An estimated 6,240 customers in parts of Nāpili, Kīhei, and Makawao experienced a load shed outage when two generators at the Māʻalaea Generating Station tripped offline at around 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday, March 12, 2024. A separate outage occurred around 4:50 p.m. when approximately 1,230 customers in
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Approximately 1,800 customers in Olowalu, Lahaina and some surrounding areas still remain without power, Hawaiian Electric said Friday evening. But more than 80 percent of customers who lost electricity to have their power back on, HECO said. Fencing also is being installed for a second mobile substation
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Maui County officials are warning residents in Upper Kula and Lahaina not to drink or boil tap water due to possible contamination from the wildfire. The Maui County Department of Water Supply has issued an unsafe water alert, saying the Upper Kula and Lahaina systems experienced wildfire
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As of 9:30 a.m., Hawaiian Electric crews are working to restore several thousand customers in West Maui and parts of Upcountry who lost power due to the high winds. In West Maui, crews are currently inspecting the three main transmission lines that provide power to the area
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Hawaiian Electric crews have restored power to parts of Central Maui, including Wailuku and a majority of Kahului and South Maui areas, as of 6 a.m. Crews are working to bring back online remaining affected customers in parts of Upcountry, West Maui and East Maui, including Paia
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Approximately 7,200 Maui customers were without power Thursday morning after a generator tripped at the Maalaea Generating Station. Around Noon, a power outage in Lahaina affected 3,930 customers. There were pockets of power outages in Kahului, parts of South Maui, Lahaina, Kula and Kuau.
Since Sunday, an estimated 22,000 Maui customers experienced brief to extended power outages caused by gusty winds and fallen trees on the island’s transmission and distribution system.