Mail Stop 3561 								August 9, 2005 Via US Mail and Facsimile Ms. Andrea Scheidel Vice President and Controller MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company 302 South 36th Street, Suite 400 Omaha, NE 68131 Re:	CE Generation, LLC 	Form 10-K for the Year Ended December 31, 2004 	Form 10-Q for the Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2005 	File No. 333-89521 Dear Ms. Scheidel: We have reviewed your response dated August 2, 2005 to our comment letter dated July 20, 2005 and have the following additional comment. Form 10-K for the Year Ended December 31, 2004 Financial Statements, page 22 Note 5. Project Loans, page 33 1. We note you have excluded the amounts of certain pledged assets in computing the amount of restricted net assets of the consolidated subsidiaries. Rule 4-08(e)(3) states that debt secured by certain of a subsidiary`s assets does not constitute a restriction under the rule, however, please explain to us your basis for excluding the amounts of such assets from your computation. Refer to Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 6:K2, Financial Reporting Codification 213.02 and additional guidance which may be found on our website at http://www.sec.gov/interps/account/sabcodet6.htm#6k2a. Further, please tell us and disclose in future filings the amount of retained earnings restricted. See Rule 4-08(e). As appropriate, please respond to this comment within 10 business days or tell us when you will provide us with a response. Please file your response letter on EDGAR as a correspondence file. Please understand that we may have additional comments after reviewing your response to our comment. You may contact Donna Di Silvio at (202) 551-3202 if you have questions, or in her absence, to the undersigned at (202) 551- 3841. Sincerely, 								Michael Moran 								Branch Chief ?? ?? ?? ?? Ms. Andrea Scheidel MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company August 9, 2005 Page 1