Employee Benefit Plans (LLC) (MidAmerican Funding, LLC and Subsidiaries [Domain])

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

MidAmerican Funding, LLC and Subsidiaries [Domain]

Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure [Text Block]

(11) Employee Benefit Plans

Refer to Note 11 of MidAmerican Energy's Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding MidAmerican Funding's pension, supplemental retirement and postretirement benefit plans.

Pension and postretirement costs allocated by MidAmerican Funding to its parent and other affiliates in each of the years ended December 31, were as follows (in millions):

	2012			2011			2010
Pension costs	$	5		$	5		$	7
Other postretirement costs	(2		)	(1		)	(1		)