Power Outage in Hawaii
POWER OUTAGES: Stolen Stuff Hawaii 3:12 PM HST, 8/17/2026 MORE PEOPLE HAVE THEIR POWER BACK THAN ARE STILL WAITING FOR IT. That crossing happened this afternoon. OAHU: 53,856 customers without power across 566 separate outages. BIG ISLAND: 39,652 customers across 406 outages. MAUI COUNTY: 6,371 customers across 205 outages. KAUAI: 260 of 36,344 customers across 64 outages. STATEWIDE: 100,139 customers without power across 1,241 outages, adding the totals each utility published. That is 13,587 fewer than at 10:56 this morning. At the peak on Sunday we counted 219,904. THE OUTAGE COUNT WENT UP WHILE THE CUSTOMER COUNT WENT DOWN, and that is what restoration looks like. One failure on a big line puts thousands out as a single outage. As crews fix those lines what is left is many smaller outages on individual streets: 1,132 outages this morning, 1,241 now, with 13,587 fewer people in the dark. TRANSMISSION LINES COME FIRST. Hawaiian Electric's noon update says crews are repairing the high voltage backbone before the neighborhood lines, because the neighborhood lines cannot carry anything until it is back up. Three helicopters are inspecting six transmission lines on the Big Island. They say restoration times for specific neighborhoods are not available yet and will come as damage assessments finish. WHERE IT IS WORST. Big Island: Puna, North and South Kona, North and South Kohala, Hamakua and South Hilo. Maui County: Kula, Haiku, Olinda and Piiholo. Oahu: Windward, Leeward and Honolulu. CUSTOMERS FROM SALT LAKE TO EAST HONOLULU ARE STILL ASKED TO CONSERVE POWER TODAY. THESE NUMBERS ARE ONLY AS OF 3:12 PM AND CHANGE CONSTANTLY. The maps update every 15 minutes. 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. 🌀 sshsearch.com/weather #hawaii #poweroutage #oahu #kauai #maui #bigisland