Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. PFD K 4.65% (HAWLL) S-3 Shelf registration

EXHIBIT 24(c)

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL PEOPLE BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, MAUI ELECTRIC COMPANY, LIMITED, a Hawaii corporation (“MECO” or the “Company”), and the officers and directors of the Company whose names are signed hereto, hereby constitute and appoint T. MICHAEL MAY, TAYNE S.Y. SEKIMURA, LORIE ANN NAGATA and DAVID J. REBER of Honolulu, Hawaii, and each of them, with full power of substitution in the premises (with full power to each of them to act alone), their true and lawful attorneys and agents, and in its and their name, place and stead, to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments and documents which said attorneys and agents or any of them may deem necessary or advisable to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and any rules, regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) in respect thereof, in connection with the shelf or other registration under the Securities Act (either alone or, to the extent permissible under the rule and regulations of the Commission, with other affiliated registrants), of up to $15,000,000 of unsecured notes, bonds or debentures of the Company, which may be subordinated or unsubordinated to other obligations of the Company, and in connection with the unconditional guarantee by the HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC. (“HECO”) of all of the obligations under and with respect to said notes, bonds or debentures to be registered for issuance by the Company, including specifically but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, full power and authority to sign the name of the Company and the names of the undersigned officers and directors thereof, in the capacities indicated below, to the registration statement to be filed with the Commission in respect of the aforementioned securities, to any and all amendments (including pre-and post-effective

amendments) and supplements to said registration statement (including specifically, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any amendment or amendments changing the amount of notes, bonds or debentures for which registration is being sought and/or the types of securities to be registered thereby) and to any instruments or documents filed as a part of or in connection with said registration statement or amendments or supplements thereto, and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all of the aforesaid that said attorneys and agents or any of them shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Maui Electric Company, Limited has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed in its name by its President and by its Financial Vice President and attested by its Secretary, and the undersigned officers and directors of Maui Electric Company, Limited have hereunto set their hands, as of the 30th day of November, 2005. This Power of Attorney may be executed in any number of counterparts by the corporation and by any one or more of the officers and directors named below.

ATTEST:	MAUI ELECTRIC COMPANY, LIMITED
/s/Molly M. Egged	By	/s/Edward L. Reinhardt
Molly M. Egged		Edward L. Reinhardt
Secretary		President
	By	/s/Tayne S.Y. Sekimura
		Tayne S.Y. Sekimura
		Financial Vice President

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/s/T. Michael May	Chairman of the Board of Directors
T. Michael May
/s/Robert F. ClarkeRobert F. Clarke	Director
/s/Edward L. ReinhardtEdward L. Reinhardt	President and Director
/s/Tayne S.Y. Sekimura	Financial Vice President
Tayne S.Y. Sekimura
/s/Lorie Ann Nagata	Treasurer
Lorie Ann Nagata

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