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Patrick J. Goodman
Welcome to the
MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company
2009 Fixed-Income Investor Conference
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 

 
Forward-Looking Statements
 This report contains statements that do not directly or exclusively relate to historical facts. These statements are “forward-
 looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements
 can typically be identified by the use of forward-looking words, such as “may,” “could,” “project,” “believe,” “anticipate,”
 “expect,” “estimate,” “continue,” “intend,” “potential,” “plan,” “forecast” and similar terms. These statements are based upon
 MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company’s (“MEHC”) and its subsidiaries’ (collectively, the “Company”) current intentions,
 assumptions, expectations and beliefs and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other important factors. Many of these factors
 are outside the Company’s control and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the
 Company’s forward-looking statements. These factors include, among others:
  general economic, political and business conditions in the jurisdictions in which the Company’s facilities operate;
  changes in governmental, legislative or regulatory requirements affecting the Company or the electric or natural gas
 utility, pipeline or power generation industries;
  changes in, and compliance with, environmental laws, regulations, decisions and policies that could increase operating
 and capital improvement costs, reduce plant output or delay plant construction;
  the outcome of general rate cases and other proceedings conducted by regulatory commissions or other governmental and
 legal bodies;
  changes in economic, industry or weather conditions, as well as demographic trends, that could affect customer growth
 and usage or supply of electricity and natural gas or the Company’s ability to obtain long-term contracts with customers;
  a high degree of variance between actual and forecasted load and prices that could impact the hedging strategy and costs
 to balance electricity and load supply;
  changes in prices and availability for both purchases and sales of wholesale electricity, coal, natural gas, other fuel sources
 and fuel transportation that could have a significant impact on generation capacity and energy costs;
  the financial condition and creditworthiness of the Company’s significant customers and suppliers;
  changes in business strategy or development plans;
  availability, terms and deployment of capital, including severe reductions in demand for investment-grade commercial
 paper, debt securities and other sources of debt financing and volatility in the London Interbank Offered Rate, the base
 interest rate for the Company’s credit facilities;
 
 

 
Forward-Looking Statements
  changes in MEHC’s and its subsidiaries’ credit ratings;
  performance of the Company’s generating facilities, including unscheduled outages or repairs;
  risks relating to nuclear generation;
  the impact of derivative instruments used to mitigate or manage volume, price and interest rate risk, including increased
 collateral requirements, and changes in commodity prices, interest rates and other conditions that affect the value of the
 derivatives;
  the impact of increases in healthcare costs and changes in interest rates, mortality, morbidity, investment performance
 and legislation on pension and other post-retirement benefits expense and funding requirements;
  changes in the residential real estate brokerage and mortgage industries that could affect brokerage transaction levels;
  unanticipated construction delays, changes in costs, receipt of required permits and authorizations, ability to fund capital
 projects and other factors that could affect future generating facilities and infrastructure additions;
  the impact of new accounting pronouncements or changes in current accounting estimates and assumptions on financial
 results;
  the Company’s ability to successfully integrate future acquired operations into its business;
  other risks or unforeseen events, including litigation and wars, the effects of terrorism, embargoes and other catastrophic
 events; and
  other business or investment considerations that may be disclosed from time to time in MEHC’s filings with the United
 States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) or in other publicly disseminated written documents.
Further details of the potential risks and uncertainties affecting the Company are described in MEHC’s filings with the SEC,
including Item 1A and other discussions contained in Form 10-K. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly
update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. The
foregoing review of factors should not be construed as exclusive.
 
