HEI - Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc.
04/15/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/15/2024 15:06
10:45 a.m. UPDATE: Crews restore remaining customers in Hawaii Kai
10:45 a.m. UPDATE: Crews restore remaining customers in Hawaii Kai
Release Date: 4/15/2024
HONOLULU, April 15, 2024 - Hawaiian Electric crews today restored power to an estimated 1,353 customers in Hawaii Kai who had been without power since Sunday afternoon.
The outage was caused by damage to one of the main transmission lines that bring power across the Koolau mountains into the Hawaii Kai/East Honolulu area. About 4,000 feet of 46-kilovolt line fell across a second transmission line, taking both lines out of service. Earlier today, inspectors used a helicopter to fly above the area to survey the damage, which is located just below the Koolau ridgeline.
Crews today are cutting through dense vegetation on the Waimanalo side of the ridgeline to clear a path to for work trucks to access the area. Once that is complete, the damaged line will be removed from the second transmission line.
These repairs are considered temporary and will leave only one transmission line feeding the Hawaii Kai/East Honolulu area. Hawaiian Electric will develop a long-term plan to repair the damaged line to provide backup power to the area.
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