Power Outages in Honolulu County, HI
As of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC, about 5 customers are without power in Honolulu County, HI across 5 reported incidents. Hawaiian Electric Co Inc publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.4 hours.
Honolulu County, HI is served by 1 tracked utility.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/hawaii/honolulu-county
- As of
- October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Honolulu County, HI", live data as of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. https://massoutage.com/hawaii/honolulu-county
0.0%of this county's ~308,485 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
System-wide total only, no county split: Hawaiian Electric Co Inc.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaiian Electric Co Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Honolulu Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.
By ZIP code (29)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96797 | 354 | ≤11 | 146 | 21 |
| 96706 | 325 | 12 | 152 | 19 |
| 96744 | 293 | ≤11 | 164 | ≤11 |
| 96792 | 288 | ≤11 | 168 | 16 |
| 96817 | 278 | ≤11 | 135 | 21 |
| 96789 | 260 | ≤11 | 119 | 14 |
| 96816 | 247 | ≤11 | 121 | 19 |
| 96734 | 225 | ≤11 | 106 | ≤11 |
| 96782 | 223 | ≤11 | 112 | ≤11 |
| 96819 | 206 | ≤11 | 95 | 16 |
| 96707 | 197 | ≤11 | 100 | 15 |
| 96701 | 195 | ≤11 | 94 | 12 |
| 96813 | 165 | 0 | 83 | ≤11 |
| 96822 | 162 | ≤11 | 74 | ≤11 |
| 96818 | 156 | ≤11 | 66 | 14 |
| 96786 | 146 | ≤11 | 72 | ≤11 |
| 96825 | 141 | ≤11 | 63 | ≤11 |
| 96826 | 125 | ≤11 | 62 | ≤11 |
| 96815 | 119 | ≤11 | 64 | ≤11 |
| 96821 | 101 | ≤11 | 48 | ≤11 |
| 96814 | 89 | ≤11 | 50 | ≤11 |
| 96795 | 71 | ≤11 | 34 | ≤11 |
| 96791 | 33 | ≤11 | 20 | 0 |
| 96712 | 32 | ≤11 | 15 | ≤11 |
| 96717 | 22 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 96731 | 15 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 96762 | 12 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 96759 | ≤11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96730 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.
Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Honolulu County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Honolulu County right now.
Honolulu County has been under 23 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Flash Flood Warning on October 9, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×6
- High Surf Advisory ×6
- Wind Advisory ×5
- Flash Flood Warning ×3
- Flood Advisory ×3
Latest Honolulu County, HI outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 9m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 2,301 customers out (0.7% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 6d 6h
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 2,467 customers out (0.8% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 10m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 747 customers out (0.2% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 50m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,819 customers out (0.6% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Honolulu County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Honolulu Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Honolulu County went about 4.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 62,188 customers.
The US EIA reports Hawaii utilities averaged 5.6 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 4.4 hrs.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 17,914 customers out) · decade average 3.9 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 616 | 62,188 | 3.3 |
| 2018 | 656 | 18,036 | 2.9 |
| 2019 | 612 | 32,353 | 3.9 |
| 2020 | 722 | 19,613 | 2.5 |
| 2021 | 620 | 27,525 | 4.0 |
| 2022 | 579 | 16,036 | 2.5 |
| 2023 | 402 | 35,085 | 4.3 |
| 2024 | 502 | 17,914 | 6.9 |
| 2025 | 571 | 38,334 | 4.4 |
Cost of power in Honolulu County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Honolulu County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.
- Hawaiian Electric Co Inc40.5¢276,853 cust
Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom.
Relatively High wildfire exposure · 3.9 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Honolulu County: FAQ
- How often does Honolulu County, HI lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Honolulu County, HI logged 571 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Honolulu County, HI?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 62,188 customers without power, beginning May 20, 2017 and lasting about 11h.
- Is there a power outage in Honolulu County, HI right now?
- Yes, about 5 customers are currently without power across 5 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Honolulu County, HI?
- Tracked electric providers include Hawaiian Electric Co Inc.
Urban Honolulu CDP. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Honolulu County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Honolulu County.
96701, 96706, 96707, 96712, 96717, 96730, 96731, 96734, 96744, 96759, 96762, 96782, 96786, 96789, 96791, 96792, 96795, 96797, 96813, 96814, 96815, 96816, 96817, 96818, 96819, 96820, 96821, 96822, 96825, 96826, 96848, 96850, 96853, 96857, 96858, 96859, 96860, 96863
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaiian Electric Co Inc | - | Live · total only | - |
Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Hawaii customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/15003 and /api/v1/counties/15003/history. Live data as of .