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!!! Power Outage !!!
I got the 'heads up' from a friend who is the #2 person in a major Honolulu government department. He said they were advised that there's a possibility the blackout will come to the windward side around 5pm and last for a couple of hours.
Nothing on HECO's website, and their phone numbers are rejecting calls.
Here's the scoops:
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/ar.../br/br06p.html :
Hawaiian Electric Co. is working to restore power to an estimated 37,000 customers in Hawai'i Kai, Manoa, Makakilo, Waipahu, 'Ewa Beach, Waimanalo, Kahala and sections of Pearl City, said HECO spokesman Jose Dizon.
HECO cut the power to the customers shortly after 2 p.m. to compensate for the failure of three generating units, Dizon said. Power will be restored after the utility determines what caused the units to trip off line, he said.
In addition to two units at the electric company's Waiau plant, a generator at Campbell Industrial Park failed, Dizon said. The plant is operated by Kalaeloa Partners LP, a private power provider.
The failure forced HECO to cut customer power as a means to stabilizing the overall system.
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http://starbulletin.com/breaking/breaking.php?id=4513 :
About 37,500 customers throughout Oahu are without power this afternoon because of the sudden loss of three generating units at Hawaiian Electric Co. and a private power provider, according to a Heco spokesman.
Jose Dizon said the private Kalaeloa Partners LP generator at Campbell Industrial Park went down about noon. Then after 2 p.m., two units at the electric company’s Waiau plant went down forcing the company to “manually shed” customers.
Dizon said high electricity use because of the heat is also a factor.
The blackout is affecting customers in Hawaii Kai, Manoa, Waipahu, Pearl City, Kunia, Ewa Beach and Makakilo, Dizon said.
The power is likely to stay off until the company is able to restart the units at Waiau, said Dizon, who could not say how long that will take.
“We have to assess this. If we can get our two units up, we will probably be out of this situation,” Dizon said.
The Kalaeloa Partners generator provides 104 megawatts of electricity while the two Waiau units produce about 50 megawatts each.
The last major power outage on Oahu was on Dec. 19, 2002 when 30,000 to 40,000 customers lost power after a problem with a 180-megawatt generator operated by AES Hawaii Inc. and the loss of teh 46-megawatt HPOWER Genrator and an 86-megawatt generator at the Kahe power plant also went offline.
Nothing on HECO's website, and their phone numbers are rejecting calls.
Here's the scoops:
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/ar.../br/br06p.html :
Hawaiian Electric Co. is working to restore power to an estimated 37,000 customers in Hawai'i Kai, Manoa, Makakilo, Waipahu, 'Ewa Beach, Waimanalo, Kahala and sections of Pearl City, said HECO spokesman Jose Dizon.
HECO cut the power to the customers shortly after 2 p.m. to compensate for the failure of three generating units, Dizon said. Power will be restored after the utility determines what caused the units to trip off line, he said.
In addition to two units at the electric company's Waiau plant, a generator at Campbell Industrial Park failed, Dizon said. The plant is operated by Kalaeloa Partners LP, a private power provider.
The failure forced HECO to cut customer power as a means to stabilizing the overall system.
and
http://starbulletin.com/breaking/breaking.php?id=4513 :
About 37,500 customers throughout Oahu are without power this afternoon because of the sudden loss of three generating units at Hawaiian Electric Co. and a private power provider, according to a Heco spokesman.
Jose Dizon said the private Kalaeloa Partners LP generator at Campbell Industrial Park went down about noon. Then after 2 p.m., two units at the electric company’s Waiau plant went down forcing the company to “manually shed” customers.
Dizon said high electricity use because of the heat is also a factor.
The blackout is affecting customers in Hawaii Kai, Manoa, Waipahu, Pearl City, Kunia, Ewa Beach and Makakilo, Dizon said.
The power is likely to stay off until the company is able to restart the units at Waiau, said Dizon, who could not say how long that will take.
“We have to assess this. If we can get our two units up, we will probably be out of this situation,” Dizon said.
The Kalaeloa Partners generator provides 104 megawatts of electricity while the two Waiau units produce about 50 megawatts each.
The last major power outage on Oahu was on Dec. 19, 2002 when 30,000 to 40,000 customers lost power after a problem with a 180-megawatt generator operated by AES Hawaii Inc. and the loss of teh 46-megawatt HPOWER Genrator and an 86-megawatt generator at the Kahe power plant also went offline.
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