Power outage scheduled for North Kohala
Hawaii Electric Light announces a scheduled power outage that will affect customers in North Kohala. The outage will be from 10 p.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday. This temporary outage is necessary to allow personnel to safely perform maintenance and upgrade equipment to improve system reliability. The affected communities are Hawi, Kapaau and Halaula, as well as customers along Kohala Mountain Road north of mile marker 6.
Customers are advised to unplug sensitive equipment prior to the outage and to keep refrigerator and freezer doors closed. Those who depend on medication or life support equipment should make arrangements for a back-up power supply or transportation to a facility outside the affected area.
Questions or concerns: 969-6666.