Basis of presentation

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Basis of presentation

Basis of presentation

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) for interim financial information, the instructions to SEC Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In preparing the financial statements, management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the balance sheet and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses for the period. Actual results could differ significantly from those estimates. The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements and the following notes should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto in HEI’s and Hawaiian Electric’s Form 10-K, as amended by Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A, for the year ended December 31, 2014.

In the opinion of HEI’s and Hawaiian Electric’s management, the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements contain all material adjustments required by GAAP to fairly state consolidated HEI’s and Hawaiian Electric’s financial positions as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the results of their operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, and their cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014. All such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature, unless otherwise disclosed below or elsewhere in this Form 10-Q  (see “Revision of previously issued financial statements” below) or other referenced material. Results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results for the full year.

Prior period financial statements reflect the retrospective application of Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2014-01, “Investments-Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323): Accounting for Investments in Qualified Affordable Housing Projects,” which was adopted as of January 1, 2015 and did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial condition or results of operations. See “Investments in qualified affordable housing projects” in Note 11.

Revision of previously issued financial statements. Management discovered that the Utilities’ capital expenditures on HEI’s and Hawaiian Electric’s Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows did not correctly account for the beginning of period unpaid invoices and accruals (that were paid in cash during the period) and is revising its previously filed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 to correct for such misstatement by adjusting cash used for “Capital expenditures” (investing activity) and change in accounts payable (operating activity).

Management also discovered that the eliminating journal entry to offset the Hawaiian Electric consolidated net operating loss deferred tax asset did not properly reflect the adjustment on the components of income taxes (current and deferred federal income taxes) and is revising its previously filed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 to correct for such misstatement by adjusting “Increase in deferred income taxes” and “Change in other assets and liabilities” (operating activities).

Management determined it needed to correct the presentation for share-based compensation expense on the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows, resulting in a corresponding change in the “Change in other assets and liabilities” amount.

These revisions to correct for such misstatements and other immaterial items do not impact HEI’s and Hawaiian Electric’s previously reported overall net change in cash and cash equivalents in their Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for any period presented. Additionally, these revisions do not impact HEI’s and Hawaiian Electric’s Consolidated Balance Sheets or Consolidated Statements of Income for any period presented. The Company and Hawaiian Electric have concluded that the impact of the misstatements is not material to the previously issued Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2014.

The table below illustrates the effects of the revisions on the previously filed financial statements:

	As previously			As
(in thousands)	filed			revised			Difference
Nine months ended September 30, 2014
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
HEI consolidated
Cash flows from operating activities
Other amortization	$	5,454		$	5,081		$	(373	)
Increase in deferred income taxes (1)	49,270			50,296			1,026
Share-based compensation expense	—			7,200			7,200
Decrease in accounts, interest and dividends payable	(75,812		)	(51,199		)	24,613
Change in other assets and liabilities (1)	(47,760		)	(56,326		)	(8,566		)
Net cash provided by operating activities	173,410			197,310			23,900
Cash flows from investing activities
Capital expenditures	(236,003		)	(260,616		)	(24,613		)
Cash flows from investing activities-Other	(39		)	674			713
Net cash used in investing activities	(376,992		)	(400,892		)	(23,900		)
Hawaiian Electric consolidated
Cash flows from operating activities
Other amortization	4,662			4,289			(373		)
Decrease in accounts payable	(77,893		)	(53,280		)	24,613
Change in other assets and liabilities	(41,629		)	(41,969		)	(340		)
Net cash provided by operating activities	146,267			170,167			23,900
Cash flows from investing activities
Capital expenditures	(229,105		)	(253,718		)	(24,613		)
Cash flows from investing activities-Other	—			713			713
Net cash used in investing activities	(207,365		)	(231,265		)	(23,900		)
Note 10
HEI consolidated and Hawaiian Electric consolidated
Additions to electric utility property, plant and equipment - unpaid invoices and accruals (investing) (in millions)	40			15			(25		)

(1) As previously filed and adjusted by ASU No. 2014-01 (see Note 11).