Notes payable and other borrowings (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Principal repayments expected during each of the next five years are as follows (in millions).


	2015		2016		2017		2018		2019
Insurance and other	$	2,676	$	1,094	$	1,428	$	1,088	$	804
Railroad, utilities and energy		3,043		1,642		1,677		4,241		2,885
Finance and financial products		1,725		1,204		2,924		2,365		107

	$	7,444	$	3,940	$	6,029	$	7,694	$	3,796

Insurance and Other [Member]

Schedule of short and long term outstanding debt disclosure

Notes payable and other borrowings are summarized below (in millions). The weighted average interest rates and maturity date ranges shown in the following tables are based on borrowings as of December 31, 2014.


	Weighted Average Interest Rate			December 31,
	Weighted Average Interest Rate			2014		2013
Insurance and other:
Issued by Berkshire due 2015-2047		2.8	%	$	8,354	$	8,311
Short-term subsidiary borrowings		0.6	%		839		949
Other subsidiary borrowings due 2015-2035		6.1	%		2,701		3,180

				$	11,894	$	12,440

Railroad, Utilities and Energy [Member]

Schedule of short and long term outstanding debt disclosure

	Weighted Average Interest Rate			December 31,
	Weighted Average Interest Rate			2014		2013
Railroad, utilities and energy:
Issued by Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company (“BHE”) and its subsidiaries:
BHE senior unsecured debt due 2017-2045		5.1	%	$	7,860	$	6,616
Subsidiary and other debt due 2015-2064		5.1	%		28,439		23,033
Issued by BNSF due 2015-2097		5.0	%		19,280		17,006

				$	55,579	$	46,655

Finance and Financial Products [Member]

Schedule of short and long term outstanding debt disclosure


	Weighted Average Interest Rate			December 31,
	Weighted Average Interest Rate			2014		2013
Finance and financial products:
Issued by Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation (“BHFC”) due 2015-2043		3.1	%	$	11,178	$	11,178
Issued by other subsidiaries due 2015-2036		5.3	%		1,558		1,951

				$	12,736	$	13,129