2018 Hawaii Power Outage Report
In 2018, the average Hawaii customer went without power for about 3.0 hours, the 27th worst of 51 states (US average 5.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
3.0
vs prior year
▼ 12%
vs 2017
Customer-hours out
908K
Peak customers out
18,036
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
61%
of HI customers
Counties reporting
1
Hawaii year over year
All 1 Hawaii counties, 2018
Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.
| # | County | Hrs / customer | Customer-hours | Customers | Peak out | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honolulu County | 2.9 | 908K | 308,098 | 18,036 | 656 |
Biggest Hawaii outages of 2018
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honolulu County, HI | April 2, 2018 17:45 | April 3, 2018 10:30 | 16h 45m | 18,036 | 92K |
| 2 | Honolulu County, HI | April 3, 2018 16:00 | April 9, 2018 15:30 | 5d 23h | 7,703 | 11K |
| 3 | Honolulu County, HI | February 8, 2018 19:45 | February 9, 2018 06:00 | 10h 15m | 7,602 | 3,564 |
| 4 | Honolulu County, HI | August 23, 2018 14:00 | August 25, 2018 13:00 | 1d 23h | 7,590 | 49K |
| 5 | Honolulu County, HI | October 30, 2018 12:15 | November 3, 2018 22:00 | 4d 9h | 7,534 | 25K |
| 6 | Honolulu County, HI | February 23, 2018 17:45 | February 24, 2018 09:45 | 16h | 7,378 | 1,976 |
| 7 | Honolulu County, HI | September 12, 2018 16:00 | September 14, 2018 17:45 | 2d 1h | 6,999 | 38K |
| 8 | Honolulu County, HI | August 25, 2018 15:00 | September 12, 2018 08:30 | 17d 17h | 6,904 | 46K |
| 9 | Honolulu County, HI | October 9, 2018 14:30 | October 14, 2018 06:00 | 4d 15h | 6,865 | 53K |
| 10 | Honolulu County, HI | March 29, 2018 08:15 | April 2, 2018 10:15 | 4d 2h | 6,692 | 6,539 |
| 11 | Honolulu County, HI | September 15, 2018 10:00 | September 17, 2018 10:00 | 2d | 6,390 | 6,509 |
| 12 | Honolulu County, HI | September 26, 2018 01:45 | September 29, 2018 02:45 | 3d 1h | 6,326 | 18K |
| 13 | Honolulu County, HI | March 7, 2018 19:45 | March 8, 2018 22:15 | 1d 2h | 6,246 | 12K |
| 14 | Honolulu County, HI | December 28, 2018 17:45 | December 29, 2018 08:45 | 15h | 6,206 | 14K |
| 15 | Honolulu County, HI | June 18, 2018 16:00 | June 22, 2018 16:45 | 4d | 6,196 | 25K |
| 16 | Honolulu County, HI | November 10, 2018 22:15 | November 11, 2018 10:30 | 12h 15m | 6,060 | 12K |
| 17 | Honolulu County, HI | September 14, 2018 18:45 | September 14, 2018 21:45 | 3h | 5,963 | 1,672 |
| 18 | Honolulu County, HI | February 18, 2018 11:45 | February 20, 2018 08:15 | 1d 20h | 5,869 | 20K |
| 19 | Honolulu County, HI | April 26, 2018 16:30 | May 1, 2018 13:45 | 4d 21h | 4,833 | 7,543 |
| 20 | Honolulu County, HI | November 9, 2018 17:00 | November 9, 2018 20:30 | 3h 30m | 4,828 | 6,038 |
| 21 | Honolulu County, HI | October 24, 2018 06:15 | October 25, 2018 03:15 | 21h | 4,827 | 1,834 |
| 22 | Honolulu County, HI | April 24, 2018 14:45 | April 26, 2018 06:00 | 1d 15h | 4,825 | 2,969 |
| 23 | Honolulu County, HI | June 7, 2018 17:30 | June 9, 2018 08:15 | 1d 14h | 4,820 | 8,643 |
| 24 | Honolulu County, HI | February 22, 2018 16:15 | February 23, 2018 02:45 | 10h 30m | 4,815 | 5,125 |
| 25 | Honolulu County, HI | February 3, 2018 17:45 | February 4, 2018 09:00 | 15h 15m | 4,574 | 11K |
EAGLE-I tracked about 61% of Hawaii's electricity customers in 2018; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2018 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.