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Related Party Transactions
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]
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Related Party Transactions

Berkshire Hathaway includes BHE 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 BHE. For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2015, PacifiCorp received net cash payments for federal and state income taxes from BHE totaling $35 million. For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014, PacifiCorp made net cash payments for federal and state income taxes to BHE totaling $100 million.