2019 Hawaii Power Outage Report
In 2019, the average Hawaii customer went without power for about 4.6 hours, the 18th worst of 51 states (US average 4.6 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
4.6
vs prior year
▲ 58%
vs 2018
Customer-hours out
1.6M
Peak customers out
32,353
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
66%
of HI customers
Counties reporting
2
Hawaii year over year
All 2 Hawaii counties, 2019
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 | Kauai County | 10.9 | 380K | 34,835 | 19,589 | 16 |
| 2 | Honolulu County | 3.9 | 1.2M | 308,098 | 32,353 | 612 |
Biggest Hawaii outages of 2019
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 | February 10, 2019 15:15 | February 17, 2019 05:00 | 6d 13h | 32,353 | 265K |
| 2 | Honolulu County, HI | December 25, 2019 15:00 | December 31, 2019 00:15 | 5d 9h | 25,846 | 204K |
| 3 | Kauai County, HI | December 21, 2019 20:45 | December 25, 2019 13:45 | 3d 17h | 19,589 | 155K |
| 4 | Honolulu County, HI | October 30, 2019 12:00 | October 31, 2019 10:45 | 22h 45m | 13,704 | 56K |
| 5 | Kauai County, HI | December 25, 2019 19:45 | December 26, 2019 08:00 | 12h 15m | 9,970 | 38K |
| 6 | Honolulu County, HI | September 23, 2019 16:45 | September 28, 2019 09:15 | 4d 16h | 9,945 | 21K |
| 7 | Honolulu County, HI | March 31, 2019 16:15 | March 31, 2019 16:30 | 15m | 9,323 | 2,331 |
| 8 | Honolulu County, HI | October 10, 2019 18:00 | October 11, 2019 09:30 | 15h 30m | 8,488 | 8,384 |
| 9 | Honolulu County, HI | January 17, 2019 13:15 | January 18, 2019 09:00 | 19h 45m | 8,259 | 20K |
| 10 | Honolulu County, HI | September 16, 2019 17:30 | September 17, 2019 07:30 | 14h | 7,741 | 4,298 |
| 11 | Honolulu County, HI | October 21, 2019 17:15 | October 24, 2019 14:45 | 2d 21h | 7,632 | 4,253 |
| 12 | Honolulu County, HI | October 11, 2019 11:00 | October 13, 2019 07:45 | 1d 20h | 6,196 | 28K |
| 13 | Honolulu County, HI | November 22, 2019 15:45 | November 24, 2019 15:15 | 1d 23h | 6,016 | 15K |
| 14 | Honolulu County, HI | November 27, 2019 17:30 | November 28, 2019 15:30 | 22h | 5,551 | 7,416 |
| 15 | Honolulu County, HI | April 26, 2019 17:15 | April 28, 2019 03:30 | 1d 10h | 5,533 | 4,708 |
| 16 | Honolulu County, HI | January 26, 2019 01:45 | January 27, 2019 10:15 | 1d 8h | 5,491 | 17K |
| 17 | Honolulu County, HI | June 1, 2019 15:45 | June 4, 2019 17:30 | 3d 1h | 5,151 | 12K |
| 18 | Honolulu County, HI | July 26, 2019 19:00 | July 27, 2019 11:30 | 16h 30m | 4,940 | 7,907 |
| 19 | Honolulu County, HI | September 8, 2019 13:30 | September 9, 2019 09:45 | 20h 15m | 4,771 | 18K |
| 20 | Honolulu County, HI | May 8, 2019 01:15 | May 8, 2019 07:30 | 6h 15m | 4,528 | 8,900 |
| 21 | Honolulu County, HI | June 11, 2019 16:00 | June 12, 2019 04:45 | 12h 45m | 4,289 | 9,381 |
| 22 | Honolulu County, HI | December 18, 2019 16:15 | December 19, 2019 13:15 | 21h | 4,263 | 2,269 |
| 23 | Kauai County, HI | August 7, 2019 00:30 | September 20, 2019 10:45 | 44d 10h | 4,213 | 31K |
| 24 | Honolulu County, HI | August 11, 2019 16:30 | August 12, 2019 16:30 | 1d | 4,121 | 7,111 |
| 25 | Honolulu County, HI | July 23, 2019 16:15 | July 25, 2019 00:00 | 1d 7h | 4,001 | 2,684 |
EAGLE-I tracked about 66% of Hawaii's electricity customers in 2019; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2019 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.