Employee Benefit Plans (LLC) (MidAmerican Funding, LLC and Subsidiaries [Domain])

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

MidAmerican Funding, LLC and Subsidiaries [Domain]

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements [Line Items]

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure [Text Block]

(12) Employee Benefit Plans

Refer to Note 12 of MidAmerican Energy's Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information regarding MidAmerican Funding's pension, supplemental retirement and postretirement benefit plans.

Pension and postretirement costs allocated by MidAmerican Funding to its parent and other affiliates in each of the years ended December 31, were as follows (in millions):

	2011			2010			2009
Pension costs	$	5		$	7		$	8
Other postretirement costs	(1		)	(1		)	—