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PACIFICORP /OR/ - Quarter Report: 2022 September (Form 10-Q)


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
☒ Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2022
or
☐ Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the transition period from ______ to _______
Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter
State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization
CommissionAddress of principal executive officesIRS Employer
File NumberRegistrant's telephone number, including area codeIdentification No.
001-14881 BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY ENERGY COMPANY 94-2213782
  
(An Iowa Corporation)
  
  
666 Grand Avenue
  
  
Des Moines, Iowa 50309-2580
  
  
515-242-4300
  
001-05152 PACIFICORP 93-0246090
  
(An Oregon Corporation)
  
  
825 N.E. Multnomah Street, Suite 1900
  
  
Portland, Oregon 97232
  
  
888-221-7070
  
333-90553MIDAMERICAN FUNDING, LLC47-0819200
(An Iowa Limited Liability Company)
666 Grand Avenue
Des Moines, Iowa 50309-2580
515-242-4300
333-15387MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY42-1425214
(An Iowa Corporation)
666 Grand Avenue
Des Moines, Iowa 50309-2580
515-242-4300
000-52378NEVADA POWER COMPANY88-0420104
(A Nevada Corporation)
6226 West Sahara Avenue
Las Vegas, Nevada 89146
702-402-5000
000-00508SIERRA PACIFIC POWER COMPANY88-0044418
(A Nevada Corporation)
6100 Neil Road
Reno, Nevada 89511
775-834-4011
001-37591EASTERN ENERGY GAS HOLDINGS, LLC46-3639580
(A Virginia Limited Liability Company)
6603 West Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia 23230
804-613-5100
333-266049EASTERN GAS TRANSMISSION AND STORAGE, INC.55-0629203
(A Delaware Corporation)
6603 West Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia 23230
804-613-5100
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed from last report)



RegistrantSecurities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY ENERGY COMPANYNone
PACIFICORPNone
MIDAMERICAN FUNDING, LLCNone
MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANYNone
NEVADA POWER COMPANYNone
SIERRA PACIFIC POWER COMPANYNone
EASTERN ENERGY GAS HOLDINGS, LLCNone
EASTERN GAS TRANSMISSION AND STORAGE, INC.None
RegistrantName of exchange on which registered:
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY ENERGY COMPANYNone
PACIFICORPNone
MIDAMERICAN FUNDING, LLCNone
MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANYNone
NEVADA POWER COMPANYNone
SIERRA PACIFIC POWER COMPANYNone
EASTERN ENERGY GAS HOLDINGS, LLCNone
EASTERN GAS TRANSMISSION AND STORAGE, INC.None
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.
RegistrantYesNo
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY ENERGY COMPANY
PACIFICORP
MIDAMERICAN FUNDING, LLC
MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY
NEVADA POWER COMPANY
SIERRA PACIFIC POWER COMPANY
EASTERN ENERGY GAS HOLDINGS, LLC
EASTERN GAS TRANSMISSION AND STORAGE, INC.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrants have submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted 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 registrants were required to submit such files). Yes  x  No  o



Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
RegistrantLarge accelerated filerAccelerated filerNon-accelerated filerSmaller reporting companyEmerging growth company
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY ENERGY COMPANY
PACIFICORP
MIDAMERICAN FUNDING, LLC
MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY
NEVADA POWER COMPANY
SIERRA PACIFIC POWER COMPANY
EASTERN ENERGY GAS HOLDINGS, LLC
EASTERN GAS TRANSMISSION AND STORAGE, INC.
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrants have elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrants are a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes    No  x
All shares of outstanding common stock of Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company are privately held by a limited group of investors. As of November 3, 2022, 75,627,913 shares of common stock, no par value, were outstanding.
All shares of outstanding common stock of PacifiCorp are indirectly owned by Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company. As of November 3, 2022, 357,060,915 shares of common stock, no par value, were outstanding.
All of the member's equity of MidAmerican Funding, LLC is held by its parent company, Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company, as of November 3, 2022.
All shares of outstanding common stock of MidAmerican Energy Company are owned by its parent company, MHC Inc., which is a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of MidAmerican Funding, LLC. As of November 3, 2022, 70,980,203 shares of common stock, no par value, were outstanding.
All shares of outstanding common stock of Nevada Power Company are owned by its parent company, NV Energy, Inc., which is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company. As of November 3, 2022, 1,000 shares of common stock, $1.00 stated value, were outstanding.
All shares of outstanding common stock of Sierra Pacific Power Company are owned by its parent company, NV Energy, Inc. As of November 3, 2022, 1,000 shares of common stock, $3.75 par value, were outstanding.
All of the member's equity of Eastern Energy Gas Holdings, LLC is held indirectly by its parent company, Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company, as of November 3, 2022.
All shares of outstanding common stock of Eastern Gas Transmission and Storage, Inc. are owned by its parent company, Eastern Energy Gas Holdings, LLC, which is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company. As of November 3, 2022, 60,101 shares of common stock, $10,000 par value, were outstanding.
This combined Form 10-Q is separately filed by Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company, PacifiCorp, MidAmerican Funding, LLC, MidAmerican Energy Company, Nevada Power Company, Sierra Pacific Power Company, Eastern Energy Gas Holdings, LLC and Eastern Gas Transmission and Storage, Inc. Information contained herein relating to any individual company is filed by such company on its own behalf. Each company makes no representation as to information relating to the other companies.




TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
PART I
 
 
PART II
 
 

i


Definition of Abbreviations and Industry Terms

When used in Forward-Looking Statements, Part I - Items 2 through 3, and Part II - Items 1 through 6, the following terms have the definitions indicated.
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company and Related Entities
BHEBerkshire Hathaway Energy Company
Berkshire HathawayBerkshire Hathaway Inc.
Berkshire Hathaway Energy or the CompanyBerkshire Hathaway Energy Company and its subsidiaries
PacifiCorpPacifiCorp and its subsidiaries
MidAmerican FundingMidAmerican Funding, LLC and its subsidiaries
MidAmerican EnergyMidAmerican Energy Company
NV EnergyNV Energy, Inc. and its subsidiaries
Nevada PowerNevada Power Company and its subsidiaries
Sierra PacificSierra Pacific Power Company and its subsidiaries
Nevada UtilitiesNevada Power Company and its subsidiaries and Sierra Pacific Power Company and its subsidiaries
Eastern Energy GasEastern Energy Gas Holdings, LLC and its subsidiaries
EGTSEastern Gas Transmission and Storage, Inc. and its subsidiaries
RegistrantsBerkshire Hathaway Energy Company, PacifiCorp and its subsidiaries, MidAmerican Funding, LLC and its subsidiaries, MidAmerican Energy Company, Nevada Power Company and its subsidiaries, Sierra Pacific Power Company and its subsidiaries, Eastern Energy Gas Holdings, LLC and its subsidiaries and Eastern Gas Transmission and Storage, Inc. and its subsidiaries
Northern PowergridNorthern Powergrid Holdings Company and its subsidiaries
BHE Pipeline GroupBHE GT&S, LLC, Northern Natural Gas Company and Kern River Gas Transmission Company
BHE GT&SBHE GT&S, LLC and its subsidiaries
Northern Natural GasNorthern Natural Gas Company
Kern RiverKern River Gas Transmission Company
BHE TransmissionBHE Canada Holdings Corporation and BHE U.S. Transmission, LLC
BHE CanadaBHE Canada Holdings Corporation and its subsidiaries
AltaLinkAltaLink, L.P.
BHE U.S. TransmissionBHE U.S. Transmission, LLC and its subsidiaries
BHE RenewablesBHE Renewables, LLC and its subsidiaries
HomeServicesHomeServices of America, Inc. and its subsidiaries
UtilitiesPacifiCorp and its subsidiaries, MidAmerican Energy Company, Nevada Power Company and its subsidiaries and Sierra Pacific Power Company and its subsidiaries
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Certain Industry Terms
2017 Tax ReformThe Tax Cuts and Jobs Act enacted on December 22, 2017, effective January 1, 2018
AFUDCAllowance for Funds Used During Construction
AUCAlberta Utilities Commission
BART
Best Available Retrofit Technology
CSAPRCross-State Air Pollution Rule
D.C. CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
DthDecatherm
EPAUnited States Environmental Protection Agency
FERCFederal Energy Regulatory Commission
FIPFederal Implementation Plan
GAAPAccounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
GEMAGas and Electricity Markets Authority
GTAGeneral Tariff Application
GWhGigawatt Hour
IRPIntegrated Resource Plan
IUBIowa Utilities Board
kVKilovolt
MWMegawatt
MWhMegawatt Hour
NAAQSNational Ambient Air Quality Standards
NOx
Nitrogen Oxides
OfgemOffice of Gas and Electric Markets
OPUCOregon Public Utility Commission
PTCProduction Tax Credit
PUCNPublic Utilities Commission of Nevada
RFPRequest for Proposals
RPSRenewable Portfolio Standards
SCRSelective Catalytic Reduction
SECUnited States Securities and Exchange Commission
SIPState Implementation Plan
SO2
Sulfur Dioxide
UPSCUtah Public Service Commission
WUTCWashington Utilities and Transportation Commission
iii


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 the relevant Registrant'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 each Registrant 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 income tax reform, initiatives regarding deregulation and restructuring of the utility industry and reliability and safety standards, affecting the respective Registrant'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 facility output, accelerate facility retirements or delay facility construction or acquisition;
the outcome of regulatory rate reviews and other proceedings conducted by regulatory agencies or other governmental and legal bodies and the respective Registrant's ability to recover costs through 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 private generation measures and programs, that could affect customer growth and usage, electricity and natural gas supply or the respective Registrant's ability to obtain long-term contracts with customers and suppliers;
performance, availability and ongoing operation of the respective Registrant's facilities, including facilities not operated by the Registrants, due to the impacts of market conditions, outages and associated repairs, transmission constraints, weather, including wind, solar and hydroelectric conditions, and operating conditions;
the effects of catastrophic and other unforeseen events, which may be caused by factors beyond the control of each respective Registrant or by a breakdown or failure of the Registrants' operating assets, including severe storms, floods, fires, extreme temperature events, wind events, earthquakes, explosions, landslides, an electromagnetic pulse, mining incidents, litigation, wars (including, for example, Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022), terrorism, pandemics, embargoes, and cyber security attacks, data security breaches, disruptions, or other malicious acts;
the risks and uncertainties associated with wildfires that have occurred, are occurring or may occur in the respective Registrant's service territory for which the cause has yet to be determined; the damage caused by such wildfires; the extent of the respective Registrant's liability in connection with such wildfires (including the risk that the respective Registrant may be found liable for damages regardless of fault); investigations into such wildfires; the outcome of any legal proceedings initiated against the respective Registrant; the risk that the respective Registrant is not able to recover costs from insurance or through rates; and the effect on the respective Registrant's reputation of such wildfires, investigations and proceedings;
the respective Registrant's ability to reduce wildfire threats and improve safety, including the ability to comply with the targets and metrics set forth in its wildfire mitigation plans; to retain or contract for the workforce necessary to execute its wildfire mitigation plans; the effectiveness of its system hardening; ability to achieve vegetation management targets; and the cost of these programs and the timing and outcome of any proceeding to recover such costs through rates;
the ability to economically obtain insurance coverage, or any insurance coverage at all, sufficient to cover losses arising from catastrophic events, such as wildfires where the Registrants may be found liable for real and personal property damages regardless of fault;
a high degree of variance between actual and forecasted load or generation that could impact a Registrant's hedging strategy and the cost of balancing its generation resources with its retail load obligations;
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, creditworthiness and operational stability of the respective Registrant's significant customers and suppliers;
changes in business strategy or development plans;
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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 interest rates;
changes in the respective Registrant's credit ratings;
risks relating to nuclear generation, including unique operational, closure and decommissioning risks;
hydroelectric conditions and the cost, feasibility and eventual outcome of hydroelectric relicensing proceedings;
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 the ability of the respective Registrants to recover such costs in regulated rates;
fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, primarily the British pound and the Canadian dollar;
increases in employee healthcare costs;
the impact of investment performance, certain participant elections such as lump sum distributions and changes in interest rates, legislation, healthcare cost trends, mortality, morbidity on pension and other postretirement benefits expense and funding requirements;
changes in the residential real estate brokerage, mortgage and franchising industries and regulations that could affect brokerage, mortgage and franchising transactions;
the ability to successfully integrate future acquired operations into a Registrant's business;
the impact of supply chain disruptions and workforce availability on the respective Registrant's ongoing operations and its ability to timely complete construction projects;
unanticipated construction delays, changes in costs, receipt of required permits and authorizations, ability to fund capital projects and other factors that could affect future facilities and infrastructure additions;
the availability and price of natural gas in applicable geographic regions and demand for natural gas supply;
the impact of new accounting guidance or changes in current accounting estimates and assumptions on the financial results of the respective Registrants; and
other business or investment considerations that may be disclosed from time to time in the Registrants' filings with the SEC or in other publicly disseminated written documents.

Further details of the potential risks and uncertainties affecting the Registrants are described in the Registrants' filings with the SEC, including Part II, Item 1A and other discussions contained in this Form 10-Q. Each Registrant undertakes 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.

v


Item 1.Financial Statements
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company and its subsidiaries
PacifiCorp and its subsidiaries
MidAmerican Energy Company
MidAmerican Funding, LLC and its subsidiaries
Nevada Power Company and its subsidiaries
Sierra Pacific Power Company and its subsidiaries
Eastern Energy Gas Holdings, LLC and its subsidiaries
Eastern Gas Transmission and Storage, Inc. and its subsidiaries
1


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

2


Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company and its subsidiaries
Consolidated Financial Section

3


PART I
Item 1.Financial Statements


REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company

Results of Review of Interim Financial Information

We have reviewed the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company and subsidiaries (the "Company") as of September 30, 2022, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, and changes in equity for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, and of cash flows for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "interim financial information"). Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the accompanying interim financial information for it 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) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of December 31, 2021, 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 February 25, 2022, 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, 2021, is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the consolidated balance sheet from which it has been derived.

Basis for Review Results

This interim financial information is the responsibility of the Company's management. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our reviews in accordance with standards of the PCAOB. 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 PCAOB, 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.


/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP


Des Moines, Iowa
November 4, 2022
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited)
(Amounts in millions)

 As of
 September 30,December 31,
20222021
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents$1,777 $1,096 
Investments and restricted cash and cash equivalents914 172 
Trade receivables, net2,918 2,468 
Income tax receivable19 344 
Inventories1,205 1,122 
Mortgage loans held for sale661 1,263 
Regulatory assets1,242 544 
Other current assets1,378 1,239 
Total current assets10,114 8,248 
   
Property, plant and equipment, net90,903 89,816 
Goodwill11,405 11,650 
Regulatory assets3,509 3,419 
Investments and restricted cash, cash equivalents and investments12,715 15,788 
Other assets3,358 3,144 
  
Total assets$132,004 $132,065 

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

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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited) (continued)
(Amounts in millions)

 As of
 September 30,December 31,
20222021
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable$2,695 $2,136 
Accrued interest639 537 
Accrued property, income and other taxes822 606 
Accrued employee expenses472 372 
Short-term debt1,441 2,009 
Current portion of long-term debt2,337 1,265 
Other current liabilities1,723 1,837 
Total current liabilities10,129 8,762 
  
BHE senior debt13,594 13,003 
BHE junior subordinated debentures100 100 
Subsidiary debt34,186 35,394 
Regulatory liabilities6,931 6,960 
Deferred income taxes12,722 12,938 
Other long-term liabilities4,597 4,319 
Total liabilities82,259 81,476 
   
Commitments and contingencies (Note 8)
   
Equity:  
BHE shareholders' equity:  
Preferred stock - 100 shares authorized, $0.01 par value, 1 and 2 shares issued and outstanding
850 1,650 
Common stock - 115 shares authorized, no par value, 76 shares issued and outstanding
— — 
Additional paid-in capital6,298 6,374 
Long-term income tax receivable— (744)
Retained earnings41,093 40,754 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net(2,383)(1,340)
Total BHE shareholders' equity45,858 46,694 
Noncontrolling interests3,887 3,895 
Total equity49,745 50,589 
  
Total liabilities and equity$132,004 $132,065 

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

6


BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited)
(Amounts in millions)

 Three-Month PeriodsNine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,Ended September 30,
 2022202120222021
Operating revenue:
Energy$6,095 $5,225 $15,858 $14,375 
Real estate1,405 1,743 4,284 4,738 
Total operating revenue7,500 6,968 20,142 19,113 
    
Operating expenses:   
Energy:   
Cost of sales1,959 1,385 4,944 4,064 
Operations and maintenance1,064 1,001 3,088 2,972 
Depreciation and amortization1,102 946 3,154 2,797 
Property and other taxes200 194 604 593 
Real estate1,352 1,608 4,086 4,312 
Total operating expenses5,677 5,134 15,876 14,738 
     
Operating income1,823 1,834 4,266 4,375 
    
Other income (expense):   
Interest expense(555)(531)(1,637)(1,593)
Capitalized interest19 18 54 46 
Allowance for equity funds43 34 123 90 
Interest and dividend income40 18 93 65 
(Losses) gains on marketable securities, net(3,270)294 (1,999)1,142 
Other, net(16)64 
Total other income (expense)(3,718)(159)(3,382)(186)
    
(Loss) income before income tax benefit and equity loss(1,895)1,675 884 4,189 
Income tax benefit(1,213)(355)(1,571)(563)
Equity loss(13)(5)(153)(234)
Net (loss) income(695)2,025 2,302 4,518 
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests147 103 376 311 
Net (loss) income attributable to BHE shareholders(842)1,922 1,926 4,207 
Preferred dividends26 37 101 
(Loss) earnings on common shares$(850)$1,896 $1,889 $4,106 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
 
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME (Unaudited)
(Amounts in millions)

 Three-Month PeriodsNine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,Ended September 30,
 2022202120222021
 
Net (loss) income$(695)$2,025 $2,302 $4,518 
 
Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax:
Unrecognized amounts on retirement benefits, net of tax of $9, $7, $21 and $12
25 22 65 44 
Foreign currency translation adjustment(665)(218)(1,256)(59)
Unrealized gains on cash flow hedges, net of tax of $22, $12, $58 and $16
45 33 148 48 
Total other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax(595)(163)(1,043)33 
     
Comprehensive (loss) income(1,290)1,862 1,259 4,551 
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests147 103 376 315 
Comprehensive (loss) income attributable to BHE shareholders$(1,437)$1,759 $883 $4,236 

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

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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY (Unaudited)
(Amounts in millions)
 BHE Shareholders' Equity
Long-termAccumulated
AdditionalIncomeOther
PreferredCommonPaid-inTaxRetainedComprehensiveNoncontrollingTotal
 StockStockCapitalReceivableEarningsLoss, NetInterestsEquity
Balance, June 30, 2021$3,750 $— $6,377 $(658)$37,303 $(1,360)$3,953 $49,365 
Net income— — — — 1,922 — 103 2,025 
Other comprehensive loss— — — — — (163)— (163)
Preferred stock redemptions(1,450)— — — — — — (1,450)
Preferred stock dividend— — — — (26)— — (26)
Distributions— — — — — — (130)(130)
Purchase of noncontrolling interest— — (3)— — — — (3)
Other equity transactions— — — — — — (2)(2)
Balance, September 30, 2021$2,300 $— $6,374 $(658)$39,199 $(1,523)$3,924 $49,616 
        
Balance, December 31, 2020$3,750 $— $6,377 $(658)$35,093 $(1,552)$3,967 $46,977 
Net income— — — — 4,207 — 311 4,518 
Other comprehensive income— — — — — 29 33 
Preferred stock redemptions(1,450)— — — — — — (1,450)
Preferred stock dividend— — — — (101)— — (101)
Distributions— — — — — — (364)(364)
Contributions— — — — — — 
Purchase of noncontrolling interest— — (3)— — — — (3)
Other equity transactions— — — — — — (3)(3)
Balance, September 30, 2021$2,300 $— $6,374 $(658)$39,199 $(1,523)$3,924 $49,616 
Balance, June 30, 2022$850 $— $6,298 $(744)$42,688 $(1,788)$3,887 $51,191 
Net (loss) income— — — — (842)— 147 (695)
Other comprehensive loss— — — — — (595)— (595)
Long-term income tax
   receivable adjustments
— — — 744 (744)— — — 
Preferred stock dividend— — — — (8)— — (8)
Distributions— — — — — — (149)(149)
Contributions— — — — — — 
Other equity transactions— — — — (1)— — (1)
Balance, September 30, 2022$850 $— $6,298 $— $41,093 $(2,383)$3,887 $49,745 
        
Balance, December 31, 2021$1,650 $— $6,374 $(744)$40,754 $(1,340)$3,895 $50,589 
Net income— — — — 1,926 — 376 2,302 
Other comprehensive loss— — — — — (1,043)— (1,043)
Long-term income tax
   receivable adjustments
— — — 744 (744)— — — 
Preferred stock redemptions(800)— — — — — — (800)
Preferred stock dividend— — — — (37)— — (37)
Common stock purchases— — (77)— (793)— — (870)
Distributions— — — — — — (394)(394)
Contributions— — — — — — 
Other equity transactions— — — (13)— (6)
Balance, September 30, 2022$850 $— $6,298 $— $41,093 $(2,383)$3,887 $49,745 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited)
(Amounts in millions)
 Nine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,
 20222021
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income$2,302 $4,518 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows from operating activities:
Losses (gains) on marketable securities, net1,999 (1,142)
Depreciation and amortization3,197 2,834 
Allowance for equity funds(123)(90)
Equity loss, net of distributions249 346 
Changes in regulatory assets and liabilities(843)(518)
Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits, net(350)661 
Other, net53 (88)
Changes in other operating assets and liabilities, net of effects from acquisitions:
Trade receivables and other assets(246)(13)
Derivative collateral, net106 115 
Pension and other postretirement benefit plans(31)(37)
Accrued property, income and other taxes, net501 (29)
Accounts payable and other liabilities1,125 427 
Net cash flows from operating activities7,939 6,984 
Cash flows from investing activities:  
Capital expenditures(5,385)(4,594)
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired(15)(64)
Purchases of marketable securities(375)(243)
Proceeds from sales of marketable securities961 222 
Purchases of other investments(648)(20)
Proceeds from other investments1,296 
Equity method investments(29)(54)
Other, net16 (71)
Net cash flows from investing activities(5,469)(3,528)
Cash flows from financing activities:  
Preferred stock redemptions(800)(1,450)
Preferred dividends(33)(86)
Common stock purchases(870)— 
Proceeds from BHE senior debt986 — 
Repayments of BHE senior debt— (450)
Proceeds from subsidiary debt1,198 2,014 
Repayments of subsidiary debt(882)(1,271)
Net repayments of short-term debt(540)(316)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests(395)(366)
Contributions from noncontrolling interests
Other, net(273)(44)
Net cash flows from financing activities(1,605)(1,960)
Effect of exchange rate changes(51)
Net change in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents814 1,497 
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period1,244 1,445 
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents at end of period$2,058 $2,942 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY ENERGY COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

(1)    General

Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company ("BHE") is a holding company that owns a highly diversified portfolio of locally managed and operated businesses principally engaged in the energy industry (collectively with its subsidiaries, the "Company") and is a consolidated subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. ("Berkshire Hathaway").

The Company's operations are organized as eight business segments: PacifiCorp and its subsidiaries ("PacifiCorp"), MidAmerican Funding, LLC and its subsidiaries ("MidAmerican Funding") (which primarily consists of MidAmerican Energy Company ("MidAmerican Energy")), NV Energy, Inc. and its subsidiaries ("NV Energy") (which primarily consists of Nevada Power Company and its subsidiaries ("Nevada Power") and Sierra Pacific Power Company and its subsidiaries ("Sierra Pacific")), Northern Powergrid Holdings Company and its subsidiaries ("Northern Powergrid") (which primarily consists of Northern Powergrid (Northeast) plc and Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc), BHE Pipeline Group, LLC and its subsidiaries (which primarily consists of BHE GT&S, LLC and its subsidiaries ("BHE GT&S"), Northern Natural Gas Company ("Northern Natural Gas") and Kern River Gas Transmission Company ("Kern River")), BHE Transmission (which consists of BHE Canada Holdings Corporation and its subsidiaries ("BHE Canada") (which primarily consists of AltaLink, L.P. ("AltaLink")) and BHE U.S. Transmission, LLC and its subsidiaries), BHE Renewables, LLC and its subsidiaries ("BHE Renewables") and HomeServices of America, Inc. and its subsidiaries ("HomeServices"). The Company, through these locally managed and operated businesses, owns four utility companies in the U.S. serving customers in 11 states, two electricity distribution companies in Great Britain, five interstate natural gas pipeline companies and interests in a liquefied natural gas ("LNG") export, import and storage facility in the U.S., an electric transmission business in Canada, interests in electric transmission businesses in the U.S., a renewable energy business primarily investing in wind, solar, geothermal and hydroelectric projects, the largest residential real estate brokerage firm in the U.S. and one of the largest residential real estate brokerage franchise networks in the U.S.

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, 2022 and for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021. The results of operations for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 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 the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 describes the most significant accounting policies used in the preparation of the unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements. There have been no significant changes in the Company's accounting policies or its assumptions regarding significant accounting estimates during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2022, other than the updates associated with the Company's estimates of loss contingencies related to the Oregon and California 2020 wildfires (the "2020 Wildfires") as discussed in Note 8.
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(2)    Property, Plant and Equipment, Net

Property, plant and equipment, net consists of the following (in millions):
   As of
 Depreciable September 30, December 31,
Life20222021
Regulated assets:   
Utility generation, transmission and distribution systems
5-80 years
 $90,756  $90,223 
Interstate natural gas pipeline assets
3-80 years
 17,882  17,423 
   108,638 107,646 
Accumulated depreciation and amortization  (34,011) (32,680)
Regulated assets, net  74,627 74,966 
      
Nonregulated assets:     
Independent power plants
2-50 years
 8,052  7,665 
Cove Point LNG facility40 years3,397 3,364 
Other assets
2-30 years
 2,903  2,666 
   14,352 13,695 
Accumulated depreciation and amortization  (3,274) (3,041)
Nonregulated assets, net  11,078 10,654 
      
Net operating assets  85,705 85,620 
Construction work-in-progress  5,198  4,196 
Property, plant and equipment, net  $90,903 $89,816 

Construction work-in-progress includes $4.8 billion as of September 30, 2022 and $3.8 billion as of December 31, 2021, related to the construction of regulated assets.

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(3)    Investments and Restricted Cash, Cash Equivalents and Investments

Investments and restricted cash, cash equivalents and investments consists of the following (in millions):
 As of
 September 30,December 31,
20222021
Investments:
BYD Company Limited common stock$5,130 $7,693 
U.S. Treasury Bills614 — 
Rabbi trusts417 492 
Other318 305 
Total investments6,479 8,490 
   
Equity method investments:
BHE Renewables tax equity investments4,575 4,931 
Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P.738 735 
Electric Transmission Texas, LLC615 595 
Other309 293 
Total equity method investments6,237 6,554 
Restricted cash, cash equivalents and investments:  
Quad Cities Station nuclear decommissioning trust funds632 768 
Other restricted cash and cash equivalents281 148 
Total restricted cash, cash equivalents and investments913 916 
   
Total investments and restricted cash, cash equivalents and investments$13,629 $15,960 
Reflected as:
Current assets$914 $172 
Noncurrent assets12,715 15,788 
Total investments and restricted cash, cash equivalents and investments$13,629 $15,960 

Investments

(Losses) gains on marketable securities, net recognized during the period consists of the following (in millions):
Three-Month PeriodsNine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,Ended September 30,
2022202120222021
Unrealized (losses) gains recognized on marketable securities still held at the reporting date$(3,168)$294 $(2,002)$1,141 
Net (losses) gains recognized on marketable securities sold during the period(102)— 
(Losses) gains on marketable securities, net$(3,270)$294 $(1,999)$1,142 

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Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash equivalents consist of funds invested in money market mutual funds, U.S. Treasury Bills and other investments with a maturity of three months or less when purchased. Cash and cash equivalents exclude amounts where availability is restricted by legal requirements, loan agreements or other contractual provisions. Restricted cash and cash equivalents consist substantially of funds restricted for debt service obligations for certain of the Company's nonregulated renewable energy projects. A reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents as presented in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows is outlined below and disaggregated by the line items in which they appear on the Consolidated Balance Sheets (in millions):
As of
September 30,December 31,
20222021
Cash and cash equivalents$1,777 $1,096 
Investments and restricted cash and cash equivalents, current262 127 
Investments and restricted cash, cash equivalents and investments, noncurrent19 21 
Total cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents$2,058 $1,244 

(4)    Recent Financing Transactions

Long-Term Debt

In October 2022, Nevada Power issued $400 million of 5.90% General and Refunding Mortgage bonds, Series GG, due 2053. The net proceeds were used to repay amounts outstanding under its existing revolving credit facility, to fund capital expenditures and for general corporate purposes.

In June 2022, Sierra Pacific purchased $60 million of its variable-rate tax-exempt Gas & Water Facilities Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2016B, due 2036, as required by the bond indenture. Sierra Pacific is holding this bond and can re-offer it at a future date.

In May 2022, Sierra Pacific issued $250 million of 4.71% General and Refunding Mortgage bonds, Series W, due 2052. The net proceeds were used to repay the outstanding $200 million unsecured loan with NV Energy, Inc., repay amounts outstanding under its existing revolving credit facility and for general corporate purposes.

In April 2022, BHE issued $1 billion of its 4.6% Senior Notes due 2053 and used the net proceeds for general corporate purposes, which included repaying a portion of BHE's outstanding commercial paper obligations and redeeming a portion of its 4.00% Perpetual Preferred Stock issued to certain subsidiaries of Berkshire Hathaway.

In April 2022, Sierra Pacific purchased the following series of bonds that were held by the public: $30 million of its variable-rate tax-exempt Water Facilities Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2016C, due 2036; $25 million of its variable-rate tax-exempt Water Facilities Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2016D, due 2036; $25 million of its variable-rate tax-exempt Water Facilities Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2016E, due 2036; $75 million of its variable-rate tax-exempt Water Facilities Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2016F, due 2036; $20 million of its variable-rate tax-exempt Water Facilities Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2016G, due 2036; and $30 million of its variable-rate tax-exempt Pollution Control Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2016B, due 2029. Sierra Pacific purchased these bonds as required by the bond indentures. Sierra Pacific is holding these bonds and can re-offer them at a future date.

In April 2022, Northern Powergrid (Northeast) plc issued £350 million of its 3.25% bonds due 2052 and used the net proceeds for general corporate purposes.

In January 2022, Nevada Power entered into a $300 million secured delayed draw term loan facility maturing in January 2024. Amounts borrowed under the facility bear interest at variable rates based on the Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR") or a base rate, at Nevada Power's option, plus a pricing margin. In January 2022, Nevada Power borrowed $200 million under the facility at an initial interest rate of 0.55%. In May 2022, Nevada Power drew the remaining $100 million available under the facility at an initial interest rate of 1.24%. Nevada Power used the proceeds to repay amounts outstanding under its existing secured credit facility and for general corporate purposes.

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Credit Facilities

In June 2022, BHE amended and restated its existing $3.5 billion unsecured credit facility expiring in June 2024. The amendment extended the expiration date to June 2025 and amended pricing from the London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") to SOFR.

In June 2022, PacifiCorp amended and restated its existing $1.2 billion unsecured credit facility expiring in June 2024. The amendment extended the expiration date to June 2025 and amended pricing from LIBOR to SOFR.

In June 2022, MidAmerican Energy amended and restated its existing $1.5 billion unsecured credit facility expiring in June 2024. The amendment extended the expiration date to June 2025 and amended pricing from LIBOR to SOFR.

In June 2022, Nevada Power and Sierra Pacific each amended and restated its existing $400 million and $250 million secured credit facilities expiring in June 2024. The amendments extended the expiration date to June 2025 and amended pricing from LIBOR to SOFR.

(5)    Income Taxes

The effective income tax rate for the three-month period ended September 30, 2022, is 64% and results from a $1,213 million income tax benefit associated with a $1,895 million pre-tax loss, primarily relating to a pre-tax loss of $3,259 million on the Company's investment in BYD Company Limited. The $1,213 million income tax benefit is primarily comprised of a $398 million benefit (21%) from the application of the statutory income tax rate to the pre-tax loss and a $680 million benefit (36%) from income tax credits.

A reconciliation of the federal statutory income tax rate to the effective income tax rate applicable to income before income tax benefit is as follows:
Three-Month PeriodsNine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,Ended September 30,
 2022202120222021
 
Federal statutory income tax rate21 %21 %21 %21 %
Income tax credits36 (31)(165)(29)
State income tax, net of federal income tax impacts— (4)(2)— 
Income tax effect of foreign income— (1)(4)
Effects of ratemaking(6)(18)(5)
Equity income— — (4)(1)
Noncontrolling interest(1)(9)(2)
Other, net— 
Effective income tax rate64 %(21)%(178)%(13)%

Income tax credits relate primarily to PTCs from wind- and solar-powered generating facilities owned by MidAmerican Energy, PacifiCorp and BHE Renewables. Federal renewable electricity PTCs are earned as energy from qualifying wind- and solar-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- and solar-powered generating facilities are eligible for the credits for 10 years from the date the qualifying generating facilities are placed in-service. PTCs recognized for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 totaled $1,414 million and $1,188 million, respectively.

Income tax effect on foreign income includes, among other items, a deferred income tax charge of $109 million recognized in June 2021 upon the enactment of an increase in the United Kingdom's corporate income tax rate from 19% to 25% effective April 1, 2023.

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The Company's provision for income taxes has been computed on a stand-alone basis. Berkshire Hathaway includes the Company in its consolidated U.S. federal and Iowa state income tax returns and the majority of the Company's U.S. federal income tax is remitted to or received from Berkshire Hathaway. The Company received net cash payments for federal income taxes from Berkshire Hathaway for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 totaling $1,742 million and $1,259 million, respectively.

In July 2022, the Company amended its tax allocation agreement with Berkshire Hathaway, which changed how state tax attributes will be settled. As a result, the Company no longer expects to receive the cash benefits from the state of Iowa net operating loss carryforward previously recorded as a long-term income tax receivable from Berkshire Hathaway as a component of BHE's shareholders' equity, and has reclassified $744 million to retained earnings.

(6)    Employee Benefit Plans

Domestic Operations

Net periodic benefit cost (credit) for the domestic pension and other postretirement benefit plans included the following components (in millions):
 Three-Month PeriodsNine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,Ended September 30,
 2022202120222021
Pension:
Service cost$$$20 $22 
Interest cost20 21 58 59 
Expected return on plan assets(28)(32)(82)(101)
Settlement— 
Net amortization13 19 
Net periodic benefit cost$$$11 $
Other postretirement:
Service cost$$$$
Interest cost15 14 
Expected return on plan assets(8)(5)(22)(16)
Net amortization— — (1)(2)
Net periodic benefit (credit) cost$(1)$$— $

Amounts other than the service cost for pension and other postretirement benefit plans are recorded in Other, net in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Employer contributions to the domestic pension and other postretirement benefit plans are expected to be $13 million and $5 million, respectively, during 2022. As of September 30, 2022, $10 million and $5 million of contributions had been made to the domestic pension and other postretirement benefit plans, respectively.

Foreign Operations

Net periodic benefit credit for the United Kingdom pension plan included the following components (in millions):
Three-Month PeriodsNine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,Ended September 30,
 2022202120222021
 
Service cost$$$10 $12 
Interest cost27 23 
Expected return on plan assets(22)(28)(70)(84)
Net amortization14 18 42 
Net periodic benefit credit$(5)$(2)$(15)$(7)
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Amounts other than the service cost for the United Kingdom pension plan are recorded in Other, net in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Employer contributions to the United Kingdom pension plan are expected to be £12 million during 2022. As of September 30, 2022, £9 million, or $12 million, of contributions had been made to the United Kingdom pension plan.

(7)    Fair Value Measurements

The carrying value of the Company'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. The Company has various financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on the Consolidated 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 the Company 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 the Company's judgments about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability since limited market data exists. The Company develops these inputs based on the best information available, including its own data.

The following table presents the Company's financial assets and liabilities recognized on the Consolidated Balance Sheets and measured at fair value on a recurring basis (in millions):
Input Levels for Fair Value Measurements
Level 1Level 2Level 3
Other(1)
Total
As of September 30, 2022:
Assets:
Commodity derivatives$14 $617 $58 $(124)$565 
Interest rate derivatives54 100 12 — 166 
Mortgage loans held for sale— 661 — — 661 
Money market mutual funds1,394 — — — 1,394 
Debt securities:
U.S. government obligations830 — — — 830 
International government obligations— — — 
Corporate obligations— 69 — — 69 
Municipal obligations— — — 
Agency, asset and mortgage-backed obligations— — — 
Equity securities:
U.S. companies333 — — — 333 
International companies5,137 — — — 5,137 
Investment funds248 — — — 248 
 $8,010 $1,452 $70 $(124)$9,408 
Liabilities:     
Commodity derivatives$(2)$(199)$(113)$102 $(212)
Foreign currency exchange rate derivatives— (35)— — (35)
Interest rate derivatives— — (13)— (13)
$(2)$(234)$(126)$102 $(260)
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Input Levels for Fair Value Measurements
Level 1Level 2Level 3
Other(1)
Total
As of December 31, 2021:
Assets:
Commodity derivatives$$271 $73 $(47)$302 
Foreign currency exchange rate derivatives— — — 
Interest rate derivatives20 — 24 
Mortgage loans held for sale— 1,263 — — 1,263 
Money market mutual funds554 — — — 554 
Debt securities:
U.S. government obligations232 — — — 232 
International government obligations— — — 
Corporate obligations— 90 — — 90 
Municipal obligations— — — 
Agency, asset and mortgage-backed obligations— — — 
Equity securities:
U.S. companies428 — — — 428 
International companies7,703 — — — 7,703 
Investment funds237 — — — 237 
 $9,160 $1,637 $93 $(47)$10,843 
Liabilities:
Commodity derivatives$(2)$(113)$(224)$73 $(266)
Foreign currency exchange rate derivatives— (3)— — (3)
Interest rate derivatives— (7)(1)— (8)
$(2)$(123)$(225)$73 $(277)

(1)Represents netting under master netting arrangements and a net cash collateral payable of $22 million and receivable of $26 million as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.
Derivative contracts are recorded on the Consolidated 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 the Company transacts. When quoted prices for identical contracts are not available, the Company uses forward price curves. Forward price curves represent the Company's estimates of the prices at which a buyer or seller could contract today for delivery or settlement at future dates. The Company 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 brokers, exchanges, direct communication with market participants and actual transactions executed by the Company. Market price quotations are generally readily obtainable for the applicable term of the Company's outstanding derivative contracts; therefore, the Company'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, the Company 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 the underlying forward commodity prices, interest rates, currency rates, related volatility, counterparty creditworthiness and duration of contracts.

The Company's mortgage loans held for sale are valued based on independent quoted market prices, where available, or the prices of other mortgage whole loans with similar characteristics. As necessary, these prices are adjusted for typical securitization activities, including servicing value, portfolio composition, market conditions and liquidity.

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The Company's investments in money market mutual funds and debt and equity securities 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 following table reconciles the beginning and ending balances of the Company's financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant Level 3 inputs (in millions). Transfers out of Level 3 occur primarily due to increased price observability.
 Three-Month PeriodsNine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,Ended September 30,
InterestInterest
 CommodityRateCommodityRate
DerivativesDerivativesDerivativesDerivatives
2022:
Beginning balance$(178)$21 $(151)$19 
Changes included in earnings(1)
(14)(22)(96)(20)
Changes in fair value recognized in OCI
— 13 — 
Changes in fair value recognized in net regulatory assets
(5)— (64)— 
Purchases
— — 
Settlements138 — 172 — 
Transfers out of Level 3 into Level 2— — 69 — 
Ending balance$(55)$(1)$(55)$(1)
2021:
Beginning balance$105 $41 $116 $62 
Changes included in earnings(1)
(18)(13)(34)(34)
Changes in fair value recognized in OCI
(6)— (13)— 
Changes in fair value recognized in net regulatory assets
12 — 21 — 
Purchases— — 
Settlements(62)— (60)— 
Ending balance$32 $28 $32 $28 

(1)Changes included in earnings for interest rate derivatives are reported net of amounts related to the satisfaction of the associated loan commitment.

The Company's long-term debt is carried at cost, including fair value adjustments and unamortized premiums, discounts and debt issuance costs as applicable, on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The fair value of the Company'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 the Company'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 the Company's long-term debt (in millions):
 As of September 30, 2022As of December 31, 2021
 CarryingFairCarryingFair
ValueValueValueValue
 
Long-term debt$50,217 $44,433 $49,762 $57,189 

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(8)    Commitments and Contingencies

Construction Commitments

During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2022, PacifiCorp entered into certain procurement and construction services agreements for $1.1 billion through 2024 for the construction of key Energy Gateway Transmission segments in Utah, Wyoming and Idaho, including $849 million for the segment extending between the Aeolus substation near Medicine Bow, Wyoming and the Clover substation near Mona, Utah.

Fuel Contracts

During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2022, PacifiCorp entered into certain coal supply and transportation agreements totaling approximately $214 million through 2028.

Purchased Electricity Contracts - Not Commercially Operable

During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2022, PacifiCorp entered into a purchased electricity contract for a solar generating facility including battery storage with minimum obligations totaling approximately $238 million through 2045. The facility associated with this contract has not yet achieved commercial operation. To the extent this facility does not achieve commercial operation, PacifiCorp has no obligation to the counterparty.

Legal Matters

The Company is party to a variety of legal actions arising out of the normal course of business. Plaintiffs occasionally seek punitive or exemplary damages. The Company does not believe that such normal and routine litigation will have a material impact on its consolidated financial results. The Company is also involved in other kinds of legal actions, some of which assert or may assert claims or seek to impose fines, penalties and other costs in substantial amounts and are described below.

Wildfire Liability Overview
    
A provision for a loss contingency is recorded when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the liability can be reasonably estimated. PacifiCorp evaluates which potential liabilities are probable and the related range of reasonably estimated losses and records a charge that reflects its best estimate or the lower end of the range, if there is no better estimate.

In California, under inverse condemnation, courts have held that investor-owned utilities can be liable for real and personal property damages from wildfires without the utility being found negligent and regardless of fault. California law also permits inverse condemnation plaintiffs to recover reasonable attorney fees and costs. In both Oregon and California, PacifiCorp has equipment in areas accessed through special use permits, easements or similar agreements that may contain provisions requiring it to pay for damages caused by its equipment regardless of fault. Even if inverse condemnation or other provisions do not apply, PacifiCorp could nevertheless be found liable for all damages proximately caused by negligence, including real and personal property and natural resource damages; fire suppression costs; personal injury and loss of life damages; and interest.

2020 Wildfires

In September 2020, a severe weather event resulting in high winds, low humidity and warm temperatures contributed to several major wildfires, which resulted in real and personal property and natural resource damage, personal injuries and loss of life and widespread power outages in Oregon and Northern California. The wildfires spread across certain parts of PacifiCorp's service territory and surrounding areas across multiple counties in Oregon and California, including Siskiyou County, California; Jackson County, Oregon; Douglas County, Oregon; Marion County, Oregon; Lincoln County, Oregon; and Klamath County, Oregon burning over 500,000 acres in aggregate. Third party reports for these wildfires indicate over 2,000 structures destroyed, including residences; several structures damaged; multiple individuals injured; and several fatalities. Fire suppression costs estimated by various agencies total approximately $150 million.

Investigations into the cause and origin of each wildfire are complex and ongoing and being conducted by various entities, including the United States Forest Service, the California Public Utilities Commission, the Oregon Department of Forestry, the Oregon Department of Justice, PacifiCorp and various experts engaged by PacifiCorp.

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As of the date of this filing, 60 lawsuits have been filed in Oregon and California, including a class action complaint in Oregon, on behalf of plaintiffs related to the 2020 Wildfires. The plaintiffs seek damages that include property damages, economic losses, punitive damages, exemplary damages, attorneys' fees and other damages. Additionally, several insurance carriers have filed subrogation complaints in Oregon and California with allegations similar to those made in the aforementioned lawsuits. The final determinations of liability, however, will only be made following the completion of comprehensive investigations and litigation processes.

As of the date of this filing, PacifiCorp estimates the probable loss to be $200 million, net of expected insurance recoveries and has accrued such amount as of September 30, 2022. During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2022, PacifiCorp accrued $64 million of losses net of expected insurance recoveries, associated with the 2020 Wildfires. The accrual includes PacifiCorp's estimate of losses for fire suppression costs, real and personal property damages, natural resource damages for certain areas and noneconomic damages such as personal injury damages and loss of life damages that are considered probable of being incurred and that it is reasonably able to estimate at this time. For certain aspects of the 2020 Wildfires for which loss is considered probable, information necessary to reasonably estimate the potential losses, such as those related to certain areas of natural resource damages, is not currently available. It is reasonably possible PacifiCorp will incur additional losses beyond the amounts accrued; however, PacifiCorp is currently unable to estimate the range of possible additional losses that could be incurred due to the number of properties and parties involved and the variation in those types of properties and lack of available details. To the extent losses beyond the amounts accrued are incurred, additional insurance coverage is expected to be available to cover a portion of the losses. PacifiCorp's receivable for expected insurance recoveries was $277 million as of September 30, 2022.

2022 McKinney Fire

According to California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection ("Cal Fire"), on July 29, 2022, at approximately 2:16 p.m. Pacific Time, a wildfire began in the Oak Knoll Ranger District of the Klamath National Forest in Siskiyou County, California (the "2022 McKinney Fire") located in PacifiCorp's service territory. The Cal Fire McKinney Fire incident report last updated September 8, 2022 (the "Cal Fire incident report") indicates that the 2022 McKinney Fire resulted in 11 structures damaged, 185 structures destroyed, 12 injuries and 4 fatalities. According to InciWeb, an interagency all-risk incident information management system, the 2022 McKinney Fire consumed 60,138 acres. The cause of the 2022 McKinney Fire is undetermined and remains under investigation by the United States Forest Service.

Due to the preliminary nature of the investigation PacifiCorp does not believe a loss is probable and therefore has not accrued any loss as of the date of this filing. While the loss is not probable, PacifiCorp estimates the potential loss, excluding losses for natural resource damages, to be $31 million, net of expected insurance recoveries. The loss estimate includes PacifiCorp's estimate of losses for fire suppression costs; real and personal property damages; and noneconomic damages such as personal injury damages and loss of life damages. PacifiCorp is unable to estimate the total potential loss, including losses for natural resource damages, because there are a number of unknown facts and legal considerations that may impact the amount of any potential liability, including the total scope and nature of claims that may be asserted against PacifiCorp. PacifiCorp has insurance available and estimates the potential insurance recoveries to be $103 million, to cover potential losses.

