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Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc.
The Hawaiian Electric Company(HECO)is an investor-owned electric utility that serves the island of Oahu, in the State of Hawaii.
HECO and its subsidiaries, Maui Electric Company and Hawaii Electric Light Company, provide free teaching materials to kindergarten through 12th grade educators located on the islands of Oahu, Maui and Hawaii. Services include free books and school-based presentations, experimentation material, as well as loaning of DVDs and videos related to electrical safety, basic electricity, energy conservation, renewable energy, and careers in the electric utility industry; HECO also supports educational programs, such as the FIRST Robotics -- which incorporates various grade levels, each building robots with it's own set of scholastic and real-world challenges, reinforcing students' science and math skills; the Solar Sprint - a miniature solar model car project for middle school students; Sun Power for Schools - schools are provided photovoltaic systems and curriculum based lessons on renewable energy and photovoltaics; FIRST LEGO League where students build a non-remote robot using LEGOS and science and engineering skills to compete in a friendly robotics event and the Home Energy Challenge, an elementary school challenge where students and their families learn about energy conservation and compete to decrease their electricity use at home. For details on these programs, visit www.heco.com.
Education and Consumer Affairs Division
900 Richards Street
Honolulu HI 96813
Phone: (808) 543-7511
Fax: (808) 543-7412
www.heco.com