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Utility programUpdated October 2026

Maui Electric Company, Limited

Maui Electric Company serves about 71,906 customers across Maui County (Maui, Lanai, and Molokai) as one of the three Hawaiian Electric operating companies that share program design under Hawaii PUC oversight. It does not have a residential EV time-of-use rate open for enrollment; its earlier residential TOU options are closed to new customers. Its EV programs center on commercial time-of-use rates (Schedules EV-J and EV-P), the Charge Up Commercial make-ready program (closed to new applications), and the Smart Charge Hawaii managed-charging pilot for residential drivers.

At a glance

Investor-owned
Serves
Hawaii
Customers
71,906
EV rate plan
Yes
EVSE rebate
–
Managed-charging program
Yes

EV time-of-use rate plans

Schedule EV-J (Maui Division, Commercial EV charging, demand pilot)

Verified Oct 2026

Peak
Evening on-peak, 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Overnight hours, 10 p.m. to 9 a.m., are billed at the same rate as the evening peak, not at a discount.
Varies
Off-peak
Mid-day, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., when abundant solar is on the grid, is the lowest-cost charging period under the pilot
Varies

Qualifying medium-sized commercial customers (peak demand under 200 kW on Maui and Lanai, under 100 kW on Molokai) in Maui County that put EV charging on a separate dedicated meter. Sites with interconnected renewable generation or storage are not eligible. Pilot extended by the Hawaii PUC through June 30, 2027.

Schedule EV-P (Maui Division, Commercial EV charging, large demand pilot)

Verified Oct 2026

Peak
Evening on-peak, 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Overnight hours, 10 p.m. to 9 a.m., are billed at the same rate as the evening peak, not at a discount.
Varies
Off-peak
Mid-day, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., when abundant solar is on the grid, is the lowest-cost charging period under the pilot
Varies

Qualifying large commercial customers (peak demand of 200 kW or more on Maui and Lanai, 100 kW or more on Molokai) in Maui County placing EV charging on a separate dedicated meter. Sites with interconnected renewable generation or storage are not eligible. Pilot extended by the Hawaii PUC through June 30, 2027.

Commercial & multifamily rebates

Charge Up Commercial

Hawaiian Electric pays for, installs, and maintains the make-ready electrical infrastructure up to the customer's charging equipment; no per-port dollar cap is published

Non-residential Maui County customers that own or lease the site, installing four to six Level 2 ports. The utility is no longer accepting applications; questions go to Chargeup@hawaiianelectric.com.

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Managed-charging programs

Smart Charge Hawaii

A managed-charging pilot run by Hawaiian Electric with ev.energy that let residential EV drivers in Maui County automate and track home charging through a mobile app, including low-carbon charging for rooftop solar owners. The official pilot's enrollment bonus has ended, but the underlying ev.energy app remains open to new Hawaii EV drivers for ongoing smart-charging rewards; no enrollment cap or waitlist is currently stated.

The $150 cash or 10,000 HawaiianMiles enrollment bonus closed to new enrollment Nov 30, 2024 and is no longer offered. New users can still join the free ev.energy app today for ongoing rewards: a $5 Amazon gift card after the first 5 smart charges, then $10 gift cards for every 30 smart charges (the site's FAQ counts one point per smart charge of at least 7 kWh, with unused points expiring after 12 months).

Maui Electric does not offer a residential EV-specific time-of-use rate open to new customers in Maui County. Its residential TOU options are closed: Schedule TOU-RI closed to new customers on October 31, 2022; separately, Hawaiian Electric's Shift and Save pilot closed to new enrollment on February 1, 2025, and only ever selected customers on Oahu and Hawaii Island, not Maui. Residential EV owners therefore charge on their standard residential rate, which does not vary by time of day. Hawaii electricity prices are among the highest in the country, so households with rooftop solar can lower charging cost by charging during the day on their own generation.

There is no Maui Electric rebate for a home charger, so residential customers have no rebate to stack against a rate. On the commercial side, the Charge Up Commercial make-ready program covers the electrical infrastructure up to the charging equipment at eligible businesses, condominiums, office buildings, and fleet sites, though the utility is no longer accepting applications. Commercial charging on a dedicated meter can take service on the EV-J or EV-P time-of-use schedules, which reward mid-day charging.

Maui County spans three separate island grids (Maui, Lanai, and Molokai) with no interconnection to each other or the mainland, so charging load is balanced against locally generated solar and fossil generation rather than imported power. The commercial EV-J and EV-P pilot was extended by the Hawaii PUC through June 30, 2027, with the utility required to file an application for successor tariffs by June 30, 2026. As of October 2026 Hawaiian Electric's Maui rates page still lists EV-J and EV-P as pilot schedules and names no successor. The filed Schedule EV-P sheet itself reads available through March 17, 2027, so confirm the end date with Hawaiian Electric. Hawaiian Electric, Hawaii Electric Light, and Maui Electric share program design under the Hawaii PUC, but enrollment and metering are handled by Maui Electric for each Maui County island.

Service territory

Hawaii

  • Kalawao
  • Maui

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