4 p.m. update: Estimated 95% of all impacted customers to be restored by Friday

4 p.m. update: Estimated 95% of all impacted customers to be restored by Friday

Restoration maps for Hawaii Island, Oahu, Maui now available

- About 86% of impacted customers are now restored; approximately 36,800 customers remain without power as of 2:30 p.m.
- Assistance from mainland utilities has started to arrive
- Oahu customers with power still asked to conserve energy today

Release Date: 8/18/2026

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HONOLULU, Aug. 18, 2026 - Hawaiian Electric continues to make progress with necessary repairs to restore power to customers affected by Hurricane Lala across Oahu, Hawaii Island and Maui County.

The company expects 95% of all impacted customers to be restored across the state by Friday, except for certain remote and severely damaged areas of South Hawaii Island. Areas of Puna, North and South Kohala and the southern part Kau, Naalehu, Punaluu and Kilauea which could take at least two weeks. See estimated restoration times below for areas on Hawaii Island, Oahu, and Maui currently without power.

As of 2:30 p.m.:

• Hawaii Island: Approximately 24,400 customers remain without power. Most of the outages are in the Puna area, North and South Kona, North and South Kohala, Hamakua, North and South Hilo, and Kau. Transmission line assessments were completed yesterday and distribution line assessments are being completed today. Damage assessments were completed in Puna and Hamakua today.
• Maui County: With a majority of impacted customers brought back online, crews are focusing today on restoring areas of Haiku and Peahi as well pocket outages in Upcountry, Kahului, Lahaina, and East Maui. About 1,900 remain without power. Maui had nine transmission/subtransmission lines affected by the storm and six (67%) have been restored.
• Oahu: Crew restored about 10,000 customers in Kaneohe, Kahala, Kahuku, Aiea, Nanakuli and Makiki today. About 10,500 customers remain without power in Honolulu, Leeward and Windward areas. Oahu had 30 transmission/subtransmission lines affected by the storm and 13 have been restored (43%). Customers from Salt Lake to East Honolulu who do have electricity are again asked to conserve power today. Energy conservation by the public can help ensure sufficient power is available to meet demand. Suggested steps include turning off or lessening use of air conditioners, delaying hot showers, laundry, dishwashing activities, and minimizing cooking until later in the evening.

Customers who are without power but see their neighbors have electricity restored should call their respective Trouble Line to report the outage:

• Hawaii Island: 1-855-304-9191
• Maui County: 1-855-304-8181
• Oahu: 1-855-304-1212

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• Hawaiian Electric website: hawaiianelectric.com
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