Hawaiian Electric Co Inc, HI
How often Hawaiian Electric Co Inc goes out
1.4 separate outages last year, 3.4 hours without power in total - that is Hawaiian Electric Co Inc's record for Hawaii, running ahead of the national median. That is 29% less outage time than the Hawaii state average of 4.7 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Hawaiian Electric Co Inc looks like
Outages here average 2.4 hours before power returns, a moderate length where a portable generator earns its keep over battery storage alone. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 309,996 customers here, Hawaiian Electric Co Inc customers lose more power than most of the country sees, so a generator is worth getting rather than an overreaction.
The source behind this number
Hawaiian Electric Co Inc filed these numbers itself, as an investor-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Hawaii territory, serving 309,996 customers here, not a single street or outage. Want the Hawaii average instead of just this one utility? Hawaii's statewide record is here. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.