Revenues from contracts with customers (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

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

The following table summarizes customer contract revenues disaggregated by reportable segment and the source of the revenue for the first quarter of 2024 and 2023 (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, 2024
Manufactured products:
Industrial and commercial	$	7,210	$	—	$	52	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	7,262
Building		4,674		—		—		—		—		—		—		4,674
Consumer		4,193		—		—		—		—		—		—		4,193
Grocery and convenience store distribution		—		7,602		—		—		—		—		—		7,602
Food and beverage distribution		—		4,436		—		—		—		—		—		4,436
Auto sales		—		—		2,552		—		—		—		—		2,552
Other retail and wholesale distribution		819		—		3,768		—		—		614		—		5,201
Service		377		221		1,377		5,618		806		64		—		8,463
Electricity, natural gas and fuel		—		—		—		—		5,129		11,779		—		16,908
Total		17,273		12,259		7,749		5,618		5,935		12,457		—		61,291
Other revenues		1,238		41		1,923		19		330		37		24,990		28,578
	$	18,511	$	12,300	$	9,672	$	5,637	$	6,265	$	12,494	$	24,990	$	89,869
Three months ending March 31, 2023
Manufactured products:
Industrial and commercial	$	7,229	$	—	$	65	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	7,294
Building		4,758		—		—		—		—		—		—		4,758
Consumer		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

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 related to contracts with expected durations exceeding one year as of March 31, 2024 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	$	3,017	$	19,752	$	22,769
Other sales and service contracts		3,205		5,223		8,428