POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned directors
and/or officers of MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, an Iowa corporation (the
"Company"), and/or trustees and/or officers of CalEnergy Capital Trust II,
CalEnergy Capital Trust III, CalEnergy Capital Trust IV, CalEnergy Capital Trust
V and/or CalEnergy Capital Trust VI, each a Delaware business trust
(collectively, with the Company, the "Registrants"), constitutes and appoints
Steven A. McArthur his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statements of the
Registrants (Reg. Nos. 33-26296, 33-38431, 33-41152, 33-44934, 33-52147,
33-64897, 333-30395, 333-30537, 333-45615 and 333-62697), and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and
agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand
this 11th day of May 1999.
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David L. Sokol
/s/ Edgar D. Aronson
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Edgar D. Aronson
/s/ Judith E. Ayres
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Judith E. Ayres
/s/ Terry E. Branstad
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Terry E. Branstad
/s/ Stanley J. Bright
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Stanley J. Bright
/s/ Jack W. Eugster
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Jack W. Eugster
/s/ Richard R. Jaros
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Richard R. Jaros
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David R. Morris
/s/ Robert L. Peterson
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Robert L. Peterson
/s/ Bernard W. Reznicek
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Bernard W. Reznicek
/s/ Walter Scott, Jr.
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Walter Scott, Jr.
/s/ John R. Shiner
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John R. Shiner
/s/ Neville G. Trotter
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Neville G. Trotter
/s/ David E. Wit
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David E. Wit
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