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HRS §269-16.4

Electricity suppliers must report fuel mix and prices yearly

Every year starting June 1, 2004, each electricity supplier must tell its customers what fuels were used to make their electricity and the average price per kilowatt-hour for each rate class. This information must be printed on the bill or as an insert, and posted on the supplier's website if they have one. The fuel mix must add up to 100%.

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The statute, as written — Annual fuel mix disclosure

(a) Beginning June 1, 2004, and every June 1 thereafter, each retail supplier of electricity shall disclose fuel mix information by generation category to its existing and new retail electricity customers for the prior calendar year. (b) Beginning June 1, 2004, and every June 1 thereafter, each retail supplier of electricity shall state the average retail price of electricity (per kilowatt-hour) for each rate class of service for the prior calendar year. The average retail price of electricity for each rate class of service shall be determined by dividing the total electric revenues for each rate class of service by the total kilowatt-hours sold to each respective rate class. (c) The disclosure required by this section shall be: (1) Printed either on the customer's bill or as a bill insert; provided that this disclosure requirement shall not result in increased costs to ratepayers; and (2) Posted and updated on the supplier's internet website, if any. (d) As used in this section, the term "fuel mix" means the electricity sold to retail electricity customers expressed in terms of percentage contribution by generation category. The total fuel mix included in each disclosure shall total one hundred per cent.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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