Chet A. Richardson
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer
September 18, 2009
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: | Jennifer Thompson | |
Accounting Branch Chief | ||
Mail Stop 3561 | ||
Re: | Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (File No. 1-08503) | |
Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. (File No. 1-04955) | ||
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 filed February 27, 2009 | ||
Form 8-K filed February 20, 2009 | ||
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 filed August 7, 2009 | ||
Form 8-K filed August 7, 2009 |
Dear Ms. Thompson,
Pursuant to a conversation between James A. Ajello, Senior Financial Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc., and Lisa Sellars, Staff Accountant of the SEC, on September 18, 2009, it was established that the new due date for our response to your letter dated September 11, 2009 providing comments on the above referenced filings will be October 9, 2009.
Sincerely, |
/s/ Chet A. Richardson |
Chet A. Richardson |
Senior Vice President, General Counsel |
and Chief Administrative Officer |