2022 Hawaii Power Outage Report
In 2022, the average Hawaii customer went without power for about 2.7 hours, the 36th worst of 51 states (US average 6.2 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
2.7
vs prior year
▼ 55%
vs 2021
Customer-hours out
1.4M
Peak customers out
31,820
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
100%
of HI customers
Counties reporting
4
Hawaii year over year
All 4 Hawaii counties, 2022
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 | 8.2 | 286K | 34,835 | 12,536 | 11 |
| 2 | Maui County | 2.9 | 210K | 73,551 | 31,807 | 32 |
| 3 | Honolulu County | 2.5 | 786K | 308,098 | 16,036 | 579 |
| 4 | Hawaii County | 1.0 | 88K | 87,747 | 3,742 | 35 |
Biggest Hawaii outages of 2022
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 | August 23, 2022 13:00 | August 23, 2022 20:30 | 7h 30m | 31,807 | 134K |
| 2 | Honolulu County, HI | December 16, 2022 07:15 | December 29, 2022 06:30 | 12d 23h | 16,036 | 184K |
| 3 | Honolulu County, HI | February 28, 2022 17:15 | March 2, 2022 04:15 | 1d 11h | 14,089 | 86K |
| 4 | Kauai County, HI | May 11, 2022 02:30 | August 17, 2022 17:45 | 98d 15h | 12,536 | 76K |
| 5 | Honolulu County, HI | July 12, 2022 11:15 | July 18, 2022 05:45 | 5d 18h | 12,198 | 32K |
| 6 | Kauai County, HI | August 17, 2022 18:30 | September 15, 2022 12:30 | 28d 18h | 9,535 | 31K |
| 7 | Maui County, HI | January 20, 2022 22:00 | January 20, 2022 22:30 | 30m | 8,774 | 3,405 |
| 8 | Honolulu County, HI | September 14, 2022 12:00 | September 15, 2022 07:45 | 19h 45m | 7,572 | 3,962 |
| 9 | Honolulu County, HI | January 2, 2022 15:30 | January 6, 2022 02:00 | 3d 10h | 6,717 | 32K |
| 10 | Honolulu County, HI | April 13, 2022 13:15 | April 14, 2022 09:15 | 20h | 4,786 | 2,975 |
| 11 | Maui County, HI | January 4, 2022 02:15 | January 4, 2022 02:30 | 15m | 4,676 | 1,169 |
| 12 | Honolulu County, HI | April 10, 2022 22:45 | April 11, 2022 03:15 | 4h 30m | 4,435 | 2,931 |
| 13 | Honolulu County, HI | June 30, 2022 11:00 | July 2, 2022 05:45 | 1d 18h | 4,399 | 17K |
| 14 | Honolulu County, HI | June 6, 2022 18:00 | June 10, 2022 04:45 | 3d 10h | 4,377 | 14K |
| 15 | Honolulu County, HI | January 26, 2022 17:15 | January 27, 2022 06:30 | 13h 15m | 4,156 | 8,676 |
| 16 | Honolulu County, HI | November 2, 2022 16:15 | November 7, 2022 01:15 | 4d 9h | 4,140 | 5,987 |
| 17 | Kauai County, HI | March 8, 2022 09:45 | April 20, 2022 11:45 | 43d 2h | 3,927 | 19K |
| 18 | Honolulu County, HI | January 28, 2022 17:15 | January 30, 2022 03:30 | 1d 10h | 3,859 | 3,553 |
| 19 | Kauai County, HI | September 15, 2022 14:30 | December 28, 2022 12:30 | 103d 22h | 3,752 | 91K |
| 20 | Hawaii County, HI | May 12, 2022 20:00 | May 12, 2022 20:15 | 15m | 3,742 | 936 |
| 21 | Honolulu County, HI | January 1, 2022 00:00 | January 2, 2022 14:45 | 1d 14h | 3,581 | 6,074 |
| 22 | Honolulu County, HI | January 18, 2022 18:45 | January 19, 2022 12:00 | 17h 15m | 3,530 | 4,585 |
| 23 | Maui County, HI | September 25, 2022 05:30 | September 25, 2022 11:30 | 6h | 3,448 | 21K |
| 24 | Honolulu County, HI | June 20, 2022 15:30 | June 20, 2022 15:45 | 15m | 3,437 | 859 |
| 25 | Maui County, HI | May 3, 2022 00:45 | May 3, 2022 02:45 | 2h | 3,130 | 6,260 |
EAGLE-I tracked about 100% of Hawaii's electricity customers in 2022; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2022 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.