Revenues from contracts with customers (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Revenue From Contract With Customer [Abstract]

Revenue from contracts with customers disaggregated by reportable segment and source of revenue

The following tables summarize customer contract revenues disaggregated by reportable segment and the source of the revenue for the first quarter of 2023 and 2022 (in millions). Revenues from Pilot in 2023 are for the two months ending March 31, 2023. Other revenues, which are not considered to be revenues from contracts with customers under GAAP, are primarily insurance premiums earned, interest, dividend and other investment income and leasing revenues.

	Manufacturing		McLane		Service and Retailing		BNSF		Berkshire Hathaway Energy		Pilot		Insurance, Corporate and other		Total
Three months ending March 31, 2023
Manufactured products:
Industrial and commercial products	$	7,229	$	—	$	65	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	7,294
Building products		4,758		—		—		—		—		—		—		4,758
Consumer products		4,035		—		—		—		—		—		—		4,035
Grocery and convenience store distribution		—		7,793		—		—		—		—		—		7,793
Food and beverage distribution		—		4,762		—		—		—		—		—		4,762
Auto sales		—		—		2,565		—		—		—		—		2,565
Other retail and wholesale distribution		799		—		4,230		—		—		422		—		5,451
Service		354		284		1,326		5,985		811		21		—		8,781
Electricity, natural gas and fuel		—		—		—		—		5,291		9,015		—		14,306
Total		17,175		12,839		8,186		5,985		6,102		9,458		—		59,745
Other revenues		1,090		42		1,716		16		337		38		22,409		25,648
	$	18,265	$	12,881	$	9,902	$	6,001	$	6,439	$	9,496	$	22,409	$	85,393
Three months ending March 31, 2022
Manufactured products:
Industrial and commercial products	$	5,932	$	—	$	49	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	5,981
Building products		5,419		—		—		—		—		—		—		5,419
Consumer products		5,093		—		—		—		—		—		—		5,093
Grocery and convenience store distribution		—		7,706		—		—		—		—		—		7,706
Food and beverage distribution		—		4,562		—		—		—		—		—		4,562
Auto sales		—		—		2,527		—		—		—		—		2,527
Other retail and wholesale distribution		722		—		4,175		—		—		—		—		4,897
Service		264		214		1,006		5,931		1,112		—		—		8,527
Electricity and natural gas		—		—		—		—		4,714		—		—		4,714
Total		17,430		12,482		7,757		5,931		5,826		—		—		49,426
Other revenues		955		32		1,334		13		189		—		18,894		21,417
	$	18,385	$	12,514	$	9,091	$	5,944	$	6,015	$	—	$	18,894	$	70,843

Transaction price allocated to significant unsatisfied remaining performance obligations and timing of when performance obligations expected to be satisfied

A summary of the transaction price allocated to the significant unsatisfied remaining performance obligations relating to contracts with expected durations in excess of one year as of March 31, 2023 and the timing of when the performance obligations are expected to be satisfied follows (in millions).

	Less than 12 months		Greater than 12 months		Total
Electricity, natural gas and fuel	$	3,331	$	20,146	$	23,477
Other sales and service contracts		3,346		5,134		8,480