• Hawaiian Electric restored power to essentially all Oahu and Maui customers hit by Hurricane Lala, beating its target by two days.
• Hawaii Island restoration remained incomplete, with about 80% of impacted customers restored as of 9 a.m.
• About 13,380 customers were still without power on Hawaii Island, with outages concentrated in Puna, Kona, Kohala, Hilo, Hamakua, Kau.
• Crews repaired 43 of 61 damaged transmission lines statewide as system stabilization work continued ahead of another potential storm.

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