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Hawaiian Electric starts critical grid hardening along East Kamehameha V Highway from Oct. 3 to 8

The project includes replacing 8 miles of power lines and upgrading 27 poles.

Hawaiian Electric starts critical grid hardening along East Kamehameha V Highway from Oct. 3 to 8

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The project includes replacing 8 miles of power lines and upgrading 27 poles.

As part of ongoing efforts to harden the electrical grid and reduce wildfire risk on Molokaʻi, Hawaiian Electric crews will begin its first targeted area of replacing existing copper power lines with new...

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The project includes replacing 8 miles of power lines and upgrading 27 poles.

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