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To enhance resilience, Hawaiian Electric in 2025 has replaced thousands of utility poles, trimmed vegetation, overhauled underground equipment and installed technology to reduce wildfire and outage risks across the five islands it serves.
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.
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.
The Innergex Renewable Energy, Inc. (Innergex) Hale Kuawehi Solar and Battery Storage Project began commercial operations on March 25, 2025 and is producing up to 30 megawatts of renewable energy for the Hawaii Island grid. It is the second solar plus battery storage project on the island.
Hawaiian Electric today issued this statement in response on the attack campaign launched by the Hawaii Regional Council of Carpenters.
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