Hawaiian Electric said over 88,000 customers had lost power as of 8 p.m. Saturday due to the impacts of Hurricane Lala.
About 63,270 of those are on the Big Island including all of the east side and south sides of the island plus Waimea and Honokaʻa. On the Hāmākua coast, multiple poles and structures were knocked down by trees in strong winds along a 42-mile span of transmission lines. The utility says it'll take time to inspect and repair once the weather improves.
HECO said four of its independent power providers on Hawaiʻi Island were disconnected from the grid because of the storm. That means it may need to load shed, or temporarily turn off power to customers to maintain system stability. HECO noted that it would only effect Big Island customers, and it was not part of the company's Public Safety Power Shutoff program.
Approximately 15,260 customers in Maui County had no electricity, including all of West Maui, and parts of Upcountry and South Maui as well as Haʻikū. Strong winds on West Maui prevented crews from starting any damage assessments on the three transmission lines that serve the area, so customers should expect prolonged overnight outages.
About 9,500 Oʻahu customers in ʻAina Haina, ʻEwa Beach, Kaimukī, Kalihi, Mapunapuna, Mānoa and Nuʻuanu were without power. One major transmission line and half a dozen sub-transmission lines were damaged by high winds ahead of the storm.
Click here for HECO's outage maps by island.
On Saturday, more than 67,100 customers across the five islands HECO serves had power restored.
