Segment Information (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

MEHC's reportable segments were determined based on how the Company's strategic units are managed. Northern Natural Gas and Kern River have been aggregated in the reportable segment called MidAmerican Energy Pipeline Group, and CalEnergy Philippines and MidAmerican Renewables, LLC have been aggregated in the reportable segment called MidAmerican Renewables. Prior year amounts have been changed to conform to the current presentation. The Company's reportable segments with foreign operations include Northern Powergrid Holdings, whose business is principally in Great Britain, and MidAmerican Renewables, whose business includes operations in the Philippines. Intersegment eliminations and adjustments, including the allocation of goodwill, have been made. Information related to the Company's reportable segments is shown below (in millions):



	Three-Month Periods						Six-Month Periods
	Ended June 30,						Ended June 30,
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Operating revenue:
PacifiCorp	$	1,153		$	1,091		$	2,344		$	2,210
MidAmerican Funding	709			805			1,583			1,784
MidAmerican Energy Pipeline Group	193			202			495			495
Northern Powergrid Holdings	244			238			507			490
MidAmerican Renewables	30			30			61			62
HomeServices	389			290			598			479
MEHC and Other⁽¹⁾	(10		)	(10		)	(33		)	(30		)
Total operating revenue	$	2,708		$	2,646		$	5,555		$	5,490

Depreciation and amortization:
PacifiCorp	$	163		$	156		$	324		$	311
MidAmerican Funding	100			84			193			169
MidAmerican Energy Pipeline Group	48			47			96			93
Northern Powergrid Holdings	42			42			83			83
MidAmerican Renewables	8			7			15			15
HomeServices	7			3			10			6
MEHC and Other⁽¹⁾	(4		)	(4		)	(6		)	(7		)
Total depreciation and amortization	$	364		$	335		$	715		$	670

Operating income:
PacifiCorp	$	254		$	267		$	535		$	538
MidAmerican Funding	81			85			172			198
MidAmerican Energy Pipeline Group	71			64			254			241
Northern Powergrid Holdings	131			136			288			295
MidAmerican Renewables	15			17			32			33
HomeServices	30			19			24			7
MEHC and Other⁽¹⁾	(14		)	(11		)	(21		)	(31		)
Total operating income	568			577			1,284			1,281
Interest expense	(296		)	(303		)	(586		)	(606		)
Capitalized interest	13			9			22			18
Interest and dividend income	2			6			5			9
Other, net	18			20			51			46
Total income before income tax expense and equity income	$	305		$	309		$	776		$	748



	Three-Month Periods				Six-Month Periods
	Ended June 30,				Ended June 30,
	2012		2011		2012		2011
Interest expense:
PacifiCorp	$	97	$	103	$	196	$	203
MidAmerican Funding	42		45		85		93
MidAmerican Energy Pipeline Group	23		26		46		53
Northern Powergrid Holdings	34		39		67		78
MidAmerican Renewables	20		5		29		10
MEHC and Other⁽¹⁾	80		85		163		169
Total interest expense	$	296	$	303	$	586	$	606



	As of
	June 30,		December 31,
	2012		2011
Total assets:
PacifiCorp	$	22,691	$	22,364
MidAmerican Funding	12,634		12,430
MidAmerican Energy Pipeline Group	4,829		4,854
Northern Powergrid Holdings	5,883		5,690
MidAmerican Renewables	2,029		890
HomeServices	766		649
MEHC and Other⁽¹⁾	668		841
Total assets	$	49,500	$	47,718


(1)	The remaining differences between the segment amounts and the consolidated amounts described as "MEHC and Other" relate principally to intersegment eliminations for operating revenue and, for the other items presented, to (a) corporate functions, including administrative costs, interest expense, corporate cash and investments and related interest income and (b) intersegment eliminations.

Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block]

The following table shows the change in the carrying amount of goodwill by reportable segment for the six-month period ended June 30, 2012 (in millions):



					MidAmerican
					Energy			Northern
			MidAmerican		Pipeline			Powergrid		MidAmerican		Home-
	PacifiCorp		Funding		Group			Holdings		Renewables		Services		Total

Balance, December 31, 2011	$	1,126	$	2,102	$	205		$	1,097	$	71	$	395	$	4,996
Foreign currency translation	—		—		—			9		—		—		9
Other	—		—		(13		)	—		—		24		11
Balance, June 30, 2012	$	1,126	$	2,102	$	192		$	1,106	$	71	$	419	$	5,016

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Tabular disclosure of goodwill by reportable segment and in total which includes a rollforward schedule.

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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