BUSINESS BRIEFS
Sports Authority plans Kapolei fete
Advertiser staff
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Sports Authority will hold a grand opening Saturday for its new store at Kapolei Commons, the company's fifth outlet in Hawai'i.
The event will include appearances by former San Francisco 49er and University of Hawai'i lineman Jesse Sapolu and local fishing enthusiast Louie "The Fish" DeNolfo.
As part of the festivities, Sports Authority will hold customer contests and prize giveaways throughout the day. The first 250 customers to attend the grand opening as the doors open at 8 a.m. will have the opportunity to win a $500 shopping spree. The store had a soft opening Thursday.
Sports Authority also will give away a $100 gift card every hour from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Customers can register for a chance to win additional prizes such as a signed Jerry Rice football, a SIMS bike, a HEAD tennis racquet and a Body Glove prize package.
ELECTRIC BILLS FALL HERE, RISE ELSEWHERE
O'ahu residents will pay less for electricity in March, though people living on other islands will pay higher electricity rates this month.Hawaiian Electric Co. said the typical 600-kilowatt-hour residential bill will decline to $118.71 from $123.58 in February. The effective rate for electricity in Honolulu will drop to 18.3 cents per kilowatt-hour from the 19.2 cents rate that it charged in February.
Elsewhere in the Islands, the story is different.
• Maui customers will see their rates rise to 23.2 cents from 22.5 cents in February.
• Big Island residential rates will rise to 30.8 cents from 30.1 cents.
• Kaua'i Island Utility Cooperative will raise rates for the first time since August, when it charged 49.2 cents per kilowatt-hour. In March, its residential customers will pay 23.1 cents, up from 22.9 cents in February.
Electricity rates spiked in Hawai'i last year because most of it is produced using petroleum products such as fuel oil or diesel oil. On O'ahu, rates peaked in September when residential customers paid an average of $202.13 for their monthly bill.
BUILDING AWARDS NOMINATIONS DUE
The Building Industry Association of Hawaii has set a deadline of tomorrow to submit nominations for its 24th annual Renaissance Building & Remodeling Awards competition.The competition is open to all residential and commercial projects, either new or remodeled.
For more information and to obtain an entry form, call Clarice Watanabe at 847-4666, ext. 200, or e-mail ckw@biahawaii.org. Information also is available at www.biahawaii.org.
