Electricity
Electric power for Maui County is primarily produced from imported oil (79 percent), supplemented by alternate energy in the form of bio-mass (bagasse, a byproduct of sugar making), wind power, and hydro-power (12 percent). Hawaiian electrical producers are keenly aware of this dependence on outside supplies of fuel and have been actively engaged in research and development of alternative resources such as wind, hydro, geo-thermal, solar, ocean thermal and bio-mass power. The Kaheawa Wind Power project came online in 2006, with 20 wind turbines providing 30 megawatts of power, approximately 9% of Maui's electricity supply. The development of new sources will continue to be a function of the avoided cost of conventional generation.

Maui Electric Company, Limited, a subsidiary of Hawaiian Electric Company, is the sole public electrical utility in Maui County. It has two plants on the island of Maui, located in Maalaea and Kahului, with an installed generating capacity of 232,800 kilowatts servicing 59,248 customers (50,281 residential). A purchase power contract with HC&S also provides 16,000 kilowatts of firm power to Maui's capacity.

The island of Molokai has one plant in Palaau with an installed generating capacity of 11,800 kilowatts serving 3,085 customers (2,504 residential).

Lanai also has one power plant with an installed generating capacity of 10,300 kilowatts serving 1,568 customers (1,350 residential).

The average rate on Maui is $0.233 per kilowatt-hour with a residential rate of $0.247 per kilowatt-hour. On Molokai, the average rate is $0.296 per kilowatt-hour with a residential rate of $0.301 per kilowatt-hour. On Lanai, the average rate is $0.290 per kilowatt-hour with a residential rate of $0.300 per kilowatt-hour.

Waste Water Facilities
The County of Maui Department of Water Supply has five wastewater reclamation facilities. Three are located on Maui, in Kihei, Wailuku-Kahului and Lahaina, with a design capacity of 6.0, 6.8 and 8.0 MGD, respectively. The wastewater processed at each facility is 5.4, 6.0 and 6.7 MGD, respectively. The county operates a wastewater facility on Molokai in Kaunakakai with a design capacity of 0.30 MGD and a flow of 0.27 MGD. The facility on Lanai has a design capacity of 0.50 MGD and a flow of 0.29 MGD.

In 2005, Maui County consumed 12,961 million gallons of water.

Phone Services
Hawaiian Telcom provides advanced telecommunications services for residents of Maui County through a network of more than 90,250 digital customer lines operated by 15 switching centers that are interconnected by more than 200 miles of fiber optic cable. The HI FiberNet, a 300-mile submarine fiber optic network, is the first to link Maui, Oahu, Hawaii and Kauai. Hawaiian Telcom's full line of products, which offer a "one-stop" customer-focused solution to the telecommunications services requirements of its customers, include local dial tone, long distance, Internet, data transmission and private line services.

Several additional fiber optic cable installation projects are planned over the next few years. The Haleakala Observatories, Maui Research and Technology Park, and several major hotels are also served by Hawaiian Telcom with fiber optic cable connections.

The Wailuku central office switching center serving the main population area, provides high-speed data service known as Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL), and is also equipped to provide Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) Basic Rate Interface (BRI) service. All of the Maui offices can provide ISDN Primary Rate Interface (PRI) service.

Cable Services
Oceanic Time Warner provides a diverse selection of entertainment and information services to over 55,000 residential, hotel, condominium and business customers in Maui County. These services are provided through a network of coaxial and fiber-optic cables consisting of more than 532 miles, passing more than 66,000 households and businesses. Oceanic Time Warner's Digital Cable provides hundreds of channels plus commercial-free music stations. High speed internet service is available in Lahaina and certain areas of Kahului, Kihei, Pukalani and Wailuku.