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Today, Trust for Public Land (TPL) brought together over 130 community volunteers for its annual A Day on the Land at MAO Organic Farms. The event invited participants from across 11 local companies to work the land and learn about the community-led food movement to care for the aina and improve Hawaii’s self-sufficiency.
Hawaiian Electric, in partnership with Hawaii County Council Member James Hustace, invites the public to a Community Resilience Fair on Thursday, June 26, at the Waikoloa Elementary & Middle School cafeteria from 4-7 p.m.
Understanding the difference between utility lines and poles will help the public report hazards, including downed or sagging lines and damaged equipment or poles, to the responsible company.
Hawaiian Electric has filed with the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) new details on the cost of the company’s expanded Wildfire Safety Strategy, which calls for deploying new technology, fortifying infrastructure, minimizing fire hazards and expanding community partnerships to significantly reduce the risk of a wildfire started by utility equipment.
Hawaiian Electric announces an overnight power outage that will affect customers in parts of north Kohala. The outage is scheduled to start at about 9 p.m. on Thursday, June 26, and end at about 6 a.m. on Friday, June 27, 2025. The affected communities are Hawi, Kapaau and Halaula, as well as customers along Kohala Mountain Road from mile markers 6-9 and 11-19. The Kohala Ranch subdivision will not be affected.
As part of its ongoing wildfire safety strategy, Hawaiian Electric is using unmanned aircrafts, or drones, for aerial inspections of its electrical infrastructure in identified wildfire risk areas of Maui County, Hawaii Island and Oahu.
As part of its ongoing wildfire safety strategy, Hawaiian Electric is using unmanned aircrafts, or drones, for aerial inspections of its electrical infrastructure in identified wildfire risk areas on Hawaii Island, Maui County and Oahu.
Hawaiian Electric is improving its outage reporting system on Hawaii Island and in Maui County. As part of the new system, the current phone numbers to report outages will be replaced with new toll-free numbers, effective May 8, 2025.
Learn more about the Hawaiian Electric Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) program on Maui and how to prepare for emergencies at the community event in West Maui.
The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) recently approved an amended power purchase contract between Hawaiian Electric and Wailuku River Hydroelectric.
With hurricane and wildfire season coming up, Hawaiian Electric is hosting two emergency preparedness open house events to help prepare residents and their communities. Each event will feature presentations by Hawaiian Electric, Maui Emergency Management Agency, Hawaii Wildfire Management Organization and the Maui Fire Department along with resource tables representing various community partner agencies who will share vital information on how residents can plan and get ready in the event of an emergency.
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