| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?> |
<!-- XBRL Document Created with the Workiva Platform --> |
<!-- Copyright 2024 Workiva --> |
<!-- r:5216d744-a1e9-4275-b4f9-5dcf577588b2,g:7379a055-686c-4b9a-8f06-0120ebc8d94d --> |
<link:linkbase xmlns:link="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xbrldt="http://xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase http://www.xbrl.org/2003/xbrl-linkbase-2003-12-31.xsd"> |
| <link:arcroleRef arcroleURI="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/all" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd#all"/> |
| <link:arcroleRef arcroleURI="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd#hypercube-dimension"/> |
| <link:arcroleRef arcroleURI="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd#dimension-default"/> |
| <link:arcroleRef arcroleURI="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd#dimension-domain"/> |
| <link:arcroleRef arcroleURI="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd#domain-member"/> |
| <link:roleRef roleURI="http://www.hei.com/role/Cover" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="he-20240327.xsd#Cover"/> |
| <link:definitionLink xlink:role="http://www.hei.com/role/Cover" xlink:type="extended"> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_7250d07d-5e6d-4999-ba6f-29a1e51ab5ca" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_EntityInformationLineItems"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntitiesTable_f3aef1c6-dafa-44f6-9d91-6aa138a001af" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_EntitiesTable"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/all" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_7250d07d-5e6d-4999-ba6f-29a1e51ab5ca" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntitiesTable_f3aef1c6-dafa-44f6-9d91-6aa138a001af" xlink:type="arc" order="1" xbrldt:closed="true" xbrldt:contextElement="segment"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_43f51990-284b-442b-9fc5-8c1c5f4a044f" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_LegalEntityAxis"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntitiesTable_f3aef1c6-dafa-44f6-9d91-6aa138a001af" xlink:to="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_43f51990-284b-442b-9fc5-8c1c5f4a044f" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_43f51990-284b-442b-9fc5-8c1c5f4a044f_default" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_43f51990-284b-442b-9fc5-8c1c5f4a044f" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_43f51990-284b-442b-9fc5-8c1c5f4a044f_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_b55b567a-ca0b-4c66-a267-f1b5c713fb71" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_43f51990-284b-442b-9fc5-8c1c5f4a044f" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_b55b567a-ca0b-4c66-a267-f1b5c713fb71" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_he_HawaiianElectricCompanyInc.Member_e4546545-f581-4ec6-aa7c-a371edd62f41" xlink:href="he-20240327.xsd#he_HawaiianElectricCompanyInc.Member"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityDomain_b55b567a-ca0b-4c66-a267-f1b5c713fb71" xlink:to="loc_he_HawaiianElectricCompanyInc.Member_e4546545-f581-4ec6-aa7c-a371edd62f41" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityAddressesAddressTypeAxis_f41990a9-cd8a-4726-8333-26e53f3f8776" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_EntityAddressesAddressTypeAxis"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntitiesTable_f3aef1c6-dafa-44f6-9d91-6aa138a001af" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityAddressesAddressTypeAxis_f41990a9-cd8a-4726-8333-26e53f3f8776" xlink:type="arc" order="2"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_AddressTypeDomain_f41990a9-cd8a-4726-8333-26e53f3f8776_default" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_AddressTypeDomain"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityAddressesAddressTypeAxis_f41990a9-cd8a-4726-8333-26e53f3f8776" xlink:to="loc_dei_AddressTypeDomain_f41990a9-cd8a-4726-8333-26e53f3f8776_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_AddressTypeDomain_1842bc1d-96b7-4457-b3ac-ac8b514a7b30" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_AddressTypeDomain"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityAddressesAddressTypeAxis_f41990a9-cd8a-4726-8333-26e53f3f8776" xlink:to="loc_dei_AddressTypeDomain_1842bc1d-96b7-4457-b3ac-ac8b514a7b30" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_DocumentType_4650f1ec-4aa5-48b1-a8bc-95db84fd6119" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_DocumentType"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_7250d07d-5e6d-4999-ba6f-29a1e51ab5ca" xlink:to="loc_dei_DocumentType_4650f1ec-4aa5-48b1-a8bc-95db84fd6119" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate_f485e5f8-c425-4bee-99a3-3fc2d40b5b32" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_7250d07d-5e6d-4999-ba6f-29a1e51ab5ca" xlink:to="loc_dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate_f485e5f8-c425-4bee-99a3-3fc2d40b5b32" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityRegistrantName_08dc07ef-45eb-438b-9b17-6e5319f91079" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_EntityRegistrantName"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_7250d07d-5e6d-4999-ba6f-29a1e51ab5ca" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityRegistrantName_08dc07ef-45eb-438b-9b17-6e5319f91079" xlink:type="arc" order="2"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityFileNumber_46dd34e5-4f47-4c39-b8c8-fb298c7d5abc" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_EntityFileNumber"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_7250d07d-5e6d-4999-ba6f-29a1e51ab5ca" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityFileNumber_46dd34e5-4f47-4c39-b8c8-fb298c7d5abc" xlink:type="arc" order="3"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber_627b97dd-10a7-4df3-b3da-a90db06ec13b" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_7250d07d-5e6d-4999-ba6f-29a1e51ab5ca" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityTaxIdentificationNumber_627b97dd-10a7-4df3-b3da-a90db06ec13b" xlink:type="arc" order="4"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode