Related party transactions

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

For general management and administrative services in the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, HEI charged the Utilities $1.4 million and $2.1 million, respectively. The amounts charged by HEI to its subsidiaries for services provided by HEI employees are allocated primarily on the basis of time expended in providing such services.

Mr. Timothy Johns, a member of the Hawaiian Electric Board of Directors, is an executive officer of Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA). Ms. Susan Li, an executive of Hawaiian Electric, is the Chair of the Hawaii Dental Service (HDS) Board of Directors. The Company’s HMSA costs and expense (for health insurance premiums, claims plus administration expense and stop-loss insurance coverages) and HDS costs and expense (for dental insurance premiums) and the Utilities’ HMSA costs and expense (for health insurance premiums) and HDS costs and expense (for dental insurance premiums) were as follows:



	Three months ended March 31
(in millions)	2017		2016
HEI consolidated
HMSA costs	$	7	$	7
HMSA expense*	5		5
HDS costs	1		1
HDS expense*	1		1
Hawaiian Electric consolidated
HMSA costs	6		6
HMSA expense*	4		3
HDS costs	1		1
HDS expense*	—		—

* Charged the remaining costs primarily to electric utility plant.

The costs and expense in the table above are gross amounts (i.e., not net of employee contributions to employee benefits).