secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES INC (HE)
CIK:        0000354707
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-08-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000354707-23-000080
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Hawaiian Electric says power lines de-energized before afternoon Lahaina fire; county lawsuit premature
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- Morning Fire at 6:30am on Aug. 8 caused by downed power lines; Maui County FD reported it contained by 9am and extinguished.
- All Hawaiian Electric lines in West Maui were de-energized for over 6 hours when Afternoon Fire started at ~3pm.
- Hawaiian Electric crew spotted the Afternoon Fire ~75 yards away, called 911; its cause remains undetermined.
- Company criticizes County of Maui lawsuit as 'factually and legally irresponsible,' says it distracts from recovery efforts.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/354707/000035470723000080/0000354707-23-000080-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/46207/000035470723000080/he-20230827.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000354707-23-000080

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