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Hawai‘i Electric Light reports that customers in north and east Hawai‘i experienced power outages caused by thunderstorms impacting Hawai‘i Island this weekend. About 2,100 customers in North Kohala experienced an extended power outage Saturday evening. The outage began at about 5:40 p.m. and was necessary to allow crews to make temporary repairs to two transmission […]

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Hawai‘i Electric Light Company announces a scheduled power outage that will affect customers in North Kohala. The outage will be from 10 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 3, to 5 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 4, 2016.

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Hawai‘i Electric Light reports that electric service has been restored to customers from Kolekole Beach Park to Malua Gulch in the Hamakua district. Service was restored at 9:27 a.m.

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Hawai‘i Electric Light announces a scheduled power outage in Napo‘opo‘o and Ke‘ei on Thursday, June 9, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The outage will affect about 140 customers from Lower Napo‘opo‘o Road to Ke‘ei Beach. Crews will remove and replace a power pole on Lower Napo‘opo‘o Road.

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Hawaii Electric Light Company reported that at 10:20 a.m. Monday (July 13) about 1,420 customers were without power from Wainaku to Puueo Paku. HELCO has crews responding to the outage area and as of 10:40 a.m. has reported that about 1,065 customers have had their power restored. About 355 HELCO customers remain without power as […]

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Hawai‘i Electric Light has completed repairs to all major damage caused by a storm system that passed over the islands last Friday and Saturday. Late yesterday evening, crews restored power to the remaining 40 customers in portions of Nānāwale, Leilani Estates, and a few pocket outages in the Puna area.

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Today, Hawai‘i Electric Light crews restored power to approximately 260 customers in portions of Nānāwale, Leilani Estates, and a few pocket outages in the Puna area. As of 4 p.m., an estimated 40 customers in these areas remain without power. Electric service for these customers is expected to be restored by tomorrow.

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Crews from Hilo, Kona and Waimea restored power to approximately 500 customers in portions of Hawaiian Paradise Park, Orchidland, Hawaiian Beaches, Leilani Estates, Lanipuna, and Hawaiian Acres.

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As of 4 p.m., an estimated 2,900 customers were without power in portions of Leilani Estates, Nanawale, Lanipuna, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Orchidland, Ainaloa, Hawaiian Beaches, Nanawale, Tangerine Acres, Leilani Estates, Fern Forest, Fern Acres, Hawaiian Acres, Eden Roc, Wood Valley, South Point, and Ahualoa.

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Although all major highways and roadways are cleared and open, some subdivision roads may still have downed trees and power lines. HELCO and public works crews are working to restore power and to clear all major roadways. The public is reminded to treat all downed power lines as energized and to report power outages and […]

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Hawai‘i Electric Light crews are working to safely restore service to customers who lost electricity as a result of windy conditions affecting Hawai‘i Island on Feb. 13 and 14. Strong winds caused trees and branches to fall on and damage power lines and poles, primarily in the Puna area. Crews have been working since last […]

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Hawai‘i Electric Light has completed repairs to all major damage caused by a storm system that passed over the islands late last week. At about 2:00 p.m. today, power was restored to the remaining 10 customers on Cane Haul Road (Honoka‘a) and in a remote area of Waipi‘o Valley.

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Hawai‘i Electric Light completed repairs to most major damage caused by a storm system that passed over the islands last week. Crews worked through the night and restored service to about 110 customers in Kalōpā, Āhualoa, Pauuilo, and Wood Valley by early this morning.

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Hawai‘i Electric Light crews continue to make progress in restoring service to customers affected by a storm system that passed through the islands last Friday and Saturday. Today, service was restored in lower and upper Puna, Kohala, and some areas in Āhualoa and Honoka‘a.

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