Cash flows (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Supplemental Cash Flow Elements [Abstract]

Schedule of supplemental disclosures of cash and noncash activity

Nine months ended September 30	2015		2014
(in millions)
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information
HEI consolidated
Interest paid to non-affiliates	$	61	$	64
Income taxes paid	62		31
Income taxes refunded	55		24
Hawaiian Electric consolidated
Interest paid to non-affiliates	43		44
Income taxes paid	13		6
Income taxes refunded	12		8
Supplemental disclosures of noncash activities
HEI consolidated
Real estate acquired in settlement of loans (investing)	—		2
Real estate transferred from property, plant and equipment to other assets held-for-sale (investing)	5		—
Obligations to fund low income housing investments (operating)	1		6
HEI consolidated and Hawaiian Electric consolidated
Additions to electric utility property, plant and equipment - unpaid invoices and accruals (investing), as revised for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 (1)	1		15

(1) As revised for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 - See Note 1, “Basis of presentation - Revision of previously issued financial statements.”