Using the boiling water from an electric kettle

My Mother uses this method and I can tell you from having witnessed it, it saves a heck of a lot of time.  The electric kettle boils water in a minute flat!  Depending on how much pasta you need to cook you may need a couple of batches of kettle boiled water.  I personally wouldn't feel the need to heat up the pot but you can, why not?

I disagree with Chefross about the amount of water it takes to boil pasta.  More water is better.  Crowding a pot of water with pasta makes the noodles extremely starchy and prone to sticking together.  

Chefross said:

The newest information coming out about cooking pasta debunks your theory.

Harold McGee is the author of Keys to good cooking

http://www.seriouseats.com/2010/05/how-to-cook-pasta-salt-water-boiling-tips-the-food-lab.html

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It all depends. Believe me, I try to use as little water as I need. This is fine for short noodles, it's easy to get away with. Try doing it with linguini and you'll have a hot mess on your hands, I know cause I've tried it. The ends of my linguini noodles (or any long pasta) stick together and stay hard.

Knowing first hand how small most electric kettles are the OP will need more than one boiling to cover any noodle.