Power Outage in Hawaii
POWER OUTAGES: Stolen Stuff Hawaii 6:43 AM HST, 8/17/2026 CREWS WORKED THROUGH THE NIGHT. 113,717 ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER THIS MORNING. OAHU: 67,597 customers without power across 456 separate outages. BIG ISLAND: 39,474 customers across 357 outages. MAUI COUNTY: 6,299 customers across 184 outages. KAUAI: 347 of 36,344 customers across 103 outages. STATEWIDE: 113,717 customers without power across 1,100 outages, adding the totals each utility published. WHY THE COUNT BARELY MOVED OVERNIGHT, IN HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC'S OWN WORDS. Their 8 PM update said crews were "working through the night on Hawaii Island, Oahu and Maui County as they continue damage assessments and focus on repairs that can be done safely in severe weather conditions." Overnight the work went into damage inspections and transmission lines. That kind of work does not move the customer counter, and it is exactly what has to happen before neighbourhoods can be brought back. Line work in the dark, in wind and rain, is dangerous, and doing it safely takes longer. SO A SLOW NIGHT IS NOT A LOST NIGHT. Maui County still came down from 8,973 customers to 6,299 while most of us were asleep. HELP IS COMING. Hawaiian Electric says crews from mainland utilities are expected to arrive Tuesday. WHERE IT STANDS: the peak was 219,904 customers yesterday morning, so 106,187 have had power back. Hawaiian Electric has asked Oahu customers to conserve electricity, and says anyone still out should prepare for extended outages. THESE NUMBERS ARE ONLY AS OF 6:43 AM AND CHANGE CONSTANTLY. The maps update every 15 minutes, so check Hawaiian Electric or KIUC directly for current outages. Report your outage so crews know your location. Hawaiian Electric: 1-855-304-1212. KIUC: (808) 246-4300. Never touch a downed power line and treat every one as live. Mahalo to the crews out there in it. 🌀 Live storm updates: sshsearch.com/weather #hawaii #poweroutage #oahu #kauai #maui #bigisland