{"id":520482,"date":"2026-03-13T04:29:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T04:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/520482\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T04:29:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T04:29:07","slug":"kona-storm-knocks-out-power-to-thousands-heco-crews-working-to-restore-service-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/520482\/","title":{"rendered":"Kona storm knocks out power to thousands; HECO crews working to restore service | Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HONOLULU (Island News) \u2013 Crews with the Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) are responding to multiple power outages reported across Hawaii as a storm continues across the state on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>As of 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, HECO reported that approximately 690 customers in the Waipio area are without power. Along with approximately 1,360 customers in the Mililani area being left in the dark.<\/p>\n<p>At 9:40 a.m., it was later reported that power had been restored to all affected Mililani residents.<\/p>\n<p>It was reported at 8:20 a.m. that power was restored to a majority of customers in the Waipio area, however approximately 20 customers remain in the dark until crews safely complete inspections. An estimated restore time for Waipio is 2:30 p.m., according to HECO.<\/p>\n<p>Crews restored power to all customers in Waimea at 10:10 a.m., after previously reporting that approximately 290 customers were without power.<\/p>\n<p>HECO confirmed that these outages are not part of its Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS).<\/p>\n<p>You can contact HECO\u2019s trouble lines at the following numbers:<\/p>\n<p>Oahu: 1-855-304-1212Maui County: 1-855-304-8181Hawaii Island: 1-855-304-9191<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaiianelectric.com\/safety-and-outages\/power-outages\/oahu-outage-map\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here to view the latest updates on outages.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re without power, report your specific location at HECO\u2019s 24\/7 trouble line at 1-855-304-1212 or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaiianelectric.com\/safety-and-outages\/power-outages\/report-oahu-outage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">online here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As severe weather moves across the island chain, HECO is encouraging customers to stay safe and to not approach downed power lines. To report a downed power line, call their 24\/7 trouble line previously mentioned. For emergencies, call 911.<\/p>\n<p>For the latest information on these power outages and current weather conditions, keep checking back with Island News.<\/p>\n<p>                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kitv.com\/news\/local\/flooding-closes-five-molokai-schools-thursday-hidoe-confirms\/article_ac8c74b2-db99-4033-86a2-03c4ad130ed3.html\" class=\"tnt-asset-link\" aria-label=\"Flooding closes five Molokai schools Thursday, HIDOE confirms\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Flooding closes five Molokai schools Thursday, HIDOE confirms\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data- data-\/><br \/>\n                <\/a><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/67affcb493abb.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"tnt-summary\">Five Molokai schools\u2014Molokai High, Molokai Middle, Kaunakakai, Kilohana, and Maunaloa Elementary\u2014are closed Thursday due to flooding, according to HIDOE.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HONOLULU (Island News) \u2013 Crews with the Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) are responding to multiple power outages reported&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520483,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,11639,234946,229842,234947,233054,12852,5568,3774,6273,79],"class_list":["post-520482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-hawaii","tag-hawaiian-electric-company","tag-heco","tag-heco-customers","tag-kona-storm","tag-oahu","tag-power","tag-power-outages","tag-residents","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}