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<LEGEND>
     This schedule  contains summary  financial  information  extracted from the
consolidated  balance  sheet  of  MidAmerican  Energy  Holdings  Company  as  of
September 30, 1999,  and the related  consolidated  statements of operations and
cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 1999, and is qualified in its
entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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