here's nbc investigative reporter jaxon vanderbeken. hawaii. the isolated island paradise where everything costs more, including power. much of it comes from oil. that has to be shipped in from as far as libya and argentina. the cost to generate it accounts for about half the average $0.41 per kilowatt hour price. customs pay, according to the federal energy information administration, hawaii has been held out as the entity with the highest rates in the united states. mike campbell tracks rates for the consumer watchdog arm of the california public utilities commission. he says over the last five years, pg and e rates have doubled where it operates in california. after the rate hike in january, customers pay an average 39.6 cents per kilowatt hour, compared to $0.21 per kilowatt hour in 2019. to put it in perspective, an average customer uses about 500 kilowatt hours per month, one kilowatt hour is the amount of energy it takes to power ten 100 watt light bulbs for an hour, so the average customer were paid $100 for power back in 2019. now pays