02-10-2014, 12:22 PM
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"Since 2009, the average electric rate has gone up 50 percent in Hawaii; the business model needs to be examined," Harris said.
Again with focusing on the wrong end: HELCO's business model is clearly to guarantee revenue for shareholders, but people are still mistaking it for a "utility company" that "provides electricity".
Punchline? Believing that "off-grid" alternatives are "expensive".