As of the date of this filing, multiple lawsuits have been filed in California on behalf of plaintiffs related to the 2022 McKinney Fire. The plaintiffs seek damages that include property damages, economic losses, punitive damages, exemplary damages, attorneys' fees and other damages but the amount of damages sought are not specified. The final determinations of liability, however, will only be made following the completion of comprehensive investigations and litigation processes.

Environmental Laws and Regulations

The Company is subject to federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations regarding climate change, renewable portfolio standards, air and water quality, emissions performance standards, coal combustion byproduct disposal, hazardous and solid waste disposal, protected species and other environmental matters that have the potential to impact the Company's current and future operations. The Company believes it is in material compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.


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Hydroelectric Relicensing

PacifiCorp is a party to the 2016 amended Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement ("KHSA"), which is intended to resolve disputes surrounding PacifiCorp's efforts to relicense the Klamath Hydroelectric Project. The KHSA establishes a process for PacifiCorp, the states of Oregon and California ("States") and other stakeholders to assess whether dam removal can occur consistent with the settlement's terms. For PacifiCorp, the key elements of the settlement include: (1) a contribution from PacifiCorp's Oregon and California customers capped at $200 million plus $250 million in California bond funds; (2) complete indemnification from harms associated with dam removal; (3) transfer of the FERC license to a third-party dam removal entity, the Klamath River Renewal Corporation ("KRRC"), who would conduct dam removal; and (4) ability for PacifiCorp to operate the facilities for the benefit of customers until dam removal commences.

In September 2016, the KRRC and PacifiCorp filed a joint application with the FERC to transfer the license for the four mainstem Klamath dams from PacifiCorp to the KRRC. The FERC approved partial transfer of the Klamath license in a July 2020 order, subject to the condition that PacifiCorp remains co-licensee. Under the amended KHSA, PacifiCorp did not agree to remain co-licensee during the surrender and removal process given concerns about liability protections for PacifiCorp and its customers. In November 2020, PacifiCorp entered a memorandum of agreement (the "MOA") with the KRRC, the Karuk Tribe, the Yurok Tribe and the States to continue implementation of the KHSA. The agreement required the States, PacifiCorp and KRRC to file a new license transfer application to remove PacifiCorp from the license for the Klamath Hydroelectric Project and add the States and KRRC as co-licensees for the purposes of surrender. In addition, the MOA provides for additional contingency funding of $45 million, equally split between PacifiCorp and the States, and for PacifiCorp and the States to equally share in any additional cost overruns in the unlikely event that dam removal costs exceed the $450 million in funding to ensure dam removal is complete. The MOA also requires PacifiCorp to cover the costs associated with certain pre-existing environmental conditions. In June 2021, the FERC approved transfer of the four mainstem Klamath dams from PacifiCorp to the KRRC and the States as co-licensees. In July 2021, the Oregon, Wyoming, Idaho and California state public utility commissions conditionally approved the required property transfer applications. In August 2021, PacifiCorp notified the Public Service Commission of Utah of the property transfer, however no formal approval is required in Utah. The transfer will be effective within 30 days following the issuance of a license surrender from the FERC for the project, which remains pending. In August 2022, the FERC staff issued a final environmental impact statement for the project, concluding that dam removal is the preferred action.

Guarantees

The Company has entered into guarantees as part of the normal course of business and the sale of certain assets. These guarantees are not expected to have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial results.
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(9)    Revenue from Contracts with Customers

Energy Products and Services

The following table summarizes the Company's energy products and services revenue from contracts with customers ("Customer Revenue") by regulated and nonregulated, with further disaggregation of regulated by line of business, including a reconciliation to the Company's reportable segment information included in Note 12 (in millions):

For the Three-Month Period Ended September 30, 2022
PacifiCorpMidAmerican FundingNV EnergyNorthern PowergridBHE Pipeline GroupBHE TransmissionBHE Renewables
BHE and
Other(1)
Total
Customer Revenue:
Regulated:
Retail electric$1,465 $799 $1,250 $— $— $— $— $(1)$3,513 
Retail gas— 97 20 — — — — 118 
Wholesale69 208 33 — — — — — 310 
Transmission and
   distribution
54 16 24 260 — 168 — — 522 
Interstate pipeline— — — — 594 — — (26)568 
Other24 — — — — — (1)24 
Total Regulated1,612 1,120 1,327 260 595 168 — (27)5,055 
Nonregulated— — 71 326 16 264 177 855 
Total Customer Revenue1,612 1,121 1,327 331 921 184 264 150 5,910 
Other revenue23 27 28 43 (7)38 26 185 
Total$1,635 $1,148 $1,334 $359 $964 $177 $302 $176 $6,095 

For the Nine-Month Period Ended September 30, 2022
PacifiCorpMidAmerican FundingNV EnergyNorthern PowergridBHE Pipeline GroupBHE TransmissionBHE Renewables
BHE and
Other(1)
Total
Customer Revenue:
Regulated:
Retail electric$3,817 $1,865 $2,680 $— $— $— $— $(2)$8,360 
Retail gas— 570 99 — — — — 670 
Wholesale179 488 68 — — — — (2)733 
Transmission and
   distribution
131 44 59 803 — 516 — — 1,553 
Interstate pipeline— — — — 1,863 — — (94)1,769 
Other72 — — — — (1)74 
Total Regulated4,199 2,967 2,907 803 1,865 516 — (98)13,159 
Nonregulated— 128 889 38 695 461 2,215 
Total Customer Revenue4,199 2,970 2,908 931 2,754 554 695 363 15,374 
Other revenue47 80 18 88 101 (11)68 93 484 
Total$4,246 $3,050 $2,926 $1,019 $2,855 $543 $763 $456 $15,858 
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For the Three-Month Period Ended September 30, 2021
PacifiCorpMidAmerican FundingNV EnergyNorthern PowergridBHE Pipeline GroupBHE TransmissionBHE Renewables
BHE and
Other(1)
Total
Customer Revenue:
Regulated:
Retail electric$1,352 $736 $1,008 $— $— $— $— $— $3,096 
Retail gas— 84 16 — — — — — 100 
Wholesale58 113 19 — 14 — — (1)203 
Transmission and
   distribution
55 15 35 241 — 175 — — 521 
Interstate pipeline— — — — 514 — — (28)486 
Other26 — — — (2)— — — 24 
Total Regulated1,491 948 1,078 241 526 175 — (29)4,430 
Nonregulated— — 257 12 288 141 708 
Total Customer Revenue1,491 950 1,078 249 783 187 288 112 5,138 
Other revenue— 16 28 (2)28 87 
Total$1,491 $966 $1,085 $277 $785 $185 $316 $120 $5,225 

For the Nine-Month Period Ended September 30, 2021
PacifiCorpMidAmerican FundingNV EnergyNorthern PowergridBHE Pipeline GroupBHE TransmissionBHE Renewables
BHE and
Other(1)
Total
Customer Revenue:
Regulated:
Retail electric$3,685 $1,704 $2,227 $— $— $— $— $(1)$7,615 
Retail gas— 633 74 — — — — — 707 
Wholesale124 307 44 — 31 — — (2)504 
Transmission and
   distribution
117 45 78 747 — 525 — — 1,512 
Interstate pipeline— — — — 1,787 — — (94)1,693 
Other80 (1)80 
Total Regulated4,006 2,689 2,424 747 1,817 525 — (97)12,111 
Nonregulated— 13 26 726 27 693 452 1,938 
Total Customer Revenue4,006 2,702 2,425 773 2,543 552 693 355 14,049 
Other revenue25 24 18 84 41 (5)80 59 326 
Total$4,031 $2,726 $2,443 $857 $2,584 $547 $773 $414 $14,375 

(1)The BHE and Other reportable segment represents amounts related principally to other entities, including MidAmerican Energy Services, LLC, corporate functions and intersegment eliminations.

Real Estate Services

The following table summarizes the Company's real estate services Customer Revenue by line of business (in millions):
HomeServices
Three-Month PeriodsNine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,Ended September 30,
2022202120222021
Customer Revenue:
Brokerage$1,310 $1,563 $3,946 $4,154 
Franchise18 23 55 65 
Total Customer Revenue1,328 1,586 4,001 4,219 
Mortgage and other revenue77 157 283 519 
Total$1,405 $1,743 $4,284 $4,738 
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Remaining Performance Obligations

The following table summarizes the Company's revenue it expects to recognize in future periods related to significant unsatisfied remaining performance obligations for fixed contracts with expected durations in excess of one year as of September 30, 2022, by reportable segment (in millions):
Performance obligations expected to be satisfied:
Less than 12 monthsMore than 12 monthsTotal
BHE Pipeline Group$2,931 $21,414 $24,345 
BHE Transmission688 172 860 
Total$3,619 $21,586 $25,205 

(10)    BHE Shareholders' Equity

In May 2022, BHE redeemed at par 800,006 shares of its 4.00% Perpetual Preferred Stock from certain subsidiaries of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. for $800 million, plus an additional amount equal to the accrued dividends on the pro rata shares redeemed.

In June 2022, BHE purchased 740,961 shares of its common stock held by Mr. Gregory E. Abel, BHE's Chair, for $870 million. The purchase was pursuant to the terms of BHE's Shareholders Agreement.

(11)    Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss, Net

The following table shows the change in accumulated other comprehensive loss by each component of other comprehensive income (loss), net of applicable income tax (in millions):
UnrecognizedForeignUnrealizedAOCI
Amounts onCurrency(Losses) GainsAttributable
RetirementTranslationon CashNoncontrollingTo BHE
BenefitsAdjustmentFlow HedgesInterestsShareholders, Net
Balance, December 31, 2020$(492)$(1,062)$(8)$10 $(1,552)
Other comprehensive income (loss)44 (59)48 (4)29 
Balance, September 30, 2021$(448)$(1,121)$40 $$(1,523)
Balance, December 31, 2021$(318)$(1,086)$59 $$(1,340)
Other comprehensive income (loss)65 (1,256)148 — (1,043)
Balance, September 30, 2022$(253)$(2,342)$207 $$(2,383)

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(12)    Segment Information

The Company's reportable segments with foreign operations include Northern Powergrid, whose business is principally in the United Kingdom, and BHE Transmission, whose business includes operations in Canada. Intersegment eliminations and adjustments, including the allocation of goodwill, have been made. Information related to the Company's reportable segments is shown below (in millions):
 Three-Month PeriodsNine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,Ended September 30,
 2022202120222021
Operating revenue:
PacifiCorp$1,635 $1,491 $4,246 $4,031 
MidAmerican Funding1,148 966 3,050 2,726 
NV Energy1,334 1,085 2,926 2,443 
Northern Powergrid359 277 1,019 857 
BHE Pipeline Group964 785 2,855 2,584 
BHE Transmission177 185 543 547 
BHE Renewables302 316 763 773 
HomeServices1,405 1,743 4,284 4,738 
BHE and Other(1)
176 120 456 414 
Total operating revenue$7,500 $6,968 $20,142 $19,113 
Depreciation and amortization:
PacifiCorp$277 $272 $836 $811 
MidAmerican Funding338 218 865 634 
NV Energy144 138 423 411 
Northern Powergrid92 73 272 217 
BHE Pipeline Group124 124 380 363 
BHE Transmission58 59 176 177 
BHE Renewables67 61 198 182 
HomeServices14 14 43 37 
BHE and Other(1)
Total depreciation and amortization$1,116 $960 $3,197 $2,834 

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 Three-Month PeriodsNine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,Ended September 30,
 2022202120222021
Operating income:  
PacifiCorp$437 $394 $811 $911 
MidAmerican Funding230 287 420 438 
NV Energy332 348 534 563 
Northern Powergrid151 126 420 403 
BHE Pipeline Group433 303 1,323 1,166 
BHE Transmission81 90 248 256 
BHE Renewables133 149 265 279 
HomeServices53 135 198 426 
BHE and Other(1)
(27)47 (67)
Total operating income1,823 1,834 4,266 4,375 
Interest expense(555)(531)(1,637)(1,593)
Capitalized interest19 18 54 46 
Allowance for equity funds43 34 123 90 
Interest and dividend income40 18 93 65 
(Losses) gains on marketable securities, net(3,270)294 (1,999)1,142 
Other, net(16)64 
Total (loss) income before income tax benefit and equity loss$(1,895)$1,675 $884 $4,189 
Interest expense:
PacifiCorp$105 $110 $318 $322 
MidAmerican Funding84 81 249 237 
NV Energy55 51 158 154 
Northern Powergrid31 33 97 98 
BHE Pipeline Group37 33 110 111 
BHE Transmission39 39 115 117 
BHE Renewables45 39 131 119 
HomeServices
BHE and Other(1)
157 144 454 432 
Total interest expense$555 $531 $1,637 $1,593 
(Loss) earnings on common shares:
PacifiCorp$409 $333 $622 $728 
MidAmerican Funding300 373 745 728 
NV Energy270 282 392 416 
Northern Powergrid100 83 282 162 
BHE Pipeline Group234 144 755 627 
BHE Transmission59 65 183 184 
BHE Renewables173 163 526 360 
HomeServices29 102 134 321 
BHE and Other(1)
(2,424)351 (1,750)580 
Total (loss) earnings on common shares$(850)$1,896 $1,889 $4,106 

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 As of
 September 30,December 31,
20222021
Assets:
PacifiCorp$29,168 $27,615 
MidAmerican Funding26,132 25,352 
NV Energy16,564 15,239 
Northern Powergrid8,559 9,326 
BHE Pipeline Group20,930 20,434 
BHE Transmission8,840 9,476 
BHE Renewables11,614 11,829 
HomeServices3,678 4,574 
BHE and Other(1)
6,519 8,220 
Total assets$132,004 $132,065 

(1)The differences between the reportable segment amounts and the consolidated amounts, described as BHE and Other, relate principally to other entities, including MidAmerican Energy Services, LLC, corporate functions and intersegment eliminations.
 Three-Month PeriodsNine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,Ended September 30,
 2022202120222021
Operating revenue by country:
U.S.$6,967 $6,499 $18,588 $17,700 
United Kingdom351 277 1,011 857 
Canada174 180 535 537 
Other12 19 
Total operating revenue by country$7,500 $6,968 $20,142 $19,113 
(Loss) income before income tax benefit and equity loss by country:
U.S.$(2,068)$1,511 $395 $3,699 
United Kingdom118 107 344 343 
Canada43 49 135 134 
Other12 10 13 
Total (loss) income before income tax benefit and equity loss by country$(1,895)$1,675 $884 $4,189 

The following table shows the change in the carrying amount of goodwill by reportable segment for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2022 (in millions):
BHE Pipeline Group
PacifiCorpMidAmerican FundingNV EnergyNorthern PowergridBHE TransmissionBHE RenewablesHomeServices
Total
 
December 31, 2021$1,129 $2,102 $2,369 $992 $1,814 $1,563 $95 $1,586 $11,650 
Acquisitions— — — — — — — 13 13 
Foreign currency translation
— — — (123)— (135)— — (258)
September 30, 2022$1,129 $2,102 $2,369 $869 $1,814 $1,428 $95 $1,599 $11,405 

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

The following is management's discussion and analysis of certain significant factors that have affected the consolidated financial condition and results of operations of the Company during the periods included herein. Explanations include management's best estimate of the impact of weather, customer growth, usage trends and other factors. This discussion should be read in conjunction with the Company's historical unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q. The Company's actual results in the future could differ significantly from the historical results.

BHE is a holding company that owns a highly diversified portfolio of locally managed businesses principally engaged in the energy industry and is a consolidated subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway. As of November 3, 2022, Berkshire Hathaway and family members and related or affiliated entities of the late Mr. Walter Scott, Jr., a former member of BHE's Board of Directors, beneficially owned 92% and 8%, respectively, of BHE's common stock.

Berkshire Hathaway Energy's operations are organized as eight business segments: PacifiCorp, MidAmerican Funding (which primarily consists of MidAmerican Energy), NV Energy (which primarily consists of Nevada Power and Sierra Pacific), Northern Powergrid (which primarily consists of Northern Powergrid (Northeast) plc and Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) plc), BHE Pipeline Group (which primarily consists of BHE GT&S, Northern Natural Gas and Kern River), BHE Transmission (which consists of BHE Canada (which primarily consists of AltaLink) and BHE U.S. Transmission), BHE Renewables and HomeServices. BHE, through these locally managed and operated businesses, owns four utility companies in the U.S. serving customers in 11 states, two electricity distribution companies in Great Britain, five interstate natural gas pipeline companies, one of which owns a liquefied natural gas ("LNG") export, import and storage facility, in the U.S., an electric transmission business in Canada, interests in electric transmission businesses in the U.S., a renewable energy business primarily investing in wind, solar, geothermal and hydroelectric projects, the largest residential real estate brokerage firm in the U.S. and one of the largest residential real estate brokerage franchise networks in the U.S. The reportable segment financial information includes all necessary adjustments and eliminations needed to conform to the Company's significant accounting policies. The differences between the reportable segment amounts and the consolidated amounts, described as BHE and Other, relate principally to other entities, including MidAmerican Energy Services, LLC, corporate functions and intersegment eliminations.

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Results of Operations for the Third Quarter and First Nine Months of 2022 and 2021

Overview

Operating revenue and (loss) earnings on common shares for the Company's reportable segments are summarized as follows (in millions):
Third QuarterFirst Nine Months
20222021Change20222021Change
Operating revenue:
PacifiCorp$1,635 $1,491 $144 10 %$4,246 $4,031 $215 %
MidAmerican Funding1,148 966 182 19 3,050 2,726 324 12 
NV Energy1,334 1,085 249 23 2,926 2,443 483 20 
Northern Powergrid359 277 82 30 1,019 857 162 19 
BHE Pipeline Group964 785 179 23 2,855 2,584 271 10
BHE Transmission177 185 (8)(4)543 547 (4)(1)
BHE Renewables302 316 (14)(4)763 773 (10)(1)
HomeServices1,405 1,743 (338)(19)4,284 4,738 (454)(10)
BHE and Other176 120 56 47 456 414 42 10 
Total operating revenue$7,500 $6,968 $532 %$20,142 $19,113 $1,029 %
(Loss) earnings on common shares:
PacifiCorp$409 $333 $76 23 %$622 $728 $(106)(15)%
MidAmerican Funding300 373 (73)(20)745 728 17 
NV Energy270 282 (12)(4)392 416 (24)(6)
Northern Powergrid100 83 17 20 282 162 120 74 
BHE Pipeline Group234 144 90 63 755 627 128 20 
BHE Transmission59 65 (6)(9)183 184 (1)(1)
BHE Renewables(1)
173 163 10 6526 360 166 46 
HomeServices29 102 (73)(72)134 321 (187)(58)
BHE and Other(2,424)351 (2,775)*(1,750)580 (2,330)*
Total (loss) earnings on common shares$(850)$1,896 $(2,746)*$1,889 $4,106 $(2,217)(54)%

(1)Includes the tax attributes of disregarded entities that are not required to pay income taxes and the earnings of which are taxable directly to BHE.

*    Not meaningful

Earnings on common shares decreased $2,746 million for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021. The third quarter of 2022 included a pre-tax loss of $3,259 million ($2,574 million after-tax) compared to a pre-tax gain in the third quarter of 2021 of $296 million ($253 million after-tax) on the Company's investment in BYD Company Limited. Excluding the impact of this item, adjusted earnings on common shares for the third quarter of 2022 was $1,724 million, an increase of $81 million, or 5%, compared to adjusted earnings on common shares in the third quarter of 2021 of $1,643 million.

Earnings on common shares decreased $2,217 million for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021. The first nine months of 2022 included a pre-tax loss of $1,948 million ($1,539 million after-tax) compared to a pre-tax gain in the first nine months of 2021 of $1,126 million ($855 million after-tax) on the Company's investment in BYD Company Limited. Excluding the impact of this item, adjusted earnings on common shares for the first nine months of 2022 was $3,428 million, an increase of $177 million, or 5%, compared to adjusted earnings on common shares in the first nine months of 2021 of $3,251 million.

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The decreases in earnings on common shares for the third quarter and for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021 were primarily due to the following:
The Utilities' earnings decreased $9 million for the third quarter and $113 million for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021. The decrease for the first nine months reflected higher operations and maintenance expense, higher depreciation and amortization expense and unfavorable investment earnings, partially offset by higher electric utility margin and a favorable income tax benefit from higher PTCs recognized. Electric retail customer volumes increased 1.7% for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to higher customer usage and an increase in the average number of customers;
Northern Powergrid's earnings increased $17 million for the third quarter and $120 million for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021. The increase for the first nine months was primarily due to a deferred income tax charge of $109 million related to a June 2021 enacted increase in the United Kingdom corporate income tax rate from 19% to 25% effective April 1, 2023;
BHE Pipeline Group's earnings increased $90 million for the third quarter and $128 million for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021, largely due to higher earnings at BHE GT&S from the impacts of the EGTS general rate case, favorable income tax adjustments and lower operations and maintenance expense. In addition, earnings for the first nine months decreased from the effects of higher margins on natural gas sales and higher transportation revenue in the first quarter of 2021 at Northern Natural Gas from the February 2021 polar vortex weather event;
BHE Renewables' earnings increased $10 million for the third quarter and $166 million for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021. The increase for the first nine months was primarily due to higher operating revenue from owned renewable energy projects and higher earnings from tax equity investments, mainly due to the unfavorable impacts in the first quarter of 2021 from the February 2021 polar vortex weather event;
HomeServices' earnings decreased $73 million for the third quarter and $187 million for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021, reflecting lower earnings from mortgage services mainly from a decrease in funded volumes and lower earnings from brokerage and settlement services largely attributable to a decrease in closed units at existing companies; and
BHE and Other's earnings decreased $2,775 million for the third quarter and $2,330 million for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021, mainly due to $2,827 million and $2,394 million, respectively, of unfavorable comparative changes in the Company's investment in BYD Company Limited, partially offset by lower federal income tax credits recognized on a consolidated basis in the third quarter and lower dividends on BHE's 4.00% Perpetual Preferred Stock issued to certain subsidiaries of Berkshire Hathaway.

Reportable Segment Results

PacifiCorp

Operating revenue increased $144 million for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to higher retail revenues of $117 million and higher wholesale and other revenue of $27 million, largely from higher average wholesale prices. Retail revenue increased primarily due to price impacts of $61 million from higher average retail rates largely due to tariff changes and $57 million from higher retail volumes. Retail customer volumes increased 3.5%, primarily due to the favorable impact of weather and an increase in the average number of customers, partially offset by lower customer usage.

Earnings increased $76 million for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to higher utility margin of $67 million and a favorable income tax benefit, partially offset by higher operations and maintenance expense of $22 million and higher depreciation and amortization expense of $5 million, mainly from additional assets placed in-service. Utility margin increased primarily due to higher retail rates and volumes, favorable deferred net power costs and higher average wholesale prices, partially offset by higher purchased power and thermal generation costs. The favorable income tax benefit was largely due to higher PTCs recognized of $21 million and the effects of ratemaking.

Operating revenue increased $215 million for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to higher retail revenues of $143 million and higher wholesale and other revenue of $72 million, largely from higher average wholesale prices. Retail revenue increased primarily due to price impacts of $104 million from higher average retail rates largely due to tariff changes and $40 million from higher retail volumes. Retail customer volumes increased 0.8%, primarily due to an increase in the average number of customers and the favorable impact of weather, partially offset by lower customer usage.

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Earnings decreased $106 million for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to higher operations and maintenance expense of $160 million, an unfavorable income tax benefit, higher depreciation and amortization expense of $25 million, mainly from additional assets placed in-service, and unfavorable changes in the cash surrender value of corporate-owned life insurance policies, partially offset by higher utility margin of $88 million. Operations and maintenance expense increased mainly due to an increase in loss accruals associated with the September 2020 wildfires, net of estimated insurance recoveries, and higher general and plant maintenance costs, Utility margin increased primarily due to higher retail rates and volumes, higher average wholesale prices and favorable deferred net power costs, partially offset by higher purchased power and thermal generation costs. The unfavorable income tax benefit was largely due to the effects of ratemaking and lower PTCs recognized of $6 million.

MidAmerican Funding

Operating revenue increased $182 million for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to higher electric operating revenue of $155 million and higher natural gas operating revenue of $29 million. Electric operating revenue increased due to higher wholesale and other revenue of $87 million and higher retail revenue of $68 million. Electric wholesale and other revenue increased mainly due to higher average wholesale per-unit prices of $96 million. Electric retail revenue increased primarily due to higher recoveries through adjustment clauses of $47 million (fully offset in expense, primarily cost of sales) and higher customer volumes of $17 million. Electric retail customer volumes increased 3.1%, primarily due to higher customer usage. Natural gas operating revenue increased due to higher purchased gas adjustment recoveries of $34 million (fully offset in cost of sales), primarily from a higher average per-unit cost of natural gas sold, partially offset by the impacts of certain regulatory recovery mechanisms of $6 million.

Earnings decreased $73 million for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to higher depreciation and amortization expense of $120 million, an unfavorable income tax benefit, higher operations and maintenance expense of $10 million and unfavorable changes in the cash surrender value of corporate-owned life insurance policies, partially offset by higher electric utility margin of $83 million. Depreciation and amortization expense increased primarily from the impacts of certain regulatory mechanisms and additional assets placed in-service. Electric utility margin increased primarily due to the higher wholesale and retail revenues, partially offset by higher purchased power costs. The unfavorable income tax benefit was largely due to the effects of ratemaking, partially offset by higher PTCs recognized of $14 million from higher wind- and solar-powered generation.

Operating revenue increased $324 million for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to higher electric operating revenue of $357 million, partially offset by lower natural gas operating revenue of $22 million and lower nonregulated operating revenue of $10 million. Electric operating revenue increased due to higher wholesale and other revenue of $192 million and higher retail revenue of $165 million. Electric wholesale and other revenue increased mainly due to higher average wholesale per-unit prices of $174 million and higher wholesale volumes of $23 million. Electric retail revenue increased primarily due to higher recoveries through adjustment clauses of $110 million (fully offset in expense, primarily cost of sales) and higher customer volumes of $45 million. Electric retail customer volumes increased 4.0%, primarily due to higher customer usage. Natural gas operating revenue decreased due to lower purchased gas adjustment recoveries of $37 million (fully offset in cost of sales), primarily from a lower average per-unit cost of natural gas sold, partially offset by the impacts of tax reform of $6 million, the favorable impact of weather of $5 million and higher customer usage of $4 million.

Earnings increased $17 million for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to higher electric utility margin of $240 million, a favorable income tax benefit and higher natural gas utility margin of $15 million, partially offset by higher depreciation and amortization expense of $231 million, unfavorable changes in the cash surrender value of corporate-owned life insurance policies, higher operations and maintenance expense of $25 million, higher interest expense of $12 million and lower nonregulated utility margin of $10 million. Electric utility margin increased primarily due to the higher wholesale and retail revenues, partially offset by higher purchased power costs. The favorable income tax benefit was mainly due to higher PTCs recognized of $106 million from higher wind- and solar-powered generation, partially offset by the effects of ratemaking. Depreciation and amortization expense increased primarily from the impacts of certain regulatory mechanisms and additional assets placed in-service.

NV Energy

Operating revenue increased $249 million for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to higher electric operating revenue of $244 million from higher fully-bundled energy rates (fully offset in cost of sales) of $243 million. Electric retail customer volumes increased 0.3%.
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Earnings decreased $12 million for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to higher operations and maintenance expense of $11 million, higher depreciation and amortization expense of $6 million, mainly from additional plant placed in-service, and lower cash surrender value of corporate-owned life insurance policies, partially offset by higher interest and dividend income of $10 million from carrying charges on regulatory balances. Operations and maintenance expense increased mainly due to higher plant operations and maintenance expenses and an unfavorable change in earnings sharing at the Nevada Utilities.

Operating revenue increased $483 million for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to higher electric operating revenue of $457 million, from higher fully-bundled energy rates (fully offset in cost of sales) of $452 million, and higher natural gas operating revenue of $26 million from a higher average per-unit cost of natural gas sold (fully offset in cost of sales). Electric retail customer volumes increased 1.3%, primarily due to an increase in the average number of customers, partially offset by the unfavorable impact of weather.

Earnings decreased $24 million for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to higher operations and maintenance expense of $19 million, unfavorable changes in the cash surrender value of corporate-owned life insurance policies and higher depreciation and amortization expense of $12 million, mainly from additional plant placed in-service, partially offset by higher interest and dividend income of $24 million from carrying charges on regulatory balances. Operations and maintenance expense increased mainly due to higher plant operations and maintenance expenses and an unfavorable change in earnings sharing at the Nevada Utilities.

Northern Powergrid

Operating revenue increased $82 million for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to higher revenue at CE Gas of $72 million from a gas project that commenced commercial operation in March 2022 and a solar project that commenced commercial operation in July 2022 and higher distribution revenue of $63 million, partially offset by $60 million from the stronger U.S. dollar. Distribution revenue increased due to the recovery of Supplier of Last Resort payments totaling $45 million (fully offset in cost of sales) and higher tariff rates of $28 million, partially offset by a 5.5% decline in units distributed of $10 million.

Earnings increased $17 million for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to the higher distribution tariff rates and improved earnings at CE Gas of $19 million from the new gas and solar projects, partially offset by $17 million from the stronger U.S. dollar, the decline in units distributed and higher distribution-related operating and depreciation expenses of $6 million.

Operating revenue increased $162 million for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to higher distribution revenue of $133 million and higher revenue at CE Gas of $122 million from the new gas and solar projects, partially offset by $105 million from the stronger U.S. dollar. Distribution revenue increased due to the recovery of Supplier of Last Resort payments totaling $90 million (fully offset in cost of sales) and higher tariff rates of $67 million, partially offset by a 4.0% decline in units distributed of $22 million.

Earnings increased $120 million for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to a deferred income tax charge of $109 million related to a June 2021 enacted increase in the United Kingdom corporate income tax rate from 19% to 25% effective April 1, 2023, the higher distribution tariff rates and improved earnings at CE Gas of $28 million from the new gas and solar projects, partially offset by higher distribution-related operating and depreciation expenses of $33 million, including higher storm-related costs, the decline in units distributed and $25 million from the stronger U.S. dollar.

BHE Pipeline Group

Operating revenue increased $179 million for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to higher operating revenue of $151 million at BHE GT&S and higher operating revenue of $27 million at Northern Natural Gas. The increase in operating revenue at BHE GT&S was primarily due to higher non-regulated revenue of $61 million (largely offset in cost of sales) from favorable commodity prices, higher LNG revenue of $59 million at Cove Point, from favorable variable revenue and additional services due to a decrease in scheduled outage days, and an increase in regulated gas transportation and storage services rates due to the settlement of EGTS' general rate case of $41 million, partially offset by lower gas sales of $14 million at EGTS used for operational and system balancing activities. The increase in operating revenue at Northern Natural gas was largely due to higher transportation revenue of $22 million from higher volumes and rates.
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Earnings increased $90 million for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to higher earnings of $95 million at BHE GT&S largely due to the impacts of the EGTS general rate case of $50 million, favorable income tax adjustments, lower operations and maintenance expense of $18 million and higher earnings at Cove Point of $15 million from the higher operating revenue.

Operating revenue increased $271 million for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to higher operating revenue of $280 million at BHE GT&S, partially offset by lower operating revenue of $17 million at Northern Natural Gas. The increase in operating revenue at BHE GT&S was primarily due to higher non-regulated revenue of $130 million (largely offset in cost of sales) from favorable commodity prices, higher LNG revenue of $97 million at Cove Point, from favorable variable revenue and additional services due to a decrease in scheduled outage days, and an increase in regulated gas transportation and storage services rates due to the settlement of EGTS' general rate case of $66 million, partially offset by lower gas sales of $31 million at EGTS used for operational and system balancing activities. The decrease in operating revenue at Northern Natural Gas was mainly due to lower gas sales of $27 million related to system balancing activities offset by higher transportation revenue of $19 million. The variances in gas sales and transportation revenue included favorable impacts recognized in the first quarter of 2021 of $77 million and $49 million, respectively, from the February 2021 polar vortex weather event. Excluding this item, gas sales increased $50 million (largely offset in cost of sales) and transportation revenue increased $68 million due to higher volumes and rates.

Earnings increased $128 million for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to higher earnings of $194 million at BHE GT&S, partially offset by lower earnings of $62 million at Northern Natural Gas. Earnings at BHE GT&S increased mainly due to the impacts of the EGTS general rate case of $81 million, favorable income tax adjustments, lower operations and maintenance and property and other tax expense of $47 million, increased earnings at Cove Point of $24 million from the higher operating revenue and higher margin of $22 million from non-regulated activities. Earnings at Northern Natural Gas decreased as the higher gross margin on gas sales and higher transportation revenue in the first quarter of 2021 from the February 2021 polar vortex weather event were partially offset by the favorable transportation revenue in 2022 due to higher volumes and rates.

BHE Transmission

Operating revenue decreased $8 million for the third quarter and $4 million for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to the stronger U.S. dollar of $6 million and $13 million, respectively, and lower revenue from the Montana-Alberta Tie Line, partially offset by higher non-regulated revenue from a wind-powered generating facility.

Earnings decreased $6 million for the third quarter and $1 million for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to lower earnings from the Montana-Alberta Tie Line, higher non-regulated interest expense and the stronger U.S. dollar of $2 million and $3 million, respectively, partially offset by improved equity earnings at Electric Transmission Texas, LLC and the higher non-regulated revenue.

BHE Renewables

Operating revenue decreased $14 million for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to higher wind, geothermal and solar revenues of $37 million, from higher generation and pricing, and favorable changes in the valuation of certain derivative contracts totaling $6 million, partially offset by lower natural gas revenues of $45 million from lower generation and hedge losses and lower hydro earnings of $13 million due to the transfer of the Casecnan generating facility to the Philippine National Irrigation Administration in December 2021.

Earnings increased $10 million for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to higher wind earnings of $29 million and higher geothermal earnings of $9 million, largely due to the higher operating revenue, partially offset by lower natural gas earnings of $21 million, largely due to the lower operating revenue and lower hydro earnings of $9 million due to the Casecnan generating facility transfer. Wind earnings increased primarily due to higher earnings from owned projects of $16 million, largely from the higher operating revenue, and higher earnings from tax equity investments of $13 million, mainly from higher production tax credits offset by unfavorable operating performance.

Operating revenue decreased $10 million for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to lower natural gas revenues of $55 million from lower generation and hedge losses, unfavorable changes in the valuation of certain derivative contracts totaling $51 million and lower hydro revenues of $19 million due to the Casecnan generating facility transfer, partially offset by higher wind, geothermal and solar revenues of $114 million from higher generation and pricing.

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Earnings increased $166 million for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to higher wind earnings of $179 million, higher geothermal earnings of $18 million, largely due to the higher operating revenue and lower maintenance costs, and higher solar earnings of $13 million, mainly due to the higher operating revenue, partially offset by lower natural gas earnings of $20 million largely due to the lower operating revenue and lower hydro earnings of $19 million due to the Casecnan generating facility transfer. Wind earnings increased primarily due to higher earnings from tax equity investments of $136 million, mainly as a result of the unfavorable impacts recognized in the first quarter of 2021 from the February 2021 polar vortex weather event and higher production tax credits offset by unfavorable operating performance, and higher earnings from owned projects of $43 million, largely from the higher operating revenue and favorable production tax credits offset by the unfavorable derivative contract valuations.

HomeServices

Operating revenue decreased $338 million for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to lower brokerage and settlement services revenue of $252 million, from a 16% decrease in closed transaction volume, and lower mortgage revenue of $82 million from a 39% decrease in funded volume, primarily due to a decline in refinance activity. The decrease in brokerage volume was due to 24% fewer closed units at existing companies offset by acquisitions and a 5% increase in average sales price at existing companies.

Earnings decreased $73 million for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to lower earnings from brokerage and settlement services of $49 million, largely attributable to the decrease in closed units at existing companies, and lower earnings from mortgage services of $30 million from the decrease in funded volume.

Operating revenue decreased $454 million for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to lower mortgage revenue of $242 million from a 36% decrease in funded volume, primarily due to a decline in refinance activity, and lower brokerage and settlement services revenue of $212 million from a 4% decrease in closed transaction volume. The decrease in brokerage volume was due to 19% fewer closed units at existing companies offset by acquisitions and an 8% increase in average sales price at existing companies.

Earnings decreased $187 million for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to lower earnings from mortgage services of $101 million, largely from the decrease in funded volumes, and lower earnings from brokerage and settlement services of $98 million due to the decrease in closed units at existing companies, partially offset by favorable operating expense variances.

BHE and Other

Operating revenue increased $56 million for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to higher electric and natural gas sales revenue at MidAmerican Energy Services, LLC, from favorable pricing, including changes in unrealized positions on natural gas derivative contracts, and higher electric volumes, partially offset by lower natural gas volumes.

Earnings decreased $2,775 million for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to the $2,827 million unfavorable comparative change in the Company's investment in BYD Company Limited, lower earnings of $16 million at MidAmerican Energy Services, LLC, mainly due to unfavorable changes in unrealized positions on derivative contracts, higher BHE corporate interest expense from an April 2022 debt issuance and higher corporate costs, partially offset by $77 million of higher federal income tax credits recognized on a consolidated basis and $18 million of lower dividends on BHE's 4.00% Perpetual Preferred Stock issued to certain subsidiaries of Berkshire Hathaway.

Operating revenue increased $42 million for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to higher natural gas and electric sales revenue at MidAmerican Energy Services, LLC, from favorable natural gas pricing, including changes in unrealized positions on derivative contracts, and higher electric volumes, partially offset by unfavorable electric pricing and lower natural gas volumes.

Earnings decreased $2,330 million for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to the $2,394 million unfavorable comparative change in the Company's investment in BYD Company Limited, unfavorable changes in the cash surrender value of corporate-owned life insurance policies and higher BHE corporate interest expense from an April 2022 debt issuance, partially offset by $64 million of lower dividends on BHE's 4.00% Perpetual Preferred Stock issued to certain subsidiaries of Berkshire Hathaway, lower corporate costs and higher earnings of $29 million at MidAmerican Energy Services, LLC, mainly due to favorable changes in unrealized positions on derivative contracts.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

Each of BHE's direct and indirect subsidiaries is organized as a legal entity separate and apart from BHE and its other subsidiaries. It should not be assumed that the assets of any subsidiary will be available to satisfy BHE's obligations or the obligations of its other subsidiaries. However, unrestricted cash or other assets that are available for distribution may, subject to applicable law, regulatory commitments and the terms of financing and ring-fencing arrangements for such parties, be advanced, loaned, paid as dividends or otherwise distributed or contributed to BHE or affiliates thereof. The Company's long-term debt may include provisions that allow BHE or its subsidiaries to redeem such debt in whole or in part at any time. These provisions generally include make-whole premiums. Refer to Note 18 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 for further discussion regarding the limitation of distributions from BHE's subsidiaries.

As of September 30, 2022, the Company's total net liquidity was as follows (in millions):
BHE Pipeline
MidAmericanNVNorthernBHEGroup and
BHEPacifiCorpFundingEnergyPowergridCanadaHomeServicesOtherTotal
Cash and cash equivalents$106 $219 $582 $123 $164 $60 $291 $232 $1,777 
Credit facilities(1)
3,500 1,200 1,509 650 237 777 3,400 — 11,273 
Less:
Short-term debt(100)— — (320)(14)(261)(746)— (1,441)
Tax-exempt bond support and letters of credit— (218)(370)(17)— (1)— — (606)
Net credit facilities3,400 982 1,139 313 223 515 2,654 — 9,226 
Total net liquidity$3,506 $1,201 $1,721 $436 $387 $575 $2,945 $232 $11,003 
Credit facilities:
Maturity dates202520252023, 202520252024, 20262023, 20262023, 2026

(1)Includes $14 million drawn on a capital expenditure credit facility at Northern Powergrid Holdings.

Operating Activities

Net cash flows from operating activities for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 were $7.9 billion and $7.0 billion, respectively. The increase was primarily due to favorable income tax cash flows, improved operating results and changes in working capital.

The timing of the Company's income tax cash flows from period to period can be significantly affected by the estimated federal income tax payment methods selected and assumptions made for each payment date.

Investing Activities

Net cash flows from investing activities for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 were $(5.5) billion and $(3.5) billion, respectively. The change was primarily due to higher capital expenditures of $791 million, higher other investment purchases of $628 million, including $614 million of U.S. Treasury Bills, and the July 2021 receipt of $1.3 billion due to the termination of the Q-Pipe Purchase Agreement, partially offset by higher net sales of marketable securities of $607 million. Refer to "Future Uses of Cash" for a discussion of capital expenditures.

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Financing Activities

Net cash flows from financing activities for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2022 was $(1.6) billion. Sources of cash totaled $2.2 billion and consisted of proceeds from subsidiary debt issuances totaling $1.2 billion and proceeds from BHE senior debt issuances totaling $1.0 billion. Uses of cash totaled $3.8 billion and consisted mainly of repayments of subsidiary debt totaling $882 million, purchases of common stock totaling $870 million, preferred stock redemptions of $800 million, net repayments of short-term debt totaling $540 million and distributions to noncontrolling interests of $395 million.

For discussions of recent financing and BHE shareholders' equity transactions, refer to Notes 4 and 10 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q.

Net cash flows from financing activities for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2021 was $(2.0) billion. Sources of cash consisted of proceeds from subsidiary debt issuances totaling $2.0 billion. Uses of cash totaled $4.0 billion and consisted mainly of preferred stock redemptions of $1.5 billion, repayments of subsidiary debt totaling $1.3 billion, repayments of BHE senior debt totaling $450 million, distributions to noncontrolling interests of $366 million and net repayments of short-term debt totaling $316 million.

Future Uses of Cash

The Company has 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, the issuance of equity and other sources. These sources are expected to provide funds required for current operations, capital expenditures, acquisitions, investments, debt retirements and other capital requirements. The availability and terms under which BHE and each subsidiary has access to external financing depends on a variety of factors, including regulatory approvals, its credit ratings, investors' judgment of risk and conditions in the overall capital markets, including the condition of the utility industry and project finance markets, among other items.

Capital Expenditures

The Company has significant future capital requirements. Capital expenditure needs are reviewed regularly by management and may change significantly as a result of these reviews, which may consider, among other factors, impacts to customer rates; changes in environmental and other rules and regulations; 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.

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The Company's historical and forecast capital expenditures, each of which exclude amounts for non-cash equity AFUDC and other non-cash items, are as follows (in millions):
Nine-Month PeriodsAnnual
Ended September 30,Forecast
202120222022
Capital expenditures by business:
PacifiCorp$1,157 $1,481 $2,255 
MidAmerican Funding1,266 1,404 2,039 
NV Energy519 801 1,289 
Northern Powergrid564 614 791 
BHE Pipeline Group684 800 1,223 
BHE Transmission234 143 223 
BHE Renewables129 99 161 
HomeServices29 31 53 
BHE and Other(1)
12 12 18 
Total$4,594 $5,385 $8,052 
Capital expenditures by type:
Wind generation$872 $583 $846 
Electric distribution1,217 1,316 1,814 
Electric transmission539 1,157 1,743 
Natural gas transmission and storage647 640 959 
Solar generation104 333 408 
Other1,215 1,356 2,282 
Total$4,594 $5,385 $8,052 
(1)BHE and Other represents amounts related principally to other entities, including MidAmerican Energy Services, LLC, corporate functions and intersegment eliminations.

The Company's historical and forecast capital expenditures consisted mainly of the following:
Wind generation includes both growth and operating expenditures. Growth expenditures include spending for the following:
Construction of wind-powered generating facilities at MidAmerican Energy totaling $39 million and $275 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Planned spending for the construction of additional wind-powered generating facilities totals $74 million for the remainder of 2022.
Repowering of wind-powered generating facilities at MidAmerican Energy totaling $422 million and $274 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Planned spending for the repowering of wind-powered generating facilities totals $98 million for the remainder of 2022. MidAmerican Energy expects its repowered facilities to meet Internal Revenue Service guidelines for the re-establishment of PTCs for 10 years from the date the facilities are placed in-service. As a result of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, all of the 310 MWs of current repowering projects not in-service as of September 30, 2022, are currently expected to qualify for 100% of the PTCs available for 10 years following each facility's return to service.
Construction of wind-powered generating facilities at PacifiCorp totaling $5 million and $99 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Construction includes 516 MWs of new wind-powered generating facilities that were placed in-service in 2021. Planned spending for constructing additional wind-powered generating facilities totals $22 million for the remainder of 2022.
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Planned acquisition and repowering of two wind-powered generating facilities by PacifiCorp totaling $16 million and $9 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The repowered facilities are expected to be placed in-service in 2023 and 2024. Planned spending for acquiring and repowering generating facilities totals $8 million for the remainder of 2022.
Repowering of wind-powered generating facilities at BHE Renewables totaling $45 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2022.
Electric distribution includes both growth and operating expenditures. Growth expenditures include spending for new customer connections and enhancements to existing customer connections. Operating expenditures include spending for ongoing distribution systems infrastructure needed at the Utilities and Northern Powergrid, wildfire mitigation, storm damage restoration and repairs and investments in routine expenditures for distribution needed to serve existing and expected demand.
Electric transmission includes both growth and operating expenditures. Growth expenditures include spending for the following:
PacifiCorp's transmission investment primarily reflects planned costs for the 416-mile, 500-kV high-voltage transmission line between the Aeolus substation near Medicine Bow, Wyoming and the Clover substation near Mona, Utah; the 59-mile, 230-kV high-voltage transmission line between the Windstar substation near Glenrock, Wyoming and the Aeolus substation; and the 290-mile, 500-kV high-voltage transmission line from the Longhorn substation near Boardman, Oregon to the Hemingway substation near Boise, Idaho. Expenditures for these segments totaled $640 million and $57 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Planned spending for these Energy Gateway Transmission segments to be placed in-service in 2024-2026 totals $299 million for the remainder of 2022.
Nevada Utilities' Greenlink Nevada transmission expansion program. In this project, the company has received approval from the PUCN to build a 350-mile, 525-kV transmission line, known as Greenlink West, connecting the Ft. Churchill substation to the Northwest substation to the Harry Allen substation; a 235-mile, 525-kV transmission line, known as Greenlink North, connecting the new Ft. Churchill substation to the Robinson Summit substation; a 46-mile, 345-kV transmission line from the new Ft. Churchill substation to the Mira Loma substations; and a 38-mile, 345-kV transmission line from the new Ft. Churchill substation to the Robinson Summit substations. Expenditures for the expansion program and other growth projects totaled $91 million and $64 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Planned spending for the expansion program estimated to be placed in-service in 2026-2028 and other growth projects totals $53 million for the remainder of 2022.
Operating expenditures include spending for system reinforcement, upgrades and replacements of facilities to maintain system reliability and investments in routine expenditures for transmission needed to serve existing and expected demand.
Natural gas transmission and storage includes both growth and operating expenditures. Growth expenditures include, among other items, spending for asset modernization and the Northern Natural Gas Twin Cities Area Expansion and Spraberry Compression projects. Operating expenditures include, among other items, spending for pipeline integrity projects, automation and controls upgrades, underground storage, corrosion control, unit exchanges, compressor modifications, projects related to Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration natural gas storage rules and natural gas transmission, storage and liquefied natural gas terminalling infrastructure needs to serve existing and expected demand.
Solar generation includes growth expenditures, including spending for the following:
Construction of solar-powered generating facilities at MidAmerican Energy totaling 141 MWs of small- and utility-scale solar generation, all of which were placed in-service as of September 30, 2022, with total spend of $103 million and $97 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and planned spending of $33 million for the remainder of 2022.
Construction of a solar-powered generating facility at Nevada Power totaling $47 million and $7 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively and planned spending of $42 million for the remainder of 2022. Construction includes expenditures for a 150-MW solar photovoltaic facility with an additional 100 MWs of co-located battery storage that will be developed in Clark County, Nevada. Commercial operation is expected by the end of 2023.
BHE Renewables made down payments on 785 MWs of solar modules totaling $22 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2022.
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Other capital expenditures includes both growth and operating expenditures, including spending for routine expenditures for generation and other infrastructure needed to serve existing and expected demand, natural gas distribution, technology, and environmental spending relating to emissions control equipment and the management of coal combustion residuals.

