Director, T&D and Interconnection Planning (mail code WA4-BB) T&D and Interconnection Planning. Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. P.O. Box 2750. Honolulu, Hawaii 96840-0001. If additional information or clarification regarding the EOI or the EOI process outlined in this document is required, questions may be submitted to igp@hawaiianelectric .

Hawaiian Electric today launched a new framework that streamlines choices for customers participating in the company''s rooftop solar energy programs. "Smart Renewable Energy" represents the next step in Hawaiian Electric''s push to bring more customer-sited renewable energy resources onto the grid as Hawaii strives to achieve

Download PDF. HILO, May 1, 2023 – The AES Corporation''s (AES) Waikoloa Solar + Storage project is online and feeding lower-cost renewable energy to the Hawaii Island electric grid. It is the island''s first and largest solar plus storage project and can generate up to 30 megawatts supported by a 120 megawatt-hour battery energy storage system.

Shared solar (Molokai): 2.7 MW + 11.1 MWh storage. Renewable energy percentage: 35.4%. Renewable peak: 70.0% on June 10, 2023 (Maui) Generation capacity, in gross megawatts, in service as of 2/15/2024. Hawaiian Electric provides electricity for 95% of residents of the State of Hawaii on the islands of Oahu, Maui,

6 Herein, the term "Stage 3 Contract" will be used generically to refer to the applicable purchase agreement for that technology (i.e., PV+BESS RDG PPA, Wind+BESS RDG PPA, Firm PPA, or ESPA). 7 Contact the Company if there is any uncertainty with which model Stage 3 Contract the Proposer''s technology aligns.

Solar and Energy Storage Program Transition Form. If you are a customer on an existing solar and/or battery storage program, please fill out the form below to let us know when you would like to transition to the new Smart Renewable Energy (or Smart DER) and/or Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) program. Please note that: Net Energy Metering (NEM

Release Date: 3/7/2023 Download PDF . HONOLULU, March. 7, 2023 – Hawaiian Electric solar customers who participate in the company''s Battery Bonus energy storage incentive program will benefit from several new program refinements developed with input from the solar industry.. Battery Bonus pays monthly bill credits and a one-time cash incentive to

The solar-plus-storage system owner will receive the incentive. That can be the residential or commercial customer owning the system or a company leasing the system to the homeowner or business. Customers may end participation before the 10-year commitment by notifying Hawaiian Electric and repaying a prorated portion of the

The 2023 total is an increase from 3,269 gigawatt-hours in 2022. Hawaiian Electric generation in 2023 totaled 10,189 gigawatt-hours. * A gigawatt-hour is a unit of electrical energy equal to one thousand megawatt hours, one million kilowatt-hours, or one billion watt-hours. A 100-watt bulb burning for one hour uses 100 watt-hours of electricity.

May 22, 2023. The company plans to add a total of 125,000 private rooftop solar and energy storage systems. Image: Hawaiian Electric via Twitter. Utility Hawaiian Electric has finalised a plan to

Q10: [Posted 10/29/21] Please provide information regarding the process by which the islanding controller and the microgrid controller components will be procured. (i.e. RFP, public bid, etc.). A10: These components will be procured through a competitive bidding process and will be owned and operated by Hawaiian Electric. Q11:

HONOLULU, April 1, 2024 – Hawaiian Electric today launched a new framework that streamlines choices for customers participating in the company''s rooftop solar energy programs. "Smart Renewable Energy" represents the next step in Hawaiian Electric''s push to bring more customer-sited renewable energy resources onto the grid as Hawaii strives

Final Variable Renewable Dispatchable Generation Paired with Energy Storage RFPs RFP Update (December 2, 2019) Maui Electric Company submitted to the PUC their Final Variable Renewable Dispatchable Generation Paired with Energy Storage RFPs and supporting documentation for the islands of Molokai and Lanai on November 27, 2019 as

HONOLULU, March. 7, 2023 – Hawaiian Electric solar customers who participate in the company''s Battery Bonus energy storage incentive program will benefit from several new program refinements developed with input from the solar industry. Battery Bonus pays monthly bill credits and a one-time cash incentive to residential and commercial

Partner: Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) and University of Hawai''i West O''ahu Project name: West O''ahu Solar + Storage project The result was a design for a 14 MW solar plus 70 MWh battery energy storage system sited on the US Navy land which during typical operation will feed the local grid. The project also features a micro-grid

Project Overview. Plus Power has brought online a 185 MW / 565 MWh state-of-the-art battery energy storage system that provides clean, firm capacity to the Hawaiian Electric Company. The Kapolei Energy