 

 
Gregory E. Abel
2009 Fixed-Income Investor Conference
President and Chief Executive Officer
MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company
 
 

 
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(1) Net owned MW in operation and under
 construction per MidAmerican Energy
 Holdings Company December 31, 2008,
 Form 10-K
 
REVENUES       $12.7 billion
 
ASSETS              $41.4 billion
 
CUSTOMERS
Electric:                 6.2 million
Natural Gas:          0.7 million
 
EMPLOYEES    16,800
 
NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION
PIPELINE DESIGN CAPACITY
7.0 billion cubic feet per day
 
GENERATION CAPACITY
17,915 megawatts(1)
 
 
NONCARBON GENERATION
More than 4,100 megawatts(1)
 
23% of total generation capacity
 
 

 
 Own and operate high-quality, asset-based businesses
  Customer service, employee commitment, environmental respect,
 regulatory integrity, operational excellence and financial strength
 Identify internal growth opportunities
  Expand the moat: renewable generation, transmission assets, pipeline
 infrastructure, electric distribution systems
 Pursue industry acquisitions
Plan Execute Measure Correct
Balanced Outcomes Sustainability
 
 

 
 Why were we interested in Constellation Energy acquisition?
  8,700 MW owned generation - 6,700 MW base load (five nuclear plants totaling
                         3,869 MW)
  Baltimore Gas & Electric - 1.2 million electric and 646,000 natural gas customers
 Constellation Energy merger termination
  Disciplined approach to original offer
  Protected MEHC through termination provisions ($1.1 billion of consideration)
 Acquisition opportunities
  Owner of choice
 
 

 
 Diversified portfolio of regulated assets
  Weather, customer, regulatory, generation, economic and catastrophic risk diversity
 Berkshire Hathaway provides MEHC with a $3.5 billion equity commitment
  Access to capital even in times of utility and general market stress
  No other utility has this quality of explicit financial support
 No dividend requirement
  Cash flow is retained in the business and used to help fund growth and improve credit
 metrics
 Berkshire ownership
  Access to capital from Berkshire allows us to take advantage of market opportunities
  Berkshire is a long-term holder of assets, and its never sell philosophy promotes
 stability and helps make us the buyer of choice among regulators
 
 

 
Patrick J. Goodman
2009 Fixed-Income Investor Conference
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company
 
 

 
Income from Continuing Operations
Shareholders’ Equity
Property, Plant and Equipment (Net)
Cash Flow from Operations
5-Yr. CAGR = 22.1%
5-Yr. CAGR = 16.3%
5-Yr. CAGR = 29.5%
5-Yr. CAGR = 20.5%
$1,850
(1)
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(1) $646 after-tax gain is related to the termination fee and profit from
investment in Constellation Energy; 5-Yr. CAGR calculation excludes
this amount.
 
 

 
 Diversification of revenue sources reduces regulatory concentrations
 In 2008, 97% of EBITDA came from investment grade subsidiaries
Consolidated EBITDA(2): $4.0 Billion
MEHC 2008 (1)
___________________________
(1) Includes regulated utilities, pipelines, Casecnan and Cordova revenue only. Excludes equity income from CalEnergy
 and HomeServices, which has operations in 19 states and adds further diversification
(2) EBITDA represents operating income plus depreciation and amortization
MEHC 2008
Energy Revenue: $11.5 Billion
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
Projected Capital Expenditures
Long-Term Debt Maturities(1)
($ in millions)
 
 

 
 
 

 
 PacifiCorp issued $1 billion in January 2009
 MidAmerican Energy Company depending on growth
 opportunities
 Yorkshire Electricity Distribution plc to support distribution
 business growth
 Project Financing
  Geothermal plants in Imperial Valley, California, for potential
 expansion
  Kern River expansions
 MEHC depending on growth opportunities
 
 

 
Questions
 
 

 
2009 Fixed-Income Investor Conference
Richard Walje
President - Rocky Mountain Power
 
 

 
9
Overview
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(1) Net owned MW in operation and under construction per
 MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company December 31, 2008,
 Form 10-K
 Headquartered in Portland, Oregon
 6,596 employees
 1.7 million electricity customers
 10,425 net MW generation
 capacity
(1)
 Generating capacity by fuel type(1)
  Coal    59%
  Natural gas   21%
  Hydro  11%
  Wind and geothermal  9%
CA
NV
AZ
UT
OR
WA
MT
CO
ID
Pacific Power service territory
Rocky Mountain Power
service territory
Coal plants
Natural gas plants
Geothermal and other
Coal mines
Hydro systems
Wind plants
WY
 
