EXHIBIT 24(d)
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL PEOPLE BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, HAWAII
ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY, INC., a Hawaii corporation, and the officers and
directors of said corporation whose names are signed hereto, hereby constitute
and appoint T. MICHAEL MAY, PAUL A. OYER, MARVIN A. HAWTHORNE, DAVID J. REBER
and GREGORY R. KIM 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 and deliver any and all
instruments and documents which said attorneys and agents or any of them may
deem necessary or advisable to be done to enable Hawaii Electric Light Company,
Inc. ("HELCO") to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), and any rules, regulations or requirements of the Securities
and Exchange Commission in respect thereof and/or to comply with the
requirements of any other state regulatory authority, all in connection with the
registration under said Act on Form S-3, of up to 2,000,000 of Quarterly Income
Preferred Securities with a liquidation preference of $25 per Preferred
Security, to be issued by HECO Capital Trust I for the benefit of and as
guaranteed by HELCO's parent company, Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. ("HECO"),
and the related HECO Guarantees and underlying debt securities of
HECO, HELCO and Maui Electric Company, Limited, including specifically but
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power and authority to sign
the name of Hawaii Electric Light Company, Inc., and the names of the
undersigned officers and directors thereof, in the capacities indicated below,
to Amendment No. 2 to the registration statement filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission in respect of the aforementioned securities (Registration
Nos. 333-20757 and 333-20757-01), to any and all further amendments (including
pre- and post-effective amendments) and supplements to said registration
statement 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, Hawaii Electric Light Company, Inc. has caused
this Power of Attorney to be executed in its name by its President and its
Financial Vice President and Treasurer and attested by its Secretary, and the
undersigned officers and directors of Hawaii Electric Light Company, Inc. have
hereunto set their hands, as of the 19th day of March, 1997. This Power of
Attorney may be executed in any number of
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counterparts by the corporation and by any one or more of the officers and
directors named below.
ATTEST: HAWAII ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY, INC.
/s/ Molly M. Egged
_____________________________ /s/ Warren H. W. Lee
Molly M. Egged By ____________________________
Secretary Warren H. W. Lee
President
/s/ Paul A. Oyer
By ____________________________
Paul A. Oyer
Financial Vice President and
Treasurer
/s/ Warren H. W. Lee
_____________________________ President, Principal Executive
Warren H. W. Lee Officer and Director
/s/ Paul A. Oyer
_____________________________ Financial Vice President,
Paul A. Oyer Treasurer
and Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer
/s/ T. Michael May
_____________________________ Chairman of the Board of Directors
T. Michael May
/s/ Richard Henderson
_____________________________ Director
Richard Henderson
/s/ Denzil W. Rose
_____________________________ Director
Denzil W. Rose
_____________________________ Director
Barry K. Taniguchi
_____________________________ Director
Donald K. Yamada
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