Long-term debt (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Long-term Debt, Unclassified [Abstract]

Schedule of long-term debt

December 31	2016			2015
(dollars in thousands)
Long-term debt of Utilities 1	$	1,319,260		$	1,278,702
HEI term loan LIBOR + .75%, due 2017	125,000			125,000
HEI term loan LIBOR + .75%, due 2018	75,000			—
HEI senior note 4.41%, paid 2016	—			75,000
HEI senior note 5.67%, due 2021	50,000			50,000
HEI senior note 3.99%, due 2023	50,000			50,000
Less unamortized debt issuance costs	(241		)	(334		)
	$	1,619,019		$	1,578,368

¹ See components of “Total long-term debt” and unamortized debt issuance costs in Hawaiian Electric and subsidiaries’ Consolidated Statements of Capitalization.