HELCO seeks rate increase

[Guest]

Anyone else receiving comparison ( to your neighbors ) letter? Its fun to see how u stack up .. Helco's encouragement ? The

[Mimosa]

obie - we have moved from mid Hawaiian acres bumpy kulu rds to rd 8 .getting too old now.
previous posts are antiquated .
thank you for being so kind to us senior citizens .
we now have helco and pv for power and hot water.
the mimosa's

[Guest]

Miss u as neighbors

[TomK]

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Originally posted by RWR

Waiting on Tom Kerr s "helpful reply" maybe still sleeping it off?

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I asked questions and wrote nothing about a "helpful reply" in this thread. Seems to me that RWR is making stuff up.

[leilanidude]

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Originally posted by Frank

@leilani...
"that sell the power at inflated rates compared to what similar mainland power producers sell it for"...

what do these mainland producers sell it for?

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Wholesale has to be 10 cents or less because many areas of the country have 10 to 15 cent rates to the consumer.

[Obie]

This is the rate I pay in Ohio.

The first 100 kwh $0.12695 per kWh*
The next 900 kWh $0.10765 per kWh*

[Obie]

"obie - we have moved from mid Hawaiian acres bumpy kulu rds to rd 8 .getting too old now.
previous posts are antiquated "

Posted in September:

"In our down spouts we have small hydro units that also create stored power for those days weeks when sun does not shine plus the very rare occasions we run the gen set. We do not miss grid power what so evah in our home."

And this gem:

"On top of the 50ft tower is a 1000 gallon - stainless steel water tank - and the 4 inch pipe is for head and gravity feed water."

[Frank]

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Originally posted by leilanidude

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Originally posted by Frank

@leilani...
"that sell the power at inflated rates compared to what similar mainland power producers sell it for"...

what do these mainland producers sell it for?

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Wholesale has to be 10 cents or less because many areas of the country have 10 to 15 cent rates to the consumer.

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mahalo leilani,

this is another we're (Helco) gonna use ya...from the article "the utility said part of the increase would be used to fund grid modernization efforts," Homeowner pv systems are limited/discouraged one could say because of grid not being able to handle the excess generation so,,,Helco upgrages grid thur increase and then builds it's own HUGE solar farm..what a sweet deal?

[leilanidude]

HELCO is not building a large solar farm, nor are they building any new power generation themselves. It has too much risk. By asking others to build new generation facilities, they can simply buy the power produced and resell it to you, the consumer at a markup.

[Frank]

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Originally posted by leilanidude

HELCO is not building a large solar farm, nor are they building any new power generation themselves. It has too much risk. By asking others to build new generation facilities, they can simply buy the power produced and resell it to you, the consumer at a markup.

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bold by me...so whats the difference?

never mind, the point is they are getting it done, building the units,,,and at the same time saying the grid will not handle any more power from the home owner,,,suuuup?