 

 
 Successfully completed the Wasatch Front automated meter reading
 project. The project saves the company $5.4 million annually and
 reduces headcount by 95 people. A similar project is underway in
 Casper, Wyoming
 Deployed technology to improve customer service and reduce costs,
 such as the automated outage customer call-back program and the
 customer secure Web login. While customer calls have increased
 11% in the last five years, service levels have improved from 81% to
 85% with the same number of call center agents
 Network reliability has improved significantly since 2006, with the
 system average interruption duration index improving by 22% and
 the system average interruption frequency index improving by 16%
Rocky Mountain Power service territory
 Bad debt expense increased from $4.1 million in 2007 to $6.1 million in 2008 and is forecasted at
 $6.3 million for 2009. Receivables aging trend is only slightly unfavorable, with $7.5 million over 90
 days at 2/28/09 compared to $7.0 million over 90 days at 2/29/08. Processes have improved to predict
 exposure
 Retail load in 2008 was 35,380 GWh, a 3% increase over 2007. Load is anticipated to decrease 1.3% in
 2009 and then increase 2.1% in 2010
 
 

 
 Utah
  2007 rate case order resulted in $39 million increase effective October 2008. The largest reductions
 from the filed case came from test year and cost of capital rulings. As a result, a project was
 initiated:
  Communication and legislative plan created
  Legal petitions and regulatory filings submitted
  Aligned Utah costs with the recovery received
  Legislation was passed (SB 75) providing the public service commission with new tools
  A settlement has been reached in the current 2008 rate case for a $45 million increase (4%)
 effective May 2009
  Includes the 8.4% cost-of-capital settlement approved by the commission, reflecting 10.6% return on
 equity and 6.0% cost of long-term debt
 Wyoming
  Rate case settlement reached for $18 million increase (4%) effective May 2009
  Power Cost Adjustment Mechanism implemented and effective, preliminary increase of $7 million
 Idaho
  Rate case settled for $4 million increase (3%) effective April 2009
 
 

 
 Utah SB 75 (passed) - clarifies the authority of the Utah Public Service
 Commission to make certain decisions, such as creating an energy balancing
 account or granting recovery of major plant additions, and authorizes the
 commission to approve an Energy Cost Adjustment Mechanism
 Utah SB 41 (passed) - establishes a notification process for public utilities before
 construction of a transmission line, which should expedite the permitting process
 Wyoming HB 288 (passed) - allows permitting of transmission lines to be
 completed in segments, as opposed to the entire line
 Idaho SB 1123 (passed) - authorizes a utility to request and the commission to
 establish binding ratemaking principles for new generation and transmission
 Idaho SB 1143 (defeated) - attempted to increase the amount of time required to
 process a rate change request by two months
 
 

 
 Given the economic downturn, Rocky Mountain Power has identified
 revenue and savings opportunities in 2009, including:
  Implement automated meter reading in Casper, Wyoming, and review other
 opportunities
  Continue to review staffing and only fill critical positions
  Achieve favorable rate case settlement outcomes
  Re-prioritize capital spending due to load reductions
  Increase focus on energy efficiency and demand-reduction plans
  Increase customer awareness of the programs and resources available to reduce
 customer account write-offs
 
 

 
2009 Fixed-Income Investor Conference
Pat Reiten
President - Pacific Power
 
 

 
 Rate case settlements with fair revenue results -
 Washington, Oregon and California
 Significant progress in the Energy Gateway
 Transmission Expansion; construction has begun
 Settlement agreement in principle of the Klamath
 hydroelectric relicensing process
 Signed contracts with two major employee unions
 22% reduction in OSHA recordable incidents
 Initiated six-state enhanced customer
 communication campaign
Pacific Power service territory
 
 

