Short-Term Debt and Credit Facilities Short-Term Debt and Credit Facilities (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

MidAmerican Energy Company [Member]

Short-Term Debt and Credit Facilities [Line Items]

Schedule of Line of Credit Facilities [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes MidAmerican Energy's availability under its two unsecured revolving credit facilities as of December 31 (in millions):

	2015			2014
Credit facilities	$	605		$	605
Less:
Short-term debt outstanding	—			(50		)
Variable-rate tax-exempt bond support	(195		)	(195		)
Net credit facilities	$	410		$	360