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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

[X] Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2014

[ ] Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the transition period from _________to _________



Commission	Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter;	IRS Employer
File Number	State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization	Identification No.

333-90553	MIDAMERICAN FUNDING, LLC	47-0819200
	(An Iowa Limited Liability Company)
	666 Grand Avenue, Suite 500
	Des Moines, Iowa 50309-2580

333-190862	MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY	42-1425214
	(An Iowa Corporation)
	666 Grand Avenue, Suite 500
	Des Moines, Iowa 50309-2580

(515) 242-4300
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.



MidAmerican Funding, LLC	Yes £ No S	MidAmerican Energy Company	Yes S No £

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).



MidAmerican Funding, LLC	Yes S No £	MidAmerican Energy Company	Yes S No £

Indicate by check mark whether the registrants are large accelerated filers, accelerated filers, non-accelerated filers or smaller reporting companies. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.



Large accelerated filer £	Accelerated filer £	Non-accelerated filer S	Smaller reporting company £

Indicate by check mark whether either registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes £ No S

All of the member's equity of MidAmerican Funding, LLC was held by its parent company, Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company, as of October 31, 2014.

All common stock of MidAmerican Energy Company is held by its parent company, MHC Inc., which is a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of MidAmerican Funding, LLC. As of October 31, 2014, 70,980,203 shares of MidAmerican Energy Company common stock, without par value, were outstanding.

MidAmerican Funding, LLC and MidAmerican Energy Company separately file this combined Form 10-Q. Information relating to each individual registrant is filed by such registrant on its own behalf. MidAmerican Energy Company makes no representation as to information relating to any other subsidiary of MidAmerican Funding, LLC.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I



Item 1.	Financial Statements	1
Item 2.	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	30
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	43
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	43

PART II

Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	44
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	44
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	44
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	44
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	44
Item 5.	Other Information	44
Item 6.	Exhibits	44
Signatures		45
Exhibit Index		46

Definition of Abbreviations and Industry Terms

When used in Forward-Looking Statements, Part I - Items 2 through 4, and Part II - Items 1 through 6, the following terms have the definitions indicated.



Companies
BHE		Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company
MidAmerican Funding		MidAmerican Funding, LLC
MidAmerican Energy		MidAmerican Energy Company
Berkshire Hathaway		Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and its subsidiaries

Certain Industry Terms
AFUDC		Allowance for Funds Used During Construction
DSM		Demand-side Management
Dth		Decatherms
EPA		United States Environmental Protection Agency
FERC		Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
GWh		Gigawatt Hours
IUB		Iowa Utilities Board
MW		Megawatts
MWh		Megawatt Hours

Forward-Looking Statements

This report contains statements that do not directly or exclusively relate to historical facts. These statements are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements can typically be identified by the use of forward-looking words, such as "will," "may," "could," "project," "believe," "anticipate," "expect," "estimate," "continue," "intend," "potential," "plan," "forecast" and similar terms. These statements are based upon MidAmerican Funding's and MidAmerican Energy's current intentions, assumptions, expectations and beliefs and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other important factors. Many of these factors are outside the control of MidAmerican Funding or MidAmerican Energy and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These factors include, among others:


•	general economic, political and business conditions, as well as changes in, and compliance with, laws and regulations, including reliability and safety standards, affecting MidAmerican Energy's operations or related industries;


•	changes in, and compliance with, environmental laws, regulations, decisions and policies that could, among other items, increase operating and capital costs, reduce generating facility output, accelerate generating facility retirements or delay generating facility construction or acquisition;


•	the outcome of rate cases and other proceedings conducted by regulatory commissions or other governmental and legal bodies and MidAmerican Energy's ability to recover costs in rates in a timely manner;


•	changes in economic, industry, competition or weather conditions, as well as demographic trends, new technologies and various conservation, energy efficiency and distributed generation measures and programs, that could affect customer growth and usage, electricity and natural gas supply or MidAmerican Energy's ability to obtain long-term contracts with customers and suppliers;


•	a high degree of variance between actual and forecasted load or generation that could impact MidAmerican Energy's hedging strategy;


•	performance and availability of MidAmerican Energy's generating facilities, including the impacts of outages and repairs, transmission constraints, weather, including wind, and operating conditions;


•	changes in prices, availability and demand for wholesale electricity, coal, natural gas, other fuel sources and fuel transportation that could have a significant impact on generating capacity and energy costs;


•	the financial condition and creditworthiness of MidAmerican Energy's significant customers and suppliers;


•	changes in business strategy or development plans;


•	availability, terms and deployment of capital, including reductions in demand for investment grade commercial paper, debt securities and other sources of debt financing and volatility in the London Interbank Offered Rate, the base interest rate for MidAmerican Energy's credit facilities;


•	changes in MidAmerican Energy's credit ratings;


•	risks relating to nuclear generation;


•	the impact of certain contracts used to mitigate or manage volume, price and interest rate risk, including increased collateral requirements, and changes in commodity prices, interest rates and other conditions that affect the fair value of certain contracts;


•	the impact of inflation on costs and MidAmerican Energy's ability to recover such costs in regulated rates;


•	increases in employee healthcare costs, including the implementation of the Affordable Care Act;


•	the impact of investment performance and changes in interest rates, legislation, healthcare cost trends, mortality and morbidity on pension and other postretirement benefits expense and funding requirements;


•	unanticipated construction delays, changes in costs, receipt of required permits and authorizations, ability to fund capital projects and other factors that could affect future generating facilities and infrastructure additions;


•	the impact of new accounting guidance or changes in current accounting estimates and assumptions on MidAmerican Funding's or MidAmerican Energy's consolidated financial results;


•	the effects of catastrophic and other unforeseen events, which may be caused by factors beyond MidAmerican Energy's control or by a breakdown or failure of its operating assets, including storms, floods, fires, explosions, litigation, wars, terrorism and embargoes; and


•	other business or investment considerations that may be disclosed from time to time in MidAmerican Funding's or MidAmerican Energy's filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or in other publicly disseminated written documents.

Further details of the potential risks and uncertainties affecting MidAmerican Funding or MidAmerican Energy are described in their filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, including Part II, Item 1A and other discussions contained in this Form 10-Q. MidAmerican Funding and MidAmerican Energy undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. The foregoing factors should not be construed as exclusive.

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PART I



Item 1.	Financial Statements

MidAmerican Energy Company



Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	2
Balance Sheets	3
Statements of Operations	4
Statements of Comprehensive Income	5
Statements of Changes in Equity	6
Statements of Cash Flows	7
Notes to Financial Statements	8

MidAmerican Funding, LLC and Subsidiaries

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	20
Consolidated Balance Sheets	21
Consolidated Statements of Operations	22
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income	23
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity	24
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	25
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	26

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors and Shareholder of

MidAmerican Energy Company

Des Moines, Iowa

We have reviewed the accompanying balance sheet of MidAmerican Energy Company (the "Company") as of September 30, 2014, and the related statements of operations and comprehensive income for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, and of changes in equity and cash flows for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013. These interim financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management.

We conducted our reviews in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). A review of interim financial information consists principally of applying analytical procedures and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.

Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to such interim financial statements for them to be in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

We have previously audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the balance sheet and statement of capitalization (not presented herein) of MidAmerican Energy Company as of December 31, 2013, and the related statements of operations, comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for the year then ended (not presented herein); and in our report dated March 3, 2014, we expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements. In our opinion, the information set forth in the accompanying balance sheet as of December 31, 2013 is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the balance sheet from which it has been derived.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Des Moines, Iowa

November 7, 2014

MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY

BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited)

(Amounts in millions)



	As of
	September 30, 2014			December 31, 2013
ASSETS
Utility plant, net:
Electric	$	12,465		$	11,936
Gas	1,403			1,365
Gross utility plant in service	13,868			13,301
Accumulated depreciation and amortization	(4,885		)	(4,710		)
Utility plant in service, net	8,983			8,591
Construction work in progress	1,150			737
Total utility plant, net	10,133			9,328
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	396			194
Receivables, net	397			454
Income taxes receivable	—			50
Inventories	195			229
Other	63			64
Total current assets	1,051			991
Other assets:
Regulatory assets	881			748
Investments and nonregulated property, net	616			598
Other	214			204
Total other assets	1,711			1,550
Total assets	$	12,895		$	11,869
CAPITALIZATION AND LIABILITIES
Capitalization:
MidAmerican Energy common shareholder's equity	$	4,220		$	3,845
Long-term debt, excluding current portion	4,054			3,202
Total capitalization	8,274			7,047
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt	—			350
Accounts payable	412			368
Taxes accrued	140			118
Interest accrued	36			37
Other	108			97
Total current liabilities	696			970
Other liabilities:
Deferred income taxes	2,349			2,294
Asset retirement obligations	449			430
Regulatory liabilities	874			875
Other	253			253
Total other liabilities	3,925			3,852
Total capitalization and liabilities	$	12,895		$	11,869

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited)

(Amounts in millions)



	Three-Month Periods						Nine-Month Periods
	Ended September 30,						Ended September 30,
	2014			2013			2014			2013
Operating revenue:
Regulated electric	$	539		$	512		$	1,415		$	1,338
Regulated gas	99			98			746			555
Nonregulated	224			216			695			610
Total operating revenue	862			826			2,856			2,503

Operating costs and expenses:
Regulated:
Cost of fuel, energy and capacity	139			145			405			382
Cost of gas sold	54			55			546			367
Other operating expenses	119			103			351			320
Maintenance	50			57			171			172
Depreciation and amortization	88			97			258			308
Property and other taxes	31			29			92			89
Total regulated operating costs and expenses	481			486			1,823			1,638
Nonregulated:
Cost of sales	213			203			648			567
Other	8			7			21			19
Total nonregulated operating costs and expenses	221			210			669			586
Total operating costs and expenses	702			696			2,492			2,224

Operating income	160			130			364			279

Non-operating income:
Interest income	—			—			1			1
Allowance for equity funds	11			4			30			12
Other, net	2			3			7			10
Total non-operating income	13			7			38			23

Fixed charges:
Interest on long-term debt	44			36			129			106
Other interest expense	—			—			1			1
Allowance for borrowed funds	(4		)	(1		)	(12		)	(4		)
Total fixed charges	40			35			118			103

Income before income tax benefit	133			102			284			199
Income tax benefit	(37		)	(43		)	(75		)	(73		)

Net income	170			145			359			272
Preferred dividends	—			—			—			1

Earnings on common stock	$	170		$	145		$	359		$	271

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY

STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (Unaudited)

(Amounts in millions)



	Three-Month Periods						Nine-Month Periods
	Ended September 30,						Ended September 30,
	2014			2013			2014		2013

Net income	$	170		$	145		$	359	$	272

Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax:
Unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities, net of tax of $-, $-, $1 and $1	—			1			1		1
Unrealized (losses) gains on cash flow hedges, net of tax of $(6), $-, $10 and $3	(8		)	(1		)	15		3
Total other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax	(8		)	—			16		4

Comprehensive income	$	162		$	145		$	375	$	276

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY (Unaudited)

(Amounts in millions)



	Common Stock			Retained Earnings			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net			Preferred Securities			Total Equity

Balance, December 31, 2012	$	562		$	3,070		$	(24	)	$	27		$	3,635
Net income	—			272			—			—			272
Other comprehensive income	—			—			4			—			4
Redemption of preferred securities	(1		)	—			—			(27		)	(28		)
Common dividends	—			(125		)	—			—			(125		)
Balance, September 30, 2013	$	561		$	3,217		$	(20	)	$	—		$	3,758

Balance, December 31, 2013	$	561		$	3,295		$	(11	)	$	—		$	3,845
Net income	—			359			—			—			359
Other comprehensive income	—			—			16			—			16
Balance, September 30, 2014	$	561		$	3,654		$	5		$	—		$	4,220

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited)

(Amounts in millions)



	Nine-Month Periods
	Ended September 30,
	2014			2013
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$	359		$	272
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows from operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	258			308
Deferred income taxes and amortization of investment tax credits	(14		)	42
Changes in other assets and liabilities	35			42
Other, net	(38		)	(3		)
Changes in other operating assets and liabilities:
Receivables, net	31			30
Inventories	34			(6		)
Derivative collateral, net	(33		)	6
Pension and other postretirement benefit plans	(2		)	6
Accounts payable	(30		)	(7		)
Taxes accrued	72			(117		)
Other current assets and liabilities	11			16
Net cash flows from operating activities	683			589

Cash flows from investing activities:
Utility construction expenditures	(967		)	(598		)
Purchases of available-for-sale securities	(69		)	(80		)
Proceeds from sales of available-for-sale securities	64			70
Other, net	8			20
Net cash flows from investing activities	(964		)	(588		)

Cash flows from financing activities:
Dividends	—			(125		)
Proceeds from long-term debt	847			947
Repayments of long-term debt	(356		)	—
Redemption of preferred securities	—			(28		)
Other, net	(8		)	(7		)
Net cash flows from financing activities	483			787

Net change in cash and cash equivalents	202			788
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	194			354
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	396		$	1,142

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)


(1)	General

MidAmerican Energy Company ("MidAmerican Energy") is a public utility with electric and natural gas operations and is the principal subsidiary of MHC Inc. ("MHC"). MHC is a holding company that conducts no business other than the ownership of its subsidiaries and related corporate services. MHC's nonregulated subsidiaries include Midwest Capital Group, Inc. and MEC Construction Services Co. MHC is the direct, wholly owned subsidiary of MidAmerican Funding, LLC ("MidAmerican Funding"), which is an Iowa limited liability company with Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company ("BHE") as its sole member. BHE is a consolidated subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. ("Berkshire Hathaway").

