In short: "No major surprises. It is probably good to think of this as a zero-coupon bond" — as the settlement damages get repaid the dividend resumes, "and that will be reflected in a higher share price as the market prices in that eventuality."
The clearest one-line reframe in the issue: "it is probably good to think of this as a zero-coupon bond." A zero-coupon bond pays you nothing along the way and everything at the end — you buy it cheap and it climbs toward full value as the maturity date approaches.
Hawaiian Electric suspended its dividend to pay wildfire settlement damages. Each year of repayments brings the day nearer when the utility can pay shareholders again, and the market will start pricing that in before it actually happens. So the return is not this year's income; it is the gap closing between a damaged price today and a normal utility valuation later. "No major surprises" is exactly what you want to hear about a position like this — nothing happening is the thesis working.
In short: Submitted its Integrated Grid Planning RFP seeking competitively priced renewables and storage for Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, to modernize the fleet and cut oil-fired generation. "Interesting to see what happens here" — the detail he flags is demand, not the filing: Oʻahu uses more than 70% of the state's electricity and demand "is growing at its fastest pace in two decades as transportation and industrial processes become increasingly electrified."
Hawaii's utility asked the market for bids to build renewable generation and battery storage on three islands, aiming to replace expensive oil-fired power. Polomny doesn't take a view on the filing itself — "interesting to see what happens here."
What caught his eye was buried in the announcement: Oʻahu consumes over 70% of the state's electricity, and demand there is "growing at its fastest pace in two decades" as cars and industry switch to electricity. For a regulated utility, growing demand is the ingredient that justifies building more assets — which is how a utility grows earnings. He's watching, not adding.
In short: Holding; no major news this month (Dividend Portfolio).
In short: Listed in the Dividend Portfolio; no update this month.
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