<ARTICLE>                                           UT
<LEGEND>
This  schedule  contains  summary  financial   information  extracted  from  the
consolidated  balance  sheet of  MidAmerican  Energy  Company as of December 31,
1995, and the related  consolidated  statements of income and cash flows for the
twelve  months  ended  December  31,  1995,  and is qualified in its entirety by
reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
<RESTATED>
<MULTIPLIER>1,000
       
                             
<PERIOD-TYPE>                   12-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                              DEC-31-1995
<PERIOD-START>                                 JAN-01-1995
<PERIOD-END>                                   DEC-31-1995
<BOOK-VALUE>                                   PER-BOOK
<TOTAL-NET-UTILITY-PLANT>                      2,654,549
<OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST>                    821,150
<TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS>                         364,706
<TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES>                       414,938
<OTHER-ASSETS>                                 212,148
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                                 4,467,491
<COMMON>                                       801,227
<CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN>                      0
<RETAINED-EARNINGS>                            430,589
<TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ>                 1,225,715
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                          50,000
<PREFERRED>                                    89,945
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET>                           1,403,322
<SHORT-TERM-NOTES>                             0
<LONG-TERM-NOTES-PAYABLE>                      0
<COMMERCIAL-PAPER-OBLIGATIONS>                 184,800
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-CURRENT-PORT>                  65,295
<PREFERRED-STOCK-CURRENT>                      0
<CAPITAL-LEASE-OBLIGATIONS>                    0
<LEASES-CURRENT>                               0
<OTHER-ITEMS-CAPITAL-AND-LIAB>                 1,448,414
<TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB>                  4,467,491
<GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE>                      1,649,341
<INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE>                           66,803<F1>
<OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                     1,356,987
<TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                     1,356,987
<OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS>                        292,354
<OTHER-INCOME-NET>                             14,719<F2>
<INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN>                 307,073
<TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE>                       109,447
<NET-INCOME>                                   130,823
<PREFERRED-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                    8,059
<EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM>                  122,764
<COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                       118,828
<TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS>                      80,133
<CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS>                         350,974
<EPS-PRIMARY>                                  1.22
<EPS-DILUTED>                                  1.22
<FN>
<F1>Tag 37 includes operating and nonoperating income taxes and is excluded
from operating expenses in Tag 39 and on the Consolidated Statement of Income.
<F2>Tag 41 includes $3,059,000 of Income from Discontinued Operations, net of
income taxes.
</FN>