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December 2015

WHY I LIVE OFF THE GRID

Inside:Do We Have Your Money?Best New Holiday RecipesNational Drive Electric Week

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Cover Story Page 6

Page 10 Page 20

Editor Jim Kelly

Contributors Anne Barnes, Pam Blair, Amy Doubet-Devitt, Luke Evslin, Karissa Jonas, Jim Kelly, Shelley Paik

On the cover Motivated by an idealistic desire to be self-sufficient, Luke Evslin and his wife, Sokchea, have live off the electric grid. Read his firsthand account, and learn how he has come to value electricity and why he wants to be connected to the grid. Photo by Shelley Paik.

Only active KIUC members will be mailed KIUC Currents. KIUC Currents can be found online at www.kiuc.coop under Member Information and Currents on the website.

KIUC is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

Table of ContentsChairman’s Letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Board Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Board Policy 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Living Off the Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Time-of-Use Solar Pilot Program . . . . . . . . . . 9

Deadline for KIUC Board Candidates is December 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Solar-Powered Electricity Even After the Sun Goes Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Hey, Do We Have Your Money? . . . . . . . . . .11

We’re Looking For You! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Hawai‘i’s Largest Solar Array Goes Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

National Drive Electric Week . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Statement of Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Home for the Holidays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Kaua‘i Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

How to File a Claim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Save postage, get your Currents onlineCurrents is mailed quarterly to members of Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative.

This issue and back issues also are available online at www.kiuc.coop.

If you would like to help the cooperative save paper and postage, you can receive Currents via email or simply read it on our website. Just send a note to [email protected] and we will take you off the mailing list.

We’re also open to story ideas, letters and suggestions. And we’re always looking for new recipes. Thank you for reading Currents.

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There is a lot of complexity in electric rates, and much of that involves cross-subsidies, in which the rates charged to one class of members subsidize another.

Some of these subsidies are social policies mandated by regulators, but others are inadvertent subsidies caused by changing technologies and changing market conditions.

It is a standard policy of utilities that cross-subsidies should be avoided.

Let’s look at a traditional, purposeful subsidy scheme that is used by most utilities: the policy of basing most of the bill on how much power you use—the kilowatt-hour charge.

This is a traditional way of charging for power and water, but it does not always accurately reflect the utility’s cost of serving the customer.

About half of the cost of running Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative is for generating power. The other half is for fixed costs: maintaining transmission systems, customer service, taxes, regulatory costs, insurance and so forth. Our average cost of service is about $100 per household before we even start including the cost to generate power.

Since most of our rate is based on use, people with modest use and small bills tend to be subsidized by those with more use and big bills. I have talked to residents who have $70 or $80 bills and are proud of their conservation efforts. Others have bills in the hundreds.

This kind of billing used to be conscious social policy—letting profligate users and wealthier folks with big houses cover some of the costs of people of modest means in smaller homes.

Today, however, a lot of folks have solar on their roofs and a few have windmills. Having small-scale power plants in the community is referred to in the industry as distributed generation.

Many folks with DG may pay very small power bills. Increasingly, these folks are being subsidized by residents who often cannot afford to install solar.

Here is what the Edison Foundation’s Institute for Electric Innovation says about that: “Because residential retail rates are almost always designed to recover most of the power system’s fixed costs through kWh charges, a DG customer will avoid paying some or all of its fair share of the fixed costs of grid services. Ultimately, the fixed costs that the DG customer does not pay, which are significant, will be shifted to other retail customers … Pushing any of this cost onto non-DG customers raises serious economic efficiency and fairness issues.”

At KIUC, we are wrestling with issues such as cross-subsidies. We are working on redesigning our rate structure to give members more choices, while ensuring the utility’s costs are fairly allocated.

If you have thoughts on these topics, please email us at [email protected], or come to one of our monthly board meetings, which are open to the public.

With aloha, Jan TenBruggencate

From the Chairman

Inside KIUC

of Kaua‘i FoundationInvites you to the 23rd Annual

Delightful desserts including a chocolate fountain & fruit platters from local restaurants, hotels, local

chefs, friends and neighbors will be offered.

Silent auction filled with gifts for YOU & YOUR valentine

$25 in advance • $30 at the door($15 tax-deductible contribution)

Thursday, February 11, 20165:30 pm to 7:30 pm

Aqua Kaua‘i Beach Resort(4331 Kauai Beach Drive • Lihue, HI 96766)

For ticket information, call (808) 332-5654P.O. Box 3032, Lihue, HI 96766-6032 • [email protected] • www.zonta-kauai.org

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Inside KIUC

Board Policy 33Board Policy No. 33, adopted Oct. 25, 2011, describes the process by which the members of KIUC can call a special meeting

of the members. Under the policy, petitioners must present the valid signatures of at least 250 active members of KIUC on a Notice of Demand for Member Called Special Meetings of KIUC Members. The notice must state the specific purpose for which the meeting has been called. Once the Notice of Demand has been validated by KIUC, the board of directors will hold a special meeting of the members. No other business except that specified in the Notice of Demand may be conducted. The policy, as well as copies of the forms necessary to comply with it, are available at http://kauai.coopwebbuilder.com/content/board-policies or by calling the Member Services department at 246-4300.

