See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Hawaii
Hawaii County is the island of Hawaii (the Big Island) — this page covers the whole island.
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Numbers here come from utilities' own live outage maps: Hawaii is not included in the federal government's county outage data.
Who serves Hawaii County (Big Island)?
County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Hawaiian Electric. This is the utility we track here, not necessarily the only one serving it — enter a street address above for your exact provider.
Outage history — Hawaii County (Big Island), HI
Last significant outage: Sep 27, 2026 — peaked at 4,614 customers, restored in ~9 hr (wind/storm).
Across the 19 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 5.8 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 26, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Hawaii County (Big Island), HI
Federal outage records (
EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
454 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including
8 major events of 10,000+ customers.
Typical restoration ran ~
2.8 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
Largest on record: ~36,430 customers out in January 2025, restored after about 15.3 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2024.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level
records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records,
not events tracked live by this site.
Communities covered
Communities in Hawaii County include Ainaloa, Black Sands, Captain Cook, Discovery Harbour, Eden Roc, Fern Acres, Fern Forest and Halaula. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.
Common questions
How do I report a power outage in Hawaii County (Big Island), HI?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Hawaii include Hawaiian Electric — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
