KIUC suspended collections on delinquent accounts while Lowell restoration continues. [1] Hawaii News Now filed the pause beside later-Thursday restore copy. [1] Paused is not forgiven. A dark north is not a closed account. Print paused. Do not print forgiven.

KIUC said resumption would be evaluated after restoration is completed. [2] Completed is not Thursday's word. Extra HECO trucks do not restart a billing cycle. Do not spend a later billing notice that belongs to a later edition.

Print paused. Print not forgiven. Paused remains the only honest collections word on this Thursday business desk.
A later restore percentage does not reopen a billing cycle or forgive a bill.
Thursday is not a billing restart on this Kauai business desk.

-- THEO KAPLAN, San Francisco