BHE Debt (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

MEHC Debt [Abstract]

BHE Debt [Table Text Block]

Senior Debt

BHE senior debt represents unsecured senior obligations of BHE that are redeemable in whole or in part at any time generally with make-whole premiums. BHE senior debt consists of the following, including fair value adjustments and unamortized premiums, discounts and debt issuance costs, as of December 31 (in millions):

	Par Value		2017		2016
1.10% Senior Notes, due 2017	$	—	$	—	$	400
5.75% Senior Notes, due 2018	650		650		649
2.00% Senior Notes, due 2018	350		350		349
2.40% Senior Notes, due 2020	350		349		349
3.75% Senior Notes, due 2023	500		498		497
3.50% Senior Notes, due 2025	400		398		397
8.48% Senior Notes, due 2028	301		302		477
6.125% Senior Bonds, due 2036	1,670		1,660		1,690
5.95% Senior Bonds, due 2037	550		547		547
6.50% Senior Bonds, due 2037	225		222		987
5.15% Senior Notes, due 2043	750		739		739
4.50% Senior Notes, due 2045	750		737		737
Total BHE Senior Debt	$	6,496	$	6,452	$	7,818
Reflected as:
Current liabilities			$	1,000	$	400
Noncurrent liabilities			5,452		7,418
Total BHE Senior Debt			$	6,452	$	7,818

Junior Subordinated Debentures

BHE junior subordinated debentures consists of the following as of December 31 (in millions):

	Par Value		2017		2016
Junior subordinated debentures, due 2044	$	—	$	—	$	944
Junior subordinated debentures, due 2057	100		100		—
Total BHE junior subordinated debentures - noncurrent	$	100	$	100	$	944

Long-term debt of subsidiaries consists of the following, including fair value adjustments and unamortized premiums, discounts and debt issuance costs, as of December 31 (in millions):

	Par Value		2017		2016
PacifiCorp	$	7,061	$	7,025	$	7,079
MidAmerican Funding	5,319		5,259		4,592
NV Energy	4,577		4,581		4,582
Northern Powergrid	2,792		2,805		2,379
BHE Pipeline Group	800		796		990
BHE Transmission	4,348		4,334		4,058
BHE Renewables	3,636		3,594		3,674
HomeServices	247		247		—
Total subsidiary debt	$	28,780	$	28,641	$	27,354
Reflected as:
Current liabilities			$	2,431	$	606
Noncurrent liabilities			26,210		26,748
Total subsidiary debt			$	28,641	$	27,354

MidAmerican Energy's long-term debt consists of the following, including amounts maturing within one year and unamortized premiums, discounts and debt issuance costs, as of December 31 (dollars in millions):

	Par Value		2017		2016
First mortgage bonds:
2.40%, due 2019	$	500	$	499	$	499
3.70%, due 2023	250		248		248
3.50%, due 2024	500		501		501
3.10%, due 2027	375		372		—
4.80%, due 2043	350		346		345
4.40%, due 2044	400		394		394
4.25%, due 2046	450		445		445
3.95%, due 2047	475		470		—
Notes:
5.95% Series, due 2017	—		—		250
5.3% Series, due 2018	350		350		350
6.75% Series, due 2031	400		396		396
5.75% Series, due 2035	300		298		298
5.8% Series, due 2036	350		347		347
Transmission upgrade obligation, 4.45% and 3.42% due through 2035 and 2036, respectively	8		6		7
Variable-rate tax-exempt bond obligation series: (weighted average interest rate- 2017-1.91%, 2016-0.76%):
Due 2023, issued in 1993	7		7		7
Due 2023, issued in 2008	57		57		57
Due 2024	35		35		35
Due 2025	13		13		13
Due 2036	33		33		33
Due 2038	45		45		45
Due 2046	30		29		29
Due 2047	150		149		—
Capital lease obligations - 4.16%, due through 2020	2		2		2
Total	$	5,080	$	5,042	$	4,301