The unaudited Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") for interim financial information and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and regulations for Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the disclosures required by GAAP for annual financial statements. Management believes the unaudited Financial Statements contain all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for the fair presentation of the unaudited Financial Statements as of September 30, 2014, and for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013. The results of operations for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014, are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.

The preparation of the unaudited Financial Statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the unaudited Financial Statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the period. Actual results may differ from the estimates used in preparing the unaudited Financial Statements. Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements included in MidAmerican Energy's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, describes the most significant accounting policies used in the preparation of the unaudited Financial Statements. There have been no significant changes in MidAmerican Energy's assumptions regarding significant accounting estimates and policies during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014.

Utility Plant Depreciation Rates

Effective January 1, 2014, MidAmerican Energy revised depreciation rates for certain electric generating facilities based on the results of its 2013 Iowa electric retail rate case. The new depreciation rates reflect longer estimated useful lives for certain generating facilities. The effect of this change was to reduce depreciation and amortization expense by $50 million annually, or $13 million and $38 million for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014, respectively, based on depreciable plant balances at the time of the change. In August 2013, MidAmerican Energy revised its depreciation rates for certain electric generating facilities based on the results of a new depreciation study. The new rates reflect longer estimated useful lives for wind-powered generating facilities placed in service in 2011 and 2012 and a lower accrual rate for the cost of removal regulatory liability related to coal-fueled generating facilities. The effect of this change was to reduce depreciation and amortization expense by $49 million annually, or $13 million and $37 million for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014, respectively, based on depreciable plant balances at the time of the change.


(2)	New Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2014-09, which creates FASB Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") Topic 606, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers" and supersedes ASC Topic 605, "Revenue Recognition." The guidance replaces industry-specific guidance and establishes a single five-step model to identify and recognize revenue. The core principle of the guidance is that an entity should recognize revenue upon transfer of control of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which an entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. Additionally, the guidance requires the entity to disclose further quantitative and qualitative information regarding the nature and amount of revenues arising from contracts with customers, as well as other information about the significant judgments and estimates used in recognizing revenues from contracts with customers. This guidance is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016. Early application is not permitted. This guidance may be adopted retrospectively or under a modified retrospective method where the cumulative effect is recognized at the date of initial application. MidAmerican Energy is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this guidance on its Financial Statements and disclosures included within Notes to Financial Statements.

In February 2013, the FASB issued ASU No. 2013-04, which amends FASB ASC Topic 405, "Liabilities." The amendments in this guidance require an entity to measure obligations resulting from joint and several liability arrangements for which the total amount of the obligation is fixed at the reporting date as the amount the reporting entity agreed to pay plus any additional amounts the reporting entity expects to pay on behalf of its co-obligor. Additionally, the guidance requires the entity to disclose the nature and amount of the obligation, as well as other information about those obligations. MidAmerican Energy adopted this guidance on January 1, 2014. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on MidAmerican Energy's disclosures included within Notes to Financial Statements.


(3)	Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net

The following table shows the change in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net ("AOCI") by each component of other comprehensive income, net of applicable income taxes (in millions):



	Unrealized			Unrealized			Accumulated
	Losses on			(Losses) Gains			Other
	Available-For-Sale			on Cash Flow			Comprehensive
	Securities			Hedges			Income (Loss), Net

Balance, December 31, 2012	$	(5	)	$	(19	)	$	(24	)
Other comprehensive income	1			3			4
Balance, September 30, 2013	$	(4	)	$	(16	)	$	(20	)

Balance, December 31, 2013	$	(4	)	$	(7	)	$	(11	)
Other comprehensive income	1			15			16
Balance, September 30, 2014	$	(3	)	$	8		$	5

For information regarding cash flow hedge reclassifications from AOCI to net income in their entirety, refer to Note 7.


(4)	Recent Financing Transactions

In April 2014, MidAmerican Energy issued $150 million of its 2.40% First Mortgage Bonds due March 2019, $300 million of its 3.50% First Mortgage Bonds due October 2024 and $400 million of its 4.40% First Mortgage Bonds due October 2044. The net proceeds were used for the optional redemption in May 2014 of $350 million of MidAmerican Energy's 4.65% Senior Notes due October 2014 and for general corporate purposes.


(5)	Income Taxes

A reconciliation of the federal statutory income tax rate to MidAmerican Energy's effective income tax rate applicable to income before income tax benefit is as follows:



	Three-Month Periods				Nine-Month Periods
	Ended September 30,				Ended September 30,
	2014		2013		2014		2013

Federal statutory income tax rate	35	%	35	%	35	%	35	%
Income tax credits	(56	)	(71	)	(56	)	(66	)
State income tax, net of federal income tax benefit	(3	)	(2	)	—		(2	)
Effects of ratemaking	(4	)	(5	)	(5	)	(5	)
Other, net	—		1		—		1
Effective income tax rate	(28	)%	(42	)%	(26	)%	(37	)%

Income tax credits relate primarily to production tax credits earned by MidAmerican Energy's wind-powered generating facilities. Federal renewable electricity production tax credits are earned as energy from qualifying wind-powered generating facilities is produced and sold and are based on a per-kilowatt hour rate pursuant to the applicable federal income tax law. Wind-powered generating facilities are eligible for the credits for 10 years from the date the qualifying generating facilities are placed in service.

Berkshire Hathaway includes BHE and subsidiaries in its United States federal income tax return. Consistent with established regulatory practice, MidAmerican Energy's provision for income taxes has been computed on a stand-alone basis, and substantially all of its currently payable or receivable income taxes are remitted to or received from BHE. MidAmerican Energy received net cash receipts for income taxes from BHE totaling $150 million and $17 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively.


(6)	Employee Benefit Plans

MidAmerican Energy sponsors a noncontributory defined benefit pension plan covering a majority of all employees of BHE and its domestic energy subsidiaries other than PacifiCorp and NV Energy, Inc. MidAmerican Energy also sponsors certain postretirement healthcare and life insurance benefits covering substantially all retired employees of BHE and its domestic energy subsidiaries other than PacifiCorp and NV Energy, Inc. Net periodic benefit cost for the plans of MidAmerican Energy and the aforementioned affiliates included the following components (in millions):



	Three-Month Periods						Nine-Month Periods
	Ended September 30,						Ended September 30,
	2014			2013			2014			2013
Pension:
Service cost	$	4		$	4		$	11		$	13
Interest cost	8			9			26			25
Expected return on plan assets	(11		)	(12		)	(34		)	(34		)
Net amortization	—			3			1			8
Net periodic benefit cost	$	1		$	4		$	4		$	12

Other postretirement:
Service cost	$	2		$	2		$	5		$	4
Interest cost	2			2			7			6
Expected return on plan assets	(4		)	(3		)	(11		)	(10		)
Net amortization	(1		)	(1		)	(3		)	(2		)
Net periodic benefit cost (benefit)	$	(1	)	$	—		$	(2	)	$	(2	)

Employer contributions to the pension and other postretirement benefit plans are expected to be $8 million and $1 million, respectively, during 2014. As of September 30, 2014, $5 million and $- million of contributions had been made to the pension and other postretirement benefit plans, respectively.


(7)	Risk Management and Hedging Activities

MidAmerican Energy is exposed to the impact of market fluctuations in commodity prices and interest rates. MidAmerican Energy is principally exposed to electricity, natural gas, coal and fuel oil commodity price risk as it has an obligation to serve retail customer load in its regulated service territory. MidAmerican Energy also provides nonregulated retail electricity and natural gas services in competitive markets. MidAmerican Energy's load and generating facilities represent substantial underlying commodity positions. Exposures to commodity prices consist mainly of variations in the price of fuel required to generate electricity, wholesale electricity that is purchased and sold, and natural gas supply for retail customers. Commodity prices are subject to wide price swings as supply and demand are impacted by, among many other unpredictable items, weather; market liquidity; generating facility availability; customer usage; storage; and transmission and transportation constraints. Interest rate risk exists on variable-rate debt and future debt issuances. MidAmerican Energy does not engage in a material amount of proprietary trading activities.

MidAmerican Energy has established a risk management process that is designed to identify, assess, monitor, report, manage and mitigate each of the various types of risk involved in its business. To mitigate a portion of its commodity price risk, MidAmerican Energy uses commodity derivative contracts, which may include forwards, futures, options, swaps and other agreements, to effectively secure future supply or sell future production generally at fixed prices. MidAmerican Energy manages its interest rate risk by limiting its exposure to variable interest rates primarily through the issuance of fixed-rate long-term debt and by monitoring market changes in interest rates. Additionally, MidAmerican Energy may from time to time enter into interest rate derivative contracts, such as interest rate swaps or locks, to mitigate its exposure to interest rate risk. MidAmerican Energy does not hedge all of its commodity price and interest rate risks, thereby exposing the unhedged portion to changes in market prices.

There have been no significant changes in MidAmerican Energy's accounting policies related to derivatives. Refer to Note 8 for additional information on derivative contracts.

The following table, which reflects master netting arrangements and excludes contracts that have been designated as normal under the normal purchases or normal sales exception afforded by GAAP, summarizes the fair value of MidAmerican Energy's derivative contracts, on a gross basis, and reconciles those amounts to the amounts presented on a net basis on the Balance Sheets (in millions):



	Current Assets - Other			Other Assets - Other		Current Liabilities - Other			Other Liabilities - Other			Total
As of September 30, 2014:
Not designated as hedging contracts⁽¹⁾:
Commodity assets	$	3		$	1	$	25		$	—		$	29
Commodity liabilities	(2		)	—		(75		)	(2		)	(79		)
Total	1			1		(50		)	(2		)	(50		)

Designated as hedging contracts:
Commodity assets	14			—		6			5			25
Commodity liabilities	(5		)	—		(1		)	(9		)	(15		)
Total	9			—		5			(4		)	10

Total derivatives	10			1		(45		)	(6		)	(40		)
Cash collateral receivable	—			—		36			2			38
Total derivatives - net basis	$	10		$	1	$	(9	)	$	(4	)	$	(2	)



	Current Assets - Other			Other Assets - Other			Current Liabilities - Other			Other Liabilities - Other			Total
As of December 31, 2013:
Not designated as hedging contracts⁽¹⁾:
Commodity assets	$	3		$	3		$	16		$	1		$	23
Commodity liabilities	(1		)	(1		)	(32		)	(6		)	(40		)
Total	2			2			(16		)	(5		)	(17		)

Designated as hedging contracts:
Commodity assets	1			—			1			—			2
Commodity liabilities	(1		)	—			(5		)	(6		)	(12		)
Total	—			—			(4		)	(6		)	(10		)

Total derivatives	2			2			(20		)	(11		)	(27		)
Cash collateral receivable	(2		)	—			1			1			—
Total derivatives - net basis	$	—		$	2		$	(19	)	$	(10	)	$	(27	)


(1)	MidAmerican Energy's commodity derivatives not designated as hedging contracts are generally included in regulated rates, and as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, a net regulatory asset of $51 million and $10 million, respectively, was recorded related to the net derivative liability of $50 million and $17 million, respectively.

