Segment Information - Schedule of Segment Reporting Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 26,337	$ 25,150	$ 20,952
Depreciation and amortization	4,286	3,881	3,455
Operating income (loss)	5,241	5,327	4,291
Interest expense	2,216	2,118	2,021
Capitalized interest	76	64	80
Allowance for equity funds	167	126	165
Other Interest and Dividend Income	154	89	71
(Losses) gains on marketable securities, net	(2,002)	1,823	4,797
Other, net	(7)	(17)	88
Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit) and equity income (loss)	1,413	5,294	7,471
Income tax (benefit) expense	(1,916)	(1,132)	308
Total earnings on common shares	2,675	5,669	6,917
Capitalized expenditures	7,505	6,611	6,765
Property, plant and equipment, net	93,043	89,816	86,128
Assets	133,840	132,065	127,316
BHE and Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	606	541	438
Depreciation and amortization	4	2	1
Operating income (loss)	(16)	(75)	(54)
Interest expense	615	573	517
Income tax (benefit) expense	(660)	(286)	1,089
Total earnings on common shares	(2,017)	1,319	3,092
Capitalized expenditures	46	21	(130)
Property, plant and equipment, net	239	243	(22)
Assets	6,290	8,220	7,933
PAC | Operating segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	5,679	5,296	5,341
Depreciation and amortization	1,120	1,088	1,209
Operating income (loss)	1,158	1,133	924
Interest expense	431	430	426
Income tax (benefit) expense	(61)	(78)	(75)
Total earnings on common shares	921	889	741
Capitalized expenditures	2,166	1,513	2,540
Property, plant and equipment, net	24,430	22,914	22,430
Assets	30,559	27,615	26,862
MidAmerican Funding | Operating segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	4,025	3,547	2,728
Depreciation and amortization	1,168	914	716
Operating income (loss)	438	416	454
Interest expense	333	319	322
Income tax (benefit) expense	(776)	(680)	(574)
Total earnings on common shares	947	883	818
Capitalized expenditures	1,869	1,912	1,836
Property, plant and equipment, net	21,092	20,302	19,279
Assets	26,077	25,352	23,530
NV Energy | Operating segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	3,824	3,107	2,854
Depreciation and amortization	566	549	502
Operating income (loss)	606	621	649
Interest expense	221	206	227
Income tax (benefit) expense	56	56	61
Total earnings on common shares	427	439	410
Capitalized expenditures	1,113	749	675
Property, plant and equipment, net	10,993	10,231	9,865
Assets	16,676	15,239	14,501
Northern Powergrid | Operating segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	1,365	1,188	1,022
Depreciation and amortization	361	305	266
Operating income (loss)	551	543	421
Interest expense	133	130	130
Income tax (benefit) expense	75	192	96
Total earnings on common shares	385	247	201
Capitalized expenditures	768	742	682
Property, plant and equipment, net	7,445	7,572	7,230
Assets	9,005	9,326	8,782
BHE Pipeline Group | Operating segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	3,844	3,544	1,578
Depreciation and amortization	508	492	231
Operating income (loss)	1,720	1,516	779
Interest expense	148	143	74
Income tax (benefit) expense	276	269	162
Total earnings on common shares	1,040	807	528
Capitalized expenditures	1,157	1,128	659
Property, plant and equipment, net	16,216	15,692	15,097
Assets	21,005	20,434	19,541
BHE Transmission | Operating segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	732	731	659
Depreciation and amortization	239	238	201
Operating income (loss)	333	339	316
Interest expense	153	155	148
Income tax (benefit) expense	14	10	13
Total earnings on common shares	247	247	231
Capitalized expenditures	200	279	372
Property, plant and equipment, net	6,209	6,590	6,445
Assets	9,334	9,476	9,208
BHE Renewables | Operating segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	994	981	936
Depreciation and amortization	264	241	284
Operating income (loss)	300	329	291
Interest expense	175	158	166
Income tax (benefit) expense	(887)	(753)	(602)
Total earnings on common shares	625	451	521
Capitalized expenditures	138	225	95
Property, plant and equipment, net	6,231	6,103	5,645
Assets	11,458	11,829	12,004
HomeServices | Operating segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	5,268	6,215	5,396
Depreciation and amortization	56	52	45
Operating income (loss)	151	505	511
Interest expense	7	4	11
Income tax (benefit) expense	47	138	138
Total earnings on common shares	100	387	375
Capitalized expenditures	48	42	36
Property, plant and equipment, net	188	169	159
Assets	3,436	4,574	4,955
U.S.
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	24,263	23,215	19,254
Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit) and equity income (loss)	771	4,650	6,954
Property, plant and equipment, net	79,578	75,774	72,583
United Kingdom
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	1,345	1,188	1,022
Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit) and equity income (loss)	447	454	338
Property, plant and equipment, net	6,959	7,487	7,134
Canada
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	709	719	653
Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit) and equity income (loss)	181	181	173
Property, plant and equipment, net	6,091	6,547	6,401
Australia
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	20	0	0
Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit) and equity income (loss)	15	(8)	0
Property, plant and equipment, net	415	8	10
Other
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	0	28	23
Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit) and equity income (loss)	$ (1)	$ 17	$ 6