The cat’s out of the bag (“Hawaiian Electric ordered to revamp power rate structure,” Star-Advertiser, Nov. 7). Your electric rates are going to go up unless you take the following action, assuming you don’t have a $40,000 solar-plus-battery system.
Set the coffee timer for 4:45 a.m. Turn off the keep-warm feature. Ask your boss for a half-day off at home so you can do the laundry and cook up five meals to last the week.
When you come home, do not plug in your $65,000 Tesla. Quickly run to the kitchen and turn off the refrigerator, freezer and icemaker. Make sure the air-conditioning unit is off.
At 9 p.m. take a shower, plug in the EV and turn on the refrigeration equipment. It’s OK to start the air conditioning, but it will be expensive. At 5 a.m., run out to the carport and unplug the EV. If it’s not charged enough for a long commute, tough luck. Take an Uber.
Wakefield Ward
Kuliouou
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