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Hawaiian Electric restores power after rolling outages due to loss of generators

Published 02/14/2024, 01:31 AM
Updated 02/14/2024, 06:15 AM
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(Reuters) - Utility firm Hawaiian Electric restored power on Hawaii Island after it had begun rolling outages on Tuesday due to the unavailability and reduced output from several large generators.

"No more rolling outages tonight, power has been restored to all customers on Hawaii Island," the Honolulu-based power company said on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.

The company had earlier said that its largest generator, Hamakua Energy, unexpectedly tripped offline late Tuesday afternoon and Puna Geothermal Venture was operating at a reduced capacity.

Hawaiian Electric added one of its combustion turbines had tripped offline on Tuesday evening on the island, which contains the towns of Hilo and Kona.

"Hill Plant Unit No. 5, Keahole CT-5, and Puna Steam Plant also are unavailable due to planned annual maintenance or repairs. Wind resources, which help meet demand at night, also are near zero," the company said in a statement.

It had asked its customers to conserve energy from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. HST on Tuesday (0300 to 0700 GMT on Wednesday).

Hawaiian Electric had said the timing and extent of the outages would depend on the amount of demand on the system and the availability of generators.

The company is separately facing multiple lawsuits claiming it was to blame for a wildfire that tore through the island of Maui last year, killing at least 100 people.

Hawaiian Electric said in November it was unable to submit its quarterly filing with U.S. securities regulators on time due to its expected contribution towards a fund to compensate victims of the Maui fire.

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