Kaua'i Island Utility Cooperative
UtilitiesHawaii, United States51-200 Employees
KIUC is a not-for-profit, member-owned electric cooperative based in Lihue, Hawaii, formed in 2002 when local businesspeople purchased Kaua'i Electric from the Connecticut-based Citizens Communications. It operates in the utilities industry and is governed by an elected board of directors, serving electric customers on Kaua'i. Because Kaua'i is an island, KIUC generates all of its power locally. As of 2010, about 92 percent of its power came from imported fossil fuels, highlighting the island's generation challenge. The cooperative aims to reach 70 percent renewable generation by 2030, and in 2019 nearly 55 percent of its electricity came from renewable sources such as biomass, hydropower, and solar.