Regulators approve amended contract with Wailuku River Hydroelectric on Hawai‘i Island Customers benefit with lower cost, fixed pricing

Regulators approve amended contract with Wailuku River Hydroelectric on Hawai‘i Island Customers benefit with lower cost, fixed pricing

Regulators approve amended contract with Wailuku River Hydroelectric on Hawai‘i Island Customers benefit with lower cost, fixed pricing   HILO, April 16, 2025 – The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) recently approved an amended power purchase contract between Hawaiian Electric and Wailuku River Hydroelectric.   The Hilo plant has supplied the island’s grid with up to 12.1 megawatts (MW) of run-of-river energy since 1993. Under the amended contra…