Hawaiian Electric Company

Hawaiian Electric Company Vice President for Communications Jim Kelly shares updates and preparations for Tropical Storm Nolo.

Jim Kelly, of the Hawaiian Electric Company, shares updates and preparations for Tropical Storm Nolo; HPR checks in on classrooms on Kauaʻi in the latest installment of Homeroom Hawaiʻi.

Hawaiian Electric Company VP of Communications Jim Kelly shares the latest on Kauaʻi’s power recovery efforts

Hawaiian Electric Company VP of Communications Jim Kelly shares progress on getting the lights back on after the outages during Hurricane Lala.

HECO shares updates on getting the lights back on after Hurricane Lala; HPR shares more stories from students and staff across the islands in the second installment of “Homeroom Hawaiʻi.”

The Tantalus area on Oʻahu continues to be one of the last areas where the electricity is still out, and downed trees and collapsed roads are still an issue.

The lights are slowly coming back on around Hawaiʻi Island, but Hawaiian Electric says some pockets of customers could be without power for weeks. HPR’s Savannah Harriman-Pote spoke to residents about how they’ve managed so far without power.

Most Oʻahu and Maui County HECO customers have had their power restored, but the hardest hit areas of Hawaiʻi Island may be without electricity for weeks.

HPR’s Savannah Harriman-Pote reports on HECO’s progress restoring power to the islands; Peter Oshiro, head of the Hawaiʻi State Department of Health’s Food Safety ranch, advises on how to prepare food for a hurricane.

Some residents in the Kalihi Valley area have been without power for days, which they say could come at a significant cost.