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Retirement benefits - (Details) - HECO (Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. and Subsidiaries, USD $) | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2011 Pension benefits | Jun. 30, 2010 Pension benefits | Jun. 30, 2011 Pension benefits | Jun. 30, 2010 Pension benefits | Jun. 30, 2011 Other benefits | Jun. 30, 2010 Other benefits | Jun. 30, 2011 Other benefits | Jun. 30, 2010 Other benefits | Jun. 30, 2011 | Jun. 30, 2010 | Dec. 31, 2010
Retirement benefits |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contributions made to defined benefit plans |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 37,000,000 | $ 16,000,000 | $ 31,000,000
Current estimate of contributions to defined benefit plans in current fiscal year |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 73,000,000 |  |
Percentage of target liability funded (as a percent) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 96.00%
Percentage of increase in target liability funded in current and future years (as a percent) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 100.00% |  |
Benefits expected to be paid directly by the company in current fiscal year, comparable to prior year |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,000,000 |  |
Components of net periodic benefit cost |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Service cost | 8,474,000 | 6,772,000 | 17,039,000 | 13,382,000 | 1,129,000 | 1,131,000 | 2,352,000 | 2,219,000 |  |  |
Interest cost | 14,803,000 | 14,658,000 | 29,652,000 | 29,237,000 | 2,340,000 | 2,571,000 | 4,724,000 | 5,167,000 |  |  |
Expected return on plan assets | (15,352,000) | (15,353,000) | (30,636,000) | (30,677,000) | (2,618,000) | (2,728,000) | (5,226,000) | (5,443,000) |  |  |
Amortization of unrecognized transition obligations |  |  |  |  | (2,000) | (2,000) | (4,000) | (4,000) |  |  |
Amortization of prior service gain | (187,000) | (187,000) | (374,000) | (374,000) | (312,000) | (56,000) | (539,000) | (111,000) |  |  |
Recognized actuarial loss | 4,016,000 | 1,767,000 | 8,136,000 | 3,452,000 | 37,000 | 1,000 | 55,000 | 4,000 |  |  |
Net periodic benefit cost | 11,754,000 | 7,657,000 | 23,817,000 | 15,020,000 | 574,000 | 917,000 | 1,362,000 | 1,832,000 |  |  |
Impact of PUC DandOs | (556,000) | 2,020,000 | (2,100,000) | 5,028,000 | 1,734,000 | 1,333,000 | 2,752,000 | 2,621,000 |  |  |
Net periodic benefit cost (adjusted for impact of PUC DandOs) | 11,198,000 | 9,677,000 | 21,717,000 | 20,048,000 | 2,308,000 | 2,250,000 | 4,114,000 | 4,453,000 |  |  |
Retirement benefits expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 19,000,000 | $ 19,000,000 |

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