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Shareholders' equity (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Equity [Abstract] |
Reclassification Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income | Reclassifications out of AOCI were as follows:
|  | Amount reclassified from AOCI |  |
Years ended December 31 |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | Affected line item in the Statement of Income
(in thousands) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
HEI consolidated |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net realized gains on securities |  | $ | (738 | ) |  | $ | (81 | ) |  | $ | (224 | ) |  | Revenues-bank (net gains on sales of securities)
Derivatives qualified as cash flow hedges |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate contracts (settled in 2011) |  | 235 |  |  | 236 |  |  | 181 |  |  | Interest expense
Retirement benefit plan items |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Amortization of transition obligation, prior service credit and net losses recognized during the period in net periodic benefit cost |  | 23,280 |  |  | 15,291 |  |  | 9,364 |  |  | See Note 10 for additional details
Less: reclassification adjustment for impact of D&Os of the PUC included in regulatory assets |  | (222,595 | ) |  | 75,471 |  |  | 100,692 |  |  | See Note 10 for additional details
Total reclassifications |  | $ | (199,818 | ) |  | $ | 90,917 |  |  | $ | 110,013 |  |  |
Hawaiian Electric consolidated |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Retirement benefit plan items |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Amortization of transition obligation, prior service credit and net losses recognized during the period in net periodic benefit cost |  | $ | 20,694 |  |  | $ | 13,673 |  |  | $ | 8,372 |  |  | See Note 10 for additional details
Less: reclassification adjustment for impact of D&Os of the PUC included in regulatory assets |  | (222,595 | ) |  | 75,471 |  |  | 100,692 |  |  | See Note 10 for additional details
Total reclassifications |  | $ | (201,901 | ) |  | $ | 89,144 |  |  | $ | 109,064 |  |  |

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