Hawaiian Electric is cutting power daily from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. along eastern Molokaʻi’s East Kamehameha V Highway through Thursday as crews replace 8 miles of power lines and upgrade 27 poles. The project is part of the utility’s post-2023-wildfire shift toward fire-prevention infrastructure hardening.
- Planned outages run daily 8 a.m.–4 p.m. through Thursday, October 9, affecting customers between Onioni Drive and Puʻu O Hōkū Ranch.
- The project replaces aging copper conductors with aluminum lines and upgrades 27 poles to reduce wildfire risk and improve long-term reliability.
- Hawaiian Electric notified affected customers by mail as early as September 11, with follow-up emails and a virtual webinar before work began.
- The utility is providing a generator to a local restaurant and market to serve as a community hub with phone charging and internet access during outages.
- Community group Molokaʻi Clean Energy Hui pushed back on the schedule, proposing shorter daily outage windows or a delayed timeline to protect residents’ stored food supplies.
Source: Hoodline
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