Post Maui Fire: Biden Administration Pledges $95 Million For Hawaii’s Electric Grid

The Biden administration will provide $95 million through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to improve Hawaii’s electric grid, the White House said on Wednesday.

The island of Maui was devastated earlier this month after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century swept through the resort town of Lahaina, leaving 115 people dead and 338 missing.

Hawaii’s electric utility acknowledged its power lines started a wildfire on Maui but faulted county firefighters for declaring the blaze contained and leaving the scene, only to have a second wildfire break out nearby and become the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century.