 
 Retail load was 18,639 GWh in 2008 vs. 18,840 GWh in 2007, a 1.0% decrease,
 and is anticipated to decrease 2.6% from 2008 to 2010
 Bad debt expense was $8.6 million in 2008 vs. $5.0 million in 2007
 Receivables aging trend is only slightly unfavorable, with $4.9 million over
 90 days at 2/28/09 compared to $4.4 million over 90 days at 2/29/08
 Taking action regarding customers and carefully managing risks, including
 investment, credit, customer debt and load forecasts
 - Monitor all key customers; deposits and prompt payments required
 - Communicate through quarterly meetings, regional customer conferences,
 key account services and outreach targeting economically stressed
 Managing costs, identifying savings and operating at 2005 run rates
 - Carefully review staffing requirements
 - Impress contract and spending discipline
 - Engage employees
 
 

 
 Oregon
  Power costs update increase of $9 million effective January 1, 2009, through
 Transition Adjustment Mechanism
  In November 2008, Oregon Public Utility Commission approved a $31 million
 revenue increase for the Renewable Adjustment Clause Mechanism to permit timely
 recovery of costs to implement Oregon’s Renewable Portfolio Standard between rate
 cases
 Washington
  Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission authorized $20 million annual
 increase effective October 15, 2008
  In February 2009, filed a general rate case for an annual increase of $39 million
 California
  Energy cost adjustment and Post Test-Year Mechanism for attrition resulted in
 $3 million rate increase effective January 1, 2009
  In February 2009, filed Post Test-Year Adjustment Mechanism for major capital
 additions, resulting in a rate adjustment of $1 million effective March 2009
 
 

 
 Highlights
  Line miles: ~2,000
  Communities: 100+
  Existing substations: 15
  New substations: 5
  Conductor: 150M+ pounds
  Steel: ~340,000 tons
  Construction resources: 800-1,000
  PacifiCorp investment: ~$6 billion
  In-service dates: 2010-2018
 
 

 
 Customer benefits
  Improves reliability on critical Path C link
  Improves transfer capability for import and export
  Provides delivery mechanism for future resources
 Key facts
  Overall project cost - $880 million
  Engineer/Procure/Construct contract - $582 million
  In-service date - December 2010
  Construction
  135 miles of double circuit 345-kV lines
  100 miles of right of way
  800+ structures, 600 ft. of elevation change
  Three soil types - rock, farmland, swamp
  130 mph microburst wind conditions
 
 

 
2009 Fixed-Income Investor Conference
Rob Lasich
President - PacifiCorp Energy
 
 

 
10,425 net MW generation capacity(1)
 6,104 MW coal-fueled generation
 2,214 MW gas-fueled generation
 2,085 MW renewables
  1,158 MW hydroelectric
  893 MW wind
  34 MW geothermal
 22 MW other
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(1) Net owned MW in operation and under construction per MidAmerican Energy
 Holdings Company December 31, 2008, Form 10-K
CA
NV
AZ
UT
OR
WA
MT
CO
ID
Pacific Power service territory
Rocky Mountain Power
service territory
Coal plants
Natural gas plants
Geothermal and other
Coal mines
Hydro systems
Wind plants
WY
 
 

 
March 31, 2006
December 31, 2008
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(1) Net owned MW in operation and under construction
8,470 MW (1)
10,425 MW (1)
 
 

 
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(1) High Plains is under construction to be completed by the end of 2009
 
 

 
 
 

 
 Long-term mix and timing of resources largely will depend on the
 specifics of climate change and renewable energy regulations
 In response to regulatory uncertainty, the company is planning for a
 diverse resource mix consisting of:
  Wind and other renewables
  Gas-fueled generation
  Firm market purchases
  Demand-side management, including both dispatchable load control and energy
 efficiency measures
  Distributed generation, such as customer-owned standby generation and combined
 heat and power projects
 
 

 
Questions
 
 

 
2009 Fixed-Income Investor Conference
Bill Fehrman
President - MidAmerican Energy Company
 
 

