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Patrick J. Goodman
2008 Fixed-Income Investor Conference
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company
 
 

 
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Forward-Looking Statements
 This presentation 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 the Company’s 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 are
 located;
  changes in governmental, legislative or regulatory requirements affecting the Company or the electric or 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 and/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 gas;
  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 energy costs;
  financial condition and creditworthiness of significant customers and suppliers;
  changes in business strategy or development plans;
  availability, terms and deployment of capital;
 
 

 
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Forward-Looking Statements
  performance of generation facilities, including unscheduled outages or repairs;
  risks relating to nuclear generation;
  the impact of derivative instruments used to mitigate or manage volume and price risk and interest rate risk and
 changes in the commodity prices, interest rates and other conditions that affect the value of the derivatives;
  the impact of increases in healthcare costs, changes in interest rates, mortality, morbidity and investment
 performance on pension and other postretirement benefits expense, as well as the impact of changes in
 legislation on funding requirements;
  changes in MEHC’s and its subsidiaries’ credit ratings;
  unanticipated construction delays, changes in costs, receipt of required permits and authorizations, ability to
 fund capital projects and other factors that could affect future generation plants 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 the Company’s business;
  other risks or unforeseen events, including litigation and wars, the effects of terrorism, embargos and other
 catastrophic events; and
  other business or investment considerations that may be disclosed from time to time in filings with 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.
 
 

 
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A2/A-/A
Regulated Gas and
Electric Utility
Independent
Electric Power
Producer
A2/A/A
Regulated Gas
Transmission
A3/A-/A-
Regulated Gas
Transmission
Real Estate
Brokerage
Baa1/BBB+/BBB+

Baa1/BBB-/BBB+
Holding Company
A3/A-/A-(2)
Regulated Electric
Utility
Aaa/AAA/AAA
87.4%(1)
 Walter Scott
 David Sokol
 Greg Abel
12.6%(1)
A3/BBB+/A
U.K. Regulated
Electric
Distribution
A3/BBB+/A
U.K. Regulated
Electric
Distribution
“Forever is our holding period” - Berkshire ownership philosophy
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1. Diluted ownership
2. PacifiCorp ratings are senior secured
Organizational Structure
 
 

 
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MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company
 
 

 
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Strategy
 Own and operate a portfolio of high-quality businesses that
 achieve operational excellence in all areas
 Maintain prudent financial and risk management policies
 Grow and diversify through internal expansion and disciplined
 acquisitions
 
 

 
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Plan Execute Measure  Correct
Core Principles
 Core Principles
  Customer Service
  Employee Commitment
  Regulatory Integrity
  Environmental RESPECT
  Operational Excellence
  Financial Strength
 Business Approach
 
 

 
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MEHC’s Competitive Advantage
 Berkshire Ownership and Equity Commitment
 Diversified Portfolio of Regulated Assets
 No Dividend Requirement
 
 

 
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Berkshire Equity Commitment
 Berkshire provides MEHC with a $3.5 billion 5-year equity
 commitment from ‘AAA’ rated parent
  Access to capital even in times of utility sector and general
 market stress;
 
No other utility has this quality of explicit financial support
  Commitment can only be drawn for two purposes:
  Paying MEHC parent debt when due
  Making equity contributions to any of MEHC’s regulated
 subsidiaries
 Future M&A activity will be funded separate from this equity
 commitment
 
 

 
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 Weather diversity
 Catastrophic-risk diversity
 Customer diversity
 Regulatory diversity
 Economic diversity
Diversity of Regulated Assets
 
 

 
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1. Source: Edison Electric Institute
MEHC’s diversity coupled with its 100% reinvestment of free cash flow and
access to equity capital from Berkshire under any market condition clearly
differentiates the quality of MEHC’s credit from its peers
No Dividend Requirement
 As the utility sector enters its first comprehensive capital expenditure build
 -out since the 1980’s, many analysts project the industry to be cash-flow
 negative for the next few years
  Average utility dividend payout ratio for the twelve-month period ended
 September 30, 2007, was 63.2%
(1), thus reducing cash available to fund
 capital expenditures and increasing the amount funded with debt
 MEHC is not required to pay a dividend to Berkshire
  Cash flow is retained in the business and used to help fund growth and
 improve credit metrics
 
