#lahaina power outage

With Hawaiian Electric Co. (HECO) reporting that service has been restored to nearly all West Maui customers, the County of Maui closed its emergency shelter at Lahaina Civic Center Gym at 4 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 28, 2026.

The four Lahaina public schools that remained closed Monday following Hurricane Nolo will reopen to students and staff Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026.

Lahaina District Court, located at 1870 Honoapiʻilani Highway, is closed today due to a power outage.

About 11,350 customers remain without power in West Maui, Haʻikū and Upcountry. The majority of the outages are in West Maui with about 10,000 impacted customers. These outages were not a PSPS. An additional 485 customers in the Pukalani area are affected by a PSPS outage.

About 12,370 customers in West Maui and Upcountry are without power due to strong winds from Hurricane Nolo as the storm continues its westward track south of the state. As of 6 a.m., an additional 3,900 customers are without power on the windward side of Oʻahu due to storm effects. These outages were not a PSPS, and Hawaiian Electric crews are standing by to begin inspections at first light as the first step in the restoration process.

Lahaina District Court, located at 1870 Honoapiʻilani Highway, is closed today due to an ongoing power outage.

King Kamehameha III Elementary, Princess Nāhiʻenaʻena Elementary, Lahaina Intermediate and Lahainaluna High School will be closed today, Tuesday, Feb. 10, due to weather conditions and extended power outages impacting the available water supply at the campuses. The schools are notifying staff and students’ families directly.

Hawaiian Electric has re-energized all West Maui circuits impacted by the Public Safety Power Shutoff program. At this time, all customers who can have power restored safely should have electricity. However, a PSPS Watch remains in effect for parts of Maui and Hawaiʻi Island.

An outage in Kīhei, Makawao and Nāpili was due to a load shed of various circuits after two generators tripped offline at the Māʻalaea Power Plant. A subsequent unrelated outage knocked more customers offline in Lahaina, Olowalu and Launiupoko.

As of 11:10 p.m. power was restored to the remaining 50 customers in West Maui. To report an outage on Maui, call the Hawaiian Electric Company 24/7 trouble line at 808-871-7777.

Hawaiian Electric crews working to restore power to customers have completed repair of damaged transmission lines in the Upcountry area. Work continues on infrastructure to support restoration in the West Maui area, where facilities that provide essential needs such as groceries and supplies are located. 

Maui Electric crews, along with help from additional crews, contractors and resources, restored power to a majority of the 4,000 customers without power in West Maui and isolated pocket outages in Upcountry, Haʻikū and Waiheʻe by 2:55 a.m. this morning.

A motor vehicle accident this morning on Molokaʻi knocked out power to an estimated 1,462 customers on the East End of the island, Maui Electric Company officials said.

A power outage in West Maui on Tuesday afternoon was caused by a tree branch that fell across power lines on Mill Street in Lahaina, electric company officials said.

Fallen trees downed power lines on Front Street in Lahaina this afternoon, knocking out power to customers from Lahaina town to Ukumehame, officials said.

Damage to the Mobile Transformer was estimated at one million dollars. Electrical service has been restored to remaining customers in Pu’ukoli’i as of 12:59 p.m. The outage was caused by a fire at the company’s Pu’ukoli’i Substation at around 7 a.m. and resulted in a power outage for much of the Ka’anapali resort area.

The loss of power occurred at around 7 a.m., when a vehicle struck a pole in the area. Students at Lahainaluna HS were released at 10 a.m. because of the outage.