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Maui Smart Grid Project

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About The Maui Smart Grid Project

Silver Spring is working with Maui Electric Company (MECO) and the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute at the University of Hawaii (HNEI) to deploy a strategic and innovative smart grid project  on the island of  Maui. The project will test the effectiveness of smart grid technologies in helping MECO and its customers reach and exceed the State of Hawaii’s goal of meeting 70% of its energy needs with clean energy by 2030. 

The Maui Smart Grid Project will demonstrate and evaluate new technologies that will help residents better manage and reduce energy consumption during periods of high demand and assist MECO to operate the power grid more efficiently. These technologies will also help to restore power outages faster and integrate more renewable energy into Maui’s electricity grid. The project team has selected Maui Meadows in South Kihei as the site for evaluating home-based Smart Grid technologies with volunteer participants.

The results from the project will be compared with other demonstration projects throughout the U.S. and used for decision making on future Smart Grid initiatives in the state of Hawaii.  The data will be used to help manage grid operations more efficiently.