Schedule I Condensed Financial Statements Condensed Financial Statements - MidAmerican Funding - Payable to Affiliate (Details) - MidAmerican Funding LLC [Member] - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net change in amounts payable to subsidiary	$ 13	$ 13	$ 13
MHC, Inc. [Member]
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net change in amounts payable to subsidiary	$ 13	$ 13	$ 13

The increase (decrease) during the reporting period in the obligations due for goods and services provided by the following types of related parties: a parent company and its subsidiaries, subsidiaries of a common parent, an entity and trust for the benefit of employees, such as pension and profit-sharing trusts that are managed by or under the trusteeship of the entities' management, an entity and its principal owners, management, or member of their immediate families, affiliates, or other parties with the ability to exert significant influence.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 28
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66902209&loc=d3e3602-108585

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