SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D. C. 20549

                                    Form 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                       The Securities Exchange Act of 1934




        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 9, 1998


Commission              Exact Name Of Registrant As             IRS Employer
File Number              Specified In Its Charter             Identification No.
- - -----------              ----------------------------         ------------------

  1-12459              MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company        42-1451822
                              (An Iowa Corporation)


  1-11505                 MidAmerican Energy Company              42-1425214
                              (An Iowa Corporation)



666 Grand Avenue, P. O. Box 657, Des Moines, Iowa      50303-0657
(Address of principal executive offices)               (Zip Code)





Registrant's telephone number, including area code:    515/242-4300



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Item 5.  OTHER EVENTS.

          MidAmerican  Energy Company, a public utility company and wholly owned
subsidiary of MidAmerican  Energy  Holdings  Company,  announced on June 9, 1998
that it's Louisa Energy Center,  a 700 MW coal-fired  electric  generating plant
was shut down Wednesday, May 27, when a  generator step-up  transformer  failed.
Arrangements for an interim replacement transformer have been made with expected
return  to  service  in  early July.  A copy of MidAmerican's  press  release is
attached to this report.



Item 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

                 (c)  Exhibits.

                 Press Release of MidAmerican Energy Company dated June 9, 1998.



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                                    SIGNATURE



         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
the  Registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.



                                          MIDAMERICAN ENERGY HOLDINGS COMPANY
                                          MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY



                                          /s/ Paul J. Leighton
                                          Paul J. Leighton
                                          Vice President and Corporate Secretary



June 9, 1998



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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 9, 1998


Tim Grabinski at 515-281-2343
(tdgrabinski@midamerican.com)


MidAmerican Energy Company's Louisa Energy Center, a 700 MW coal-fired  electric
generating  plant  located near  Muscatine,  Iowa,  was shut down May 27, when a
generator step-up transformer failed.

Arrangements  for an  interim  replacement  transformer  have been  made.  It is
expected  that in early July,  Louisa  will return to service  with an output of
approximately 600 MW, due to the smaller size of the replacement transformer.

An inspection of the failed transformer indicated that it could be repaired. The
company  anticipates  that the repaired  transformer will be re-installed by the
spring of 1999.  The  company is  currently  evaluating  the costs of the Louisa
outage.

MidAmerican  expects that electric  service to its  customers,  and the price of
electricity paid by Iowa customers, will not be affected. During the outage, the
company  intends  to  supply  its  customers  with  electricity  from its  other
generating resources as well as from purchases, when necessary, in the wholesale
electric market.

MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, includes
MidAmerican  Energy,  Iowa's largest energy company.  MidAmerican  Energy serves
648,000 electric customers and 619,000 natural gas customers in Iowa,  Illinois,
Nebraska and South Dakota.  MidAmerican's common stock is traded on the New York
Stock Exchange under the symbol MEC. Information is available on the Internet at
http://www.midamerican.com.