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Recent Financing Transactions	3 Months Ended
Recent Financing Transactions	Mar. 31, 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Recent Financing Transactions	Recent Financing Transactions Long-Term Debt In April 2020, PacifiCorp issued $400 million of its 2.70% First Mortgage Bonds due 2030 and $600 million of its 3.30% First Mortgage Bonds due 2051. PacifiCorp intends to use the net proceeds to fund capital expenditures, primarily for renewable resources and associated transmission projects, and for general corporate purposes. In March 2020, BHE issued $1.25 billion of its 4.05% Senior Notes due 2025, $1.1 billion of its 3.70% Senior Notes due 2030 and $900 million of its 4.25% Senior Notes due 2050. BHE used the net proceeds to refinance a portion of the Company's short-term indebtedness and for general corporate purposes. In January 2020, Nevada Power issued $425 million of its 2.40% General and Refunding Mortgage Notes, Series DD, due 2030 and $300 million of its 3.125% General and Refunding Mortgage Notes, Series EE, due 2050. Nevada Power used the net proceeds for the early redemption of $575 million of its 2.75% General and Refunding Mortgage Notes, Series BB, due April 2020 and for general corporate purposes. In January 2020, Pinyon Pines I and II issued $382 million of fifteen year variable-rate term loans due 2034 with a portion of the proceeds used to repay $284 million of existing variable-rate term loans due April 2020. The new term loans amortize semiannually and have variable interest rates based on LIBOR plus a margin that varies during the terms of the agreements. The Company has entered into interest rate swaps that fix the interest rate on 100% of the new term loans. The variable interest rate as of March 31, 2020 was 2.61% while the fixed interest rate as of March 31, 2020 was 3.23%.
Nevada Power Company [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Recent Financing Transactions	Recent Financing Transactions Long-Term Debt In January 2020, Nevada Power issued $425 million of 2.40% General and Refunding Mortgage Notes, Series DD, due 2030 and $300 million of its 3.125% General and Refunding Mortgage Notes, Series EE, due 2050. Nevada Power used the net proceeds for the early redemption of $575 million of its 2.75% General and Refunding Mortgage Notes, Series BB, due April 2020 and for general corporate purposes.
PacifiCorp [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Recent Financing Transactions	Recent Financing Transactions Long-Term Debt In April 2020, PacifiCorp issued $400 million of its 2.70% First Mortgage Bonds due 2030 and $600 million of its 3.30% First Mortgage Bonds due 2051. PacifiCorp intends to use the net proceeds to fund capital expenditures, primarily for renewable resources and associated transmission projects, and for general corporate purposes.