Did you know? HECO Battery Bonus Program

This is not free advertising for Hawaiian Electric but there is a pretty cool program that helps get more solar energy on the Oʻahu energy grid that isn’t utility-scale solar farms that exacerbate land use tensions. We feel this is the kind of incentive program that our corporate investor-owned utility that is making consistent profits should be offering to get us to 100% renewable by 2045.  If you are a home-owner and don’t already have rooftop solar, consider this program! And if you are, please pass along information ;)

HECO Battery Bonus Program: Hawaiian Electric will pay a cash incentive and provide bill credits for customers on Oahu to add energy storage (a battery) to an existing or new rooftop solar system. These perks will help move Hawaii toward its goal of 100% clean energy by 2045 and add more renewable resources to the grid in the short-term when the AES coal-fired plant is retired in September 2022.

Customers who wish to participate with an existing solar system and are presently enrolled in a customer energy program (such as Net Energy Metering, Customer Grid Supply, or others) will continue to receive full benefits from these programs. A customer must install a battery of any size and may add new panels as long as the additional PV capacity is not more than twice the battery size. Existing customers are customers that have received Permission to Operate before 7/1/2021.