 

 
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Hydro  7.6%
Wind  10.9%
Nuclear  2.6%
Geothermal 1.2%
Generation
Noncarbon
 17,900 Transmission miles
158,300 Distribution miles
 1,939 Substations
Electric
 17,380 Transmission miles
 21,800 Distribution miles
 6.9 Bcf Design capacity
 80 Compressor stations
Natural gas
 $39.2 B Assets
 $12.4 B Revenues
 $ 2.3 B Operating cash flow
 $ 3.5 B Capital expenditures
Financial statistics
17,200 Employees
6.9 Million customers
17,015 Net MW(1)
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1.   Net MW owned in operation or under construction per MidAmerican
 Energy Holdings Company December 31, 2007, Form 10-K
MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company - 2007
 
 

 
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Income from Continuing Operations
Shareholders’ Equity
Property, Plant and Equipment (Net)
Cash Flow from Operations
5-Yr. CAGR = 24.5%
5-Yr. CAGR = 25.2%
5-Yr. CAGR = 32.2%
5-Yr. CAGR = 20.5%
MEHC Growth Summary
 
 

 
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(1) Reflects the acquisition of PacifiCorp on March 21, 2006
(2) Excludes current portion
MEHC Consolidated Results
 Net income increased $273 million, of which $235 million related to PacifiCorp
 Shareholders’ equity grows with the retention of 100% of net income
 
 

 
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Segment Information
(1) The remaining differences between the segment amounts and the consolidated amounts described as
 “Corporate/Other” relate principally to (i) corporate functions, including administrative costs, interest expense,
 corporate cash and related interest income and (ii) intersegment eliminations
 
 

 
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Segment Information
(1) The remaining differences between the segment amounts and the consolidated amounts described as
 “Corporate/Other” relate principally to (i) corporate functions, including administrative costs, interest expense,
 corporate cash and related interest income and (ii) intersegment eliminations
 
 

 
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Capital Expenditures
(1) Debt maturities at CE Electric UK exclude maturities at CE UK Gas
($ in millions)                   Long-Term  Debt  Maturities
Capital Expenditures and Debt Maturities
 
 

 
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Debt Issuances in 2008
 MEC $350m completed in March
 MEHC $650m completed in March
 NNG will refinance the September $150m maturity
 PacifiCorp capital expenditures will be funded by retaining cash
 flow, equity infusions, use of the $1.5 billion credit facility and a
 long-term debt issuance
 
 

 
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Questions
 
 

 
2008 Fixed-Income Investor Conference
Richard Walje
President - Rocky Mountain Power
 
 

 
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Overview
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1.     Net MW owned in operation or under
 construction per MidAmerican Energy Holdings
 Company December 31, 2007, Form 10-K
 Headquartered in Portland, Oregon
 6,500 employees
 1.7 million electricity customers
 9,747 net MW owned (1)
 Generating capacity by fuel type (1)
  Coal   63%
  Natural gas  17%
  Hydro   12%
  Wind and geothermal 8%
 
 

 
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Major Accomplishments
Since Acquisition by MEHC
 Regulatory outcomes in six states result in revenue increase of approximately
 $270 million
 Regulatory mechanisms to facilitate cost recovery were adopted or utilized in
 three states
   Oregon  - Transition Adjustment Mechanism
     - Renewable Adjustment Clause Mechanism
   Wyoming - Purchased Cost Adjustment Mechanism
   California - Energy Cost Adjustment Clause
     - Post Test-Year Adjustment Mechanism
 1,340 MW of additional owned generation in service
 
 

 
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Major Accomplishments
Since Acquisition by MEHC
 Began implementing major transmission expansion
 Significant improvement in operating cost structure and safety performance
 Continued improvement in relationships with represented employees
 Pension and post-retirement funded status improvement and structural changes
 completed for non-union employees
 Capital structure strengthened
  $415 million invested into PacifiCorp and $596 million of profits retained
 from March 2006 through December 2007
  Increased short-term revolving credit facilities to $1.5 billion through 2012
 
 