Board ActionsBelow is a summary of some of the actions taken by the KIUC Board of Directors in September, October and November 2015.

September 22 meeting

Unanimously approved $41.3 million operating budget for 2016, up 4.7 percent from 2015. Largest single increase: habitat conservation program up 49 percent to $3.7 million.

October 27 meeting

Unanimously approved $253,375 in 2015 budget and $131,608 in 2016 budget for new transformer for Kekaha substation.

Unanimously approved $109,000 budget increase for transformer upgrades.

Unanimously approved 2016-19 construction work plan, which outlines scope of system upgrades, repairs and expansions during the next four years.

November 2 special meeting

Unanimously approved 2015-18 collective bargaining agreement with International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1260.

November 12 special meeting

Unanimously approved submission of Community Based Renewable Energy tariff filing with Public Utilities Commission.

Next meeting: December 15

All meetings are held at KIUC offices at 12:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

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Members and Community

By Luke EvslinIf you are young, idealistic and stuck

in a hospital bed recovering from a near-death experience, stay away from the writings of Henry David Thoreau.

He said:

After a lifetime of consumerism, the writings of a 19th-century philosopher convinced me to go off grid. The distant misty peaks of Makaleha would be my Walden.

I lay in bed, immobilized by a severe back injury, yet dreaming of the day I could stand and cut the cord on civilization. I wanted to suck out all the marrow of life while saving money and reducing my carbon footprint. What better way than going off grid?

Utility-scale energy is complicated: spinning reserves, frequency, naphtha, diesel, ratepaying, amperage, voltage and anthropogenic climate change. I have a hard time wrapping my head around it all.

But I can understand off grid. Just six solar panels and four batteries. I could count the components on my two hands, and it was within my price range. And then no more utility bills. It was perfect.

And I was delusional. As soon as I left the hospital bed, I

built a water catchment tank, installed

Living Off the Grid, For Now

“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.”

Photos by Shelley Paik – Panels sit on the hillside overlooking Luke’s yurt.

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six 250-watt photovoltaic panels and enclosed my wife, Sokchea, and I in a bubble of self-righteousness.

It has now been four years. Our water still comes from clouds and our electricity from the sun.

But that bubble of idealism burst long, long ago.

Eating dirt in second gradeA few days of overcast weather turns

the romance of finite electricity into the reality of spoiled food, cold showers and kerosene lanterns. It is not like saying, “No thanks, I have my own bags” at the grocery store or remembering to take your Hydroflask when you leave the house.

Living off grid has affected every aspect of our lives.

The last time I had a friend over for dinner he said, “Brah, I can’t believe you live like this.”

I’m not sure if he was referring to the single LED bulb that we use at night, our

mossy-tasting water or the ammonia emanating from the compost heap, but we took the hint that our rejection of infinite electricity and municipal water had brought us down a few notches on the social ladder.

I think about that one time in second grade when I told everyone I was going to eat dirt at recess. There was a thrill of exhilaration as a crowd formed around me.

“Wow, they’re all watching me,” I thought with excitement as I raised the first handful of dirt to my lips. “This is the greatest moment of my life ...”

Yet, as the moist soil passed through my mouth, so did that fleeting moment of glory. All of my classmates ran away laughing, leaving me stuck to contemplate my own idiocy with a mouthful of dirt.

While my off-grid self-righteousness used to shield me from the genuine concern of my friends regarding my sanity, even that has faded in the

stark realization of the futility of our endeavor.

Truly going off grid is just as impossible for our modern palate to digest as dirt in the schoolyard.

Boiling water a challenge Speaking of dirt, right now I am

drinking an organic Rainforest blend coffee that was compiled from so many Third World sources that no country of origin is listed on the label.

If I were better at selling this lifestyle, I would say that my foreign dictatorship-sourced coffee was brewed from the falling drops of condensation on the slopes of a majestic Hawaiian rainforest.

But I know better. Most of the time my rainwater is only

brewing mosquito larva and the bacteria that specialize in decomposing the anole lizards that find their unfortunate end in my tank. Yet even the disconcerting amount of microscopic life in my

The battery for his system is stored under his home.

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untreated water is overshadowed by the sheer volume of PVC and polyethylene that make up my harvesting system—those industrial plastics shown to cause neurological disorders.

Despite all of that, boiling the water is actually the hardest part of my morning coffee routine.

The last time I used an electric kettle I drained my batteries so quickly I had to spend half a day without electricity. Now I use propane sourced from hydraulic fracturing on the East Coast, which has been linked to massive methane releases, seismic activity, dislodging of radioactive material and, most commonly, groundwater contamination by the chemicals used in the process.

Yes, this is what I call off grid. Did I already mention my own

extreme idiocy? In this case, hypocrisy is the better word.

