Hawaiian Electric Company
February 2016
Volume XXXV • Number 2
We’re offering greater
convenience at a lower price
W
e’re pleased to now offer you better options for bill payment.
If you like to pay your bill in person,
you can pay your bill near your home or your work at a Western
Union® payment agent—and it’s now a free service.
Western Union payment agents are
conveniently located in a variety
small markets and large retailers,
including these familiar stores:
Foodland
Kmart
Money Mart
Sack N Save
Safeway
Times Super Market
Walgreens
Simply present your bill payment
stub to the cashier at the customer
service desk. Pay your bill with cash
or a check, allowing two working
days for your account to be credited.
If you prefer to pay your bill by
phone, using a credit card, checking or savings account debit card, or
electronic check, you can call Western
Union Speedpay® at 1-888-813-2207.
To pay your bill online, using a
credit card, checking or savings account debit card, or electronic check,
Ward Avenue bill payment
office is closing
Our Ward Avenue bill payment
office will close effective March 7, 2016. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may
cause you. As noted above, we’ve
made improvements to other
convenient options for paying
your bill.
You may pay your electric bill in
person, at no extra charge, at any
convenient Western Union® payment agent location. Or for a small
service fee charged by Western
Union Speedpay® you can pay by
phone or online.
Our downtown bill payment office,
in the lobby of the American Savings Bank Tower at Bishop Square
(with access from Alakea Street), will
remain open from 7:30 a.m. to 5:00
p.m., Monday through Friday except
holidays. Please note that there is no
free parking downtown.
We also offer our free Automatic Bill
Payment program, and of course,
you can mail your payment to us.
Ho‘oku‘i • Corporate Communications
PO Box 2750 • Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96840
access Western Union Speedpay at www.hawaiianelectric.com/paynow.
Paying your bill by phone and online
is now less expensive. Starting this
month, Western Union has lowered
the service fee for residential customers to only
$1.99. Your elec-
tric bill payment
will be credited
to your account
within two business days.
You may also pay your electric
bill at our bill
payment of-
fice, Monday
through Friday,
except holidays:
American Savings Bank Tower Lobby 1001 Bishop St. (entrance on Alakea)
7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Congratulations
ABP sweepstakes
winners!
Our Automatic Bill Payment program
allows you to pay your electric bill
automatically from your checking,
savings, or credit union account, with
no service charge. Those who signed up between Oct. 1 and Nov. 30, 2015, as well as existing ABP customers, qualified for a chance
to win an Apple iPad or an Apple iPad
mini. Congratulations to our winners
on O‘ahu: Clyde won an Apple iPad; David and Sherri each won an iPad mini.
Continued on back page
Telephone: (808) 543-5670
www.hawaiianelectric.com
Winning New Year’s Resolutions for 2016
Students participating in the 2015 –
2016 Home Energy Challenge have
learned that everybody, even children, can help create a clean energy
future by using electricity wisely.
Sponsored by the State of Hawai‘i
Department of Education and
Hawaiian Electric, the Home Energy
Challenge is an educational program
that encourages elementary school
students to put into practice at home
what they’ve learned in class about
energy conservation. The three
schools whose families conserve the
largest percentages of electricity win
$10,000, $6,000, and $3,000.
The New Year’s Resolutions drawing contest, a component of the
program, is one of the ways students
can express their lessons. The resolutions selected as winners are not
only cleverly drawn, but they reflect
a personal commitment to develop
new habits.
The following six winning students
and their classmates will enjoy a zany
educational performance by Magic
Science of Hawai‘i.
Ayu, a second-grade student from
Kamiloiki Elementary, resolved to
plant more trees at home so her family could avoid using air conditioning
and fans.
Second-grader Patton, from Mililani
Mauka Elementary, promised to take
Kylie’s resolution is
to conserve
electricity
at home by
turning off the
lights when
no one is using them.
Congratulations ABP sweepstakes winners!
Continued from front page
Trent Narimatsu (l), payment processing supervisor, presents an Apple iPad mini to ABP
sweepstakes winner David Rackley (r).
R E C I P E
David had just signed up
for electric service on our
website. He told us that
because all our services
were online, signing up
for ABP was easy.
If you would like to sign
up for ABP, you can either
enroll online at www.
hawaiianelectric.com,
download an enrollment
form and mail it in, or call
us at 548-7311.
O F
T H E
Valentine Tomato Soup
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 cloves garlic, crushed
Pinch of red chili flakes
1 small onion, minced
1 medium carrot, grated
11 Roma tomatoes,
roasted and skinned
1 (15-ounce) can garbanzo beans,
drained and rinsed
3 cups low-sodium
chicken broth
his shoes off before coming into his
home, so the carpet would not get
dirty and his mother wouldn’t have to
vacuum the carpet so often.
Ami, a fourth-grader from Mililani Mau-
ka, said she would clean her refrigerator’s coils with a brush every six months to help her family save electricity.
Fourth-grader Josephine, from
Ma‘ema‘e Elementary, promised to
hang her clothes on a line to dry in
order to conserve electricity at home.
Also in the fourth grade, Kylie from
Palisades Elementary, said she would
conserve electricity at home by turning off the lights when no one is
using them.
And Sydney, a sixth-grader from Enchanted Lake Elementary, vowed to conserve electricity at home by
keeping the fridge open for only seven seconds at a time.
Eight elementary schools qualified to
participate in the Home Energy Challenge’s ninth year of competition:
Enchanted Lake, Haha‘ione, Kainalu,
Kamiloiki, Kanoelani, Ma‘ema‘e, Mililani Mauka, and Palisades.
M O N T H
Heat olive oil in a medium-sized soup
pot over medium-high heat. Add
1 (24-ounce) can garlic, chili flakes, onion, and carrots;
tomato basil sauce
sauté for 5 minutes. Add tomatoes
Sugar to taste
and beans and sauté for an additional
2 teaspoons 3 minutes. Add broth, tomato sauce,
HECO
minced basil
and sugar to taste. Bring to a boil. Re4 tablespoons heavy duce heat to low and add remaining
whipping cream
ingredients. Simmer for 10 minutes.
2 tablespoons Using an immersion blender, carefully
grated Parmesan blend soup until smooth. Top with
cheese
your favorite grilled cheese sandwich
Pepper and sea salt cut in the shape of a heart. Recipe
makes 4 servings.
to taste