Fram Energy Expands to Hawaiʻi Through Partnership with Holu Hou Energy

A first-of-its-kind deployment at Kunia Village on Oʻahu lets multifamily residents share solar kilowatt-hours between units, creating new revenue streams for property owners and solar developers.

HONOLULU, HI & BROOKLYN, NY — Holu Hou Energy, a Hawaii-based solar and battery storage developer, has deployed a first-of-its-kind behind-the-meter energy sharing system at Kunia Village on Oʻahu. The project pairs a 286-kilowatt solar installation with 600 kWh of battery storage, enabling residents across a multifamily community to share solar-generated kilowatt-hours between units. To bring the project to life, Holu Hou Energy partnered with Fram Energy to run and manage the entire billing and payments layer from resident enrollment and monthly invoicing to payment processing and customer support.

What makes Holu Hou Energy's approach technically distinctive is the behind-the-meter sharing model. As multifamily communities increasingly move toward separate metering, per-unit solar options have remained limited. Most solutions are designed for master-metered properties, or they only power common areas. Holu Hou’s bespoke PV systems take on the harder problem: rather than crediting a single unit or exporting surplus power to the grid, the system dynamically allocates solar generation across multiple units in real time. It's a complex engineering challenge that Holu Hou has solved at scale and delivered as a seamless resident experience.

But, generating and sharing the solar is only half the problem. Once the power is flowing, someone has t o turn it into bills residents can trust. But, translating solar generation credits and discounted energy rates into clear, trusted monthly bills requires getting a lot of things right at once: data integrations, rate calculations, payment processing, and ongoing resident communication. When any one piece of that breaks down, residents lose trust and property management / solar developers lose revenue.

For solar developers and multifamily property owners, this model is a meaningful unlock. Hawaii's electricity rates are among the highest in the country, yet multifamily owners have historically struggled to profit from solar: owners pay for the system, tenants capture the savings. Holu Hou's behind-the-meter sharing model, with Fram Energy handling billing, allows property owners to charge residents directly for discounted on-site solar, generating NOI from solar assets while delivering real savings to residents.

How Fram Approached Kunia Village: 

Fram designed our approach for Kunia Village around three core principles. 

1. Trust & Transparency - Residents see exactly what they owe and why, every month. Property managers and asset owners have real-time access to portfolio data. 

2. Accuracy - Billing errors erode trust fast. Our utility data integrations and rate calculations are built for >99% accuracy from day one.

3. Tenant-Focused - Clear bills, straightforward payment options, and multilingual support. Trust at the unit level is what makes the whole program work—for residents, operators, and asset owners. 

We considered doing billing in house, but are so happy we decided to partner with Fram Energy. Their technical and operational expertise billing large amounts of offtakers has been impressive and key to the success of our projects.

—Ted Peck, President @ Holu Hou Energy

We’ve built Fram Energy from the ground up to be agile: designed to operate across utility territories, various rate structures, and solar programs without needing to be rebuilt for every new market we enter. Our platform handles all that complexity so our partners don’t have to. 

Kunia Village is the start of our operations in Hawaiʻi. We’re proud to be building alongside Holu Hou, and we’re looking forward to what comes next.