Revenue from Contract with Customer - Disaggregation of Revenue (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total operating revenue	$ 26,337	$ 25,150	$ 20,952
Energy
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	20,363	18,308	15,081
Other revenue	706	627	475
Total operating revenue	21,069	18,935	15,556
Energy | PAC
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	5,627	5,255	5,243
Other revenue	52	41	98
Total operating revenue	5,679	5,296	5,341
Energy | MidAmerican Funding
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	3,911	3,514	2,704
Other revenue	114	33	24
Total operating revenue	4,025	3,547	2,728
Energy | NV Energy
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	3,802	3,083	2,824
Other revenue	22	24	30
Total operating revenue	3,824	3,107	2,854
Energy | Northern Powergrid
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	1,250	1,066	913
Other revenue	115	122	109
Total operating revenue	1,365	1,188	1,022
Energy | BHE Pipeline Group
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	3,690	3,416	1,548
Other revenue	154	128	30
Total operating revenue	3,844	3,544	1,578
Energy | BHE Transmission
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	753	737	659
Other revenue	(21)	(6)	0
Total operating revenue	732	731	659
Energy | BHE Renewables
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	866	796	817
Other revenue	128	185	119
Total operating revenue	994	981	936
Energy | BHE and other
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	464	441	373
Other revenue	142	100	65
Total operating revenue	606	541	438
Energy | Regulated assets
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	17,578	15,884	13,553
Energy | Regulated assets | PAC
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	5,627	5,255	5,243
Energy | Regulated assets | MidAmerican Funding
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	3,904	3,499	2,688
Energy | Regulated assets | NV Energy
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	3,802	3,080	2,822
Energy | Regulated assets | Northern Powergrid
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	1,081	1,023	887
Energy | Regulated assets | BHE Pipeline Group
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	2,614	2,460	1,414
Energy | Regulated assets | BHE Transmission
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	683	702	641
Energy | Regulated assets | BHE Renewables
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	0	0	0
Energy | Regulated assets | BHE and other
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	(133)	(135)	(142)
Energy | Nonregulated assets
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	2,785	2,424	1,528
Energy | Nonregulated assets | PAC
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	0	0	0
Energy | Nonregulated assets | MidAmerican Funding
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	7	15	16
Energy | Nonregulated assets | NV Energy
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	0	3	2
Energy | Nonregulated assets | Northern Powergrid
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	169	43	26
Energy | Nonregulated assets | BHE Pipeline Group
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	1,076	956	134
Energy | Nonregulated assets | BHE Transmission
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	70	35	18
Energy | Nonregulated assets | BHE Renewables
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	866	796	817
Energy | Nonregulated assets | BHE and other
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	597	576	515
Retail Electric | Regulated assets
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	10,884	9,801	9,421
Retail Electric | Regulated assets | PAC
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	5,099	4,847	4,932
Retail Electric | Regulated assets | MidAmerican Funding
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	2,320	2,128	1,924
Retail Electric | Regulated assets | NV Energy
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	3,465	2,828	2,566
Retail Electric | Regulated assets | Northern Powergrid
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	0	0	0
Retail Electric | Regulated assets | BHE Pipeline Group
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	0	0	0
Retail Electric | Regulated assets | BHE Transmission
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	0	0	0
Retail Electric | Regulated assets | BHE Renewables
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	0	0	0
Retail Electric | Regulated assets | BHE and other
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	0	(2)	(1)
Retail Gas | Regulated assets
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	1,022	974	619
Retail Gas | Regulated assets | PAC
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	0	0	0
Retail Gas | Regulated assets | MidAmerican Funding
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	855	859	505
Retail Gas | Regulated assets | NV Energy
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	167	115	114
Retail Gas | Regulated assets | Northern Powergrid
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	0	0	0
Retail Gas | Regulated assets | BHE Pipeline Group
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	0	0	0
Retail Gas | Regulated assets | BHE Transmission
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	0	0	0
Retail Gas | Regulated assets | BHE Renewables
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	0	0	0
Retail Gas | Regulated assets | BHE and other
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	0	0	0
Wholesale | Regulated assets
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	1,024	727	366
Wholesale | Regulated assets | PAC
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	260	157	107
Wholesale | Regulated assets | MidAmerican Funding
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	668	454	199
Wholesale | Regulated assets | NV Energy
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	92	62	45
Wholesale | Regulated assets | Northern Powergrid
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	0	0	0
Wholesale | Regulated assets | BHE Pipeline Group
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	8	57	17
Wholesale | Regulated assets | BHE Transmission
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	0	0	0
Wholesale | Regulated assets | BHE Renewables
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	0	0	0
Wholesale | Regulated assets | BHE and other
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	(4)	(3)	(2)
Transmission and distribution | Regulated assets
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	2,067	2,000	1,779
Transmission and distribution | Regulated assets | PAC
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	166	143	96
Transmission and distribution | Regulated assets | MidAmerican Funding
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	61	58	60
Transmission and distribution | Regulated assets | NV Energy
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	76	74	95
Transmission and distribution | Regulated assets | Northern Powergrid
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	1,081	1,023	887
Transmission and distribution | Regulated assets | BHE Pipeline Group
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	0	0	0
Transmission and distribution | Regulated assets | BHE Transmission
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	683	702	641
Transmission and distribution | Regulated assets | BHE Renewables
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	0	0	0
Transmission and distribution | Regulated assets | BHE and other
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	0	0	0
Interstate pipeline | Regulated assets
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	2,476	2,273	1,258
Interstate pipeline | Regulated assets | PAC
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	0	0	0
Interstate pipeline | Regulated assets | MidAmerican Funding
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	0	0	0
Interstate pipeline | Regulated assets | NV Energy
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	0	0	0
Interstate pipeline | Regulated assets | Northern Powergrid
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	0	0	0
Interstate pipeline | Regulated assets | BHE Pipeline Group
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	2,603	2,404	1,397
Interstate pipeline | Regulated assets | BHE Transmission
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	0	0	0
Interstate pipeline | Regulated assets | BHE Renewables
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	0	0	0
Interstate pipeline | Regulated assets | BHE and other
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	(127)	(131)	(139)
Other | Regulated assets
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	105	109	110
Other | Regulated assets | PAC
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	102	108	108
Other | Regulated assets | MidAmerican Funding
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	0	0	0
Other | Regulated assets | NV Energy
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	2	1	2
Other | Regulated assets | Northern Powergrid
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	0	0	0
Other | Regulated assets | BHE Pipeline Group
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	3	(1)	0
Other | Regulated assets | BHE Transmission
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	0	0	0
Other | Regulated assets | BHE Renewables
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	0	0	0
Other | Regulated assets | BHE and other
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Customer revenue	$ (2)	$ 1	$ 0