 
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Regulatory Highlights
 Utah (43% of Retail Revenues)
  Implemented $30 million annual increase on June 1, 2007. Total increase of $115 million from 2006 rate case
 Oregon (29% of Retail Revenues)
  Implemented $43 million increase on January 1, 2007 for 2006 general rate case
  Power costs update increase $22 million effective January 1, 2008 through transition adjustment mechanism
  In December 2007, Oregon Public Utility Commission approved Renewable Adjustment Clause Mechanism to
 permit timely recovery of costs to implement Oregon’s Renewable Portfolio Standard between rate cases
 Wyoming (13% of Retail Revenues)
  In January 2008, reached settlement with parties for an annual increase of $23 million or 5%
  Purchased Cost Adjustment Mechanism implemented and effective
 Washington (7% of Retail Revenues)
  Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission order authorizing $14 million annual increase (6%)
 effective June 27, 2007
 Idaho (6% of Retail Revenues)
  $12 million increase (6%) effective January 1, 2008
 California (2% of Retail Revenues)
  Energy Cost Adjustment Clause for net power costs and inflation plus ability to recover major plant additions
 result in $6 million annual increase (8%)
 
 

 
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Strategy for the Future
 Meet the challenges created by serving six states with unique growth rates and customer
 demographics
 Optimize transmission and distribution capital investments to address growth and
 system improvements
 Develop plans to meet multi-state renewable portfolio standard requirements
 Serve increasing numbers of customers through operational efficiencies
 Work with customers to manage their electric use while minimizing the company’s
 power costs
 Continuously improve service to new and existing customers
 Manage diverse regulatory, environmental and economic development policies
 Enhance the financial strength of the company
 
 

 
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Target/Goal
 Obtain 25% of electricity from renewable
 resources by 2025
 By 2025, obtain 20% of annual adjusted retail
 sales from renewable resources or renewable
 energy certificates, if cost effective
 Obtain 15% of electricity from renewable
 resources by 2020
 Obtain 20% of electricity from renewable
 resources by 2010
Renewable Portfolio Standard Requirements
State
 Oregon
 Utah
 Washington
 California
 
 

 
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Managing Growth Through Efficiencies
Working with customers to manage growth
 Demand reduction programs are a cost efficient alternative to new generation
 resources
 Demand reduction programs focus on energy efficiency and load control
  Air conditioning load control program
  Interruptible contracts
  Energy FinAnswer programs
 10-year business plan
  4,600 GWh of energy efficiency
  1,142 MW of demand reductions
 Implementing automated meter reading (600,000 meters)
 
 

 
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10-Year Business Plan
 Significant capital investment needed, and included in the plan, to meet growing energy needs
 and to improve system reliability
  $20 billion over 10 years
  Reduce need for wholesale purchases
  Add renewable energy to portfolio
  Implement transmission investment plan
  Meet customer growth and increased energy usage
 Investments-Capital Outlay
 
 
 
 

 
2008 Fixed-Income Investor Conference
Pat Reiten
President - Pacific Power
 
 

 
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Energy Gateway Transmission Expansion Plan
 Transmission has been a developing need in the west for 15-20 years
 Prior investments focused on “squeezing more” from existing system
  Major expansion discussed, but not built on a large scale
 Current transmission system is at capacity
 
 

 
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Drivers
 Investment is critical now…
  Load growth
  Renewable Portfolio Standards
  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
  PacifiCorp has a major regional presence
  Stakeholder support is significant
 
 

 
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Existing Transmission System
 Spans six state territory
 Majority of wind and thermal
 sites on the east side
 Load centers in Utah, Wyoming
 and Oregon
 Interconnections with major
 markets
 Largest existing owner in West
 with 15,700 miles of
 transmission lines
 Well positioned for significant
 expansion
 
 

 
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Transmission Expansion
 Initial phases have in-service dates
    ranging from 2010 to 2014 based on
    load service needs
 Costs of approximately $4 billion over
   the 2010 to 2014 period
 Segments 1, 2 & 3 are transaction
 commitments
 Energy Gateway West (4 & 5) is a
 cornerstone for delivering
    renewables
 Energy Gateway South (6)
    supports ratings and market access
    for load service
 
 

