Power outages in Hawaii County, HI

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Hawaii Electric Light Co Incno live feed
iThis utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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Outage history in Hawaii County

2014–2025 record

Hawaii County averaged 73.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Hawaii counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 69. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 28 hours, starting January 30, 2025.

The largest on record began January 30, 2025, with 36,430 customers out at once.

73.7significant outages a year (2023–2025)
iAt least 1% of the area's customers, and at least 100, without power at the same time. Outages less than 6 hours apart count as one.
2 hourstypical (median) length
iHalf of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.
3 dayslongest on record (August 2024)
36,430most customers out at once
Largest events (start)Peak outLasted
iHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.
Customer-hours
iCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
January 30, 202536,43028 hours154,608
August 24, 202424,4693 days562,943
December 5, 202121,32732 hours122,816
January 30, 202417,1713.5 hours29,664
April 15, 202412,0871.5 hours9,003

Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).

iFrom EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's record of utility outage data every 15 minutes since 2014 (CC BY 4.0). It covered about 9 in 10 U.S. customers.