Oahu electrical customers will likely see a 17 cent decrease on their bills starting in July due to a general rate change.
In a Monday filing with the Public Utilities Commission, Hawaiian Electric Co., Hawaii Electric Light Co. and Maui Electric Co said customers would see a change in bills effective July 1.
A residential customer using 500 kilowatt-hours of electricity per month on Maui will see a bill increase of 1 cent. A residential customer using 500 kilowatt-hours of electricity on Hawaii island will see a bill increase of 5 cents.
Meeting set for North Shore wind project
Na Pua Makani Power Partners LLC will host a public meeting Tuesday at the Kahuku Village Association Community Center about the 25-megawatt wind project it plans to build on the North Shore of Oahu.
The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. and be set up in an open-house format.
Na Pua Makani Power Partners will present the draft of the project’s Environmental Impact Statement.
Construction of the wind turbines is planned to begin in early 2016.
Plastic surgery business has new location
The Hawaii Plastic Surgery Institute announced Monday the opening of its fourth location, in Hale Pawaa, a medical office building on the corner of Keeaumoku and South Beretania streets.
The Institute has offered cosmetic surgery and noninvasive skin rejuvenation services in Hawaii since 2006, with offices in Wailuku, Lihue and Honolulu.
The 2,000-square-foot facility in a penthouse suite on the ninth floor of Hale Pawaa, led by Dr. Bao Phan, has four exam rooms and a surgical center with two operating rooms.
The center specializes in surgical and nonsurgical rejuvenation of the face, breasts and body.
Beach association elects its directors
The newly created Waikiki Beach Special Improvement District Association has elected a board of directors to oversee its mission to preserve and restore Waikiki Beach.
The WBSIDA is a public-private partnership to govern the special improvement district to provide a consistent and credible beach management plan for the future.
Fourteen directors were elected to represent all the property owners in Waikiki. and five were elected from district’s commercial tenants.
"The business owners in Waikiki are very aware of how important the beach is now and in the future, to keep Waikiki a vibrant and exciting place and for our economic viability. All the stakeholders have come together so we can identify and execute solutions for the future of Waikiki Beach," said Rick Egged, president of the Waikiki Beach Special Improvement District Association.
Elected directors include:
Marleen Ākau, RHC Property Holdings; Ed Case, Outrigger Enterprise Group; Mark DeMello, Aston Waikiki Beach; Wade Gesteuyala, Hawaii Prince Hotel; Jerry Gibson, Hilton Hawaiian Village; Les Goya, Queen Emma Land Co.; Larry Hanson, Moana Surfrider Hotel; Bruce Lorange, DFS Hawaii; Alika Mau, Waikiki Business & Shopping; David Nadelman, Hyatt Regency Waikiki; Fred Orr, Sheraton Princess Kaiulani; Rob Robinson, Pacific Beach Hotel; Patricia Tam, Halekulani Corp.; Chris Tatum, Waikiki Beach Marriott; Paul Kosasa, ABC Stores; Ross Anderson, TS Restaurants; Ted Bush, Waikiki Beach Services; Tsukasa Harufuku, JTB Hawaii; and George Kam, Quiksilver.
Martha Stewart’s brand is devalued
NEW YORK » Martha Stewart single-handedly changed the game for home decorating and cooking in the late 1990s, becoming the "it" designer for all things domestic.
But the announcement Monday of an acquisition of her media and merchandising empire in a deal that values the company at far less than it was worth in its glory days shows how much her brand has eroded over the years.
Martha Stewart’s is being sold to Sequential Brands Group, which owns and licenses such brands as Ellen Tracy and Jessica Simpson, in a deal valued at $353 million. That’s a fraction of the $1.8 billion valuation when the company went public in 1999.
Greece makes deal to remain in eurozone
BRUSSELS » Greece has finally offered economic reforms that creditors consider potentially acceptable, giving Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras a couple of days to turn a spirit of goodwill into a deal that might keep the country from a painful exit from the euro currency.
Even though a firm deal to get Greece more loans remained elusive Monday, leaders from the 19 euro nations and the International Monetary Fund said Tsipras’ new reforms plan offered the basis to break a four-month deadlock in talks.
ON THE MOVE
Hawaiian Airlines has appointed Liwei Kimura to regional director and chief representative for Greater China. She has more than 20 years of travel and hospitality experience, including serving as director of business development for Starwood Hotels & Resorts in Hawaii and a business development specialist for Asia-Pacific Division’s China Division of ITT Sheraton (now known as Starwood Hotels & Resorts).
Hawaii Coffee Co. has announced that Daniel Dinell has been named the company’s president. He has more than 20 years’ experience in the hospitality industry, including serving as vice president of regional marketing and development at Hilton Grand Vacations and executive director of the Hawaii Community Development Authority.
The Hawaii Group (HiGroup) has announced that Jason Izu is director of client services of Hawaii Accounting (HiAccounting). He has more than 10 years of experience in accounting, operations, audit services and financial management. Izu served as an accounting supervisor at Apria Healthcare, a senior internal auditor at James Hardie Building Products and as an in-charge accountant at Deloitte & Touche.
