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Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.

A utility holding company that keeps the lights on across most of Hawaii, powering the islands of Oahu, Maui, Hawaii Island, Lanai, and Molokai through its Hawaiian Electric subsidiary. It traces back to 1891, when Hawaiian Electric was incorporated in Honolulu—an idea sparked after King Kalakaua met Thomas Edison in New York and dreamed of lighting his kingdom. The utility famously demonstrated electric light at Iolani Palace in 1886, years before most of the US mainland had power.