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Public Utilities, Interconnection Approval Performance Incentive Mechanism, Accrued Estimated Rewards

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Public Utilities, Interconnection Approval Performance Incentive Mechanism, Accrued Penalties

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Public Utilities, Interconnection Approval, Performance Incentive Mechanism, Annual Maximum Penalty

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Public Utilities, Interconnection Approval Performance Incentive Mechanism, Annual Maximum Reward

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Public Utilities, RPS-A Performance Incentive Mechanism, Failure To Meet RPS Targets, Penalty Rate

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Public Utilities, RPS-A Performance Incentive Mechanism, Reward Threshold, Interpolated RPS Rate Goal, After Year Three

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Public Utilities, Renewable Portfolio Standard Performance Incentive Mechanism, Accrued Estimated Rewards

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Public Utilities, Retained Percentage Of Savings

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Public Utility, Call Center Performance Incentive Mechanism, Earned Estimated Rewards

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Public Utility, Decoupling Order, Call Center Performance, Maximum Penalty

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Public Utility, Decoupling Order, Performance Incentive Mechanism, Generation-Caused System Average Interruption, Maximum Penalty, Pending Adjusted Amount

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Public Utility, Decoupling Order, Performance Incentive Mechanism, Service Reliability, Estimated Penalties

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Public Utility, Decoupling Order, Performance Incentive Mechanism, Service Reliability, Maximum Penalty

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Public Utility, Incentives Accrued

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Public Utility, Interconnection Requirements Study Performance Incentive Mechanism, Accrued Estimated Rewards

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Electric utility segment - Public Utility, Measured under Performance (Details) $ in Millions	6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2025 USD ($) MWh	Jun. 30, 2024 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($)
Regulatory Projects and Legal Obligations [Line Items]
Interconnection requirements study PIM, estimated rewards		$ 0.0
Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Regulatory Projects and Legal Obligations [Line Items]
Service reliability, maximum penalty	$ 3.6
Service reliability, estimated penalties			$ (1.0)
Call center performance, pending adjusted maximum penalty	1.4
Call center PIM, accrued estimated rewards	$ 0.0
Interpolated RPS rate goal, after year three (in dollars per MWh) \| MWh	10
Failure to meet RPS targets, penalty rate (in dollars per MWh) \| MWh	20
Accrued estimated rewards			1.9
Potential total annual maximum reward	$ 3.0
Total annual maximum penalty	0.9
Interconnection approval PIM, accrued estimated rewards			2.4
Pending adjusted amount	1.0
Accrued earned rewards, net of penalties	$ 0.3		6.2
Hawaii Electric Light Company, Inc
Regulatory Projects and Legal Obligations [Line Items]
Incentives accrued			0.2
Interconnection approval PIM, accrued estimated rewards			2.8
Accrued penalties			(0.1)
Accrued earned rewards, net of penalties			3.4
Hawaiian Electric, Parent
Regulatory Projects and Legal Obligations [Line Items]
Public utilities retained percentage	20.00%
Accrued earned rewards, net of penalties			2.5
Maui Electric
Regulatory Projects and Legal Obligations [Line Items]
Incentives accrued	$ 0.3
Accrued earned rewards, net of penalties			$ 0.3