Not Designated as Hedging Contracts

The following table reconciles the beginning and ending balances of MidAmerican Energy's net regulatory assets and summarizes the pre-tax gains and losses on commodity derivative contracts recognized in net regulatory assets, as well as amounts reclassified to earnings (in millions):



	Three-Month Periods						Nine-Month Periods
	Ended September 30,						Ended September 30,
	2014			2013			2014			2013

Beginning balance	$	48		$	23		$	10		$	45
Changes in fair value recognized in net regulatory assets	2			4			64			4
Net gains (losses) reclassified to operating revenue	3			(1		)	(21		)	2
Net losses reclassified to cost of gas sold	(2		)	(6		)	(2		)	(31		)
Ending balance	$	51		$	20		$	51		$	20

The following table summarizes the pre-tax gains (losses) included on the Statements of Operations associated with MidAmerican Energy's commodity derivative contracts not designated as hedging contracts and not recorded as a net regulatory asset or liability (in millions):



	Three-Month Periods					Nine-Month Periods
	Ended September 30,					Ended September 30,
	2014			2013		2014			2013

Nonregulated operating revenue	$	2		$	—	$	(6	)	$	1
Nonregulated cost of sales	(3		)	—		18			—
Total	$	(1	)	$	—	$	12		$	1

Designated as Hedging Contracts

MidAmerican Energy uses commodity derivative contracts accounted for as cash flow hedges to hedge electricity and natural gas commodity prices for delivery to nonregulated customers. The following table reconciles the beginning and ending balances of MidAmerican Energy's accumulated other comprehensive (income) loss (pre-tax) and summarizes pre-tax gains and losses on commodity derivative contracts designated and qualifying as cash flow hedges recognized in other comprehensive income ("OCI"), as well as amounts reclassified to earnings (in millions):



	Three-Month Periods						Nine-Month Periods
	Ended September 30,						Ended September 30,
	2014			2013			2014			2013

Beginning balance	$	(28	)	$	26		$	11		$	32
Changes in fair value recognized in OCI	19			1			(60		)	1
Net (losses) gains reclassified to nonregulated cost of sales	(5		)	(1		)	35			(7		)
Ending balance	$	(14	)	$	26		$	(14	)	$	26

Realized gains and losses on hedges and hedge ineffectiveness are recognized in income as nonregulated operating revenue or nonregulated cost of sales depending upon the nature of the item being hedged. For the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, hedge ineffectiveness was insignificant. As of September 30, 2014, MidAmerican Energy had cash flow hedges with expiration dates extending through December 2018, and $14 million of pre-tax net unrealized gains are forecasted to be reclassified from AOCI into earnings over the next twelve months as contracts settle.

Derivative Contract Volumes

The following table summarizes the net notional amounts of outstanding commodity derivative contracts with fixed price terms that comprise the mark-to-market values as of (in millions):



	Unit of	September 30,	December 31,
	Measure	2014	2013

Electricity purchases	Megawatt hours	11	5
Natural gas purchases	Decatherms	19	21

Credit Risk

MidAmerican Energy extends unsecured credit to other utilities, energy marketing companies, financial institutions and other market participants in conjunction with its wholesale energy supply and marketing activities. Credit risk relates to the risk of loss that might occur as a result of nonperformance by counterparties on their contractual obligations to make or take delivery of electricity, natural gas or other commodities and to make financial settlements of these obligations. Credit risk may be concentrated to the extent that one or more groups of counterparties have similar economic, industry or other characteristics that would cause their ability to meet contractual obligations to be similarly affected by changes in market or other conditions. In addition, credit risk includes not only the risk that a counterparty may default due to circumstances relating directly to it, but also the risk that a counterparty may default due to circumstances involving other market participants that have a direct or indirect relationship with the counterparty.

MidAmerican Energy analyzes the financial condition of each significant wholesale counterparty before entering into any transactions, establishes limits on the amount of unsecured credit to be extended to each counterparty and evaluates the appropriateness of unsecured credit limits on an ongoing basis. To mitigate exposure to the financial risks of wholesale counterparties, MidAmerican Energy enters into netting and collateral arrangements that may include margining and cross-product netting agreements and obtains third-party guarantees, letters of credit and cash deposits. Counterparties may be assessed fees for delayed payments. If required, MidAmerican Energy exercises rights under these arrangements, including calling on the counterparty's credit support arrangement.

MidAmerican Energy also has potential indirect credit exposure to other market participants in the regional transmission organization ("RTO") markets where it actively participates, including the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. and the PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.

Collateral and Contingent Features

In accordance with industry practice, certain wholesale derivative contracts contain credit support provisions that in part base MidAmerican Energy's collateral requirements on its credit ratings for senior unsecured debt as reported by one or more of the three recognized credit rating agencies. These derivative contracts may either specifically provide bilateral rights to demand cash or other security if credit exposures on a net basis exceed specified rating-dependent threshold levels ("credit-risk-related contingent features") or provide the right for counterparties to demand "adequate assurance," or in some cases terminate the contract, in the event of a material adverse change in MidAmerican Energy's creditworthiness. These rights can vary by contract and by counterparty. As of September 30, 2014, MidAmerican Energy's credit ratings from the three recognized credit rating agencies were investment grade.

The aggregate fair value of MidAmerican Energy's derivative contracts in liability positions with specific credit-risk-related contingent features totaled $33 million and $35 million as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively, for which MidAmerican Energy had posted collateral of $- million. If all credit-risk-related contingent features for derivative contracts in liability positions had been triggered as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, MidAmerican Energy would have been required to post $15 million and $24 million, respectively, of additional collateral. MidAmerican Energy's collateral requirements could fluctuate considerably due to market price volatility, changes in credit ratings, changes in legislation or regulation, or other factors.


(8)	Fair Value Measurements

The carrying value of MidAmerican Energy's cash, certain cash equivalents, receivables, payables, accrued liabilities and short-term borrowings approximates fair value because of the short-term maturity of these instruments. MidAmerican Energy has various financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on the Financial Statements using inputs from the three levels of the fair value hierarchy. A financial asset or liability classification within the hierarchy is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The three levels are as follows:


•	Level 1 — Inputs are unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that MidAmerican Energy has the ability to access at the measurement date.

•

Level 2 — Inputs include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability and inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means (market corroborated inputs).


•	Level 3 — Unobservable inputs reflect MidAmerican Energy's judgments about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability since limited market data exists. MidAmerican Energy develops these inputs based on the best information available, including its own data.

The following table presents MidAmerican Energy's assets and liabilities recognized on the Balance Sheets and measured at fair value on a recurring basis (in millions):



	Input Levels for Fair Value Measurements
	Level 1			Level 2			Level 3			Other⁽¹⁾			Total
As of September 30, 2014:
Assets:
Commodity derivatives	$	—		$	40		$	14		$	(43	)	$	11
Money market mutual funds⁽²⁾	347			—			—			—			347
Debt securities:
United States government obligations	136			—			—			—			136
International government obligations	—			1			—			—			1
Corporate obligations	—			37			—			—			37
Municipal obligations	—			2			—			—			2
Agency, asset and mortgage-backed obligations	—			2			—			—			2
Auction rate securities	—			—			25			—			25
Equity securities:
United States companies	226			—			—			—			226
International companies	5			—			—			—			5
	$	714		$	82		$	39		$	(43	)	$	792

Liabilities - commodity derivatives	$	(2	)	$	(72	)	$	(20	)	$	81		$	(13	)



As of December 31, 2013:
Assets:
Commodity derivatives	$	3		$	16		$	6		$	(23	)	$	2
Money market mutual funds⁽²⁾	95			—			—			—			95
Debt securities:
United States government obligations	134			—			—			—			134
International government obligations	—			1			—			—			1
Corporate obligations	—			36			—			—			36
Municipal obligations	—			2			—			—			2
Agency, asset and mortgage-backed obligations	—			2			—			—			2
Auction rate securities	—			—			23			—			23
Equity securities:
United States companies	214			—			—			—			214
International companies	4			—			—			—			4
	$	450		$	57		$	29		$	(23	)	$	513

Liabilities - commodity derivatives	$	(1	)	$	(42	)	$	(9	)	$	23		$	(29	)


(1)	Represents netting under master netting arrangements and a net cash collateral receivable of $38 million and $- million as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively.


(2)	Amounts are included in cash and cash equivalents and investments and nonregulated property, net on the Balance Sheets. The fair value of these money market mutual funds approximates cost.

Derivative contracts are recorded on the Balance Sheets as either assets or liabilities and are stated at estimated fair value unless they are designated as normal purchases or normal sales and qualify for the exception afforded by GAAP. When available, the fair value of derivative contracts is estimated using unadjusted quoted prices for identical contracts in the market in which MidAmerican Energy transacts. When quoted prices for identical contracts are not available, MidAmerican Energy uses forward price curves. Forward price curves represent MidAmerican Energy's estimates of the prices at which a buyer or seller could contract today for delivery or settlement at future dates. MidAmerican Energy bases its forward price curves upon market price quotations, when available, or internally developed and commercial models, with internal and external fundamental data inputs. Market price quotations are obtained from independent energy brokers, exchanges, direct communication with market participants and actual transactions executed by MidAmerican Energy. Market price quotations are generally readily obtainable for the applicable term of MidAmerican Energy's outstanding derivative contracts; therefore, MidAmerican Energy's forward price curves reflect observable market quotes. Market price quotations for certain electricity and natural gas trading hubs are not as readily obtainable due to the length of the contract. Given that limited market data exists for these contracts, as well as for those contracts that are not actively traded, MidAmerican Energy uses forward price curves derived from internal models based on perceived pricing relationships to major trading hubs that are based on unobservable inputs. The estimated fair value of these derivative contracts is a function of underlying forward commodity prices, interest rates, related volatility, counterparty creditworthiness and duration of contracts. Refer to Note 7 for further discussion regarding MidAmerican Energy's risk management and hedging activities.

MidAmerican Energy's investments in money market mutual funds and debt and equity securities are accounted for as available-for-sale securities and are stated at fair value. When available, a readily observable quoted market price or net asset value of an identical security in an active market is used to record the fair value. In the absence of a quoted market price or net asset value of an identical security, the fair value is determined using pricing models or net asset values based on observable market inputs and quoted market prices of securities with similar characteristics. The fair value of MidAmerican Energy's investments in auction rate securities, where there is no current liquid market, is determined using pricing models based on available observable market data and MidAmerican Energy's judgment about the assumptions, including liquidity and nonperformance risks, which market participants would use when pricing the asset.

The following table reconciles the beginning and ending balances of MidAmerican Energy's assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant Level 3 inputs (in millions):



	Three-Month Periods					Nine-Month Periods
	Ended September 30,					Ended September 30,
	Commodity Derivatives			Auction Rate Securities		Commodity Derivatives			Auction Rate Securities
2014:
Beginning balance	$	(2	)	$	25	$	(3	)	$	23
Changes included in earnings⁽¹⁾	3			—		(1		)	—
Changes in fair value recognized in OCI	—			—		4			2
Changes in fair value recognized in net regulatory assets	—			—		(1		)	—
Settlements	(7		)	—		(5		)	—
Ending balance	$	(6	)	$	25	$	(6	)	$	25

2013:
Beginning balance	$	(2	)	$	22	$	—		$	21
Changes included in earnings⁽¹⁾	1			—		6			—
Changes in fair value recognized in OCI	—			1		(5		)	2
Changes in fair value recognized in net regulatory assets	(1		)	—		1			—
Settlements	—			—		(4		)	—
Ending balance	$	(2	)	$	23	$	(2	)	$	23

(1)

Changes included in earnings are reported as nonregulated operating revenue on the Statements of Operations. For commodity derivatives held as of September 30, 2014 and 2013, net unrealized gains included in earnings for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, totaled $1 million and $1 million, respectively, and for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, totaled $2 million and $- million, respectively.

MidAmerican Energy's long-term debt is carried at cost on the Financial Statements. The fair value of MidAmerican Energy's long-term debt is a Level 2 fair value measurement and has been estimated based upon quoted market prices, where available, or at the present value of future cash flows discounted at rates consistent with comparable maturities with similar credit risks. The carrying value of MidAmerican Energy's variable-rate long-term debt approximates fair value because of the frequent repricing of these instruments at market rates. The following table presents the carrying value and estimated fair value of MidAmerican Energy's long-term debt (in millions):



	As of September 30, 2014				As of December 31, 2013
	Carrying Value		Fair Value		Carrying Value		Fair Value

Long-term debt	$	4,054	$	4,487	$	3,552	$	3,849


(9)	Commitments and Contingencies

Legal Matters

MidAmerican Energy is party to a variety of legal actions arising out of the normal course of business. Plaintiffs occasionally seek punitive or exemplary damages. MidAmerican Energy does not believe that such normal and routine litigation will have a material impact on its financial results.

