Collective Bargaining Arrangement, Annual Incentive, Percentage

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Collective Bargaining Arrangement, Incentive Payment, Percentage

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Collective Bargaining Arrangement, Increase In Compensation, Percentage

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Collective Bargaining Arrangement, Market Rate Adjustment, Percentage

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Collective Bargaining Arrangement, Term

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Restricted Cash, FDIC Insured Amount

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The amount of cash deposited in financial institutions as of the balance sheet date that is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

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Percentage of entity's employees covered by collective-bargaining arrangement (CBA) to all participants in multiemployer pension plan determined to be individually insignificant.

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Amount of cash and cash equivalents restricted as to withdrawal or usage, classified as current. Cash includes, but is not limited to, currency on hand, demand deposits with banks or financial institutions, and other accounts with general characteristics of demand deposits. Cash equivalents include, but are not limited to, short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates.

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Significant group concentrations of credit risk (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
	Jan. 26, 2024	Dec. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Major customers
Percentage of workforce covered by collective bargaining arrangement		50.00%
Cash insured		$ 2,000
Restricted cash insured		10,000
Cash and cash equivalents		750,535	$ 244,091	$ 43,728
Restricted cash		492,317	15,028
Money market mutual funds
Major customers
Cash and cash equivalents		565,000
Restricted cash		482,000
Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Major customers
Market rate adjustment percentage	11.40%
Annual incentive percentage	4.00%
Contract term	3 years
General wage increase percentage	3.00%
Incentive payment percentage	1.00%
Cash insured		69,000
Cash and cash equivalents		184,148	106,077	$ 39,242
Restricted cash		0	$ 2,000
Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. and Subsidiaries \| Money market mutual funds
Major customers
Cash and cash equivalents		$ 116,000