kWh Index

Hawaii Electric Light Co Inc.

Hawaii Electric Light Co Inc. is investor owned serving 78,386 residential customers in Hawaii, at an average residential price of 48.31¢ per kilowatt-hour.

That price is derived, and it is annual. It is total residential revenue divided by total residential sales in EIA’s 2024 survey — not a tariff, and not this month’s rate. For what a kilowatt-hour costs in Hawaii right now, see the state page, currently 52.72¢.

What it reported, by service

ServiceResidential customersResidentialCommercial
Bundled78,38648.31¢46.02¢

How often the power goes out

Minutes without power per customer, 2024539.8 minutes (SAIDI, including major event days)
Interruptions per customer4.41 (SAIFI)
Excluding major event days364.5 minutes the figure utilities are benchmarked on
Reported underOther standard

The headline figure includes major event days, because a customer who lost power for three days in a storm lost power for three days. See how this compares nationally.

Counties served

Hawaii.

From EIA’s 2024 service-territory report. More than one utility can serve a county.

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Source: EIA-861 annual electric utility survey, data year 2024. Public domain. This page is a record of what Hawaii Electric Light Co Inc. reported to EIA; it is not an endorsement, and nothing here is a quote. Corrections and removal requests.