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Who runs the utilities in Hawaii?

93%of Hawaii homes are served by investor-owned utilities

Hawaii has 446,512 residential customers, EIA-861 2024 sales file (100% of EIA's count). Investor-owned 93.3%. Cooperative 6.7%. Hawaii ranks 9th of 51 states, investor-owned.

Hawaii homes by utility type

Hawaii: customers by type, %

  1. 93.3Investor-owned
  2. 6.7Cooperative
Hawaii customers and prices by type
Hawaii typeUtilitiesCustomersSharePrice ¢/kWhGap ¢ (%)kWh/moNonmetro
Investor-owned3416,40393.3%44.06not shown45919%
Cooperative130,1096.7%41.29-2.77 (-6%)536100%

Where Hawaii sits among the states

Share of residential customers served by investor-owned utilities, by state, 2024, one tile per stateAlaska: 8% investor-ownedAKMaine: 98% investor-ownedMEVermont: 81% investor-ownedVTNew Hampshire: 88% investor-ownedNHWashington: 44% investor-ownedWAIdaho: 87% investor-ownedIDMontana: 73% investor-ownedMTNorth Dakota: 56% investor-ownedNDMinnesota: 60% investor-ownedMNIllinois: 93% investor-ownedILWisconsin: 86% investor-ownedWIMichigan: 89% investor-ownedMINew York: 85% investor-ownedNYRhode Island: 99% investor-ownedRIMassachusetts: 91% investor-ownedMAOregon: 77% investor-ownedORNevada: 96% investor-ownedNVWyoming: 71% investor-ownedWYSouth Dakota: 64% investor-ownedSDIowa: 84% investor-ownedIAIndiana: 78% investor-ownedINOhio: 89% investor-ownedOHPennsylvania: 97% investor-ownedPANew Jersey: 99% investor-ownedNJConnecticut: 96% investor-ownedCTCalifornia: 79% investor-ownedCAUtah: 81% investor-ownedUTColorado: 58% investor-ownedCONebraska: 0% investor-ownedNEMissouri: 67% investor-ownedMOKentucky: 54% investor-ownedKYWest Virginia: 100% investor-ownedWVVirginia: 80% investor-ownedVAMaryland: 90% investor-ownedMDDelaware: 66% investor-ownedDEArizona: 57% investor-ownedAZNew Mexico: 78% investor-ownedNMKansas: 80% investor-ownedKSArkansas: 54% investor-ownedARTennessee: 1% investor-ownedTNNorth Carolina: 69% investor-ownedNCSouth Carolina: 56% investor-ownedSCDistrict of Columbia: 100% investor-ownedDCOklahoma: 68% investor-ownedOKLouisiana: 76% investor-ownedLAMississippi: 42% investor-ownedMSAlabama: 57% investor-ownedALGeorgia: 52% investor-ownedGAHawaii: 93% investor-ownedHITexas: 9% investor-ownedTXFlorida: 75% investor-ownedFL

One tile per state; darker means a larger share of homes served by investor-owned utilities. Hawaii is outlined; click a tile for that state.

Hawaii prices by utility type

cooperatives average 41.3 cents, 2.8 cents (6%) below investor-owned at 44.1.

cents per kWh, average residential price by utility type, 2024

  • Investor-owned44.06
  • Cooperative41.29
  • Hawaii bundled average43.84

Hawaii gaps mix cost and customer mix; method.

Hawaii: which utilities set the averages

Investor-owned at 44.1 cents and cooperatives at 41.3 are the widest pair in Hawaii, 2.8 cents (7%).

Investor-owned: Hawaiian Electric Co Inc holds 66% of priced customers at 42.9 cents, group average 44.1. Among 3 with 5,000+ customers, Hawaiian Electric Co Inc charges 42.9 and Hawaii Electric Light Co Inc 48.3, 5.4 cents apart.

Cooperative: Kauai Island Utility Cooperative alone has a price, 30,109 customers at 41.3 cents.

Hawaii territory, rural or urban

Hawaii has 5 counties, 40% of them nonmetro in USDA's 2023 codes. Customer-weighted: investor-owned territory is 19% nonmetro; cooperative territory is 100% nonmetro.

Hawaii: largest utilities

Hawaii utilities by customers
Hawaiian Electric Co IncInvestor-owned276,20642.874540%
Hawaii Electric Light Co IncInvestor-owned78,38648.31455100%
Maui Electric Co LtdInvestor-owned61,81143.964880%
Kauai Island Utility CooperativeCooperative30,10941.29536100%

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Similar investor-owned share: Connecticut 96%, Nevada 96%, Illinois 93%, Massachusetts 91%

Sources

Hawaii: EIA-861 (2024), USDA RUCC (2023); retrieval dates, checksums.

Questions

Which utility type serves most Hawaii homes?

Investor-owned utilities, 93.3% of 446,512 customers.

Do Hawaii co-ops or municipal utilities charge less?

Cooperatives averaged 41.3 cents per kWh against 44.1 for investor-owned (-6%).

How many utilities does Hawaii have?

EIA-861 (2024) lists 4; residential sales are reported by 4.

Can Hawaii customers pick their utility?

No; Hawaii shows almost no energy-only supply and the address sets the utility.

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Electric Consumer. (2026). Hawaii electricity by utility type: investor-owned utilities serve 93% of homes. Data as of 26 October 2026. Retrieved 26 October 2026, from https://electricconsumer.org/ownership/states/hawaii.html

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@misc{usedata_ownership_states_hawaii,
  author = "Electric Consumer",
  title = {Hawaii electricity by utility type: investor-owned utilities serve 93% of homes},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://electricconsumer.org/ownership/states/hawaii.html},
  note = {Data as of 26 October 2026. Accessed 26 October 2026}
}
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