 
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Benefits
 Delivery of renewable resources across PacifiCorp service territory
 Facilitates participation in additional transmission investments
 Connectivity between East and West increases flexibility
 Provides multiple options to serve customer load growth and long-term
 customer value
 
 

 
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Progress to Date and Challenges
Progress to Date
 Substantial gubernatorial support
 Positive response from key state commissioners
Challenges
 Siting and permitting
 Materials cost escalation
 Labor availability
 Path-rating process uncertainty
 
 

 
2008 Fixed-Income Investor Conference
Rob Lasich
President - PacifiCorp Energy
 
 

 
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9,747 net MW owned generation capacity (1)
 6,104 MW coal-fired generation
 1,694 MW gas-fired generation
 1,927 MW renewables
  1,158 MW hydroelectric
  735 MW wind (2)
  34 MW geothermal
 22 MW other
Resource Portfolio
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1.     Net MW owned in operation or under
 construction per MidAmerican Energy Holdings
 Company December 31, 2007, Form 10-K
2.     Includes projects under construction with 2008
 operational dates
 
 

 
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Business Challenge
 Managing customer net power costs in the face of growing load demand,
 expiring purchased power agreements, increasing environmental
 compliance costs and emerging legislative mandates focused on renewable
 energy and climate change mitigation
Demand/Load Growth*
* Includes 12% Reserves
Resource Deficit
 
 

 
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 Upgrades and expansions of the existing fleet along with planned new
 construction and purchases will add approximately 3,400 MW over a 10-
 year period
Filling the Gap
* Includes 12% Reserves
Purchases
Generation Upgrades
New Resources
Demand/Load Growth*
Existing Resources
 
 

 
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Glenrock wind (99 MW)
Near construction
Seven Mile Hill wind (99 MW)
Near construction
Rolling Hills wind (99 MW)
Near construction
Lakeside CCCT (548 MW)
Complete & operational
Blundell 2 geothermal (11 MW)
Complete & operational
Currant Creek (540 MW)
Complete & operational
PacifiCorp East New Resource Review
 
 

 
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Marengo wind (140.4 MW)
Complete & operational
Leaning Juniper 1 wind (100.5 MW)
Complete & operational
Goodnoe Hills wind (94 MW)
Under construction
Marengo II wind (70.2 MW)
Under construction
PacifiCorp West Wind Resource Review
 
 

 
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  548 MW combined-cycle facility
  548 MW combined-cycle facility
  35 MW geothermal facility
  19 MW combined heat & power facility
  600 MW wind projects
  300 MW wind projects
Long Term Generation Resource Plan
 
 

 
 
 
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Clean Air Initiative Projects
 PacifiCorp Energy continues to assess current and future emission control requirements
  Current emissions control installation costs are estimated at $1.5 billion over the next 10 years,
 excluding AFUDC
 2008 business plan is based on the company’s best assessment at this time
 Emission control installations have been aligned with major unit overhaul schedules to minimize
 outages and reduce overall cost impacts
 Major 2008 emission control projects include Cholla Unit 4 - currently installing SO2 scrubber,
 baghouse and low Nox burners at an estimated cost of $159.9 million; expected in-service date is
 May 2008
 
 

 
 
 
 
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Questions
 
 

 
2008 Fixed-Income Investor Conference
Bill Fehrman
President - MidAmerican Energy Company
 
 

 
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MidAmerican Energy
Company Service Territory
Major Generating Facilities
Wind Project Operations
Wind Project Construction
IA
IL
KS
NE
SD
WI
MN
MO
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1.     Net MW owned in operation or under construction per
 MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company December 31,
 2007 Form 10-K
Overview
 Headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa
 3,700 employees
 1.4 million electric and natural gas
 customers
 6,206 net MW owned (1)
 Generating capacity by fuel type (1)
  Coal   53%
  Natural gas  21%
  Wind   18%
  Nuclear  7%
  Other    1%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
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Recent Accomplishments
 Walter Scott, Jr. Energy Center Unit 4, a 790-MW advanced supercritical
 coal-fired facility began commercial operations June 1, 2007
  At a cost of approximately $1.2 billion dollars, Unit 4 is one of the largest
 construction projects ever undertaken in Iowa or Nebraska
  Named 2007 plant of the year by POWER Magazine
 Iowa Utilities Board approved rate-making principles for 540 MW of wind
 generation, which we expect to be in-service by the end of 2008, which will
 bring total owned wind generation resources to 1,123 MW
  Century Expansion 15 MW  Completed January 2008
  Pomeroy II  75 MW  Completed January 2008
 Louisa Generating Station turbine/generator upgrade and scrubber/baghouse
 project successfully completed in December 2007
 