Right now, as the sun approaches its zenith, our solar panels (made in Singapore) are bringing in about 1 kilowatt of electricity. However, because our batteries (made in China) are currently full and my iMac (made in China), desk fan (made in China) and

refrigerator (yes, made in the USA!) are only using about 200 combined watts, that means our charge controller is shunting somewhere around 800 continuous watts of electricity.

Only 20 percent of the electricity being generated by my system is being used, and instead of diverting the unused electrons back onto the grid like they would be in a grid-tied system, I am wasting most of my power production.

Gas generator is backupEven worse, while we minimize

our power use as much as possible on overcast winter days, I often have to run our gasoline generator in the evening just to have enough power to run our small refrigerator through the night.

While part of our motivation to go off grid was to minimize our contribution to climate change by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions, I am actually doing the opposite.

If my power consumption was the same, yet I was grid tied, I would have a significantly smaller carbon footprint.

Using the grid as a backup is much more efficient than a portable generator. Instead of only using a small

portion of my mid-day electricity, all of the electrons produced in our system would be sold back to the grid to be used by my neighbors.

By increasing the voltage of our islandwide grid, our small photovoltaic contribution ultimately would reduce the demand for KIUC’s naphtha- and diesel-burning generators.

Do I regret going off grid? No. Just like picking the dirt out of my teeth taught me the value of humility, going off grid has taught me the value of electricity.

No laundry after 4 p.m.During the day when the sun is

shining, I have a bumper crop of available electrons. Yet at night, when we are running exclusively off of our battery bank, every watt that flows into our home is extremely valuable.

We never have more than two lights on at a time. We cannot wash our clothes after 4 p.m. We cannot watch TV at night.

It only takes a few refrigerator loads of spoiled food before electricity becomes the most important resource in your household.

It just takes one $2,000 set of spoiled lead and sulfuric acid batteries before you learn not to let them discharge all the way.

While I no longer am self-righteous about our off-grid lifestyle, and I harbor no false illusions about my impact being less than others, the lesson of finite electricity has been one of the most valuable of my life.

As we transition to an island of 100 percent renewable energy, much of it based off photovoltaic technology, nighttime electricity will become progressively more valuable.

I’m desperate to get on the grid, and will never forget the value of that electricity.

Luke Evslin is a 30-year-old Kaua‘i resident and co-owner of the O’ahu-based outrigger canoe manufacturing company, Kamanu Composites. He, Sokchea, and their three dogs, three cats, 12 ducks and 47 chickens live in Kapahi.

Luke feeds his chickens and ducks that live on the property.

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Members and Community

Time-of-Use Solar Pilot Program

Deadline for KIUC Board Candidates is December 21

Three hundred members have been selected to participate in Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative’s Time-of-Use Solar Pilot Program. The purpose of the program is to encourage households to use electricity at the time of day when less-expensive solar energy is available.

With more than 50 megawatts of electricity generated during the day by utility-scale and rooftop photovoltaic systems on Kaua‘i, a key measure of the program’s success is the ability of members to move a significant amount of their energy use from night to day to take advantage of the lower rates—a practice known as “shifting load.”

If sufficient load-shifting occurs, KIUC could avoid having an over-supply

of solar during the day—a situation that will lead to limiting the amount of solar allowed on the grid. Shifting load also would result in less demand for electricity at night, allowing KIUC to power down some of its oil-fired generators.

Program participants will receive a 25 percent discount on standard electric rates from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily for one year. By shifting their energy use—doing laundry during the day instead of at night, for example— participants could see significant savings on their electric bills.

There is no cost to participants and no penalty for using electricity in the non-discounted hours; participants pay the

standard electric rate from 3:01 p.m. to 8:59 a.m.

Using data from participants’ smart meters, KIUC will collect and analyze each participating households’ energy use patterns before, during and after the pilot. That data will be used to help KIUC determine whether the program will be expanded to include all ratepayers.

Participants have committed to stay in the pilot program for one year, respond to occasional follow-up questions from KIUC and take part in a brief training session in late January.

The program begins in February and ends in early 2017.

Three of the nine elected member representatives on the KIUC Board of Directors are up for election in 2016.

KIUC will accept petitions from Dec. 1 through Dec. 21, 2015, from members seeking election to the board.

Election ballots will be mailed the week of Feb. 15, 2016, with a voting deadline of March 12, 2016.

KIUC members may be nominated by collecting 35 signatures of other members (electric account holders) in good standing and by submitting a completed member petition to the Nominating Committee by Dec. 21.

If you wish to submit a petition, please go to www.kiuc.coop for information. All prospective candidates must complete the Prospective KIUC Board Candidate Application and the Authority to Release Information Form, and must meet the requirements of Board Policy 18—Board Member Qualifications and Eligibility.

The board of directors governs the business of KIUC, and sets the strategic direction and policies of the cooperative.

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Inside KIUC

By Jim KellyKaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative has

signed a power purchase agreement with SolarCity for electricity from the first utility-scale solar array and battery storage system designed to supply power to the grid in the evening, when demand is highest.

The proposed SolarCity project at Kapaia is the first utility-scale system in the U.S. to provide dispatchable solar energy, meaning the utility can count on electricity being available when it is needed, even hours after the sun goes down.

