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On the Tucker Carlson show broadcast recently, Carlson said that among areas with great increases in electricity rates, Hawaii had an increase of 36.3% from one year ago.
I have to wonder why we are finally receiving confirmation of what we all have known for some time from a mainland TV show. There have been numerous letters to the editor about huge increases in bills and I can personally vouch for my own bill and that of my neighbors going up even more than 36%.
We were informed by Hawaiian Electric that typical bills would go up 7% after the closing of the AES coal-fired power plant on Sep. 1, 2022.
Would it be too much to ask our Public Utilities Commission to make a statement giving us the details of what appears to be misinformation being given to ratepayers?
Earl F. Arakaki
Ewa Beach
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