Power slowly returns after island-wide outage on Kauai

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The lights are slowly coming back on Kauai after an island-wide outage on Wednesday evening.

A generator kicked in at 1 Hotel Hanalei Bay but most of the island had been pitch black since about 7:30 p.m.

The Kauai Island Utility Cooperative says an early analysis shows a fault at Kapaia switchyard caused all generators to trip offline.

According to the utility’s outage map at 8 a.m., about 18 customers remain without power. It was over 3,000 early Thursday morning.

This story will be updated.