Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Contractual Obligation [Line Items]

Contractual Obligation, Fiscal Year Maturity Schedule

The Company has the following firm commitments that are not reflected on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. Minimum payments as of December 31, 2019 are as follows (in millions):

											2025 and
	2020		2021		2022		2023		2024		Thereafter		Total
Contract type:
Fuel, capacity and transmission contract commitments	$	2,218	$	1,527	$	1,193	$	1,093	$	1,088	$	13,584	$	20,703
Construction commitments	1,682		521		27		2		8		—		2,240
Easements	62		68		70		72		70		2,259		2,601
Maintenance, service and other contracts	669		342		324		300		255		1,624		3,514
	$	4,631	$	2,458	$	1,614	$	1,467	$	1,421	$	17,467	$	29,058

PacifiCorp [Member]

Contractual Obligation [Line Items]

Contractual Obligation, Fiscal Year Maturity Schedule

PacifiCorp has the following firm commitments that are not reflected on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. Minimum payments as of December 31, 2019 are as follows (in millions):

	2020		2021		2022		2023		2024		2025 and Thereafter		Total
Contract type:
Purchased electricity contracts -
commercially operable	$	279	$	177	$	174	$	168	$	164	$	1,810	$	2,772
Purchased electricity contracts -
non-commercially operable	7		52		52		53		53		987		1,204
Fuel contracts	832		519		316		245		248		775		2,935
Construction commitments	844		6		—		—		4		—		854
Transmission	101		86		77		71		56		429		820
Easements	10		12		12		12		11		349		406
Maintenance, service and
other contracts	329		49		41		34		32		204		689
Total commitments	$	2,402	$	901	$	672	$	583	$	568	$	4,554	$	9,680

MidAmerican Energy Company [Member]

Contractual Obligation [Line Items]

Contractual Obligation, Fiscal Year Maturity Schedule

MidAmerican Energy had the following firm commitments that are not reflected on the Balance Sheet. Minimum payments as of December 31, 2019, are as follows (in millions):

											2025 and
	2020		2021		2022		2023		2024		Thereafter		Total
Contract type:
Coal and natural gas for generation	$	114	$	52	$	48	$	39	$	—	$	—	$	253
Electric capacity and transmission	28		24		14		8		7		29		110
Natural gas contracts for gas operations	102		61		47		24		8		23		265
Construction commitments	670		515		27		2		4		—		1,218
Easements	32		36		37		38		39		1,492		1,674
Maintenance, services and other	198		156		154		155		120		432		1,215
	$	1,144	$	844	$	327	$	266	$	178	$	1,976	$	4,735

Nevada Power Company [Member]

Contractual Obligation [Line Items]

Contractual Obligation, Fiscal Year Maturity Schedule

Nevada Power has the following firm commitments that are not reflected on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. Minimum payments as of December 31, 2019 are as follows (in millions):

	2020		2021		2022		2023		2024		2025 and Thereafter		Total
Contract type:
Fuel, capacity and transmission contract commitments	$	539	$	390	$	319	$	321	$	324	$	3,432	$	5,325
Fuel and capacity contract commitments (not commercially operable)	1		6		41		92		157		4,677		4,974
Construction commitments	23		—		—		—		—		—		23
Easements	4		4		5		5		3		43		64
Maintenance, service and other contracts	51		48		43		34		25		18		219
Total commitments	$	618	$	448	$	408	$	452	$	509	$	8,170	$	10,605

Sierra Pacific Power Company [Member]

Contractual Obligation [Line Items]

Contractual Obligation, Fiscal Year Maturity Schedule

Sierra Pacific has the following firm commitments that are not reflected on the Balance Sheet. Minimum payments as of December 31, 2019 are as follows (in millions):

											2025 and
	2020		2021		2022		2023		2024		Thereafter		Total
Contract type:
Fuel, capacity and transmission contract commitments	$	260	$	198	$	114	$	84	$	83	$	863	$	1,602
Fuel and capacity contract commitments (not commercially operable)	1		11		41		41		42		921		1,057
Easements	2		2		2		2		2		30		40
Maintenance, service and other contracts	11		8		7		2		1		9		38
Total commitments	$	274	$	219	$	164	$	129	$	128	$	1,823	$	2,737