UPDATE 12/7/20 Higher and higher (equipment) 12/4/20 #Kihei Over three years ago our electric utility company, MECO (now HECO) began construction for a substation on a small segment of land mauka of Pi’ilani Highway between Ohukai and Kaonoulu, on the north east border of what has become known as Mega Mall lands. SEE: https://gokihei.org/?s=meco+substation....
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UPDATE 8/22/19 MECO began work on mauka side of highway end of last year, & each time neighborhood guys think it is finally pau. the massive equipment rolls down little Kaiola Pl in N Kihei. That was case again this morning. u 12/28/18 #kihei Electrical towers are now being built in Kihei to connect with the Maui Electric Company (MECO) substation, which is...
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Substation connections go under the Pi’ilani Hwy into North Kihei residential neighborhood UPDATE: 6/12/19 As you see the road was closed this morning, seemingly to drop in the huge vaults into the hole ...
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5/1/18 #kihei KCA wishes to express our appreciation to MECO for inviting us to this presentation, described as an informational meeting on a Maui Electric project at our power generation station in Ma‘alaea. The project involves the installation of a retention basin at the site and the project manager was to be sharing an overview of the project and be available for questions. Since we consider...
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UPDATE 10/10/17 THE FOLLOWING PRESS RELEASE WAS ISSUED BY MECO TODAY REGARDING CONSTRUCTION OF THE SUBSTATION IN NORTH KIHEI CONTACT: Shayna Decker, 808-871-2339 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE shayna.decker@mauielectric.com Maui Electric to start construction of new Ka‘ono‘ulu Substation KAHULUI, Oct. 10, 2017 – Maui Electric Company will begin construction this month of the Ka‘ono‘ulu Substation...
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Maui Electric (MECO) has advised they will hold a meeting at 5:00 PM on 1/27/16 for “South Maui Communications & Residents” at the Lokelani Intermediate School concerning “The Future Of Energy For South Maui” Interested guys are encouraged to attend to hear this perspective on a vital issue of concern for our area. Here is their flier with details:(click on it to...
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KCA showed up strong with members, committee members and directors saying NO Your Association offered a strong presence of testifiers of the roughly 200 guys in house in Kahului expressing the voices of South Maui with a strong majority of naysayers. Our representatives staggered their presence through the...
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Are you prepared when the power goes out? MECO has prepared two “fliers” that offers practical advice for when that occurs- See below. They also have a very credible handbook offered free to you to down load at mauielectruic.com/prepare You know a large segment of the July 21 KCA General Membership meeting is devoted to the County Department of Civil Defense to inform our community...
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Community associations from around the island were invited to an open house at Maui Electric Company’s headquarters in Kahului on March 12, 2015. KCA was represented by two board members and a former board member. After pupu’s, several engineers and managers offered power point presentations on...
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As reported here on 4/10/14 SEE https://www.gokihei.org/environment/county-administrations-position-of-mecos-proposed-kihei-transmission-line Maui County energy guys reported to this committee their position on MECO’s proposed actions in South Maui. This morning (5/8/14), MECO, represented by”project lead ” Engineer Troy Connatser and “Director of Government and Community...
Read MoreYour Association and much of the community has attended several meeting over the past few years presented by Maui Electric (MECO) concerning a proposed projected cross Kihei transmission line from the Maalaea Power plant to a transformer station across from Kamaili School in South Kihei. The last meeting was 9/3/13 see https://www.gokihei.org/?s=MECO&submit=Search for info on this and several...
Read MoreUPDATE 9/24/13 Maui News article on this issue this morning;http://mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/576958/MECO-exploring-alternatives-to-line.html?nav=10 9/4/13 After reading the multiple published announcements from Maui Electric (MECO) , we expected to hear about three choices, at the MECO public meeting last evening (9/3/13) . Three was the number we understood based on those notices...
Read MoreNext Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at 6:30 PM in the Kihei Community Center at 303 E Lipoa, Maui Electric Company (MECO) will offer to update our community on the latest regarding Maalaea to South Kihei transmission line project. In addition, there is a second meeting scheduled in the Poemaikai school in Kahului on 9/5/13. This is the latest of a series of meetings, with the last being 4/30/13,...
Read MoreNo, it was not a KCA public meeting on Tuesday (4/30/13) evening at the Kihei Community Center, but with nearly half of the all volunteer KCA BOD, some committee and numerous general members in attendance and participating, totaling probably half of the 40 in attendance, KCA’s voice was a strong one. But it was a Maui Electric Company (MECO) meeting labeled “South Maui Reliability...
Read MoreUPDATE * APR 18,2013 PUBLIC MEETING MECO has announced a meeting on Tuesday 4/30/13 from 6:30-8:30 PM at the Kihei Community Center 303 E Lipoa St concerning the “proposed South Maui Reliability Projects,” including the transmission line from Maalaea across Kihei and the Kamali’i and Kaonoulu substations. For more information, call 244-2015 DEC 14, 2011 An ever swelling...
Read MoreOK, you know KCA has no community meeting in December, but right on time here comes MECO to talk to the community about their proposed 70′ tall poles for transmission lines, and multi million dollar power substations, across Kihei. The meeting is set for 7pm-9pm on Tuesday Dec 13th at Kamali’i Elementary School 180 Ke Alii Alanui, at the Highway. KCA believes our community has the...
Read MoreSince the Public Utility Commissioners would not come to the KCA meeting, we went to their’s, to talk about MECO’s proposed 70′ towers across Kihei’s view plains. So what did the commissioners have to say? Chair Hermina Morita, John Cole, and the new (not yet confirmed) Maui’s own Michael Champley, politely listened to testifiers mostly talk about the proposed...
Read MoreOur monthly meetings, held on the third Tuesday of each month, have always been held in Kihei. However since the Public Utility Commission has scheduled their public hearing regarding Maui Electric (MECO) rates and regulations for 6:00 PM on Oct. 18 at Maui Waena Intermediate School at 795 Onehee An Kahului (Mokulele Hwy across Dairy Rd then left on Papa to Onehee; left on Onehee to school on...
Read MoreTransmission lines, power poles and tree planting plans explored at South Maui meeting. “… we are doomed to 70-foot power poles going down Pi‘ilani Highway.” Tom Blackburn-RodriguezMaui Weeklywww.mauiweekly.comIt was a packed house at the Kihei Community Association’s (KCA) monthly meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 16, at the Kihei Charter Middle School on Lipoa Street. After failing to show at a recent...
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MECO has expressed their desire to install 70+ foot transmission lines along the Pi’ilani Highway at a cost of approximately 20 million dollars to be passed onto rate payers. MECO asserts that the new transmission lines are required to increase stability of the electrical grid and to accommodate new development in South Maui. It was a full house this morning as Munekiyo & Hiraga...
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