KIUC has requested an accelerated timetable for approval by the Hawai‘i Public Utilities Commission. To qualify for federal tax credits that will substantially reduce the cost of the project, construction must begin by April 2016 so the project can be in commercial operation by Dec. 31, 2016.

The array and battery storage facility will be built on 50 acres leased to SolarCity by Grove Farm Inc. adjacent to KIUC’s Kapaia power station off Mā‘alo Road.

The battery will feed up to 13 megawatts of electricity onto the grid to “shave” the amount of conventional power generation needed to meet the evening peak, which lasts from 5 to 10 p.m. By using the battery instead of diesel generators, KIUC will reduce its use of imported fossil fuels and cut its greenhouse gas emissions.

The unique capabilities of the proposed project already have drawn attention from energy researchers, engineers and journalists from around the world. A September report in The Washington Post headlined, “Why storing solar energy and using it at night is closer than you think,” described the Kaua‘i project and other storage projects as potentially having a “transformative” effect on how electricity is generated and used.

Because the 13-MW AC (17-MW DC) solar array will be used primarily to recharge the battery, it will not add a significant amount of electricity onto the Kaua‘i grid during the day, when the amount of solar energy available may occasionally exceed demand, especially on sunny days.

Under terms of the 20-year contract, KIUC will pay SolarCity 14.5 cents per kilowatt-hour for electricity—slightly more than the cost of energy from KIUC’s two existing 12-MW solar arrays, whose output is available only during the day.

“KIUC has been investigating energy storage options for more than two years, and price has always been the biggest challenge,” said David Bissell, KIUC president and CEO.

“This is a breakthrough project on technology and on price that enables us to move solar energy to the peak demand hours in the evening and reduce the amount of fossil fuel we’re using.”

The battery manufacturer has not yet been selected, Peter Rive, founder and chief technical officer of SolarCity, told the Greentech Media blog. However, he said Tesla is a leading contender. The chairman of SolarCity is Elon Musk, Rive’s cousin and CEO of Tesla Motors Inc.

“We think their technology is ahead of the pack for this kind of application,” Rive told Greentech.

SolarCity was the contractor on KIUC’s first 12-MW solar array in Kōloa, which went into commercial operation in September 2014.

Solar-Powered Electricity Even After the Sun Goes Down

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Request for Patronage Capital RefundPlease Print:Name: ___________________________________________________________________________________

Mailing Address: __________________________________________________________________________

City: _________________________________ State: ___________________ Zip: ____________________

Telephone Number: ( ) _____________________ Email: ___________________________

Alternate Number: ( ) _____________________ KIUC Account No. ________________________

Social Security Number: ____________________or Driver’s License Number: ______________________

Business Federal Identification Number ________________________________I hereby certify and declare that:

1. I am the party legally entitled to claim ownership of this Patronage Capital Account, and2. I have attached documentation to support and validate my claim for ownership of this Patronage Capital Account, and3. I agree to indemnify and hold KIUC harmless for any and all damages, which may arise from subsequent claims to this Patronage Capital

Account, and4. I understand that a copy of this certification statement will be released to any party making subsequent claim to this Patronage Capital

Account.5. I understand that to the extent such member-owner or deceased member-owner owes any outstanding sums to KIUC, any Patronage Capital

credits to be retired shall be applied by way of set-off to such sums.

__________________________________________________________ _____________________Signature of applicant Date

Select method of refund: n Apply refund to account ________________________________________ (Please allow 45 business days

to process your request) n Request check refund

Office use only:

Received _____________________

Original Check # ________________ Amount $ _______________

Original Date Issued ____________ Date Re-issued ____________

Check # reissued ________________ Amount $ _______________

Initial ________________ ID: _______________________________Rev. 12-2014

Every year, KIUC publishes a list of members who we owe a patronage capital refund. Patronage capital is the moneyKIUC has left after paying all of its expenses in a given year. At the end of the year, that money is credited to each member’spatronage capital account, according to the amount paid for electricity used.

In past years, KIUC issued checks to members, so it’s possible some of those on the list simply forgot to cash the check oraccidentally threw it away. That’s one of the reasons KIUC switched to reflecting patronage capital as a credit on bills once ayear.

If your name appears on the list, you must apply for a refund. Please complete the refund form below and provide a copyof picture ID as proof the person requesting the refund is the same as the account holder.

You can mail in the form or bring it in to our office. If you need additional forms, download one from our website atwww.kiuc.coop. If you have questions about patronage capital, please call 246.4300.

Please allow 45 business days for us to process your request.

Hey, Do We Have Your Money?

Mail request form with a copy of yourpicture ID to:

Member ServicesPatronage CapitalKaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative4463 Pahee St., Suite 1Lihue, HI 96766-2000

Members and Community

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Get instant online and mobile access to your KIUC account with SmartHub.

Here’s how it works:XX Visit www.kiuc.coop and enroll in SmartHub on the web or download the mobile app for your Apple or Android smartphone or tablet.

