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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-13-022632
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20130319
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130320
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130320

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC CO INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000046207
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911]
		IRS NUMBER:				990040500
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			HI
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-04955
		FILM NUMBER:		13705769

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		900 RICHARDS ST
		CITY:			HONOLULU
		STATE:			HI
		ZIP:			96813
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8085437771

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		900 RICHARDS STREET
		CITY:			HONOLULU
		STATE:			HI
		ZIP:			96813

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC CO LTD
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19670212

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000354707
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911]
		IRS NUMBER:				990208097
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			HI
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08503
		FILM NUMBER:		13705768

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		900 RICHARDS ST
		CITY:			HONOLULU
		STATE:			HI
		ZIP:			96813
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8085435662

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		900 RICHARDS STREET
		CITY:			HONOLULU
		STATE:			HI
		ZIP:			96813
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="3" face="Arial" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Date of Report:&nbsp; March&nbsp;19, 2013</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="3" face="Arial" style="font-size:12.0pt;">1001 Bishop Street, Suite&nbsp;2900, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 &#150; Hawaiian Electric Industries,&nbsp;Inc. (HEI)</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="3" face="Arial" style="font-size:12.0pt;">900 Richards Street, Honolulu,   Hawaii 96813 &#150; Hawaiian Electric Company,&nbsp;Inc. (HECO)</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="3" face="Arial" style="font-size:12.0pt;">(808) 543-5662 - HEI</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="3" face="Arial" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 8.01 Other Events</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:16.0pt;"><font size="3" face="Arial" style="font-size:12.0pt;">The following is an update to the disclosure under &#147;Subsequent event&#148; in HEI&#146;s Note 3 and HECO&#146;s Note&nbsp;16 of their respective &#147;Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements,&#148; which are incorporated herein by reference, in HEI&#146;s and HECO&#146;s Consolidated Financial Statements, included or incorporated in their Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2012.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:14.3pt;"><font size="3" face="Arial" style="font-size:12.0pt;">As previously reported, on January&nbsp;28, 2013, HECO, Hawaii Electric Light Company,&nbsp;Inc. (HELCO), Maui Electric Company, Limited (MECO) (the Companies) and the Consumer Advocate, signed a settlement agreement (Agreement) to write-off $40 million of costs in lieu of conducting the regulatory audits of the Campbell Industrial Park Combustion Turbine Unit No.&nbsp;1 (CIP CT-1) project and the Customer Information System (CIS) project.&nbsp;Based on the Agreement, as of December&nbsp;31, 2012, the Companies recorded an after-tax charge to net income of approximately $24 million -- $17.1 million for HECO, $3.4 million for HELCO, and $3.2 million for MECO.&nbsp;The remaining recoverable costs of $52 million were included in rate base as of December&nbsp;31, 2012.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="3" face="Arial" style="font-size:12.0pt;">As part of the Agreement, the parties also agreed that HELCO would withdraw its 2013 test year rate case, and delay filing a new rate case until a 2016 test year.&nbsp;Additionally, HECO would delay the filing of its scheduled 2014 test year rate case to no earlier than January&nbsp;2, 2014. For both utilities, the existing terms of the last approved rate cases continue. The Agreement also includes that, starting in 2014, HECO will be allowed to record Revenue Adjustment Mechanism (RAM) revenues starting January&nbsp;1 of each year through 2016.&nbsp;The cash collection of RAM revenues will remain unchanged, starting June&nbsp;1 of each year through May&nbsp;31 of the following year. As previously reported, the Agreement was subject to approval by the Public Utilities Commission of the State of Hawaii (PUC). For more information on the Agreement, see the Form&nbsp;8-K filed by HEI and HECO on January&nbsp;29, 2013, which is incorporated herein by reference.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="3" face="Arial" style="font-size:12.0pt;">On March&nbsp;19, 2013, the PUC issued a decision and order approving the Agreement, with the following clarifications, none of which change the financial impact recorded as of December&nbsp;31, 2012: (1)&nbsp;The PUC reiterated its authority to examine and ascertain what post go-live CIS costs would be subject to regulatory review in future rate cases; (2)&nbsp;the PUC discouraged requesting single issue cost deferral accounting and/or cost recovery mechanisms during the period of rate case deferral by HECO and HELCO; (3)&nbsp;the PUC approved the agreed-upon recovery of CIP CT-1 and CIS project costs through the RAM, as set forth in the Agreement, however not setting a precedent for future projects and (4)&nbsp;the PUC reaffirmed its right to rule&nbsp;on the substance of the MECO 2012 test year rate case in its ongoing rate case proceeding.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="3" face="Arial" style="font-size:12.0pt;">In approving the Agreement, the PUC found that there is value in the fact the Agreement terminates further accrual of carrying costs for the CIP CT-1 and CIS projects pending potentially long regulatory audits of these projects. The PUC expects the Agreement to free up resources of the Companies to enable greater focus on achieving Hawaii&#146;s statutory energy mandates and policies of increased energy efficiency and renewable generation and improve operational efficiencies.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:13.2pt;"><font size="3" face="Arial" style="font-size:12.0pt;">HEI and HECO intend to continue to use HEI&#146;s website, <u>www.hei.com</u>, as a means of disclosing additional information. Such disclosures will be included on HEI&#146;s website in the Investor Relations section. Accordingly, investors should routinely monitor such portions of HEI&#146;s website, in addition to following HEI&#146;s, HECO&#146;s and American Savings Bank, F.S.B.&#146;s press releases, SEC filings and public conference calls and webcasts. The information on HEI&#146;s website is not incorporated by reference in this document or in HEI&#146;s and HECO&#146;s SEC filings unless, and except to the extent, specifically incorporated by reference. Investors may also wish to refer to the PUC website at <u>dms.puc.hawaii.gov/dms</u> in order to review documents filed with and issued by the PUC. No information on the PUC website is incorporated by reference in this document or in HEI&#146;s and HECO&#146;s other SEC filings.</font></p>
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