1 p.m. update: Hawaiian Electric focused on restoration efforts

1 p.m. update: Hawaiian Electric focused on restoration efforts

• About 12,540 customers currently without electricity - primarily on Hawaii Island and Maui

Release Date: 3/16/2026

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HONOLULU, March 16, 2026 - Hawaiian Electric continues work to restore around 12,540 customers who are without power across Oahu, Maui County and Hawaii Island. Most of the outages are on Hawaiʻi Island and Maui as weather conditions continue to slow restoration efforts.

As of 1 p.m.:

• Oahu: About 940 customers are without electricity as crews continue work to restore pockets across the island. This involves making repairs to individual service lines and verifying that each customer's electrical connecting point is safe to receive power again.
• Maui County: About 3,600 customers remain without power. Crews are continuing damage assessments and repairs islandwide, including parts of Upcountry and East Maui as well as pockets of Haiku and Kihei, where there are underground cable faults due to the heavy rains and flooding. Crews restored power to the majority of South Maui and Kula (from Omaopio Road area to Lower Kula Highway) as well as most of Hana town. Customers in these restored areas who may still be without power, please report your outage online or to the Maui Country Trouble Line at 1-855-304-8181.
• Hawaii Island: About 8,000 customers are currently without power, mostly in Puna and North Kona. Today, crews are working in Keaau, Kurtistown, Mountain View, Volcano, South Point, and North and South Kona. Damage assessment teams are working in lower Puna. In the hardest hit areas, restoration efforts are being slowed by numerous fallen trees, large branches and downed powerlines on roadways.

Hawaiian Electric has nearly 350 crewmembers in the field working as quickly and safely as possible to complete inspections and make repairs.

Estimated restoration times may not be available until inspections are completed and any repairs are made before power can be safely restored. While weather conditions have improved, unstable trees and branches may fall and cause new outages. View our storm restoration process.

The outage numbers above represent a snapshot in time and are subject to change as stated above. Customers can view current outages and report outages on the outage map at hawaiianelectric.com and on the mobile app.