Environmental Laws and Regulations


(10)	Segment Information

MidAmerican Energy has identified three reportable segments: regulated electric, regulated gas and nonregulated energy. The regulated electric segment derives most of its revenue from regulated retail sales of electricity to residential, commercial, and industrial customers and from wholesale sales. The regulated gas segment derives most of its revenue from regulated retail sales of natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers and also obtains revenue by transporting gas owned by others through its distribution system. Pricing for regulated electric and regulated gas sales are established separately by regulatory agencies; therefore, management also reviews each segment separately to make decisions regarding allocation of resources and in evaluating performance. The nonregulated energy segment derives most of its revenue from nonregulated retail electric and gas activities. Common operating costs, interest income, interest expense and income tax expense are allocated to each segment based on certain factors, which primarily relate to the nature of the cost.

The following tables provide information on a reportable segment basis (in millions):



	Three-Month Periods						Nine-Month Periods
	Ended September 30,						Ended September 30,
	2014			2013			2014		2013
Operating revenue:
Regulated electric	$	539		$	512		$	1,415	$	1,338
Regulated gas	99			98			746		555
Nonregulated energy	224			216			695		610
Total operating revenue	$	862		$	826		$	2,856	$	2,503

Depreciation and amortization:
Regulated electric	$	78		$	88		$	229	$	281
Regulated gas	10			9			29		27
Total depreciation and amortization	$	88		$	97		$	258	$	308

Operating income:
Regulated electric	$	163		$	130		$	294	$	211
Regulated gas	(6		)	(6		)	49		43
Nonregulated energy	3			6			21		25
Total operating income	$	160		$	130		$	364	$	279



	As of
	September 30, 2014		December 31, 2013
Total assets:
Regulated electric	$	11,570	$	10,532
Regulated gas	1,167		1,206
Nonregulated energy	158		131
Total assets	$	12,895	$	11,869

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Managers and Member of

MidAmerican Funding, LLC

Des Moines, Iowa

We have reviewed the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of MidAmerican Funding, LLC and subsidiaries (the "Company") as of September 30, 2014, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, and of changes in equity and cash flows for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013. These interim financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management.

Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to such consolidated interim financial statements for them to be in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

We have previously audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheet and consolidated statement of capitalization (not presented herein) of MidAmerican Funding, LLC and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2013, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for the year then ended (not presented herein); and in our report dated March 3, 2014, we expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements. In our opinion, the information set forth in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2013 is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the consolidated balance sheet from which it has been derived.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Des Moines, Iowa

November 7, 2014

MIDAMERICAN FUNDING, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited)

(Amounts in millions)



	As of
	September 30, 2014			December 31, 2013
ASSETS
Utility plant, net:
Electric	$	12,465		$	11,936
Gas	1,403			1,365
Gross utility plant in service	13,868			13,301
Accumulated depreciation and amortization	(4,885		)	(4,710		)
Utility plant in service, net	8,983			8,591
Construction work in progress	1,150			737
Total utility plant, net	10,133			9,328
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	397			194
Receivables, net	400			459
Income taxes receivable	—			46
Inventories	195			229
Other	63			65
Total current assets	1,055			993
Other assets:
Goodwill	1,270			1,270
Regulatory assets	881			748
Investments and nonregulated property, net	634			625
Other	214			203
Total other assets	2,999			2,846
Total assets	$	14,187		$	13,167
CAPITALIZATION AND LIABILITIES
Capitalization:
MidAmerican Funding member's equity	$	5,046		$	4,677
Long-term debt, excluding current portion	4,379			3,527
Total capitalization	9,425			8,204
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt	—			350
Note payable to affiliate	138			135
Accounts payable	411			369
Taxes accrued	144			118
Interest accrued	38			44
Other	109			97
Total current liabilities	840			1,113
Other liabilities:
Deferred income taxes	2,344			2,290
Asset retirement obligations	449			430
Regulatory liabilities	874			875
Other	255			255
Total other liabilities	3,922			3,850
Total capitalization and liabilities	$	14,187		$	13,167

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

MIDAMERICAN FUNDING, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited)

(Amounts in millions)



	Three-Month Periods						Nine-Month Periods
	Ended September 30,						Ended September 30,
	2014			2013			2014			2013
Operating revenue:
Regulated electric	$	539		$	512		$	1,415		$	1,338
Regulated gas	99			98			746			555
Nonregulated	226			218			708			615
Total operating revenue	864			828			2,869			2,508

Operating costs and expenses:
Regulated:
Cost of fuel, energy and capacity	139			145			405			382
Cost of gas sold	54			55			546			367
Other operating expenses	119			103			351			320
Maintenance	50			57			171			172
Depreciation and amortization	88			97			258			308
Property and other taxes	31			29			92			89
Total regulated operating costs and expenses	481			486			1,823			1,638
Nonregulated:
Cost of sales	213			203			648			568
Other	9			9			33			23
Total nonregulated operating costs and expenses	222			212			681			591
Total operating costs and expenses	703			698			2,504			2,229

Operating income	161			130			365			279

Non-operating income:
Interest income	—			—			1			1
Allowance for equity funds	11			4			30			12
Other, net	3			5			12			15
Total non-operating income	14			9			43			28

Fixed charges:
Interest on long-term debt	50			42			146			123
Other interest expense	—			—			1			1
Allowance for borrowed funds	(4		)	(1		)	(12		)	(4		)
Total fixed charges	46			41			135			120

Income before income tax benefit	129			98			273			187
Income tax benefit	(39		)	(45		)	(80		)	(78		)

Net income	168			143			353			265
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	—			—			—			1

Net income attributable to MidAmerican Funding member	$	168		$	143		$	353		$	264

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

MIDAMERICAN FUNDING, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (Unaudited)

(Amounts in millions)



	Three-Month Periods						Nine-Month Periods
	Ended September 30,						Ended September 30,
	2014			2013			2014		2013

Net income	$	168		$	143		$	353	$	265

Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax:
Unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities, net of tax of $-, $-, $1 and $1	—			1			1		1
Unrealized (losses) gains on cash flow hedges, net of tax of $(6), $-, $10 and $3	(8		)	(1		)	15		3
Total other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax	(8		)	—			16		4

Comprehensive income	160			143			369		269
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests	—			—			—		1

Comprehensive income attributable to MidAmerican Funding member	$	160		$	143		$	369	$	268

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

MIDAMERICAN FUNDING, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY (Unaudited)

(Amounts in millions)



	MidAmerican Funding Member's Equity
	Paid-in Capital		Retained Earnings		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net			Noncontrolling Interests			Total Equity

Balance, December 31, 2012	$	1,679	$	2,669	$	(24	)	$	27		$	4,351
Net income	—		264		—			1			265
Other comprehensive income	—		—		4			—			4
Redemption of preferred securities of subsidiary	—		—		—			(28		)	(28		)
Balance, September 30, 2013	$	1,679	$	2,933	$	(20	)	$	—		$	4,592

Balance, December 31, 2013	$	1,679	$	3,009	$	(11	)	$	—		$	4,677
Net income	—		353		—			—			353
Other comprehensive income	—		—		16			—			16
Balance, September 30, 2014	$	1,679	$	3,362	$	5		$	—		$	5,046

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

MIDAMERICAN FUNDING, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited)

(Amounts in millions)



	Nine-Month Periods
	Ended September 30,
	2014			2013
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$	353		$	265
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows from operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	258			308
Deferred income taxes and amortization of investment tax credits	(15		)	42
Changes in other assets and liabilities	35			42
Other, net	(30		)	(4		)
Changes in other operating assets and liabilities:
Receivables, net	33			30
Inventories	34			(6		)
Derivative collateral, net	(33		)	6
Pension and other postretirement benefit plans	(2		)	6
Accounts payable	(30		)	(7		)
Taxes accrued	71			(117		)
Other current assets and liabilities	5			10
Net cash flows from operating activities	679			575

Cash flows from investing activities:
Utility construction expenditures	(967		)	(598		)
Purchases of available-for-sale securities	(69		)	(80		)
Proceeds from sales of available-for-sale securities	64			70
Other, net	10			20
Net cash flows from investing activities	(962		)	(588		)

Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from long-term debt	847			947
Repayment of long-term debt	(356		)	—
Redemption of preferred securities of subsidiary	—			(28		)
Net change in note payable to affiliate	3			(111		)
Other, net	(8		)	(7		)
Net cash flows from financing activities	486			801

Net change in cash and cash equivalents	203			788
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	194			354
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	397		$	1,142

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

MIDAMERICAN FUNDING, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)


(1)	General

MidAmerican Funding, LLC ("MidAmerican Funding") is an Iowa limited liability company with Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company ("BHE") as its sole member. BHE is a consolidated subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. ("Berkshire Hathaway"). MidAmerican Funding's direct, wholly owned subsidiary is MHC Inc. ("MHC"), which constitutes substantially all of MidAmerican Funding's assets, liabilities and business activities except those related to MidAmerican Funding's long-term debt securities. MHC conducts no business other than the ownership of its subsidiaries and related corporate services. MHC's principal subsidiary is MidAmerican Energy Company ("MidAmerican Energy"), a public utility with electric and natural gas operations. Direct, wholly owned nonregulated subsidiaries of MHC are Midwest Capital Group, Inc. and MEC Construction Services Co.

The unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") for interim financial information and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and regulations for Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the disclosures required by GAAP for annual financial statements. Management believes the unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements contain all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for the fair presentation of the unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements as of September 30, 2014, and for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013. The results of operations for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014, are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.

The preparation of the unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the period. Actual results may differ from the estimates used in preparing the unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements. Note 2 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in MidAmerican Funding's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, describes the most significant accounting policies used in the preparation of the unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements. There have been no significant changes in MidAmerican Funding's assumptions regarding significant accounting estimates and policies during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014.

Refer to Note 1 of MidAmerican Energy's Notes to Financial Statements.


(2)	New Accounting Pronouncements

Refer to Note 2 of MidAmerican Energy's Notes to Financial Statements.


(3)	Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net

Refer to Note 3 of MidAmerican Energy's Notes to Financial Statements.


(4)	Recent Financing Transactions

Refer to Note 4 of MidAmerican Energy's Notes to Financial Statements.


(5)	Income Taxes

A reconciliation of the federal statutory income tax rate to MidAmerican Funding's effective income tax rate applicable to income before income tax benefit is as follows:



	Three-Month Periods				Nine-Month Periods
	Ended September 30,				Ended September 30,
	2014		2013		2014		2013

Federal statutory income tax rate	35	%	35	%	35	%	35	%
Income tax credits	(58	)	(74	)	(58	)	(70	)
State income tax, net of federal income tax benefit	(3	)	(2	)	(1	)	(3	)
Effects of ratemaking	(4	)	(5	)	(5	)	(5	)
Other, net	—		—		—		1
Effective income tax rate	(30	)%	(46	)%	(29	)%	(42	)%

Berkshire Hathaway includes BHE and subsidiaries in its United States federal income tax return. Consistent with established regulatory practice, MidAmerican Funding's and MidAmerican Energy's provisions for income taxes have been computed on a stand-alone basis, and substantially all of their currently payable or receivable income taxes are remitted to or received from BHE. MidAmerican Funding received net cash receipts for income taxes from BHE totaling $153 million and $22 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively.


(6)	Employee Benefit Plans

Refer to Note 6 of MidAmerican Energy's Notes to Financial Statements.


(7)	Risk Management and Hedging Activities

Refer to Note 7 of MidAmerican Energy's Notes to Financial Statements.


(8)	Fair Value Measurements

Refer to Note 8 of MidAmerican Energy's Notes to Financial Statements.

MidAmerican Funding's long-term debt is carried at cost on the Consolidated Financial Statements. The fair value of MidAmerican Funding's long-term debt is a Level 2 fair value measurement and has been estimated based upon quoted market prices, where available, or at the present value of future cash flows discounted at rates consistent with comparable maturities with similar credit risks. The carrying value of MidAmerican Funding's variable-rate long-term debt approximates fair value because of the frequent repricing of these instruments at market rates. The following table presents the carrying value and estimated fair value of MidAmerican Funding's long-term debt (in millions):



	As of September 30, 2014				As of December 31, 2013
	Carrying Value		Fair Value		Carrying Value		Fair Value

Long-term debt	$	4,379	$	4,914	$	3,877	$	4,245


(9)	Commitments and Contingencies

MidAmerican Funding is party to a variety of legal actions arising out of the normal course of business. Plaintiffs occasionally seek punitive or exemplary damages. MidAmerican Funding does not believe that such normal and routine litigation will have a material impact on its consolidated financial results.