Material Cash Requirements

As of September 30, 2022, there have been no material changes in cash requirements from the information provided in Item 7 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, other than those disclosed in Notes 4 and 8 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q.

Quad Cities Generating Station Operating Status

Constellation Energy Corp. ("Constellation Energy," previously Exelon Generation Company, LLC, which was a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation prior to February 1, 2022), the operator of Quad Cities Generating Station Units 1 and 2 ("Quad Cities Station") of which MidAmerican Energy has a 25% ownership interest, announced on June 2, 2016, its intention to shut down Quad Cities Station on June 1, 2018. In December 2016, Illinois passed legislation creating a zero emission standard, which went into effect June 1, 2017. The zero emission standard requires the Illinois Power Agency to purchase ZECs and recover the costs from certain ratepayers in Illinois, subject to certain limitations. The proceeds from the ZECs will provide Constellation Energy additional revenue through 2027 as an incentive for continued operation of Quad Cities Station. MidAmerican Energy will not receive additional revenue from the subsidy.

The PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. ("PJM") capacity market includes a Minimum Offer Price Rule ("MOPR"). If a generation resource is subjected to a MOPR, its offer price in the market is adjusted to effectively remove the revenues it receives through a state government-provided financial support program, resulting in a higher offer that may not clear the capacity market. Prior to December 19, 2019, the PJM MOPR applied only to certain new gas-fired resources. An expanded PJM MOPR to include existing resources would require exclusion of ZEC compensation when bidding into future capacity auctions, resulting in an increased risk of Quad Cities Station not receiving capacity revenues in future auctions.

On December 19, 2019, the FERC issued an order requiring the PJM to broadly apply the MOPR to all new and existing resources, including nuclear. This greatly expanded the breadth and scope of the PJM's MOPR, which became effective as of the PJM's capacity auction for the 2022-2023 planning year in May 2021. While the FERC included some limited exemptions, no exemptions were available to state-supported nuclear resources, such as Quad Cities Station. The FERC provided no new mechanism for accommodating state-supported resources other than the existing Fixed Resource Requirement ("FRR") mechanism under which an entire utility zone would be removed from PJM's capacity auction along with sufficient resources to support the load in such zone. In response to the FERC's order, the PJM submitted a compliance filing on March 18, 2020, wherein the PJM proposed tariff language reflecting the FERC's directives and a schedule for resuming capacity auctions. On April 16, 2020, the FERC issued an order largely denying requests for rehearing of the FERC's December 2019 order but granting a few clarifications that required an additional PJM compliance filing, which the PJM submitted on June 1, 2020. A number of parties, including Constellation Energy, have filed petitions for review of the FERC's orders in this proceeding, which remain pending before the D.C. Circuit.

As a result, the MOPR applied to Quad Cities Station in the capacity auction for the 2022-2023 planning year, which prevented Quad Cities Station from clearing in that capacity auction.

At the direction of the PJM Board of Managers, the PJM and its stakeholders developed further MOPR reforms to ensure that the capacity market rules respect and accommodate state resource preferences such as the ZEC programs. The PJM filed related tariff revisions at the FERC on July 30, 2021, and, on September 29, 2021, the PJM's proposed MOPR reforms became effective by operation of law. Under the new tariff provisions, the MOPR will no longer apply to Quad Cities Station. Requests for rehearing of the FERC's notice establishing the effective date for the PJM's proposed market reforms were filed in October 2021 and denied by operation of law on November 4, 2021. Several parties have filed petitions for review of the FERC's orders in this proceeding, which remain pending before the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Constellation Energy is strenuously opposing these appeals.

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Assuming the continued effectiveness of the Illinois zero emission standard, Constellation Energy no longer considers Quad Cities Station to be at heightened risk for early retirement. However, to the extent the Illinois zero emission standard does not operate as expected over its full term, Quad Cities Station would be at heightened risk for early retirement. The FERC's December 19, 2019 order on the PJM MOPR may undermine the continued effectiveness of the Illinois zero emission standard unless the PJM adopts further changes to the MOPR or Illinois implements an FRR mechanism, under which Quad Cities Station would be removed from the PJM's capacity auction.

Regulatory Matters

BHE's regulated subsidiaries and certain affiliates are subject to comprehensive regulation. The discussion below contains material developments to those matters disclosed in Item 1 of each Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and new regulatory matters occurring in 2022.

PacifiCorp

Oregon

In March 2022, PacifiCorp filed a general rate case requesting an overall rate change of $82 million, or 6.6%, to become effective January 1, 2023, that includes cost increases associated with the implementation of PacifiCorp's wildfire mitigation and vegetation management plans. Parties to the case filed testimony in June 2022. PacifiCorp filed reply testimony in July 2022 supporting an overall rate increase of $94 million but proposing that the request be capped at PacifiCorp's original request. PacifiCorp and parties to the case settled various aspects of the general rate case in multiple settlement stipulations. In August 2022, the first partial stipulation was filed resolving issues related to wildfire mitigation and vegetation management, including addressing the associated costs increases. Also in August 2022, a second partial stipulation was filed representing the settlement of certain revenue requirement issues among the stipulating parties, including the extension of Oregon's recovery period for Jim Bridger Units 1 and 2 that will be converted to natural gas-fueled units and certain other issues. In September 2022, a third stipulation was filed resolving most of the remaining issues in the general rate case following the first and second partial stipulations. The stipulations together result in a total rate increase of $49 million, or 3.9%, effective January 1, 2023. The stipulating parties also agreed to amortize certain deferrals totaling approximately $10 million, or 0.8 %, in the first year of amortization, effective April 1, 2023. Further, in the third stipulation, PacifiCorp agreed to a general rate case stay-out provision under which it agreed not to file a general rate case with rates effective any earlier than January 1, 2025. In September 2022, the fourth and final partial stipulation was filed resolving technical issues related to a voluntary renewable energy tariff that will allow non-residential customers to purchase energy from renewable resources not currently in PacifiCorp's rates. A commission decision on the stipulations is pending.

In May 2022, PacifiCorp filed its 2021 power cost adjustment mechanism ("PCAM"), which is the first time since the mechanism has been in place that a rate change has been warranted. After consideration of the mechanism's deadband, sharing band and earnings test, PacifiCorp requested recovery of $52 million, or a 4.2% increase, to become effective January 1, 2023. This request is incremental to the rate change sought in the general rate case. In September 2022, a settlement stipulation was filed agreeing to the recovery of the requested $52 million over a four-year period beginning April 1, 2023. A commission decision on the stipulation is pending.

In July 2022, PacifiCorp filed an application requesting approval of an automatic adjustment clause with a balancing account to recover costs associated with implementing PacifiCorp's wildfire protection plan in Oregon. Oregon Senate Bill 762 provides for utilities to timely recover these costs through an automatic adjustment clause. The filing requests a rate increase of $20 million, or 1.6%, to recover incremental costs in 2022 and is incremental to costs addressed in PacifiCorp's wildfire mitigation and vegetation management mechanism through the general rate case stipulation described above. While PacifiCorp requested an effective date of August 24, 2022, the OPUC has suspended the filing for further review. A decision is expected in 2023.

Washington

In June 2021, PacifiCorp filed a power cost only rate case to update baseline net power costs for 2022. PacifiCorp requested a $13 million, or 3.7%, rate increase with an effective date of January 1, 2022. In November 2021, PacifiCorp reached a proposed settlement with most of the parties, which includes an agreement to adjust the PTC rate in base rates and apply a production factor and include a net power cost update as part of the compliance filing. A hearing was held in January 2022 and the WUTC issued an order approving the settlement in March 2022. A compliance filing reflecting a $43 million, or 12.2%, increase was filed in April 2022 with rates effective May 1, 2022.

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In June 2022, PacifiCorp filed its 2021 PCAM and the new tracking mechanism for PTCs approved in the 2021 general rate case. For the 2021 PCAM, PacifiCorp is requesting a recovery of $26 million, or a 6.5% increase. PacifiCorp proposed that the 2021 PCAM be amortized over two years, rather than the one-year period required under the current terms of the PCAM. For the new 2021 PTC tracker, PacifiCorp is seeking recovery of $3 million, or an 0.8% increase. Should the WUTC approve the proposal to extend the amortization period of the 2021 PCAM from one to two years, the combined annual increase would be $16 million, or 4.0%, effective January 1, 2023.

California

In May 2022, PacifiCorp filed a general rate case requesting an overall rate change of $28 million, or 25.7%, to become effective January 1, 2023. In June 2022, a proposed procedural schedule was developed that would result in a decision in August 2023.

In August 2022, PacifiCorp filed an Energy Cost Adjustment Clause ("ECAC") application requesting an overall rate increase of $15 million, or 13.6%, effective January 1, 2023. Approximately $4 million of the increase, or 3.6%, is attributed to the ECAC rate and $11 million of the increase, or 10.0%, to the Greenhouse Gas rate.

MidAmerican Energy

South Dakota

In May 2022, MidAmerican Energy filed a request with the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission ("SDPUC") for an increase in its South Dakota retail natural gas rates, which would increase revenue by $7 million annually. If approved, the requested rates would increase retail customers' bills by an average of 6.4%.

Wind PRIME

In January 2022, MidAmerican Energy filed an application with the IUB for advance ratemaking principles for Wind PRIME. If approved, MidAmerican Energy expects to proceed with Wind PRIME, which consists of up to 2,042 MWs of new wind generation and up to 50 MWs of solar generation. If all of Wind PRIME generation is constructed, MidAmerican Energy will own over 9,300 MWs of wind generation and nearly 200 MWs of solar generation. Wind PRIME is projected to allow MidAmerican Energy to generate renewable energy greater than or equal to all of its Iowa retail customers' annual energy needs. MidAmerican Energy secured sufficient safe harbor equipment necessary to remain eligible for 100% PTCs under current tax law. Procedural hearings with the IUB are expected to begin in February 2023.

NV Energy (Nevada Power and Sierra Pacific)

Senate Bill 448 ("SB 448")

SB 448 was signed into law on June 10, 2021. The legislation is intended to accelerate transmission development, renewable energy and storage, and accelerate transportation electrification within the state of Nevada. In September 2021, the Nevada Utilities filed an amendment to the 2021 Joint IRP for the approval of their Transmission Infrastructure for a Clean Energy Economy Plan that sets forth a plan for the construction of high-voltage transmission infrastructure, Greenlink North among others, that will be placed into service no later than December 31, 2028, and requires the IRP to include at least one scenario that uses sources of supply that will achieve certain reductions in carbon dioxide emissions. In September 2021, the Nevada Utilities filed an application for the approval of their Economic Recovery Transportation Electrification Plan to accelerate transportation electrification in the state of Nevada. The plan establishes requirements for the contents of the transportation electrification investment as well as requirements for review, cost recovery and monitoring. The plan covers an initial period beginning January 1, 2022 and ending on December 31, 2024. In November 2021, the PUCN issued an order granting the application and accepting the Economic Recovery Transportation Electrification Plan with some modifications. The PUCN opened rulemakings to address other regulations that resulted from SB 448. In February 2022, the PUCN adopted regulations regarding the Economic Development Electric Rate Rider Program to revise the discounted electric rates to ease the economic burden on small businesses who take advantage of the discounted rates under the tariff. In September 2022, the PUCN adopted regulations regarding resource planning, which incorporates a plan to accelerate transportation electrification into the distributed resources plan pursuant to SB 448.

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ON Line Temporary Rider ("ONTR")

In October 2021, Sierra Pacific filed an application with the PUCN for approval of the ONTR with corresponding updates to its electric rate tariffs to authorize recovery of the One Nevada Transmission Line ("ON Line") regulatory asset being accumulated as a result of the ON Line cost reallocation as well as the related on-going reallocated revenue requirement. Sierra Pacific's application would have, if approved by the PUCN as filed, resulted in a one-time rate increase of $28 million to be collected over a nine-month period starting on April 1, 2022. In March 2022, the PUCN issued an order directing Sierra Pacific to recover $14 million of the ON Line regulatory asset as a one-time rate increase collectable over a nine-month period effective April 1, 2022, with the expected remaining balance at December 31, 2022 to be included in rate base in the 2022 regulatory rate review for inclusion in the rates set in that case.

Merger Application

In March 2022, the Nevada Utilities filed a joint application with the PUCN for authorization to merge Sierra Pacific with and into Nevada Power, with Nevada Power being the surviving entity. If approved by the PUCN as filed, Nevada Power will have two distinct electric service territories in northern and southern Nevada each with their own rates and one natural gas service territory in the Reno and Sparks area. In October 2022, the proceedings relating to the joint application were postponed to November 2022. An order is expected in the first half of 2023.

Regulatory Rate Review

In June 2022, Sierra Pacific filed a regulatory rate review with the PUCN that requested an annual revenue increase of $88 million, or 9.7%. In addition, a filing was made to revise depreciation rates based on a study, the results of which are reflected in the proposed revenue requirement. In August 2022, Sierra Pacific filed an updated certification filing that requested an annual revenue increase of $77 million, or 8.5%. Parties to the review filed testimony and evidence in August and September 2022. Hearings in the cost of capital and revenue requirement phases were held in September and October 2022, respectively. The hearings in the rate design phase are scheduled for November 2022. An order is expected by the end of 2022 and, if approved, would be effective January 1, 2023.

Transportation Electrification Plan ("TEP")

In September 2022, the Nevada Utilities filed an amendment to the 2021 Joint IRP for the approval of a Distributed Resource Plan amendment to implement the state's first TEP pursuant to Section 51 of SB 448 and approve proposed tariffs and schedules to implement the TEP. The 2022 TEP outlines programs, investments and incentives to accelerate transportation electrification across Nevada. The Nevada Utilities anticipate a budget of $348 million, which represents the maximum cost over the depreciable life of the TEP's programs and assets, to deploy the TEP in 2023 through 2024.

Northern Powergrid Distribution Companies

GEMA, through Ofgem, is undertaking its scheduled review of the electricity distribution price control to put in place a new price control at the end of the current period that ends March 2023. The new price control ("ED2") will run for five years from April 2023 to March 2028. In December 2020 and March 2021, GEMA published its decision on the methodology it will use to set ED2. This confirmed that Ofgem will maintain many aspects of the current price control and that the changes being made will generally follow the template that was set by the price controls implemented in April 2021 for transmission and gas distribution in Great Britain. Specific changes include new service standard incentives and mechanisms to adjust cost allowances in specific circumstances, while others will be discontinued, and partially updating the allowed return on equity within the period for changes in the interest rate on government bonds.

In December 2021, Northern Powergrid published and filed its business plan with Ofgem, setting out its detailed approach for 2023-2028 including the cost allowances this approach would require. In June 2022, Ofgem published its draft determinations, which included an allowed cost of equity of 4.75% plus inflation (calculated using the United Kingdom's consumer price index including owner occupiers' housing costs). When placed on a comparable footing, by adjusting for differences in the assumed equity ratio and the measure of inflation used, this working assumption is approximately two percentage points lower than the current cost of equity for electricity distribution. Ofgem's proposals also set out cost allowances and associated expectations. In August 2022, Northern Powergrid formally responded to Ofgem's consultation on its draft determinations to lobby for a better settlement. Final values from Ofgem are expected in November 2022.

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BHE Pipeline Group

BHE GT&S

In September 2021, EGTS filed a general rate case for its FERC-jurisdictional services, with proposed rates to be effective November 1, 2021. EGTS' previous general rate case was settled in 1998. EGTS proposed an annual cost-of-service of approximately $1.1 billion, and requested increases in various rates, including general system storage rates by 85% and general system transportation rates by 60%. In October 2021, the FERC issued an order that accepted the November 1, 2021 effective date for certain changes in rates, while suspending the other changes for five months following the proposed effective date, until April 1, 2022, subject to refund. In September 2022, a settlement agreement was filed with the FERC, resolving EGTS' general rate case for its FERC-jurisdictional services and providing for increased service rates and decreased depreciation rates. Under the terms of the settlement agreement, EGTS' rates result in an increase to annual firm transportation and storage revenues of approximately $160 million and a decrease in annual depreciation expense of approximately $30 million, compared to the rates in effect prior to April 1, 2022. As of September 30, 2022, EGTS' provision for rate refund for April 2022 through September 2022 totaled $56 million and was included in other current liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. FERC approval of the settlement is expected late 2022 or early 2023.

Northern Natural Gas

In July 2022, Northern Natural Gas filed a general rate case that proposed an overall annual cost-of-service of $1.3 billion. This is an increase of $323 million above the cost of service filed in its 2019 rate case of $1.0 billion. Depreciation on increased rate base and an increase in depreciation and negative salvage rates account for $115 million of the $323 million increase in the filed cost of service. Northern Natural Gas has requested increases in various rates, including transportation reservation rates ranging from approximately 45% in the Field Area to 120% in the Market Area to be implemented, subject to refund, on August 1, 2022. In July 2022, the FERC issued an order that suspended the rates proposed for five months following the proposed effective date, until January 1, 2023, subject to refund and the outcome of hearing procedures.

BHE Transmission

AltaLink

2022-2023 General Tariff Application

In April 2021, AltaLink filed its 2022-2023 GTA delivering on the last two years of its commitment to keep rates flat for customers at or below the 2018 level of C$904 million for the five-year period from 2019 to 2023. The two-year application achieves flat tariffs by continuing to transition to the AUC-approved salvage recovery method and continuing the use of the flow-through income tax method, with an overall year-over-year increase of approximately 2% in 2022 and 2023 revenue requirements. The application requested the approval of transmission tariffs of C$824 million and C$847 million for 2022 and 2023, respectively after proposed refunds. In September 2021, AltaLink provided responses to information requests from the AUC and filed an amended application to reflect certain adjustments and forecast updates.

In January 2022, the AUC issued its decision with respect to AltaLink's 2022-2023 GTA. AltaLink's 2022-2023 GTA reflected its continued commitment to provide rate stability to customers by maintaining flat tariffs and providing additional tariff relief measures, including a proposed tariff refund of C$60 million of accumulated depreciation in each of 2022 and 2023. The AUC did not approve AltaLink's proposed refund due to an anticipated improvement in general economic conditions in Alberta. In March 2022, AltaLink filed a review and variance application requesting the AUC to review and vary its decision to deny AltaLink's proposed C$120 million refund of accumulated depreciation surplus, given material changes in circumstances since the decision was issued in January 2022. In May 2022, the AUC issued a decision with respect to AltaLink's application to review and vary its proposed $120 million refund of accumulated depreciation surplus. The AUC found that a material decline in Alberta's economic circumstances is not sufficient evidence to warrant the refund.

In July 2022, AltaLink submitted its second compliance filing application with total 2022 and 2023 revenue requirements at C$879 million and C$883 million, respectively. In August 2022, the AUC approved the revised revenue requirements as filed, allowing AltaLink to fully deliver on its flat-for-five commitment to customers.

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2023 Generic Cost of Capital Proceeding

In January 2022, the AUC initiated the 2023 generic cost of capital proceeding. The proceeding will be conducted in two stages. The first stage will determine the cost of capital parameters for 2023 and the second stage will consider returning to a formula-based approach to establish cost of capital adjustments, commencing in 2024. In March 2022, the AUC issued its decision with respect to the first stage of the 2023 GCOC proceeding by approving the extension of the 2022 return on equity of 8.5% and deemed equity ratio of 37% for 2023, recognizing lingering uncertainty and continued volatility of financial markets due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In June 2022, the AUC initiated the second stage to explore a formula-based approach to determine the return on equity for 2024 and future test periods.

Environmental Laws and Regulations

Each Registrant is subject to federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations regarding climate change, RPS, air and water quality, emissions performance standards, coal combustion byproduct disposal, hazardous and solid waste disposal, protected species and other environmental matters that have the potential to impact each Registrant's 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 various federal, state, local and international agencies. Each Registrant 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. The discussion below contains material developments to those matters disclosed in Item 1 of each Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, and new environmental matters occurring in 2022.

Climate Change

Affordable Clean Energy Rule

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 the "best system of emission reduction." In August 2015, the final Clean Power Plan was released, which established the best system of emission reduction as including: (a) heat rate improvements; (b) increased utilization of existing combined-cycle natural gas-fueled generating facilities; and (c) increased deployment of new and incremental non-carbon generation placed in-service after 2012. The Clean Power Plan was stayed by the United States Supreme Court in February 2016 while litigation proceeded. On June 19, 2019, the EPA repealed the Clean Power Plan and issued the Affordable Clean Energy rule. In the Affordable Clean Energy rule, the EPA determined that the best system of emission reduction for existing coal-fueled generating facilities is limited to actions that can be taken at a point source facility, specifically heat rate improvements, and identified a set of candidate technologies and measures that could improve heat rates. Measures taken to meet the standards of performance must be achieved at the source itself. The Affordable Clean Energy rule was challenged by environmental and health groups in the D.C. Circuit. On January 19, 2021, the D.C. Circuit vacated and remanded the Affordable Clean Energy rule to the EPA, finding that the rule "rested critically on a mistaken reading of the Clean Air Act" that limited the best system of emission reduction to actions taken at a facility. In October 2021, the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal of that decision. Arguments in the case were held February 28, 2022, and on June 30, 2022, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision regarding the scope of the EPA's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. The United States Supreme Court held that the "generation shifting" approach in the Clean Power Plan exceeded the powers granted to the EPA by Congress, although the court did not address whether the EPA may only adopt measures applied at the individual source as it did in the Affordable Clean Energy rule. A key area where the EPA went astray was using the Clean Power Plan to give states the option to promulgate regulations that would encourage "generation shifting," or moving away from higher-polluting power sources like coal to lower-polluting sources like natural gas or renewables. The United States Supreme Court found that type of regulation, which would impact larger economic forces beyond the fence lines of individual generating facilities, is not permitted under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act. The United States Supreme Court reversed the D.C. Circuit's vacatur of the Affordable Clean Energy rule and remanded the case for further proceedings. The ruling has no immediate impact on the Registrants, as there is no Section 111(d) rule currently in effect. The Biden administration plans to propose by March 2023 its own rule to replace the Clean Power Plan and Affordable Clean Energy rule.

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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 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. The major Clean Air Act programs most directly affecting the Registrants' operations are described below.

National Ambient Air Quality Standards

Under the authority of the Clean Air Act, the EPA sets minimum NAAQS for six principal pollutants, consisting of carbon monoxide, lead, NOx, particulate matter, ozone and SO2, considered harmful to public health and the environment. Areas that achieve the standards, as determined by ambient air quality monitoring, are characterized as being in attainment, while those that fail to meet the standards are designated as being nonattainment areas. Generally, sources of emissions in a nonattainment area that are determined to contribute to the nonattainment are required to reduce emissions. Currently, with the exceptions described in the following paragraphs, air quality monitoring data indicates that all counties where the relevant Registrant's major emission sources are located are in attainment of the current NAAQS.

On June 4, 2018, the EPA published final ozone designations for much of the U.S. Relevant to the Registrants, these designations include classifying Yuma County, Arizona; Clark County, Nevada; and the Northern Wasatch Front, Southern Wasatch Front and Duchesne and Uintah counties in Utah as nonattainment-marginal with the 2015 ozone standard. These areas were required to meet the 2015 standard three years from the August 3, 2018, effective date. All other areas relevant to the Registrants were designated attainment/unclassifiable with this same action. However, on January 29, 2021, the D.C. Circuit vacated several provisions of the 2018 implementing rules for the 2015 ozone standards for contravening the Clean Air Act. The EPA and environmental groups finalized a consent decree in January 2022 that sets deadlines for the agency to approve or disapprove the "good neighbor" provisions of interstate ozone plans of dozens of states. Relevant to the Registrants, the EPA must, by April 30, 2022, propose to approve or disapprove the interstate ozone SIPs of Alabama, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin. On February 22, 2022, the EPA published a series of proposed decisions to disapprove the SIPs for interstate ozone transport of 19 states. Relevant to the Registrants, these states include Alabama, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, West Virginia and Wisconsin. The EPA also proposed to approve Iowa's SIP after re-analyzing the state's data. The EPA must finalize the proposed rules by December 15, 2022. In addition, the EPA must, by December 15, 2022, approve or disapprove the interstate plans of Arizona, California, Nevada and Wyoming. On April 15, 2022, the EPA issued its final rule approving Iowa's SIP as meeting the good neighbor provisions for the 2015 ozone standard. On May 24, 2022, the EPA disapproved the Utah and Wyoming interstate ozone SIPs. Until the EPA takes final action consistent with this decree, additional impacts to the relevant Registrants cannot be determined.
Separately, on March 28, 2022, the EPA proposed determinations as to whether certain areas have achieved levels of ground-level ozone pollution that meet the 2008 and 2015 ozone NAAQS. Relevant to the Registrants, the Southern Wasatch Front in Utah and Yuma, Arizona are proposed to have met the 2015 ozone standard; and the Cincinnati area of Ohio and Kentucky and the Northern Wasatch Front in Utah are proposed to have not met the 2015 ozone, will be reclassified as Moderate Non-Attainment, and will have until August 3, 2024 to meet the standard. Until the EPA takes final action on the proposal and the affected states submit any required SIPs, the relevant Registrants cannot determine the impacts of the proposed rule.

Cross-State Air Pollution Rule

The EPA promulgated an initial rule in March 2005 to reduce emissions of NOx and SO2, precursors of ozone and particulate matter, from down-wind sources in the eastern U.S., including Iowa, to reduce emissions by implementing a plan based on a market-based cap-and-trade system, emissions reductions, or both. After numerous appeals, the CSAPR was promulgated to address interstate transport of SO2 and NOx emissions in 27 eastern and Midwestern states.

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The first phase of the rule was implemented January 1, 2015. In November 2015, the EPA released a proposed rule that would further reduce NOx emissions in 2017. The final "CSAPR Update Rule" was published in the Federal Register in October 2016 and required additional reductions in NOx emissions beginning in May 2017. On December 6, 2018, the EPA finalized a rule to close out the CSAPR, having determined that the CSAPR Update Rule for the 2008 ozone NAAQS fully addressed Clean Air Act interstate transport obligations of 20 eastern states. The EPA determined that 2023 is an appropriate future analytic year to evaluate remaining good neighbor obligations and that there will be no remaining nonattainment or maintenance receptors with respect to the 2008 ozone NAAQS in the eastern U.S. in that year. Accordingly, the 20 CSAPR Update-affected states would not contribute significantly to nonattainment in, or interfere with maintenance of, any other state with regard to the 2008 ozone NAAQS. Both the CSAPR Update and the CSAPR Close-Out rules were challenged in the D.C. Circuit. The D.C. Circuit ruled September 13, 2019, that because the EPA allowed upwind states to continue to significantly contribute to downwind air quality problems beyond statutory deadlines, the CSAPR Update Rule provided only a partial remedy that did not fully address interstate ozone transport, and remanded the CSAPR Update Rule back to the EPA. The D.C. Circuit issued an opinion October 1, 2019, finding that because the CSAPR Close-Out Rule relied on the same faulty reasoning as the CSAPR Update Rule, the CSAPR Close-Out Rule must be vacated. On October 15, 2020, the EPA proposed to tighten caps on emissions of NOx from generating facilities in 12 states in the CSAPR trading program in response to the D.C. Circuit's decision to vacate the CSAPR Update Rule. The rule is intended to fully resolve 21 upwind states' remaining good neighbor obligations under the 2008 ozone NAAQS. Additional emissions reductions are required at generating facilities in 12 states, including Illinois; the EPA predicts that emissions from the remaining nine states, including Iowa and Texas, will not significantly contribute to downwind states' ability to attain or maintain the ozone standard. The EPA accepted comment on the proposal through December 15, 2020. On March 15, 2021, the EPA finalized the Revised CSAPR Update Rule largely as proposed. Significant new compliance obligations are not anticipated as a result of the rule. In June 2021, a new lawsuit was filed that challenges the Revised CSAPR Update Rule. Litigation is ongoing in the D.C. Circuit Court. Until litigation is exhausted, the relevant Registrants cannot determine whether additional action may be required.

In March 2022, the EPA released its Good Neighbor Rule, which contains proposed revisions to the CSAPR framework and is intended to address ozone transport for the 2015 ozone NAAQS. The rule focuses on reductions of NOx, precursors to ozone formation and covers 26 states. Relevant to the Registrants, four states are included in the cross-state program for the first time - California, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming. Iowa is not included in the proposal. In a separate but related action in February 2022, the EPA proposed to approve the good neighbor provisions of Iowa's SIP addressing ozone transport and the 2015 ozone standard. The EPA proposes to retain emissions allowance trading for generating facilities. Beginning in 2023, emissions budgets would be set at the level of reductions achievable through immediately available measures such as consistently operating existing emissions controls. Starting in 2026, emissions budgets would be set at levels achievable by the installation of SCR controls at certain generating facilities. The proposal also includes additional industries beyond the power sector for the first time, with a focus on the top NOx emitting stationary source categories. These include natural gas pipeline compressor stations, pulp and paper mills, cement production, iron and steel boilers and furnaces, glass furnaces, chemical manufacturing and petroleum and coal product manufacturing. These sources will not have access to trading and will instead be subject to rate-based limits that are assigned for each source category. The EPA accepted comments on the proposal through June 21, 2022. Until the EPA takes final action consistent with this decree, impacts to the relevant Registrants cannot be determined.

Regional Haze

The EPA's Regional Haze Rule, finalized in 1999, requires states to develop and implement plans to improve visibility in designated federally protected areas ("Class I areas"). Some of PacifiCorp's coal-fueled generating facilities in Utah, Wyoming, Arizona and Colorado and certain of Nevada Power's and Sierra Pacific's fossil-fueled generating facilities are subject to the Clean Air Visibility Rules. In accordance with the federal requirements, states are required to submit SIPs that address emissions from sources subject to BART requirements and demonstrate progress towards achieving natural visibility requirements in Class I areas by 2064.

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The state of Utah issued a regional haze SIP requiring the installation of SO2, NOx and particulate matter controls on Hunter Units 1 and 2 and Huntington Units 1 and 2. In December 2012, the EPA approved the SO2 portion of the Utah regional haze SIP and disapproved the NOx and particulate matter portions. Subsequently, the Utah Division of Air Quality completed an alternative BART analysis for Hunter Units 1 and 2 and Huntington Units 1 and 2. In January 2016, the EPA published two alternative proposals to either approve the Utah SIP as written or reject the Utah SIP relating to NOx controls and require the installation of SCR equipment at Hunter Units 1 and 2 and Huntington Units 1 and 2 within five years. The EPA's final action on the Utah regional haze SIP was effective August 4, 2016. The EPA approved in part and disapproved in part the Utah regional haze SIP and issued a FIP requiring the installation of SCR equipment at Hunter Units 1 and 2 and Huntington Units 1 and 2 within five years of the effective date of the rule. PacifiCorp and other parties filed requests with the EPA to reconsider and stay that decision, as well as filed motions for stay and petitions for review with the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ("Tenth Circuit") asking the court to overturn the EPA's actions. In July 2017, the EPA issued a letter indicating it would reconsider its FIP decision. In light of the EPA's grant of reconsideration and the EPA's position in the litigation, the Tenth Circuit held the litigation in abeyance and imposed a stay of the compliance obligations of the FIP for the number of days the stay is in effect while the EPA conducts its reconsideration process. To support the reconsideration, PacifiCorp undertook additional air quality modeling using the Comprehensive Air Quality Model with Extensions dispersion model. On January 14, 2019, the state of Utah submitted a SIP revision to the EPA, which includes the updated modeling information and additional analysis. On June 24, 2019, the Utah Air Quality Board unanimously voted to approve the Utah regional haze SIP revision, which incorporates a BART alternative into Utah's regional haze SIP. The BART alternative makes the shutdown of PacifiCorp's Carbon generating facility enforceable under the SIP and removes the requirement to install SCR equipment on Hunter Units 1 and 2 and Huntington Units 1 and 2. The Utah Division of Air Quality submitted the SIP revision to the EPA for approval at the end of 2019. In January 2020, the EPA published its proposed approval of the Utah Regional Haze SIP Alternative, which makes the shutdown of the Carbon generating facility federally enforceable and adopts as BART the existing NOx controls and emission limits on the Hunter and Huntington generating facilities. The proposed approval withdraws the FIP requirements to install SCR equipment on Hunter Units 1 and 2 and Huntington Units 1 and 2. The EPA released the final rule approving the Utah Regional Haze SIP Alternative on October 28, 2020. With the approval, the EPA also finalized its withdrawal of the FIP requirements for the Hunter and Huntington generating facilities. The Utah Regional Haze SIP Alternative took effect December 28, 2020. As a result of these actions, the Tenth Circuit dismissed the Utah regional haze petitions on January 11, 2021. On January 19, 2021, Heal Utah, National Parks Conservation Association, Sierra Club and Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment filed a petition for review of the Utah Regional Haze SIP Alternative in the Tenth Circuit. PacifiCorp and the state of Utah moved to intervene in the litigation. After review of the rule by the Biden administration, the EPA determined it would defend the rule, and briefing has been completed. A date for oral arguments has not been scheduled. The Utah Air Quality Board approved the Utah Division of Air Quality's SIP for the regional haze second planning period on June 6, 2022. The SIP sets mass-based NOx emissions limits and rate-based SO2 limits for PacifiCorp's Hunter and Huntington generating facilities to ensure reasonable visibility progress for the second planning period.

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The state of Wyoming issued two regional haze SIPs requiring the installation of SO2, NOx and particulate matter controls on certain PacifiCorp coal-fueled generating facilities in Wyoming. The EPA approved the SO2 SIP in December 2012 and the EPA's approval was upheld on appeal by the Tenth Circuit in October 2014. In addition, the EPA initially proposed in June 2012 to disapprove portions of the NOx and particulate matter SIP and instead issue a FIP. The EPA withdrew its initial proposed actions on the NOx and particulate matter SIP and the proposed FIP, published a re-proposed rule in June 2013, and finalized its determination in January 2014, which aligns more closely with the SIP proposed by the state of Wyoming. The EPA's final action on the Wyoming SIP approved the state's plan to have PacifiCorp install low-NOx burners at Naughton Units 1 and 2, SCR controls at Naughton Unit 3 by December 2014, SCR controls at Jim Bridger Units 1 through 4 between 2015 and 2022, and low-NOx burners at Dave Johnston Unit 4. The EPA disapproved a portion of the Wyoming SIP and issued a FIP for Dave Johnston Unit 3, where it required the installation of SCR controls by 2019 or, in lieu of installing SCR controls, a commitment to shut down Dave Johnston Unit 3 by 2027, its currently approved depreciable life. The EPA also disapproved a portion of the Wyoming SIP and issued a FIP for the Wyodak coal-fueled generating facility, requiring the installation of SCR controls within five years (i.e., by 2019). The EPA action became final on March 3, 2014. PacifiCorp filed an appeal of the EPA's final action on Wyodak in March 2014. The state of Wyoming also filed an appeal of the EPA's final action, as did the Powder River Basin Resource Council, National Parks Conservation Association and Sierra Club. In September 2014, the Tenth Circuit issued a stay of the March 2019 compliance deadline for Wyodak, pending further action by the Tenth Circuit in the appeal. The EPA, U.S. Department of Justice, state of Wyoming and PacifiCorp executed a settlement agreement December 16, 2020, removing the requirement to install SCR in lieu of monthly and annual NOx emissions limits. The settlement agreement was subject to a comment period which ended July 6, 2021. The EPA did not give final approval to the settlement agreement and parties were unable to reach an agreement through mediation. The abatement on litigation was lifted September 28, 2022, and opening briefs are due October 28, 2022. PacifiCorp objects to the EPA's FIP requiring SCR on the Wyodak Unit. That requirement in the agency's plan remains stayed by the court. PacifiCorp has also intervened on behalf of the EPA against claims that Units 1 and 2 at the Naughton generating facility should have been subject to a SCR requirement. On February 5, 2019, PacifiCorp submitted a reasonable progress reassessment permit application and reasonable progress determination for Jim Bridger Units 1 and 2, seeking a rescission of the December 2017 permit requiring the installation of SCR, to be replaced with a permit imposing plant-wide emission limits to achieve better modeled visibility, fewer overall environmental impacts and lower costs of compliance. In May 2020, the Wyoming Air Quality Division issued a permit approving PacifiCorp's monthly and annual NOx and SO2 emission limits on the four Jim Bridger units and submitted a regional haze SIP revision to the EPA. The revised SIP would grant approval of PacifiCorp's Jim Bridger reasonable progress reassessment application and incorporates PacifiCorp's proposed emission limits in lieu of the requirement to install SCR systems on Jim Bridger Units 1 and 2. On December 27, 2021, Wyoming's governor issued an emergency suspension order under Section 110(g) of the Clean Air Act, allowing the operation of Jim Bridger Unit 2 through April 30, 2022, while the state, the EPA and PacifiCorp continue settlement discussions. On January 18, 2022, the EPA proposed to reject the SIP revisions. The EPA took comment on the proposal through February 17, 2022. On February 14, 2022, the First Judicial District Court for the State of Wyoming entered a consent decree reached between the state of Wyoming and PacifiCorp under Sections 201 and 209(a) of the Wyoming Environmental Quality Act, resolving claims of threatened violations of the Clean Air Act, the Wyoming Environmental Quality Act and the Wyoming Air Quality Standards and Regulations at the Jim Bridger facility. No penalties were imposed under the consent decree. Consistent with the terms and conditions of the consent decree and as forecasted in PacifiCorp's 2021 IRP, PacifiCorp must convert both units to natural gas and begin meeting emissions limits consistent with that conversion by January 1, 2024. In addition, PacifiCorp must propose an RFP by January 1, 2023, for carbon capture technology at Jim Bridger Units 3 and 4. Wyoming issued its proposed implementation plan for second planning period reasonable progress on February 18, 2022 and accepted comments through March 23, 2022. The EPA and PacifiCorp executed an administrative order on consent June 9, 2022, covering compliance for Jim Bridger Units 1 and 2 under the regional haze rule. The federal order contains the same emission and operating limits as the Wyoming consent decree and adds federal approval of the compliance pathway outlined in the state consent decree, including revision of the SIP to include conversion of Jim Bridger Units 1 and 2 to natural gas. The order includes a one-year deadline to complete the SIP revision. The proposed SIP revision reflecting these agreements is currently being evaluated under parallel processes by the state of Wyoming and the EPA. The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality submitted the Jim Bridger Units 1 and 2 proposed SIP revision to federal land managers for a 60-day consultation on June 7, 2022. Wyoming held a public hearing for the Bridger gas conversion SIP revision on September 14, 2022, and accepted public comments on the plan through September 20, 2022. For the second round of regional haze planning, Wyoming determined that no controls will be necessary on any Wyoming resources to make reasonable progress.

In February 2022, NV Energy received 30-day notice letters from the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection regarding the reopening and revision of the Valmy and Tracy Generating Station's Title V air quality operating permits to add federally enforceable retirement dates of December 31, 2028 for Valmy Units 1 and 2 and December 31, 2031 for Tracy Unit 4. The enforceable retirement dates will implement Nevada's SIP for the regional haze second planning period. The revised permits were received in March and April 2022. The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection accepted public comment on its SIP through July 25, 2022.

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Nevada, Utah and Wyoming each submitted regional haze SIPs for second planning period to the EPA in August 2022. The EPA has 18 months to approve or disapprove all or parts of the states' plans. On August 25, 2022, the EPA promulgated a finding of failure to submit a SIP for the regional haze second planning period for 15 states, including Iowa. The finding establishes a two-year deadline for the agency to promulgate FIPs to address the requirements, unless prior to promulgating a FIP, the state submits, and the agency approves, a SIP meeting the requirements. The finding says the agency intends to continue to work with states in developing approvable SIP submittals in a timely manner. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources continues to work with the EPA on development of its SIP. Iowa anticipates submitting a final plan to the EPA in spring 2023.

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, impairment of goodwill and long-lived assets, pension and other postretirement benefits, income taxes and revenue recognition - unbilled revenue. For additional discussion of the Company's critical accounting estimates, see Item 7 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021. There have been no significant changes in the Company's assumptions regarding critical accounting estimates since December 31, 2021.

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PacifiCorp and its subsidiaries
Consolidated Financial Section

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PART I
Item 1.Financial Statements


REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of
PacifiCorp

Results of Review of Interim Financial Information
We have reviewed the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of PacifiCorp and subsidiaries ("PacifiCorp") as of September 30, 2022, the related consolidated statements of operations and changes in shareholders' equity for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, and of cash flows for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "interim financial information"). Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the accompanying interim financial information for it 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) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheet of PacifiCorp as of December 31, 2021, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, changes in shareholders' equity, and cash flows for the year then ended (not presented herein); and in our report dated February 25, 2022, 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, 2021, is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the consolidated balance sheet from which it has been derived.

Basis for Review Results
This interim financial information is the responsibility of PacifiCorp's management. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to PacifiCorp in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our reviews in accordance with standards of the PCAOB. 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 PCAOB, 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.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Portland, Oregon
November 4, 2022

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PACIFICORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited)
(Amounts in millions)

 As of
 September 30,December 31,
20222021
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents$219 $179 
Trade receivables, net807 725 
Other receivables, net77 52 
Inventories471 474 
Derivative contracts108 76 
Regulatory assets176 65 
Other current assets124 150 
Total current assets1,982 1,721 
 
Property, plant and equipment, net23,893 22,914 
Regulatory assets1,439 1,287 
Other assets699 534 
 
Total assets$28,013 $26,456 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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PACIFICORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited) (continued)
(Amounts in millions)

 As of
 September 30,December 31,
20222021
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable$1,103 $680 
Accrued interest117 121 
Accrued property, income and other taxes210 78 
Accrued employee expenses104 89 
Current portion of long-term debt452 155 
Regulatory liabilities102 118 
Other current liabilities294 219 
Total current liabilities2,382 1,460 
 
Long-term debt8,177 8,575 
Regulatory liabilities2,751 2,650 
Deferred income taxes2,989 2,847 
Other long-term liabilities1,279 1,011 
Total liabilities17,578 16,543 
 
Commitments and contingencies (Note 9)
 
Shareholders' equity:
Preferred stock
Common stock - 750 shares authorized, no par value, 357 shares issued and outstanding
— — 
Additional paid-in capital4,479 4,479 
Retained earnings5,970 5,449 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net(16)(17)
Total shareholders' equity10,435 9,913 
 
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity$28,013 $26,456 

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

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PACIFICORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited)
(Amounts in millions)

 Three-Month PeriodsNine-Month Periods
 Ended September 30,Ended September 30,
 2022202120222021
 
Operating revenue$1,635 $1,491 $4,246 $4,031 
   
Operating expenses:
Cost of fuel and energy581 505 1,497 1,370 
Operations and maintenance289 267 941 781 
Depreciation and amortization277 272 836 811 
Property and other taxes51 54 161 158 
Total operating expenses1,198 1,098 3,435 3,120 
   
Operating income437 393 811 911 
   
Other income (expense):  
Interest expense(105)(110)(318)(322)
Allowance for borrowed funds21 18 
Allowance for equity funds19 13 47 38 
Interest and dividend income15 29 18 
Other, net(3)(5)(12)
Total other income (expense)(65)(89)(233)(243)
   
Income before income tax benefit372 304 578 668 
Income tax benefit(37)(28)(43)(58)
Net income$409 $332 $621 $726 

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

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PACIFICORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (Unaudited)
(Amounts in millions)

 Accumulated 
   Additional OtherTotal
PreferredCommonPaid-inRetainedComprehensiveShareholders'
 StockStockCapitalEarningsLoss, NetEquity
 
Balance, June 30, 2021$$— $4,479 $5,105 $(19)$9,567 
Net income— — — 332 — 332 
Other comprehensive income— — — — 
Balance, September 30, 2021$$— $4,479 $5,437 $(18)$9,900 
Balance, December 31, 2020$$— $4,479 $4,711 $(19)$9,173 
Net income— — — 726 — 726 
Other comprehensive income— — — — 
Balance, September 30, 2021$$— $4,479 $5,437 $(18)$9,900 
       
Balance, June 30, 2022$$— $4,479 $5,561 $(16)$10,026 
Net income— — — 409 — 409 
Balance, September 30, 2022$$— $4,479 $5,970 $(16)$10,435 
Balance, December 31, 2021$$— $4,479 $5,449 $(17)$9,913 
Net income— — — 621 — 621 
Other comprehensive income— — — — 
Common stock dividends declared— — — (100)— (100)
Balance, September 30, 2022$$— $4,479 $5,970 $(16)$10,435 

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

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PACIFICORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited)
(Amounts in millions)

 Nine-Month Periods
 Ended September 30,
 20222021
Cash flows from operating activities: 
Net income$621  $726 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows from operating activities: 
Depreciation and amortization836  811 
Allowance for equity funds(47)(38)
Changes in regulatory assets and liabilities(285) (185)
Deferred income taxes and amortization of investment tax credits48  33 
Other, net15 — 
Changes in other operating assets and liabilities:  
Trade receivables, other receivables and other assets(233) (12)
Inventories 17 
Derivative collateral, net28  19 
Accrued property, income and other taxes, net180 96 
Accounts payable and other liabilities586  77 
Net cash flows from operating activities1,752  1,544 
   
Cash flows from investing activities:  
Capital expenditures(1,481) (1,157)
Other, net 
Net cash flows from investing activities(1,477) (1,150)
   
Cash flows from financing activities:  
Proceeds from long-term debt— 984 
Repayments of long-term debt(104)(400)
Repayments of short-term debt— (93)
Dividends paid(100)— 
Other, net(2)(5)
Net cash flows from financing activities(206) 486 
   
Net change in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents69  880 
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period186  19 
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents at end of period$255  $899 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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PACIFICORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

(1)    General

PacifiCorp, which includes PacifiCorp and its subsidiaries, is a U.S. regulated electric utility company serving retail customers, including residential, commercial, industrial, irrigation and other customers in portions of Utah, Oregon, Wyoming, Washington, Idaho and California. PacifiCorp owns, or has interests in, a number of thermal, hydroelectric, wind-powered and geothermal generating facilities, as well as electric transmission and distribution assets. PacifiCorp also buys and sells electricity on the wholesale market with other utilities, energy marketing companies, financial institutions and other market participants. PacifiCorp is subject to comprehensive state and federal regulation. PacifiCorp's subsidiaries support its electric utility operations by providing coal mining services. PacifiCorp is an indirect subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company ("BHE"), a holding company based in Des Moines, Iowa that owns subsidiaries principally engaged in energy businesses. BHE is a consolidated subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. ("Berkshire Hathaway").

