Oahu blackouts

We’ve had two island-power out­ages on Oahu since I joined HPU. I’ve writ­ten some arti­cles about  black­outs, reli­a­bil­ity and electricity.

1. 26 Decem­ber 2008: Light­ning
2. 15 Octo­ber 2006: Earth­quake

• 27 Decem­ber 2008: The great 2008 Oahu blackout
• 11 April 2008: Cel­lu­lar base sta­tion uses wind and solar power
• 19 Octo­ber 2006: Pre­vent­ing an Oahu black­out is hard work
• 17 Octo­ber 2006: Gov­er­nor con­sid­ers emer­gency radio sta­tion, air­port power
• 17 Octo­ber 2006: Oahu cell phone net­work was over­loaded after the quake
• 17 Octo­ber 2006:Clear Chan­nel, KSSK cited for late response
• 17 Octo­ber 2006: Hon­olulu mayor says plan worked well
• 17 Octo­ber 2006: Leg­is­la­tors plan inves­ti­ga­tion over Oahu power outage
• 16 Octo­ber 2006: Why was the entire island blacked out?
• 16 Octo­ber 2006: 16 hours later…