Refer to Note 9 of MidAmerican Energy's Notes to Financial Statements.


(10)	Segment Information

MidAmerican Funding has identified three reportable segments: regulated electric, regulated gas and nonregulated energy. The regulated electric segment derives most of its revenue from regulated retail sales of electricity to residential, commercial, and industrial customers and from wholesale sales. The regulated gas segment derives most of its revenue from regulated retail sales of natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers and also obtains revenue by transporting gas owned by others through its distribution system. Pricing for regulated electric and regulated gas sales are established separately by regulatory agencies; therefore, management also reviews each segment separately to make decisions regarding allocation of resources and in evaluating performance. The nonregulated energy segment derives most of its revenue from nonregulated retail electric and gas activities. Common operating costs, interest income, interest expense and income tax expense are allocated to each segment based on certain factors, which primarily relate to the nature of the cost. "Other" in the tables below consists of the nonregulated subsidiaries of MidAmerican Funding not engaged in the energy business and parent company interest expense.

The following tables provide information on a reportable segment basis (in millions):



	Three-Month Periods						Nine-Month Periods
	Ended September 30,						Ended September 30,
	2014			2013			2014		2013
Operating revenue:
Regulated electric	$	539		$	512		$	1,415	$	1,338
Regulated gas	99			98			746		555
Nonregulated energy	224			216			695		610
Other	2			2			13		5
Total operating revenue	$	864		$	828		$	2,869	$	2,508

Depreciation and amortization:
Regulated electric	$	78		$	88		$	229	$	281
Regulated gas	10			9			29		27
Total depreciation and amortization	$	88		$	97		$	258	$	308

Operating income:
Regulated electric	$	163		$	130		$	294	$	211
Regulated gas	(6		)	(6		)	49		43
Nonregulated energy	3			6			21		25
Other	1			—			1		—
Total operating income	$	161		$	130		$	365	$	279



	As of
	September 30, 2014		December 31, 2013
Total assets⁽¹⁾:
Regulated electric	$	12,761	$	11,723
Regulated gas	1,246		1,285
Nonregulated energy	158		131
Other	22		28
Total assets	$	14,187	$	13,167



(1)	Total assets by reportable segment reflect the assignment of goodwill to applicable reporting units.



Item 2.	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

MidAmerican Funding is an Iowa limited liability company whose sole member is BHE. MidAmerican Funding owns all of the outstanding common stock of MHC Inc., which owns all of the common stock of MidAmerican Energy, Midwest Capital Group, Inc. and MEC Construction Services Co. MidAmerican Energy is a public utility company headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa. MHC Inc., MidAmerican Funding and BHE are also headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa.

The following is management's discussion and analysis of certain significant factors that have affected the consolidated financial condition and results of operations of MidAmerican Funding and its subsidiaries and MidAmerican Energy as presented in this joint filing. Information in Management's Discussion and Analysis related to MidAmerican Energy, whether or not segregated, also relates to MidAmerican Funding. Information related to other subsidiaries of MidAmerican Funding pertains only to the discussion of the financial condition and results of operations of MidAmerican Funding. Where necessary, discussions have been segregated under the heading "MidAmerican Funding" to allow the reader to identify information applicable only to MidAmerican Funding. Explanations include management's best estimate of the impact of weather, customer growth and other factors. This discussion should be read in conjunction with the historical unaudited Financial Statements and Notes to Financial Statements in Item 1 of this Form 10-Q. MidAmerican Energy's and MidAmerican Funding's actual results in the future could differ significantly from the historical results.

Results of Operations for the Third Quarter and First Nine Months of 2014 and 2013

Overview

MidAmerican Energy -

MidAmerican Energy's earnings on common stock for the third quarter of 2014 was $170 million, an increase of $25 million, or 17%, compared to 2013 due to an increase in regulated electric gross margin from higher Iowa electric retail rates and higher industrial sales in 2014, a decrease in depreciation and amortization expense due to changes in depreciation rates in 2014 and 2013 and higher AFUDC, partially offset by an increase in interest on long-term debt primarily from the issuance of first mortgage bonds in September 2013 and April 2014, net of the effect of related debt retirements in December 2013 and May 2014.

MidAmerican Energy's earnings on common stock for the first nine months of 2014 was $359 million, an increase of $88 million, or 32%, compared to 2013 due to an increase in regulated electric and gas gross margins due to higher Iowa electric retail rates, colder winter temperatures in 2014 and higher industrial electricity sales, a decrease in depreciation and amortization expense due to changes in depreciation rates in 2014 and 2013, an increase in federal income tax benefits from greater recognized production tax credits and higher AFUDC, partially offset by higher other operating expenses and an increase in interest on long-term debt primarily from the issuance of first mortgage bonds in September 2013 and April 2014, net of the effect of related debt retirements in December 2013 and May 2014.

MidAmerican Funding -

Net income attributable to MidAmerican Funding for the third quarter of 2014 was $168 million, an increase of $25 million, or 17%, compared to 2013 and for the first nine months of 2014 was $353 million, an increase of $89 million, or 34%, compared to 2013 due to the changes in MidAmerican Energy's earnings discussed above.

Regulated Electric Gross Margin

A comparison of key operating results related to regulated electric gross margin is as follows:



	Third Quarter									First Nine Months
	2014		2013		Change					2014		2013		Change
Gross margin (in millions):
Operating revenue	$	539	$	512	$	27		5	%	$	1,415	$	1,338	$	77		6	%
Cost of fuel, energy and capacity	139		145		(6		)	(4	)	405		382		23			6
Gross margin	$	400	$	367	$	33		9		$	1,010	$	956	$	54		6

Sales (GWh):
Residential	1,733		1,960		(227		)	(12	)%	4,993		5,057		(64		)	(1	)%
Small general service	1,018		1,147		(129		)	(11	)	3,135		3,179		(44		)	(1	)
Large general service	2,734		2,524		210			8		7,904		7,390		514			7
Other	416		431		(15		)	(3	)	1,234		1,218		16			1
Total retail	5,901		6,062		(161		)	(3	)	17,266		16,844		422			3
Wholesale	2,097		2,430		(333		)	(14	)	6,472		7,672		(1,200		)	(16	)
Total sales	7,998		8,492		(494		)	(6	)	23,738		24,516		(778		)	(3	)

Average number of retail customers (in thousands)	746		739		7			1	%	745		739		6			1	%

Average revenue per MWh:
Retail	$	78.99	$	71.46	$	7.53		11	%	$	69.86	$	66.60	$	3.26		5	%
Wholesale	$	30.06	$	29.21	$	0.85		3	%	$	27.81	$	25.44	$	2.37		9	%

Heating degree days	106		43		63			*		4,526		4,099		427			10	%
Cooling degree days	588		813		(225		)	(28	)%	931		1,119		(188		)	(17	)%

Sources of energy (GWh)⁽¹⁾:
Coal	5,262		5,412		(150		)	(3	)%	13,559		13,936		(377		)	(3	)%
Nuclear	1,010		1,006		4			—		2,808		2,854		(46		)	(2	)
Natural gas	38		201		(163		)	(81)		106		211		(105		)	(50	)
Wind and other⁽²⁾	1,151		1,275		(124		)	(10	)	5,457		5,384		73			1
Total energy generated	7,461		7,894		(433		)	(5	)	21,930		22,385		(455		)	(2	)
Energy purchased	734		845		(111		)	(13	)	2,332		2,663		(331		)	(12	)
Total	8,195		8,739		(544		)	(6	)	24,262		25,048		(786		)	(3	)


*	Not meaningful.


(1)	GWh amounts are net of energy used by the related generating facilities.


(2)	All or some of the renewable energy attributes associated with generation from these generating facilities may be: (a) used in future years to comply with renewable portfolio standards or other regulatory requirements or (b) sold to third parties in the form of renewable energy credits or other environmental commodities.

Electric gross margin for the third quarter of 2014 increased $33 million compared to 2013 due to a higher retail gross margin. Retail gross margin increased $33 million compared to 2013 due to $48 million from higher Iowa electric retail rates and $9 million from higher recoveries of DSM program costs, partially offset by lower sales volumes for weather-sensitive customers due to milder summer temperatures in 2014, net of greater industrial sales volumes, and higher purchased power costs and higher coal-fueled generation costs per unit. The increase in Iowa electric rates includes an increase in base rates, partially attributable to changes in rate structure related to seasonal pricing that result in higher rates from June to September and lower rates in the remaining months, and new adjustment clauses for recovery of retail energy production and transmission costs. Wholesale gross margin was unchanged compared to 2013 as the decrease in sales volumes was offset by a higher average margin per megawatt hour sold. Wholesale includes sales of electricity principally to markets operated by regional transmission organizations.

Electric gross margin for the first nine months of 2014 increased $54 million compared to 2013. Retail gross margin increased $62 million compared to 2013 due to $75 million from higher Iowa electric retail rates and $13 million from higher recoveries of DSM program costs, partially offset by higher purchased power costs, higher coal-fueled generation costs per unit and a decrease in revenue from lower sales volumes for weather-sensitive customers due to milder summer temperatures in 2014, net of greater industrial sales volumes. The increase in Iowa electric retail rates includes the increase in base rates implemented in August 2013 and, effective with the implementation of final base rates in August 2014, changes in rate structure related to seasonal pricing that result in higher rates from June to September and lower rates in the remaining months and new adjustment clauses for recovery of retail energy production and transmission costs. Wholesale gross margin decreased $8 million compared to 2013 due to lower sales volumes from the higher retail energy requirements and lower generation and a lower average margin per megawatt hour sold as a result of higher purchased power costs and coal-fueled generation costs per unit.

Regulated Gas Gross Margin

A comparison of key operating results related to regulated gas gross margin is as follows:



	Third Quarter									First Nine Months
	2014		2013		Change					2014		2013		Change
Gross margin (in millions):
Operating revenue	$	99	$	98	$	1		1	%	$	746	$	555	$	191		34	%
Cost of gas sold	54		55		(1		)	(2	)	546		367		179			49
Gross margin	$	45	$	43	$	2		5		$	200	$	188	$	12		6

Natural gas throughput (000's Dth):
Residential	3,047		2,803		244			9	%	39,088		34,865		4,223			12	%
Small general service	2,002		1,821		181			10		19,545		17,594		1,951			11
Large general service	878		853		25			3		3,661		3,231		430			13
Other	2		1		1			100		37		34		3			9
Total retail sales	5,929		5,478		451			8		62,331		55,724		6,607			12
Wholesale sales	4,187		6,312		(2,125		)	(34	)	17,060		20,411		(3,351		)	(16	)
Total sales	10,116		11,790		(1,674		)	(14	)	79,391		76,135		3,256			4
Gas transportation service	16,347		15,703		644			4		61,019		54,951		6,068			11
Total gas throughput	26,463		27,493		(1,030		)	(4	)	140,410		131,086		9,324			7

Average number of retail customers (in thousands)	721		714		7			1	%	723		716		7			1	%
Average revenue per retail Dth sold	$	12.70	$	12.57	$	0.13		1	%	$	9.95	$	8.17	$	1.78		22	%
Average cost of natural gas per retail Dth sold	$	6.22	$	6.04	$	0.18		3	%	$	7.14	$	5.22	$	1.92		37	%

Combined retail and wholesale average cost of natural gas per Dth sold	$	5.27	$	4.73	$	0.54		11	%	$	6.87	$	4.82	$	2.05		43	%

Heating degree days	120		61		59			97	%	4,721		4,288		433			10	%

Regulated gas revenue includes purchased gas adjustment clauses through which MidAmerican Energy is allowed to recover the cost of gas sold from its retail gas utility customers. Consequently, fluctuations in the cost of gas sold do not directly affect gross margin or net income because regulated gas revenue reflects comparable fluctuations through the purchased gas adjustment clauses.

For the third quarter of 2014 compared to 2013, regulated gas revenue increased due to higher recoveries of DSM program costs. An 11% increase in MidAmerican Energy's combined retail and wholesale average per-unit cost of gas sold increased regulated gas revenue and cost of gas sold by $6 million but was offset by the decrease in total sales volumes. Gas gross margin for the third quarter of 2014 increased $2 million primarily due to higher recoveries of DSM program costs.