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, 2022 and for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021. The Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income have been omitted as net income materially equals comprehensive income for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021. The results of operations for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 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 PacifiCorp's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 describes the most significant accounting policies used in the preparation of the unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements. There have been no significant changes in PacifiCorp's accounting policies or its assumptions regarding significant accounting estimates during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2022, other than the updates associated with PacifiCorp's estimates of loss contingencies related to the Oregon and California 2020 wildfires (the "2020 Wildfires") as discussed in Note 9.

(2)    Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash equivalents consist of funds invested in money market mutual funds, U.S. Treasury Bills and other investments with a maturity of three months or less when purchased. Cash and cash equivalents exclude amounts where availability is restricted by legal requirements, loan agreements or other contractual provisions. Restricted cash and cash equivalents consist substantially of funds representing vendor retention, nuclear decommissioning and custodial funds. Restricted amounts are included in other current assets and other assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. A reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents as presented in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows is outlined below and disaggregated by the line items in which they appear on the Consolidated Balance Sheets (in millions):
As of
September 30,December 31,
20222021
Cash and cash equivalents$219 $179 
Restricted cash and cash equivalents included in other current assets33 
Restricted cash included in other assets
Total cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents$255 $186 

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(3)    Property, Plant and Equipment, Net

Property, plant and equipment, net consists of the following (in millions):
  As of
 September 30,December 31,
Depreciable Life20222021
Utility Plant: 
Generation
15 - 59 years
$13,761 $13,679 
Transmission
60 - 90 years
7,982 7,894 
Distribution
20 - 75 years
8,321 8,044 
Intangible plant(1)
5 - 75 years
1,147 1,106 
Other
5 - 60 years
1,606 1,539 
Utility plant in-service32,817 32,262 
Accumulated depreciation and amortization (11,057)(10,507)
Utility plant in-service, net 21,760 21,755 
Other non-regulated, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization
14 - 95 years
18 18 
Plant, net21,778 21,773 
Construction work-in-progress 2,115 1,141 
Property, plant and equipment, net $23,893 $22,914 
(1)Computer software costs included in intangible plant are initially assigned a depreciable life of 5 to 10 years.

(4)    Recent Financing Transactions

Credit Facilities

In June 2022, PacifiCorp amended and restated its existing $1.2 billion unsecured credit facility expiring in June 2024. The amendment extended the expiration date to June 2025 and amended pricing from the London Interbank Offered Rate to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate.

Common Shareholders' Equity

In May 2022, PacifiCorp declared a common stock dividend of $100 million, paid in June 2022, to PPW Holdings LLC.

(5)    Income Taxes

A reconciliation of the federal statutory income tax rate to the effective income tax rate applicable to income before income tax benefit is as follows:
Three-Month PeriodsNine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,Ended September 30,
2022202120222021
Federal statutory income tax rate21 %21 %21 %21 %
State income tax, net of federal income tax benefit
Federal income tax credits(22)(20)(22)(20)
Effects of ratemaking(1)
(13)(13)(12)(14)
Valuation allowance— — — 
Other— (1)— 
Effective income tax rate(10)%(9)%(7)%(9)%
(1)Effects of ratemaking is primarily attributable to activity associated with excess deferred income taxes.

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Income tax credits relate primarily to production tax credits ("PTCs") from PacifiCorp's wind-powered generating facilities. Federal renewable electricity PTCs 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. PTCs recognized for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 totaled $127 million and $133 million, respectively.

For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2022, PacifiCorp recorded a valuation allowance related to state net operating loss carryforwards.

Berkshire Hathaway includes BHE and its subsidiaries in its U.S. federal income tax return. Consistent with established regulatory practice, PacifiCorp's provision for federal and state income tax has been computed on a stand-alone basis, and substantially all of its currently payable or receivable income tax is remitted to or received from BHE. For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, PacifiCorp received net cash payments for federal and state income tax from BHE totaling $194 million and $109 million, respectively.

(6)    Employee Benefit Plans

Net periodic benefit cost for the pension and other postretirement benefit plans included the following components (in millions):
Three-Month PeriodsNine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,Ended September 30,
2022202120222021
Pension:
Interest cost$$$22 $22 
Expected return on plan assets(11)(12)(32)(39)
Settlement— — 
Net amortization12 15 
Net periodic benefit cost$$$$
Other postretirement:
Service cost$— $— $$
Interest cost
Expected return on plan assets(3)(2)(8)(6)
Net amortization
Net periodic benefit cost$— $— $— $

Amounts other than the service cost for pension and other postretirement benefit plans are recorded in Other, net in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Employer contributions to the pension and other postretirement benefit plans are expected to be $4 million and $— million, respectively, during 2022. As of September 30, 2022, $3 million of contributions had been made to the pension plans.

(7)    Risk Management and Hedging Activities

PacifiCorp is exposed to the impact of market fluctuations in commodity prices and interest rates. PacifiCorp 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 service territories. PacifiCorp'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 and wholesale electricity that is purchased and sold. 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. PacifiCorp does not engage in a material amount of proprietary trading activities.

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PacifiCorp has established a risk management process that is designed to identify, assess, manage and report on each of the various types of risk involved in its business. To mitigate a portion of its commodity price risk, PacifiCorp 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. PacifiCorp 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, PacifiCorp may from time to time enter into interest rate derivative contracts, such as interest rate swaps or locks, to mitigate PacifiCorp's exposure to interest rate risk. No interest rate derivatives were in place during the periods presented. PacifiCorp does not hedge all of its commodity price and interest rate risks, thereby exposing the unhedged portion to changes in market prices. 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 PacifiCorp's derivative contracts, on a gross basis, and reconciles those amounts to the amounts presented on a net basis on the Consolidated Balance Sheets (in millions):
Derivative
Contracts -OtherOther 
CurrentOtherCurrentLong-term
AssetsAssetsLiabilitiesLiabilitiesTotal
As of September 30, 2022
Not designated as hedging contracts(1):
Commodity assets$144 $52 $$— $203 
Commodity liabilities(20)(4)(13)— (37)
Total124 48 (6)— 166 
     
Total derivatives124 48 (6)— 166 
Cash collateral payable(16)(7)— — (23)
Total derivatives - net basis$108 $41 $(6)$— $143 
As of December 31, 2021
Not designated as hedging contracts(1):
Commodity assets$81 $21 $$— $104 
Commodity liabilities(5)(1)(38)(7)(51)
Total76 20 (36)(7)53 
      
Total derivatives76 20 (36)(7)53 
Cash collateral receivable— — — 
Total derivatives - net basis$76 $20 $(31)$(7)$58 
(1)PacifiCorp's commodity derivatives are generally included in rates. As of September 30, 2022 a regulatory liability of $166 million was recorded related to the net derivative asset of $166 million. As of December 31, 2021 a regulatory liability of $53 million was recorded related to the net derivative asset of $53 million.

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The following table reconciles the beginning and ending balances of PacifiCorp'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 PeriodsNine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,Ended September 30,
2022202120222021
Beginning balance$(223)$(102)$(53)$17 
Changes in fair value recognized in regulatory assets(79)(128)(296)(247)
Net gains (losses) reclassified to operating revenue— (4)(5)
Net gains reclassified to energy costs129 81 187 86 
Ending balance$(166)$(149)$(166)$(149)

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 ofSeptember 30,December 31,
Measure20222021
Electricity purchases, netMegawatt hours
Natural gas purchasesDecatherms108 106 

Credit Risk

PacifiCorp is exposed to counterparty credit risk associated with wholesale energy supply and marketing activities with other utilities, energy marketing companies, financial institutions and other market participants. Credit risk may be concentrated to the extent PacifiCorp's counterparties have similar economic, industry or other characteristics and due to direct or indirect relationships among the counterparties. Before entering into a transaction, PacifiCorp analyzes the financial condition of each significant wholesale counterparty, 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 further mitigate wholesale counterparty credit risk, PacifiCorp 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. If required, PacifiCorp exercises rights under these arrangements, including calling on the counterparty's credit support arrangement.

Collateral and Contingent Features

In accordance with industry practice, certain wholesale agreements, including derivative contracts, contain credit support provisions that in part base certain collateral requirements on credit ratings for senior unsecured debt as reported by one or more of the 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" if there is a material adverse change in PacifiCorp's creditworthiness. These rights can vary by contract and by the counterparty. As of September 30, 2022, PacifiCorp's credit ratings for its senior secured debt and its issuer credit ratings for senior unsecured debt from the recognized credit rating agencies were investment grade.

The aggregate fair value of PacifiCorp's derivative contracts in liability positions with specific credit-risk-related contingent features totaled $37 million as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively, for which PacifiCorp had posted collateral of $— million and $5 million, respectively, in the form of cash deposits. If all credit-risk-related contingent features for derivative contracts in liability positions had been triggered as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, PacifiCorp would have been required to post $7 million and $23 million, respectively, of additional collateral. PacifiCorp's collateral requirements could fluctuate considerably due to market price volatility, changes in credit ratings, changes in legislation or regulation or other factors.

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(8)    Fair Value Measurements

The carrying value of PacifiCorp'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. PacifiCorp has various financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on the Consolidated 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 PacifiCorp 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 PacifiCorp's judgments about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability since limited market data exists. PacifiCorp develops these inputs based on the best information available, including its own data.

The following table presents PacifiCorp's financial assets and liabilities recognized on the Consolidated 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, 2022:    
Assets:    
Commodity derivatives$— $203 $— $(54)$149 
Money market mutual funds222 — — — 222 
Investment funds25 — — — 25 
 $247 $203 $— $(54)$396 
Liabilities - Commodity derivatives$— $(37)$— $31 $(6)
As of December 31, 2021:
Assets:
Commodity derivatives$— $104 $— $(8)$96 
Money market mutual funds181 — — — 181 
Investment funds27 — — — 27 
$208 $104 $— $(8)$304 
Liabilities - Commodity derivatives$— $(51)$— $13 $(38)
(1)Represents netting under master netting arrangements and a net cash collateral payable of $23 million and a net cash collateral receivable of $5 million as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.

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Derivative contracts are recorded on the Consolidated 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 PacifiCorp transacts. When quoted prices for identical contracts are not available, PacifiCorp uses forward price curves. Forward price curves represent PacifiCorp's estimates of the prices at which a buyer or seller could contract today for delivery or settlement at future dates. PacifiCorp 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 PacifiCorp. Market price quotations for certain major electricity and natural gas trading hubs are generally readily obtainable for the first three years; therefore, PacifiCorp's forward price curves for those locations and periods reflect observable market quotes. Market price quotations for other electricity and natural gas trading hubs are not as readily obtainable for the first three years. Given that limited market data exists for these contracts, as well as for those contracts that are not actively traded, PacifiCorp 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, currency rates, related volatility, counterparty creditworthiness and duration of contracts. Refer to Note 7 for further discussion regarding PacifiCorp's risk management and hedging activities.

PacifiCorp's investments in money market mutual funds and investment funds are stated at fair value. When available, PacifiCorp uses a readily observable quoted market price or net asset value of an identical security in an active market 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.

PacifiCorp's long-term debt is carried at cost on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The fair value of PacifiCorp'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 PacifiCorp'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 PacifiCorp's long-term debt (in millions):
 As of September 30, 2022As of December 31, 2021
 CarryingFairCarryingFair
 ValueValueValueValue
     
Long-term debt$8,629 $7,776 $8,730 $10,374 

(9)    Commitments and Contingencies

Construction Commitments

During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2022, PacifiCorp entered into certain procurement and construction services agreements for $1.1 billion through 2024 for the construction of key Energy Gateway Transmission segments in Utah, Wyoming and Idaho, including $849 million for the segment extending between the Aeolus substation near Medicine Bow, Wyoming and the Clover substation near Mona, Utah.

Fuel Contracts

During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2022, PacifiCorp entered into certain coal supply and transportation agreements totaling approximately $214 million through 2028.

Purchased Electricity Contracts - Not Commercially Operable

During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2022, PacifiCorp entered into a purchased electricity contract for a solar generating facility including battery storage with minimum obligations totaling approximately $238 million through 2045. The facility associated with this contract has not yet achieved commercial operation. To the extent this facility does not achieve commercial operation, PacifiCorp has no obligation to the counterparty.

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Legal Matters

PacifiCorp is party to a variety of legal actions arising out of the normal course of business. Plaintiffs occasionally seek punitive or exemplary damages. PacifiCorp does not believe that such normal and routine litigation will have a material impact on its consolidated financial results. PacifiCorp is also involved in other kinds of legal actions, some of which assert or may assert claims or seek to impose fines, penalties and other costs in substantial amounts and are described below.

Wildfire Liability Overview

A provision for a loss contingency is recorded when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the liability can be reasonably estimated. PacifiCorp evaluates which potential liabilities are probable and the related range of reasonably estimated losses and records a charge that reflects its best estimate or the lower end of the range, if there is no better estimate.

In California, under inverse condemnation, courts have held that investor-owned utilities can be liable for real and personal property damages from wildfires without the utility being found negligent and regardless of fault. California law also permits inverse condemnation plaintiffs to recover reasonable attorney fees and costs. In both Oregon and California, PacifiCorp has equipment in areas accessed through special use permits, easements or similar agreements that may contain provisions requiring it to pay for damages caused by its equipment regardless of fault. Even if inverse condemnation or other provisions do not apply, PacifiCorp could nevertheless be found liable for all damages proximately caused by negligence, including real and personal property and natural resource damages; fire suppression costs; personal injury and loss of life damages; and interest.

2020 Wildfires

In September 2020, a severe weather event resulting in high winds, low humidity and warm temperatures contributed to several major wildfires, which resulted in real and personal property and natural resource damage, personal injuries and loss of life and widespread power outages in Oregon and Northern California. The wildfires spread across certain parts of PacifiCorp's service territory and surrounding areas across multiple counties in Oregon and California, including Siskiyou County, California; Jackson County, Oregon; Douglas County, Oregon; Marion County, Oregon; Lincoln County, Oregon; and Klamath County, Oregon burning over 500,000 acres in aggregate. Third party reports for these wildfires indicate over 2,000 structures destroyed, including residences; several structures damaged; multiple individuals injured; and several fatalities. Fire suppression costs estimated by various agencies total approximately $150 million.

Investigations into the cause and origin of each wildfire are complex and ongoing and being conducted by various entities, including the United States Forest Service, the California Public Utilities Commission, the Oregon Department of Forestry, the Oregon Department of Justice, PacifiCorp and various experts engaged by PacifiCorp.

As of the date of this filing, 60 lawsuits have been filed in Oregon and California, including a class action complaint in Oregon, on behalf of plaintiffs related to the 2020 Wildfires. The plaintiffs seek damages that include property damages, economic losses, punitive damages, exemplary damages, attorneys' fees and other damages. Additionally, several insurance carriers have filed subrogation complaints in Oregon and California with allegations similar to those made in the aforementioned lawsuits. The final determinations of liability, however, will only be made following the completion of comprehensive investigations and litigation processes.

As of the date of this filing, PacifiCorp estimates the probable loss to be $200 million, net of expected insurance recoveries and has accrued such amount as of September 30, 2022. During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2022, PacifiCorp accrued $64 million of losses net of expected insurance recoveries, associated with the 2020 Wildfires. The accrual includes PacifiCorp's estimate of losses for fire suppression costs, real and personal property damages, natural resource damages for certain areas and noneconomic damages such as personal injury damages and loss of life damages that are considered probable of being incurred and that it is reasonably able to estimate at this time. For certain aspects of the 2020 Wildfires for which loss is considered probable, information necessary to reasonably estimate the potential losses, such as those related to certain areas of natural resource damages, is not currently available. It is reasonably possible PacifiCorp will incur additional losses beyond the amounts accrued; however, PacifiCorp is currently unable to estimate the range of possible additional losses that could be incurred due to the number of properties and parties involved and the variation in those types of properties and lack of available details. To the extent losses beyond the amounts accrued are incurred, additional insurance coverage is expected to be available to cover a portion of the losses. PacifiCorp's receivable for expected insurance recoveries was $277 million as of September 30, 2022.

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2022 McKinney Fire

According to California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection ("Cal Fire"), on July 29, 2022, at approximately 2:16 p.m. Pacific Time, a wildfire began in the Oak Knoll Ranger District of the Klamath National Forest in Siskiyou County, California (the "2022 McKinney Fire") located in PacifiCorp's service territory. The Cal Fire McKinney Fire incident report last updated September 8, 2022 (the "Cal Fire incident report") indicates that the 2022 McKinney Fire resulted in 11 structures damaged, 185 structures destroyed, 12 injuries and 4 fatalities. According to InciWeb, an interagency all-risk incident information management system, the 2022 McKinney Fire consumed 60,138 acres. The cause of the 2022 McKinney Fire is undetermined and remains under investigation by the United States Forest Service.

Due to the preliminary nature of the investigation PacifiCorp does not believe a loss is probable and therefore has not accrued any loss as of the date of this filing. While the loss is not probable, PacifiCorp estimates the potential loss, excluding losses for natural resource damages, to be $31 million, net of expected insurance recoveries. The loss estimate includes PacifiCorp's estimate of losses for fire suppression costs; real and personal property damages; and noneconomic damages such as personal injury damages and loss of life damages. PacifiCorp is unable to estimate the total potential loss, including losses for natural resource damages, because there are a number of unknown facts and legal considerations that may impact the amount of any potential liability, including the total scope and nature of claims that may be asserted against PacifiCorp. PacifiCorp has insurance available and estimates the potential insurance recoveries to be $103 million, to cover potential losses.

As of the date of this filing, multiple lawsuits have been filed in California on behalf of plaintiffs related to the 2022 McKinney Fire. The plaintiffs seek damages that include property damages, economic losses, punitive damages, exemplary damages, attorneys' fees and other damages but the amount of damages sought are not specified. The final determinations of liability, however, will only be made following the completion of comprehensive investigations and litigation processes.

Environmental Laws and Regulations

PacifiCorp is subject to federal, state and local laws and regulations regarding air and water quality, renewable portfolio standards, 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 PacifiCorp's current and future operations. PacifiCorp believes it is in material compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.

Hydroelectric Relicensing

PacifiCorp is a party to the 2016 amended Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement ("KHSA"), which is intended to resolve disputes surrounding PacifiCorp's efforts to relicense the Klamath Hydroelectric Project. The KHSA establishes a process for PacifiCorp, the states of Oregon and California ("States") and other stakeholders to assess whether dam removal can occur consistent with the settlement's terms. For PacifiCorp, the key elements of the settlement include: (1) a contribution from PacifiCorp's Oregon and California customers capped at $200 million plus $250 million in California bond funds; (2) complete indemnification from harms associated with dam removal; (3) transfer of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") license to a third-party dam removal entity, the Klamath River Renewal Corporation ("KRRC"), who would conduct dam removal; and (4) ability for PacifiCorp to operate the facilities for the benefit of customers until dam removal commences.

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In September 2016, the KRRC and PacifiCorp filed a joint application with the FERC to transfer the license for the four mainstem Klamath dams from PacifiCorp to the KRRC. The FERC approved partial transfer of the Klamath license in a July 2020 order, subject to the condition that PacifiCorp remains co-licensee. Under the amended KHSA, PacifiCorp did not agree to remain co-licensee during the surrender and removal process given concerns about liability protections for PacifiCorp and its customers. In November 2020, PacifiCorp entered a memorandum of agreement (the "MOA") with the KRRC, the Karuk Tribe, the Yurok Tribe and the States to continue implementation of the KHSA. The agreement required the States, PacifiCorp and KRRC to file a new license transfer application to remove PacifiCorp from the license for the Klamath Hydroelectric Project and add the States and KRRC as co-licensees for the purposes of surrender. In addition, the MOA provides for additional contingency funding of $45 million, equally split between PacifiCorp and the States, and for PacifiCorp and the States to equally share in any additional cost overruns in the unlikely event that dam removal costs exceed the $450 million in funding to ensure dam removal is complete. The MOA also requires PacifiCorp to cover the costs associated with certain pre-existing environmental conditions. In June 2021, the FERC approved transfer of the four mainstem Klamath dams from PacifiCorp to the KRRC and the States as co-licensees. In July 2021, the Oregon, Wyoming, Idaho and California state public utility commissions conditionally approved the required property transfer applications. In August 2021, PacifiCorp notified the Public Service Commission of Utah of the property transfer, however no formal approval is required in Utah. The transfer will be effective within 30 days following the issuance of a license surrender from the FERC for the project, which remains pending. In August 2022, the FERC staff issued a final environmental impact statement for the project, concluding that dam removal is the preferred action.

Guarantees

PacifiCorp has entered into guarantees as part of the normal course of business and the sale or transfer of certain assets. These guarantees are not expected to have a material impact on PacifiCorp's consolidated financial results.

(10)    Revenue from Contracts with Customers

The following table summarizes PacifiCorp's revenue from contracts with customers ("Customer Revenue") by line of business, with further disaggregation of retail by customer class (in millions):
Three-Month PeriodsNine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,Ended September 30,
2022202120222021
Customer Revenue:
Retail:
Residential
$576 $530 $1,498 $1,442 
Commercial
461 428 1,224 1,180 
Industrial
310 296 860 849 
Other retail
118 98 235 214 
Total retail
1,465 1,352 3,817 3,685 
Wholesale
69 58 179 124 
Transmission54 55 131 117 
Other Customer Revenue24 26 72 80 
Total Customer Revenue
1,612 1,491 4,199 4,006 
Other revenue23 — 47 25 
Total operating revenue
$1,635 $1,491 $4,246 $4,031 

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

The following is management's discussion and analysis of certain significant factors that have affected the consolidated financial condition and results of operations of PacifiCorp during the periods included herein. Explanations include management's best estimate of the impact of weather, customer growth, usage trends and other factors. This discussion should be read in conjunction with PacifiCorp's historical unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10‑Q. PacifiCorp'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 2022 and 2021

Overview

Net income for the third quarter of 2022 was $409 million, an increase of $77 million, or 23%, compared to 2021. Net income increased primarily due to higher utility margin, lower other expense and higher income tax benefit, partially offset by increased operations and maintenance expense largely due to higher general and plant maintenance costs and higher depreciation and amortization expense. Utility margin increased primarily due to higher retail prices and volumes, higher net power cost deferrals, higher average wholesale market prices and lower thermal generation volumes, partially offset by higher purchased electricity costs from higher volumes and prices and higher natural gas prices. Retail customer volumes increased 3.5%, primarily due to favorable impacts of weather and an increase in the average number of customers, partially offset by a decrease in customer usage. Energy generated decreased 5% for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to lower coal-fueled, wind-powered and natural gas-fueled generation, partially offset by higher hydroelectric generation. Wholesale electricity sales volumes decreased 5% and purchased electricity volumes increased 32%.

Net income for the first nine months of 2022 was $621 million, a decrease of $105 million, or 14%, compared to 2021 primarily due to higher operations and maintenance expense largely due to an increase to the wildfire damage provision and higher general and plant maintenance costs, higher depreciation and amortization expense and lower income tax benefit, partially offset by higher utility margin and lower other expense. Utility margin increased primarily due to higher retail prices and volumes, higher net power cost deferrals, higher average wholesale market prices, lower thermal generation volumes, lower purchased electricity prices and higher wheeling revenues, partially offset by higher purchased electricity volumes, higher natural gas and coal prices and lower wind-based ancillary revenues. Retail customer volumes increased 0.8%, primarily due to an increase in the average number of customers and favorable impacts of weather, partially offset by a decrease in customer usage. Energy generated decreased 4% for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to lower coal-fueled and natural gas-fueled generation, partially offset by higher wind-powered and hydroelectric generation. Wholesale electricity sales volumes decreased 2% and purchased electricity volumes increased 17%.

Non-GAAP Financial Measure

Management utilizes various key financial measures that are prepared in accordance with GAAP, as well as non-GAAP financial measures such as utility margin, to help evaluate results of operations. Utility margin is calculated as operating revenue less cost of fuel and energy, which are captions presented on the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

PacifiCorp's cost of fuel and energy is generally recovered from its customers through regulatory recovery mechanisms and as a result, changes in PacifiCorp's revenue are comparable to changes in such expenses. As such, management believes utility margin more appropriately and concisely explains profitability rather than a discussion of revenue and cost of fuel and energy separately. Management believes the presentation of utility margin provides meaningful and valuable insight into the information management considers important to running the business and a measure of comparability to others in the industry.
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Utility margin is not a measure calculated in accordance with GAAP and should be viewed as a supplement to and not a substitute for operating income which is the most comparable financial measure prepared in accordance with GAAP. The following table provides a reconciliation of utility margin to operating income (in millions):
Third QuarterFirst Nine Months
20222021Change20222021Change
Utility margin:
Operating revenue$1,635 $1,491 $144 10 %$4,246 $4,031 $215 %
Cost of fuel and energy581 505 76 15 1,497 1,370 127 
Utility margin1,054 986 68 2,749 2,661 88 
Operations and maintenance289 267 22 941 781 160 20 
Depreciation and amortization277 272 836 811 25 
Property and other taxes51 54 (3)(6)161 158 
Operating income$437 $393 $44 11 %$811 $911 $(100)(11)%

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Utility Margin

A comparison of key operating results related to utility margin is as follows:
Third QuarterFirst Nine Months
20222021Change20222021Change
Utility margin (in millions):
Operating revenue$1,635 $1,491 $144 10 %$4,246 $4,031 $215 %
Cost of fuel and energy581 505 76 15 1,497 1,370 127 
Utility margin$1,054 $986 $68 %$2,749 $2,661 $88 %
Sales (GWhs):
Residential5,035 4,732 303 %13,653 13,396 257 %
Commercial5,343 5,078 265 14,526 14,181 345 
Industrial, irrigation and other5,337 5,375 (38)(1)14,709 14,976 (267)(2)
Total retail15,715 15,185 530 42,888 42,553 335 
Wholesale1,037 1,093 (56)(5)3,835 3,928 (93)(2)
Total sales16,752 16,278 474 %46,723 46,481 242 %
Average number of retail customers
 (in thousands)
2,040 2,006 34 %2,033 1,998 35 %
Average revenue per MWh:
Retail$93.38 $88.91 $4.47 %$89.19 $86.53 $2.66 %
Wholesale$84.28 $53.45 $30.83 58 %$55.37 $37.23 $18.14 49 %
Heating degree days91 196 (105)(54)%6,572 6,111 461 %
Cooling degree days2,021 1,681 340 20 %2,432 2,427 — %
Sources of energy (GWhs)(1):
Coal8,606 9,011 (405)(4)%21,777 24,157 (2,380)(10)%
Natural gas3,684 3,886 (202)(5)9,546 10,174 (628)(6)
Wind(2)
1,051 1,264 (213)(17)5,260 4,385 875 20 
Hydroelectric and other(2)
555 439 116 26 2,572 2,130 442 21 
Total energy generated13,896 14,600 (704)(5)39,155 40,846 (1,691)(4)
Energy purchased4,047 3,058 989 32 10,987 9,407 1,580 17 
Total17,943 17,658 285 %50,142 50,253 (111)— %
Average cost of energy per MWh:
Energy generated(3)
$21.60 $18.39 $3.21 17 %$20.74 $17.98 $2.76 15 %
Energy purchased$97.72 $88.48 $9.24 10 %$68.82 $67.10 $1.72 %
(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 sources may be: (a) used in future years to comply with RPS or other regulatory requirements or (b) sold to third parties in the form of Renewable Energy Credits or other environmental commodities.

(3)    The average cost per MWh of energy generated includes only the cost of fuel associated with the generating facilities.
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Quarter Ended September 30, 2022 compared to Quarter Ended September 30, 2021

Utility margin increased $68 million, or 7%, for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to:
$117 million increase in retail revenue due to higher average prices and higher volumes. Retail customer volumes increased 3.5%, primarily due to favorable impacts of weather and an increase in the average number of customers, partially offset by a decrease in customer usage;
$80 million of higher deferred net power costs in accordance with established adjustment mechanisms, including 2021 cost deferrals under the Oregon power cost adjustment mechanism;
$29 million increase in wholesale revenue primarily due to higher average market prices, partially offset by lower volumes; and
$4 million of lower coal-fueled generation costs primarily due to lower volumes, partially offset by higher average prices.
The increases above were partially offset by:
$125 million of higher purchased electricity costs from higher volumes and higher average market prices; and
$36 million of higher natural gas-fueled generation costs due to higher average market prices, partially offset by lower volumes.
Operations and maintenance increased $22 million, or 8%, for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to higher plant maintenance costs, consumption of materials, higher insurance premiums due to cost increases related to wildfire coverage, higher start-up and equipment-related fuel costs and higher chemical costs.

Depreciation and amortization increased $5 million, or 2%, for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to higher plant in-service balances in the current quarter and prior year deferrals in Idaho associated with the increase in depreciation expense resulting from the implementation of the 2018 depreciation study compounded by amortization of those deferrals in the current quarter, partially offset by current year deferrals in Oregon associated with certain wind-powered generating facilities.

Property and other taxes decreased $3 million, or 6%, for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to lower property tax rates in Utah.

Allowance for borrowed and equity funds increased $9 million, or 47%, for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to higher qualified construction work-in-progress balances, partially offset by lower rates.

Income tax benefit increased $9 million, or 32%, for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021 and the effective tax rate was (10)% for 2022 and (9)% for 2021. The effective tax rate decreased primarily due to increased PTCs from PacifiCorp's wind-powered generating facilities.

First Nine Months of 2022 compared to First Nine Months of 2021

Utility margin increased $88 million, or 3%, for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to:
$143 million increase in retail revenue due to higher average prices and volumes. Retail customer volumes increased 0.8%, primarily due to an increase in the average number of customers and favorable impacts of weather, partially offset by a decrease in customer usage;
$76 million higher deferred net power costs in accordance with established adjustment mechanisms, including 2021 cost deferrals under the Oregon power cost adjustment mechanism;
$66 million increase in wholesale revenue primarily due to higher average market prices, partially offset by lower volumes;
$39 million of lower coal-fueled generation costs due to lower volumes, partially offset by higher average prices; and
$14 million of favorable wheeling activities.
The increases above were partially offset by:
$125 million of higher purchased electricity costs from higher volumes, partially offset by lower average market prices;
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$116 million of higher natural gas-fueled generation costs due to higher average market prices, partially offset by lower volumes; and
$8 million of lower wind-based ancillary revenue.
Operations and maintenance increased $160 million, or 20%, for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to a $64 million increase in the loss accruals associated with the September 2020 wildfires net of estimated insurance recoveries, higher plant maintenance costs, higher DSM amortization expense, higher insurance premiums due to cost increases related to wildfire coverage, consumption of materials, higher start-up and equipment-related fuel costs and higher chemical costs.

Depreciation and amortization increased $25 million, or 3%, for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to higher plant in-service balances in the current year and prior year deferrals in Idaho associated with the increase in depreciation expense resulting from the implementation of the 2018 depreciation study compounded by amortization of those deferrals in the current year, partially offset by lower depreciation associated with Oregon's accelerated depreciation of coal units due to an update to the Oregon allocation factor applied in computing the incremental depreciation and current year deferrals in Oregon associated with certain wind-powered generating facilities.

Property and other taxes increased $3 million, or 2%, for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to higher public utility taxes in Washington.

Allowance for borrowed and equity funds increased $12 million, or 21%, for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to higher qualified construction work-in-progress balances and higher rates.

Other, net decreased $17 million for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to lower cash surrender value of corporate-owned life insurance policies associated with PacifiCorp's supplemental executive retirement plan

Income tax benefit decreased $15 million, or 26%, for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021 and the effective tax rate was (7)% for 2022 and (9)% for 2021. The effective tax rate increased primarily due to lower effects of ratemaking associated with excess deferred income tax amortization in the current year and a valuation allowance PacifiCorp recorded in the first quarter of 2022 against state net operating loss carryforwards, partially offset by the relative impact on a percentage basis of PTCs on the lower pre-tax book income in 2022 compared to that of 2021, which results in a higher benefit related to PTCs in the current year.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of September 30, 2022, PacifiCorp's total net liquidity was as follows (in millions):
Cash and cash equivalents$219 
 
Credit facilities1,200 
Less:
Tax-exempt bond support(218)
Net credit facilities982 
 
Total net liquidity$1,201 
 
Credit facilities:
Maturity dates2025 

Operating Activities

Net cash flows from operating activities for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 were $1,752 million and $1,544 million, respectively. The change was primarily due to timing of operating accounts payables, cash received for income taxes, higher transmission deposits and collections from retail customers, partially offset by higher expenditures for materials and supplies and operating expenses.

The timing of PacifiCorp'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.
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Investing Activities

Net cash flows from investing activities for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 were $(1,477) million and $(1,150) million, respectively. The change is primarily due to an increase in capital expenditures of $324 million. Refer to "Future Uses of Cash" for discussion of capital expenditures.

Financing Activities

Net cash flows from financing activities for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2022 were $(206) million. Uses of cash consisted primarily of $100 million for common stock dividends paid to PPW Holdings LLC and $104 million for the repayment of long-term debt.

Net cash flows from financing activities for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2021 were $486 million. Sources of cash consisted of net proceeds from the issuance of long-term debt of $984 million. Uses of cash consisted substantially of $400 million for the repayment of long-term debt and $93 million for the repayment of short-term debt.

Short-term Debt

Regulatory authorities limit PacifiCorp to $1.5 billion of short-term debt. As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, PacifiCorp had no short-term debt outstanding.

Debt Authorizations

PacifiCorp currently has regulatory authority from the OPUC and the Idaho Public Utilities Commission to issue an additional $2 billion of long-term debt. PacifiCorp currently has an effective shelf registration statement with the SEC to issue an indeterminate amount of first mortgage bonds through September 2023. PacifiCorp must make a notice filing with the WUTC prior to any future issuance.

Common Shareholders' Equity

In May 2022, PacifiCorp declared a common stock dividend of $100 million, paid in June 2022, to PPW Holdings LLC.

Future Uses of Cash

PacifiCorp has 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, capital contributions 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 PacifiCorp has access to external financing depends on a variety of factors, including PacifiCorp's credit ratings, investors' judgment of risk associated with PacifiCorp and conditions in the overall capital markets, including the condition of the utility industry.

Capital Expenditures

PacifiCorp has significant future capital requirements. Capital expenditure needs are reviewed regularly by management and may change significantly as a result of these reviews, which may consider, among other factors, impacts to customer rates; changes in environmental and other rules and regulations; outcomes of regulatory proceedings; changes in income tax laws; general business conditions; new customer requests; load projections; system reliability standards; the cost and efficiency of construction labor, equipment and materials; commodity prices; and the cost and availability of capital.

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Historical and forecast capital expenditures, each of which exclude amounts for non-cash equity AFUDC and other non-cash items, are as follows (in millions):
Nine-Month PeriodsAnnual
Ended September 30,Forecast
202120222022
Wind generation$110 $21 $59 
Electric distribution461 503 691 
Electric transmission212 816 1,200 
Other374 141 305 
Total$1,157 $1,481 $2,255 

PacifiCorp's 2021 IRP identified a roadmap for a significant increase in renewable and carbon-free generation resources, coal-to-natural gas conversion of certain coal-fueled units, energy storage and associated transmission. PacifiCorp's 2021 IRP identified over 1,800 MWs of new wind-powered generating resources that are expected to be online by 2025. PacifiCorp anticipates that the additional new wind-powered generation will be a mixture of owned and contracted resources. PacifiCorp has included an estimate for these new generation resources and associated transmission in its forecast capital expenditures for 2022 through 2024. These estimates are likely to change as a result of the RFP process. PacifiCorp's historical and forecast capital expenditures include the following:

Wind generation includes both growth projects and operating expenditures. Growth projects include:
Construction of wind-powered generating facilities at PacifiCorp totaling $5 million and $99 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Construction includes 516 MWs of new wind-powered generating facilities that were placed in-service in 2021. Planned spending for constructing additional wind-powered generating facilities totals $22 million for the remainder of 2022.
Planned acquisition and repowering of two wind-powered generating facilities by PacifiCorp totaling $16 million and $9 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Planned spending for acquiring and repowering generating facilities totals $8 million for the remainder of 2022.
Electric distribution includes both growth projects and operating expenditures. Operating expenditures include spend on wildfire mitigation and wildfire and storm damage restoration. Expenditures for these items totaled $117 million and $144 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Planned spending for wildfire mitigation and wildfire and storm damage restoration totals $39 million for the remainder of 2022. The remaining investments relate to expenditures for new connections and distribution operations.

Electric transmission includes both growth projects and operating expenditures. Transmission investment primarily reflects planned costs for the 416-mile, 500-kV high-voltage transmission line between the Aeolus substation near Medicine Bow, Wyoming and the Clover substation near Mona, Utah; the 59-mile, 230-kV high-voltage transmission line between the Windstar substation near Glenrock, Wyoming and the Aeolus substation; and the 290-mile, 500-kV high-voltage transmission line from the Longhorn substation near Boardman, Oregon to the Hemingway substation near Boise, Idaho. Expenditures for these segments totaled $640 million and $57 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Planned spending for these Energy Gateway Transmission segments to be placed in-service in 2024-2026 totals $299 million for the remainder of 2022.

Other includes both growth projects and operating expenditures. Expenditures for information technology totaled $115 million and $69 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Planned information technology spending totals $56 million for the remainder of 2022. Remaining investments relate to operating projects that consist of routine expenditures for generation and other infrastructure needed to serve existing and expected demand.

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Energy Supply Planning

As required by certain state regulations, PacifiCorp uses an IRP to develop a long-term resource plan to ensure that PacifiCorp can continue to provide reliable and cost-effective electric service to its customers while maintaining compliance with existing and evolving environmental laws and regulations. PacifiCorp files its IRP biennially with the state commissions in each of the six states where PacifiCorp operates. Five states indicate whether the IRP meets the state commission's IRP standards and guidelines, a process referred to as "acknowledgment" in some states. Acknowledgment by a state commission does not address cost recovery or prudency of resources ultimately selected.

In September 2021, PacifiCorp filed its 2021 IRP with its state commissions and subsequently filed its 2021 IRP Update in March and April 2022. In March 2022, the OPUC acknowledged PacifiCorp's 2021 IRP and its preferred portfolio. In June 2022, the UPSC issued an order declining to acknowledge the 2021 IRP due to its determination that PacifiCorp did not meet the commission's IRP guidelines by excluding new natural gas-fueled resources in its modeling of the 2021 IRP's preferred portfolio, as well as the commission's view that PacifiCorp did not provide ample time for public input and information exchange during the development of the IRP. The UPSC did approve the 2022 All Source RFP ("2022AS RFP") to procure resources identified in the 2021 IRP. In August 2022, the Idaho Public Utilities Commission acknowledged PacifiCorp's 2021 IRP and its preferred portfolio. Reviews of the 2021 IRP by the Wyoming Public Service Commission and the WUTC are ongoing.

Requests for Proposals

PacifiCorp issues individual RFPs to procure resources identified in the IRP or resources driven by customer demands. The IRP and the RFPs provide for the identification and staged procurement of resources to meet load or state-specific compliance obligations. Depending upon the specific RFP, applicable laws and regulations may require PacifiCorp to file draft RFPs with the UPSC, the OPUC and the WUTC. Approval by the UPSC, the OPUC or the WUTC may be required depending on the nature of the RFPs.

A draft of PacifiCorp's 2022AS RFP was filed for approval with the WUTC in December 2021, and with the UPSC and the OPUC in January 2022. The draft 2022AS RFP was approved by the WUTC in March 2022 and by the UPSC and the OPUC in April 2022. The 2022AS RFP was issued to market in April 2022. PacifiCorp-owned bids are due late November 2022 and market bids are due February 2023.

Material Cash Requirements

As of September 30, 2022, there have been no material changes in cash requirements from the information provided in Item 7 of PacifiCorp's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, other than those disclosed in Note 9 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q.

Regulatory Matters

PacifiCorp is subject to comprehensive regulation. Refer to "Regulatory Matters" in Berkshire Hathaway Energy's Part I, Item 2 of this Form 10-Q for discussion regarding PacifiCorp's current regulatory matters.

Environmental Laws and Regulations

PacifiCorp is subject to federal, state and local laws and regulations regarding climate change, wildfire prevention and mitigation, RPS, air and water quality, emissions performance standards, coal combustion byproduct disposal, hazardous and solid waste disposal, protected species and other environmental matters that have the potential to impact PacifiCorp's 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 various federal, state and local agencies. PacifiCorp 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. Environmental laws and regulations continue to evolve, and PacifiCorp is unable to predict the impact of the changing laws and regulations on its operations and financial results.

Refer to "Environmental Laws and Regulations" in Berkshire Hathaway Energy's Part I, Item 2 of this Form 10-Q for additional information regarding environmental laws and regulations.

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Collateral and Contingent Features

Debt and preferred securities of PacifiCorp are rated by credit rating agencies. Assigned credit ratings are based on each rating agency's assessment of PacifiCorp's ability to, in general, meet the obligations of its issued debt or preferred 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, 2022, PacifiCorp's credit ratings for its senior secured debt and its issuer credit ratings for senior unsecured debt from the recognized credit rating agencies were investment grade.

PacifiCorp has no credit rating downgrade triggers that would accelerate the maturity dates of outstanding debt and a change in ratings is not an event of default under the applicable debt instruments. PacifiCorp's unsecured revolving credit facilities do not require the maintenance of a minimum credit rating level to draw upon their 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. Certain authorizations or exemptions by regulatory commissions for the issuance of securities are valid as long as PacifiCorp maintains investment grade ratings on senior secured debt. A downgrade below that level would necessitate new regulatory applications and approvals.

In accordance with industry practice, certain wholesale agreements, including derivative contracts, contain credit support provisions that in part base certain collateral requirements on credit ratings for senior unsecured debt as reported by one or more of the 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" if there is a material adverse change in PacifiCorp'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, 2022, PacifiCorp would have been required to post $338 million of additional collateral. PacifiCorp's collateral requirements could fluctuate considerably due to market price volatility, changes in credit ratings, changes in legislation or regulation, outstanding accounts payable and receivable, or other factors. Refer to Note 7 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 1 of this Form 10-Q for a discussion of PacifiCorp's collateral requirements specific to PacifiCorp's derivative contracts.

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, pension and other postretirement benefits, income taxes and revenue recognition-unbilled revenue. For additional discussion of PacifiCorp's critical accounting estimates, see Item 7 of PacifiCorp's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021. There have been no significant changes in PacifiCorp's assumptions regarding critical accounting estimates since December 31, 2021.
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MidAmerican Funding, LLC and its subsidiaries and MidAmerican Energy Company
Consolidated Financial Section

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PART I
Item 1.Financial Statements


REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


To the Board of Directors and Shareholder of
MidAmerican Energy Company

Results of Review of Interim Financial Information

We have reviewed the accompanying balance sheet of MidAmerican Energy Company ("MidAmerican Energy") as of September 30, 2022, the related statements of operations and changes in shareholder's equity for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, and of cash flows for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "interim financial information"). Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the accompanying interim financial information for it 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) (PCAOB), the balance sheet of MidAmerican Energy as of December 31, 2021, and the related statements of operations, changes in shareholder's equity, and cash flows for the year then ended (not presented herein); and in our report dated February 25, 2022, 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, 2021, is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the balance sheet from which it has been derived.

Basis for Review Results

This interim financial information is the responsibility of MidAmerican Energy's management. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to MidAmerican Energy in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our reviews in accordance with standards of the PCAOB. 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 PCAOB, 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.


/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP


Des Moines, Iowa
November 4, 2022

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MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY
BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited)
(Amounts in millions)

As of
September 30,December 31,
20222021
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents$581 $232 
Trade receivables, net528 526 
Income tax receivable— 79 
Inventories272 234 
Other current assets202 123 
Total current assets1,583 1,194 
Property, plant and equipment, net20,780 20,301 
Regulatory assets528 473 
Investments and restricted investments862 1,026 
Other assets283 263 
Total assets$24,036 $23,257 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY
BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited) (continued)
(Amounts in millions)

As of
September 30,December 31,
20222021
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDER'S EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable$456 $531 
Accrued interest88 84 
Accrued property, income and other taxes290 158 
Current portion of long-term debt314 — 
Other current liabilities154 145 
Total current liabilities1,302 918 
Long-term debt7,413 7,721 
Regulatory liabilities1,055 1,080 
Deferred income taxes3,403 3,389 
Asset retirement obligations710 714 
Other long-term liabilities488 475 
Total liabilities14,371 14,297 
Commitments and contingencies (Note 8)
Shareholder's equity:
Common stock - 350 shares authorized, no par value, 71 shares issued and outstanding
— — 
Additional paid-in capital561 561 
Retained earnings9,104 8,399 
Total shareholder's equity9,665 8,960 
Total liabilities and shareholder's equity$24,036 $23,257 

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

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MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited)
(Amounts in millions)

Three-Month PeriodsNine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,Ended September 30,
2022202120222021
Operating revenue:
Regulated electric$1,009 $854 $2,342 $1,985 
Regulated natural gas and other139 112 708 741 
Total operating revenue1,148 966 3,050 2,726 
Operating expenses:
Cost of fuel and energy235 163 534 417 
Cost of natural gas purchased for resale and other97 64 515 553 
Operations and maintenance210 200 602 577 
Depreciation and amortization338 218 865 634 
Property and other taxes38 34 114 107 
Total operating expenses918 679 2,630 2,288 
Operating income230 287 420 438 
Other income (expense):
Interest expense(79)(76)(235)(224)
Allowance for borrowed funds12 
Allowance for equity funds12 11 41 25 
Other, net(11)34 
Total other income (expense)(60)(53)(193)(157)
Income before income tax benefit170 234 227 281 
Income tax benefit(135)(143)(529)(456)
Net income$305 $377 $756 $737 

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

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MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDER'S EQUITY (Unaudited)
(Amounts in millions)

Common StockAdditional Paid-in CapitalRetained
Earnings
Total Shareholder's
Equity
Balance, June 30, 2021$— $561 $7,865 $8,426 
Net income— — 377 377 
Other equity transactions— — (1)(1)
Balance, September 30, 2021$— $561 $8,241 $8,802 
Balance, December 31, 2020$— $561 $7,504 $8,065 
Net income— — 737 737 
Balance, September 30, 2021$— $561 $8,241 $8,802 
Balance, June 30, 2022$— $561 $8,850 $9,411 
Net income— — 305 305 
Common stock dividend— — (50)(50)
Other equity transactions— — (1)(1)
Balance, September 30, 2022$— $561 $9,104 $9,665 
Balance, December 31, 2021$— $561 $8,399 $8,960 
Net income— — 756 756 
Common stock dividend— — (50)(50)
Other equity transactions— — (1)(1)
Balance, September 30, 2022$— $561 $9,104 $9,665 

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

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MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited)
(Amounts in millions)

Nine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,
20222021
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income$756 $737 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows from operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization865 634 
Amortization of utility plant to other operating expenses26 26 
Allowance for equity funds(41)(25)
Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits, net11 121 
Settlements of asset retirement obligations(55)(51)
Other, net40 42 
Changes in other operating assets and liabilities:
Trade receivables and other assets(10)(331)
Inventories(38)34 
Pension and other postretirement benefit plans
Accrued property, income and other taxes, net197 80 
Accounts payable and other liabilities46 21 
Net cash flows from operating activities1,801 1,290 
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures(1,404)(1,266)
Purchases of marketable securities(306)(166)
Proceeds from sales of marketable securities299 163 
Other, net12 (7)
Net cash flows from investing activities(1,399)(1,276)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Dividends paid(50)— 
Proceeds from long-term debt— 492 
Repayments of long-term debt(2)(1)
Other, net— (2)
Net cash flows from financing activities(52)489 
Net change in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents350 503 
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period239 45 
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents at end of period$589 $548 

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

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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. MHC's nonregulated subsidiary is Midwest Capital Group, Inc. 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 holding company based in Des Moines, Iowa, that owns subsidiaries principally engaged in energy businesses. 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, 2022, and for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021. The results of operations for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022, 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, 2021, 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 accounting policies or its assumptions regarding significant accounting estimates during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2022.

