@verothomas1524 3 месяца назад

My mom had foresight to install solar water heater back the 70s. No a/c and no,oven. House of two and average bill is $170 a month.

@user-xd7zr5zy8k 3 месяца назад

lowest rate for SoCal Edison is 43/kwh and goes up from there based on usage

@gregh7457 3 месяца назад

yea but hawaii has a crapton of surcharges and taxes that go on top but i wouldn't doubt that if you're in the higher tiers of usage, calif might be more expensive than hawaii

@wongmm 3 месяца назад

In San Diego, it's $0.39 and $0.48 per kWh based on usage on the standard rate, and up to $0.65 per kWh from 4 to 9 pm on a time of use plan. But our climate is more mild which requires less use of an A/C. Plus, add the fact that we can use natural gas for ovens, stoves, furnaces, and water heaters, but Hawaii uses electricity for everything - that's the real killer.

@yoooboy808 3 месяца назад

It’s 2024, how do we still have only one electric company???

@darrylloo4080 3 месяца назад

Hawaiian Electric bought the governor.

@wonderinggayze 3 месяца назад

This shouldnt be a problem for hawaii. Home owners could convert their homes to solar power and grid power, which would help not only supply the tenants of the home with free power but will send all un use electricity to a power station in which the account holder will be reimbursed for. Another solution to help their grid is to set up solar towers rather than farms to collect and store engery. Other opitions are water, wind, and thermal engery harvesting.

@briangarnier5714 3 месяца назад

Yes it seems that way. I have lived in california most of my life and lived on the islands back in the mid seventies. It felt like l found home. The culture fit my personality. Ohana being more important than money. And very laid back. Wish l never moved back but l had to deal with things on the mainland and the rest is history. Hope people can figure it out. Solar and wind generation sounds like the way to go and get away from the power company all together.

@toshioikene8200 3 месяца назад

I wonder if Hawaii Jones Act affects prices.

@dhn. 3 месяца назад

Anyone who touts "renewable" energy without considering and using nuclear power is either ignorant or lying.

@jasonpaz 3 месяца назад

The price of paradise. Politicians should let local people make money but instead they tax us

@hawaiiramsfan7 3 месяца назад

Lucky I Live Hawaii

@Critique808 3 месяца назад

I get solar garden night lights all over my yard. Lol 😆

@granta3044 3 месяца назад

If those in control really wanted change, it woulda been done yesterday.

@datuce7634 3 месяца назад

keep Hawaiian lands in Hawaiian hand.. don’t let em price you all out

@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom 3 месяца назад

Hawaiian refers only to the aboriginal native people of Hawai’i and Americans have long since stollen most of our land. That ship has sailed.

@kalkeikuu 3 месяца назад

@@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom - yeah, tell them to sail the hell back to Europe, those damn island stealers!

@kahekilikahahawai586 3 месяца назад

@@The.Hawaiian.Kingdomno the Kanaka Maoli. Hawaiian came from white man who couldn’t pronounce Kanaka Maoli properly

@The.Hawaiian.Kingdom 3 месяца назад

@@kahekilikahahawai586 No Hawaiian came from our ali’i, as that was the nationality of subjects of the Hawaiian Kingdom, in the same way citizens of America are called “Americans”. And none the less, it’s origins are irrelevant, modernly Hawaiian *ONLY* refers to the aboriginal native people of Hawai’i, no one else & its codified in the fraudulent states law as a legal definition.

@sevenblessed2543 3 месяца назад

Heco is the biggest scam of a company

@peekaboo6622 3 месяца назад

We are "Hawaii", soon to be Hawaii Republ8c of China

@gregh7457 3 месяца назад

yep, once they take over taiwan they will control the pacific

@testtube9423 3 месяца назад

But at least we're not buying Russian oil or using coal! Thank God I'm doing the right thing at the expense of my kids grocery bill and being able to commute to work each day.

@gwillikers7383 3 месяца назад

You’re not doing the right thing😅

@gwillikers7383 3 месяца назад

Earth’s climate going to change regardless of what humans do.

@bullyboy131 3 месяца назад

Democrats

@testtube9423 3 месяца назад

@@bullyboy131 I wish I believed that. One thing I've learned is that you're going to be screwed over regardless of who you vote for. Both parties are unified on war and the donations they received from profiteers

@user-xd7zr5zy8k 3 месяца назад

@@bullyboy131 yup, leftist fools. All about their 'feelings' as they cannot think logically. Nothing wrong with using coal. Our have gone up since they shut down the local plant. Oil is traded globally so it really doesn't matter who is selling or buying.

@kahekilikahahawai586 3 месяца назад

Get what you vote for Hawai’i

@slugnaholowaa7406 3 месяца назад

Go to sleep when it gets dark. Turn off your tv and all the lights.

@minipoopuu12340 3 месяца назад

And put ur mask on

@user-ey2ei5yv3f 3 месяца назад

And get another booster

@tamehamehaprints3604 3 месяца назад

they should invent something to put on your roof to make electricity from the sun fwiw I pay zero /yr

@howzit9397 3 месяца назад

I believe they are already trying to make tile roofs like little solar panels to tie into the electrical panel.

@thepassionfruitdiariessuzi6978 2 месяца назад

The Portuguese azores islands are just as isolated as the Hawaiian islands and electricity is dirt cheap. It’s greed, nothing else

@daitins 3 месяца назад

Are we gonna run out of gas or oil one day?

@CJGJ808 3 месяца назад

No, there is plenty of oil. Petroleum is an organic material that is the 2nd largest quantity liquid on the planet. There is an abundance, and the big lie is that it is scarce.

@rylans.5365 3 месяца назад

⁠@@CJGJ808The issue at hand is that burning fossil fuels releases stored carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, trapping radiation from leaving Earths atmosphere. We live Hawaii, we all preach aloha and malama ʻāina, but it’s much more than picking up opala.

@user-ey2ei5yv3f 3 месяца назад

Thank you Biden

@rylans.5365 3 месяца назад

Nothing to do with Biden, Hawaiis electricity was already #1 most expensive nationally even under republican presidency.

@travisgrant5608 3 месяца назад

Bull Shit! It's ALL GREED on the part of the suppliers of oil and the electric company!

@Kalihi819Yessa 3 месяца назад

**CK

@axesandelbows414 3 месяца назад

Being priced out happens everywhere, not just in Hawaii. When it happens, you move. That's life. No one owes you or your kids a living. Grow up and do better. 🎈

@rryan8005 3 месяца назад

DemocRATS 🤬 Priced out of Paradise

@MrSlantwise 3 месяца назад

If you pay $500 a month, you had a ton of inefficiency in your home. You could have fixed that. One lady's story is not the average.

@rylans.5365 3 месяца назад

Exactly. The average electricity bill in Hawaii as of 2022 was $402.30. But $500 is just outrageous. Yes electricity here is costly, but usage is just as big of a thing to focus on. I live in a single family rental home in Hawaii on the Big Island. Our power bill for February 2024 was $130.20. No solar, nada. Many of the upgrades we have done involve reflective window tinting on East, South, and West facing windows, weatherstripping doors and windows, unplugging vampire drain devices, using A/C sparingly and relying on winds and ceiling fans, the list goes on. I think this woman has a right to complain about the general cost of living here, but you’re right, very few are paying $500+ a month for utilities.

@hansolo8225 3 месяца назад

@@rylans.5365In summary we should live like cavemen in order to satisfy the environmental cult.