Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss, Net (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Schedule of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The following table shows the change in accumulated other comprehensive loss attributable to BHE shareholders by each component of other comprehensive income (loss), net of applicable income taxes, for the year ended December 31 (in millions):

	Unrecognized			Foreign			Unrealized			Unrealized		AOCI
	Amounts on			Currency			Gains on			Gains on		Attributable
	Retirement			Translation			Marketable			Cash Flow		To BHE
	Benefits			Adjustment			Securities			Hedges		Shareholders, Net
Balance, December 31, 2015	$	(438	)	$	(1,092	)	$	615		$	7	$	(908	)
Other comprehensive (loss) income	(9		)	(583		)	(30		)	19		(603		)
Balance, December 31, 2016	(447		)	(1,675		)	585			26		(1,511		)
Other comprehensive income	64			546			500			3		1,113
Balance, December 31, 2017	(383		)	(1,129		)	1,085			29		(398		)
Adoption of ASU 2016-01	—			—			(1,085		)	—		(1,085		)
Other comprehensive income (loss)	25			(494		)	—			7		(462		)
Balance, December 31, 2018	$	(358	)	$	(1,623	)	$	—		$	36	$	(1,945	)

MidAmerican Energy Company [Member]

Schedule of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The following table shows the change in accumulated other comprehensive loss by each component of other comprehensive income, net of applicable income taxes, for the year ended December 31, 2016 (in millions):

	Unrealized			Unrealized			Accumulated
	Losses on			Losses			Other
	Available-For-Sale			on Cash Flow			Comprehensive
	Securities			Hedges			Loss, Net
Balance, December 31, 2015	$	(3	)	$	(27	)	$	(30	)
Other comprehensive income	3			—			3
Dividend of unregulated retail services business	—			27			27
Balance, December 31, 2016	$	—		$	—		$	—