(2)    Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash equivalents consist of funds invested in money market mutual funds, U.S. Treasury Bills and other investments with a maturity of three months or less when purchased. Cash and cash equivalents exclude amounts where availability is restricted by legal requirements, loan agreements or other contractual provisions. Restricted cash and cash equivalents consist substantially of funds restricted for wildlife preservation. A reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents as presented in the Statements of Cash Flows is outlined below and disaggregated by the line items in which they appear on the Balance Sheets (in millions):
As of
September 30,December 31,
20222021
Cash and cash equivalents$581 $232 
Restricted cash and cash equivalents in other current assets
Total cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents$589 $239 

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(3)    Property, Plant and Equipment, Net

Property, plant and equipment, net consists of the following (in millions):
As of
September 30,December 31,
Depreciable Life20222021
Utility plant in-service, net:
Generation
20-70 years
$18,201 $17,397 
Transmission
52-75 years
2,609 2,474 
Electric distribution
20-75 years
4,777 4,661 
Natural gas distribution
29-75 years
2,101 2,039 
Utility plant in-service27,688 26,571 
Accumulated depreciation and amortization(7,886)(7,376)
Utility plant in-service, net19,802 19,195 
Nonregulated property, net:
Nonregulated property, gross
20-50 years
Accumulated depreciation and amortization(1)(1)
Nonregulated property, net
19,808 19,201 
Construction work-in-progress972 1,100 
Property, plant and equipment, net$20,780 $20,301 

Under a revenue sharing arrangement in Iowa, MidAmerican Energy accrues throughout the year a regulatory liability based on the extent to which its anticipated annual equity return exceeds specified thresholds, with an equal amount recorded in depreciation and amortization expense. The annual regulatory liability accrual reduces utility plant upon final determination of the amount. For the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022, $115 million and $211 million, respectively, was accrued. No accrual was recorded for the three- and nine-months periods ended September 30, 2021.

(4)    Recent Financing Transactions

Credit Facilities

In June 2022, MidAmerican Energy amended and restated its existing $1.5 billion unsecured credit facility expiring in June 2024. The amendment extended the expiration date to June 2025 and amended pricing from the London Interbank Offered Rate to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate.

(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 PeriodsNine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,Ended September 30,
2022202120222021
Federal statutory income tax rate21 %21 %21 %21 %
Income tax credits(69)(44)(222)(143)
State income tax, net of federal income tax impacts(21)(26)(21)(27)
Effects of ratemaking(13)(12)(12)(13)
Other, net— — 
Effective income tax rate(79)%(61)%(233)%(162)%

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Income tax credits relate primarily to production tax credits ("PTCs") from MidAmerican Energy's wind- and solar-powered generating facilities. Federal renewable electricity PTCs are earned as energy from qualifying wind- and solar-powered generating facilities is produced and sold and are based on a per-kilowatt hour rate pursuant to the applicable federal income tax law. MidAmerican Energy recognizes its renewable electricity PTCs throughout the year based on when the credits are earned and excludes them from the annual effective tax rate that is the basis for the interim recognition of other income tax expense. Wind- and solar-powered generating facilities are eligible for the credits for 10 years from the date the qualifying generating facilities are placed in-service. PTCs recognized for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 totaled $505 million and $400 million, respectively.

Berkshire Hathaway includes BHE and subsidiaries in its U.S. federal and Iowa state income tax returns. Consistent with established regulatory practice, MidAmerican Energy's provision for income tax has been computed on a stand-alone basis, and substantially all of its currently payable or receivable income tax is remitted to or received from BHE. MidAmerican Energy received net cash payments for income tax from BHE totaling $757 million and $677 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, 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 (credit) for the plans of MidAmerican Energy and the aforementioned affiliates included the following components (in millions):
Three-Month PeriodsNine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,Ended September 30,
2022202120222021
Pension:
Service cost$$$14 $15 
Interest cost15 17 
Expected return on plan assets(7)(9)(21)(28)
Settlement— — — 
Net amortization— — 
Net periodic benefit cost$$$11 $
Other postretirement:
Service cost$$$$
Interest cost
Expected return on plan assets(4)(2)(11)(7)
Net amortization(1)(1)(2)(3)
Net periodic benefit (credit) cost$(1)$$(1)$

Amounts other than the service cost for pension and other postretirement benefit plans are recorded in Other, net in the Statements of Operations. Employer contributions to the pension and other postretirement benefit plans are expected to be $7 million and $3 million, respectively, during 2022. As of September 30, 2022, $5 million and $2 million of contributions had been made to the pension and other postretirement benefit plans, respectively.

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(7)    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 financial 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 1Level 2Level 3
Other(1)
Total
As of September 30, 2022:
Assets:
Commodity derivatives$$78 $14 $(6)$87 
Money market mutual funds585 — — — 585 
Debt securities:
U.S. government obligations216 — — — 216 
International government obligations— — — 
Corporate obligations— 69 — — 69 
Municipal obligations— — — 
Agency, asset and mortgage-backed obligations— — — 
Equity securities:
U.S. companies332 — — — 332 
International companies— — — 
Investment funds20 — — — 20 
$1,161 $152 $14 $(6)$1,321 
Liabilities - commodity derivatives$— $(12)$— $$(4)
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Input Levels for Fair Value Measurements
Level 1Level 2Level 3
Other(1)
Total
As of December 31, 2021:
Assets:
Commodity derivatives$— $32 $$(7)$28 
Money market mutual funds228 — — — 228 
Debt securities:
U.S. government obligations232 — — — 232 
International government obligations— — — 
Corporate obligations— 90 — — 90 
Municipal obligations— — — 
Agency, asset and mortgage-backed obligations— — — 
Equity securities:
U.S. companies428 — — — 428 
International companies10 — — — 10 
Investment funds18 — — — 18 
$916 $129 $$(7)$1,041 
Liabilities - commodity derivatives$— $(6)$(8)$12 $(2)

(1)Represents netting under master netting arrangements and a net cash collateral receivable of $2 million and $5 million as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.
MidAmerican Energy's investments in money market mutual funds and debt and equity securities are stated at fair value, with debt securities accounted for as available-for-sale securities. 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 following table reconciles the beginning and ending balances of MidAmerican Energy's commodity derivative assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant Level 3 inputs (in millions):
Three-Month PeriodsNine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,Ended September 30,
2022202120222021
Beginning balance$26 $(1)$(5)$
Changes in fair value recognized in regulatory assets(2)42 
Settlements(10)(1)(23)(4)
Ending balance$14 $— $14 $— 

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MidAmerican Energy's long-term debt is carried at cost on the Balance Sheets. 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, 2022As of December 31, 2021
Carrying
Value
Fair
Value
Carrying
Value
Fair
Value
Long-term debt$7,727 $6,804 $7,721 $9,037 

(8)    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

MidAmerican Energy is subject to federal, state and local laws and regulations regarding climate change, renewable portfolio standards, air and water quality, emissions performance standards, 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. MidAmerican Energy believes it is in material compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.

Transmission Rates

MidAmerican Energy's wholesale transmission rates are set annually using Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC")-approved formula rates subject to true-up for actual cost of service. MidAmerican Energy is authorized by the FERC to include a 0.50% adder beyond the approved base return on equity ("ROE") effective January 2015. Prior to September 2016, the rates in effect were based on a 12.38% ROE. In November 2013 and February 2015, a coalition of intervenors filed successive complaints with the FERC requesting that the 12.38% ROE no longer be found just and reasonable and sought to reduce the base ROE to 9.15% and 8.67%, respectively. In September 2016, the FERC issued an order for the first complaint, which reduces the base ROE to 10.32% and required refunds, plus interest, for the period from November 2013 through February 2015. Customer refunds relative to the first complaint occurred in February 2017. In November 2019, the FERC issued an order addressing the second complaint and issues on appeal in the first complaint. The order established a ROE of 9.88% (10.38% including the 0.50% adder) for the 15-month refund period of the first complaint and prospectively from September 2016 forward. In May 2020, the FERC issued an order on rehearing of the November 2019 order. The May 2020 order affirmed the FERC's prior decision to dismiss the second complaint and established an ROE of 10.02% (10.52% including the 0.50% adder) for the 15-month refund period of the first complaint and prospectively from September 2016 to the date of the May 2020 order. In August 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an opinion vacating these orders and remanding them back to the FERC. MidAmerican Energy cannot predict the ultimate outcome of these matters and, as of September 30, 2022, has accrued an $8 million liability for refunds of amounts collected under the higher ROE during the periods covered by the complaints.
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(9)    Revenue from Contracts with Customers

The following table summarizes MidAmerican Energy's revenue from contracts with customers ("Customer Revenue") by line of business, with further disaggregation of retail by customer class, including a reconciliation to MidAmerican Energy's reportable segment information included in Note 10 (in millions):
For the Three-Month Period Ended September 30, 2022For the Nine-Month Period Ended September 30, 2022
ElectricNatural GasOtherTotalElectricNatural GasOtherTotal
Customer Revenue:
Retail:
Residential$267 $58 $— $325 $620 $370 $— $990 
Commercial117 20 — 137 282 139 — 421 
Industrial364 — 373 839 27 — 866 
Natural gas transportation services— — — 31 — 31 
Other retail51 — 53 124 — 127 
Total retail799 97 — 896 1,865 570 — 2,435 
Wholesale167 41 — 208 355 133 — 488 
Multi-value transmission projects16 — — 16 44 — — 44 
Other Customer Revenue— — — — 
Total Customer Revenue982 138 1,121 2,264 703 2,970 
Other revenue27 — — 27 78 — 80 
Total operating revenue$1,009 $138 $$1,148 $2,342 $705 $$3,050 

For the Three-Month Period Ended September 30, 2021For the Nine-Month Period Ended September 30, 2021
ElectricNatural GasOtherTotalElectricNatural GasOtherTotal
Customer Revenue:
Retail:
Residential$255 $52 $— $307 $586 $419 $— $1,005 
Commercial107 17 — 124 258 164 — 422 
Industrial321 — 326 741 20 — 761 
Natural gas transportation services— — — 28 — 28 
Other retail53 — 54 119 — 121 
Total retail736 84 — 820 1,704 633 — 2,337 
Wholesale88 25 — 113 214 93 — 307 
Multi-value transmission projects15 — — 15 45 — — 45 
Other Customer Revenue— — — — 13 13 
Total Customer Revenue839 109 950 1,963 726 13 2,702 
Other revenue15 — 16 22 — 24 
Total operating revenue$854 $110 $$966 $1,985 $728 $13 $2,726 



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(10)    Segment Information

MidAmerican Energy has identified two reportable segments: regulated electric and regulated natural gas. 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 natural 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 natural gas owned by others through its distribution system. Pricing for regulated electric and regulated natural 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. 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 PeriodsNine-Month Periods
 Ended September 30,Ended September 30,
2022202120222021
Operating revenue:
Regulated electric$1,009 $854 $2,342 $1,985 
Regulated natural gas138 110 705 728 
Other13 
Total operating revenue$1,148 $966 $3,050 $2,726 
Operating income:
Regulated electric$245 $289 $383 $401 
Regulated natural gas(15)(2)37 37 
Total operating income230 287 420 438 
Interest expense(79)(76)(235)(224)
Allowance for borrowed funds12 
Allowance for equity funds12 11 41 25 
Other, net(11)34 
Income before income tax benefit$170 $234 $227 $281 

As of
September 30,
2022
December 31,
2021
Assets:
Regulated electric$22,195 $21,385 
Regulated natural gas1,841 1,871 
Other— 
Total assets$24,036 $23,257 


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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


To the Board of Managers and Member of
MidAmerican Funding, LLC

Results of Review of Interim Financial Information

We have reviewed the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of MidAmerican Funding, LLC and subsidiaries ("MidAmerican Funding") as of September 30, 2022, the related consolidated statements of operations and changes in member's equity for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, and of cash flows for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "interim financial information"). Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the accompanying interim financial information for it 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) (PCAOB) and in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, the consolidated balance sheet of MidAmerican Funding as of December 31, 2021, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in member's equity, and cash flows for the year then ended (not presented herein); and in our report dated February 25, 2022, 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, 2021, is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the consolidated balance sheet from which it has been derived.

Basis for Review Results

This interim financial information is the responsibility of MidAmerican Funding's management. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to MidAmerican Funding in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our reviews in accordance with standards of the PCAOB and with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America applicable to reviews of interim financial information. 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 PCAOB and with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, 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.


/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP


Des Moines, Iowa
November 4, 2022

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MIDAMERICAN FUNDING, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited)
(Amounts in millions)

As of
September 30,December 31,
20222021
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents$582 $233 
Trade receivables, net528 526 
Income tax receivable— 80 
Inventories272 234 
Other current assets204 123 
Total current assets1,586 1,196 
Property, plant and equipment, net20,781 20,302 
Goodwill1,270 1,270 
Regulatory assets528 473 
Investments and restricted investments864 1,028 
Other assets283 262 
Total assets$25,312 $24,531 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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MIDAMERICAN FUNDING, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited) (continued)
(Amounts in millions)

As of
September 30,December 31,
20222021
LIABILITIES AND MEMBER'S EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable$456 $531 
Accrued interest89 89 
Accrued property, income and other taxes289 158 
Note payable to affiliate155 189 
Current portion of long-term debt314 — 
Other current liabilities156 146 
Total current liabilities1,459 1,113 
Long-term debt7,653 7,961 
Regulatory liabilities1,055 1,080 
Deferred income taxes3,401 3,387 
Asset retirement obligations710 714 
Other long-term liabilities487 475 
Total liabilities14,765 14,730 
Commitments and contingencies (Note 8)
Member's equity:
Paid-in capital1,679 1,679 
Retained earnings8,868 8,122 
Total member's equity10,547 9,801 
Total liabilities and member's equity$25,312 $24,531 

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

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MIDAMERICAN FUNDING, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited)
(Amounts in millions)

Three-Month PeriodsNine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,Ended September 30,
2022202120222021
Operating revenue:
Regulated electric$1,009 $854 $2,342 $1,985 
Regulated natural gas and other139 112 708 741 
Total operating revenue1,148 966 3,050 2,726 
Operating expenses:
Cost of fuel and energy235 163 534 417 
Cost of natural gas purchased for resale and other97 64 515 553 
Operations and maintenance210 200 602 577 
Depreciation and amortization338 218 865 634 
Property and other taxes38 34 114 107 
Total operating expenses918 679 2,630 2,288 
Operating income230 287 420 438 
Other income (expense):
Interest expense(84)(81)(249)(237)
Allowance for borrowed funds12 
Allowance for equity funds12 11 41 25 
Other, net(12)34 
Total other income (expense)(67)(58)(208)(170)
Income before income tax benefit163 229 212 268 
Income tax benefit(137)(144)(533)(460)
Net income$300 $373 $745 $728 

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

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MIDAMERICAN FUNDING, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN MEMBER'S EQUITY (Unaudited)
(Amounts in millions)

Paid-in
Capital
Retained
Earnings
Total Member's
Equity
Balance, June 30, 2021$1,679 $7,594 $9,273 
Net income— 373 373 
Other equity transactions— 
Balance, September 30, 2021$1,679 $7,968 $9,647 
Balance, December 31, 2020$1,679 $7,240 $8,919 
Net income— 728 728 
Balance, September 30, 2021$1,679 $7,968 $9,647 
Balance, June 30, 2022$1,679 $8,567 $10,246 
Net income— 300 300 
Other equity transactions— 
Balance, September 30, 2022$1,679 $8,868 $10,547 
Balance, December 31, 2021$1,679 $8,122 $9,801 
Net income— 745 745 
Other equity transactions— 
Balance, September 30, 2022$1,679 $8,868 $10,547 

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

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MIDAMERICAN FUNDING, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited)
(Amounts in millions)

Nine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,
20222021
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income$745 $728 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows from operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization865 634 
Amortization of utility plant to other operating expenses26 26 
Allowance for equity funds(41)(25)
Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits, net11 121 
Settlements of asset retirement obligations(55)(51)
Other, net42 42 
Changes in other operating assets and liabilities:
Trade receivables and other assets(12)(331)
Inventories(38)34 
Pension and other postretirement benefit plans
Accrued property, income and other taxes, net197 80 
Accounts payable and other liabilities42 16 
Net cash flows from operating activities1,786 1,276 
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures(1,404)(1,266)
Purchases of marketable securities(306)(166)
Proceeds from sales of marketable securities299 163 
Other, net12 (7)
Net cash flows from investing activities(1,399)(1,276)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from long-term debt— 492 
Repayments of long-term debt(2)(1)
Net change in note payable to affiliate(34)13 
Other, net(1)(1)
Net cash flows from financing activities(37)503 
Net change in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents350 503 
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period240 46 
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents at end of period$590 $549 

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

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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 holding company based in Des Moines, Iowa, that owns subsidiaries principally engaged in energy businesses. 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. MHC's principal subsidiary is MidAmerican Energy Company ("MidAmerican Energy"), a public utility with electric and natural gas operations, and its direct, wholly owned nonregulated subsidiary is Midwest Capital Group, Inc.

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, 2022, and for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021. The results of operations for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022, 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, 2021, 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 accounting policies or its assumptions regarding significant accounting estimates during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2022.

(2)    Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash equivalents consist of funds invested in money market mutual funds, U.S. Treasury Bills and other investments with a maturity of three months or less when purchased. Cash and cash equivalents exclude amounts where availability is restricted by legal requirements, loan agreements or other contractual provisions. Restricted cash and cash equivalents consist substantially of funds restricted for wildlife preservation. A reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents as presented in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows is outlined below and disaggregated by the line items in which they appear on the Consolidated Balance Sheets (in millions):
As of
September 30,December 31,
20222021
Cash and cash equivalents$582 $233 
Restricted cash and cash equivalents in other current assets
Total cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents$590 $240 

(3)    Property, Plant and Equipment, 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.
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(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 PeriodsNine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,Ended September 30,
2022202120222021
Federal statutory income tax rate21 %21 %21 %21 %
Income tax credits(72)(45)(238)(150)
State income tax, net of federal income tax impacts(22)(27)(24)(29)
Effects of ratemaking(13)(12)(13)(14)
Other, net— — 
Effective income tax rate(84)%(63)%(251)%(172)%

Income tax credits relate primarily to production tax credits ("PTCs") from MidAmerican Energy's wind- and solar-powered generating facilities. Federal renewable electricity PTCs are earned as energy from qualifying wind- and solar-powered generating facilities is produced and sold and are based on a per-kilowatt hour rate pursuant to the applicable federal income tax law. MidAmerican Funding recognizes its renewable electricity PTCs throughout the year based on when the credits are earned and excludes them from the annual effective tax rate that is the basis for the interim recognition of other income tax expense. Wind- and solar-powered generating facilities are eligible for the credits for 10 years from the date the qualifying generating facilities are placed in-service. PTCs recognized for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 totaled $505 million and $400 million, respectively.

Berkshire Hathaway includes BHE and subsidiaries in its U.S. federal and Iowa state income tax returns. Consistent with established regulatory practice, MidAmerican Funding's and MidAmerican Energy's provisions for income tax have been computed on a stand-alone basis, and substantially all of their currently payable or receivable income tax is remitted to or received from BHE. MidAmerican Funding received net cash payments for income tax from BHE totaling $761 million and $681 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

(6)    Employee Benefit Plans

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

(7)    Fair Value Measurements

Refer to Note 7 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, 2022As of December 31, 2021
Carrying
Value
Fair
Value
Carrying
Value
Fair
Value
Long-term debt$7,967 $7,062 $7,961 $9,350 

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(8)    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 8 of MidAmerican Energy's Notes to Financial Statements.

(9)    Revenue from Contracts with Customers

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

(10)    Segment Information

MidAmerican Funding has identified two reportable segments: regulated electric and regulated natural gas. 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 natural 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 natural gas owned by others through its distribution system. Pricing for regulated electric and regulated natural 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. 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 financial results and assets of nonregulated operations, MHC and MidAmerican Funding.

The following tables provide information on a reportable segment basis (in millions):
Three-Month PeriodsNine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,Ended September 30,
2022202120222021
Operating revenue:
Regulated electric$1,009 $854 $2,342 $1,985 
Regulated natural gas138 110 705 728 
Other13 
Total operating revenue$1,148 $966 $3,050 $2,726 
Operating income:
Regulated electric$245 $289 $383 $401 
Regulated natural gas(15)(2)37 37 
Total operating income230 287 420 438 
Interest expense(84)(81)(249)(237)
Allowance for borrowed funds12 
Allowance for equity funds12 11 41 25 
Other, net(12)34 
Income before income tax benefit$163 $229 $212 $268 
As of
September 30,
2022
December 31,
2021
Assets(1):
Regulated electric$23,386 $22,576 
Regulated natural gas1,920 1,950 
Other
Total assets$25,312 $24,531 
(1)Assets by reportable segment reflect the assignment of goodwill to applicable reporting units.
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Item 2.Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

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 during the periods included herein. 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, usage trends and other factors. This discussion should be read in conjunction with MidAmerican Funding's historical unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements and MidAmerican Energy's historical unaudited Financial Statements and Notes to Financial Statements in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q. MidAmerican Funding's and MidAmerican Energy'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 2022 and 2021

Overview

MidAmerican Energy -

MidAmerican Energy's net income for the third quarter of 2022 was $305 million, a decrease of $72 million, or 19%, compared to 2021, primarily due to higher depreciation and amortization expense of $120 million, higher operations and maintenance expense of $10 million, lower income tax benefit of $8 million, lower natural gas utility margin of $6 million, unfavorable other, net of $4 million, higher property and other taxes of $4 million and higher interest expense of $3 million, offset by higher electric utility margin of $83 million. The increase in depreciation and amortization expense was primarily due to higher Iowa revenue sharing of $115 million. Electric retail customer volumes increased 3% due to higher customer usage for certain industrial customers. Wholesale electricity sales volumes decreased 4% due to unfavorable market conditions. Natural gas retail customer volumes increased 1% due to the favorable impact of weather.

MidAmerican Energy's net income for the first nine months of 2022 was $756 million, an increase of $19 million, or 3%, compared to 2021, primarily due to higher electric utility margin of $240 million, higher income tax benefit of $73 million, higher allowances for equity and borrowed funds of $20 million and higher natural gas utility margin of $14 million, offset by higher depreciation and amortization expense of $231 million, unfavorable other, net of $45 million, higher operations and maintenance expense of $25 million, higher interest expense of $11 million, lower nonregulated utility margins of $10 million and higher property and other taxes of $7 million. Electric retail customer volumes increased 4% primarily due to higher customer usage for certain industrial customers. Wholesale electricity sales volumes increased 12% due to favorable market conditions. Natural gas retail customer volumes increased 10% due to the favorable impact of weather. The increase in depreciation and amortization expense was primarily due to higher Iowa revenue sharing of $211 million.

MidAmerican Funding -

MidAmerican Funding's net income for the third quarter of 2022 was $300 million, a decrease of $73 million, or 20%, compared to 2021. MidAmerican Funding's net income for the first nine months of 2022 was $745 million, an increase of $17 million, or 2%, compared to 2021. The variances in net income were primarily due to the changes in MidAmerican Energy's earnings discussed above.

Non-GAAP Financial Measure

Management utilizes various key financial measures that are prepared in accordance with GAAP, as well as non-GAAP financial measures such as, electric utility margin and natural gas utility margin, to help evaluate results of operations. Electric utility margin is calculated as regulated electric operating revenue less cost of fuel and energy, which are captions presented on the Statements of Operations. Natural gas utility margin is calculated as regulated natural gas operating revenue less regulated cost of natural gas purchased for resale, which are included in regulated natural gas and other and cost of natural gas purchased for resale and other, respectively, on the Statements of Operations.

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MidAmerican Energy's cost of fuel and energy and cost of natural gas purchased for resale are generally recovered from its retail customers through regulatory recovery mechanisms, and as a result, changes in MidAmerican Energy's expense included in regulatory recovery mechanisms result in comparable changes to revenue. As such, management believes electric utility margin and natural gas utility margin more appropriately and concisely explain profitability rather than a discussion of revenue and cost of sales separately. Management believes the presentation of electric utility margin and natural gas utility margin provides meaningful and valuable insight into the information management considers important to running the business and a measure of comparability to others in the industry.

Electric utility margin and natural gas utility margin are not measures calculated in accordance with GAAP and should be viewed as a supplement to, and not a substitute for, operating income, which is the most comparable financial measure prepared in accordance with GAAP. The following table provides a reconciliation of utility margin to MidAmerican Energy's operating income (in millions):
Third QuarterFirst Nine Months
20222021Change20222021Change
Electric utility margin:
Operating revenue$1,009 $854 $155 18 %$2,342 $1,985 $357 18 %
Cost of fuel and energy235 163 72 44 534 417 117 28 
Electric utility margin774 691 83 12 %1,808 1,568 240 15 %
Natural gas utility margin:
Operating revenue138 110 28 25 %705 728 (23)(3)%
Natural gas purchased for resale97 63 34 54 515 552 (37)(7)
Natural gas utility margin41 47 (6)(13)%190 176 14 %
Utility margin815 738 77 10 %1,998 1,744 254 15 %
Other operating revenue(1)(50)%13 (10)(77)%
Other cost of sales— (1)*— (1)*
Operations and maintenance210 200 10 602 577 25 
Depreciation and amortization338 218 120 55 865 634 231 36 
Property and other taxes38 34 12 114 107 
Operating income$230 $287 $(57)(20)%$420 $438 $(18)(4)%

*    Not meaningful.

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Electric Utility Margin

A comparison of key operating results related to electric utility margin is as follows:
Third QuarterFirst Nine Months
20222021Change20222021Change
Utility margin (in millions):
Operating revenue$1,009 $854 $155 18 %$2,342 $1,985 $357 18 %
Cost of fuel and energy235 163 72 44 534 417 117 28 
Utility margin$774 $691 $83 12 %$1,808 $1,568 $240 15 %
Sales (GWhs):
Residential2,056 2,060 (4)— %5,461 5,284 177 %
Commercial1,055 1,039 16 3,021 2,871 150 
Industrial4,335 4,106 229 12,463 11,981 482 
Other422 423 (1)— 1,231 1,194 37 
Total retail7,868 7,628 240 22,176 21,330 846 
Wholesale3,267 3,420 (153)(4)12,738 11,343 1,395 12 
Total sales11,135 11,048 87 %34,914 32,673 2,241 %
Average number of retail customers (in thousands)
813805%812803%
Average revenue per MWh:
Retail$101.53 $96.42 $5.11 %$84.10 $79.90 $4.20 %
Wholesale$55.68 $27.07 $28.61 106 %$31.12 $18.22 $12.90 71 %
Heating degree days67 21 46 219 %4,059 3,820 239 %
Cooling degree days838 870 (32)(4)%1,259 1,296 (37)(3)%
Sources of energy (GWhs)(1):
Wind and other(2)
4,528 4,164 364 %20,182 16,163 4,019 25 %
Coal3,990 4,609 (619)(13)7,830 10,302 (2,472)(24)
Nuclear987 1,007 (20)(2)2,770 2,911 (141)(5)
Natural gas624 503 121 24 1,255 982 273 28 
Total energy generated10,129 10,283 (154)(1)32,037 30,358 1,679 
Energy purchased1,189 1,038 151 15 3,466 2,898 568 20 
Total11,318 11,321 (3)— %35,503 33,256 2,247 %
Average cost of energy per MWh:
Energy generated(3)
$12.60 $9.81 $2.79 28 %$8.03 $7.48 $0.55 %
Energy purchased$90.62 $60.32 $30.30 50 %$79.97 $65.60 $14.37 22 %

(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 RPS or other regulatory requirements or (b) sold to third parties in the form of renewable energy credits or other environmental commodities.

(3)    The average cost per MWh of energy generated includes only the cost of fuel associated with the generating facilities.
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Natural Gas Utility Margin

A comparison of key operating results related to natural gas utility margin is as follows:
Third QuarterFirst Nine Months
20222021Change20222021Change
Utility margin (in millions):
Operating revenue$138 $110 $28 25 %$705 $728 $(23)(3)%
Natural gas purchased for resale97 63 34 54 515 552 (37)(7)
Utility margin$41 $47 $(6)(13)%$190 $176 $14 %
Throughput (000's Dths):
Residential2,798 2,689 109 %37,397 34,243 3,154 %
Commercial1,492 1,511 (19)(1)17,551 16,255 1,296 
Industrial1,097 1,110 (13)(1)4,406 3,616 790 22 
Other— — 55 52 
Total retail sales5,391 5,314 77 59,409 54,166 5,243 10 
Wholesale sales5,556 6,365 (809)(13)22,700 22,955 (255)(1)
Total sales10,947 11,679 (732)(6)82,109 77,121 4,988 
Natural gas transportation service20,901 26,789 (5,888)(22)74,705 83,282 (8,577)(10)
Total throughput31,848 38,468 (6,620)(17)%156,814 160,403 (3,589)(2)%
Average number of retail customers (in thousands)
781 776 %784 776 %
Average revenue per retail Dth sold$16.48 $14.21 $2.27 16 %$9.10 $11.20 $(2.10)(19)%
Heating degree days84 28 56 200 %4,303 3,954 349 %
Average cost of natural gas per retail Dth sold
$10.38 $7.09 $3.29 46 %$6.42 $8.47 $(2.05)(24)%
Combined retail and wholesale average cost of natural gas per Dth sold
$8.89 $5.42 $3.47 64 %$6.27 $7.16 $(0.89)(12)%

Quarter Ended September 30, 2022 Compared to Quarter Ended September 30, 2021

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Electric utility margin increased $83 million, or 12%, for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to:
a $74 million increase in wholesale utility margin due to higher margins per unit of $77 million, reflecting higher market prices, partially offset by lower volumes of 4.5%; and
a $9 million increase in retail utility margin primarily due to $17 million from higher customer usage; and $5 million due to price impacts from changes in sales mix; partially offset by $8 million, net of energy costs, from lower recoveries through bill riders (offset in operations and maintenance expense and income tax benefit); and $5 million from lower wind-turbine performance settlements. Retail customer volumes increased 3.1%.

Natural gas utility margin decreased $6 million, or 13%, for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to:
a $6 million decrease from lower average prices, primarily due to the timing of recoveries through a capital tracker mechanism.

Operations and maintenance increased $10 million, or 5%, for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to higher steam and other power generation costs of $7 million, and higher electric distribution and transmission costs of $6 million, partially offset by lower nonregulated operations costs of $3 million.
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Depreciation and amortization increased $120 million, or 55%, for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to $115 million from higher Iowa revenue sharing accruals, $10 million from wind-powered generating facilities and other plant placed in-service, and $7 million from a regulatory mechanism that provides customers the retail energy benefits of certain wind-powered generation projects, partially offset by $12 million from a regulatory mechanism deferring certain depreciation expense in 2022.

Property and other taxes increased $4 million, or 12%, for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to $4 million from higher wind turbine property taxes.

Interest expense increased $3 million, or 4%, for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021 due to higher interest rates on variable rate long-term debt and higher interest expense from a July 2021 long-term debt issuance.

Other, net decreased $4 million, or 50%, for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to unfavorable investment earnings, largely attributable to lower cash surrender values of corporate-owned life insurance policies, and higher non-service costs of employee benefit plans, partially offset by higher interest income.

Income tax benefit decreased $8 million, or 6%, for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to state income tax impacts and the effects of ratemaking, partially offset by higher PTCs and lower pretax income. PTCs for the third quarter of 2022 and 2021 totaled $117 million and $103 million, respectively.

MidAmerican Funding -

Income tax benefit decreased $7 million, or 5%, for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021 principally due to the factors discussed for MidAmerican Energy.

First Nine Months of 2022 Compared to First Nine Months of 2021

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Electric utility margin increased $240 million, or 15%, for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021, due to:
a $201 million increase in wholesale utility margin due to higher margins per unit of $174 million, reflecting higher market prices and lower energy costs, and higher volumes of 12.3%; and
a $39 million increase in retail utility margin primarily due to $45 million from higher customer usage; and $9 million due to price impacts from changes in sales mix; partially offset by $11 million, net of energy costs, from lower recoveries through bill riders (offset in operations and maintenance expense and income tax benefit); and $6 million from lower wind-turbine performance settlements. Retail customer volumes increased 4.0%.

Natural gas utility margin increased $14 million, or 8%, for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to:
a $6 million increase from lower refunds related to amortization of excess accumulated deferred income taxes arising from 2017 Tax Reform (offset in income tax benefit);
a $5 million increase from the favorable impact of weather;
a $2 million increase from higher average rates; and
a $2 million increase from higher customer usage.

Operations and maintenance increased $25 million, or 4%, for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to higher steam and other power generation costs of $20 million, and higher electric distribution and transmission costs of $16 million, partially offset by lower energy efficiency program expense of $4 million (offset in operating revenue), lower nonregulated operations costs of $4 million and lower gas distribution costs of $2 million.

Depreciation and amortization increased $231 million, or 36%, for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to $211 million from higher Iowa revenue sharing accruals, $31 million from a regulatory mechanism that provides customers the retail energy benefits of certain wind-powered generation projects and $26 million from wind-powered generating facilities and other plant placed in-service, partially offset by $37 million from a regulatory mechanism deferring certain depreciation expense in 2022.

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Property and other taxes increased $7 million, or 7%, for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to $7 million from higher wind turbine property taxes.

Interest expense increased $11 million, or 5%, for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021 due to higher interest expense from a July 2021 long-term debt issuance and higher interest rates on variable rate long-term debt.

Allowance for borrowed and equity funds increased $20 million, or 61%, for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to higher construction work-in-progress balances related to wind- and solar-powered generation.

Other, net decreased $45 million for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to unfavorable investment earnings, largely attributable to lower cash surrender values of corporate-owned life insurance policies, and higher non-service costs of employee benefit plans.

Income tax benefit increased $73 million, or 16%, for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to higher PTCs and lower pretax income, partially offset by state income tax impacts and the effects of ratemaking. PTCs for the first nine months of 2022 and 2021 totaled $505 million and $400 million, respectively.

MidAmerican Funding -

Income tax benefit increased $73 million, or 16%, for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021 principally due to the factors discussed for MidAmerican Energy.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of September 30, 2022, the total net liquidity for MidAmerican Energy and MidAmerican Funding was as follows (in millions):

MidAmerican Energy:
Cash and cash equivalents$581 
 
Credit facilities, maturing 2023 and 20251,505 
Less:
Tax-exempt bond support(370)
Net credit facilities1,135 
 
MidAmerican Energy total net liquidity$1,716 
 
MidAmerican Funding:
MidAmerican Energy total net liquidity$1,716 
Cash and cash equivalents
MHC, Inc. credit facility, maturing 2023
MidAmerican Funding total net liquidity$1,721 

Operating Activities

MidAmerican Energy's net cash flows from operating activities for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, were $1,801 million and $1,290 million, respectively. MidAmerican Funding's net cash flows from operating activities for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, were $1,786 million and $1,276 million, respectively. Cash flows from operating activities reflect higher utility margins for MidAmerican Energy's regulated electric and natural gas businesses, and higher income tax receipts, partially offset by higher derivative collateral posted and higher interest payments. Higher utility margins are largely attributable to the recovery of higher natural gas costs caused by the February 2021 polar vortex weather event.

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.
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Investing Activities

MidAmerican Energy's net cash flows from investing activities for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, were $(1,399) million and $(1,276) million, respectively. MidAmerican Funding's net cash flows from investing activities for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, were $(1,399) million and $(1,276) million, respectively. Net cash flows from investing activities consist almost entirely of capital expenditures. Refer to "Future Uses of Cash" for further discussion of capital expenditures. Purchases and proceeds related to marketable securities substantially consist of activity within the Quad Cities Generating Station nuclear decommissioning trust and other trust investments.

Financing Activities

MidAmerican Energy's net cash flows from financing activities for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 were $(52) million and $489 million, respectively. MidAmerican Funding's net cash flows from financing activities for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, were $(37) million and $503 million, respectively. Proceeds from long-term debt reflect MidAmerican Energy's issuance in July 2021 of $500 million of its 2.70% First Mortgage Bonds due August 2052. MidAmerican Funding made repayments of $34 million and received $13 million in 2022 and 2021, respectively, through its note payable with BHE.

Debt Authorizations and Related Matters

Short-term Debt

MidAmerican Energy has authority from the FERC to issue, through April 2, 2024, commercial paper and bank notes aggregating $1.5 billion. MidAmerican Energy has a $1.5 billion unsecured credit facility expiring in June 2025. 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 the Secured Overnight Financing Rate, 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.

Long-term Debt and Preferred Stock

MidAmerican Energy currently has an effective automatic registration statement with the SEC to issue an indeterminate amount of long-term debt securities and preferred stock through June 13, 2024. MidAmerican Energy has authorization from the FERC to issue, through June 30, 2023, long-term debt securities up to an aggregate of $2.0 billion and preferred stock up to an aggregate of $500 million and from the Illinois Commerce Commission to issue, through May 25, 2025, long-term debt securities up to an aggregate of $2.2 billion and preferred stock up to an aggregate of $500 million. Additionally, MidAmerican Energy has authority from the Illinois Commerce Commission through October 15, 2024, to issue $750 million of long-term debt securities for the purpose of refinancing $250 million of its 3.70% Senior notes due September 2023 and $500 million of its 2.40% Senior notes due October 2024.

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 regulatory approvals, their credit ratings, investors' judgment of risk and conditions in the overall capital markets, including the condition of the utility industry.

Capital Expenditures

MidAmerican Energy has significant future capital requirements. Capital expenditure needs are reviewed regularly by management and may change significantly as a result of these reviews, which may consider, among other factors, impacts to customer rates; changes in environmental and other rules and regulations; 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.

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MidAmerican Energy's historical and forecast capital expenditures, each of which exclude amounts for non-cash equity AFUDC and other non-cash items, are as follows (in millions):

Nine-Month PeriodsAnnual
Ended September 30,Forecast
202120222022
Wind generation$605 $515 $739 
Electric distribution154 206 294 
Electric transmission105 78 137 
Solar generation97 103 136 
Other305 502 733 
Total$1,266 $1,404 $2,039 

MidAmerican Energy's capital expenditures provided above consist of the following:

Wind generation includes the construction, repowering and operation of wind-powered generating facilities in Iowa.
Construction of wind-powered generating facilities totaling $39 million and $275 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Planned spending for the construction of additional wind-powered generating facilities totals $74 million for the remainder of 2022.
Repowering of wind-powered generating facilities totaling $422 million and $274 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Planned spending for the repowering of wind-powered generating facilities totals $98 million for the remainder of 2022. MidAmerican Energy expects its repowered facilities to meet Internal Revenue Service guidelines for the re-establishment of PTCs for 10 years from the date the facilities are placed in-service. As a result of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, all of the 310 MWs of current repowering projects not in-service as of September 30, 2022, are currently expected to qualify for 100% of the PTCs available for 10 years following each facility's return to service.
Electric distribution includes expenditures for new facilities to meet retail demand growth and for replacement of existing facilities to maintain system reliability.
Electric transmission includes expenditures to meet retail demand growth, upgrades to accommodate third-party generator requirements and replacement of existing facilities to maintain system reliability.
Solar generation includes the construction of solar-powered generating facilities totaling 141 MWs of small- and utility-scale solar generation, all of which were placed in-service as of September 30, 2022, with total spend of $103 million and $97 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and planned spending of $33 million for the remainder of 2022.
Remaining expenditures primarily relate to routine expenditures for other generation, natural gas distribution, technology, facilities and other operational needs to serve existing and expected demand.

Material Cash Requirements

As of September 30, 2022, there have been no material changes in MidAmerican Energy's and MidAmerican Funding's cash requirements from the information provided in Item 7 of their Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

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Quad Cities Generating Station Operating Status

Constellation Energy Corp. ("Constellation Energy," previously Exelon Generation Company, LLC, which was a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation prior to February 1, 2022), the operator of Quad Cities Generating Station Units 1 and 2 ("Quad Cities Station") of which MidAmerican Energy has a 25% ownership interest, announced on June 2, 2016, its intention to shut down Quad Cities Station on June 1, 2018. In December 2016, Illinois passed legislation creating a zero emission standard, which went into effect June 1, 2017. The zero emission standard requires the Illinois Power Agency to purchase ZECs and recover the costs from certain ratepayers in Illinois, subject to certain limitations. The proceeds from the ZECs will provide Constellation Energy additional revenue through 2027 as an incentive for continued operation of Quad Cities Station. MidAmerican Energy will not receive additional revenue from the subsidy.

The PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. ("PJM") capacity market includes a Minimum Offer Price Rule ("MOPR"). If a generation resource is subjected to a MOPR, its offer price in the market is adjusted to effectively remove the revenues it receives through a state government-provided financial support program, resulting in a higher offer that may not clear the capacity market. Prior to December 19, 2019, the PJM MOPR applied only to certain new gas-fired resources. An expanded PJM MOPR to include existing resources would require exclusion of ZEC compensation when bidding into future capacity auctions, resulting in an increased risk of Quad Cities Station not receiving capacity revenues in future auctions.

On December 19, 2019, the FERC issued an order requiring the PJM to broadly apply the MOPR to all new and existing resources, including nuclear. This greatly expanded the breadth and scope of the PJM's MOPR, which became effective as of the PJM's capacity auction for the 2022-2023 planning year in May 2021. While the FERC included some limited exemptions, no exemptions were available to state-supported nuclear resources, such as Quad Cities Station. The FERC provided no new mechanism for accommodating state-supported resources other than the existing Fixed Resource Requirement ("FRR") mechanism under which an entire utility zone would be removed from PJM's capacity auction along with sufficient resources to support the load in such zone. In response to the FERC's order, the PJM submitted a compliance filing on March 18, 2020, wherein the PJM proposed tariff language reflecting the FERC's directives and a schedule for resuming capacity auctions. On April 16, 2020, the FERC issued an order largely denying requests for rehearing of the FERC's December 2019 order but granting a few clarifications that required an additional PJM compliance filing, which the PJM submitted on June 1, 2020. A number of parties, including Constellation Energy, have filed petitions for review of the FERC's orders in this proceeding, which remain pending before the D.C. Circuit.

As a result, the MOPR applied to Quad Cities Station in the capacity auction for the 2022-2023 planning year, which prevented Quad Cities Station from clearing in that capacity auction.

At the direction of the PJM Board of Managers, the PJM and its stakeholders developed further MOPR reforms to ensure that the capacity market rules respect and accommodate state resource preferences such as the ZEC programs. The PJM filed related tariff revisions at the FERC on July 30, 2021, and, on September 29, 2021, the PJM's proposed MOPR reforms became effective by operation of law. Under the new tariff provisions, the MOPR will no longer apply to Quad Cities Station. Requests for rehearing of the FERC's notice establishing the effective date for the PJM's proposed market reforms were filed in October 2021 and denied by operation of law on November 4, 2021. Several parties have filed petitions for review of the FERC's orders in this proceeding, which remain pending before the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Constellation Energy is strenuously opposing these appeals.

Assuming the continued effectiveness of the Illinois zero emission standard, Constellation Energy no longer considers Quad Cities Station to be at heightened risk for early retirement. However, to the extent the Illinois zero emission standard does not operate as expected over its full term, Quad Cities Station would be at heightened risk for early retirement. The FERC's December 19, 2019 order on the PJM MOPR may undermine the continued effectiveness of the Illinois zero emission standard unless the PJM adopts further changes to the MOPR or Illinois implements an FRR mechanism, under which Quad Cities Station would be removed from the PJM's capacity auction.

Regulatory Matters

MidAmerican Energy is subject to comprehensive regulation. Refer to "Regulatory Matters" in Berkshire Hathaway Energy's Part I, Item 2 of this Form 10-Q for discussion regarding MidAmerican Energy's current regulatory matters.

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Environmental Laws and Regulations

MidAmerican Energy is subject to federal, state and local laws and regulations regarding climate change, RPS, air and water quality, emissions performance standards, coal combustion byproduct disposal, hazardous and solid waste disposal, protected species and other environmental matters that have the potential to impact MidAmerican Energy's 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 various federal, 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. Environmental laws and regulations continue to evolve, and MidAmerican Energy is unable to predict the impact of the changing laws and regulations on its operations and consolidated financial results.

Refer to "Environmental Laws and Regulations" in Berkshire Hathaway Energy's Part I, Item 2 of this Form 10-Q for additional information regarding environmental laws and regulations.

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 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, 2021. There have been no significant changes in MidAmerican Energy's and MidAmerican Funding's assumptions regarding critical accounting estimates since December 31, 2021.
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Nevada Power Company and its subsidiaries
Consolidated Financial Section

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PART I
Item 1.Financial Statements


REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


To the Board of Directors and Shareholder of
Nevada Power Company

Results of Review of Interim Financial Information

We have reviewed the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Nevada Power Company and subsidiaries ("Nevada Power") as of September 30, 2022, the related consolidated statements of operations and changes in shareholder's equity for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, and of cash flows for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "interim financial information"). Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the accompanying interim financial information for it 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) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheet of Nevada Power as of December 31, 2021, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in shareholder's equity, and cash flows for the year then ended (not presented herein); and in our report dated February 25, 2022, 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, 2021, is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the consolidated balance sheet from which it has been derived.

Basis for Review Results

This interim financial information is the responsibility of Nevada Power's management. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to Nevada Power in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our reviews in accordance with standards of the PCAOB. 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 PCAOB, 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.


