Income Taxes (MEC) (MidAmerican Energy Company [Member])

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

MidAmerican Energy Company [Member]

Income Taxes [Line Items]

Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]

(5) Income Taxes

A reconciliation of the federal statutory income tax rate to the effective income tax rate applicable to income before income tax benefit is as follows:

	Three-Month Periods
	Ended March 31,
	2013		2012
Federal statutory income tax rate	35	%	35	%
Income tax credits	(61	)	(49	)
State income tax, net of federal income tax benefit	(2	)	(5	)
Effects of ratemaking	(2	)	(2	)
Other, net	1		2
Effective income tax rate	(29	)%	(19	)%

Income tax credits primarily relate to production tax credits. MidAmerican Energy's wind-powered generating facilities are eligible for federal renewable electricity production tax credits for 10 years from the date the facilities were placed in service.

Berkshire Hathaway includes MEHC and subsidiaries in its United States federal income tax return. Consistent with established regulatory practice, MidAmerican Energy'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 MEHC. For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, MidAmerican Energy made cash payments for income taxes to MEHC totaling $160 million and $- million, respectively.