EXHIBIT 99.8


                       MIDAMERICAN ENERGY HOLDINGS COMPANY

                                OFFER TO EXCHANGE
                    UP TO $500,000,000 IN PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF
                          5.875% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2012
                                       FOR
                             ALL OF ITS OUTSTANDING
                     5.875% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2012 ISSUED AND
                 SOLD IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION
                  UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED


To Securities Dealers, Commercial Banks
     Trust Companies and Other Nominees:

     Enclosed for your consideration is a Prospectus dated _____, 200  (as the
same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the "Prospectus") and a
form of Letter of Transmittal (the "Letter of Transmittal") relating to the
offer (the "Exchange Offer") by MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company (the
"Company") to exchange up to $500,000,000 in principal amount of its 5.875%
Senior Notes due 2012 (the "Exchange Notes") for all of its outstanding 5.875%
Senior Notes due 2012, issued and sold in a transaction exempt from registration
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Original Notes").

     We are asking you to contact your clients for whom you hold Original Notes
registered in your name or in the name of your nominee. In addition, we ask you
to contact your clients who, to your knowledge, hold Original Notes registered
in their own name. The Company will not pay any fees or commissions to any
broker, dealer or other person in connection with the solicitation of tenders
pursuant to the Exchange Offer. You will, however, be reimbursed by the Company
for customary mailing and handling expenses incurred by you in forwarding any of
the enclosed materials to your clients. The Company will pay all transfer taxes,
if any, applicable to the tender of Original Notes to it or its order, except as
otherwise provided in the Prospectus and the Letter of Transmittal.

     Enclosed are copies of the following documents:

     1.   The Prospectus;

     2.   A Letter of Transmittal for your use in connection with the tender of
          Original Notes and for the information of your clients;

     3.   A form of letter that may be sent to your clients for whose accounts
          you hold Original Notes registered in your name or the name of your
          nominee, with space provided for obtaining the clients' instructions
          with regard to the Exchange Offer; and

     4.   A form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.



     Your prompt action is requested. The Exchange Offer will expire at 5:00
p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on       , 200 , unless extended (the "Expiration
Date"). Original Notes tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be withdrawn,
subject to the procedures described in the Prospectus, at any time prior to the
Expiration Date.

     To tender Original Notes, certificates for Original Notes or a Book-Entry
Confirmation, a duly executed and properly completed Letter of Transmittal or a
facsimile thereof, and any other required documents, must be received by the
Exchange Agent as provided in the Prospectus and the Letter of Transmittal.

     Additional copies of the enclosed material may be obtained from The Bank of
New York, the Exchange Agent, by calling 212-815-5920.

     NOTHING HEREIN OR IN THE ENCLOSED DOCUMENTS SHALL CONSTITUTE YOU OR ANY
PERSON AS AN AGENT OF THE COMPANY OR THE EXCHANGE AGENT, OR AUTHORIZE YOU OR ANY
OTHER PERSON TO MAKE ANY STATEMENTS ON BEHALF OF EITHER OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO
THE EXCHANGE OFFER, EXCEPT FOR STATEMENTS EXPRESSLY MADE IN THE PROSPECTUS AND
THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.