/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP


Las Vegas, Nevada
November 4, 2022

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NEVADA POWER COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited)
(Amounts in millions, except share data)

As of
September 30,December 31,
20222021
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents$73 $33 
Trade receivables, net508 227 
Inventories78 64 
Regulatory assets716 291 
Other current assets90 86 
Total current assets1,465 701 
Property, plant and equipment, net7,221 6,891 
Regulatory assets627 728 
Other assets407 432 
Total assets$9,720 $8,752 
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDER'S EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable$553 $242 
Short-term debt200 180 
Regulatory liabilities47 49 
Customer deposits47 44 
Derivative contracts37 55 
Other current liabilities148 123 
Total current liabilities1,032 693 
Long-term debt 2,801 2,499 
Finance lease obligations298 310 
Regulatory liabilities1,079 1,100 
Deferred income taxes864 782 
Other long-term liabilities308 338 
Total liabilities6,382 5,722 
Commitments and contingencies (Note 9)
Shareholder's equity:
Common stock - $1.00 stated value; 1,000 shares authorized, issued and outstanding
— — 
Additional paid-in capital2,333 2,308 
Retained earnings1,007 724 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net(2)(2)
Total shareholder's equity3,338 3,030 
Total liabilities and shareholder's equity$9,720 $8,752 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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NEVADA POWER COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited)
(Amounts in millions)

Three-Month PeriodsNine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,Ended September 30,
2022202120222021
Operating revenue$1,003 $802 $2,057 $1,731 
Operating expenses:
Cost of fuel and energy538 328 1,086 745 
Operations and maintenance90 88 230 228 
Depreciation and amortization106 103 312 304 
Property and other taxes14 12 39 36 
Total operating expenses748 531 1,667 1,313 
Operating income255 271 390 418 
Other income (expense):
Interest expense(41)(38)(118)(115)
Allowance for borrowed funds— 
Allowance for equity funds
Interest and dividend income13 31 13 
Other, net14 
Total other income (expense)(21)(27)(72)(81)
Income before income tax expense234 244 318 337 
Income tax expense25 27 35 36 
Net income$209 $217 $283 $301 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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NEVADA POWER COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDER'S EQUITY (Unaudited)
(Amounts in millions, except shares)

Accumulated
AdditionalOtherTotal
Common StockPaid-inRetainedComprehensiveShareholder's
SharesAmountCapitalEarningsLoss, NetEquity
Balance, June 30, 20211,000 $— $2,308 $705 $(3)$3,010 
Net income— — — 217 — 217 
Balance, September 30, 20211,000 $— $2,308 $922 $(3)$3,227 
Balance, December 31, 20201,000 $— $2,308 $634 $(3)$2,939 
Net income— — — 301 — 301 
Dividends declared— — — (13)— (13)
Balance, September 30, 20211,000 $— $2,308 $922 $(3)$3,227 
Balance, June 30, 20221,000 $— $2,333 $798 $(2)$3,129 
Net income— — — 209 — 209 
Balance, September 30, 20221,000 $— $2,333 $1,007 $(2)$3,338 
Balance, December 31, 20211,000 $— $2,308 $724 $(2)$3,030 
Net income— — — 283 — 283 
Contributions— — 25 — — 25 
Balance, September 30, 20221,000 $— $2,333 $1,007 $(2)$3,338 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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NEVADA POWER COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited)
(Amounts in millions)

Nine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,
20222021
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income $283 $301 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows from operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization312 304 
Allowance for equity funds(8)(5)
Changes in regulatory assets and liabilities(9)(11)
Deferred income taxes and amortization of investment tax credits48 (19)
Deferred energy(543)(154)
Amortization of deferred energy113 (7)
Other, net11 
Changes in other operating assets and liabilities:
Trade receivables and other assets(302)(133)
Inventories(14)
Accrued property, income and other taxes15 28 
Accounts payable and other liabilities326 97 
Net cash flows from operating activities232 405 
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures(523)(323)
Other, net— 
Net cash flows from investing activities(523)(322)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from long-term debt300 — 
Proceeds from short-term debt20 — 
Contributions from parent25 — 
Dividends paid— (13)
Other, net(13)(12)
Net cash flows from financing activities332 (25)
Net change in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents41 58 
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period45 36 
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents at end of period$86 $94 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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NEVADA POWER COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

(1)    General

Nevada Power Company, together with its subsidiaries ("Nevada Power"), is a wholly owned subsidiary of NV Energy, Inc. ("NV Energy"), a holding company that also owns Sierra Pacific Power Company and its subsidiaries ("Sierra Pacific") and certain other subsidiaries. Nevada Power is a U.S. regulated electric utility company serving retail customers, including residential, commercial and industrial customers, primarily in the Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, Henderson and adjoining areas. NV Energy is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company ("BHE"). BHE is a holding company based in Des Moines, Iowa that owns subsidiaries principally engaged in energy businesses. BHE is a consolidated subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. ("Berkshire Hathaway").

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, 2022 and for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021. The Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income have been omitted as net income equals comprehensive income for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021. The results of operations for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 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 Nevada Power's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 describes the most significant accounting policies used in the preparation of the unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements. There have been no significant changes in Nevada Power's accounting policies or its assumptions regarding significant accounting estimates during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2022.

(2)    Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash equivalents consist of funds invested in money market mutual funds, U.S. Treasury Bills and other investments with a maturity of three months or less when purchased. Cash and cash equivalents exclude amounts where availability is restricted by legal requirements, loan agreements or other contractual provisions. Restricted cash and cash equivalents consist of funds restricted by the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada ("PUCN") for a certain renewable energy contract. A reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents as presented in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows is outlined below and disaggregated by the line items in which they appear on the Consolidated Balance Sheets (in millions):
As of
September 30,December 31,
20222021
Cash and cash equivalents$73 $33 
Restricted cash and cash equivalents included in other current assets13 12 
Total cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents$86 $45 

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(3)    Property, Plant and Equipment, Net

Property, plant and equipment, net consists of the following (in millions):
As of
Depreciable LifeSeptember 30,December 31,
20222021
Utility plant:
Generation
30 - 55 years
$3,908 $3,793 
Transmission
45 - 70 years
1,543 1,503 
Distribution
20 - 65 years
4,077 3,920 
General and intangible plant
5 - 65 years
859 836 
Utility plant10,387 10,052 
Accumulated depreciation and amortization(3,581)(3,406)
Utility plant, net6,806 6,646 
Other non-regulated, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization
45 years
Plant, net6,807 6,647 
Construction work-in-progress414 244 
Property, plant and equipment, net$7,221 $6,891 

(4)    Recent Financing Transactions

Long-Term Debt

In October 2022, Nevada Power issued $400 million of 5.90% General and Refunding Mortgage bonds, Series GG, due 2053. The net proceeds were used to repay amounts outstanding under its existing revolving credit facility, to fund capital expenditures and for general corporate purposes.

In January 2022, Nevada Power entered into a $300 million secured delayed draw term loan facility maturing in January 2024. Amounts borrowed under the facility bear interest at variable rates based on the Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR") or a base rate, at Nevada Power's option, plus a pricing margin. In January 2022, Nevada Power borrowed $200 million under the facility at an initial interest rate of 0.55%. In May 2022, Nevada Power drew the remaining $100 million available under the facility at an initial interest rate of 1.24%. Nevada Power used the proceeds to repay amounts outstanding under its existing secured credit facility and for general corporate purposes.

Credit Facilities

In June 2022, Nevada Power amended and restated its existing $400 million secured credit facility expiring in June 2024. The amendment extended the expiration date to June 2025 and amended pricing from the London Interbank Offered Rate to SOFR.

(5)    Income Taxes

A reconciliation of the federal statutory income tax rate to the effective income tax rate applicable to income before income tax expense is as follows:
Three-Month PeriodsNine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,Ended September 30,
 2022202120222021
 
Federal statutory income tax rate21 %21 %21 %21 %
Effects of ratemaking(10)(10)(10)(10)
Effective income tax rate11 %11 %11 %11 %

Effects of ratemaking is primarily attributable to the recognition of excess deferred income taxes related to the 2017 Tax Cuts
and Jobs Act pursuant to an order issued by the PUCN effective January 1, 2021.
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Berkshire Hathaway includes BHE and its subsidiaries in its U.S. federal income tax return. Consistent with established regulatory practice, Nevada Power's provision for federal income tax has been computed on a separate return basis, and substantially all of its currently payable or receivable income tax is remitted to or received from BHE. For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2022, Nevada Power received net cash payments for federal income tax from BHE totaling $20 million. For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2021, Nevada Power made net cash payments for federal income tax to BHE totaling $38 million.

(6)    Employee Benefit Plans

Nevada Power is a participant in benefit plans sponsored by NV Energy. The NV Energy Retirement Plan includes a qualified pension plan ("Qualified Pension Plan") and a supplemental executive retirement plan and a restoration plan (collectively, "Non‑Qualified Pension Plans") that provide pension benefits for eligible employees. The NV Energy Comprehensive Welfare Benefit and Cafeteria Plan provides certain postretirement health care and life insurance benefits for eligible retirees ("Other Postretirement Plans") on behalf of Nevada Power. Amounts attributable to Nevada Power were allocated from NV Energy based upon the current, or in the case of retirees, previous, employment location. Offsetting regulatory assets and liabilities have been recorded related to the amounts not yet recognized as a component of net periodic benefit costs that will be included in regulated rates. Net periodic benefit costs not included in regulated rates are included in accumulated other comprehensive loss, net.

Amounts receivable from (payable to) NV Energy are included on the Consolidated Balance Sheets and consist of the following (in millions):
As of
September 30,December 31,
20222021
Qualified Pension Plan:
Other non-current assets$42 $42 
Non-Qualified Pension Plans:
Other current liabilities(1)(1)
Other long-term liabilities(8)(8)
Other Postretirement Plans:
Other non-current assets

(7)    Risk Management and Hedging Activities

Nevada Power is exposed to the impact of market fluctuations in commodity prices and interest rates. Nevada Power is principally exposed to electricity, natural gas and coal market fluctuations primarily through Nevada Power's obligation to serve retail customer load in its regulated service territory. Nevada Power'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 and wholesale electricity that is purchased and sold. 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. The actual cost of fuel and purchased power is recoverable through the deferred energy mechanism. Interest rate risk exists on variable-rate debt and future debt issuances. Nevada Power does not engage in proprietary trading activities.

Nevada Power has established a risk management process that is designed to identify, assess, manage and report on each of the various types of risk involved in its business. To mitigate a portion of its commodity price risk, Nevada Power 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. Nevada Power 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, Nevada Power may from time to time enter into interest rate derivative contracts, such as interest rate swaps or locks, to mitigate Nevada Power's exposure to interest rate risk. Nevada Power does not hedge all of its commodity price and interest rate risks, thereby exposing the unhedged portion to changes in market prices.

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

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

Derivative
OtherContracts -Other
CurrentCurrentLong-term
AssetsLiabilitiesLiabilitiesTotal
As of September 30, 2022
Not designated as hedging contracts(1):
Commodity assets$$— $— $
Commodity liabilities— (37)(32)(69)
Total derivatives - net basis$$(37)$(32)$(66)
As of December 31, 2021
Not designated as hedging contracts(1):
Commodity assets$$— $— $
Commodity liabilities— (55)(62)(117)
Total derivatives - net basis$$(55)$(62)$(113)

(1)Nevada Power's commodity derivatives not designated as hedging contracts are included in regulated rates. As of September 30, 2022 a regulatory asset of $66 million was recorded related to the net derivative liability of $66 million. As of December 31, 2021 a regulatory asset of $113 million was recorded related to the net derivative liability of $113 million.

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 ofSeptember 30,December 31,
Measure20222021
Electricity purchasesMegawatt hours
Natural gas purchasesDecatherms135 119 

Credit Risk

Nevada Power is exposed to counterparty credit risk associated with wholesale energy supply and marketing activities with other utilities, energy marketing companies, financial institutions and other market participants. Credit risk may be concentrated to the extent Nevada Power's counterparties have similar economic, industry or other characteristics and due to direct and indirect relationships among the counterparties. Before entering into a transaction, Nevada Power analyzes the financial condition of each significant wholesale counterparty, 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 further mitigate wholesale counterparty credit risk, Nevada Power enters into netting and collateral arrangements that may include margining and cross-product netting agreements and obtain third-party guarantees, letters of credit and cash deposits. If required, Nevada Power exercises rights under these arrangements, including calling on the counterparty's credit support arrangement.

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Collateral and Contingent Features

In accordance with industry practice, certain wholesale agreements, including derivative contracts, contain credit support provisions that in part base certain collateral requirements on credit ratings for senior unsecured debt as reported by one or more of the 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" if there is a material adverse change in Nevada Power's creditworthiness. These rights can vary by contract and by counterparty. As of September 30, 2022, Nevada Power's credit ratings for its senior secured debt and its issuer credit ratings for senior unsecured debt from the recognized credit rating agencies were investment grade.

The aggregate fair value of Nevada Power's derivative contracts in liability positions with specific credit-risk-related contingent features totaled $7 million and $6 million as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively, which represents the amount of collateral to be posted if all credit risk related contingent features for derivative contracts in liability positions had been triggered. Nevada Power'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 Nevada Power'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. Nevada Power has various financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on the Consolidated 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 Nevada Power 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 Nevada Power's judgments about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability since limited market data exists. Nevada Power develops these inputs based on the best information available, including its own data.

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The following table presents Nevada Power's financial assets and liabilities recognized on the Consolidated Balance Sheets and measured at fair value on a recurring basis (in millions):
Input Levels for Fair Value Measurements
Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
As of September 30, 2022:
Assets:
Commodity derivatives$— $— $$
Money market mutual funds62 — — 62 
Investment funds— — 
$65 $— $$68 
Liabilities - commodity derivatives$— $— $(69)$(69)
As of December 31, 2021:
Assets:
Commodity derivatives$— $— $$
Money market mutual funds34 — — 34 
Investment funds— — 
$37 $— $$41 
Liabilities - commodity derivatives$— $— $(117)$(117)

Derivative contracts are recorded on the Consolidated 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 Nevada Power transacts. When quoted prices for identical contracts are not available, Nevada Power uses forward price curves. Forward price curves represent Nevada Power's estimates of the prices at which a buyer or seller could contract today for delivery or settlement at future dates. Nevada Power bases its forward price curves upon internally developed models, with internal and external fundamental data inputs. Market price quotations for certain electricity and natural gas trading hubs are not as readily obtainable due to markets that are not active. Given that limited market data exists for these contracts, Nevada Power uses forward price curves derived from internal models based on perceived pricing relationships to major trading hubs that are based on unobservable inputs. The model incorporates a mid-market pricing convention (the mid‑point price between bid and ask prices) as a practical expedient for valuing its assets and liabilities measured and reported at fair value. The determination of the fair value for derivative contracts not only includes counterparty risk, but also the impact of Nevada Power's nonperformance risk on its liabilities, which as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, had an immaterial impact to the fair value of its derivative contracts. As such, Nevada Power considers its derivative contracts to be valued using Level 3 inputs.

Nevada Power's investments in money market mutual funds and investment funds 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.

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The following table reconciles the beginning and ending balances of Nevada Power's commodity derivative assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant Level 3 inputs (in millions):
Three-Month PeriodsNine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,Ended September 30,
2022202120222021
Beginning balance$(175)$25 $(113)$15 
Changes in fair value recognized in regulatory assets(4)(81)11 
Settlements113 (45)128 (40)
Ending balance$(66)$(14)$(66)$(14)

Nevada Power's long-term debt is carried at cost on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The fair value of Nevada Power'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 Nevada Power'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 Nevada Power's long‑term debt (in millions):
As of September 30, 2022As of December 31, 2021
CarryingFairCarryingFair
ValueValueValueValue
Long-term debt$2,801 $2,612 $2,499 $3,067 

(9)    Commitments and Contingencies

Legal Matters

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

Environmental Laws and Regulations

Nevada Power is subject to federal, state and local laws and regulations regarding climate change, renewable portfolio standards, air and water quality, emissions performance standards, coal combustion byproduct disposal, hazardous and solid waste disposal, protected species and other environmental matters that have the potential to impact Nevada Power's current and future operations. Nevada Power believes it is in material compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.

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(10)    Revenue from Contracts with Customers

The following table summarizes Nevada Power's revenue from contracts with customers ("Customer Revenue") by line of business, with further disaggregation of retail by customer class (in millions):
Three-Month PeriodsNine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,Ended September 30,
2022202120222021
Customer Revenue:
Retail:
Residential$582 $477 $1,149 $998 
Commercial172 129 398 323 
Industrial202 152 404 310 
Other10 
Total fully bundled961 762 1,960 1,641 
Distribution only service15 17 
Total retail966 768 1,975 1,658 
Wholesale, transmission and other31 28 66 57 
Total Customer Revenue997 796 2,041 1,715 
Other revenue16 16 
Total operating revenue$1,003 $802 $2,057 $1,731 


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

The following is management's discussion and analysis of certain significant factors that have affected the consolidated financial condition and results of operations of Nevada Power during the periods included herein. Explanations include management's best estimate of the impact of weather, customer growth, usage trends and other factors. This discussion should be read in conjunction with Nevada Power's historical unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q. Nevada Power'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 2022 and 2021

Overview

Net income for the third quarter of 2022 was $209 million, a decrease of $8 million, or 4%, compared to 2021 primarily due to $9 million of lower utility margin, $3 million of higher depreciation and amortization, mainly due to higher plant placed in-service, $3 million of higher interest expense, primarily due to higher long-term debt, and unfavorable other, net, mainly due to lower cash surrender value of corporate-owned life insurance policies, partially offset by $8 million of higher interest and dividend income, primarily from carrying charges on regulatory balances. Utility margin decreased primarily due to unfavorable price impacts from changes in sales mix, the unfavorable impact of weather and lower transmission revenue, partially offset by an increase in the average number of customers and higher regulatory-related revenue deferrals. Energy generated decreased 9% for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021 due to lower natural gas-fueled generation. Wholesale electricity sales volumes increased 85% and purchased electricity volumes increased 24%.

Net income for the first nine months of 2022 was $283 million, a decrease of $18 million, or 6%, compared to 2021 primarily due to $15 million of lower utility margin, $11 million of unfavorable other, net, mainly due to lower cash surrender value of corporate-owned life insurance policies, $8 million of higher depreciation and amortization, mainly due to higher plant placed in-service and higher interest expense primarily due to higher long-term debt, partially offset by $18 million of higher interest and dividend income, primarily from carrying charges on regulatory balances. Utility margin decreased primarily due to unfavorable price impacts from changes in sales mix, the unfavorable impact of weather, lower other retail revenue and lower transmission revenue, partially offset by higher regulatory-related revenue deferrals and an increase in the average number of customers. Energy generated decreased 11% for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to lower natural gas-fueled generation. Wholesale electricity sales volumes increased 91% and purchased electricity volumes increased 23%.

Non-GAAP Financial Measure

Management utilizes various key financial measures that are prepared in accordance with GAAP, as well as non-GAAP financial measures such as, utility margin, to help evaluate results of operations. Utility margin is calculated as electric operating revenue less cost of fuel and energy, which are captions presented on the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Nevada Power's cost of fuel and energy are directly recovered from its customers through regulatory recovery mechanisms and as a result, changes in Nevada Power's expenses result in comparable changes to revenue. As such, management believes utility margin more appropriately and concisely explains profitability rather than a discussion of revenue and cost of sales separately. Management believes the presentation of utility margin provides meaningful and valuable insight into the information management considers important to running the business and a measure of comparability to others in the industry.

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Utility margin is not a measure calculated in accordance with GAAP and should be viewed as a supplement to, and not a substitute for, operating income which is the most directly comparable financial measure prepared in accordance with GAAP. The following table provides a reconciliation of utility margin to operating income (in millions):
Third QuarterFirst Nine Months
20222021Change20222021Change
Utility margin:
Operating revenue$1,003 $802 $201 25 %$2,057 $1,731 $326 19 %
Cost of fuel and energy538 328 210 64 1,086 745 341 46 
Utility margin465 474 (9)(2)971 986 (15)(2)
Operations and maintenance90 88 230 228 
Depreciation and amortization106 103 312 304 
Property and other taxes14 12 17 39 36 
Operating income$255 $271 $(16)(6)%$390 $418 $(28)(7)%

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Utility Margin

A comparison of key operating results related to utility margin is as follows:
Third QuarterFirst Nine Months
20222021Change20222021Change
Utility margin (in millions):
Operating revenue$1,003 $802 $201 25 %$2,057 $1,731 $326 19 %
Cost of fuel and energy538 328 210 64 1,086 745 341 46 
Utility margin$465 $474 $(9)(2)%$971 $986 $(15)(2)%
Sales (GWhs):
Residential4,228 4,343 (115)(3)%8,425 8,737 (312)(4)%
Commercial1,589 1,568 21 3,859 3,793 66 
Industrial1,696 1,611 85 4,280 3,978 302 
Other50 52 (2)(4)142 144 (2)(1)
Total fully bundled(1)
7,563 7,574 (11)— 16,706 16,652 54 — 
Distribution only service 792 787 2,022 1,923 99 
Total retail8,355 8,361 (6)— 18,728 18,575 153 
Wholesale172 93 79 85 507 266 241 91 
Total GWhs sold8,527 8,454 73 %19,235 18,841 394 %
Average number of retail customers (in thousands)
1,003 988 15 %999 983 16 %
Average revenue per MWh:
Retail - fully bundled(1)
$127.11 $100.56 $26.55 26 %$117.34 $98.54 $18.80 19 %
Wholesale$92.51 $90.60 $1.91 %$56.19 $61.65 $(5.46)(9)%
Heating degree days— — — — 985 1,008 (23)(2)%
Cooling degree days2,351 2,447 (96)(4)%3,722 3,930 (208)(5)%
Sources of energy (GWhs)(2)(3):
Natural gas4,326 4,776 (450)(9)%9,639 10,857 (1,218)(11)%
Renewables19 19 — — 53 55 (2)(4)
Total energy generated4,345 4,795 (450)(9)9,692 10,912 (1,220)(11)
Energy purchased3,373 2,727 646 24 7,606 6,186 1,420 23 
Total7,718 7,522 196 %17,298 17,098 200 %
Average cost of energy per MWh(4):
Energy generated$41.04 $24.71 $16.33 66 %$43.88 $21.49 $22.39 *
Energy purchased$106.73 $76.77 $29.96 39 %$86.88 $82.53 $4.35 %
*    Not meaningful
(1)    Fully bundled includes sales to customers for combined energy, transmission and distribution services.
(2)    The average cost of energy per MWh and sources of energy excludes 183 GWhs and 163 GWhs of gas generated energy that is purchased at cost by related parties for the third quarter of 2022 and 2021, respectively. The average cost of energy per MWh and sources of energy excludes 967 GWhs and 1,095 GWhs of gas generated energy that is purchased at cost by related parties for the first nine months of 2022 and 2021, respectively.
(3)    GWh amounts are net of energy used by the related generating facilities.
(4)    The average cost of energy per MWh includes only the cost of fuel associated with the generating facilities, purchased power and deferrals.
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Quarter Ended September 30, 2022 Compared to Quarter Ended September 30, 2021
Utility margin decreased $9 million, or 2%, for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to:
$4 million of lower electric retail utility margin due to unfavorable price impacts from changes in sales mix. Retail customer volumes, including distribution only service customers, were flat primarily due to the unfavorable impact of weather, offset by an increase in the average number of customers and favorable changes in customer usage;
$4 million of lower energy efficiency program rates (offset in operations and maintenance expense); and
$4 million of lower transmission revenue.
The decrease in utility margin was offset by:
$3 million of higher regulatory-related revenue deferrals.

Operations and maintenance increased $2 million, or 2%, for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to higher plant operations and maintenance expenses, partially offset by lower energy efficiency program costs (offset in operating revenue).

Depreciation and amortization increased $3 million, or 3%, for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to higher plant placed in-service.

Interest expense increased $3 million, or 8%, for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to higher long-term debt.

Interest and dividend income increased $8 million for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to higher interest income, mainly from carrying charges on regulatory balances.

Other, net decreased $1 million, or 25%, for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to lower cash surrender value of corporate-owned life insurance policies.

Income tax expense decreased $2 million, or 7%, for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021 and the effective tax rate was 11% for 2022 and 2021.

First Nine Months of 2022 Compared to First Nine Months of 2021
Utility margin decreased $15 million, or 2%, for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to:
$9 million of lower energy efficiency program rates (offset in operations and maintenance expense);
$8 million of lower electric retail utility margin due to unfavorable price impacts from changes in the sales mix, offset by higher retail customer volumes. Retail customer volumes, including distribution only service customers, increased 0.8% primarily due to an increase in the average number of customers and favorable changes in customer usage, offset by the unfavorable impact of weather;
$3 million of lower other retail revenue; and
$3 million lower transmission revenue.
The decrease in utility margin was offset by:
$8 million of higher regulatory-related revenue deferrals.

Operations and maintenance increased by $2 million, or 1%, for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to higher earnings sharing and higher plant operations and maintenance expenses, offset by lower energy efficiency program costs (offset in operating revenue).

Depreciation and amortization increased $8 million, or 3%, for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to higher plant placed in-service.

Interest expense increased $3 million, or 3%, for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to higher long-term debt.
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Interest and dividend income increased $18 million for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to higher interest income, mainly from carrying charges on regulatory balances.

Other, net decreased $11 million, or 79%, for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to lower cash surrender value of corporate-owned life insurance policies.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of September 30, 2022, Nevada Power's total net liquidity was as follows (in millions):

Cash and cash equivalents$73 
Credit facility400 
Less -
Short-term debt(200)
Letters of credit(17)
Net credit facility183 
Total net liquidity$256 
Credit facility:
Maturity date2025

Operating Activities
Net cash flows from operating activities for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 were $232 million and $405 million, respectively. The change was primarily due to higher payments related to fuel and energy costs, partially offset by higher collections from customers and lower payments for income taxes.

The timing of Nevada Power'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.

Investing Activities
Net cash flows from investing activities for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 were $(523) million and $(322) million, respectively. The change was primarily due to increased capital expenditures. Refer to "Future Uses of Cash" for further discussion of capital expenditures.

Financing Activities
Net cash flows from financing activities for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 were $332 million and $(25) million, respectively. The change was primarily due to higher proceeds from the issuance of long-term debt, contributions from NV Energy, Inc., higher proceeds from short-term debt and lower dividends paid to NV Energy, Inc.

Long-Term Debt

In October 2022, Nevada Power issued $400 million of 5.90% General and Refunding Mortgage bonds, Series GG, due 2053. The net proceeds were used to repay amounts outstanding under its existing revolving credit facility, to fund capital expenditures and for general corporate purposes.

In January 2022, Nevada Power entered into a $300 million secured delayed draw term loan facility maturing in January 2024. Amounts borrowed under the facility bear interest at variable rates based on the Secured Overnight Financing Rate or a base rate, at Nevada Power's option, plus a pricing margin. In January 2022, Nevada Power borrowed $200 million under the facility at an initial interest rate of 0.55%. In May 2022, Nevada Power drew the remaining $100 million available under the facility at an initial interest rate of 1.24%. Nevada Power used the proceeds to repay amounts outstanding under its existing secured credit facility and for general corporate purposes.
    
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Debt Authorizations

Nevada Power currently has financing authority from the PUCN consisting of the ability to: (1) establish debt issuances limited to a debt ceiling of $3.8 billion (excluding borrowings under Nevada Power's $400 million secured credit facility); and (2) maintain a revolving credit facility of up to $1.3 billion. Nevada Power currently has an effective shelf registration statement with the SEC to issue up to $2.6 billion of general and refunding mortgage securities through November 2025.

Future Uses of Cash

Nevada Power has 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 use of its secured revolving credit facility, capital contributions 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 Nevada Power has access to external financing depends on a variety of factors, including regulatory approvals, Nevada Power's credit ratings, investors' judgment of risk and conditions in the overall capital markets, including the condition of the utility industry.

Capital 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 customer 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 and associated operating costs are generally incorporated into Nevada Power's regulated retail rates.

Historical and forecast capital expenditures, each of which exclude amounts for non-cash equity AFUDC and other non-cash items are as follows (in millions):
Nine-Month PeriodsAnnual
Ended September 30,Forecast
202120222022
Electric distribution$137 $173 $245 
Electric transmission38 61 115 
Solar generation47 89 
Other141 242 437 
Total$323 $523 $886 

Nevada Power received PUCN approval through its recent IRP filings for an increase in solar generation and electric transmission. Nevada Power has included estimates from its latest IRP filing in its forecast capital expenditures for 2022. These estimates may change as a result of the RFP process. Nevada Power's historical and forecast capital expenditures include the following:
Electric distribution includes both growth projects and operating expenditures consisting of routine expenditures for distribution needed to serve existing and expected demand.
Electric transmission includes both growth projects and operating expenditures. Growth projects primarily relate to the Nevada Utilities' Greenlink Nevada transmission expansion program. In this project, the company has received approval from the PUCN to build a 350-mile, 525-kV transmission line, known as Greenlink West, connecting the Ft. Churchill substation to the Northwest substation to the Harry Allen substation; a 235-mile, 525-kV transmission line, known as Greenlink North, connecting the new Ft. Churchill substation to the Robinson Summit substation; a 46-mile, 345-kV transmission line from the new Ft. Churchill substation to the Mira Loma substations; and a 38-mile, 345-kV transmission line from the new Ft. Churchill substation to the Robinson Summit substations. Operating expenditures consist of routine expenditures for transmission and other infrastructure needed to serve existing and expected demand.
Solar generation investment includes expenditures for a 150-MW solar photovoltaic facility with an additional 100 MWs of co-located battery storage that will be developed in Clark County, Nevada. Commercial operation is expected by the end of 2023.
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Other includes both growth projects and operating expenditures consisting of turbine upgrades at several generating facilities, routine expenditures for generation, other operating projects and other infrastructure needed to serve existing and expected demand.

Material Cash Requirements

As of September 30, 2022, there have been no material changes in cash requirements from the information provided in Item 7 of Nevada Power's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, other than those disclosed in Note 4 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q.

Regulatory Matters

Nevada Power is subject to comprehensive regulation. Refer to "Regulatory Matters" in Berkshire Hathaway Energy's Part I, Item 2 of this Form 10-Q for discussion regarding Nevada Power's current regulatory matters.

Environmental Laws and Regulations

Nevada Power is subject to federal, state and local laws and regulations regarding climate change, RPS, air and water quality, emissions performance standards, coal combustion byproduct disposal, hazardous and solid waste disposal, protected species and other environmental matters that have the potential to impact Nevada Power's 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 various federal, state and local agencies. Nevada Power 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. Environmental laws and regulations continue to evolve, and Nevada Power is unable to predict the impact of the changing laws and regulations on its operations and consolidated financial results.

Refer to "Environmental Laws and Regulations" in Berkshire Hathaway Energy's Part I, Item 2 of this Form 10-Q for additional information regarding environmental laws and regulations.

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 long-lived assets, income taxes and revenue recognition - unbilled revenue. For additional discussion of Nevada Power's critical accounting estimates, see Item 7 of Nevada Power's Annual Report on Form 10‑K for the year ended December 31, 2021. There have been no significant changes in Nevada Power's assumptions regarding critical accounting estimates since December 31, 2021.
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Sierra Pacific Power Company and its subsidiaries
Consolidated Financial Section

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PART I
Item 1.Financial Statements


REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


To the Board of Directors and Shareholder of
Sierra Pacific Power Company

Results of Review of Interim Financial Information

We have reviewed the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Sierra Pacific Power Company and subsidiaries ("Sierra Pacific") as of September 30, 2022, the related consolidated statements of operations and changes in shareholder's equity for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, and of cash flows for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "interim financial information"). Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the accompanying interim financial information for it 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) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheet of Sierra Pacific as of December 31, 2021, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in shareholder's equity, and cash flows for the year then ended (not presented herein); and in our report dated February 25, 2022, 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, 2021, is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the consolidated balance sheet from which it has been derived.

Basis for Review Results

This interim financial information is the responsibility of Sierra Pacific's management. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to Sierra Pacific in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our reviews in accordance with standards of the PCAOB. 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 PCAOB, 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.


/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP


Las Vegas, Nevada
November 4, 2022

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SIERRA PACIFIC POWER COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited)
(Amounts in millions, except share data)

As of
September 30,December 31,
20222021
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents$46 $10 
Trade receivables, net156 128 
Inventories76 65 
Regulatory assets329 177 
Other current assets40 35 
Total current assets647 415 
Property, plant and equipment, net3,534 3,340 
Regulatory assets241 263 
Other assets205 205 
Total assets$4,627 $4,223 
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDER'S EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable$220 $147 
Short-term debt120 159 
Current portion of long-term debt 250 — 
Other current liabilities110 108 
Total current liabilities700 414 
Long-term debt 898 1,164 
Regulatory liabilities433 444 
Deferred income taxes433 402 
Other long-term liabilities258 264 
Total liabilities2,722 2,688 
Commitments and contingencies (Note 9)
Shareholder's equity:
Common stock - $3.75 stated value, 20,000,000 shares authorized and 1,000 issued and outstanding
— — 
Additional paid-in capital1,451 1,111 
Retained earnings455 425 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net(1)(1)
Total shareholder's equity1,905 1,535 
Total liabilities and shareholder's equity$4,627 $4,223 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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SIERRA PACIFIC POWER COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited)
(Amounts in millions)

Three-Month PeriodsNine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,Ended September 30,
2022202120222021
Operating revenue:
Regulated electric$310 $266 $767 $636 
Regulated natural gas20 16 100 75 
Total operating revenue330 282 867 711 
Operating expenses:
Cost of fuel and energy153 120 406 295 
Cost of natural gas purchased for resale10 60 35 
Operations and maintenance50 40 138 117 
Depreciation and amortization37 35 110 107 
Property and other taxes18 18 
Total operating expenses256 207 732 572 
Operating income74 75 135 139 
Other income (expense):
Interest expense(15)(14)(42)(41)
Allowance for borrowed funds
Allowance for equity funds
Interest and dividend income12 
Other, net
Total other income (expense)(7)(5)(20)(19)
Income before income tax expense67 70 115 120 
Income tax expense15 13 
Net income$59 $62 $100 $107 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDER'S EQUITY (Unaudited)
(Amounts in millions, except shares)

Accumulated
AdditionalOtherTotal
Common StockPaid-inRetainedComprehensiveShareholder's
SharesAmountCapitalEarningsLoss, NetEquity
Balance, June 30, 20211,000 $— $1,111 $346 $(1)$1,456 
Net income— — — 62 — 62 
Balance, September 30, 20211,000 $— $1,111 $408 $(1)$1,518 
Balance, December 31, 20201,000 $— $1,111 $301 $(1)$1,411 
Net income— — — 107 — 107 
Balance, September 30, 20211,000 $— $1,111 $408 $(1)$1,518 
Balance, June 30, 20221,000 $— $1,451 $396 $(1)$1,846 
Net income— — — 59 — 59 
Balance, September 30, 20221,000 $— $1,451 $455 $(1)$1,905 
Balance, December 31, 20211,000 $— $1,111 $425 $(1)$1,535 
Net income— — — 100 — 100 
Dividends declared— — — (70)— (70)
Contributions— — 340 — — 340 
Balance, September 30, 20221,000 $— $1,451 $455 $(1)$1,905 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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SIERRA PACIFIC POWER COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited)
(Amounts in millions)

Nine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,
20222021
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income$100 $107 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows from operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization110 107 
Allowance for equity funds(5)(5)
Changes in regulatory assets and liabilities(9)(30)
Deferred income taxes and amortization of investment tax credits22 10 
Deferred energy(203)(95)
Amortization of deferred energy66 12 
Other, net(1)
Changes in other operating assets and liabilities:
Trade receivables and other assets(32)(25)
Inventories(11)
Accrued property, income and other taxes(9)
Accounts payable and other liabilities74 21 
Net cash flows from operating activities106 113 
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures(278)(196)
Net cash flows from investing activities(278)(196)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from long-term debt248 — 
Long-term debt reacquired(265)— 
Net (repayment of) proceeds from short-term debt(39)82 
Dividends paid(70)— 
Contributions from parent340 — 
Other, net(5)(5)
Net cash flows from financing activities209 77 
Net change in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents37 (6)
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period16 26 
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents at end of period$53 $20 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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SIERRA PACIFIC POWER COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

(1)    General

Sierra Pacific Power Company, together with its subsidiaries ("Sierra Pacific"), is a wholly owned subsidiary of NV Energy, Inc. ("NV Energy"), a holding company that also owns Nevada Power Company and its subsidiaries ("Nevada Power") and certain other subsidiaries. Sierra Pacific is a U.S. regulated electric utility company serving retail customers, including residential, commercial and industrial customers and regulated retail natural gas customers primarily in northern Nevada. NV Energy is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company ("BHE"). BHE is a holding company based in Des Moines, Iowa that owns subsidiaries principally engaged in energy businesses. BHE is a consolidated subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. ("Berkshire Hathaway").

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, 2022 and for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021. The Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income have been omitted as net income equals comprehensive income for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021. The results of operations for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 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 Sierra Pacific's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 describes the most significant accounting policies used in the preparation of the unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements. There have been no significant changes in Sierra Pacific's accounting policies or its assumptions regarding significant accounting estimates during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2022.

(2)    Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash equivalents consist of funds invested in money market mutual funds, U.S. Treasury Bills and other investments with a maturity of three months or less when purchased. Cash and cash equivalents exclude amounts where availability is restricted by legal requirements, loan agreements or other contractual provisions. Restricted cash and cash equivalents consist of funds restricted by the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada ("PUCN") for a certain renewable energy contract. A reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents as presented in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows is outlined below and disaggregated by the line items in which they appear on the Consolidated Balance Sheets (in millions):
As of
September 30,December 31,
20222021
Cash and cash equivalents$46 $10 
Restricted cash and cash equivalents included in other current assets
Total cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents$53 $16 

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(3)    Property, Plant and Equipment, Net

Property, plant and equipment, net consists of the following (in millions):
As of
Depreciable LifeSeptember 30,December 31,
20222021
Utility plant:
Electric generation
25 - 60 years
$1,297 $1,163 
Electric transmission
50 - 100 years
982 940 
Electric distribution
20 - 100 years
1,927 1,846 
Electric general and intangible plant
5 - 70 years
215 204 
Natural gas distribution
35 - 70 years
453 438 
Natural gas general and intangible plant
5 - 70 years
15 14 
Common general
5 - 70 years
382 370 
Utility plant5,271 4,975 
Accumulated depreciation and amortization(1,965)(1,854)
Utility plant, net3,306 3,121 
Construction work-in-progress228 219 
Property, plant and equipment, net$3,534 $3,340 

(4)    Recent Financing Transactions

Long-Term Debt

In June 2022, Sierra Pacific purchased $60 million of its variable-rate tax-exempt Gas & Water Facilities Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2016B, due 2036, as required by the bond indenture. Sierra Pacific is holding this bond and can re-offer it at a future date.

In May 2022, Sierra Pacific issued $250 million of 4.71% General and Refunding Mortgage bonds, Series W, due 2052. The net proceeds were used to repay the outstanding $200 million unsecured loan with NV Energy, Inc., repay amounts outstanding under its existing revolving credit facility and for general corporate purposes.

In April 2022, Sierra Pacific entered into a $200 million unsecured loan with NV Energy payable upon demand. The net proceeds were used to purchase certain tax-exempt refunding revenue bond obligations that were subject to mandatory purchase by Sierra Pacific in April 2022. The loan has an underlying variable interest rate based on 30-day U.S. dollar deposits offered on the London Interbank Offer Rate ("LIBOR") market plus a spread of 0.75%.

In April 2022, Sierra Pacific purchased the following series of bonds that were held by the public: $30 million of its variable-rate tax-exempt Water Facilities Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2016C, due 2036; $25 million of its variable-rate tax-exempt Water Facilities Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2016D, due 2036; $25 million of its variable-rate tax-exempt Water Facilities Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2016E, due 2036; $75 million of its variable-rate tax-exempt Water Facilities Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2016F, due 2036; $20 million of its variable-rate tax-exempt Water Facilities Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2016G, due 2036; and $30 million of its variable-rate tax-exempt Pollution Control Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2016B, due 2029. Sierra Pacific purchased these bonds as required by the bond indentures. Sierra Pacific is holding these bonds and can re-offer them at a future date.

Credit Facilities

In June 2022, Sierra Pacific amended and restated its existing $250 million secured credit facility expiring in June 2024. The amendment extended the expiration date to June 2025 and amended pricing from LIBOR to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate.

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(5)    Income Taxes

A reconciliation of the federal statutory income tax rate to the effective income tax rate applicable to income before income tax expense is as follows:
Three-Month PeriodsNine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,Ended September 30,
2022202120222021
Federal statutory income tax rate21 %21 %21 %21 %
Effects of ratemaking(8)(10)(8)(10)
Other(1)— — — 
Effective income tax rate12 %11 %13 %11 %

Effects of ratemaking is primarily attributable to the recognition of excess deferred income taxes related to the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act pursuant to an order issued by the PUCN effective January 1, 2020.

Berkshire Hathaway includes BHE and its subsidiaries in its U.S. federal income tax return. Consistent with established regulatory practice, Sierra Pacific's provision for federal income tax has been computed on a separate return basis, and substantially all of its currently payable or receivable income tax is remitted to or received from BHE. For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, Sierra Pacific made no net cash payments for federal income tax to BHE.

(6)    Employee Benefit Plans

Sierra Pacific is a participant in benefit plans sponsored by NV Energy. The NV Energy Retirement Plan includes a qualified pension plan ("Qualified Pension Plan") and a supplemental executive retirement plan and a restoration plan (collectively, "Non‑Qualified Pension Plans") that provide pension benefits for eligible employees. The NV Energy Comprehensive Welfare Benefit and Cafeteria Plan provides certain postretirement health care and life insurance benefits for eligible retirees ("Other Postretirement Plans") on behalf of Sierra Pacific. Sierra Pacific contributed $1 million to the Non-Qualified Pension Plans and $2 million to the Other Postretirement Plans for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2022. Amounts attributable to Sierra Pacific were allocated from NV Energy based upon the current, or in the case of retirees, previous, employment location. Offsetting regulatory assets and liabilities have been recorded related to the amounts not yet recognized as a component of net periodic benefit costs that will be included in regulated rates. Net periodic benefit costs not included in regulated rates are included in accumulated other comprehensive loss, net.

Amounts receivable from (payable to) NV Energy are included on the Consolidated Balance Sheets and consist of the following (in millions):
As of
September 30,December 31,
20222021
Qualified Pension Plan:
Other non-current assets$65 $62 
Non-Qualified Pension Plans:
Other current liabilities(1)(1)
Other long-term liabilities(6)(7)
Other Postretirement Plans:
Other long-term liabilities(9)(10)

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(7)    Risk Management and Hedging Activities

Sierra Pacific is exposed to the impact of market fluctuations in commodity prices and interest rates. Sierra Pacific is principally exposed to electricity, natural gas and coal market fluctuations primarily through Sierra Pacific's obligation to serve retail customer load in its regulated service territory. Sierra Pacific'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 and wholesale electricity that is purchased and sold. 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. The actual cost of fuel and purchased power is recoverable through the deferred energy mechanism. Interest rate risk exists on variable-rate debt and future debt issuances. Sierra Pacific does not engage in proprietary trading activities.

Sierra Pacific has established a risk management process that is designed to identify, assess, manage and report on each of the various types of risk involved in its business. To mitigate a portion of its commodity price risk, Sierra Pacific 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. Sierra Pacific 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, Sierra Pacific may from time to time enter into interest rate derivative contracts, such as interest rate swaps or locks, to mitigate Sierra Pacific's exposure to interest rate risk. Sierra Pacific 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 Sierra Pacific's accounting policies related to derivatives. Refer to Note 8 for additional information on derivative contracts.

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

OtherOther
CurrentCurrentLong-term
AssetsLiabilitiesLiabilitiesTotal
As of September 30, 2022
Not designated as hedging contracts(1):
Commodity assets$$— $— $
Commodity liabilities— (10)(9)(19)
Total derivatives - net basis$$(10)$(9)$(17)
As of December 31, 2021
Not designated as hedging contracts(1):
Commodity assets$$— $— $
Commodity liabilities— (16)(19)(35)
Total derivatives - net basis$$(16)$(19)$(33)

(1)Sierra Pacific's commodity derivatives not designated as hedging contracts are included in regulated rates. As of September 30, 2022 a net regulatory asset of $17 million was recorded related to the net derivative liability of $17 million. As of December 31, 2021 a net regulatory asset of $33 million was recorded related to the net derivative liability of $33 million.

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 ofSeptember 30,December 31,
Measure20222021
Electricity purchasesMegawatt hours
Natural gas purchasesDecatherms64 53 
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Credit Risk

Sierra Pacific is exposed to counterparty credit risk associated with wholesale energy supply and marketing activities with other utilities, energy marketing companies, financial institutions and other market participants. Credit risk may be concentrated to the extent Sierra Pacific's counterparties have similar economic, industry or other characteristics and due to direct and indirect relationships among the counterparties. Before entering into a transaction, Sierra Pacific analyzes the financial condition of each significant wholesale counterparty, 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 further mitigate wholesale counterparty credit risk, Sierra Pacific enters into netting and collateral arrangements that may include margining and cross-product netting agreements and obtain third-party guarantees, letters of credit and cash deposits. If required, Sierra Pacific exercises rights under these arrangements, including calling on the counterparty's credit support arrangement.

Collateral and Contingent Features

In accordance with industry practice, certain wholesale agreements, including derivative contracts, contain credit support provisions that in part base certain collateral requirements on credit ratings for senior unsecured debt as reported by one or more of the 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" if there is a material adverse change in Sierra Pacific's creditworthiness. These rights can vary by contract and by counterparty. As of September 30, 2022, Sierra Pacific's credit ratings for its senior secured debt and its issuer credit ratings for senior unsecured debt from the recognized credit rating agencies were investment grade.

The aggregate fair value of Sierra Pacific's derivative contracts in liability positions with specific credit-risk-related contingent features totaled $1 million and $— million as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively, which represents the amount of collateral to be posted if all credit risk related contingent features for derivative contracts in liability positions had been triggered. Sierra Pacific'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 Sierra Pacific'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. Sierra Pacific has various financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on the Consolidated 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 Sierra Pacific 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 Sierra Pacific's judgments about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability since limited market data exists. Sierra Pacific develops these inputs based on the best information available, including its own data.

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The following table presents Sierra Pacific's financial assets and liabilities recognized on the Consolidated Balance Sheets and measured at fair value on a recurring basis (in millions):
Input Levels for Fair Value Measurements
Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
As of September 30, 2022:
Assets:
Commodity derivatives$— $— $$
Money market mutual funds43 — — 43 
$43 $— $$45 
Liabilities - commodity derivatives$— $— $(19)$(19)
As of December 31, 2021:
Assets:
Commodity derivatives$— $— $$
Money market mutual funds10 — — 10 
Investment funds— — 
$11 $— $$13 
Liabilities - commodity derivatives$— $— $(35)$(35)

Sierra Pacific's investments in money market mutual funds and investment funds 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.