On July 29, 2022 the PUC issued Order No. 38531 Granting the Hawaiian Electric Companies'' Motion for Enlargement of Time to File the Final Stage 3 Request for Proposals for Hawaii Island ("Order 38531"). Order 38531 sets the Companies'' deadline to file its Final Stage 3 RFP fifteen (15) business days from the filing date of the PUC''s

November 22, 2021. On November 22, 2021 at 4 pm HST, Hawaiian Electric issued the Community-Based Renewable Energy (CBRE) Program Phase 2 Requests for Proposal (RFP) for Molokai and Lanai in accordance with Order No. 38038 (PDF) issued on October 25, 2021 and Order No. 38074 (PDF) issued on November 18,

Hawaiian Electric Company''s Self-Build Team proposes to install, own, and operate a 40 MW/160 MWh battery energy storage system ("BESS") at the Company''s Waena site offered in the RFP. The energy storage system would be grid-tied via the planned Waena switchyard. The proposed energy storage system is intended to satisfy the "Storage

The Hawaiian Electric Company Subject: The Hawaiian Electric Companies Hawaiian Electric, Maui Electric and Hawai i Electric Light - provide electricity for 95% of residents of the State of Hawaii on the islands of Oahu, Maui, Molokai, Lanai and Hawaii Island. Keywords: 2019; power facts; hawaiian electric company; maui electric; hawaii

Funding Opportunity : Sustainable and Holistic Integration of Energy Storage and Solar PV. SunShot Subprogram : Systems Integration. Location: Honolulu, Hawaii. Amount Awarded: $2,437,500. Awardee Cost Share: $2,437,500. Hawaiian Electric Company will demonstrate successful distributed photovoltaics (PV), energy storage, and dynamic

THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Jan. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Plus Power ™ announced it has begun operating its Kapolei Energy Storage facility on Oahu, Hawaii, the most

Hawaiian Electric plans to build battery energy storage systems on company-owned land at Waena near the Central Maui Landfill and at Keahole Power Plant. These self-build projects will help the electric grid to accommodate more renewable sources and ensure grid stability while reducing thermal plant emissions.

The company filed its "Integrated Grid Plan: A pathway to a clean energy future" with the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), outlining steps the company will take in the coming years to ensure its system will achieve net zero carbon emissions and use 100% renewable resources by 2045. Hawaiian Electric is seeking regulatory approval of

The Battery Bonus program is a 10-year program and is designed to help move Hawaii toward its goal of 100% clean energy by 2045 and add more renewable resources to the

On April 20, 2022, Hawaiian Electric selected a Project for the Lanai CBRE RFP. Onyx Development Group''s project, Mikiola Solar, was selected after a competitive evaluation of both price and non-price factors. Mikiola Solar is a 17.6 megawatt (MW) solar project paired with a 73.7 megawatt-hour (MWh) battery energy storage

Hawaiian Electric continues to work with outside experts on wind integration, "smoothing" and energy storage in order to maximize the use of wind power on our island grids. Hawaiian Electric pioneered wind energy development in Hawaii in the early 1980s. Today, Hawaiian Electric continues to add more wind power to island grids through wind

BESS, or Battery Energy Storage System, is a system that stores energy for use at a later time using a battery technology. Hawaiian Electric''s proposed BESS projects will employ state-of-the-art, grid-tied energy storage battery units. Each battery unit consists of lithium-ion batteries, a circuit breaker panel, inverter, and an internal

This status board tracks the progress of new and upcoming renewable energy projects and the impact that they will have in increasing our overall RPS % points – essentially, the percentage of renewable energy on the grid – to meet our clean energy goals. Download PDF. For maps showing existing and proposed projects, view our latest

In 2018, the Hawaiian Electric Companies awarded AES three projects totaling 102.5 MW solar PV + 410 MWh battery energy storage systems. This portfolio includes a project on O''ahu on approximately 66 acres of University of Hawai''i West O''ahu''s mauka lands adjacent to Makakilo.

In response to the August 2019 Request for Proposals, Hawaiian Electric submitted its own proposals to develop grid-tied battery energy storage systems (BESS). Two of five projects were selected by the RFP team on May 11, 2020: the Maui (Waena) and Hawaii Island (Keahole) BESS. To learn more about battery energy storage systems, read our FAQs

The payment is offered as a bill credit. Committed capacity is the amount of kW discharged from battery for two hours during the window of 6 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. The committed capacity determines the incentive. For example, a 15 kilowatt-hour (kWh) battery can commit 5 kW or 10 kWh over two hours, therefore, the incentive would be $850 x 5 kW