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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Hawaiian Electric Industries
Current Parent Company: Hawaiian Electric Industries
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Penalty: $1,990,000,000
Year: 2024
Date: November 1, 2024
Offense Group: safety-related offenses
Primary Offense: utility safety violation
Mega-Scandal: Wildfire Liability
Violation Description: Hawaiian Electric and other utilities agreed to pay a total of $4.04 billion to settle litigation alleging that negligence on their part contributed to the wildfires that devastated parts of Maui in 2023. Hawaiian Electric disclosed in an SEC filing that it would pay $1.99 billion of the total: (click here)
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Hawaii
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: utilities and power generation
Specific Industry of Current Parent: utilities
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.