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Segment financial information
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
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Reportable segments are strategic business units of the Company that offer different products and services and operate in different regulatory environments. The Company operates and reports on one reportable segment: Electric utility. HEI and its other subsidiaries (ASB Hawaii, GLST1, and Pacific Current and its subsidiaries) which are not reportable segments are grouped and reported as an All other non-reportable segment.
(in thousands)
Electric utility
All other
Total
Three months ended March 31, 2026   
Revenues$744,040 $2,407 $746,447 
Depreciation and amortization
$75,262 $185 $75,447 
Interest and dividend income
$3,868 $6,127 $9,995 
Interest expense, net$27,876 $3,252 $31,128 
Income (loss) before income taxes
$45,044 $(6,452)$38,592 
Income tax expense (benefit)
9,701 (1,559)8,142 
Net income (loss) for common stock
$35,343 $(4,893)$30,450 
Capital expenditures
$103,256 $279 $103,535 
Total assets (at March 31, 2026)
$8,523,932 $390,271 $8,914,203 
Three months ended March 31, 2025   
Revenues$738,366 $5,704 $744,070 
Depreciation and amortization$73,553 $3,009 $76,562 
Interest income$1,981 $10,642 $12,623 
Interest expense, net$22,452 $11,760 $34,212 
Income (loss) before income taxes
$61,519 $(27,980)$33,539 
Income tax expense (benefit)
13,204 (6,809)6,395 
Net income (loss)
48,315 (21,171)27,144 
Preferred stock dividends of subsidiaries499 (26)473 
Net income (loss) for common stock
$47,816 $(21,145)$26,671 
Capital expenditures
$85,126 $1,412 $86,538 
Total assets (at December 31, 2025)
$8,530,520 $392,359 $8,922,879 
 
Sales from Hamakua Energy, LLC (Hamakua Energy) to Hawaii Electric Light (a regulated affiliate), up until the close of its sale on March 10, 2025, are eliminated in consolidation.
ASB Hawaii. ASB Hawaii was formed in 1988 and served as the holding company for ASB prior to its sale on December 31, 2024. ASB Hawaii still retains a 9.9% noncontrolling investment in ASB.
GLST1. GLST1 was formed in November 2024 for the purpose of holding the first installment payment pursuant to the settlement of the Maui windstorm and wildfire tort-related legal claims. HEI transferred the amount of the first settlement payment, $479 million, into GLST1, which is restricted from disbursing such funds except in connection with the initial payment to the settlement funds and is classified as “Restricted cash” on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025. Effective March 31, 2025, HEI assigned 60% of the membership interests of GLST1 to Hawaiian Electric. As of March 31, 2026, the assigned equity interests total $287.3 million, which is reported on “Investment in unconsolidated affiliate” on the Utilities’ Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. See “Subsequent event” in Note 2.
Pacific Current. Pacific Current was formed in 2017 to focus on investing in non-regulated renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure in the State of Hawaii to help achieve the state’s sustainability goals. As part of HEI’s comprehensive review of strategic options for Pacific Current, significant investments of Pacific Current that were made through its subsidiaries,
Hamakua Energy, Mauo and Kaʻieʻie Waho were sold in 2025. Mahipapa is Pacific Current’s remaining operating subsidiary, which owns a 7.5-MW renewable, firm dispatchable closed-loop biomass-to-energy facility on Kauai that provides electricity to Kauai Island Utility Cooperative under a PPA that expires in January 2036.
Assets held for sale-Mahipapa. In addition, in connection with the Solar Asset Disposition and as part of the membership interest purchase agreement pursuant to which the Solar Asset Disposition was conducted (MIPA), but as a separate transaction, Pacific Current agreed to sell all of the membership interest in its biomass subsidiary, Mahipapa, LLC, to the same unaffiliated third party that is party to the MIPA (the Mahipapa Sale), with each of the parties’ obligations to complete the Mahipapa Sale subject to the conditions set forth in the MIPA. The net assets and liabilities of Mahipapa are classified as held for sale in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025. The net assets and liabilities were classified as current, and are summarized as follows:
(in thousands)March 31, 2026December 31, 2025
Property, plant and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation$46,224 $46,286 
Other assets9,372 9,980 
Assets held for sale-current$55,596 $56,266 
Long-term debt, net$52,011 $51,568 
Other liabilities8,596 8,235 
Liabilities held for sale-current$60,607 $59,803