by Makenna Anderson | July 31, 2023 Prior to recently joining the Hawaiian Electric team and more specifically the utility sector, I never realized how much goes into maintaining the resilience of the grid and, in general, its operation. We drive past our plants, substations, and poles daily but until…

by Dan Kaneko | July 26, 2023 While appliances add convenience to our everyday activities, they also demand more electricity even when powered off. If you’re like me and you often leave your devices or chargers always plugged in, they could be drawing standby power. If you read my previous…

by Robert Yang | July 22, 2023 I had a gleeful smile looking through the window of Skyline as it zoomed over the H-1 freeway during rush hour traffic. An estimated 11-mile trip from East Kapolei’s Kualakai Station to Aloha Stadium’s Halawa Station completed in just 22 minutes. …

by Teri Theuriet | July 17, 2023 On June 1, the start of the 2023 hurricane season, board members with the American Red Cross in Hawaii led and participated in an exercise designed to evaluate our state’s readiness for a major disaster. …

by Donica Kaneshiro | July 11, 2023 When you hear that all Emily Smith’s father and grandfather and six siblings all went into engineering, you may think her career path was a given. But Emily didn’t always want to be an engineer. “It wasn’t like a lifelong dream,” she admitted…

by Sharon Higa | July 5, 2023 Among the diverse activities involved in external communications at Hawaiian Electric, we produce traffic advisories to let the public know when our crews are working in the field to maintain, repair or upgrade electrical equipment as part of efforts to modernize and build…

by Dan Kaneko | June 26, 2023 It’s that time of year again when the temperatures start to rise, and the humidity can make you feel uncomfortable even while you’re just sitting still. During these warmer summer months, I’m often guilty of leaving the tower fan in my room running…

by Timur Tufail | June 20, 2023 David Locke manages Hawaiian Electric’s Electrification of Transportation- (EoT) related assets. David’s responsibilities include overseeing Hawaiian Electric’s network of publicly available direct current fast charging (DCFC) stations across Oahu, Maui County, and Hawaii Island. …

by Shayna Decker | June 13, 2023 We have often said that it will take all of us — the utility, our regulators, government officials, energy partners, customers and communities — working together to achieve our clean energy future for Hawaii. As we continue to make strong progress together in…