 
 
 
 

 
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Walter Scott, Jr. Energy Center Unit 4
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1.   Excludes transmission and AFUDC
Project Overview
 Commercial operation - June 1, 2007
 Final completion - second quarter 2008
 14.3 million man-hours to date
 3,400 union craftsmen at peak of construction
 4.58 OSHA recordable incident rate
 Completed within IUB cost cap of $1.125 billion (1)
 Successful jointly owned effort - 14 other owners
 
 

 
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Walter Scott, Jr. Energy Center Unit 4
Environmental Controls
 
 MidAmerican Energy installed state-of-the-art controls for mercury at
 Walter Scott, Jr. Energy Center Unit 4 and was the first company in the
 country to commit to installing these controls; the mercury controls have
 been operating continuously since commercial operation, along with state-of-
 the-art controls for particulate, SO
2 and NOx
 MidAmerican Energy conducted a case-by-case maximum achievable
 control technology review for mercury in the permitting of Walter Scott, Jr.
 Energy Center Unit 4, which positions the unit well for any future regulatory
 requirements for mercury controls
 
 

 
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Key Statistics
     
 466 operating turbines
  207 GE 1.5 MW turbines with 70.5-meter-
 diameter rotors on 65 meter towers
  208 GE 1.5 MW turbines with 77-meter-
 diameter rotors on 80 meter towers
  50 Mitsubishi 1.0 MW turbines on
 69-meter towers
  1 Vestas V39 Iowa State Fair turbine
 2007 energy generated was 1,525,753 MWh
 2007 capacity factor was 37%
 2007 availability was 96%
Existing Wind Turbines
 
 

 
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Wind Benefits
 MidAmerican Energy owns and operates more wind-powered electric
 generation than any other rate-regulated utility in the nation
  Resulted from a legislative, regulatory and utility effort to achieve Iowa’s energy
 policy goals
 The wind project benefits include
  Economic additions to diverse generation portfolio
  Extension of revenue sharing and rate stability for an additional three years
  Advantages of federal production tax credit and revenues from green credits
  Increased wholesale energy sales
 Local communities are extremely positive with the renewable development
 and economic development impacts
 Renewable wind generating capacity will comprise more than 18% of our
 Iowa generating portfolio by the end of 2008
  2008 renewable energy credits sales and wind energy retained for MidAmerican
 Energy customers forecasted at 2,837,000 MWh
 
 
 
 

 
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1.     Net MW owned in operation or under construction
 per MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company
 December 31, 2007 Form 10-K
Capacity Mix Shift to Renewable Sources
 
 

 
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Strategy for the Future
 Pursue diverse generation portfolio additions
  Maximize opportunities in new wind projects
  Install cost-effective environmental upgrades
 Increase energy efficiency and conservation programs
 Customer service improvements
  Automated meter reading
  Billing system improvement
  Web redesign
  Outage response system enhancements
 Enhance financial strength of the company
 
 

 
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2008 Wind Projects
 Charles City Wind Farm - 75-MW project currently under construction to be
 completed by April 30, 2008
 Adair Wind Farm - 174.8-MW project to be completed in total by fourth
 quarter 2008
 Carroll Wind Farm - 150-MW project to be completed by fourth quarter 2008
 Pomeroy III Wind Farm - 51-MW project to be completed by fourth quarter
 2008
 Pursuing other wind projects for 2008
 
 

 
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Emissions Reduction Projects
Note: Net emission reductions include additional emissions from Walter Scott, Jr. Energy Center Unit 4
 MidAmerican Energy will complete the first phase of its emissions reduction
 projects by the end of 2009, at a cost of approximately $400 million; these
 projects will result in the following net reductions from baseline levels at the
 MidAmerican Energy operated units:
  42% reduction in emissions of NOx
  38% reduction in emissions of SO2
  32% reduction in emissions of mercury
 Emission Control Projects
  Low NOx burners/overfire air systems at all coal-fueled units
  Dry scrubbers and baghouses at Louisa Generating Station (December 2007) and
 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 (December 2009)
 
