Hawaiian Electric restores power to most customers after Tropical Storm Lala outages

• Tropical Storm Lala damaged 60 transmission and subtransmission lines across Hawaii; 30 were repaired overnight, accelerating grid restoration work.
• Roughly 57,000 customers remained without power as of 7 a.m., representing less than 15% of the utility’s total customer base.
• Hawaii Island had about 27,700 customers without power; Maui County about 2,100; Oahu about 27,200, with repairs focused on damaged poles.
• Oahu grid stability remained constrained by generation interconnection work; customers from Salt Lake to East Honolulu were again asked to conserve power.
• Helicopters and drones continued damage assessments in remote terrain, signaling ongoing operational disruption and potentially extended restoration timelines in some areas.

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