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Cash flows (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012
Cash flows |
Schedule of supplemental disclosures of cash and noncash activity |
Nine months ended September 30 |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |
(in millions) |  |  |  |  |
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information |  |  |  |  |
Interest paid to non-affiliates |  | $ | 61 |  | $ | 74 |
Income tax paid/(refunded) (1) |  | — |  | (19 | )
Supplemental disclosures of noncash activities |  |  |  |  |
Common stock dividends reinvested in HEI common stock (2) |  | 18 |  | 12 |
Increases in common stock related to director and officer compensatory plans |  | 5 |  | 6 |
Additions to electric utility property, plant and equipment - Unpaid invoices and other |  | 27 |  | 21 |
Real estate acquired in settlement of loans |  | 7 |  | 8 |
(1) For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, estimated taxes paid were offset by refunds from the settlement of IRS examinations of prior years. For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, tax refunds resulted from repairs deductions and bonus depreciation taken in 2009 and 2010. (2) The amounts shown represent common stock dividends reinvested in HEI common stock under the HEI Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan (DRIP) in noncash transactions.

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