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Crews make steady gains restoring over 800 Hawaiʻi Island customers
Remaining outages are increasingly concentrated in smaller pockets where damage is more complex and additional work may be required before equipment can be safely energized.
Milestone reached as HECO restores power to Kaʻū Hospital after Hurricane Lala; 1,430 still without power
Following repairs to a key transmission line serving the Kaʻū district, crews restored service to Pāhala Wednesday night and Kaʻū Hospital on Thursday.
Hawaiʻi to receive $18.5M to fund grid resilience and hazard mitigation projects
The Hawaiʻi State Energy Office, in partnership with Hawaiian Electric and the Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency, has secured $18.5 million in federal funding to support $25 million of investments aimed at enhancing grid resilience and hazard mitigation on Maui, Hawaiʻi Island, and Oʻahu.
HECO 4:30 p.m. update: Power restoration process now underway on Oʻahu’s North Shore
Hawaiian Electric has started assessing some of the circuits that were proactively turned off due to flooding in the North Shore area of Oʻahu. On Maui, 170 customers remain without power.
Lahaina fire cases remanded back to Maui state court, Maui attorney lauds decision
Maui attorney, Jan K. Apo, who is representing hundreds of families impacted by the August 2023 Maui wildfires, lauded Monday’s federal court decision to remand some 90 Lahaina fire cases back to the state court on Maui.