2024 Hawaii Power Outage Report
In 2024, the average Hawaii customer went without power for about 8.6 hours, the 17th worst of 51 states (US average 11.2 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
8.6
vs prior year
▼ 18%
vs 2023
Customer-hours out
4.4M
Peak customers out
29,800
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of HI customers
Counties reporting
4
Hawaii year over year
All 4 Hawaii counties, 2024
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 | 14.3 | 497K | 34,835 | 27,853 | 15 |
| 2 | Hawaii County | 14.2 | 1.2M | 87,747 | 24,469 | 848 |
| 3 | Honolulu County | 6.9 | 2.1M | 308,098 | 17,914 | 502 |
| 4 | Maui County | 6.8 | 499K | 73,551 | 4,559 | 583 |
Biggest Hawaii outages of 2024
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kauai County, HI | June 27, 2024 04:45 | August 6, 2024 00:15 | 39d 19h | 27,853 | 143K |
| 2 | Hawaii County, HI | August 23, 2024 18:30 | August 29, 2024 08:00 | 5d 13h | 24,469 | 573K |
| 3 | Honolulu County, HI | July 30, 2024 14:00 | August 1, 2024 03:00 | 1d 13h | 17,914 | 60K |
| 4 | Hawaii County, HI | January 30, 2024 17:30 | January 31, 2024 04:45 | 11h 15m | 17,171 | 30K |
| 5 | Kauai County, HI | January 1, 2024 00:00 | January 5, 2024 02:00 | 4d 2h | 16,958 | 22K |
| 6 | Honolulu County, HI | May 15, 2024 15:45 | May 24, 2024 00:15 | 8d 8h | 15,916 | 68K |
| 7 | Honolulu County, HI | April 14, 2024 12:15 | April 18, 2024 07:15 | 3d 19h | 15,014 | 277K |
| 8 | Honolulu County, HI | January 16, 2024 17:00 | January 31, 2024 12:30 | 14d 19h | 13,442 | 286K |
| 9 | Honolulu County, HI | March 14, 2024 16:15 | March 19, 2024 02:15 | 4d 10h | 12,152 | 88K |
| 10 | Hawaii County, HI | April 15, 2024 05:15 | April 15, 2024 10:00 | 4h 45m | 12,087 | 9,046 |
| 11 | Honolulu County, HI | March 25, 2024 14:45 | March 26, 2024 05:15 | 14h 30m | 10,800 | 20K |
| 12 | Honolulu County, HI | March 12, 2024 17:30 | March 13, 2024 07:00 | 13h 30m | 9,877 | 23K |
| 13 | Honolulu County, HI | March 12, 2024 16:30 | March 12, 2024 16:45 | 15m | 9,875 | 2,469 |
| 14 | Hawaii County, HI | May 10, 2024 23:00 | May 12, 2024 05:30 | 1d 6h | 8,825 | 33K |
| 15 | Honolulu County, HI | December 25, 2024 22:30 | December 26, 2024 06:15 | 7h 45m | 8,690 | 6,669 |
| 16 | Honolulu County, HI | August 12, 2024 15:00 | August 18, 2024 05:30 | 5d 14h | 8,200 | 31K |
| 17 | Honolulu County, HI | August 24, 2024 16:00 | August 27, 2024 15:15 | 2d 23h | 7,301 | 67K |
| 18 | Hawaii County, HI | January 29, 2024 18:15 | January 30, 2024 00:15 | 6h | 6,573 | 7,064 |
| 19 | Honolulu County, HI | October 14, 2024 06:15 | October 20, 2024 21:30 | 6d 15h | 6,552 | 78K |
| 20 | Honolulu County, HI | June 4, 2024 13:30 | June 6, 2024 01:30 | 1d 12h | 6,503 | 15K |
| 21 | Honolulu County, HI | April 12, 2024 13:30 | April 13, 2024 03:00 | 13h 30m | 6,271 | 3,954 |
| 22 | Honolulu County, HI | July 12, 2024 17:15 | July 18, 2024 04:45 | 5d 11h | 5,974 | 27K |
| 23 | Honolulu County, HI | April 9, 2024 16:00 | April 12, 2024 04:00 | 2d 12h | 5,830 | 21K |
| 24 | Honolulu County, HI | January 8, 2024 13:15 | January 14, 2024 00:15 | 5d 11h | 5,772 | 142K |
| 25 | Honolulu County, HI | June 17, 2024 15:00 | June 21, 2024 03:45 | 3d 12h | 5,603 | 136K |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Hawaii's electricity customers in 2024; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2024 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.