If a power plant isn’t built by 2009, will Oahu experience rolling blackouts?
Day-to-day, Hawaiian Electric Company has enough capacity to meet normal demand through 2009. However, Hawaiian Electric Company’s generation reserve margins – the capacity to meet needs during emergencies, for example, when power plants are out of service unexpectedly – are already below desired levels. If for any reason the new plant is not completed by 2009 that “power crunch” will worsen. This doesn’t guarantee rolling outages, however the likelihood of generation-related outages will increase. Back to Top GLOBAL WARMING What is Hawaiian Electric’s position on global warming? Hawaiian Electric Company shares the very serious concerns of many regarding the potential effects of global warming and human contributions to this phenomenon, including the burning of fossil fuels for electricity production, transportation, manufacturing, agricultural activities and deforestation. To effectively address global warming, actions addressing all contributing sources must be taken with priority g