XX Enter your KIUC account number, last name or business name, and email address.

XX Create a new user name and password.

That’s it! You’re in!

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Don’t Stand in Line.Don’t Use a Stamp.Don’t Waste Time.Enroll in SmartHub today.

Visit www.kiuc.coop or download the SmartHub App for Android or iOS.

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The state’s largest solar array, the 12-megawatt Anahola solar project, came online in October and is now producing about 20 percent of the electricity used on Kaua‘i during the day.

The array was dedicated at a ceremony on Nov. 7 attended by about 100 community members, some of whom took tours led by members of KIUC’s engineering staff.

The Rev. Ipo Kahaunaele-Ferreira of Anahola blessed the project.

The $54 million project was built by REC Solar on 60 acres of land leased for 25 years from the state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. When the lease ends, the solar array will become the property of DHHL and its beneficiaries.

David Bissell, president and CEO of KIUC, noted that the cooperative will pay DHHL and Native Hawaiian community development agencies more than $7 million during the life of the project, including $1 million for road and infrastructure improvements in Anahola.

“This project belongs not only to KIUC’s members, but especially to the

people of Anahola, who we’ve been working with since 2011,” Bissell said. “This successful project shows our cooperative at work, always for the members and the entire island community.”

KipuKai Kuali‘i, a county councilmember who also served on the Anahola Homestead Solar Advisory Committee, said: “Projects like this one engage and empower the Native Hawaiian communities like Anahola.”

The project includes a 6-MW lithium ion energy storage system manufactured by Saft. The system helps maintain grid stability by providing backup power when cloud cover diminishes the output of the island’s solar arrays.

To control grass and weeds that grow between the panels, about 200 sheep roam the site, reducing the need for mowing.

“Anahola is an important milestone toward our goal of using renewables to meet 50 percent of Kaua‘i’s energy needs by 2023,” said Jan TenBruggencate, chairman of the cooperative’s board of directors.

“Using the sun to make electricity has multiple benefits. It reduces our members’ costs, stabilizes our rates, keeps dollars in the local economy and contributes to efforts to slow climate change.”

TenBruggencate commended Mayor Bernard Carvalho Jr. and Kaua‘i’s legislative delegation—Sen. Ron Kouchi and Reps. Derek Kawakami, Jimmy Tokioka and Dee Morikawa—for advocating for the project, which will eliminate 1.7 million gallons of oil that are imported annually to generate electricity.

By displacing oil-fired power generation, Anahola’s 59,000 solar panels also enable KIUC to reduce its carbon emissions by 18,000 tons a year.

The Anahola solar facility is the second utility-scale solar project owned by KIUC. The cooperative’s 12-MW array in Kōloa went into service in September 2014.

Solar now provides 17.5 percent of the electricity on Kaua‘i’s grid—the largest percentage of any utility in the U.S.

Hawai‘i’s Largest Solar Array Goes Online in Anahola

Inside KIUC

Dedicating KIUC’s solar project at Anahola are, from left, Norman Sakamoto of DHHL, KIUC Chairman Jan TenBruggencate, CEO David Bissell, Rev. Ipo Kahaunaele-Ferreira, Councilmember KipuKai Kuali‘i, REC Solar CEO Al Bucknam and Kaua‘i Mayor Bernard Carvalho Jr. Photo by Kymi Sakai.

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Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative

SmartHub: Power at Your Fingertips.

SmartHub is accessible from your computer at www.kiuc.coop or through the free SmartHub App (available for your Android or iOS device).

Pay your electric bill, view last week’s or last month’s electric use and more with SmartHub. Take control by getting the information you want, when you want it.

SmartHub: Power at Your Fingertips.

At Kaua’i Island Utility Cooperative, we know you’re busy and always on the go. So why shouldn’t your electric account be accessible on the go, too?

That’s why KIUC has SmartHub—a new online and mobile tool to help you connect to your electric account with the click of a mouse or the touch of a screen.

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Members and Community

By Pam BlairMyra VanOrnum Deyden and her

husband, Paul, are passionate about sustainability and green living, including driving an electric-powered Nissan Leaf.

“He is a one-man campaign for snow-coating roofs to lower the temperature in homes,” Myra Dyeden said, explaining the start of her husband’s quest.

Paul’s next step was adding solar panels to the roof of their Kōloa home.

That success led the couple to embrace an electric vehicle.

“On my birthday in 2013 we ended up with the Leaf, and then added more panels to charge the Leaf,” Deyden said. “We are all about conserving resources. If we are not using something, the breaker is off.”

To inspire others to travel a similar road, the Deydens served as team captains during the 5th annual National Drive Electric Week event Sept. 19 at Kukui Grove Center.

Owners of a few of the 125 electric vehicles already in service on Kaua‘i displayed their rides. Kuhio Nissan and Aloha Kia brought in new models of the Leaf and the recently released electric Kia Soul for visitors to test ride and drive.

Gordon Talbo and students with Kaua‘i Community College’s electric automotive technology program joined local supporters Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative and the County of Kaua‘i at the event, which attracted about 35 people.

