05-06-2008, 03:50 AM
HELCO is a subsidiary of HECO so when one goes up one would expect the other to go up as well.
You don't have to pay through the nose, you can entirely relocate your nose outside of their domain. Here's a couple of interesting websites which may help you do that:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Ted-Baer...-Windmill/
http://www.otherpower.com/otherpower_experiments.html
It is stone easy to set up an alternate power system these days. Your house wiring stays the same, replace all light bulbs with those compact fluorescent ones and if you have an electric stove, water heater or dryer replace it with gas. Get an inverter (Outback makes really nice ones), a battery bank and then some way to charge the batteries. Solar, wind, hydro or a combination of several of them. Unplug from HELCO and invest in HECO for the dividends.
You don't have to pay through the nose, you can entirely relocate your nose outside of their domain. Here's a couple of interesting websites which may help you do that:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Ted-Baer...-Windmill/
http://www.otherpower.com/otherpower_experiments.html
It is stone easy to set up an alternate power system these days. Your house wiring stays the same, replace all light bulbs with those compact fluorescent ones and if you have an electric stove, water heater or dryer replace it with gas. Get an inverter (Outback makes really nice ones), a battery bank and then some way to charge the batteries. Solar, wind, hydro or a combination of several of them. Unplug from HELCO and invest in HECO for the dividends.
Kurt Wilson