Hawaiian Electric: Hawaii Island Customers Take Action to Reduce Use, Continued Conservation Efforts Needed
April 17, 2024
April 17, 2024
HILO, Hawaii, April 17 -- Hawaiian Electric issued the following news release on April 16, 2024:
Hawaiian Electric urges all customers on Hawaii Island to continue to reduce their electricity use to prevent the need for brief rolling outages tonight.
Conservation efforts - primarily by large business and government customers - reduced demand by about 5 megawatts and, combined with increased wind and solar battery storage, prevented the need for rolling outages yesterday . . .
Hawaiian Electric urges all customers on Hawaii Island to continue to reduce their electricity use to prevent the need for brief rolling outages tonight.
Conservation efforts - primarily by large business and government customers - reduced demand by about 5 megawatts and, combined with increased wind and solar battery storage, prevented the need for rolling outages yesterday . . .