“Our goals for next year include having more attendees, having more fun things going on, having raffles and giveaways from the car dealers,” said Myra Deyden. “For our first year, it was good. The event fulfilled its purpose of getting people together and heightening awareness of electric vehicles.”

Mayor Bernard P. Carvalho Jr. proclaimed Sept. 12-20 National Drive Electric Week.

Organized nationally by the Sierra Club, Plug In America and the Electric Auto Association, National Drive

Electric Week is designed to heighten awareness and understanding of EV technology and highlight the increasing availability, affordability, reliability and convenience of electric cars.

Started in 2011 as National Plug In Day, the idea was simple: hold simultaneous events across the country on the same day. The celebration has expanded into an entire week of events, and the name was changed to emphasize driving electric.

From Los Angeles to Oklahoma City, and Ontario to Hong Kong, more than 100,000 people were expected to attend some 180 events planned in more than 175 U.S. cities, 41 states and four countries.

The national celebration was founded on the idea that nothing converts the drivers of gasoline-fueled cars to owners of electric vehicles faster than conversations with existing owners and ride-and-drives.

“Lack of familiarity is a common obstacle to adoption of EV technology,”

said Ben Sullivan, energy and sustainability manager for the county.

Owners say EVs are fun to drive, less expensive and more convenient to fuel than gasoline vehicles, better for the environment, promote local jobs and reduce dependence on foreign oil.

“There were a lot of great discussions that would otherwise not have taken place, so it was a success,” Sullivan said of this year’s event. “I met lots of people and learned how they want to contribute to our communitywide effort to go green.”

Availability of more charging stations is a concern for electric vehicle owners on Kaua‘i.

Sullivan said Līhu‘e has a good number of charging stations—the new Safeway complex added five—and Princeville has some.

“We definitely need charging on the west side,” he said. “But we need to get organized as an EV community. We have limited resources. We have to be efficient.”

Kaua’i Celebrates Electric Vehicles

Photo by Shelley Paik – KCC automotive technology professor Gordon Talbo talks to Myra VanOrnum Deyden about electric vehicles.

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Inside KIUC

By Karissa JonasWe are pleased to report results

of Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative operations through October 31, 2015, are favorable. The Anahola solar farm is fully constructed and in full operation, providing renewable energy to KIUC.

Year-to-date electricity use on the island is 0.6 percent lower than last year. Even with the decrease in sales volume, KIUC is doing everything it can—while maintaining safety and reliability—to reduce costs and operate efficiently and effectively, and continue to maintain a strong financial position.

Revenues, expenses and net margins totaled $120.7 million, $114.1 million and $6.6 million, respectively, for the 10-month period ending October 31, 2015.

As is the case for all electric utilities, the cost of power generation is the largest expense, totaling $67.1 million or 55.6 percent of revenues.

Commodities—fuel and purchased power costs—are the largest component of power generation, totaling $55.0 million or 45.6 percent of revenues. Currently, fossil fuel is the largest component of commodities, totaling $43.5 million or 36.0 percent of revenues. Other commodities include hydropower, totaling $3.5 million or 2.9 percent of revenues; solar power, totaling $7.4 million or 6.2 percent of revenues; and biomass, totaling $0.6 million or 0.5 percent of revenues.

The remaining $12.1 million or 10.0 percent of revenues represents the cost of operating and maintaining the generating units.

Operating and maintaining the electric lines totaled $4.7 million or 3.9 percent of total revenues. Servicing

our members totaled $2.8 million or 2.3 percent of revenues. Keeping our members informed totaled $0.7 million or 0.6 percent of revenues.

Administrative and general costs—which include legislative and regulatory expenses, engineering, executive, human resources, safety and facilities, information services, financial and corporate services, and board of director expenses—totaled $11.6 million or 9.6 percent of revenues.

Being capital intensive, depreciation and amortization of the utility plant costs $12.4 million or 10.3 percent

of revenues. Although not subject to federal income taxes, state and local taxes amounted to $10.2 million or 8.4 percent of revenues.

Interest on long-term debt, at a favorable sub-5 percent interest rate, totals $5.6 million or 4.7 percent of revenues.

Nonoperating net margins added $1.0 million to overall net margins. Revenues less total expenses equal margins of $6.6 million or 5.5 percent of revenues. Margins are allocated to consumer members and paid when appropriate.

Statement of OperationsFor the period January 1, 2015, to October 31, 2015

PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL REVENUE

Commodities —Fossil Fuel

36.0%

Transmission and Distribution Operation

and Maintenance3.9%

Member Services2.3%

Communications0.6%

Administrative and General Net of

Nonoperating Margins8.7%

Depreciation andAmortization

10.3%

Taxes 8.4%

Interest 4.7%

Net Margins 5.5%

Commodities —Solar6.2%

Commodities —Biomass

0.5%

Commodities —Hydro2.9%

Production Operation and Maintenance

10.0%

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Members and CommunityRecipes

Mini Lasagna Cups ½ cup ricotta cheese1 pound Italian sausage, casing removed½ medium onion, chopped1 can diced tomatoes with basil, garlic and oregano1 package won ton wrappers½ cup shredded mozzarellaPreheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large pan, cook sausage and

onion; add tomatoes. Place won ton wrappers in muffin tins. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and spoon in meat mixture. Top with ricotta mixture and sprinkle with mozzarella. Bake for 15 minutes, or until cheese melts.