 
 

 
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Automated Meter Reading
 Electric meters replaced and remote modules installed on existing gas meters
 Forecasted investment of $77.2 million over a three-year period (through 2010)
 52% of total gas and electric expected to be completed by February 1, 2009
 (677,652 out of 1,303,177 meters)
 
 

 
2008 Fixed-Income Investor Conference
Bill Fehrman
Nuclear Energy Outlook
 
 

 
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Nuclear Power
 
 

 
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MEHC Strategy
 Focused on a portfolio approach that reduces carbon intensity and emissions
 Will continue to be a leader in renewable resources
 Energy efficiency programs and conservation will continue to be a priority
 Gas and wind will continue to be used to meet future load growth
 Base-load, noncarbon emitting resources will need to be built to meet
 targeted carbon reductions - nuclear must be considered and assessed
 
 

 
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What We Considered
 Explored the possibility of utilizing a site in Idaho for the potential
 development of a nuclear energy facility
 The site considered was located in Payette County
  Situated along the Little Willow Creek
  Approximately 15 miles east of Payette
 
 

 
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What We Found
 The site and local political climate was favorable to the project
 However, a significant amount of unknown risk was inherent within this
 project such as cost of materials and labor such that achieving an engineer,
 procure, construct contract that contained acceptable risk levels for the
 company at a reasonable and fixed price was not currently attainable
 
 

 
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Where We Go
 Next steps from here are
  Existing site/project has been abandoned
  Discussions with reactor vendors to assess their ability to deliver a fixed
 price contract at a reasonable cost and with commercial terms that limit
 the company’s risk exposure may occur in the future
  Continue to monitor the industry for developments and use this
 information as a part of future potential projects
 
 

 
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Questions
 
 

 
2008 Fixed-Income Investor Conference
Mark Hewett
President - Northern Natural Gas Company
 
 

 
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MN
WI
IA
SD
NE
KS
OK
TX
Overview
 Headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska
 960 employees
 15,700-mile interstate natural gas
 transmission pipeline
 Market area design capacity of 5.1 Bcf/day
 plus 2.0 Bcf/day field area capacity
 Five natural gas storage facilities with a
 total firm capacity of 65 Bcf, including
 4 Bcf of LNG; an additional 8 Bcf
 expansion planned in 2008
 Access to five major supply basins
 NNG has annual deliveries of
 approximately 1 Tcf
 
 

 
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Strong Market and Competitive Position
 Strategic location in high-demand upper Midwest market areas
 Provides customers with flexibility to access multiple supply basins
  Hugoton, Permian, Anadarko, Rocky Mountain and Western Canada
 Basins
 Strong barriers to entry given widely dispersed load centers in NNG’s
 upper Midwest market area
 Customer base dominated by local distribution companies
 Lowest transportation cost of natural gas to customers in the upper
 Midwest
 Strong and improving customer satisfaction levels
 
 
 
 

 
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Strategy for the Future
 Market retention
 Field area recontracting
 Capital investment
  Northern Lights
  Redfield storage expansion
  Modernize facilities
 Asset rationalization
 
 

 
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Market Retention
 
 

 
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Viking
0.1
2009 Peak Market
5.2 Bcf/day
NBPL is full
Field is necessary and
 lower cost
Demarc
Chicago
Ventura
Field Area Feeds the Market Area
 
 

 
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2007
2008
2009-10
Volumes (winter)
(Dth/day)
398,317
78,141
 
136,042
Capital
(millions)
$178.3
$43.1
$127.1
Northern Lights
 Multi-year 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
 
 

 
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Redfield
2008 Storage Expansion
 8 Bcf
 Summer 2008 in-service
 $52.0m project cost
 Market-based rates; $1.30/Dth to
 $1.50/Dth
 Market area location
 20-year contracts
 Facilities
  5 wells
  8,360 HP compression
  Gas treatment facilities
 FERC approval received
Storage Expansion
 
 

 
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Modernize Pipeline
 
 

 
 
