Comment: RJ is still avoiding perhaps the most important question of all: What--if anything--did Hawaiian Electric's predecessor pay, in the late 19th century, to acquire the "right" to be the sole source of electricity in Hawaii (other than on Kauai) from which ALL electricity consumers in Hawaii must buy their electricity?  

And why, if Hawaiian Electric customers have effectively paid for ALL current Hawaiian Electric "assets", i.e. infrastructure, why is that the government-guaranteed profits HE collects from its customers are primarily used to pay unearned dividends to HEI shareholders, as well as the exorbitant salaries of HEI executives?  

I'm really hoping RJ will consider these questions to also be "too stupid" to answer and, in turn, will finally TRULY answer them for a change.  But if past is prologue, I suspect RJ will once again use obsfucation and misdirection to try to convince other readers that my questions don't even deserve a straight answer.  Stay tuned:)