Cranberry Blue Cheese Ball1 package cream cheese1 small container blue cheese crumbles½ cup chopped cranberries¼ cup pine nuts, toastedSoften cream cheese. Combine with blue cheese and cranberries.

Shape into a ball and refrigerate until it becomes firm. Coat with pine nuts. Serve with your favorite cracker, pretzel or vegetable.

Home for the Holidays

Veggie Flatbread1 can pizza doughOlive oil1 small zucchini, thinly sliced¼ cup fresh oregano leaves, chopped4 ounces fresh mozzarella, chopped½ cup cherry tomatoes, slicedPreheat oven to 400 degrees. Spread pizza dough on

baking sheet and bake for 8 minutes. Take out of oven and brush with olive oil. Place zucchini, mozzarella and tomatoes on dough. Sprinkle with oregano. Bake until cheese is melted.

Prosciutto-Wrapped Mozzarella

1 package mozzarella balls1 package prosciutto Toothpicks Wrap a mozzarella ball with a half slice

of prosciutto. Secure prosciutto with a toothpick. Chill until ready to serve.

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Cherry Cheesecake Cups1 package yellow cake mix¼ cup butter, melted

Cheese filling:2 packages cream cheese, softened3 eggs¾ cup sugar1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Topping:1½ cups sour cream¼ cup sugar1 can cherry pie fillingPreheat oven to 350 degrees. Place liners in muffin tin. In a large bowl, combine cake mix and melted butter until mixture

is crumbly. Divide evenly in muffin cups. In a separate bowl, combine cream cheese, eggs, sugar and vanilla extract. Mix until smooth. Spoon mixture evenly into muffin cups. Bake for 20 minutes, or until set. Remove from oven and set aside. For the topping, combine sour cream and ¼ cup sugar in a small bowl. Spoon mixture evenly over cheesecakes and return to oven for 5 minutes. Remove and cool. Garnish with cherry pie filling. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Bacon and Pepperjack Cheese Ball

1 package cream cheese4 ounces pepperjack cheese ½ cup bacon bits¼ cup almonds, toastedSoften cream cheese. Combine with bacon bits and

pepperjack cheese. Shape into a ball and refrigerate until it becomes firm. Coat with almonds. Serve with your favorite cracker, pretzel or vegetable.

Brussels Sprouts4 cups Brussels sprouts, cut in half½ pound bacon, chopped into ¼-inch piecesSalt PepperIn a skillet, brown bacon on medium heat for 5

minutes. Add Brussels sprouts to pan and leave for about 3 minutes, until charred. Saute Brussels sprouts and cook for another 5 minutes. Sprinkle with a pinch of sea salt and fresh ground black pepper. Remove from heat and serve.

Peppermint Meringues4 egg whites¼ teaspoon cream of tartar2 cups confectioner’s sugar1 teaspoon peppermint extractPreheat oven to 200 degrees. Separate one egg at a

time into a small bowl and discard the yolk. Transfer the egg white to a mixing bowl. Add cream of tartar and confectioner’s sugar to egg whites. Beat with electric mixer on high speed until stiff peaks form. Pipe the meringue onto a parchment paper-lined pan. Bake about 2 hours, or until the meringue is dry and set.

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Breakfast Cup12 eggsBreakfast sausage, chopped¼ cup diced tomatoes¼ cup chopped spinach½ cup shredded cheese Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease muffin pan.

In a large bowl, scramble eggs. Add sausage, tomatoes, spinach and cheese. Evenly distribute mixture into pans. Bake 20 minutes, or until egg is set.

Holiday Eggs6 eggs1 small zucchini3 tablespoons milk1 tablespoon olive oil3 drops green food coloringSaltPepper Use a microplane to grate zucchini. Place oil in a saute pan and

add zucchini. Cook on medium heat for 3 minutes. In a bowl, whisk the eggs, milk and food coloring. Add salt and pepper to taste. Pour eggs into pan and combine with the zucchini. Keep stirring to scramble the eggs. When firm, remove from heat and serve.

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Cups

1 package devil’s food cake mix¼ cup butter, melted½ cup semisweet chocolate chips½ cup peanut butter chips2 packages cream cheese, softened3 eggs¾ cup sugar1 teaspoon vanilla extractPreheat oven to 350 degrees. Place liners in muffin tin. In a large bowl, combine cake mix and melted butter until mixture

is crumbly. Divide evenly in muffin cups. In a separate bowl, combine cream cheese, eggs, sugar and vanilla extract. Mix until smooth. Spoon mixture evenly into muffin cups. Sprinkle with chocolate chips and peanut butter chips. Bake for 20 minutes, or until set. Remove from oven and cool.

