UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549



                                    FORM 8-K


     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934




          Date of Report (Date of earliest reported) October 2, 2002
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                       MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


              Iowa                       0-25551                94-2213782
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(State or other jurisdiction           (Commission            (IRS Employer
    of incorporation)                  File Number)         Identification No.)


666 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa                                50309
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(Address of principal executive offices)                        (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (515) 242-4300
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          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)






ITEM 5.       OTHER EVENTS.

     The  registrant  announced  today that,  on October 1, 2002,  it priced its
offering of $200  million in  aggregate  principal  amount of its 4.625%  senior
notes due October 1, 2007 and $500 million in aggregate  principal amount of its
5.875% notes due October 1, 2012.

     The  offering  has been made by means of an offering  circular to qualified
institutional  buyers  pursuant to Rule 144A and to certain  persons in offshore
transactions  pursuant to  Regulation  S under the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as
amended.

     The offering is subject to standard  closing  conditions and is expected to
close on October 4, 2002.

     The securities have not been  registered  under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended,  or applicable state securities laws, and may not be offered or sold
absent  registration  under the Securities Act and applicable  state  securities
laws or applicable exemptions from registration  requirements.  This report does
not  constitute  an  offer  to sell or the  solicitation  of an offer to buy any
securities.


FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

     This report contains  statements that do not directly or exclusively relate
to historical facts.  These statements are  "forward-looking  statements" within
the  meaning  of  the  Private   Securities   Litigation  Reform  Act  of  1995.
Forward-looking   statements   can   typically  be  identified  by  the  use  of
forward-looking  words, such as "may", "will",  "could",  "project",  "believe",
"anticipate",  "expect", "estimate", "continue", "potential", "plan", "forecast"
and similar terms. These statements represent the Company's  intentions,  plans,
expectations  and  beliefs  and are  subject to risks,  uncertainties  and other
factors. Many of these factors are outside the Company's control and could cause
actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements.

     These  factors  include,   among  others,  general  economic  and  business
conditions in the  jurisdictions in which the Company's  facilities are located;
governmental,  statutory, regulatory or administrative initiatives or ratemaking
actions affecting the Company or the electric or gas utility,  pipeline or power
generation industries;  weather effects on sales and revenues;  general industry
trends;  increased  competition  in the power  generation,  electric  utility or
pipeline   industries;   fuel  and  power  costs  and  availability;   continued
availability  of  accessible  gas  reserves;   changes  in  business   strategy,
development plans or customer or vendor  relationships;  availability,  term and
deployment of capital;  availability of qualified  personnel;  risks relating to
nuclear generation;  financial or regulatory  accounting  principles or policies
imposed  by  the  Public  Company  Accounting  Oversight  Board,  the  Financial
Accounting  Standards Board, the SEC, the Federal Energy  Regulatory  Commission
and similar entities with regulatory oversight; and other business or investment
considerations  that may be  disclosed  from time to time in the  Company's  SEC
filings or in other publicly disseminated written documents.

     The Company  undertakes  no  obligation  to  publicly  update or revise any
forward-looking  statements,  whether  as a result  of new  information,  future
events or otherwise.  The foregoing review of factors should not be construed as
exclusive.






                                    SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                    MIDAMERICAN ENERGY HOLDINGS COMPANY



                                    /s/  Paul J. Leighton
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                                    Paul J. Leighton
                                    Vice President, Assistant General Counsel
                                    and Assistant Secretary


Date:  October 2, 2002