 
Wind Projects
MidAmerican Energy
Service Territory
Major Generating Facilities
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(1) Net owned MW in operation per MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company
 December 31, 2008, Form 10-K
SD
NE
KS
MO
IL
WI
MN
IA
 Headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa
 3,649 employees
 1.4 million electric and natural gas
 customers in four Midwestern states
 6,428 net MW generation capacity(1)
 Generating capacity by fuel type(1)
  Coal   52%
  Natural gas  20%
  Wind   20%
  Nuclear  7%
  Other    1%
 
 

 
 Customer Service
  Customer service results continue to be strong, ranking first in electric residential, electric
 business and gas residential based on 2008 J.D. Power and Associates Customer Satisfaction
 Studies
  Receivables aging trend is slightly unfavorable, with $9.8 million over 90 days as of the end of
 February 2009, compared to $9.6 million over 90 days during the same period in 2008
  Bad debt expense increased from $10 million in 2007 to $11.2 million in 2008 and is forecasted
 at $11.2 million in 2009
  Base electric rate stability for customers through 2013
  Increased focus on energy efficiency programs to provide increased value and opportunity for
 our customers to better manage their energy costs
 Employee Commitment
  2009 is showing significant improvement in safety performance in both numbers of accidents and
 level of severity
  Focused on control of benefit costs and overall staffing levels to ensure we can continue to offer
 sustainable, long-term career opportunities to our current and future employees
  Currently in contract negotiations with our two largest unions
 
 

 
 Financial Strength
  Maintained strong financial results despite severe spring and summer storms/flooding at a cost of
 $33.9 million in expense and $27.6 million in capital
  2008 net income up 5.2% to $343 million with a return on average equity of 14%
  2009 financial results currently are running slightly behind 2008 results due to weak wholesale
 electric prices resulting in lower year-to-date wholesale margins and a 9.8% decline in industrial
 sales year to date as compared to 2008
  No new debt issuance is expected to be needed in 2009
  New debt in 2010 is a possibility if strategic opportunities for new wind generation projects
 become available
  MEC is in a long generation position with a diversified portfolio, which will be a significant
 strategic advantage as markets regain strength and new federal environmental programs are
 enacted
  Assessing longer term fuel purchases to provide price stability and certainty for our customers
 and regulators
 
 

 
 Environmental Respect
  Continued investment in emissions control projects
  Low NOx burners/overfire air systems at all coal-fueled units
  Dry scrubber and baghouse project nearing completion at Walter Scott, Jr. Energy Center
              Unit 3 (May 2009)
  Activated carbon injection systems at Louisa Generating Station and Walter Scott, Jr. Energy
 Center Unit 3 completed by December 2009
 Regulatory Integrity
  Focus is always on a balanced outcome for our customers, communities, regulators and
 legislators
  Significant use of binding ratemaking principles in advance of construction provides for reduced
 business risk during future rate cases while meeting the expectations of policymakers and
 regulators
  Results in positive relationships with regulators and policymakers
 
 

 
 Operational Excellence
  Significant operational focus around emissions control to show systemwide year-over-year
 improvements in nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide emissions on a  
          pound-per-megawatt-hour basis as compared to emissions in 2008
  Walter Scott, Jr. Energy Center Unit 3 and 4 Maintenance Outages
  Major outage planned at WSEC Unit 3 this spring to bring the new baghouse and scrubber 
              on-line
  Detailed planning is underway for the first major WSEC Unit 4 outage to be completed in
 2010
  Assessing membership in a regional transmission organization to greatly improve operational
 access, provide better wholesale margins and minimize regulatory compliance exposure
  Automated Meter Reading
  Electric meters replaced and remote modules installed on existing gas meters
  Forecasted investment of $78.5 million
  Total project will be completed ahead of schedule by year-end
 
 

 
 623 megawatts brought on-line in 2008
 1,284 megawatts owned and operated, which ranks MEC No. 1 in wind
 generation ownership among rate-regulated utilities in the United States
 Continue to improve MEC’s overall carbon footprint
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(1) Including AFUDC
 