Baked Lemon Rosemary Chicken

1 tray chicken thighs¼ cup rosemary leaves, chopped1 lemon, zested and slicedSalt PepperPreheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly sprinkle chicken

thighs with salt and pepper. Place in a baking dish. Combine lemon zest and rosemary leaves. Sprinkle over the chicken. Place lemon slices over the chicken pieces. Bake for 45 minutes.

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Part of the standing-room-only home crowd react to the closing moments of the First Hawaiian Bank State DII football semifinal contest won by the host Kapa‘a Warriors over the visiting MIL champion Lahainaluna Lunas 24-0 at Vidinha Stadium on November 14. Their seventh consecutive defensive shutout propelled the KIF titlist Warriors into the state championship game against the Radford Rams at Aloha Stadium. Photo courtesy of Manny Henriques, KauaiSports.

Kapa‘a senior outside hitter Ha‘aheo Mahinai prepares to serve against the Waimea Menehune at the Bernice Hundley Gymnasium earlier this year. Mahinai recently was selected as the 2015 KIF girls volleyball player of the year. Photo courtesy of Manny Henriques, KauaiSports.

Kaua‘i Red Raider Dutch Fairbanks leads Kapa‘a’s Braden Andrews through a tunnel of ironwood trees on the Island School cross country course at the 2015 KIF championships last month. Fairbanks, this year’s KIF boys individual champion, finished in a time of 17:41.23, while runner-up Andrews closed with a 17:57.28 clocking. Photo courtesy of Manny Henriques, KauaiSports.

Kapa‘a’s Braden Rapozo got some serious air as he competed in the Kaua‘i Motocross Association 2015 Wild Winter Series first round at the Wailua Dirt Bike Park Track in October. The final round of competition will take place Sunday, December 6, at the same location. Photo courtesy of Manny Henriques, KauaiSports.

Kaua‘i Fall Sports Highlights

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December 2015Volume 12, Number 4

David BissellPresident and CEO

KIUC Board of DirectorsChairman: Jan TenBruggencateVice Chairman: Calvin K. MurashigeTreasurer: Peter YukimuraSecretary: Karen BaldwinBoard: Carol Bain, Dennis Esaki, Pat Gegen,

David Iha, Teofilo “Phil” Tacbian

ExecutiveChairman: Jan TenBruggencateMembers: Calvin Murashige, Karen Baldwin,

Peter Yukimura

Finance & AuditChairman: Peter YukimuraMembers: Dennis Esaki, Phil Tacbian, Pat Gegen

Government Relations/Legislative AffairsChairman: Teofilo “Phil” TacbianMembers: Dennis Esaki, Pat Gegen, David Iha

InternationalChairman: David IhaMembers: Teofilo “Phil” Tacbian, Peter Yukimura

Member RelationsChairman: Carol BainMembers: Karen Baldwin, Calvin Murashige,

Teofilo “Phil” Tacbian

PolicyChairman: Calvin K. MurashigeMembers: Carol Bain, Karen Baldwin, David Iha

Strategic PlanningChairman: Dennis EsakiMembers: Carol Bain, David Iha, Peter Yukimura

4463 Pahe‘e Street, Suite 1Līhu‘e, Hawai‘i 96766-2000

808.246.4300 n [email protected]

A. The Company will exercise reasonable diligence and care to furnish and deliver a continuous and sufficient supply of electric energy to the customer, and to avoid any interruption of delivery of same. The Company will not be liable for interruption or insufficiency of supply or any loss, cost, damage or expense of any nature whatsoever, occasioned thereby if caused by accident, storm, fire, strikes, riots, war or any cause not within the Company’s control through the exercise of reasonable diligence and care.

B. The Company, whenever it shall find it necessary for the purpose of making repairs, changes or improvements to its system, will have the right to suspend temporarily the delivery of electric energy, but in all such cases, as reasonable notice thereof as circumstances will permit, will be given to the customer, and the making of such repairs, changes or improvements will be performed as rapidly as may be practicable, and if practicable, at such time as will cause the least inconvenience to the affected customer.

C. Should a shortage of supply ever occur, the Company will apportion its available supply of electricity among its customers as authorized or directed by the Public Utilities Commission. In the absence of a Commission order, the Company will apportion the supply in the manner that appears to it most equitable under conditions then prevailing. Any rules, regulations, rates or contracts of the Company which are inconsistent with such order or

plan shall be deemed suspended while such order or plan is in effect and the Company shall not be liable when it acts in substantial compliance with such order or plan.

D. On a semiannual basis, the Company shall provide to the customer notification of the customer’s right to file compensation claims with the Company for any loss, cost, damage or expense caused by an interruption of service. The notification shall be on a separate information sheet enclosed with the billing.

E. For a customer’s compensation claim to be valid, it must be filed with the Company within thirty (30) days of the interruption of service. The Company shall review every claim and shall compensate the customer for any loss, cost, damage or expense as determined by the Company to be within the Company’s control.

PUC Decision and Order No. 19658Effective: November 1, 2002

How to File a Claim