For the first nine months of 2014, MidAmerican Energy's combined retail and wholesale average per-unit cost of gas sold increased 43%, resulting in an increase of $163 million in gas revenue and cost of gas sold compared to 2013. Additionally, the increase in total sales volumes compared to 2013 increased revenue and cost of gas sold for the first nine months of 2014. Higher DSM program costs recoveries of $2 million also increased revenue compared to 2013. The $12 million improvement in gas gross margin for the first nine months of 2014 was due to higher retail sales volumes primarily as a result of colder winter temperatures in 2014 and higher recoveries of DSM program costs.

Regulated Operating Costs and Expenses

Other operating expenses of $119 million for the third quarter of 2014 increased $16 million compared to 2013 due to $11 million of higher DSM program costs, which are matched by increases in regulated electric and gas revenue, and higher generation and transmission operations costs, partially offset by a decrease in pension and postretirement costs.

Other operating expenses of $351 million for the first nine months of 2014 increased $31 million compared to 2013 due to $15 million of higher DSM program costs, $8 million of expense resulting from a one-time refund in June 2014 to MidAmerican Energy's customers for insurance recoveries related to environmental matters, higher generation and transmission operations costs and higher electric and gas distribution costs partially due to inclement weather in 2014. The increases were partially offset by a decrease in pension and postretirement costs and the 2013 write-off of Iowa carbon reduction study costs.

Maintenance expense of $50 million for the third quarter of 2014 decreased $7 million compared to 2013 due to lower fossil-fueled generating facility and transmission maintenance costs, partially offset by higher wind-powered generating facility maintenance costs. Maintenance expense of $171 million for the first nine months of 2014 decreased $1 million compared to 2013 due to lower nuclear generating facility and transmission maintenance costs, substantially offset by higher wind-powered and fossil-fueled generating facility maintenance costs.

Depreciation and amortization expense of $88 million for the third quarter of 2014 decreased $9 million compared to 2013. For the first nine months of 2014, depreciation and amortization expense of $258 million decreased $50 million compared to 2013. The decreases were due to reductions of $18 million and $67 million for the third quarter and first nine months of 2014, respectively, compared to 2013 for the effect of changes in depreciation rates in 2013 and 2014, as discussed below, partially offset by increases resulting from utility plant additions.

Effective January 1, 2014, MidAmerican Energy revised depreciation rates for certain electric generating facilities based on the results of its 2013 Iowa electric retail rate case. The new depreciation rates reflect longer estimated useful lives for certain generating facilities. The effect of this change was to reduce depreciation and amortization expense by $50 million annually based on depreciable plant balances at the time of the change. In August 2013, MidAmerican Energy revised its depreciation rates for certain electric generating facilities based on the results of a new depreciation study. The new rates reflect longer estimated useful lives for wind-powered generating facilities placed in service in 2011 and 2012 and a lower accrual rate for the cost of removal regulatory liability related to coal-fueled generating facilities. The effect of this change was to reduce depreciation and amortization expense by $49 million annually based on depreciable plant balances at the time of the change.

Nonregulated Gross Margin

MidAmerican Energy -



	Third Quarter									First Nine Months
	2014		2013		Change					2014		2013		Change
Gross margin (in millions):
Nonregulated operating revenue	$	224	$	216	$	8		4	%	$	695	$	610	$	85		14	%
Nonregulated cost of sales	213		203		10			5		648		567		81			14
Nonregulated gross margin	$	11	$	13	$	(2	)	(15	)	$	47	$	43	$	4		9

Nonregulated electric sales (GWh)	2,709		2,636		73			3	%	7,295		7,150		145			2	%

Nonregulated gas sales (000's Dth)	5,377		7,548		(2,171		)	(29	)%	23,631		26,858		(3,227		)	(12	)%

For the third quarter of 2014 compared to 2013, nonregulated operating revenue and cost of sales increased due to higher prices and per-unit costs, respectively, for electric and gas sales and higher nonregulated electric sales volumes, partially offset by a decrease in nonregulated gas sales volumes. Nonregulated gross margin decreased due to a lower average margin per unit sold on nonregulated electric sales.

For the first nine months of 2014 compared to 2013, nonregulated operating revenue and cost of sales increased primarily due to higher prices and per-unit costs, respectively, for gas and electric sales. The impact of a decrease in nonregulated gas sales volumes was largely offset by an increase in nonregulated electric sales volumes. Nonregulated gross margin increased due to higher income from the portion of margins on regulated gas wholesale sales that is retained by MidAmerican Energy and higher nonregulated gas margins, primarily from the increase in price, partially offset by lower nonregulated electric margins due to the increase in per-unit cost.

MidAmerican Funding -

MidAmerican Funding's nonregulated gross margin decreased $2 million and increased $13 million for the third quarter and first nine months of 2014 compared to 2013, respectively. In addition to the factors in MidAmerican Energy's discussion above, MidAmerican Funding's nonregulated gross margin for the first nine months of 2014 increased due to two construction projects in 2014 at a nonregulated utility construction subsidiary.

Nonregulated Other Operating Expenses

MidAmerican Funding -

Nonregulated other operating expenses of $33 million for the first nine months of 2014 increased $10 million compared to 2013 primarily due to expenses related to two construction projects in 2014 at a nonregulated utility construction subsidiary.

Non-Operating Income

MidAmerican Energy -

Allowance for equity funds of $11 million for the third quarter of 2014 and $30 million for the first nine months of 2014 increased $7 million and $18 million, respectively, compared to 2013 primarily due to higher construction work-in-progress balances related to the construction of wind-powered generating facilities.

Fixed Charges

MidAmerican Energy -

Interest on long-term debt of $44 million for the third quarter of 2014 and $129 million for the first nine months of 2014 increased $8 million and $23 million, respectively, compared to 2013 due to higher interest expense from the issuance of first mortgage bonds totaling $950 million in September 2013 and $850 million in April 2014, partially offset by a decrease in interest expense from the payment in December 2013 of amounts owed for the construction of wind-powered generating facilities that were deferred in 2011 and the redemption of $350 million of 4.65% senior notes in May 2014.

Allowance for borrowed funds of $4 million for the third quarter of 2014 and $12 million for the first nine months of 2014 increased $3 million and $8 million, respectively, compared to 2013 primarily due to higher construction work-in-progress balances related to the construction of wind-powered generating facilities.

Income Tax Benefit

MidAmerican Energy -

MidAmerican Energy's income tax benefit was $37 million for the third quarter of 2014, a decrease of $6 million compared to $43 million for 2013, with an effective tax rate of (28)% for 2014 and (42)% for 2013. The decrease in income tax benefit for the third quarter of 2014 was due to higher pre-tax income, partially offset by a $2 million increase in recognized production tax credits. MidAmerican Energy's income tax benefit was $75 million for the first nine months of 2014, an increase of $2 million compared to $73 million for 2013, with an effective tax rate of (26)% for 2014 and (37)% for 2013. The increase in income tax benefit for the first nine months of 2014 was due to an increase of $26 million in recognized production tax credits, substantially offset by higher pre-tax income. The change in the effective tax rates for the third quarter and first nine months of 2014 was primarily due to higher pre-tax income, partially offset by the increase in recognized production tax credits.

Production tax credits are recognized in earnings for interim periods based on the application of an estimated annual effective tax rate to pretax earnings. Federal renewable electricity production tax credits are earned as energy from qualifying wind-powered generating facilities is produced and sold based on a per-kilowatt hour rate pursuant to the applicable federal income tax law. Wind-powered generating facilities are eligible for the credits for 10 years from the date the qualifying generating facilities are placed in service.

MidAmerican Funding -

MidAmerican Funding's income tax benefit was $39 million for the third quarter of 2014, a decrease of $6 million compared to $45 million for 2013, with an effective tax rate of (30)% for 2014 and (46)% for 2013. MidAmerican Funding's income tax benefit was $80 million for the first nine months of 2014, an increase of $2 million compared to $78 million for 2013, with an effective tax rate of (29)% for 2014 and (42)% for 2013. The change in the income tax benefit and effective tax rates was due principally to the factors discussed for MidAmerican Energy.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of September 30, 2014, MidAmerican Energy's total net liquidity was $806 million consisting of $396 million of cash and cash equivalents and $605 million of revolving credit facilities reduced by $195 million of the revolving credit facilities reserved to support MidAmerican Energy's variable-rate tax-exempt bond obligations. As of September 30, 2014, MidAmerican Funding's total net liquidity was $811 million, including $1 million of additional cash and cash equivalents and MHC Inc.'s $4 million revolving credit facility.

Operating Activities

MidAmerican Energy's net cash flows from operating activities for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, were $683 million and $589 million, respectively. MidAmerican Funding's net cash flows from operating activities for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, were $679 million and $575 million, respectively. The increases were due to the timing of income tax cash flows with BHE, which reflect the payment in 2013 of $159 million of income tax liability generated in 2012, and higher gross margins for regulated electric and regulated gas businesses, partially offset by greater collateral requirements related to derivative positions and higher interest paid as a result of the issuance of long-term debt in September 2013. The timing of MidAmerican Energy's income tax cash flows from period to period can be significantly affected by the estimated federal income tax payment methods and assumptions for each payment date. MidAmerican Energy currently anticipates its income tax cash flows for 2014 to remain favorable compared to 2013 due to the timing difference noted above.

Investing Activities

MidAmerican Energy's net cash flows from investing activities for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, were $(964) million and $(588) million, respectively. MidAmerican Funding's net cash flows from investing activities for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, were $(962) million and $(588) million, respectively. Net cash flows from investing activities consist almost entirely of utility construction expenditures, which increased for 2014 principally due to expenditures for the construction of wind-powered generating facilities and Multi-Value transmission projects. As of September 30, 2014, MidAmerican Energy has placed in service 150 MW (nominal ratings) of additional wind-powered generation in 2014. Purchases and proceeds related to available-for-sale securities consist of activity within the Quad Cities Generating Station nuclear decommissioning trust.

Financing Activities

MidAmerican Energy's net cash flows from financing activities for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 were $483 million and $787 million, respectively. MidAmerican Funding's net cash flows from financing activities for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, were $486 million and $801 million, respectively. In April 2014, MidAmerican Energy issued $150 million of its 2.40% First Mortgage Bonds due March 2019, $300 million of its 3.50% First Mortgage Bonds due October 2024 and $400 million of its 4.40% First Mortgage Bonds due October 2044. The net proceeds were used for the optional redemption in May 2014 of $350 million of MidAmerican Energy's 4.65% Senior Notes due October 2014 and for general corporate purposes. In January 2013, MidAmerican Energy paid common dividends of $125 million to MHC Inc. and, in April 2013, paid $28 million for the redemption of all outstanding shares of its preferred securities. In September 2013, MidAmerican Energy issued $350 million of its 2.40% First Mortgage Bonds due March 2019, $250 million of its 3.70% First Mortgage Bonds due September 2023 and $350 million of its 4.80% First Mortgage Bonds due September 2043. MidAmerican Funding received $3 million in 2014 and paid $111 million in 2013 through its note payable with BHE.

Debt Authorizations and Related Matters

MidAmerican Energy has authority from the FERC to issue through June 30, 2016, commercial paper and bank notes aggregating $605 million at interest rates not to exceed the applicable London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") plus a spread of up to 400 basis points. MidAmerican Energy has a $600 million unsecured revolving credit facility expiring in March 2018. MidAmerican Energy may request that the banks extend the credit facility up to two years. The credit facility, which supports MidAmerican Energy's commercial paper program and its variable-rate tax-exempt bond obligations and provides for the issuance of letters of credit, has a variable interest rate based on LIBOR or a base rate, at MidAmerican Energy's option, plus a spread that varies based on MidAmerican Energy's credit ratings for senior unsecured long-term debt securities. Additionally, MidAmerican Energy has a $5 million unsecured credit facility for general corporate purposes.

MidAmerican Energy currently has an effective registration statement with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission to issue up to $800 million of long-term debt securities through November 12, 2016. Additionally, MidAmerican Energy has authorization from the FERC to issue through December 30, 2015, long-term securities totaling up to $75 million at interest rates not to exceed the applicable United States Treasury rate plus a spread of 175 basis points. MidAmerican Energy has authorization from the Illinois Commerce Commission to issue up to an aggregate of $800 million of additional long-term debt securities, of which $50 million expires December 19, 2015, and $750 million expires December 9, 2016.

