Updated at 7:59 p.m., Monday, March 5, 2007
HECO restores power in Kalihi
Advertiser Staff
About 5,000 homes and businesses in the Kalihi area have had power restored after losing electricity this evening when a transmission line malfunctioned, a Hawaiian Electric Co, spokeswoman said.All customers had power back by 7:39 p.m., HECO spokeswoman Lynne Unemori said.
The affected areas included Kalihi, Kalihi Valley and the entrance to Sand Island, Unemori said.
Something caused a transmission line to trip offline about 6:25 p.m. Under normal circumstances, customers are automatically transferred to backup lines, she said. That did not happen, and HECO sent crews to power substations to manually switch customers to backup lines.
