Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, a member of the Board of Directors or an officer of MIDAMERICAN
ENERGY HOLDINGS COMPANY, an Iowa corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes
and appoints Steven A. McArthur and Paul J. Leighton and each of them, as
his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for and in his/her stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign on his/her behalf the Company's Form 10-K Annual Report for
the fiscal year ending December 31, 2000 and to execute any amendments thereto
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and applicable
stock exchanges, with the full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing necessary or advisable to all intents and purposes as he/she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact and agent, or his/her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Executed as of March 30, 2001
/s/ David L. Sokol /s/ Gregory E. Abel
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DAVID L. SOKOL GREGORY E. ABEL
/s/ Patrick J. Goodman /s/ Stanley J. Bright
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PATRICK J. GOODMAN STANLEY J. BRIGHT
/s/ Edgar D. Aronson /s/ Walter Scott Jr.
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EDGAR D. ARONSON WALTER SCOTT, JR.
/s/ Warren Buffett
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RICHARD R. JAROS WARREN BUFFETT
/s/ Marc D. Hamburg /s/ W. David Scott
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MARC D. HAMBURG W. DAVID SCOTT
/s/ John Boyer
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JOHN BOYER