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Power outage history
Hawaii
5.0hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025. 30th of 51.
Electricity customers 504,268 Across 5 counties
Worst well-recorded year 2023 10 hours without power, average customer
County by county
Where Hawaii goes dark
Hours without power for the average customer in a typical year. Hover a county; click to open it.
Fewer hours64+ h / yr
Most hours without power
Most reliable
Year by year
Hours in the dark, statewide
The record
Hawaii's largest outages
Statewide events with at least 2% of customers, or 25,000, out at once, by peak.
| Began | Storm | Peak out | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 2025 | Flooding | 64,829 | 12.9% |
| Mar 8, 2023 | Windstorm | 35,221 | 7.0% |
| Dec 6, 2021 | Flooding | 33,265 | 6.6% |
| Feb 10, 2019 | Windstorm | 32,353 | 6.4% |
| Aug 23, 2022 | No storm report | 31,820 | 6.3% |
| Dec 25, 2019 | Thunderstorms | 30,500 | 6.0% |
| Aug 25, 2024 | Hurricane Hone | 29,800 | 5.9% |
| Dec 26, 2020 | Wildfire | 28,290 | 5.6% |
| Apr 14, 2024 | No storm report | 27,031 | 5.4% |
| Jan 10, 2025 | Thunderstorms | 25,765 | 5.1% |
| Apr 19, 2023 | Windstorm | 25,582 | 5.1% |
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities in Hawaii
Reliability and residential price as reported to the EIA for the latest year. Outage minutes include major storm days.
| Utility | Type | Outage min / yr | Excl. major storms | ¢/kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaiian Electric Co Inc | Investor Owned | 202 | 154 | 40.5 | 277k |
| Hawaii Electric Light Co Inc | Investor Owned | 379 | 273 | 45.8 | 79k |
| Maui Electric Co Ltd | Investor Owned | 481 | 218 | 42.0 | 62k |
| Kauai Island Utility Cooperative | Cooperative | 335 | 202 | 38.4 | 30k |
| Sunrun Inc. | Behind the Meter | – | – | 32.2 | 18k |
| Tesla Inc. | Behind the Meter | – | – | 17.7 | 2.4k |
| SunPower Capital, LLC | Behind the Meter | – | – | 62.6 | 1.1k |