 

 
December 31, 2000
December 31, 2008
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(1) Net owned MW in operation
4,086 MW (1)
6,428 MW (1)
 
 

 
 
 

 
 MidAmerican Energy Company reached a settlement on ratemaking
 principles with the Iowa Office of Consumer Advocate for the development
 of additional wind generation. Key provisions of the settlement are:
  Develop up to 1,001 MW of new wind generation by December 31, 2012
  Return on equity is 12.2%
  Projects that do not exceed stipulated cost cap levels (installed cost/kW) are not subject to
 prudence or other regulatory review
  Depreciable life for wind generation is 20 years
 MidAmerican Energy Company made a ratemaking principles application
 filing with the Iowa Utilities Board March 24, 2009
 
 

 
 With 28% of generating capacity currently provided by noncarbon sources
 and a settlement agreement reached for up to an additional 1,001 MW,
 coupled with the new emissions control projects, MidAmerican Energy is
 well-positioned to meet the long-term needs of its customers in an
 environmentally responsible manner
 
 

 
Questions
 
 

 
2009 Fixed-Income Investor Conference
Mark Hewett
President - Northern Natural Gas Company
 
 

 
TX
OK
KS
NE
SD
MN
WI
IA
 Headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska
 864 employees
 15,200-mile interstate natural gas
 transmission pipeline
 Market area design capacity of 5.3 Bcf/day
 plus 2.0 Bcf/day field area capacity
 Five natural gas storage facilities with a
 total firm capacity of 73 Bcf and more than
 2.0 Bcf of peak day delivery capability
 Access to five major supply basins
 Annual deliveries of approximately 1.0 Tcf
 
 

 
 Continued strong operating results in 2008
  Redfield storage expansion added 8 Bcf of firm storage capacity contracted for
 20 years at market-based rates
  Completed several Northern Lights expansion projects, adding almost 100,000 dth
 per day of additional market area capacity
  Completed the sale of the Beaver and Hemphill assets as part of the asset
 rationalization strategy, realizing $80 million in proceeds with minimal loss of
 operating income
  Maintained pipeline integrity while operating costs and staffing remained within
 budget
 In the 2009 Mastio & Company pipeline industry survey report,
 Northern was rated No. 1 out of 16 Mega Pipelines and No. 3 out of 41
 interstate pipelines in customer satisfaction
 As a part of the MidAmerican Energy Pipeline Group, named
 2008 Energy Transporter of the Year by Platts Global Energy Awards
 
 

 
 Strategic location in high-demand, upper Midwest market areas
 Retains competitive advantage by providing delivery to city gates in
 Northern’s upper Midwest market area
 Expanding electric generation and other end-use markets enabled
 Northern to establish daily peak delivery record in 2008-2009 winter
 Customer base dominated by local distribution companies
 Lowest transportation cost of natural gas to customers in the upper
 Midwest
 Provides customers with flexibility to access multiple supply basins
  Hugoton, Permian, Anadarko, Rocky Mountain and Canada
 
 

 
Market Area Transportation
Contract Maturities (1)
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(1) Based on MDQ (Maximum Daily Quantities of market area
 entitlement in decatherms)
Transportation & Storage Revenue
 70% of 2008 market area transportation revenue was derived from local
 distribution companies
 54% of 2008 storage revenue resulted from long-term firm contracts, with an
 average remaining contract life of approximately 9 years
 Nearly 50% of market area capacity is contracted beyond 2015
 Shippers that do not meet our tariff credit standards are required to post collateral
 
 

 
55
 Multiyear market area expansion started in
 2006
  Part of long-term agreement commitments from
 large customers in Twin Cities area
  Serving power, ethanol, industrial and native
 growth loads
  Increased market area capacity
 2007 projects added 400,000 dth per day
 2008 projects added 100,000 dth per day
 2009 - 2011 projects will add 150,000 dth per
 day
 Project cost of more than $350 million, of
 which $228 million incurred through 2008
 2009 - 2011 expansion includes pipeline,
 compression and TBS facilities to serve core
 markets and power load
 