_ef6354bd-4bdc-4239-b716-a6592c44e70a" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_7250d07d-5e6d-4999-ba6f-29a1e51ab5ca" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode_ef6354bd-4bdc-4239-b716-a6592c44e70a" xlink:type="arc" order="5"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1_4d12ddc6-c2c0-4778-a7a1-422bcd5fa6ac" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_7250d07d-5e6d-4999-ba6f-29a1e51ab5ca" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1_4d12ddc6-c2c0-4778-a7a1-422bcd5fa6ac" xlink:type="arc" order="6"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown_eceeb500-3259-4566-b3fc-e3ba4ad9b271" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_7250d07d-5e6d-4999-ba6f-29a1e51ab5ca" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityAddressCityOrTown_eceeb500-3259-4566-b3fc-e3ba4ad9b271" xlink:type="arc" order="7"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince_18d5b997-f213-454a-8482-0e3ae0745c7e" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_7250d07d-5e6d-4999-ba6f-29a1e51ab5ca" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityAddressStateOrProvince_18d5b997-f213-454a-8482-0e3ae0745c7e" xlink:type="arc" order="8"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode_924ccb4c-3021-4323-9af5-d4b8bdb563da" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_7250d07d-5e6d-4999-ba6f-29a1e51ab5ca" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode_924ccb4c-3021-4323-9af5-d4b8bdb563da" xlink:type="arc" order="9"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_CityAreaCode_cad97a64-3976-4bce-9180-2904e33ce25d" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_CityAreaCode"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_7250d07d-5e6d-4999-ba6f-29a1e51ab5ca" xlink:to="loc_dei_CityAreaCode_cad97a64-3976-4bce-9180-2904e33ce25d" xlink:type="arc" order="10"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_LocalPhoneNumber_529a8004-963f-4b1f-b4cf-e41e6652e998" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_LocalPhoneNumber"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_7250d07d-5e6d-4999-ba6f-29a1e51ab5ca" xlink:to="loc_dei_LocalPhoneNumber_529a8004-963f-4b1f-b4cf-e41e6652e998" xlink:type="arc" order="11"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_WrittenCommunications_a26cdab2-9666-420a-a3c2-3cc3188f3162" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_WrittenCommunications"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_7250d07d-5e6d-4999-ba6f-29a1e51ab5ca" xlink:to="loc_dei_WrittenCommunications_a26cdab2-9666-420a-a3c2-3cc3188f3162" xlink:type="arc" order="12"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_SolicitingMaterial_6620a190-854d-4982-93a4-fbcecc78124b" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_SolicitingMaterial"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_7250d07d-5e6d-4999-ba6f-29a1e51ab5ca" xlink:to="loc_dei_SolicitingMaterial_6620a190-854d-4982-93a4-fbcecc78124b" xlink:type="arc" order="13"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_PreCommencementTenderOffer_a47a8346-e252-4ab6-a969-416e6ffc233a" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_PreCommencementTenderOffer"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_7250d07d-5e6d-4999-ba6f-29a1e51ab5ca" xlink:to="loc_dei_PreCommencementTenderOffer_a47a8346-e252-4ab6-a969-416e6ffc233a" xlink:type="arc" order="14"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_PreCommencementIssuerTenderOffer_802900b8-b5b1-4370-93f3-0dfa05f65a08" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_PreCommencementIssuerTenderOffer"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_7250d07d-5e6d-4999-ba6f-29a1e51ab5ca" xlink:to="loc_dei_PreCommencementIssuerTenderOffer_802900b8-b5b1-4370-93f3-0dfa05f65a08" xlink:type="arc" order="15"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_Security12bTitle_361998d4-55c7-4e45-8ccd-96abb3463c74" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_Security12bTitle"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_7250d07d-5e6d-4999-ba6f-29a1e51ab5ca" xlink:to="loc_dei_Security12bTitle_361998d4-55c7-4e45-8ccd-96abb3463c74" xlink:type="arc" order="16"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_TradingSymbol_fd2a4e2b-0c6d-4981-9858-3542195b2a3a" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_TradingSymbol"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_7250d07d-5e6d-4999-ba6f-29a1e51ab5ca" xlink:to="loc_dei_TradingSymbol_fd2a4e2b-0c6d-4981-9858-3542195b2a3a" xlink:type="arc" order="17"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_SecurityExchangeName_861282b3-d757-4b29-bcdc-a4a6d2ad6350" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_SecurityExchangeName"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_7250d07d-5e6d-4999-ba6f-29a1e51ab5ca" xlink:to="loc_dei_SecurityExchangeName_861282b3-d757-4b29-bcdc-a4a6d2ad6350" xlink:type="arc" order="18"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityEmergingGrowthCompany_b4e4f1e6-c16a-4627-9d95-f63a684d64c2" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_EntityEmergingGrowthCompany"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_7250d07d-5e6d-4999-ba6f-29a1e51ab5ca" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityEmergingGrowthCompany_b4e4f1e6-c16a-4627-9d95-f63a684d64c2" xlink:type="arc" order="19"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityCentralIndexKey_e113b2bb-a770-4263-a16f-2eb8ded38f35" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_EntityCentralIndexKey"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_7250d07d-5e6d-4999-ba6f-29a1e51ab5ca" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityCentralIndexKey_e113b2bb-a770-4263-a16f-2eb8ded38f35" xlink:type="arc" order="20"/> |
| | <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_AmendmentFlag_f6c4eeff-2036-494c-8987-45e9edf55500" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2022/dei-2022.xsd#dei_AmendmentFlag"/> |
| | <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityInformationLineItems_7250d07d-5e6d-4999-ba6f-29a1e51ab5ca" xlink:to="loc_dei_AmendmentFlag_f6c4eeff-2036-494c-8987-45e9edf55500" xlink:type="arc" order="21"/> |
| | </link:definitionLink> |
| </link:linkbase> |