12,000 HELCO customers briefly lose power

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HELCO customers in Kona, Waimea, Hamakua and Hilo were left without power briefly Tuesday afternoon after Kamoa Wind Farm tripped off-line, interrupting power.

HELCO customers in Kona, Waimea, Hamakua and Hilo were left without power briefly Tuesday afternoon after Kamoa Wind Farm tripped off-line, interrupting power.

The utility said 11,566 customers were affected and the power was restored within three minutes. The cause of the outage is under investigation.