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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000354707-19-000036
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190214
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190219
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190219

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LAU CONSTANCE H
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001193241

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08503
		FILM NUMBER:		19615662

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, INC.
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 730
		CITY:			HONOLULIU
		STATE:			HI
		ZIP:			96808

ISSUER:		

	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

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1001 BISHOP STREET, SUITE 2900
		CITY:			HONOLULU
		STATE:			HI
		ZIP:			96813
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8085435662

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P.O. BOX 730
		CITY:			HONOLULU
		STATE:			HI
		ZIP:			96808-0730
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    <periodOfReport>2019-02-14</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerName>HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>HE</issuerTradingSymbol>
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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001193241</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>LAU CONSTANCE H</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O P.O. BOX 730</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>HONOLULU</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>HI</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>96808-0730</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>President &amp; CEO</officerTitle>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2019-02-14</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>18438</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
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                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>58349</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value></value>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Constance Lau Trust</value>
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        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>118.66</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
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            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By 401k</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Grant of 18,438 restricted stock units on February 14, 2019.  Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of HEI common stock.  The restricted stock units will vest in annual installments over four years.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">This number includes accrued dividend equivalents (as denominated in shares of HE common stock) from February 5, 2016 (first RSU grants in 2016) to date. Dividend equivalents accrue with respect to outstanding RSUs when and as dividends are paid on HE stock.  Accrued dividend equivalents are denominated in HE common stock and paid upon vesting in shares of HE common stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Includes shares acquired under the Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan and shares previously acquired by the reinvestment of dividends.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Represents shares held in the form of stock units in the HEI Common Stock fund pursuant to the Hawaiian Electric Industries Retirement Savings Plan as of February 5, 2019.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Remarks:

Exhibit List

  Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Julio C. Martin, Atty-in-Fact for Constance H. Lau</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2019-02-19</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<HTML><BODY><PRE>Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY



        Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of

KURT K. MURAO, LIANN Y. EBESUGAWA and JULIO C. MARTIN, or any of them signing singly,

and with full power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact to:



 (1)  prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf, and

submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including

amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and

passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required

by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;



 (2) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an

officer and/or director of HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, INC. or any of its subsidiaries (the

"Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of

1934 and the rules thereunder, and any other forms or reports the undersigned may be required

to file in connection with the undersigned's ownership, acquisition, or disposition of securities of

the Company;



 (3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may

be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, or other form or

report, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form

with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and



 (4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing

which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or

legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such

attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such

form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such

attorney-in-fact's discretion.



        The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to

do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be

done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and

purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of

substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such

attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this

Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges

that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned,

are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to

comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.



        This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no

longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and

transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a

signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.



        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be

executed as of this 1st day of August, 2017.







 /s/ Constance H. Lau

 CONSTANCE H. LAU

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