Revenues from contracts with customers (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

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 quarters of 2019 and 2018 (in millions). Other revenues included in consolidated revenues were primarily insurance premiums earned, interest, dividend and other investment income and leasing revenues which are not within the scope of ASC 606.

	Manufacturing		McLane Company		Service and Retail		BNSF		Berkshire Hathaway Energy		Insurance, Corporate and other		Total
Three months ending March 31, 2019
Manufactured products:
Industrial and commercial products	$	6,459	$	—	$	46	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	6,505
Building products		3,552		—		—		—		—		—		3,552
Consumer products		3,290		—		—		—		—		—		3,290
Grocery and convenience store distribution		—		8,035		—		—		—		—		8,035
Food and beverage distribution		—		4,125		—		—		—		—		4,125
Auto sales		—		—		1,937		—		—		—		1,937
Other retail and wholesale distribution		544		—		2,921		—		—		—		3,465
Service		348		20		990		5,713		725		—		7,796
Electricity and natural gas		—		—		—		—		3,687		—		3,687
Total		14,193		12,180		5,894		5,713		4,412		—		42,392
Other revenue		865		19		1,110		12		260		16,020		18,286
	$	15,058	$	12,199	$	7,004	$	5,725	$	4,672	$	16,020	$	60,678
	Manufacturing		McLane Company		Service and Retail		BNSF		Berkshire Hathaway Energy		Insurance, Corporate and other		Total
Three months ending March 31, 2018
Manufactured products:
Industrial and commercial products	$	6,554	$	—	$	54	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	6,608
Building products		2,920		—		—		—		—		—		2,920
Consumer products		3,696		—		—		—		—		—		3,696
Grocery and convenience store distribution		—		8,158		—		—		—		—		8,158
Food and beverage distribution		—		3,997		—		—		—		—		3,997
Auto sales		—		—		1,931		—		—		—		1,931
Other retail and wholesale distribution		498		—		2,712		—		—		—		3,210
Service		218		17		950		5,580		700		—		7,465
Electricity and natural gas		—		—		—		—		3,524		—		3,524
Total		13,886		12,172		5,647		5,580		4,224		—		41,509
Other revenue		812		17		1,140		10		288		14,697		16,964
	$	14,698	$	12,189	$	6,787	$	5,590	$	4,512	$	14,697	$	58,473

Transaction price allocated to significant unsatisfied remaining performance obligations

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, 2019 follows (in millions).

	Performance obligations expected to be satisfied:
	Less than 12 months		Greater than 12 months		Total
Electricity and natural gas	$	918	$	5,796	$	6,714
Other sales and service contracts		1,278		1,750		3,028