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Discontinued Operations Discontinued Operations - Unregulated Retail Services [Member]
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
MidAmerican Funding, LLC and Subsidiaries [Domain]  
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]  
Discontinued Operations, Disclosure
Discontinued Operations

Refer to Note 3 of MidAmerican Energy's Notes to Financial Statements. The transfer of MidAmerican Energy's unregulated retail services business to a subsidiary of BHE repaid $117 million of MHC's note payable to BHE.
MidAmerican Energy Company [Member]  
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]  
Discontinued Operations, Disclosure
Discontinued Operations

On January 1, 2016, MidAmerican Energy transferred the assets and liabilities of its unregulated retail services business to a subsidiary of BHE. The transfer was made at MidAmerican Energy’s carrying value of the assets, liabilities and AOCI as of December 31, 2015, and was recorded by MidAmerican Energy as a noncash dividend. Financial results of the unregulated retail services business for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, have been reclassified to discontinued operations in the Statements of Operations.

Significant line items constituting pre-tax income from discontinued operations and total cash flows from operating activities for the years ended December 31 are as follows (in millions):
 
 
2015
 
2014
 
 
 
 
 
Operating revenue
 
$
905

 
$
918

Cost of sales
 
$
854

 
$
863

 
 
 
 
 
Cash flows from operating activities
 
$
30

 
$
(22
)

Assets, liabilities and equity of the unregulated retail services business reflected in the Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2015 are as follows (in millions):
Receivables
 
$
115

Derivative assets
 
41

Deferred income taxes
 
21

Accounts payable
 
(49
)
Derivative liabilities
 
(42
)
Other assets and liabilities, net
 
4

Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net
 
27

Equity, excluding accumulated other comprehensive loss, net
 
(117
)