On Thursday, July 29, 2021 a power outage is scheduled for North Kohala from 8pm to 6am on Friday, July 30, 2021.  Affected communities include Hawi, Kapa‘au and Halaula, as well as customers along Kohala Mountain Road between mile markers 6 and 9.

There also will be partial road closures on Kohala Mountain Road between mile markers 6 and 10 and on Akoni Pule Highway between mile markers 22 and 25. Motorists are advised to drive with caution in these areas.

This temporary outage will allow Hawaiian Electric personnel to safely perform maintenance and upgrade infrastructure and equipment for system reliability and resilience. The work is being performed overnight to minimize disruption to customers.

Customers are advised to unplug sensitive equipment prior to the outage and to keep refrigerator and freezer doors closed. Those who depend on medication or life support equipment should make arrangements for a back-up power supply or transportation to a facility outside the affected area.

The County of Hawai‘i Department of Water Supply (DWS) recommends that residents store enough water to use during the outage.  DWS will set up a temporary spigot on a fire hydrant near the Ka‘auhuhu Transfer Station for the community’s use during the power outage.