Linemen work on poles Aug. 13, in Lahaina, following deadly fires that caused heavy damage days earlier. When the winds of Hurricane Dora lashed Maui Aug. 8, they struck bare electrical lines the ...

Many power poles on Maui were built to “an obsolete 1960s standard,” were leaning and near the end of their projected life.

According to the report, the "electrical power pole market" was valued at $12.9 billion in 2024, and is estimated to reach $21.9 billion by 2034, growing at a CAGR of 5.5% from 2025 to 2034.

I've never given much thought to the technology behind a power-line pole. The only times I've been seriously mindful of them at all is while driving. But Jon Rouse thinks about them plenty, and ...

In the first moments of the Maui fires, when high winds brought down power poles, ... As for the poles, in a 2019 Hawaiian Electric regulatory document, the company said its 60,000 poles, ...

A spokesperson said the utility company’s priority was to restore power as quickly as possible after the storm.

Compounding the problem is that many of the utility’s 60,000, mostly wooden power poles, which its own documents described as built to “an obsolete 1960s standard,” were leaning and near the ...

In the first moments of the Maui fires, when high winds brought down power poles, slapping electrified wires to the dry grass below, there was a reason the flames erupted all at once in long, neat ...

Many power poles on Maui were built to “an obsolete 1960s standard,” were leaning and near the end of their projected life.