Midamerican

Gas Utility Customers Mostly Satisfied, Says Survey

A new survey conducted by J.D. Power and Associates found that while business customers’ satisfaction with their gas utility company remained flat, less than a third were familiar with the energy-savings programs the utilities provide.

March 21, 2011

CPUC Okays PacifiCorp Sale to MidAmerican; Two States Left

Continuing the momentum that began earlier this month, MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. (MEHC) gained approval Thursday from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for its proposed $9.4 billion purchase of ScottishPower’s PacifiCorp utility operations.

February 20, 2006

Northern Natural Proposes Capacity Upgrades at Midwest Storage Facilities

MidAmerican Energy’s Northern Natural Gas pipeline on Friday filed concurrent requests at FERC to increase the capacity of its storage facilities in Iowa and Kansas.

September 20, 2005

Five Northern Natural Employees Injured in Fire at Bushton Station

MidAmerican Energy Holdings subsidiary Northern Natural Gas said five employees were injured, none seriously, in an explosion and fire Tuesday morning at its Bushton Compressor Station in central Kansas. The company said the explosion did not disrupt market deliveries but gas did have to be rerouted around the station.

April 2, 2003

El Paso Takes 50% Stake in CalEnergy Power Company

In an effort to smooth the way for FERC approval of its mergerwith MidAmerican, CalEnergy sold a 50% stake in power generationsubsidiary CE Generation LLC to El Paso Energy last week for $259.6million, including $236.1 million in cash and $23.5 million in debtand other payments. CE Generation is the holding company for 14U.S. power plants with capacity to produce 896 MW of electricity.

March 1, 1999