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    The money will be used to reduce outage times, help employees and retain jobs, Senators Daniel K. Inouye and Daniel K. Akaka said in a statement Tuesday. "We’ve all experienced the chaos created by power outages, both big and small, and these funds will help modernize Oahu’s aging electrical grid ... These improvements should move us closer to a time when we aren’t sitting in the dark very long when the grid goes down." Last December, lightning caused a blackout that left Oahu without any power the day after Christmas. Full Article at Pacific Business News
    We’ve all experienced the chaos created by power outages, both big and small, and these funds will help modernize Oahu’s aging electrical grid ... These improvements should move us closer to a time when we aren’t sitting in the dark very long when the grid goes down.
    Daniel K. Inouye SOURCE: Pacific Business News 1 month ago