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Asset Rationalization
Beaver
 419 miles of pipeline (2”-30”)
 Sales proceeds of $50.0m, subject to purchase price adjustments
 DCP Midstream acquiring as a jurisdictional asset
Hemphill
 85 miles of pipeline (10”-12”)
 Sales proceeds of $29.7m, subject to purchase price adjustments
 PVR Midstream acquiring as non-jurisdictional gathering line
 
 

 
 
 
 
2008 Fixed-Income Investor Conference
Micheal Dunn
President - Kern River Gas Transmission Company
 
 

 
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CA
NV
AZ
UT
WY
 Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah
 169 employees
 1,680-mile interstate natural gas
 transmission pipeline
 Delivers natural gas from Rocky
 Mountain basins to markets in Utah,
 Nevada, California and Arizona
 Greater than 2 Bcf/d peak capacity
Overview
 
 

 
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Daily Scheduled Volume
Recent Accomplishments
Scheduled throughput exceeds 129% of design
 Ranked 6 out of 43 interstate pipelines in 2008 MastioGale pipeline survey for
 customer satisfaction, and experienced zero days of primary firm service interruption
* Expansion completed in May 2003
*
 In 2007, Kern River delivered more than
 23% of California’s demand for natural
 gas
 Re-contracted Mirant turn-back capacity
 through 2016
 Successfully completed 2010 Expansion
 open season
 
 

 
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Revenue Distribution
2007
Contract Maturities
As of December 2007
Strong, High Quality Cash Flows with 85% of Contracts Maturing After 2015
Revenue Stability
 
 

 
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1.  Source: Ziff Energy Group
Competitive Position
 Access to economic Rocky
 Mountain gas supplies in three
 western states
  299 (1) TCF of proven and
 undiscovered potential reserves
 Supply diversity is provided
 through pipeline interconnects
 accessing all Rocky Mountain
 production basins
 Direct service to end-users
 avoids rate stacks of local
 distribution companies
 
 

 
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Competitive Position
 Competitive transportation rates
 New and efficient pipeline system, low fuel rates and minimal cost
 associated with new pipeline safety legislation
 Growth in the West
  California is highly dependent on gas-fired generation and is turning to
 natural gas to satisfy new electric demand
  Growing opposition to new coal-fired electric generation in California
 and Nevada
  8,400 MW of new gas-fired electric generation is proposed in California
  1,200 MW of new gas-fired electric generation is proposed in Nevada
 
 

 
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Strategy for the Future
 Complete 2004 rate case
 Expansion projects
  2010 expansion project
  Laterals
 Customer service initiatives
 Enhance financial strength of the company
 
 

 
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2004 Rate Case Update
 Rate case filed April 30, 2004
 Initial commission decision issued October 19, 2006
 Requests for rehearing filed November 20, 2006
 Compliance filing submitted December 18, 2006
 In July 2007, FERC issued a proposed policy statement allowing the use of
 MLP’s in the proxy group to determine rate of return
 A FERC technical conference on the long-term growth rate for MLP’s was
 held and comments were submitted in January and February 2008
 Final Kern River rate order possible in 2008
 
 

 
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Las Vegas
Bakersfield
Los Angeles
Salt
Lake
City
Expansion Project Overview
 Economically expand by 145 MDth/d
  Open season completed
  Signed precedent agreements with
 four shippers
 $62m capital cost
 Add incremental compression
 Increase maximum allowable
 operating pressure from 1,200 psig to
 1,333 psig
  Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
 Safety Administration approval
 expected first half 2008
  Implementation will require
 separate FERC certificate
 In-service: November 2010
 
 
 

 
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David L. Sokol
Challenges to Climate Change Legislation
An Apollo Program for Climate Change
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company
 
 

 
 
 
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Challenges to Climate Change Legislation
 MEHC supports reducing greenhouse gas emissions
 Public wants action
 Lieberman-Warner bill
 Cap-and-trade
  Rate shock
  Does not reduce emissions
 Low-carbon technologies
 Then how do we reach 60-80% reduction of CO2 emissions by 2050?
 Slow-stop-reverse
 Apollo program for climate change
  Vision
  Commitment
  Upfront funding
  Technological rewards
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
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