45.80¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Hawaii Electric Light Co / HI ]
Hawaii Electric Light Co electricity rates in Hawaii
NO RATE CASE ON FILE · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
−5.2%
vs 2024
79,318
residential customers
+30.2%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Hawaii Electric Light Co's average effective residential rate (45.80¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 34.65¢ | — | 70,812 |
| 2016 | 31.52¢ | −9.0% | 71,518 |
| 2017 | 34.20¢ | +8.5% | 72,494 |
| 2018 | 37.08¢ | +8.4% | 74,288 |
| 2019 | 36.53¢ | −1.5% | 74,829 |
| 2020 | 35.17¢ | −3.7% | 75,958 |
| 2021 | 37.92¢ | +7.8% | 76,281 |
| 2022 | 47.95¢ | +26.4% | 76,932 |
| 2023 | 46.52¢ | −3.0% | 77,647 |
| 2024 | 48.31¢ | +3.9% | 78,386 |
| 2025 | 45.80¢ | −5.2% | 79,318 |
How this compares
40.40¢
Hawaii average, 2025
+13.4%
Hawaii Electric Light Co vs HI 2025 average
+165.8%
vs US 2025 average
#1
priciest in HI
Serves 1 county in Hawaii: Hawaii. 32 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Hawaii Electric Light Co's average residential rate has gone from 34.65¢ to 45.80¢ per kWh: +32.2% over 10 years, or about +2.8% a year. It rose in 5 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +26.4% in 2022. The largest drop was −9.0% in 2016.
For a home using 515 kWh a month, the Hawaii average, Hawaii Electric Light Co's 2025 rate works out to about $2,830 a year, $334 more than at Hawaii's average rate of 40.40¢. Of the 4 Hawaii utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the most expensive.
Hawaii Electric Light Co served 70,812 homes in 2015 and 79,318 in 2025 (+12.0%), about 18% of Hawaii's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Hawaii Electric Light Co's rates
Hawaii Electric Light Co is investor-owned, so it can change its base rates only by filing a rate case with the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission. The commission holds hearings and takes public comment before it rules, and it usually approves less than the company asks for. Fuel and other pass-through charges can change between rate cases.
Commission contact: Hawaii Public Utilities Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is Hawaii Electric Light Co raising rates in 2026?
No rate case for Hawaii Electric Light Co is on file with the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission in our tracker. Its average residential rate moved −5.2% from 2024 to 2025. We check the commission docket monthly.
What does Hawaii Electric Light Co charge per kWh?
Hawaii Electric Light Co's average effective residential rate was 45.80¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Hawaii's 2025 average was 40.40¢.
How much have Hawaii Electric Light Co rates gone up in five years?
+30.2% between 2020 and 2025, against +43.4% for Hawaii as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Hawaii Electric Light Co have in Hawaii?
79,318 residential customers in 2025, across 1 county including Hawaii, according to the EIA-861 survey.
Where do these numbers come from?
Rates and customer counts are from the US Energy Information Administration's annual EIA-861 survey, which every US utility files. Nothing here is a utility bill; use it to understand the direction and size of changes.
Sources
- EIA-861 Sales to Ultimate Customers, 2015–2025 (released 2026-10-07)
- EIA-861M monthly state averages through Jul 2026
- NREL utility-by-ZIP lookup (2024)