Power restored to thousands on Oahu after outage
Hawaiian Electric customers in several parts of Oahu are without power due to an outage on Friday. The affected areas include Aiea Heights, Halawa, Hauula, Kaaawa, Kahaluu, Kaneohe, Laie, Pearl City, Punaluu, Temple Valley, Windward Mall, Kahuku and Laie.
HONOLULU (Island News) — Hawaiian Electric customers in several parts of Oahu have their power back after an outage that lasted a few hours on Friday.
Hawaiian Electric reported that power outages began around 1:30 p.m. The affected areas include Aiea Heights, Halawa, Hauula, Kaaawa, Kahaluu, Kaneohe, Laie, Pearl City, Punaluu, Temple Valley, Windward Mall, Kahuku and Laie.
The bulk of these outages happened in Central and East Oahu. A total of over 14,000 customers are impacted by the outage. All of the customers in Windward Oahu had their power restored by 5 p.m.
All of the traffic lights Major traffic congestion in Kaneohe was caused after all of the traffic lights stopped working. Honolulu police reminds drivers to treat broken stoplights as a four-way stop.
Hawaiian Electric said this is not a Public Safety Power Shutoff. A spokesperson said the outage was caused by downed trees hitting power lines and crews are working to make repairs.
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