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Hawaiian Electric lays out initial plan for wildfire prevention power shutoffs

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
                                Jim Kelly, vice president of government and community relations for Hawaiian Electric, spoke during a news conference Wednesday in Honolulu. He acknowledged that the utility’s public safety power shutoff program will be disruptive to customers, but said it is “the last line of defense.”

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM

Jim Kelly, vice president of government and community relations for Hawaiian Electric, spoke during a news conference Wednesday in Honolulu. He acknowledged that the utility’s public safety power shutoff program will be disruptive to customers, but said it is “the last line of defense.”