Curious about HE

[Sunset]

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Originally Posted by Koolau I think I'm down to two bars to "kill" everything. So, I could do it at night without too much hassle. Problem then is: I gotta wait 5 or 10 minutes for everything to come up. I'm lazy and don't like to mess with it but I especially hate to wait for stuff to go live. ....

We have one of those fancy power bars, where I turn off the TV at night and it commands the slave sockets to cut the power to other things, like our speakers, DVD player, etc.
When I turn on the TV, I have no delay noticeable in the other things coming alive.
I don't kill the power to the TV as then it loses the date.

[Koolau]

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Originally Posted by Sunset We have one of those fancy power bars, where I turn off the TV at night and it commands the slave sockets to cut the power to other things, like our speakers, DVD player, etc. When I turn on the TV, I have no delay noticeable in the other things coming alive. I don't kill the power to the TV as then it loses the date.

Heh, heh, my TV is too stupid to have a date (or maybe I'm too stupid to know where the date is on the TV.) I do know that when I turn everything back on, the DVR/Receiver takes about 4 or 5 minutes to come up. It's all synchronized and ready to go at that point, so it's more laziness on my part I guess. BUT, now that I see the significant difference (well, we're also gone, so there are no lights either) I think I'll try turning everything off at night for a month - just to see if makes a difference worth doing.

[SecondAttempt]

I live in Hawaii and have watched Hawaiian Electric stock for years. I also have several family and friend connections to current and former employees. That's not to say I have any inside information. But on the islands, the coconut wireless is the best source of information so I'm not even sure what inside means here.

I'm not going to give stock advice on this but I will offer comments. First HEI is a monopoly and will remain so. They offer horrible customer service where I am but that hardly matters because there are few customers in my area.

Their focus seems to be on going completely renewable. Regardless of your politics, that makes sense in Hawaii since delivery of oil is incredibly expensive. But it also means they are facing huge capital costs in the coming years. Grid restoration costs can be huge and unpredictable as evidenced both with the Maui fires and the Puna eruption.

I think they will likely face bankrupcy because of the Maui Fires.

[GhostofTomJoad]

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Originally Posted by SecondAttempt I live in Hawaii and have watched Hawaiian Electric stock for years. I think they will likely face bankrupcy because of the Maui Fires.

Holy cow. Like PG&E. ......