 

 
2009 Fixed-Income Investor Conference
Micheal Dunn
President - Kern River Gas Transmission Company
 
 

 
CA
NV
WY
UT
AZ
 Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah
 164 employees
 1,700-mile interstate natural gas
 transmission pipeline
 Delivers natural gas from Rocky
 Mountain basin to markets in Utah,
 Nevada, California and Arizona
 Design capacity: 1.8 million dth per
 day of natural gas
 
 

 
 Kern River delivers approximately 25%
 of California’s demand for natural gas
 Scheduled throughput exceeds 124% of
 pipeline design
 Kern River filed rate case April 30, 2004
  FERC issued opinion January 15, 2009,
 setting return on equity at 11.55%
  Kern River submitted compliance filing
 March 2, 2009
  Expect final order by third quarter 2009
 Pipeline of choice to Southern California and Las Vegas
Daily Average Scheduled Volume
Daily Throughput in Dth
*
 
 

 
 Access to economical Rocky Mountain gas
 supplies
  299 (1) TCF of proven and undiscovered
 potential reserves
 Direct service to end-users avoids rate
 stacks of local distribution companies
 Relatively new system
  Efficient
  Low fuel rates
  Limited cost for integrity management
 Strong market growth
  Gas is bridge fuel for electric generation
  11,500 MW projected for California
  500 MW projected for Nevada
 Kern River is only major pipeline delivering
     gas from favorably priced Rocky Mountain
     supply basin directly to California
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(1) Source: Ziff Energy Group
 
 

 
 65% of revenue is from demand charges
 88% of contracts mature after 2015
 Weighted average shipper rating of BBB+/Baa1
 Shippers that do not meet our tariff credit standards are required to post collateral
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(1) Based on demand daily quantity
 
 

 
 Economically expand by 145 MDth/d
 Fully contracted with signed precedent
 agreements from 11 shippers
    – 45% 15-year and 55% 10-year contracts
    – Weighted average rating between A- and
                               BBB+
 Service to Southern California and
 Las Vegas
 $62 million capital cost
 Add 20,500 HP of incremental
 compression
 Restage existing compression
 Increase maximum allowable operating
 pressure from 1,200 psig to 1,333 psig
 FERC certificate approval anticipated to be
 received by April 2009
 Anticipated in-service: December 2009
Las Vegas
Bakersfield
Los Angeles
Salt Lake
City
Muddy Creek
 
 

 
Mainline Expansion
 Economically expand by 266 MDth/d
  20-year term contract with NV Energy
 Service to Las Vegas
 $373 million capital cost
 Close Wasatch Loop with 28 miles of
 36” pipe
 Add 78,000 HP of new compression at
 four locations and restage four existing
 compressors
 Submit request to FERC in
 December 2009
 Anticipated in-service: November 1, 2011
Backhaul Capacity Contract
 New ability to receive 400 MDth/d of
 firm backhaul
 Anticipated in-service: April 1, 2009
Bakersfield
Los Angeles
Salt Lake
City
Wasatch Loop
Las Vegas
 
 

 
Questions
 
 

 
David L. Sokol
Chairman of the Board
MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company
Discussion of the Economic Crisis & Related
Government Policy
 
 

 
 Economic crisis and related government policy
  Never let a crisis go to waste
  Solve banking/financial crisis or legislate in energy, healthcare and education
 National energy policy
  National RPS, transmission reform and climate change all in 2009?
 Cap-and-trade
  Acid rain program: buy credits or buy technology
  Carbon capture today: nothing to trade
  Another Wall Street product
  European Union experience - wild fluctuations
  Hides the real costs
  Better to impose a direct tax
 Modernization of the grid
  Siting reform - greater federal role
  One-stop shop for federal lands
  Supersizing new lines
  Renewables-only transmission lines?
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