Hawaii County’s latest charging station is located at the Pahoa Recreation and Community Center (15-2910 Puna Road, Pāhoa, HI 96778). It’s relatively new so it’s not yet visible on Google or Bing. It is located next to the community swimming pool complex.

We visited the new charging station yesterday. This is a quick summary of what you can expect.

• There are 2 marked EV stalls. However, there is only ONE charging station, with one plug.  A you’ll see in the pictures, the second stall is/was set up for a second station but it has not yet been installed. We will contact the center director to figure out the status of the second station.  (Please feel free to do the same. The contact information is listed below.)
• The available station is free to use and works fine. We plugged in the Tesla and saw a 6kW, 205V, 30A service.
• The parking area is clean and there are bathrooms in the community center (subject to operating hours).
• Pahoa shops and restaurants are about a 10 min (?) walk from the station. Of course, you have the sports facility that you can exercise while you wait. 😉

We’ve added the site to Plugshare.com – if you get the opportunity to use this charger, please share you experience and tips there.

Here are images of the site and the station.

Community Center Phone Number: 808 -965-2704

Points of Contact (per County website):

• Jacob Naki, Recreation Director II
• Aaron Wong, Recreation Technician II

Hours of Operation: 

• Monday-Thursday 12:00 noon – 8:00 pm
• Friday 7:45 am – 8:00 pm
• Saturday-Sunday 12:00 noon – 8:00 pm