Over 200 Hawaiian Electric repair crew members, technicians and system operators are working non-stop on Hawaiʻi Island, Maui and Oʻahu to restore electricity to the last groups of customers still without power after severe weather impacted the State. Several more crews from Oʻahu arrived on Maui and Hawaiʻi Island to assist with outage restoration. There were no significant damage or outages on Moloka‘i and Lana‘i.
Customers who are still without power should plan for the potential of at least another day without electricity. As of this afternoon, an estimated 3,200 customers are still without power: (400 on O‘ahu, 200 on Maui and 2,600 on Hawai‘i Island).
Hawaiʻi Island: Crews are continuing damage assessments and responding to widespread outages in Puna and Kona. Puna areas include Leilani Estates, Eden Roc Estates, Nanawale, Hawaiian Beaches, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Ainaloa, Kurtistown, Fern Acres, and Volcano. Kona areas include Kailua, Kaloko, Holualoa, Captain Cook, and Kealia. The majority of outages involve trees that have fallen into power lines. Crews sometimes need to trim or clear trees before they can begin repairs. Hawaiian Electric works with state, county and contract tree trimmers to remove fallen trees and large trees that are blocking roadways
O‘ahu: Service has been restored to about 80% of customers who lost power in downtown Honolulu after major flooding at the Iwilei substation damaged three transformers. Underground crews also replaced 300 feet of high-voltage flood-damaged cable yesterday and today continue to make repairs to restore power to remaining customers, including several office buildings and condominiums. Downtown Honolulu customers whose power has been restored may experience brief outages as crews work to test circuits and restore remaining customers.
Maui: Crews are continuing work to restore power to customers in pockets of Pukalani, Kula, Ha‘ikū, Wailuku, Lahaina and Hana. The Haleakalā Crater summit will remain without power for an extended time due to downed power lines. The storm caused significant damage to the island’s transmission system and hundreds of distribution and individual service line were outages scattered throughout the island. In some cases, there is unsafe access due to the terrain with multiple large, downed trees blocking roads that needed to be removed ahead of repairs, as well as storm runoff water in gulches. Crews are hiking in by foot with gear and repair equipment to make repairs in the upper Kula area because it cannot be safely accessed by helicopter or off-road vehicles at this time.