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

Three-Month PeriodsNine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,Ended September 30,
2022202120222021
Beginning balance$(54)$12 $(33)$
Changes in fair value recognized in regulatory assets(25)
Settlements36 (16)41 (15)
Ending balance$(17)$— $(17)$— 

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Sierra Pacific's long-term debt is carried at cost on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The fair value of Sierra Pacific'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 Sierra Pacific'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 Sierra Pacific's long-term debt (in millions):
As of September 30, 2022As of December 31, 2021
CarryingFairCarryingFair
ValueValueValueValue
Long-term debt$1,148 $1,102 $1,164 $1,316 

(9)    Commitments and Contingencies

Legal Matters

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

Environmental Laws and Regulations

Sierra Pacific is subject to federal, state and local laws and regulations regarding climate change, renewable portfolio standards, air and water quality, emissions performance standards, coal combustion byproduct disposal, hazardous and solid waste disposal, protected species and other environmental matters that have the potential to impact Sierra Pacific's current and future operations. Sierra Pacific believes it is in material compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.

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(10)    Revenue from Contracts with Customers

The following table summarizes Sierra Pacific's revenue from contracts with customers ("Customer Revenue") by line of business, with further disaggregation of retail by customer class, including a reconciliation to Sierra Pacific's reportable segment information included in Note 11 (in millions):
Three-Month Periods
Ended September 30,
20222021
ElectricNatural GasTotalElectricNatural GasTotal
Customer Revenue:
Retail:
Residential$107 $13 $120 $91 $11 $102 
Commercial100 105 84 87 
Industrial73 75 71 73 
Other— — 
Total fully bundled282 20 302 247 16 263 
Distribution only service— — 
Total retail283 20 303 248 16 264 
Wholesale, transmission and other26 — 26 18 — 18 
Total Customer Revenue309 20 329 266 16 282 
Other revenue— — — — 
Total operating revenue$310 $20 $330 $266 $16 $282 

Nine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,
20222021
ElectricNatural GasTotalElectricNatural GasTotal
Customer Revenue:
Retail:
Residential$270 $64 $334 $229 $50 $279 
Commercial251 26 277 202 18 220 
Industrial175 184 151 157 
Other— — 
Total fully bundled700 99 799 586 74 660 
Distribution only service— — 
Total retail704 99 803 588 74 662 
Wholesale, transmission and other61 — 61 46 — 46 
Total Customer Revenue765 99 864 634 74 708 
Other revenue
Total operating revenue$767 $100 $867 $636 $75 $711 

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(11)    Segment Information

Sierra Pacific has identified two reportable operating segments: regulated electric and regulated natural gas. 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 natural 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 natural gas owned by others through its distribution system. Pricing for regulated electric and regulated natural gas sales are established separately by the PUCN; therefore, management also reviews each segment separately to make decisions regarding allocation of resources and in evaluating performance.

The following tables provide information on a reportable segment basis (in millions):
Three-Month PeriodsNine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,Ended September 30,
2022202120222021
Operating revenue:
Regulated electric$310 $266 $767 $636 
Regulated natural gas20 16 100 75 
Total operating revenue$330 $282 $867 $711 
Operating income:
Regulated electric$74 $74 $123 $126 
Regulated natural gas— 12 13 
Total operating income74 75 135 139 
Interest expense(15)(14)(42)(41)
Allowance for borrowed funds
Allowance for equity funds
Interest and dividend income12 
Other, net
Income before income tax expense$67 $70 $115 $120 

As of
September 30,December 31,
20222021
Assets:
Regulated electric$4,136 $3,829 
Regulated natural gas428 365 
Other(1)
63 29 
Total assets$4,627 $4,223 

(1)    Consists principally of cash and cash equivalents not included in either the regulated electric or regulated natural gas segments.
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Item 2.    Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 

The following is management's discussion and analysis of certain significant factors that have affected the consolidated financial condition and results of operations of Sierra Pacific during the periods included herein. Explanations include management's best estimate of the impact of weather, customer growth, usage trends and other factors. This discussion should be read in conjunction with Sierra Pacific's historical unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q. Sierra Pacific'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 2022 and 2021

Overview

Net income for the third quarter of 2022 was $59 million, a decrease of $3 million, or 5%, compared to 2021 primarily due to $10 million of higher operations and maintenance expenses, mainly due to higher plant operations and maintenance expenses, $2 million of higher depreciation and amortization, primarily due to higher plant in-service and higher other expense, partially offset by $11 million of higher electric utility margin. Electric utility margin increased primarily due to higher transmission and wholesale revenue and an increase in the average number of customers, partially offset by unfavorable price impacts from changes in sales mix and unfavorable changes in customer usage. Energy generated decreased 12% for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to lower natural gas- and coal-fueled generation. Wholesale electricity sales volumes decreased 10% and purchased electricity volumes increased 4%.

Net income for the first nine months of 2022 was $100 million, a decrease of $7 million, or 7%, compared to 2021 primarily due to $21 million of higher operations and maintenance expenses, mainly due to higher plant operations and maintenance expenses and higher earnings sharing, $6 million of unfavorable other, net, mainly due to lower cash surrender value of corporate-owned life insurance policies, $3 million of higher depreciation and amortization, primarily due to higher plant in-service and higher income tax expense, partially offset by $20 million of higher electric utility margin and $6 million of higher interest and dividend income, mainly from carrying charges on regulatory balances. Electric utility margin increased primarily due to higher transmission and wholesale revenue, higher regulatory-related revenue deferrals and an increase in the average number of customers, partially offset by the unfavorable impact of weather, unfavorable price impacts from changes in sales mix and unfavorable changes in customer usage. Energy generated decreased 15% for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to lower natural gas-fueled generation. Wholesale electricity sales volumes increased 17% and purchased electricity volumes increased 4%.

Non-GAAP Financial Measure
Management utilizes various key financial measures that are prepared in accordance with GAAP, as well as non-GAAP financial measures such as, electric utility margin and natural gas utility margin, to help evaluate results of operations. Electric utility margin is calculated as electric operating revenue less cost of fuel and energy while natural gas utility margin is calculated as natural gas operating revenue less cost of natural gas purchased for resale, which are captions presented on the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Sierra Pacific's cost of fuel and energy and cost of natural gas purchased for resale are generally recovered from its customers through regulatory recovery mechanisms and as a result, changes in Sierra Pacific's expenses result in comparable changes to revenue. As such, management believes electric utility margin and natural gas utility margin more appropriately and concisely explain profitability rather than a discussion of revenue and cost of sales separately. Management believes the presentation of electric utility margin and natural gas utility margin provides meaningful and valuable insight into the information management considers important to running the business and a measure of comparability to others in the industry.
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Electric utility margin and natural gas utility margin are not measures calculated in accordance with GAAP and should be viewed as a supplement to, and not a substitute for, operating income which is the most directly comparable financial measure prepared in accordance with GAAP. The following table provides a reconciliation of utility margin to operating income (in millions):
Third QuarterFirst Nine Months
20222021Change20222021Change
Electric utility margin:
Operating revenue$310 $266 $44 17 %$767 $636 $131 21 %
Cost of fuel and energy153 120 33 28 406 295 111 38 
Electric utility margin157 146 11 %361 341 20 %
Natural gas utility margin:
Operating revenue20 16 25 %100 75 25 33 %
Natural gas purchased for resale10 67 60 35 25 71 
Natural gas utility margin10 10 — — %40 40 — — %
Utility margin167 156 11 %401 381 20 %
Operations and maintenance50 40 10 25 %138 117 21 18 %
Depreciation and amortization37 35 110 107 
Property and other taxes— — 18 18 — — 
Operating income$74 $75 $(1)(1)%$135 $139 $(4)(3)%

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Electric Utility Margin

A comparison of key operating results related to electric utility margin is as follows:
Third QuarterFirst Nine Months
20222021Change20222021Change
Utility margin (in millions):
Operating revenue$310 $266 $44 17 %$767 $636 $131 21 %
Cost of fuel and energy153 120 33 28 406 295 111 38 
Utility margin$157 $146 $11 %$361 $341 $20 %
Sales (GWhs):
Residential834 828 %2,070 2,125 (55)(3)%
Commercial910 897 13 2,388 2,362 26 
Industrial712 989 (277)(28)2,188 2,786 (598)(21)
Other(1)(25)10 11 (1)(9)
Total fully bundled(1)
2,459 2,718 (259)(10)6,656 7,284 (628)(9)
Distribution only service700 403 297 74 2,037 1,220 817 67 
Total retail3,159 3,121 38 8,693 8,504 189 
Wholesale184 204 (20)(10)589 504 85 17 
Total GWhs sold3,343 3,325 18 %9,282 9,008 274 %
Average number of retail customers (in thousands)
372 366 %370 365 %
Average revenue per MWh:
Retail - fully bundled(1)
$114.38 $91.05 $23.33 26 %$105.18 $80.56 $24.62 31 %
Wholesale$93.37 $48.32 $45.05 93 %$67.18 $53.39 $13.79 26 %
Heating degree days3741(4)(10)%2,735 2,737 (2)— %
Cooling degree days1,133 997 136 14 %1,347 1,366 (19)(1)%
Sources of energy (GWhs)(2)(3):
Natural gas1,283 1,463 (180)(12)%2,980 3,678 (698)(19)%
Coal335 373 (38)(10)840 838 — 
Renewables(4)
— — 21 27 (6)(22)
Total energy generated1,626 1,844 (218)(12)3,841 4,543 (702)(15)
Energy purchased1,432 1,383 49 4,055 3,905 150 
Total3,058 3,227 (169)(5)%7,896 8,448 (552)(7)%
Average cost of energy per MWh(5):
Energy generated$29.41 $23.64 $5.77 24 %$43.56 $24.11 $19.45 81 %
Energy purchased$73.26 $55.46 $17.80 32 %$58.92 $47.52 $11.40 24 %
(1)    Fully bundled includes sales to customers for combined energy, transmission and distribution services.
(2)    The average cost of energy per MWh and sources of energy excludes — GWhs and 2 GWhs of coal and — GWhs and 6 GWhs of gas generated energy that is purchased at cost by related parties for the third quarter of 2022 and 2021, respectively. The average cost of energy per MWh and sources of energy excludes — GWhs and 2 GWhs of coal and — GWhs and 6 GWhs of gas generated energy that is purchased at cost by related parties for the first nine months of 2022 and 2021, respectively.
(3)    GWh amounts are net of energy used by the related generating facilities.
(4)    Includes the Fort Churchill Solar Array which was under lease by Sierra Pacific until it was acquired in December 2021.
(5)    The average cost of energy per MWh includes only the cost of fuel associated with the generating facilities, purchased power and deferrals.
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Natural Gas Utility Margin

A comparison of key operating results related to natural gas utility margin is as follows:
Third QuarterFirst Nine Months
20222021Change20222021Change
Utility margin (in millions):
Operating revenue$20 $16 $25 %$100 $75 $25 33 %
Natural gas purchased for resale10 67 60 35 25 71 
Utility margin$10 $10 $— — %$40 $40 $— — %
Sold (000's Dths):
Residential785 774 11 %7,134 6,882 252 %
Commercial535 471 64 14 3,798 3,550 248 
Industrial295 274 21 1,350 1,414 (64)(5)
Total retail1,615 1,519 96 %12,282 11,846 436 %
Average number of retail customers (in thousands)180 177 %180 177 %
Average revenue per retail Dth sold$12.79 $10.51 $2.28 22 %$8.16 $6.30 $1.86 30 %
Heating degree days37 41 (4)(10)%2,735 2,737 (2)— %
Average cost of natural gas per retail Dth sold$6.36 $3.78 $2.58 68 %$4.89 $2.97 $1.91 64 %

Quarter Ended September 30, 2022 Compared to Quarter Ended September 30, 2021

Electric utility margin increased $11 million, or 8%, for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to:
$5 million of higher ON Line temporary rider (offset in operations and maintenance expense) for the recovery of deferred costs for ON Line due to the regulatory-directed reallocation of costs between Nevada Power and Sierra Pacific;
$4 million of higher transmission and wholesale revenue; and
$1 million of higher electric retail utility margin primarily due to higher customer volumes, offset by unfavorable price impacts from changes in the sales mix. Retail customer volumes increased by 1.2% primarily due to an increase in the average number of customers, partially offset by unfavorable changes in customer usage.

Operations and maintenance increased $10 million, or 25%, for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to higher regulatory-approved cost recovery for the ON Line reallocation of $5 million (offset in operating revenue) and higher plant operations and maintenance expenses.

Depreciation and amortization increased $2 million, or 6%, for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to higher plant placed in-service.

Interest and dividend income increased $2 million, or 67%, for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to higher interest income, mainly from carrying charges on regulatory balances.

Other, net decreased $2 million, or 67%, for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to higher pension costs.

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First Nine Months of 2022 Compared to First Nine Months of 2021

Electric utility margin increased $20 million, or 6%, for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to:
$10 million of higher ON Line temporary rider (offset in operations and maintenance expense) for the recovery of deferred costs for ON Line due to the regulatory-directed reallocation of costs between Nevada Power and Sierra Pacific;
$7 million of higher transmission and wholesale revenue;
$3 million of higher regulatory-related revenue deferrals; and
$2 million of higher energy efficiency implementation rates.
The increase in utility margin was offset by:
$2 million of lower energy efficiency program rates (offset in operations and maintenance expense) and
$1 million of lower electric retail utility margin due to unfavorable price impacts from changes in sales mix, offset by higher retail customer volumes. Retail customer volumes, including distribution only service customers, increased 2.2% primarily due to an increase in the average number of customers, offset by the unfavorable impact of weather and unfavorable changes in customer usage.

Operations and maintenance increased $21 million, or 18%, for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to higher regulatory-approved cost recovery for the ON Line reallocation of $10 million (offset in operating revenue), higher plant operations and maintenance expenses of $7 million and higher earnings sharing, partially offset by lower energy efficiency program costs (offset in operating revenue).

Depreciation and amortization increased $3 million, or 3%, for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to higher plant placed in-service.

Interest and dividend income increased $6 million, or 100%, for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to higher interest income, mainly from carrying charges on regulatory balances.

Other, net decreased $6 million, or 67%, for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to lower cash surrender value of corporate-owned life insurance policies and higher pension costs.

Income tax expense increased $2 million, or 15%, for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021 and the effective tax rate was 13% for 2022 and 11% for 2021. The effective tax rate increased primarily due to the effects of ratemaking.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of September 30, 2022, Sierra Pacific's total net liquidity was as follows (in millions):

Cash and cash equivalents$46 
Credit facility250 
Less:
Short-term debt(120)
Net credit facility130 
Total net liquidity$176 
Credit facility:
Maturity date2025

Operating Activities
Net cash flows from operating activities for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 were $106 million and $113 million, respectively. The change was primarily due to higher payments related to fuel and energy costs and the timing of payments for operating costs, partially offset by higher collections from customers.
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The timing of Sierra Pacific'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.

Investing Activities
Net cash flows from investing activities for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 were $(278) million and $(196) million, respectively. The change was primarily due to increased capital expenditures. Refer to "Future Uses of Cash" for further discussion of capital expenditures.

Financing Activities
Net cash flows from financing activities for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 were $209 million and $77 million, respectively. The change was primarily due to contributions from NV Energy, Inc. and higher proceeds from the issuance of long-term debt, partially offset by higher long-term debt reacquired, higher repayments of short-term debt and higher dividends paid to NV Energy, Inc.

Long-Term Debt

In June 2022, Sierra Pacific purchased $60 million of its variable-rate tax-exempt Gas & Water Facilities Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2016B, due 2036, as required by the bond indenture. Sierra Pacific is holding this bond and can re-offer it at a future date.

In May 2022, Sierra Pacific issued $250 million of 4.71% General and Refunding Mortgage bonds, Series W, due 2052. The net proceeds were used to repay the outstanding $200 million unsecured loan with NV Energy, Inc., repay amounts outstanding under its existing revolving credit facility and for general corporate purposes.

In April 2022, Sierra Pacific entered into a $200 million unsecured loan with NV Energy payable upon demand. The net proceeds were used to purchase certain tax-exempt refunding revenue bond obligations that were subject to mandatory purchase by Sierra Pacific in April 2022. The loan has an underlying variable interest rate based on 30-day U.S. dollar deposits offered on the London Interbank Offered Rate market plus a spread of 0.75%.

In April 2022, Sierra Pacific purchased the following series of bonds that were held by the public: $30 million of its variable-rate tax-exempt Water Facilities Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2016C, due 2036; $25 million of its variable-rate tax-exempt Water Facilities Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2016D, due 2036; $25 million of its variable-rate tax-exempt Water Facilities Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2016E, due 2036; $75 million of its variable-rate tax-exempt Water Facilities Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2016F, due 2036; $20 million of its variable-rate tax-exempt Water Facilities Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2016G, due 2036; and $30 million of its variable-rate tax-exempt Pollution Control Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2016B, due 2029. Sierra Pacific purchased these bonds as required by the bond indentures. Sierra Pacific is holding these bonds and can re-offer them at a future date.

Debt Authorizations

Sierra Pacific currently has financing authority from the PUCN consisting of the ability to: (1) establish debt issuances limited to a debt ceiling of $1.9 billion (excluding borrowings under Sierra Pacific's $250 million secured credit facility); and (2) maintain a revolving credit facility of up to $600 million.

Future Uses of Cash

Sierra Pacific has 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 use of its secured revolving credit facility, capital contributions 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 Sierra Pacific has access to external financing depends on a variety of factors, including regulatory approvals, Sierra Pacific's credit ratings, investors' judgment of risk and conditions in the overall capital markets, including the condition of the utility industry.
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Capital 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 customer 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 and associated operating costs are generally incorporated into Sierra Pacific's regulated retail rates.
Historical and forecast capital expenditures, each of which exclude amounts for non-cash equity AFUDC and other non-cash items are as follows (in millions):
Nine-Month PeriodsAnnual
Ended September 30,Forecast
202120222022
Electric distribution$66 $84 $128 
Electric transmission50 69 91 
Other80 125 184 
Total$196 $278 $403 

Sierra Pacific received PUCN approval through its recent IRP filings for an increase in solar generation and electric transmission. Sierra Pacific has included estimates from its latest IRP filing in its forecast capital expenditures for 2022. These estimates may change as a result of the RFP process. Sierra Pacific's historical and forecast capital expenditures include the following:

Electric distribution includes both growth projects and operating expenditures consisting of routine expenditures for distribution needed to serve existing and expected demand.
Electric transmission includes both growth projects and operating expenditures. Growth projects primarily relate to the Nevada Utilities' Greenlink Nevada transmission expansion program. In this project, the company has received approval from the PUCN to build a 350-mile, 525-kV transmission line, known as Greenlink West, connecting the Ft. Churchill substation to the Northwest substation to the Harry Allen substation; a 235-mile, 525-kV transmission line, known as Greenlink North, connecting the new Ft. Churchill substation to the Robinson Summit substation; a 46-mile, 345-kV transmission line from the new Ft. Churchill substation to the Mira Loma substations; and a 38-mile, 345-kV transmission line from the new Ft. Churchill substation to the Robinson Summit substations. Operating expenditures consist of routine expenditures for transmission and other infrastructure needed to serve existing and expected demand.
Other includes both growth projects and operating expenditures consisting of turbine upgrades at the Tracy generating facility, routine expenditures for generation, other operating projects and other infrastructure needed to serve existing and expected demand.

Material Cash Requirements

As of September 30, 2022, there have been no material changes in cash requirements from the information provided in Item 7 of Sierra Pacific's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, other than those disclosed in Note 4 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q.

Regulatory Matters

Sierra Pacific is subject to comprehensive regulation. Refer to "Regulatory Matters" in Berkshire Hathaway Energy's Part I, Item 2 of this Form 10-Q for discussion regarding Sierra Pacific's current regulatory matters.

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Environmental Laws and Regulations

Sierra Pacific is subject to federal, state and local laws and regulations regarding climate change, RPS, air and water quality, emissions performance standards, coal combustion byproduct disposal, hazardous and solid waste disposal, protected species and other environmental matters that have the potential to impact Sierra Pacific's 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 various federal, state and local agencies. Sierra Pacific 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. Environmental laws and regulations continue to evolve, and Sierra Pacific is unable to predict the impact of the changing laws and regulations on its operations and consolidated financial results.

Refer to "Environmental Laws and Regulations" in Berkshire Hathaway Energy's Part I, Item 2 of this Form 10-Q for additional information regarding environmental laws and regulations.

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 long-lived assets, income taxes and revenue recognition - unbilled revenue. For additional discussion of Sierra Pacific's critical accounting estimates, see Item 7 of Sierra Pacific's Annual Report on Form 10‑K for the year ended December 31, 2021. There have been no significant changes in Sierra Pacific's assumptions regarding critical accounting estimates since December 31, 2021.

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Eastern Energy Gas Holdings, LLC and its subsidiaries
Consolidated Financial Section
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PART I
Item 1.Financial Statements


REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


To the Board of Directors of
Eastern Energy Gas Holdings, LLC

Results of Review of Interim Financial Information

We have reviewed the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Eastern Energy Gas Holdings, LLC and subsidiaries ("Eastern Energy Gas") as of September 30, 2022, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, and changes in equity for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, and of cash flows for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "interim financial information"). Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the accompanying interim financial information for it 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) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheet of Eastern Energy Gas as of December 31, 2021, 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 February 25, 2022, 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, 2021, is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the consolidated balance sheet from which it has been derived.

Basis for Review Results

This interim financial information is the responsibility of Eastern Energy Gas' management. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to Eastern Energy Gas in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our reviews in accordance with standards of the PCAOB. 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 PCAOB, 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.


/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP


Richmond, Virginia
November 4, 2022

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EASTERN ENERGY GAS HOLDINGS, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited)
(Amounts in millions)
As of
September 30,December 31,
20222021
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents$58 $22 
Trade receivables, net203 183 
Receivables from affiliates24 47 
Notes receivable from affiliates342 
Inventories129 122 
Prepayments90 76 
Natural gas imbalances181 100 
Other current assets81 64 
Total current assets1,108 621 
Property, plant and equipment, net10,188 10,200 
Goodwill1,286 1,286 
Investments415 412 
Other assets123 129 
Total assets$13,120 $12,648 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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EASTERN ENERGY GAS HOLDINGS, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited) (continued)
(Amounts in millions)

As of
September 30, 2022December 31, 2021
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable$54 $79 
Accounts payable to affiliates27 38 
Accrued interest49 19 
Accrued property, income and other taxes83 89 
Regulatory liabilities97 40 
Current portion of long-term debt250 — 
Other current liabilities135 100 
Total current liabilities695 365 
Long-term debt3,619 3,906 
Regulatory liabilities592 645 
Other long-term liabilities338 238 
Total liabilities5,244 5,154 
Commitments and contingencies (Note 8)
Equity:
Member's equity:
Membership interests3,891 3,501 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net(38)(43)
Total member's equity3,853 3,458 
Noncontrolling interests4,023 4,036 
Total equity7,876 7,494 
Total liabilities and equity$13,120 $12,648 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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EASTERN ENERGY GAS HOLDINGS, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited)
(Amounts in millions)

Three-Month PeriodsNine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,Ended September 30,
2022202120222021
Operating revenue$547 $456 $1,533 $1,379 
Operating expenses:
Excess gas(24)(3)(46)(13)
Operations and maintenance117 125 359 362 
Depreciation and amortization76 83 241 244 
Property and other taxes36 38 102 115 
Total operating expenses205 243 656 708 
Operating income342 213 877 671 
Other income (expense):
Interest expense(36)(32)(108)(118)
Allowance for equity funds
Other, net(1)— 
Total other income (expense)(33)(31)(103)(112)
Income before income tax expense and equity income309 182 774 559 
Income tax expense64 21 131 70 
Equity income52 80 31 
Net income297 169 723 520 
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests146 100 375 302 
Net income attributable to Eastern Energy Gas$151 $69 $348 $218 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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EASTERN ENERGY GAS HOLDINGS, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (Unaudited)
(Amounts in millions)


Three-Month PeriodsNine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,Ended September 30,
2022202120222021
Net income$297 $169 $723 $520 
 
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Unrecognized amounts on retirement benefits, net of tax of $—, $—, $— and $—
— — 
Unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, net of tax of $1, $(1), $2 and $2
(2)11 
Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax(2)15 
 
Comprehensive income298 167 728 535 
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests146 100 375 306 
Comprehensive income attributable to Eastern Energy Gas$152 $67 $353 $229 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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EASTERN ENERGY GAS HOLDINGS, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY (Unaudited)
(Amounts in millions)

Accumulated
Other
MembershipComprehensiveNoncontrollingTotal
InterestsLoss, NetInterestsEquity
Balance, June 30, 2021$3,366 $(40)$4,072 $7,398 
Net income69 — 100 169 
Other comprehensive loss— (2)— (2)
Contributions— — 
Distributions(49)— (128)(177)
Balance, September 30, 2021$3,388 $(42)$4,044 $7,390 
Balance, December 31, 2020$2,957 $(53)$4,091 $6,995 
Net income218 — 302 520 
Other comprehensive income— 11 15 
Contributions284 — — 284 
Distributions(71)— (353)(424)
Balance, September 30, 2021$3,388 $(42)$4,044 $7,390 
Balance, June 30, 2022$3,733 $(39)$4,023 $7,717 
Net income151 — 146 297 
Other comprehensive income— — 
Contributions11 — — 11 
Distributions(4)— (146)(150)
Balance, September 30, 2022$3,891 $(38)$4,023 $7,876 
Balance, December 31, 2021$3,501 $(43)$4,036 $7,494 
Net income348 — 375 723 
Other comprehensive income— — 
Contributions79 — — 79 
Distributions(37)— (388)(425)
Balance, September 30, 2022$3,891 $(38)$4,023 $7,876 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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EASTERN ENERGY GAS HOLDINGS, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited)
(Amounts in millions)

Nine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,
20222021
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income$723 $520 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows from operating activities:
Losses (gains) on other items, net(9)
Depreciation and amortization241 244 
Allowance for equity funds(5)(5)
Equity income, net of distributions(46)(1)
Changes in regulatory assets and liabilities37 (2)
Deferred income taxes99 135 
Other, net(11)
Changes in other operating assets and liabilities:
Trade receivables and other assets(81)13 
Derivative collateral, net(3)
Accrued property, income and other taxes(61)
Accounts payable and other liabilities53 37 
Net cash flows from operating activities1,035 867 
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures(252)(291)
Repayment of notes by affiliates31 269 
Notes to affiliates(363)(170)
Other, net(11)(9)
Net cash flows from investing activities(595)(201)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Repayments of long-term debt— (500)
Repayment of notes payable to affiliates, net— (9)
Proceeds from equity contributions— 256 
Distributions to noncontrolling interests(388)(353)
Other, net(4)(1)
Net cash flows from financing activities(392)(607)
Net change in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents48 59 
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period39 48 
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents at end of period$87 $107 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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EASTERN ENERGY GAS HOLDINGS, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

(1)    General

Eastern Energy Gas Holdings, LLC is a holding company, and together with its subsidiaries ("Eastern Energy Gas") conducts business activities consisting of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC")-regulated interstate natural gas transportation pipeline and underground storage operations in the eastern region of the U.S. and operates Cove Point LNG, LP ("Cove Point"), a liquefied natural gas ("LNG") export, import and storage facility. Eastern Energy Gas owns 100% of the general partner interest and 25% of the limited partnership interest in Cove Point. In addition, Eastern Energy Gas owns a 50% noncontrolling interest in Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P. ("Iroquois"), a 416-mile FERC-regulated interstate natural gas transportation pipeline. Eastern Energy Gas is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company ("BHE"). BHE is a holding company based in Des Moines, Iowa that owns subsidiaries principally engaged in the energy industry. BHE is a consolidated subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. ("Berkshire Hathaway").

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, 2022 and for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021. The results of operations for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 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 Eastern Energy Gas' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 describes the most significant accounting policies used in the preparation of the unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements. There have been no significant changes in Eastern Energy Gas' accounting policies or its assumptions regarding significant accounting estimates during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2022.

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(2)    Property, Plant and Equipment, Net

Property, plant and equipment, net consists of the following (in millions):
As of
September 30,December 31,
Depreciable Life20222021
Utility Plant:
Interstate natural gas pipeline assets
18 - 48 years
$8,825 $8,675 
Intangible plant
5 - 20 years
107 110 
Utility plant in-service8,932 8,785 
Accumulated depreciation and amortization(3,002)(2,901)
Utility plant in-service, net5,930 5,884 
Nonutility Plant:
LNG facility40 years4,509 4,475 
Intangible plant14 years25 25 
Nonutility plant in-service4,534 4,500 
Accumulated depreciation and amortization(516)(423)
Nonutility plant in-service, net4,018 4,077 
Plant, net9,948 9,961 
Construction work-in-progress240 239 
Property, plant and equipment, net$10,188 $10,200 

Construction work-in-progress includes $208 million and $209 million as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively, related to the construction of utility plant.

(3)    Regulatory Matters

In September 2021, Eastern Gas Transmission and Storage, Inc. ("EGTS") filed a general rate case for its FERC-jurisdictional services, with proposed rates to be effective November 1, 2021. EGTS' previous general rate case was settled in 1998. EGTS proposed an annual cost-of-service of approximately $1.1 billion, and requested increases in various rates, including general system storage rates by 85% and general system transportation rates by 60%. In October 2021, the FERC issued an order that accepted the November 1, 2021 effective date for certain changes in rates, while suspending the other changes for five months following the proposed effective date, until April 1, 2022, subject to refund. In September 2022, a settlement agreement was filed with the FERC, resolving EGTS' general rate case for its FERC-jurisdictional services and providing for increased service rates and decreased depreciation rates. Under the terms of the settlement agreement, EGTS' rates result in an increase to annual firm transportation and storage revenues of approximately $160 million and a decrease in annual depreciation expense of approximately $30 million, compared to the rates in effect prior to April 1, 2022. As of September 30, 2022, EGTS' provision for rate refund for April 2022 through September 2022 totaled $56 million and was included in current regulatory liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. FERC approval of the settlement is expected late 2022 or early 2023.

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In July 2017, the FERC audit staff communicated to EGTS that it had substantially completed an audit of EGTS' compliance with the accounting and reporting requirements of the FERC's Uniform System of Accounts and provided a description of matters and preliminary recommendations. In November 2017, the FERC audit staff issued its audit report. In December 2017, EGTS provided its response to the audit report. EGTS requested FERC review of the contested findings and submitted its plan for compliance with the uncontested portions of the report. EGTS reached resolution of certain matters with the FERC in the fourth quarter of 2018. EGTS recognized a charge for a disallowance of plant, originally established beginning in 2012, for the resolution of one matter with the FERC. In December 2020, the FERC issued a final ruling on the remaining matter, which resulted in a $43 million ($31 million after-tax) estimated charge for disallowance of capitalized allowance for funds used during construction. As a condition of the December 2020 ruling, EGTS filed its proposed accounting entries and supporting documentation with the FERC during the second quarter of 2021. During the finalization of these entries, EGTS refined the estimated charge for disallowance of capitalized allowance for funds used during construction, which resulted in a reduction to the estimated charge of $11 million ($8 million after-tax) that was recorded in operations and maintenance expense in its Consolidated Statements of Operations in the second quarter of 2021. In September 2021, the FERC approved EGTS' accounting entries and supporting documentation.

(4)    Investments and Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents

Investments and restricted cash and cash equivalents consists of the following (in millions):
As of
September 30,December 31,
20222021
Investments:
Investment funds$13 $13 
Equity method investments:
Iroquois402 399 
Total investments415 412 
Restricted cash and cash equivalents:
Customer deposits29 17 
Total restricted cash and cash equivalents29 17 
Total investments and restricted cash and cash equivalents$444 $429 
Reflected as:
Current assets$29 $17 
Noncurrent assets415 412 
Total investments and restricted cash and cash equivalents$444 $429 
Equity Method Investments

Eastern Energy Gas, through a subsidiary, owns 50% of Iroquois, which owns and operates an interstate natural gas pipeline located in the states of New York and Connecticut.

As of both September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the carrying amount of Eastern Energy Gas' investments exceeded its share of underlying equity in net assets by $130 million. The difference reflects equity method goodwill and is not being amortized. Eastern Energy Gas received distributions from its investments of $34 million and $30 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. In the third quarter of 2022, in connection with the settlement of regulated tax matters in the Iroquois rate case, Eastern Energy Gas released a long-term regulatory liability and recognized a $45 million benefit that was recorded in equity income in its Consolidated Statements of Operations.
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Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash equivalents consist of funds invested in money market mutual funds, U.S. Treasury Bills and other investments with a maturity of three months or less when purchased. Cash and cash equivalents exclude amounts where availability is restricted by legal requirements, loan agreements or other contractual provisions. Restricted cash and cash equivalents consist of customer deposits as allowed under the FERC gas tariffs. A reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents as presented in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows is outlined below and disaggregated by the line items in which they appear on the Consolidated Balance Sheets (in millions):
As of
September 30,December 31,
20222021
Cash and cash equivalents$58 $22 
Restricted cash and cash equivalents included in other current assets29 17 
Total cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents$87 $39 

(5)    Income Taxes

A reconciliation of the federal statutory income tax rate to the effective income tax rate applicable to income before income tax expense is as follows:
Three-Month PeriodsNine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,Ended September 30,
2022202120222021
Federal statutory income tax rate21 %21 %21 %21 %
State income tax, net of federal income tax benefit
Equity interest
Effects of ratemaking— (1)(1)(1)
Noncontrolling interest(10)(11)(10)(11)
Other, net— — — 
Effective income tax rate21 %12 %17 %13 %

For the period ended September 30, 2022, Eastern Energy Gas' reconciliation of the federal statutory income tax rate to the effective income tax rate is driven primarily by an absence of tax on income attributable to Cove Point's 75% noncontrolling interest.

(6)    Employee Benefit Plans

Eastern Energy Gas is a participant in benefit plans sponsored by MidAmerican Energy Company ("MidAmerican Energy"), an affiliate. The MidAmerican Energy Company Retirement Plan includes a qualified pension plan that provides pension benefits for eligible employees. The MidAmerican Energy Company Welfare Benefit Plan provides certain postretirement health care and life insurance benefits for eligible retirees on behalf of Eastern Energy Gas. Eastern Energy Gas contributed $10 million to the MidAmerican Energy Company Retirement Plan and $2 million to the MidAmerican Energy Company Welfare Benefit Plan for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2022. Amounts attributable to Eastern Energy Gas were allocated from MidAmerican Energy in accordance with the intercompany administrative service agreement. Offsetting regulatory assets and liabilities have been recorded related to the amounts not yet recognized as a component of net periodic benefit costs that will be included in regulated rates. Net periodic benefit costs not included in regulated rates are included in accumulated other comprehensive loss, net. As of both September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, Eastern Energy Gas' amount due to MidAmerican Energy associated with these plans and reflected in other long-term liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets was $95 million.

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(7)    Fair Value Measurements

The carrying value of Eastern Energy Gas' cash, certain cash equivalents, receivables, payables, accrued liabilities and short-term borrowings approximates fair value because of the short-term maturity of these instruments. Eastern Energy Gas has various financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on the Consolidated 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 Eastern Energy Gas 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 Eastern Energy Gas' judgments about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability since limited market data exists. Eastern Energy Gas develops these inputs based on the best information available, including its own data.

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

Input Levels for Fair Value Measurements
Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
As of September 30, 2022:
Assets:
Money market mutual funds$40 $— $— $40 
Equity securities:
Investment funds13 — — 13 
$53 $— $— $53 
Liabilities:
Foreign currency exchange rate derivatives$— $(35)$— $(35)
$— $(35)$— $(35)
As of December 31, 2021:
Assets:
Foreign currency exchange rate derivatives$— $$— $
Equity securities:
Investment funds13 — — 13 
$13 $$— $16 
Liabilities:
Foreign currency exchange rate derivatives$— $(3)$— $(3)
$— $(3)$— $(3)

Eastern Energy Gas' investments in money market mutual funds and investment funds 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.

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Derivative contracts are recorded on the Consolidated Balance Sheets as either assets or liabilities and are stated at estimated fair value unless they are designated as normal purchase 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 Eastern Energy Gas transacts. When quoted prices for identical contracts are not available, Eastern Energy Gas uses forward price curves. Forward price curves represent Eastern Energy Gas' estimates of the prices at which a buyer or seller could contract today for delivery or settlement at future dates. Eastern Energy Gas 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 brokers, exchanges, direct communication with market participants and actual transactions executed by Eastern Energy Gas. Market price quotations are generally readily obtainable for the applicable term of Eastern Energy Gas' outstanding derivative contracts; therefore, Eastern Energy Gas' forward price curves reflect observable market quotes. Market price quotations for certain natural gas trading hubs are not as readily obtainable due to the length of the contracts. Given that limited market data exists for these contracts, as well as for those contracts that are not actively traded, Eastern Energy Gas 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, currency rates, related volatility, counterparty creditworthiness and duration of contracts.

Eastern Energy Gas' long-term debt is carried at cost, including unamortized premiums, discounts and debt issuance costs as applicable, on the Consolidated Financial Statements. The fair value of Eastern Energy Gas' 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 Eastern Energy Gas' 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 Eastern Energy Gas' long-term debt (in millions):

As of September 30, 2022As of December 31, 2021
CarryingFairCarryingFair
ValueValueValueValue
Long-term debt$3,869 $3,468 $3,906 $4,266 

(8)    Commitments and Contingencies

Legal Matters

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

Environmental Laws and Regulations

Eastern Energy Gas is subject to federal, state and local laws and regulations regarding climate change, renewable portfolio standards, air and water quality, emissions performance standards, hazardous and solid waste disposal, protected species and other environmental matters that have the potential to impact Eastern Energy Gas' current and future operations. Eastern Energy Gas believes it is in material compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.

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(9)    Revenue from Contracts with Customers

The following table summarizes Eastern Energy Gas' revenue from contracts with customers ("Customer Revenue") by regulated and nonregulated, with further disaggregation of regulated by line of business (in millions):

Three-Month PeriodsNine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,Ended September 30,
2022202120222021
Customer Revenue:
Regulated:
Gas transportation and storage$296 $249 $867 $774 
Wholesale— 14 — 31 
Other
Total regulated297 264 868 806 
Nonregulated254 193 673 573 
Total Customer Revenue551 457 1,541 1,379 
Other revenue(1)
(4)(1)(8)— 
Total operating revenue$547 $456 $1,533 $1,379 

(1)Other revenue consists primarily of revenue recognized in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification 815, "Derivative and Hedging" and includes unrealized gains and losses for derivatives not designated as hedges related to natural gas sales contracts.

Remaining Performance Obligations

The following table summarizes Eastern Energy Gas' revenue it expects to recognize in future periods related to significant unsatisfied remaining performance obligations for fixed contracts with expected durations in excess of one year as of September 30, 2022 (in millions):
Performance obligations expected to be satisfied
Less than 12 monthsMore than 12 monthsTotal
Eastern Energy Gas$1,824 $16,301 $18,125 

(10)    Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss, Net

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

UnrecognizedAccumulated
Amounts OnUnrealizedOther
RetirementLosses on CashNoncontrollingComprehensive
BenefitsFlow HedgesInterestsLoss, Net
Balance, December 31, 2020$(12)$(51)$10 $(53)
Other comprehensive income (loss)11 (4)11 
Balance, September 30, 2021$(8)$(40)$$(42)
Balance, December 31, 2021$(6)$(42)$$(43)
Other comprehensive income— 
Balance, September 30, 2022$(5)$(38)$$(38)

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

The following is management's discussion and analysis of certain significant factors that have affected the consolidated financial condition and results of operations of Eastern Energy Gas during the periods included herein. This discussion should be read in conjunction with Eastern Energy Gas' historical Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q. Eastern Energy Gas' actual results in the future could differ significantly from the historical results.

Results of Operations for the Third Quarter and First Nine Months of 2022 and 2021

Overview

Net income attributable to Eastern Energy Gas for the third quarter of 2022 was $151 million, an increase of $82 million compared to 2021. Net income increased primarily due to higher margins from EGTS' regulated gas transportation and storage operations of $53 million, a benefit from the settlement of regulated tax matters in the Iroquois rate case of $45 million and an increase in Cove Point liquefied natural gas variable revenue and additional liquefied natural gas service as a result of decreased scheduled outage days of $15 million, partially offset by an increase in income tax expense of $43 million primarily due to higher pre-tax income.

Net income attributable to Eastern Energy Gas for the first nine months of 2022 was $348 million, an increase of $130 million, or 60%, compared to 2021. Net income increased primarily due to higher margins from EGTS' regulated gas transportation and storage operations of $91 million, a benefit from the settlement of regulated tax matters in the Iroquois rate case of $45 million and an increase in Cove Point liquefied natural gas variable revenue and additional liquefied natural gas service as a result of decreased scheduled outage days of $24 million, partially offset by an increase in income tax expense of $61 million primarily due to higher pre-tax income.

Quarter Ended September 30, 2022 Compared to Quarter Ended September 30, 2021

Operating revenue increased $91 million, or 20%, for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to an increase in Cove Point liquefied natural gas variable revenue of $30 million and additional liquefied natural gas service as a result of decreased scheduled outage days of $29 million, an increase in regulated gas transportation and storage services revenues due to the settlement of EGTS' general rate case of $41 million and an increase in variable revenue related to park and loan activity of $4 million, partially offset by a decrease in regulated gas sales of $14 million for operational and system balancing purposes due to decreased volumes.

Excess gas increased $21 million for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to a decrease in volumes sold of $18 million and favorable valuations of system gas of $7 million, partially offset by an unfavorable change to operational and system balancing volumes of $3 million.

Operations and maintenance decreased $8 million, or 6%, for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to a decrease in post-retirement benefit related costs of $3 million, lower corporate charges of $3 million and lower long-term incentive plan expenses of $2 million.

Depreciation and amortization decreased $7 million, or 8%, for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to the settlement of depreciation rates in EGTS' general rate case of $9 million, partially offset by higher plant placed in-service of $2 million.

Property and other taxes decreased $2 million, or 5%, for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to lower estimated 2022 tax assessments.

Interest expense increased $4 million, or 13%, for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to debt swap gain amortization in 2021.

Income tax expense increased $43 million for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021 and the effective tax rate was 21% for 2022 and 12% for 2021. The effective tax rate increased primarily due to the revaluation of deferred taxes from changes in Pennsylvania's income tax rates.

Equity income increased $44 million for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to a benefit from the settlement of regulated tax matters in the Iroquois rate case.
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Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests increased $46 million, or 46%, for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to an increase in Cove Point liquefied natural gas variable revenue and additional liquefied natural gas service as a result of decreased scheduled outage days.

First Nine Months of 2022 Compared to First Nine Months of 2021

Operating revenue increased $154 million, or 11%, for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to an increase in Cove Point liquefied natural gas variable revenue of $68 million and additional liquefied natural gas service as a result of decreased scheduled outage days of $29 million, an increase in regulated gas transportation and storage services revenues due to the settlement of EGTS' general rate case of $66 million, an increase in variable revenue related to park and loan activity of $15 million and a $7 million increase from the West Loop transmission pipeline being placed into service in the third quarter of 2021, partially offset by a decrease in regulated gas sales of $31 million for operational and system balancing purposes due to decreased volumes.

Excess gas increased $33 million for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to a decrease in volumes sold of $32 million and favorable valuations of system gas of $25 million, partially offset by an unfavorable change to operational and system balancing volumes of $23 million.

Operations and maintenance decreased $3 million, or 1%, for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to lower long-term incentive plan expenses of $7 million, bank and legal fees recorded in 2021 related to Eastern Energy Gas' debt exchange of $4 million and a decrease in post-retirement benefit related costs of $2 million, partially offset by a 2021 benefit from the finalization of entries for the disallowance of capitalized AFUDC of $11 million.

Depreciation and amortization decreased $3 million, or 1%, for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to the settlement of depreciation rates in EGTS' general rate case of $15 million, partially offset by higher plant placed in-service of $12 million.

Property and other taxes decreased $13 million, or 11%, for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to lower than estimated 2021 tax assessments.

Interest expense decreased $10 million, or 8%, for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to the repayment of $500 million of long-term debt in the second quarter of 2021.

Income tax expense increased $61 million, or 87%, for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021 and the effective tax rate was 17% for 2022 and 13% for 2021. The effective tax rate increased primarily due to the revaluation of deferred taxes from changes in various state income tax rates.

Equity income increased $49 million for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to a benefit from the settlement of regulated tax matters in the Iroquois rate case.

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests increased $73 million, or 24%, for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to an increase in Cove Point liquefied natural gas variable revenue and additional liquefied natural gas service as a result of decreased scheduled outage days.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of September 30, 2022, Eastern Energy Gas' total net liquidity was $458 million as follows (in millions):

Cash and cash equivalents$58 
Intercompany revolving credit agreement400 
Total net liquidity$458 
Intercompany revolving credit agreement:
Maturity date2023

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Operating Activities
Net cash flows from operating activities for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 were $1.0 billion and $867 million, respectively. The change is primarily due to the timing of income tax payments, the impacts from the proposed rates in effect April 1, 2022 for the EGTS general rate case and other working capital adjustments.

The timing of Eastern Energy Gas' income tax cash flows from period to period can be significantly affected by the estimated federal income tax payment methods elected and assumptions for each payment date.

Investing Activities

Net cash flows from investing activities for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 were $(595) million and $(201) million, respectively. The change is primarily due to a decrease in repayments of loans by affiliates of $238 million and an increase in loans to its parent under an intercompany revolving credit agreement of $193 million, partially offset by a decrease in capital expenditures of $39 million.

Financing Activities

Net cash flows from financing activities for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2022 were $(392) million and consisted primarily of distributions to noncontrolling interests from Cove Point.

Net cash flows from financing activities for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2021 were $(607) million. Sources of cash totaled $256 million and consisted of proceeds from equity contributions, that primarily included a contribution from its indirect parent, BHE, to Eastern Energy Gas to assist in the repayment of $500 million of debt. Uses of cash totaled $863 million and consisted mainly of repayments of long-term debt of $500 million, distributions to noncontrolling interests from Cove Point of $353 million and repayment of notes to affiliates of $9 million.

Future Uses of Cash

Eastern Energy Gas has 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, intercompany revolving credit agreements, capital contributions and other sources. These sources are expected to provide funds required for current operations, capital expenditures, investments, debt retirements and other capital requirements. The availability and terms under which Eastern Energy Gas and each subsidiary has access to external financing depends on a variety of factors, including regulatory approvals, Eastern Energy Gas' credit ratings, investors' judgment of risk and conditions in the overall capital markets, including the condition of the natural gas transportation pipeline and storage and LNG export, import and storage industries.

