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Related Party Transactions Related Party Transactions
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
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Related Party Transactions

Berkshire Hathaway includes Berkshire Hathaway Energy and its subsidiaries in its United States federal income tax return. Consistent with established regulatory practice, PacifiCorp's provision for income taxes has been computed on a stand-alone basis, and substantially all of its currently payable or receivable income taxes are remitted to or received from Berkshire Hathaway Energy. For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, PacifiCorp made net cash payments for federal and state income taxes to Berkshire Hathaway Energy totaling $15 million and $43 million, respectively.