In conjunction with the March 1999 merger, MidAmerican Energy committed to the IUB to use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain an investment grade rating on its long-term debt and to maintain its common equity level above 42% of total capitalization unless circumstances beyond its control result in the common equity level decreasing to below 39% of total capitalization. MidAmerican Energy must seek the approval of the IUB of a reasonable utility capital structure if MidAmerican Energy's common equity level decreases below 42% of total capitalization, unless the decrease is beyond the control of MidAmerican Energy. MidAmerican Energy is also required to seek the approval of the IUB if MidAmerican Energy's equity level decreases to below 39%, even if the decrease is due to circumstances beyond the control of MidAmerican Energy. If MidAmerican Energy's common equity level were to drop below the required thresholds, MidAmerican Energy's ability to issue debt could be restricted. As of September 30, 2014, MidAmerican Energy's common equity ratio was 50% computed on a basis consistent with its commitment.

Future Uses of Cash

MidAmerican Energy and MidAmerican Funding have available a variety of sources of liquidity and capital resources, both internal and external, including net cash flows from operating activities, public and private debt offerings, the issuance of commercial paper, the use of unsecured revolving credit facilities, and other sources. These sources are expected to provide funds required for current operations, capital expenditures, debt retirements and other capital requirements. The availability and terms under which MidAmerican Energy and MidAmerican Funding have access to external financing depends on a variety of factors, including their credit ratings, investors' judgment of risk and conditions in the overall capital markets, including the condition of the utility industry.

Utility Construction Expenditures

MidAmerican Energy's primary need for capital is utility construction expenditures. Capital expenditure needs are reviewed regularly by management and may change significantly as a result of these reviews, which may consider, among other factors, changes in environmental and other rules and regulations; impacts to customers' rates; outcomes of regulatory proceedings; changes in income tax laws; general business conditions; load projections; system reliability standards; the cost and efficiency of construction labor, equipment and materials; commodity prices; and the cost and availability of capital. Prudently incurred expenditures for compliance-related items such as pollution-control technologies, replacement generation, nuclear decommissioning and associated operating costs are generally incorporated into MidAmerican Energy's regulated retail rates.

MidAmerican Energy's forecasted utility construction expenditures, which exclude amounts for non-cash equity AFUDC and other non-cash items, are approximately $1.6 billion for 2014 and include:


•	$792 million for the construction of 1,006 MW (nominal ratings) of wind-powered generating facilities expected to be placed in service in 2014 and 2015.


•	$153 million for Multi-Value Projects approved by the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. for the construction of 245 miles of 345 kV transmission line located in Iowa and Illinois, with expenditures predominantly in 2014 to 2016.


•	$82 million for emissions control equipment, primarily at George Neal Energy Center Units 3 and Ottumwa Generating Station to meet air quality targets, including the reduction of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and particulate matter emissions.


•	Remaining costs primarily relate to routine expenditures for transmission, distribution, generation and other infrastructure needed to serve existing and expected demand.

In October 2014, MidAmerican Energy filed with the IUB an application for ratemaking principles related to the construction of up to 162 MW (nominal ratings) of additional wind-powered generating facilities expected to be placed in service by the end of 2015. The filing, which is subject to IUB approval, establishes a cost cap of $279 million, including AFUDC, and provides for a fixed rate of return on equity of 11.75% over the proposed 30-year useful lives of those facilities in any future Iowa rate proceeding. The cost cap ensures that as long as total costs are below the cap, the investment will be deemed prudent in any future Iowa rate proceeding. MidAmerican Energy has requested IUB approval in early 2015.

Contractual Obligations

As of September 30, 2014, there have been no material changes outside the normal course of business in MidAmerican Energy's and MidAmerican Funding's contractual obligations from the information provided in Item 7 of their Annual Report on Form 10‑K for the year ended December 31, 2013, except for the following items. As discussed in "Financing Activities" above, MidAmerican Energy issued $850 million of first mortgage bonds in April 2014 and redeemed $350 million of senior notes in May 2014. In October 2014, MidAmerican Energy entered into a contract with Siemens Energy Inc. ("Siemens") for the servicing, maintenance and repair of a majority of MidAmerican Energy's wind turbines procured from Siemens, including turbines currently under construction and turbines currently under warranty once the coverage expires. MidAmerican Energy expects to have more than 950 Siemens wind turbines in service by the end of 2015 that will be covered by the contract through June 2024.

Regulatory Matters

In March 2014, the IUB issued an order approving, with modifications, a non-unanimous settlement agreement among MidAmerican Energy, the Iowa Office of Consumer Advocate and environmental parties. The IUB order allows MidAmerican Energy to increase its base rates over approximately three years and will result in equal annualized increases in revenues of $45 million, or 3.6% over 2012, effective August 2013 and again on January 1, 2015 and 2016, for a total annualized increase of $135 million when fully implemented. In addition to an increase in base rates, the order approves the implementation of two adjustment clauses. One clause relates to retail energy production costs such as fuel, fuel transportation and the impacts of the production tax credit. The second clause relates to certain electric transmission charges. The adjustment clauses provide for recovery of these costs from customers based on MidAmerican Energy's forecasted annual costs, with the variance between actual and forecasted costs to be recovered or credited in the following year. The order also equalizes rates among MidAmerican Energy's current three pricing zones over a ten-year period. Rate equalization adjustments are revenue-neutral for MidAmerican Energy. The parties to the settlement agreement also agree not to seek or support an increase or decrease in the final base rates to become effective prior to January 1, 2018, unless MidAmerican Energy projects its return on equity for 2015, 2016 or 2017 to be below 10%. The IUB order also approves a revenue sharing mechanism that shares with MidAmerican Energy's customers 80% of revenues related to equity returns above 11% and 100% of revenues related to equity returns above 14%. The customer portion of any sharing reduces rate base. In April 2014, a number of the industrial intervenors sought rehearing on certain issues in the IUB order. The IUB granted rehearing for the purpose of reconsideration and on July 10, 2014, issued an order on rehearing that affirmed all of the economic provisions of its March 2014 order. On July 31, 2014, the IUB issued an order authorizing MidAmerican Energy to implement the new base rates and adjustment clauses effective immediately.

In December 2013, MidAmerican Energy filed a request with the Illinois Commerce Commission ("ICC") for a $22 million, or 17%, annual increase in Illinois retail electric base rates. In addition to the increase in base rates, the filing contains a request for the creation of a new adjustment clause for recovery of certain electric transmission charges to be effective with the implementation of final approved rates. On November 7, 2014, the ICC issued an order approving a retail electric base rate increase for MidAmerican Energy's Illinois customers. The order authorizes MidAmerican Energy to increase rates by $16 million, or 10%, annually and to implement the new adjustment clause for the recovery of electric transmission charges. New rates and the adjustment clause are expected to go into effect by December 1, 2014.

Environmental Laws and Regulations

MidAmerican Energy is subject to federal, state and local laws and regulations regarding air and water quality, emissions performance standards, climate change, coal combustion byproduct disposal, hazardous and solid waste disposal, protected species and other environmental matters that have the potential to impact its current and future operations. In addition to imposing continuing compliance obligations, these laws and regulations provide regulators with the authority to levy substantial penalties for noncompliance including fines, injunctive relief and other sanctions. These laws and regulations are administered by the EPA and various state and local agencies. MidAmerican Energy believes it is in material compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, although many are subject to interpretation that may ultimately be resolved by the courts. Refer to "Liquidity and Capital Resources" for discussion of MidAmerican Energy's forecasted environmental-related capital expenditures. The discussion below contains material developments to those matters disclosed in Item 7 of MidAmerican Energy's and MidAmerican Funding's Annual Report on Form 10‑K for the year ended December 31, 2013.

Clean Air Act Regulations

The Clean Air Act is a federal law administered by the EPA that provides a framework for protecting and improving the nation's air quality and controlling sources of air emissions. The implementation of new standards is generally outlined in State Implementation Plans ("SIPs"), which are a collection of regulations, programs and policies to be followed. SIPs vary by state and are subject to public hearings and EPA approval. Some states may adopt additional or more stringent requirements than those implemented by the EPA.

Mercury and Air Toxics Standards

The Clean Air Mercury Rule ("CAMR"), issued by the EPA in March 2005, was the United States' first attempt to regulate mercury emissions from coal-fueled generating facilities through the use of a market-based cap-and-trade system. The CAMR, which mandated emissions reductions of approximately 70% by 2018, was overturned by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ("D.C. Circuit") in February 2008. In March 2011, the EPA proposed a new rule that would require coal-fueled generating facilities to reduce mercury emissions and other hazardous air pollutants through the establishment of "Maximum Achievable Control Technology" standards rather than a cap-and-trade system. The final rule, Mercury and Air Toxics Standards ("MATS"), was published in the Federal Register in February 2012, with an effective date of April 16, 2012, and requires that new and existing coal-fueled generating facilities achieve emission standards for mercury, acid gases and other non-mercury hazardous air pollutants. Existing sources are required to comply with the new standards by April 16, 2015. Individual sources may be granted up to one additional year, at the discretion of the Title V permitting authority, to complete installation of controls or for transmission system reliability reasons. MidAmerican Energy believes that its emissions reduction projects completed to date or currently permitted or planned for installation, including scrubbers, baghouses and electrostatic precipitators, are consistent with the EPA's MATS and will support MidAmerican Energy's ability to comply with the final rule's standards for acid gases and non-mercury metallic hazardous air pollutants. MidAmerican Energy will be required to take additional actions to reduce mercury emissions through the installation of controls or use of sorbent injection at certain of its coal-fueled generating facilities and otherwise comply with the final rule's standards, which may include retiring certain units.

MidAmerican Energy plans to retire four coal-fueled generating units between 2015 and 2016 as the least-cost alternative to comply with MATS. These units are Walter Scott, Jr. Energy Center Units 1 and 2, and George Neal Energy Center Units 1 and 2. These units produced 2.0 million MWh of electricity, or 7% of MidAmerican Energy's owned generation production, during 2013. A fifth unit, Riverside Generating Station, will be limited to natural gas combustion by March 31, 2015.

Incremental costs to install and maintain emissions control equipment at MidAmerican Energy's coal-fueled generating facilities and any requirement to shut down what have traditionally been low cost coal-fueled generating facilities will likely increase the cost of providing service to customers. In addition, numerous lawsuits were filed against the MATS in the D.C. Circuit. In April 2014, the D.C. Circuit upheld the MATS requirements.

Clean Air Interstate Rule, Clean Air Transport Rule and Cross-State Air Pollution Rule

The EPA promulgated the CAIR in March 2005 to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide, precursors of ozone and particulate matter, from down-wind sources. The CAIR required states in the eastern United States, including Iowa, to reduce emissions by implementing a plan based on a market-based cap-and-trade system, emissions reductions, or both. The CAIR created separate trading programs for nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide emissions credits. The nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide emissions reductions were planned to be accomplished in two phases, in 2009-2010 and 2015.

In July 2008, a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit issued a unanimous decision vacating the CAIR. In December 2008, the D.C. Circuit issued an opinion remanding, without vacating, the CAIR back to the EPA to conduct proceedings to fix the flaws in CAIR consistent with the D.C. Circuit's July 2008 ruling. In response to the court's ruling on CAIR, in July 2010, the EPA proposed the Clean Air Transport Rule ("Transport Rule"), which required electric generating units in 31 states and the District of Columbia to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide on a state-by-state basis in accordance with each state's modeled contribution to nonattainment of the ozone and fine particulate standards in downwind states.

In July 2011, the EPA issued the final Transport Rule, renamed the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule ("CSAPR"), to address interstate transport of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides emissions in 27 eastern and Midwestern states. Upon full implementation in 2014, the CSAPR would have reduced total sulfur dioxide emissions by 73% and nitrogen oxides emissions by 54% at electric generating facilities in the 27-state region as compared to 2005 levels.

