PHOTOS/VIDEO: Hawaiian Electric is installing a network of weather stations in wildfire-prone areas in an effort to provide key information about wind, temperature and humidity to help the company better predict and respond to fire weather conditions.
The project includes the installation of 52 weather stations on four islands. The weather stations, mounted on Hawaiian Electric utility poles, will provide meteorological data that will help the company to decide whether to activate and deactivate a public safety power shutoff, or PSPS. Under the PSPS program launched July 1, Hawaiian Electric may preemptively shut off power in areas that are at high risk of wildfires during periods of forecast high winds and dry conditions.