Aggregate Of Power Purchase Capacity Increases From Initial Capacity

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Long-term Contract For Purchase Of Electric Power, Maximum Power Volume Delivered

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Long-term Contract For Purchase Of Electric Power, Total Contracted Battery Energy Storage System Capacity

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Long-term Contract For Purchase Of Electric Power, Total Contracted PV Capacity

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Long Term Purchase Commitment, Extension Period

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Long-Term Purchase Commitment, Minimum Power Volume Required

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Long-Term Purchase Commitment, Power Purchase Price Increase, Percent

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Period covered by the long-term purchase commitment, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of operating expense for purchased power of regulated operation.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 220
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.2(b))
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=126953954&loc=SL114868664-224227

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Electric utility segment - Power purchase agreements (Details) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended				3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2021	Jul. 31, 2018 MW	May 31, 2012 MW	Mar. 31, 1988 MW	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 1988 MW
Kalaeloa
Regulatory Projects and Legal Obligations [Line Items]
Purchase commitment, extension period	10 years
Purchase commitment, price increase percentage					69.00%
AES Hawaii
Regulatory Projects and Legal Obligations [Line Items]
Purchase commitment, period (in years)				30 years
Minimum power volume required (in megawatts) \| MW				180
Hu Honua Bioenergy, LLC
Regulatory Projects and Legal Obligations [Line Items]
Minimum power volume required (in megawatts) \| MW			21.5
Molokai New Energy Partners
Regulatory Projects and Legal Obligations [Line Items]
Total contracted PV capacity (in megawatts) \| MW		4.88
Total contracted battery energy storage system capacity \| MW		3
Maximum power volume to be delivered (in megawatts) \| MW		2.64
Hawaiian Electric
Regulatory Projects and Legal Obligations [Line Items]
Purchased power					$ 218	$ 163	$ 382	$ 305
Hawaiian Electric \| Kalaeloa
Regulatory Projects and Legal Obligations [Line Items]
Purchased power					83	49	143	86
Increased power purchase commitment capacity (in megawatts) \| MW									208
Hawaiian Electric \| AES Hawaii
Regulatory Projects and Legal Obligations [Line Items]
Purchased power					34	36	61	66
Hawaiian Electric \| HPOWER
Regulatory Projects and Legal Obligations [Line Items]
Purchased power					19	14	38	31
Hawaiian Electric \| Hamakua Energy
Regulatory Projects and Legal Obligations [Line Items]
Purchased power					14	12	30	23
Hawaiian Electric \| Puna Geothermal Venture
Regulatory Projects and Legal Obligations [Line Items]
Purchased power					14	7	24	11
Hawaiian Electric \| Wind IPPs
Regulatory Projects and Legal Obligations [Line Items]
Purchased power					38	28	56	57
Hawaiian Electric \| Solar IPPs
Regulatory Projects and Legal Obligations [Line Items]
Purchased power					13	16	26	28
Hawaiian Electric \| Other IPPs
Regulatory Projects and Legal Obligations [Line Items]
Purchased power					$ 3	$ 1	$ 4	$ 3