In December 2011, the D.C. Circuit issued a stay on the implementation of the CSAPR pending consideration of several petitions for review before the court, which were ultimately decided in August 2012, when the D.C. Circuit vacated the CSAPR in a 2-1 decision after it determined that the CSAPR exceeded the EPA's statutory authority. In a petition filed in October 2012, the EPA sought a full review of the CSAPR ruling by the entire D.C. Circuit. In January 2013, the D.C. Circuit denied the request. The case was appealed to the United States Supreme Court where oral arguments were heard in December 2013. The United States Supreme Court issued its decision April 29, 2014, upholding the 2011 CSAPR and reversing the D.C. Circuit's ruling, concluding that the EPA's allocation of emissions reductions in upwind states permissibly considered the cost-effectiveness of achieving downwind attainment and that the EPA has authority under the Clean Air Act to impose federal implementation plans immediately after disapproving state implementation plans. The United States Supreme Court remanded the case to the D.C. Circuit for further action. The D.C. Circuit's previous stay of the rule was lifted in October 2014 and the first phase of the rule may be implemented as early as January 2015.

MidAmerican Energy has installed emissions controls at some of its coal-fueled generating facilities to comply with the CSAPR and may purchase emissions allowances to meet a portion of its compliance obligations. The cost of these allowances is subject to market conditions at the time of purchase and historically has not been material. The full impact of the CSAPR cannot be determined until the rule is fully implemented. However, MidAmerican Energy believes that the controls installed to date are consistent with the reductions to be achieved from implementation of such a rule.

MidAmerican Energy operates natural gas-fueled generating facilities in Iowa, which are subject to the CSAPR. However, the provisions are not anticipated to have a material impact on MidAmerican Energy.

Climate Change

In June 2014, the EPA released proposed regulations to address greenhouse gas emissions from existing fossil-fueled generating facilities, referred to as the Clean Power Plan, under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act. The EPA's proposal calculated state-specific emission rate targets to be achieved based on four building blocks that it determined were the "Best System of Emission Reduction." The four building blocks include: (a) a 6% heat rate improvement from coal-fueled generating facilities; (b) increased utilization of existing combined-cycle natural gas-fueled generating facilities to 70%; (c) increased deployment of renewable and non-carbon generating resources; and (d) increased energy efficiency. Under the EPA's proposal, states may utilize any measure to achieve the specified emission reduction goals, with an initial implementation period of 2020-2029 and the final goal to be achieved by 2030. When fully implemented, the proposal is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the power sector to 30% below 2005 levels by 2030. The EPA is taking comment on its proposal until December 1, 2014, and is scheduled to issue final rules in June 2015. States are required to submit implementation plans by June 2016, but they may request an extension to June 2017, or June 2018 if they plan to participate in a regional compliance program. The impacts of the proposal on MidAmerican Energy cannot be determined until the EPA finalizes the proposal and the states develop their implementation plans. MidAmerican Energy has historically pursued cost-effective projects, including plant efficiency improvements, increased diversification of its generating fleet to include deployment of renewable and lower carbon generating resources, and advancement of customer energy efficiency programs.

Water Quality Standards

The federal Water Pollution Control Act ("Clean Water Act") establishes the framework for maintaining and improving water quality in the United States through a program that regulates, among other things, discharges to and withdrawals from waterways. The Clean Water Act requires that cooling water intake structures reflect the "best technology available for minimizing adverse environmental impact" to aquatic organisms. In July 2004, the EPA established significant new technology-based performance standards for existing electricity generating facilities that take in more than 50 million gallons of water per day. These rules were aimed at minimizing the adverse environmental impacts of cooling water intake structures by reducing the number of aquatic organisms lost as a result of water withdrawals. In response to a legal challenge to the rule, in January 2007, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ("Second Circuit") remanded almost all aspects of the rule to the EPA, without addressing whether companies with cooling water intake structures were required to comply with these requirements. On appeal from the Second Circuit, in April 2009, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the EPA permissibly relied on a cost-benefit analysis in setting the national performance standards regarding "best technology available for minimizing adverse environmental impact" at cooling water intake structures and in providing for cost-benefit variances from those standards as part of the §316(b) Clean Water Act Phase II regulations. The United States Supreme Court remanded the case back to the Second Circuit to conduct further proceedings consistent with its opinion.

In March 2011, the EPA released a proposed rule under §316(b) of the Clean Water Act to regulate cooling water intakes at existing facilities. The proposed rule establishes requirements for all power generating facilities that withdraw more than two million gallons per day, based on total design intake capacity, of water from waters of the United States and use at least 25% of the withdrawn water exclusively for cooling purposes. All of MidAmerican Energy's coal-fueled generating facilities, except Louisa, Ottumwa and Walter Scott, Jr. Unit 4, which have water cooling towers, withdraw more than two million gallons per day of water from waters of the United States for once-through cooling applications. The proposed rule includes impingement (i.e., when fish and other organisms are trapped against screens when water is drawn into a facility's cooling system) mortality standards to be met through average impingement mortality or intake velocity design criteria and entrainment (i.e., when organisms are drawn into the facility) standards to be determined on a case-by-case basis. The standards are required to be met as soon as possible after the effective date of the final rule, but no later than eight years thereafter. While the rule was required to be finalized by the EPA by July 2012, the deadline for finalizing the rule was extended to June 2013 and then again to January 2014. The final rule was released May 19, 2014, and allows facilities to choose one of seven options to reduce fish impingement. Facilities that withdraw at least 125 million gallons of water per day must conduct studies to help their permitting authority determine what site-specific controls, if any, would be required to reduce entrainment of aquatic organisms. MidAmerican Energy is assessing the options for compliance at its generating facilities impacted by the final rule and will complete impingement and entrainment studies. The costs of compliance with the cooling water intake structure rule cannot be determined until the prescribed studies are conducted. In the event that MidAmerican Energy's existing intake structures require modification, the costs are not anticipated to be significant to its financial statements.

In June 2013, the EPA published proposed effluent limitation guidelines and standards for the steam electric power generating sector. These guidelines, which had not been revised since 1982, were revised in response to the EPA's concerns that the addition of controls for air emissions have changed the effluent discharged from coal- and natural gas-fueled generating facilities. While the EPA expected the final rule to be published in May 2014, the final rule is now scheduled for release by September 30, 2015. It is likely that the new guidelines will impose more stringent limits on wastewater discharges from coal-fueled generating facilities and ash and scrubber ponds. However, until the revised guidelines are finalized, MidAmerican Energy cannot predict the impact on its generating facilities.

In April 2014, the EPA and the United States Army Corps of Engineers issued a joint proposal to address "Waters of the United States" to clarify protection under the Clean Water Act for streams and wetlands. The proposed rule comes as a result of United States Supreme Court decisions in 2001 and 2006 that created confusion regarding jurisdictional waters that were subject to permitting under either nationwide or individual permitting requirements. As currently proposed, a variety of projects that otherwise would have qualified for streamlined permitting processes under nationwide or regional general permits will be required to undergo more lengthy and costly individual permit procedures based on an extension of waters that will be deemed jurisdictional. The public comment period has been extended on the proposal to November 14, 2014. Until the rule is finalized, MidAmerican Energy cannot determine whether projects that include construction and demolition will face more complex permitting issues, higher costs or increased requirements for compensatory mitigation.

Collateral and Contingent Features

Debt securities of MidAmerican Energy are rated by credit rating agencies. Assigned credit ratings are based on each rating agency's assessment of MidAmerican Energy's ability to, in general, meet the obligations of its issued debt securities. The credit ratings are not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities, and there is no assurance that a particular credit rating will continue for any given period of time. As of September 30, 2014, MidAmerican Energy's credit ratings for its senior secured debt and its issuer credit ratings for senior unsecured debt from the three recognized credit rating agencies were investment grade.

MidAmerican Funding and MidAmerican Energy have no credit rating downgrade triggers that would accelerate the maturity dates of its outstanding debt, and a change in ratings is not an event of default under the applicable debt instruments. MidAmerican Energy's unsecured revolving credit facilities do not require the maintenance of a minimum credit rating level in order to draw upon its availability. However, commitment fees and interest rates under the credit facilities are tied to credit ratings and increase or decrease when the ratings change. A ratings downgrade could also increase the future cost of commercial paper, short- and long-term debt issuances or new credit facilities.

In accordance with industry practice, certain wholesale agreements, including derivative contracts, contain credit support provisions that in part base MidAmerican Energy's collateral requirements on its credit ratings for senior unsecured debt as reported by one or more of the three recognized credit rating agencies. These agreements may either specifically provide bilateral rights to demand cash or other security if credit exposures on a net basis exceed specified rating-dependent threshold levels ("credit-risk-related contingent features") or provide the right for counterparties to demand "adequate assurance," or in some cases terminate the contract, in the event of a material adverse change in MidAmerican Energy's creditworthiness. These rights can vary by contract and by counterparty. If all credit-risk-related contingent features or adequate assurance provisions for these agreements had been triggered as of September 30, 2014, MidAmerican Energy would have been required to post $132 million of additional collateral. MidAmerican Energy's collateral requirements could fluctuate considerably due to market price volatility, changes in credit ratings, changes in legislation or regulation, or other factors. Refer to Note 7 of Notes to Financial Statements in Item 1 of this Form 10-Q for a discussion of MidAmerican Energy's collateral requirements specific to its derivative contracts.

New Accounting Pronouncements

For a discussion of new accounting pronouncements affecting MidAmerican Energy and MidAmerican Funding, refer to Note 2 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of this Form 10-Q.

Critical Accounting Estimates

Certain accounting measurements require management to make estimates and judgments concerning transactions that will be settled several years in the future. Amounts recognized on the Consolidated Financial Statements based on such estimates involve numerous assumptions subject to varying and potentially significant degrees of judgment and uncertainty and will likely change in the future as additional information becomes available. Estimates are used for, but not limited to, the accounting for the effects of certain types of regulation, derivatives, impairment of goodwill and long-lived assets, pension and other postretirement benefits, income taxes and revenue recognition - unbilled revenue. For additional discussion of MidAmerican Energy's and MidAmerican Funding's critical accounting estimates, see Item 7 of their Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013. There have been no significant changes in MidAmerican Energy's and MidAmerican Funding's assumptions regarding critical accounting estimates since December 31, 2013.



Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

For quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk affecting MidAmerican Energy and MidAmerican Funding, see Item 7A of their Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013. MidAmerican Energy's and MidAmerican Funding's exposure to market risk and their management of such risk has not changed materially since December 31, 2013. Refer to Note 7 of Notes to Financial Statements in Item 1 of this Form 10-Q for disclosure of MidAmerican Energy's derivative positions as of September 30, 2014.



Item 4.	Controls and Procedures

At the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the Company (MidAmerican Energy or MidAmerican Funding, as applicable) carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company's management, including the Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) and the Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer), of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). Based upon that evaluation, the Company's management, including the Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) and the Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer), concluded that the Company's disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the United States Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to management, including the Company's Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer), or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. There has been no change in the Company's internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended September 30, 2014, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial reporting.

PART II


Item 1.	Legal Proceedings

None.


Item 1A.	Risk Factors

There has been no material change to MidAmerican Funding's or MidAmerican Energy's risk factors from those disclosed in Item 1A of their Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013.


Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Not applicable.


Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities

Not applicable.


Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.


Item 5.	Other Information

Not applicable.


Item 6.	Exhibits

The exhibits listed on the accompanying Exhibit Index are filed as part of this Quarterly Report.

SIGNATURES

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



	MIDAMERICAN FUNDING, LLC
	MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY
	(Registrants)




Date: November 7, 2014	/s/ Thomas B. Specketer
	Thomas B. Specketer
	Vice President and Controller
	of MidAmerican Funding, LLC
	and Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
	of MidAmerican Energy Company
	(principal financial and accounting officer)

EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.	Description

MidAmerican Energy


15.1	Awareness Letter of Deloitte & Touche LLP


31.1	Principal Executive Officer Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.


31.2	Principal Executive Officer Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.


32.1	Principal Executive Officer Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.


32.2	Principal Executive Officer Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

MidAmerican Funding


31.3	Principal Executive Officer Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.


31.4	Principal Executive Officer Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.


32.3	Principal Executive Officer Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.


32.4	Principal Executive Officer Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

MidAmerican Energy and MidAmerican Funding


4.1	Amendment No. 1 to the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 3, 2014, by and between MidAmerican Energy Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., to MidAmerican Energy Company's Indenture dated as of September 9, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the MidAmerican Energy Company Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 3, 2014).


4.2	Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 3, 2014, by and between MidAmerican Energy Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., to MidAmerican Energy Company's Indenture dated as of September 9, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the MidAmerican Energy Company Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 3, 2014).

101

The following financial information from MidAmerican Energy's and MidAmerican Funding's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2014, is formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) and included herein: (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Operations, (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity, (v) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (vi) the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, tagged in summary and detail.

MIDAMERICAN ENERGY CO - FORM 10-Q - November 7, 2014

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