2020 Hawaii Power Outage Report
In 2020, the average Hawaii customer went without power for about 2.7 hours, the 39th worst of 51 states (US average 8.0 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
2.7
vs prior year
▼ 43%
vs 2019
Customer-hours out
1.1M
Peak customers out
66,563
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
67%
of HI customers
Counties reporting
3
Hawaii year over year
All 3 Hawaii counties, 2020
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 | 6.1 | 212K | 34,835 | 4,231 | 68 |
| 2 | Honolulu County | 2.5 | 783K | 308,098 | 19,613 | 722 |
| 3 | Maui County | 1.6 | 115K | 73,551 | 66,478 | 15 |
Biggest Hawaii outages of 2020
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maui County, HI | October 13, 2020 01:00 | October 13, 2020 01:15 | 15m | 66,478 | 17K |
| 2 | Honolulu County, HI | January 3, 2020 18:45 | January 4, 2020 09:45 | 15h | 19,613 | 25K |
| 3 | Honolulu County, HI | December 26, 2020 14:15 | December 31, 2020 00:15 | 4d 10h | 19,228 | 48K |
| 4 | Honolulu County, HI | February 10, 2020 00:30 | February 13, 2020 14:15 | 3d 13h | 16,744 | 63K |
| 5 | Maui County, HI | October 8, 2020 09:00 | October 8, 2020 10:00 | 1h | 15,662 | 14K |
| 6 | Honolulu County, HI | April 14, 2020 13:30 | April 15, 2020 09:00 | 19h 30m | 13,896 | 29K |
| 7 | Honolulu County, HI | June 7, 2020 20:45 | June 7, 2020 22:15 | 1h 30m | 11,264 | 4,635 |
| 8 | Honolulu County, HI | September 30, 2020 19:15 | October 1, 2020 06:45 | 11h 30m | 9,721 | 3,261 |
| 9 | Honolulu County, HI | August 29, 2020 01:15 | September 2, 2020 17:00 | 4d 15h | 9,689 | 30K |
| 10 | Maui County, HI | December 27, 2020 03:30 | December 27, 2020 10:15 | 6h 45m | 8,942 | 49K |
| 11 | Honolulu County, HI | October 26, 2020 16:15 | October 27, 2020 11:30 | 19h 15m | 8,298 | 5,483 |
| 12 | Honolulu County, HI | December 3, 2020 18:30 | December 4, 2020 06:00 | 11h 30m | 7,650 | 2,376 |
| 13 | Honolulu County, HI | October 27, 2020 17:00 | October 30, 2020 08:45 | 2d 15h | 7,633 | 8,960 |
| 14 | Honolulu County, HI | December 18, 2020 13:30 | December 21, 2020 04:00 | 2d 14h | 6,817 | 22K |
| 15 | Honolulu County, HI | August 19, 2020 15:00 | August 21, 2020 06:00 | 1d 15h | 6,724 | 4,159 |
| 16 | Honolulu County, HI | April 8, 2020 16:00 | April 9, 2020 04:30 | 12h 30m | 6,391 | 1,679 |
| 17 | Honolulu County, HI | February 18, 2020 15:30 | February 19, 2020 06:45 | 15h 15m | 5,896 | 48K |
| 18 | Honolulu County, HI | June 16, 2020 14:30 | June 17, 2020 06:45 | 16h 15m | 5,664 | 5,476 |
| 19 | Honolulu County, HI | March 10, 2020 14:15 | March 11, 2020 08:15 | 18h | 5,540 | 1,889 |
| 20 | Honolulu County, HI | March 28, 2020 18:00 | March 29, 2020 17:30 | 23h 30m | 5,438 | 2,063 |
| 21 | Honolulu County, HI | March 22, 2020 01:30 | March 23, 2020 05:15 | 1d 3h | 5,383 | 17K |
| 22 | Honolulu County, HI | September 29, 2020 19:00 | September 30, 2020 08:30 | 13h 30m | 4,894 | 2,883 |
| 23 | Honolulu County, HI | March 17, 2020 17:45 | March 19, 2020 08:15 | 1d 14h | 4,825 | 22K |
| 24 | Honolulu County, HI | February 19, 2020 15:30 | February 24, 2020 09:30 | 4d 18h | 4,774 | 23K |
| 25 | Honolulu County, HI | January 16, 2020 16:00 | January 17, 2020 10:45 | 18h 45m | 4,378 | 1,344 |
EAGLE-I tracked about 67% of Hawaii's electricity customers in 2020; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2020 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.