Astonishingly, HECO Vice President Jim Kelly, as I read it, seems to be implying that we net-energy-metering citizens should lose our prepaid investment in photovoltaics. (“HECO plan is equitable, customers can opt out,” Star-Advertiser, Letters, June 7).
I am a senior citizen retiree on a fixed income who invested in rooftop photovoltaic after both HECO and the state begged us to “go green” and to install solar panels. So, I dutifully responded, paying my future electric bills by investing my savings into rooftop photovoltaic, with the promise of a predictable electric bill during my retirement.
I feel that HECO wants to take that away. Now, why should anyone ever invest in solar panels or trust HECO?
Pamela Garrison
Kailua
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Correction: >> In an earlier version of this letter to the editor, the writer’s opinion about Hawaiian Electric Co. and net energy metering were misattributed to the company.