Capital 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 customer rates; outcomes of regulatory proceedings; changes in income tax laws; general business conditions; system reliability standards; the cost and efficiency of construction labor, equipment and materials; commodity prices; and the cost and availability of capital.

Eastern Energy Gas' historical and forecasted capital expenditures, each of which exclude amounts for non-cash equity AFUDC and other non-cash items, are as follows (in millions):
Nine-Month PeriodsAnnual
Ended September 30,Forecast
202120222022
Natural gas transmission and storage$15 $36 $47 
Other276 216 324 
Total$291 $252 $371 

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Eastern Energy Gas' natural gas transmission and storage capital expenditures primarily include growth capital expenditures related to planned regulated projects. Eastern Energy Gas' other capital expenditures consist primarily of non-regulated and routine capital expenditures for natural gas transmission, storage and liquefied natural gas terminalling infrastructure needed to serve existing and expected demand.

Material Cash Requirements

As of September 30, 2022, there have been no material changes in cash requirements from the information provided in Item 7 of Eastern Energy Gas' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, other than natural gas supply and transportation cash requirements increasing $87 million, primarily due to rate increases for pipeline transportation and storage purchase obligations as a result of a recent rate case.

Regulatory Matters

Eastern Energy Gas is subject to comprehensive regulation. Refer to "Regulatory Matters" in Berkshire Hathaway Energy's Part I, Item 2 of this Form 10-Q for discussion regarding Eastern Energy Gas' current regulatory matters.

Environmental Laws and Regulations

Eastern Energy Gas is subject to federal, state and local laws and regulations regarding climate change, RPS, air and water quality, emissions performance standards, hazardous and solid waste disposal, protected species and other environmental matters that have the potential to impact Eastern Energy Gas' 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 various federal, state and local agencies. Eastern Energy Gas 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. Environmental laws and regulations continue to evolve, and Eastern Energy Gas is unable to predict the impact of the changing laws and regulations on its operations and consolidated financial results.

Refer to "Environmental Laws and Regulations" in Berkshire Hathaway Energy's Part I, Item 2 of this Form 10-Q for additional information regarding environmental laws and regulations.

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, impairment of goodwill and long-lived assets and income taxes. For additional discussion of Eastern Energy Gas' critical accounting estimates, see Item 7 of Eastern Energy Gas' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021. There have been no significant changes in Eastern Energy Gas' assumptions regarding critical accounting estimates since December 31, 2021.
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Eastern Gas Transmission and Storage, Inc. and its subsidiaries
Consolidated Financial Section
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PART I
Item 1.Financial Statements


REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


To the Board of Directors of
Eastern Gas Transmission and Storage, Inc.

Results of Review of Interim Financial Information

We have reviewed the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Eastern Gas Transmission and Storage, Inc. and subsidiaries ("EGTS") as of September 30, 2022, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, and changes in shareholder's equity for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, and of cash flows for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "interim financial information"). Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the accompanying interim financial information for it 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) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheet of EGTS as of December 31, 2021 and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income (loss), changes in equity, and cash flows for the year then ended (not presented herein); and in our report dated July 7, 2022 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, 2021, is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the consolidated balance sheet from which it has been derived.

Basis for Review Results

This interim financial information is the responsibility of EGTS' management. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to EGTS in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our reviews in accordance with standards of the PCAOB. 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 PCAOB, 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.


/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP


Richmond, Virginia
November 4, 2022
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EASTERN GAS TRANSMISSION AND STORAGE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited)
(Amounts in millions)
As of
September 30,December 31,
20222021
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents$36 $11 
Restricted cash and cash equivalents28 15 
Trade receivables, net80 98 
Receivables from affiliates
Inventories50 48 
Income taxes receivable19 
Prepayments37 35 
Natural gas imbalances177 94 
Other current assets10 
Total current assets424 339 
Property, plant and equipment, net4,475 4,440 
Deferred income taxes139 199 
Notes receivable from affiliates— 
Other assets114 120 
Total assets$5,152 $5,101 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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EASTERN GAS TRANSMISSION AND STORAGE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited) (continued)
(Amounts in millions, except share data)

As of
September 30, 2022December 31, 2021
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDER'S EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable$34 $54 
Accounts payable to affiliates21 13 
Accrued interest23 
Accrued property, income and other taxes62 71 
Accrued employee expenses24 12 
Notes payable to affiliates15 68 
Regulatory liabilities78 25 
Customer and security deposits27 15 
Asset retirement obligations27 33 
Other current liabilities32 30 
Total current liabilities343 328 
Long-term debt1,582 1,581 
Regulatory liabilities505 507 
Other long-term liabilities139 145 
Total liabilities2,569 2,561 
Commitments and contingencies (Note 9)
Shareholder's equity:
Common stock - 75,000 shares authorized, $10,000 par value, 60,101 issued and outstanding
609 609 
Additional paid-in capital1,265 1,241 
Retained earnings739 721 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net(30)(31)
Total shareholder's equity2,583 2,540 
Total liabilities and shareholder's equity$5,152 $5,101 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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EASTERN GAS TRANSMISSION AND STORAGE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited)
(Amounts in millions)

Three-Month PeriodsNine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,Ended September 30,
2022202120222021
Operating revenue$240 $209 $697 $642 
Operating expenses:
Excess gas(25)(3)(49)(13)
Operations and maintenance80 86 250 274 
Depreciation and amortization34 42 115 123 
Property and other taxes15 17 39 50 
Disallowance and abandonment of utility plant— — — (11)
Total operating expenses104 142 355 423 
Operating income136 67 342 219 
Other income (expense):
Interest expense(16)(16)(50)(60)
Allowance for equity funds
Other, net(1)(2)
Total other income (expense)(16)(12)(49)(52)
Income before income tax expense120 55 293 167 
Income tax expense39 13 86 43 
Net income$81 $42 $207 $124 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.


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EASTERN GAS TRANSMISSION AND STORAGE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (Unaudited)
(Amounts in millions)

Three-Month PeriodsNine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,Ended September 30,
2022202120222021
Net income$81 $42 $207 $124 
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, net of tax of $1, $—, $1 and $(12)
— — (32)
Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax— — (32)
Comprehensive income$81 $42 $208 $92 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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EASTERN GAS TRANSMISSION AND STORAGE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDER'S EQUITY (Unaudited)
(Amounts in millions, except shares)

Accumulated
AdditionalOtherTotal
Common StockPaid-inRetainedComprehensiveShareholder's
SharesAmountCapitalEarningsLoss, NetEquity
Balance, June 30, 202160,101 $609 $1,215 $705 $(32)$2,497 
Net income— — — 42 — 42 
Dividends declared— — — (15)— (15)
Contributions— — 26 — — 26 
Balance, September 30, 202160,101 $609 $1,241 $732 $(32)$2,550 
Balance, December 31, 202060,101 $609 $929 $641 $— $2,179 
Net income— — — 124 — 124 
Other comprehensive loss— — — — (32)(32)
Dividends declared— — — (33)— (33)
Contributions— — 312 — — 312 
Balance, September 30, 202160,101 $609 $1,241 $732 $(32)$2,550 
Balance, June 30, 202260,101 $609 $1,254 $750 $(30)$2,583 
Net income— — — 81 — 81 
Dividends declared— — — (92)— (92)
Contributions— — 11 — — 11 
Balance, September 30, 202260,101 $609 $1,265 $739 $(30)$2,583 
Balance, December 31, 202160,101 $609 $1,241 $721 $(31)$2,540 
Net income— — — 207 — 207 
Other comprehensive income— — — — 
Dividends declared— — — (189)— (189)
Contributions— — 24 — — 24 
Balance, September 30, 202260,101 $609 $1,265 $739 $(30)$2,583 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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EASTERN GAS TRANSMISSION AND STORAGE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited)
(Amounts in millions)

Nine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,
20222021
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income$207 $124 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows from operating activities:
Losses (gains) on other items, net(11)
Depreciation and amortization115 123 
Allowance for equity funds(3)(5)
Changes in regulatory assets and liabilities35 
Deferred income taxes58 61 
Other, net(4)
Changes in other operating assets and liabilities:
Trade receivables and other assets(10)14 
Receivables from affiliates(27)
Pension and other postretirement benefit plans— 
Accrued property, income and other taxes(1)(16)
Accounts payable and other liabilities31 37 
Accounts payable to affiliates
Net cash flows from operating activities448 301 
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures(179)(233)
Repayment of notes by affiliates11 — 
Notes to affiliates(8)— 
Other, net(9)
Net cash flows from investing activities(185)(230)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Repayment of notes payable to affiliates, net(53)(78)
Proceeds from equity contributions— 20 
Dividends paid(172)(18)
Other, net— 
Net cash flows from financing activities(225)(71)
Net change in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents38 — 
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period26 23 
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents at end of period$64 $23 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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EASTERN GAS TRANSMISSION AND STORAGE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

(1)    General

Eastern Gas Transmission and Storage, Inc. and its subsidiaries ("EGTS") conduct business activities consisting of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC")-regulated interstate natural gas transmission pipeline and underground storage. EGTS' operations include transmission pipelines in Maryland, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. EGTS also operates one of the nation's largest underground natural gas storage systems located in New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. EGTS is a wholly owned subsidiary of Eastern Energy Gas Holdings, LLC ("Eastern Energy Gas"), which is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company ("BHE"). BHE is a holding company based in Des Moines, Iowa that owns subsidiaries principally engaged in the energy industry. BHE is a consolidated subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

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 ("SEC") 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, 2022 and for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021. The results of operations for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 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 for the three years ended December 31, 2021 included in EGTS' Form S-4 (SEC Registration No. 333-266049), as amended, describes the most significant accounting policies used in the preparation of the unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements. There have been no significant changes in EGTS' accounting policies or its assumptions regarding significant accounting estimates during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2022.

(2)    Property, Plant and Equipment, Net

Property, plant and equipment, net consists of the following (in millions):
As of
September 30,December 31,
Depreciable Life20222021
Interstate natural gas pipeline and storage assets
18 - 48 years
$6,625 $6,517 
Intangible plant
11 - 21 years
73 74 
Plant in-service6,698 6,591 
Accumulated depreciation and amortization(2,411)(2,339)
Plant in-service, net4,287 4,252 
Construction work-in-progress188 188 
Property, plant and equipment, net$4,475 $4,440 

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(3)    Regulatory Matters

In September 2021, EGTS filed a general rate case for its FERC-jurisdictional services, with proposed rates to be effective November 1, 2021. EGTS' previous general rate case was settled in 1998. EGTS proposed an annual cost-of-service of approximately $1.1 billion, and requested increases in various rates, including general system storage rates by 85% and general system transportation rates by 60%. In October 2021, the FERC issued an order that accepted the November 1, 2021 effective date for certain changes in rates, while suspending the other changes for five months following the proposed effective date, until April 1, 2022, subject to refund. In September 2022, a settlement agreement was filed with the FERC, resolving EGTS' general rate case for its FERC-jurisdictional services and providing for increased service rates and decreased depreciation rates. Under the terms of the settlement agreement, EGTS' rates result in an increase to annual firm transportation and storage revenues of approximately $160 million and a decrease in annual depreciation expense of approximately $30 million, compared to the rates in effect prior to April 1, 2022. As of September 30, 2022, EGTS' provision for rate refund for April 2022 through September 2022 totaled $56 million and was included in current regulatory liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. FERC approval of the settlement is expected late 2022 or early 2023.

In July 2017, the FERC audit staff communicated to EGTS that it had substantially completed an audit of EGTS' compliance with the accounting and reporting requirements of the FERC's Uniform System of Accounts and provided a description of matters and preliminary recommendations. In November 2017, the FERC audit staff issued its audit report. In December 2017, EGTS provided its response to the audit report. EGTS requested FERC review of the contested findings and submitted its plan for compliance with the uncontested portions of the report. EGTS reached resolution of certain matters with the FERC in the fourth quarter of 2018. EGTS recognized a charge for a disallowance of plant, originally established beginning in 2012, for the resolution of one matter with the FERC. In December 2020, the FERC issued a final ruling on the remaining matter, which resulted in a $43 million ($31 million after-tax) estimated charge for disallowance of capitalized allowance for funds used during construction. As a condition of the December 2020 ruling, EGTS filed its proposed accounting entries and supporting documentation with the FERC during the second quarter of 2021. During the finalization of these entries, EGTS refined the estimated charge for disallowance of capitalized allowance for funds used during construction, which resulted in a reduction to the estimated charge of $11 million ($8 million after-tax) that was recorded in disallowance and abandonment of utility plant in its Consolidated Statements of Operations in the second quarter of 2021. In September 2021, the FERC approved EGTS' accounting entries and supporting documentation.

(4)    Investments and Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents

Investments and restricted cash and cash equivalents consists of the following (in millions):
As of
September 30,December 31,
20222021
Investments:
Investment funds$13 $13 
Total investments13 13 
Restricted cash and cash equivalents:
Customer deposits28 15 
Total restricted cash and cash equivalents28 15 
Total investments and restricted cash and cash equivalents$41 $28 
Reflected as:
Current assets$28 $15 
Noncurrent assets13 13 
Total investments and restricted cash and cash equivalents$41 $28 

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Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash equivalents consist of funds invested in money market mutual funds, U.S. Treasury Bills and other investments with a maturity of three months or less when purchased. Cash and cash equivalents exclude amounts where availability is restricted by legal requirements, loan agreements or other contractual provisions. Restricted cash and cash equivalents consist of customer deposits as allowed under the FERC gas tariff. A reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents as presented in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows is outlined below and disaggregated by the line items in which they appear on the Consolidated Balance Sheets (in millions):
As of
September 30,December 31,
20222021
Cash and cash equivalents$36 $11 
Restricted cash and cash equivalents28 15 
Total cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents$64 $26 

(5)    Long-Term Debt

On June 30, 2021, Eastern Energy Gas exchanged a total of $1.6 billion of its issued and outstanding third party notes for new notes, making EGTS the primary obligor of the new notes. The terms of the new notes are substantially similar to the terms of the original Eastern Energy Gas notes. The debt exchange was a common control transaction accounted for as a debt modification. As such, no gain or loss was recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and approximately $17 million of unamortized discounts and debt issuance costs and $32 million of deferred losses on previously settled interest rate swaps remaining in AOCI were contributed to EGTS by Eastern Energy Gas in connection with the transaction. In addition, new fees of $2 million paid directly to note holders in connection with the exchange were deferred as additional debt issuance costs that will be amortized over the lives of the respective notes. As a result of the transaction, EGTS' $1.9 billion of long-term indebtedness to Eastern Energy Gas was cancelled in full and the remaining balance was satisfied through a capital contribution.

(6)    Income Taxes

A reconciliation of the federal statutory income tax rate to the effective income tax rate applicable to income before income tax expense is as follows:
Three-Month PeriodsNine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,Ended September 30,
2022202120222021
Federal statutory income tax rate21 %21 %21 %21 %
State income tax, net of federal income tax benefit11 
Effects of ratemaking— (4)— (3)
Debt exchange— — — 
Other, net— (1)
Effective income tax rate33 %24 %29 %26 %

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(7)    Employee Benefit Plans

EGTS is a participant in benefit plans sponsored by MidAmerican Energy Company ("MidAmerican Energy"), an affiliate. The MidAmerican Energy Company Retirement Plan includes a qualified pension plan that provides pension benefits for eligible employees. The MidAmerican Energy Company Welfare Benefit Plan provides certain postretirement health care and life insurance benefits for eligible retirees on behalf of EGTS. EGTS contributed $9 million to the MidAmerican Energy Company Retirement Plan and $2 million to the MidAmerican Energy Company Welfare Benefit Plan for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2022. Amounts attributable to EGTS were allocated from MidAmerican Energy in accordance with the intercompany administrative service agreement. Offsetting regulatory assets and liabilities have been recorded related to the amounts not yet recognized as a component of net periodic benefit costs that will be included in regulated rates. As of both September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, EGTS' amount due to MidAmerican Energy associated with these plans and reflected in other long-term liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets was $85 million.

(8)    Fair Value Measurements

The carrying value of EGTS' cash, certain cash equivalents, receivables, payables, accrued liabilities and short-term borrowings approximates fair value because of the short-term maturity of these instruments. EGTS has various financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on the Consolidated 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 EGTS 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 EGTS' judgments about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability since limited market data exists. EGTS develops these inputs based on the best information available, including its own data.

The following table presents EGTS' financial assets and liabilities recognized on the Consolidated Balance Sheets and measured at fair value on a recurring basis (in millions):
Input Levels for Fair Value Measurements
Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
As of September 30, 2022:
Assets:
Money market mutual funds$27 $— $— $27 
Equity securities:
Investment funds13 — — 13 
$40 $— $— $40 
As of December 31, 2021:
Assets:
Equity securities:
Investment funds$13 $— $— $13 
$13 $— $— $13 

EGTS' investments in money market mutual funds and investment funds 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.

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Derivative contracts are recorded on the Consolidated Balance Sheets as either assets or liabilities and are stated at estimated fair value unless they are designated as normal purchase 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 EGTS transacts. When quoted prices for identical contracts are not available, EGTS uses forward price curves. Forward price curves represent EGTS' estimates of the prices at which a buyer or seller could contract today for delivery or settlement at future dates. EGTS 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 brokers, exchanges, direct communication with market participants and actual transactions executed by EGTS. Market price quotations are generally readily obtainable for the applicable term of EGTS' outstanding derivative contracts; therefore, EGTS' forward price curves reflect observable market quotes. Market price quotations for certain natural gas trading hubs are not as readily obtainable due to the length of the contracts. Given that limited market data exists for these contracts, as well as for those contracts that are not actively traded, EGTS 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, related volatility, counterparty creditworthiness and duration of contracts.

EGTS' long-term debt is carried at cost, including unamortized premiums, discounts and debt issuance costs as applicable, on the Consolidated Financial Statements. The fair value of EGTS' 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 following table presents the carrying value and estimated fair value of EGTS' long-term debt (in millions):

As of September 30, 2022As of December 31, 2021
Carrying
Value
Fair
Value
Carrying
Value
Fair
Value
Long-term debt$1,582 $1,321 $1,581 $1,812 

(9)    Commitments and Contingencies

Legal Matters

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

Environmental Laws and Regulations

EGTS is subject to federal, state and local laws and regulations regarding climate change, air and water quality, emissions performance standards, hazardous and solid waste disposal, protected species and other environmental matters that have the potential to impact its current and future operations. EGTS believes it is in material compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.

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(10)    Revenue from Contracts with Customers

The following table summarizes EGTS' revenue from contracts with customers ("Customer Revenue") by regulated and other, with further disaggregation of regulated by line of business (in millions):

Three-Month PeriodsNine-Month Periods
Ended September 30,Ended September 30,
2022202120222021
Customer Revenue:
Regulated:
Gas transportation$151 $134 $461 $422 
Gas storage74 47 190 142 
Wholesale— 14 — 31 
Total regulated225 195 651 595 
Management service and other revenues19 14 56 49 
Total Customer Revenue244 209 707 644 
Other revenue(1)
(4)— (10)(2)
Total operating revenue$240 $209 $697 $642 

(1)Other revenue consists primarily of revenue recognized in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification 815, "Derivative and Hedging" and includes unrealized gains and losses for derivatives not designated as hedges related to natural gas sales contracts.

Remaining Performance Obligations

The following table summarizes EGTS' revenue it expects to recognize in future periods related to significant unsatisfied remaining performance obligations for fixed contracts with expected durations in excess of one year as of September 30, 2022 (in millions):
Performance obligations expected to be satisfied
Less than 12 monthsMore than 12 monthsTotal
EGTS$895 $3,910 $4,805 

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

The following is management's discussion and analysis of certain significant factors that have affected the consolidated financial condition and results of operations of EGTS during the periods included herein. This discussion should be read in conjunction with EGTS' historical Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q. EGTS' actual results in the future could differ significantly from the historical results.

Results of Operations for the Third Quarter and First Nine Months of 2022 and 2021

Overview

Net income for the third quarter of 2022 was $81 million, an increase of $39 million, or 93%, compared to 2021. Net income increased primarily due to higher margins from regulated gas transportation and storage operations of $53 million and a decrease in depreciation due to the settlement of depreciation rates in EGTS' general rate case of $9 million, partially offset by an increase in income tax expense of $26 million primarily due to higher pre-tax income.

Net income for the first nine months of 2022 was $207 million, an increase of $83 million, or 67%, compared to 2021. Net income increased primarily due to higher margins from regulated gas transportation and storage operations of $91 million, a decrease in depreciation due to the settlement of depreciation rates in EGTS' general rate case of $15 million, a decrease in post-retirement benefit related costs of $12 million, lower than estimated 2021 tax assessments of $11 million and lower interest expense of $10 million primarily due to lower interest rates, partially offset by an increase in income tax expense of $43 million primarily due to higher pre-tax income and a 2021 benefit from the finalization of entries for the disallowance of capitalized AFUDC of $11 million.

Quarter Ended September 30, 2022 Compared to Quarter Ended September 30, 2021

Operating revenue increased $31 million, or 15%, for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to an increase in regulated gas transportation and storage services revenues due to the settlement of EGTS' general rate case of $41 million and an increase in variable revenue related to park and loan activity of $4 million, partially offset by a decrease in regulated gas sales of $14 million for operational and system balancing purposes due to decreased volumes.

Excess gas increased $22 million for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to a decrease in volumes sold of $18 million and favorable valuations of system gas of $7 million, partially offset by an unfavorable change to operational and system balancing volumes of $3 million.

Operations and maintenance decreased $6 million, or 7%, for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to a decrease in post-retirement benefit related costs of $3 million and lower long-term incentive plan expenses of $2 million.

Depreciation and amortization decreased $8 million, or 19%, for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to the settlement of deprecation rates in EGTS' general rate case of $9 million, partially offset by higher plant placed in-service of $1 million.

Property and other taxes decreased $2 million, or 12%, for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to lower estimated 2022 tax assessments.

Income tax expense increased $26 million for the third quarter of 2022 compared to 2021 and the effective tax rate was 33% for 2022 and 24% for 2021. The effective tax rate increased primarily due to the revaluation of deferred taxes from changes in Pennsylvania's income tax rates.

First Nine Months of 2022 Compared to First Nine Months of 2021

Operating revenue increased $55 million, or 9%, for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to an increase in regulated gas transportation and storage services revenues due to the settlement of EGTS' general rate case of $66 million, an increase in variable revenue related to park and loan activity of $15 million and a $7 million increase from the West Loop transmission pipeline being placed into service in the third quarter of 2021, partially offset by a decrease in regulated gas sales of $31 million for operational and system balancing purposes due to decreased volumes.

Excess gas increased $36 million for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to a decrease in volumes sold of $32 million and favorable valuations of system gas of $25 million, partially offset by an unfavorable change to operational and system balancing volumes of $23 million.

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Operations and maintenance decreased $24 million, or 9%, for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to a decrease in post-retirement benefit related costs of $12 million, lower long-term incentive plan expenses of $7 million and bank and legal fees recorded in 2021 related to the debt exchange with Eastern Energy Gas of $4 million.

Depreciation and amortization decreased $8 million, or 7%, for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to the settlement of depreciation rates in EGTS' general rate case of $15 million, partially offset by higher plant placed in-service of $7 million.

Property and other taxes decreased $11 million, or 22%, for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to lower than estimated 2021 tax assessments.

Disallowance and abandonment of utility plant decreased $11 million for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021 due to a 2021 benefit from the finalization of entries for the disallowance of capitalized AFUDC.

Interest expense decreased $10 million, or 17%, for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to lower expense of $44 million related to the elimination of long-term indebtedness to Eastern Energy Gas following the Debt Exchange Transaction in June 2021. These decreases were partially offset by $32 million of interest expense incurred under the senior notes issued in connection with that transaction, which bear lower interest rates than the original long-term indebtedness to Eastern Energy Gas.

Other, net decreased $5 million for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to losses on marketable securities.

Income tax expense increased $43 million, or 100%, for the first nine months of 2022 compared to 2021 and the effective tax rate was 29% for 2022 and 26% for 2021.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of September 30, 2022, EGTS' total net liquidity was $421 million as follows (in millions):

Cash and cash equivalents$36 
Intercompany revolving credit agreement400 
Less:
Notes payable to affiliates15 
Net intercompany revolving credit agreement385 
Total net liquidity$421 
Intercompany revolving credit agreement:
Maturity date2023

Operating Activities
Net cash flows from operating activities for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 were $448 million and $301 million, respectively. The change is primarily due to the impacts from the proposed rates in effect April 1, 2022 for the EGTS general rate case and other working capital adjustments.

The timing of EGTS' income tax cash flows from period to period can be significantly affected by the estimated federal income tax payment methods elected and assumptions for each payment date.

Investing Activities

Net cash flows from investing activities for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 were $(185) million and $(230) million, respectively. The change is primarily due to a decrease in capital expenditures of $54 million and repayments of loans by affiliates of $11 million, partially offset by loans to affiliates of $8 million and an increase in plant removal costs of $4 million.

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Financing Activities

Net cash flows from financing activities for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2022 were $(225) million and consisted of dividends paid to Eastern Energy Gas of $172 million and net repayment of notes payable to Eastern Energy Gas of $53 million.

Net cash flows from financing activities for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2021 were $(71) million. Sources of cash totaled $25 million and consisted primarily of $20 million in proceeds from equity contributions from Eastern Energy Gas. Uses of cash totaled $96 million and consisted of net repayment of notes payable to Eastern Energy Gas of $78 million and dividends paid to Eastern Energy Gas of $18 million.

Future Uses of Cash

EGTS has 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, intercompany revolving credit agreements, capital contributions and other sources. These sources are expected to provide funds required for current operations, capital expenditures, investments, debt retirements and other capital requirements. The availability and terms under which EGTS has access to external financing depends on a variety of factors, including regulatory approvals, EGTS' credit ratings, investors' judgment of risk and conditions in the overall capital markets, including the condition of the natural gas transportation pipeline and storage industry.

Capital 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 customer rates; outcomes of regulatory proceedings; changes in income tax laws; general business conditions; system reliability standards; the cost and efficiency of construction labor, equipment and materials; commodity prices; and the cost and availability of capital.

EGTS' historical and forecasted capital expenditures, each of which exclude amounts for non-cash equity AFUDC and other non-cash items, are as follows (in millions):

Nine-Month PeriodsAnnual
Ended September 30,Forecast
202120222022
Natural gas transmission and storage$$30 $40 
Other224 149 205 
Total$233 $179 $245 

EGTS' natural gas transmission and storage capital expenditures primarily include growth capital expenditures related to planned regulated projects. EGTS' other capital expenditures consist primarily of pipeline integrity work, automation and controls upgrades, underground storage, corrosion control, unit exchanges, compressor modifications and projects related to Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration natural gas storage rules. The amounts also include EGTS' asset modernization program, which includes projects for vintage pipeline replacement, compression replacement, pipeline assessment and underground storage integrity.

Material Cash Requirements

As of September 30, 2022, there have been no material changes in cash requirements from the information provided in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2021 included in EGTS' Form S-4 (SEC Registration No. 333-266049), as amended, other than natural gas supply and transportation cash requirements increasing $87 million, primarily due to rate increases for pipeline transportation and storage purchase obligations as a result of a recent rate case.

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Regulatory Matters

EGTS is subject to comprehensive regulation. Refer to "Regulatory Matters" in Berkshire Hathaway Energy's Part I, Item 2 of this Form 10-Q for discussion regarding EGTS' current regulatory matters.

Environmental Laws and Regulations

EGTS is subject to federal, state and local laws and regulations regarding climate change, air and water quality, emissions performance standards, hazardous and solid waste disposal, protected species and other environmental matters that have the potential to impact EGTS' 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 various federal, state and local agencies. EGTS 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. Environmental laws and regulations continue to evolve, and EGTS is unable to predict the impact of the changing laws and regulations on its operations and consolidated financial results.

Refer to "Environmental Laws and Regulations" in Berkshire Hathaway Energy's Part I, Item 2 of this Form 10-Q for additional information regarding environmental laws and regulations.

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, impairment of long-lived assets and income taxes. For additional discussion of EGTS' critical accounting estimates, see Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in EGTS' Form S-4 (SEC Registration No. 333-266049), as amended. There have been no significant changes in EGTS' assumptions regarding critical accounting estimates since December 31, 2021.

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Item 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

For quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk affecting the Registrants, see Item 7A of each Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and the Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk section included in EGTS' Form S-4 (SEC Registration No. 333-266049), as amended. Each Registrant's exposure to market risk and its management of such risk has not changed materially since December 31, 2021, except as noted below. Refer to Note 7 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of PacifiCorp, Note 7 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of Nevada Power and Note 7 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of Sierra Pacific in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q for disclosure of the respective Registrant's derivative positions as of September 30, 2022.

Eastern Energy Gas' and EGTS' gross credit exposure for each counterparty is calculated as outstanding receivables plus any unrealized on- or off-balance sheet exposure, taking into account contractual netting rights. Gross credit exposure is calculated prior to the application of collateral. As of September 30, 2022, Eastern Energy Gas' and EGTS' credit exposure totaled $107 million. Of this amount, investment grade counterparties, including those internally rated, represented 97%, with two investment grade counterparties representing 54%.

Item 4.Controls and Procedures

At the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, each of Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company, PacifiCorp, MidAmerican Funding, LLC, MidAmerican Energy Company, Nevada Power Company, Sierra Pacific Power Company, Eastern Energy Gas Holdings, LLC and Eastern Gas Transmission and Storage, Inc. carried out separate evaluations, under the supervision and with the participation of each such entity's management, including its Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) and its Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer), or persons performing similar functions, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of its disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). Based upon these evaluations, management of each such entity, including its Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) and its Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer), or persons performing similar functions, in each case, concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures for such entity were effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by such entity in the reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, 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 its management, including its Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) and its Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer), or persons performing similar functions, in each case, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure by it. Each such entity hereby states that there has been no change in its internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended September 30, 2022 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, its internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II

Item 1.Legal Proceedings

Berkshire Hathaway Energy and PacifiCorp

On September 30, 2020, a putative class action complaint against PacifiCorp was filed, captioned Jeanyne James et al. v. PacifiCorp et al., Case No. 20CV33885, Circuit Court, Multnomah County, Oregon. The complaint was filed by Oregon residents and businesses who seek to represent a class of all Oregon citizens and entities whose real or personal property was harmed beginning on September 7, 2020, by wildfires in Oregon allegedly caused by PacifiCorp. On November 3, 2021, the plaintiffs filed an amended complaint to limit the class to include Oregon citizens allegedly impacted by the Echo Mountain Complex, South Obenchain, Two Four Two and Santiam Canyon fires, as well as to add claims for noneconomic damages. The amended complaint alleges that PacifiCorp's assets contributed to the Oregon wildfires occurring on or after September 7, 2020 and that PacifiCorp acted with gross negligence, among other things. The amended complaint seeks the following damages for the plaintiffs and the putative class: (i) noneconomic damages, including mental suffering, emotional distress, inconvenience and interference with normal and usual activities, in excess of $1 billion; (ii) damages for real and personal property and other economic losses of not less than $600 million; (iii) double the amount of property and economic damages; (iv) treble damages for specific costs associated with loss of timber, trees and shrubbery; (v) double the damages for the costs of litigation and reforestation; (vi) prejudgment interest; and (vii) reasonable attorney fees, investigation costs and expert witness fees. The plaintiffs demand a trial by jury and have reserved their right to further amend the complaint to allege claims for punitive damages. In May 2022, the Multnomah Circuit Court granted issue class certification and consolidated this case with others as described below. PacifiCorp requested an immediate appeal of the issue class certification before the Oregon Court of Appeals.

On August 20, 2021, a complaint against PacifiCorp was filed, captioned Shylo Salter et al. v. PacifiCorp, Case No. 21CV33595, Multnomah County, Oregon, in which two complaints, Case No. 21CV09339 and Case No. 21CV09520, previously filed in Circuit Court, Marion County, Oregon, were combined. The plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed the previously filed complaints in Marion County, Oregon. The refiled complaint was filed by Oregon residents and businesses who allege that they were injured by the Beachie Creek fire, which the plaintiffs allege began on or around September 7, 2020, but which government reports indicate began on or around August 16, 2020. The complaint alleges that PacifiCorp's assets contributed to the Beachie Creek fire and that PacifiCorp acted with gross negligence, among other things. The complaint seeks the following damages: (i) damages related to real and personal property in an amount determined by the jury to be fair and reasonable, estimated not to exceed $75 million; (ii) other economic losses in an amount determined by the jury to be fair and reasonable, but not to exceed $75 million; (iii) noneconomic damages in the amount determined by the jury to be fair and reasonable, but not to exceed $500 million; (iv) double the damages for economic and property damages under specified Oregon statutes; (v) alternatively, treble the damages under specified Oregon statutes; (vi) attorneys' fees and other costs; and (vii) pre- and post-judgment interest. The plaintiffs demand a trial by jury and have reserved their right to amend the complaint with an intent to add a claim for punitive damages. In May 2022, this case was consolidated with others as described below.

In May 2022, the Multnomah Circuit Court granted plaintiffs' motion to consolidate Shylo Salter et al. v. PacifiCorp, Case No. 21CV33595 (described above) and Amy Allen, et al. v. PacifiCorp, Case No. 20CV37430 ("Allen") into Jeanyne James et al. v. PacifiCorp et al., Case No. 20CV33885 (described above). Plaintiffs' motion to bifurcate issues for trial between class-wide liability and individual damages was also granted. The Allen case was filed by five individuals as amended in September 2021 claiming in excess of $32 million in economic and noneconomic damages, as well as claims for statutory doubling or trebling of damages, attorneys' fees and other costs and pre- and post-judgment interest.

In June 2022, an amended complaint against PacifiCorp was filed, captioned Tim Goforth et al. v. PacifiCorp, Case No. 20CV37637, Douglas County, Oregon, in which a previously filed complaint associated with the Archie Creek, Susan Creek and Smith Springs Road fires in Douglas County in September 2020 was amended to add punitive damages. The complaint alleges (i) PacifiCorp's conduct not only constituted common law negligence but gross negligence and contributed to or was the cause of ignition and spread of the aforementioned fires; (ii) PacifiCorp violated certain Oregon rules and regulations; and (iii) as an alternative to negligence, inverse condemnation. The complaint seeks the following damages: (i) economic and property damages of $11 million under a determination of negligence or inverse condemnation and subject to doubling under Oregon statute if applicable; (ii) doubling of those economic and property damages to $22 million under a determination of gross negligence; (iii) damages for injuries in excess of $47 million; (iv) punitive damages not to exceed 10 times the amount of non-economic damages awarded; (v) all costs of the lawsuit; (vi) pre- and post-judgment interest as allowed by law; and (vii) attorneys' fees and other costs.

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On August 26, 2022, a putative class action complaint seeking declaratory and equitable relief against PacifiCorp was filed, captioned Margaret Dietrich et al. v. PacifiCorp, Case No. 22CV29187, Circuit Court, Multnomah County, Oregon. The complaint was filed by two Oregon residents individually and on behalf of a class initially defined to include residents of, business owners in, real or personal property owners in and any other individuals physically present in specified Oregon counties as of September 7, 2020 who experienced any harm, damage or loss as a result of the Santiam, Beachie Creek, Lionshead, Echo Mountain Complex, Two Four Two or South Obenchain fires in September 2020. The complaint was amended on September 6, 2022, to seek damages of over $900 million that were originally demanded on August 4, 2022, pursuant to Oregon Rule of Civil Procedure 32 H. The amended complaint alleges: (i) negligence due to alleged failure to comply with certain Oregon statutes and administrative rules; (ii) gross negligence due to alleged conscious indifference to or reckless disregard for the probable consequences of defendant's actions or inactions; (iii) private nuisance; (iv) public nuisance; (v) trespass; (vi) inverse condemnation; (vii) accounting/injunction; (viii) negligent infliction of emotional distress. The amended complaint seeks the following: (i) an order certifying the matter as a class action; (ii) economic damages not less than $400 million; (iii) double the amount of economic and property damages to the extent applicable under Oregon statute; (iv) reasonable costs of reforestation activities; (v) doubling and trebling of certain other damages to the extent applicable under certain Oregon statutes; (vi) noneconomic damages not less than $500 million; (vii) prejudgment interest; (viii) an order requiring an accounting with respect to the amount of damages; (ix) an order enjoining PacifiCorp from leaving power lines energized in areas of Oregon experiencing extremely critical fire conditions; (x) an award of reasonable attorney fees, costs, investigation costs, disbursements and expert witness fees; and (xi) other relief the court finds appropriate. The plaintiffs and proposed class demand a trial by jury.

On September 1, 2022, a complaint against PacifiCorp was filed, captioned Martin Klinger et al. v. PacifiCorp, Case No. 22CV29674, Multnomah County, Oregon ("Klinger"). The complaint was filed by Oregon residents or Oregon property owners who allege damages resulting from the September 2020 Echo Mountain Complex fires. The allegations made and damages sought are described below.

On September 1, 2022, a complaint against PacifiCorp was filed, captioned Aaron Macy-Wyngarden et al. v. PacifiCorp, Case No. 22CV29684, Multnomah County, Oregon ("Macy-Wyngarden"). The complaint was filed by Oregon residents or Oregon property owners who allege injuries and damages resulting from the September 2020 Beachie Creek, Santiam Canyon, Lionshead and Riverside fires. The allegations made and damages sought are described below.

On September 1, 2022, a complaint against PacifiCorp was filed, captioned Jeremiah E. Bowen et al. v. PacifiCorp, Case No. 22CV29681, Multnomah County, Oregon ("Bowen"). The complaint was filed by Oregon residents, occupants and real and personal property owners who allege injuries and damages resulting from the September 2020 Echo Mountain Complex fires. The allegations made and damages sought are described below.

On September 1, 2022, a complaint against PacifiCorp was filed, captioned James Weathers et al. v. PacifiCorp, Case No. 22CV29683, Multnomah County, Oregon ("Weathers"). The complaint was filed by Oregon residents, occupants and real and personal property owners who allege injuries and damages resulting from the September 2020 Echo Mountain Complex fires. The allegations made and damages sought are described below.

On September 6, 2022, a complaint against PacifiCorp was filed, captioned Blair Barnholdt et al. v. PacifiCorp, Case No. 22CV30097, Multnomah County, Oregon ("Barnholdt"). The complaint was filed by Oregon residents or Oregon property owners who allege damages resulting from the September 2020 Echo Mountain Complex fires. The allegations made and damages sought are described below.

On September 7, 2022, a complaint against PacifiCorp was filed, captioned Willard K. Pratt et al. v. PacifiCorp, Case No. 22CV30217, Multnomah County, Oregon ("Pratt"). The complaint was filed by Oregon residents, occupants and real and personal property owners who allege injuries and damages resulting from the September 2020 Echo Mountain Complex fires. The allegations made and damages sought are described below.

On September 7, 2022, a complaint against PacifiCorp was filed, captioned April Thompson et al. v. PacifiCorp, Case No. 22CV30451, Multnomah County, Oregon ("Thompson"). The complaint was filed by Oregon residents, occupants and real and personal property owners who allege injuries and damages resulting from the September 2020 Echo Mountain Complex fires. The allegations made and damages sought are described below.

On September 22, 2022, a complaint against PacifiCorp was filed, captioned Zachary Bogle et al. v. PacifiCorp, Case No. 22CV29717, Multnomah County, Oregon ("Bogle"). The complaint was filed by Oregon residents who allege injuries and damages resulting from the September 2020 Beachie Creek, Santiam Canyon, Lionshead and Riverside fires. The allegations made and damages sought are described below.
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The Klinger, Macy-Wyngarden, Bowen, Weathers, Barnholdt, Pratt, Thompson and Bogle complaints each allege: (i) negligence due in part to alleged failure to comply with certain Oregon statutes and administrative rules, including those issued by the OPUC; (ii) gross negligence alleged in the form of willful, wanton and reckless disregard of known risks to the public; (iii) trespass; (iv) nuisance; and (v) inverse condemnation. The Klinger, Macy-Wyngarden, Bowen, Weathers, Barnholdt, Pratt, Thompson and Bogle complaints each seek the following damages: (i) economic and property related damages of $83 million; (ii) doubling of those economic and property related damages to $167 million to the extent eligible for doubling of damages under the specified Oregon statute; (iii) non-economic damages to the plaintiffs' persons in an amount not less than $83 million for physical injury, mental suffering, emotional distress and other damages; (iv) loss of wages, loss of earnings capacity, evacuation expenses, displacement expenses and similar damages; (v) attorneys' fees and other costs; and (vii) pre-judgment interest. The plaintiffs for each Klinger, Macy-Wyngarden, Bowen, Weathers, Barnholdt, Pratt, Thompson and Bogle request a trial by jury and have reserved their right to amend the complaint to add a claim for punitive damages.

Other individual lawsuits alleging similar claims have been filed in Oregon and California related to the 2020 Wildfires, including multiple complaints filed in California for the September 2020 Slater Fire. Multiple complaints have also been filed in California for the 2022 McKinney fire. The complaints filed in California do not specify damages sought. Investigations into the causes and origins of those wildfires are ongoing. For more information regarding certain legal proceedings affecting Berkshire Hathaway Energy, refer to Note 8 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of Berkshire Hathaway Energy in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q, and PacifiCorp, refer to Note 9 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of PacifiCorp in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q.

PacifiCorp

On March 17, 2022, a complaint against PacifiCorp was filed, captioned Roseburg Resources Co et al. v. PacifiCorp, Case No. 22CV09346, Circuit Court, Douglas County, Oregon. The complaint was filed by nine businesses and public pension plans that own and/or operate timberlands or possess property in Douglas County who allege damages, losses and injuries associated with their timberlands as a result of the French Creek, Archie Creek, Susan Creek and Smith Springs Road fires in Douglas County in September 2020. The complaint alleges (i) PacifiCorp's conduct constituted not only common law negligence but also gross negligence and that such conduct contributed to or caused the ignition and spread of the aforementioned fires; (ii) PacifiCorp violated certain Oregon rules and regulations; and (iii) as an alternative to negligence, inverse condemnation. The complaint seeks the following damages as amended: (i) economic and property damages in excess of $195 million under a determination of negligence or inverse condemnation; (ii) doubling of those economic damages to in excess of $390 million under a determination of gross negligence pursuant to Oregon statutes; (iii) all costs of the lawsuit; (iv) prejudgment and post-judgment interest as allowed by law; and (v) attorneys' fees and other costs.

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Item 1A.Risk Factors

There has been no material change to each Registrant's risk factors from those disclosed in Item 1A of each Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, except as disclosed below. There has been no material change to EGTS' risk factors from those disclosed in EGTS' Form S-4 (SEC Registration No. 333-266049), as amended.

Potential terrorist activities and the impact of military or other actions, including sanctions, export controls and similar measures, could adversely affect each Registrant's financial results.

The ongoing threat of terrorism and the impact of military or other actions by nations or politically, ethnically or religiously motivated organizations regionally or globally may create increased political, economic, social and financial market instability, which could subject each Registrant's operations to increased risks. Additionally, the U.S. government has issued warnings that energy assets, specifically pipeline, nuclear generation, transmission and other electric utility infrastructure, are potential targets for terrorist attacks. Further, the potential or actual outbreak of war or other hostilities, such as Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and the resulting economic sanctions on Russia and the sale of Russian natural gas and petroleum, as well as the existing and potential further responses from Russia or other countries to such sanctions and military actions, could adversely affect global and regional economies and financial markets. For instance, the current ban on imports of Russian oil, liquefied natural gas and coal to the U.S. could contribute to increases in prices for such commodities in the U.S. and elsewhere which could adversely affect each Registrant's business. Further, each Registrant's business must be conducted in compliance with applicable economic and trade sanctions laws and regulations, including those administered and enforced by the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the United Nations Security Council and other relevant governmental authorities in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom and European Union, which include sanctions that could potentially restrict or prohibit each Registrant's relationships with certain suppliers and customers. Political, economic, social or financial market instability or damage to or interference with the operating assets of the Registrants, customers or suppliers, or continued increases in the price of natural gas and other petroleum commodities may result in business interruptions, lost revenue, higher costs, disruption in fuel supplies, lower energy consumption and unstable markets, particularly with respect to electricity and natural gas, and increased security, repair or other costs, any of which may materially adversely affect each Registrant in ways that cannot be predicted at this time. Any of these risks could materially affect its consolidated financial results. Furthermore, instability in the financial markets as a result of terrorism or war could also materially adversely affect each Registrant's ability to raise capital.

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

Information regarding Berkshire Hathaway Energy's and PacifiCorp's mine safety violations and other legal matters disclosed in accordance with Section 1503(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is included in Exhibit 95 to this Form 10-Q.

Item 5.Other Information

Not applicable.

Item 6.Exhibits

The following is a list of exhibits filed as part of this Quarterly Report.

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Exhibit No.Description

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY ENERGY
4.1
4.2
10.1
15.1
31.1
31.2
32.1
32.2

PACIFICORP
15.2
31.3
31.4
32.3
32.4

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY ENERGY AND PACIFICORP
10.2
95

MIDAMERICAN ENERGY
15.3
31.5
31.6
32.5
32.6
197


Exhibit No.Description

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY ENERGY AND MIDAMERICAN ENERGY
10.3

MIDAMERICAN FUNDING
31.7
31.8
32.7
32.8

NEVADA POWER
15.4
31.9
31.10
32.9
32.10

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY ENERGY AND NEVADA POWER
4.3
10.4

SIERRA PACIFIC
10.5
31.11
31.12
32.11
32.12


198


Exhibit No.Description

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY ENERGY AND SIERRA PACIFIC
4.4
4.5
4.6
10.6

EASTERN ENERGY GAS
31.13
31.14
32.13
32.14

EASTERN GAS TRANSMISSION AND STORAGE
31.15
31.16
32.15
32.16

ALL REGISTRANTS
101
The following financial information from each respective Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2022, is formatted in iXBRL (Inline 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.
104Cover Page Interactive Data File formatted in iXBRL (Inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language) and contained in Exhibit 101.
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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.

 BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY ENERGY COMPANY
Date: November 4, 2022/s/ Calvin D. Haack
 Calvin D. Haack
 Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 (principal financial and accounting officer)
 PACIFICORP
Date: November 4, 2022/s/ Nikki L. Kobliha
 Nikki L. Kobliha
 Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
 (principal financial and accounting officer)
 MIDAMERICAN FUNDING, LLC
 MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY
Date: November 4, 2022/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)
NEVADA POWER COMPANY
Date: November 4, 2022/s/ Michael E. Cole
Michael E. Cole
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(principal financial and accounting officer)
SIERRA PACIFIC POWER COMPANY
Date: November 4, 2022/s/ Michael E. Cole
Michael E. Cole
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(principal financial and accounting officer)
EASTERN ENERGY GAS HOLDINGS, LLC
Date: November 4, 2022/s/ Scott C. Miller
Scott C. Miller
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(principal financial and accounting officer)
EASTERN GAS TRANSMISSION AND STORAGE, INC.
Date: November 4, 2022/s/ Scott C. Miller
Scott C. Miller
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(principal financial and accounting officer)
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