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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY ENERGY COMPANY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Des Moines, Iowa 50309-2580</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Long-Term Incentive Partnership Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Executive Voluntary Deferred Compensation Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plans) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Natalie L.
Hocken, Esq. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Senior Vice President and General Counsel </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>825 NE Multnomah, Suite 2000 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Portland, Oregon 97232 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(503) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">813-7205</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copy to: </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>J. Alan
Bannister, Esq. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Gibson, Dunn&nbsp;&amp; Crutcher LLP </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>200 Park Avenue </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>New
York, New York 10166-0193 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(212) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">351-4000</FONT> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT>
filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company,&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
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for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (this &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) is filed by
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company, an Iowa corporation (&#147;BHE&#148;), relating to an aggregate of up to $80,000,000 of BHE Deferred Compensation Obligations (as defined below) issuable under (i)&nbsp;the Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company
Long-Term Incentive Partnership Plan, as amended and restated on December&nbsp;31, 2021, as further amended from time to time (the &#147;LTIP Plan&#148;), and (ii)&nbsp;the Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company Executive Voluntary Deferred Compensation
Plan, formerly known as the MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company Executive Voluntary Deferred Compensation Plan, restated effective as of January&nbsp;1, 2007, as amended from time to time (the &#147;Executive Plan&#148; and, collectively with the
LTIP Plan, the &#147;Plans&#148;), which $80,000,000 of BHE Deferred Compensation Obligations is in addition to (1)&nbsp;the $40,000,000 of BHE Deferred Compensation Obligations registered on BHE&#146;s registration statement on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on November&nbsp;21, 2018 (No. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-228511),</FONT> (2) the $20,000,000 of BHE Deferred Compensation
Obligations registered on BHE&#146;s registration statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> filed with the Commission on December&nbsp;7, 2016 (No. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-214946)</FONT> and (3)&nbsp;the $45,000,000
of BHE Deferred Compensation Obligations registered on BHE&#146;s registration statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> filed with the Commission on December&nbsp;10, 2007 (No.
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-147957).</FONT> </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents, filed with the Commission by BHE, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1081316/000108131623000005/bhe-20221231.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> filed by BHE for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2022; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the Quarterly Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> filed by BHE for the quarterly periods
ended <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1081316/000108131623000020/bhe-20230331.htm">March<U></U>&nbsp;
31, 2023</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1081316/000108131623000028/bhe-20230630.htm">June<U></U>&nbsp;
30, 2023</A> and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1081316/000108131623000032/bhe-20230930.htm">September<U></U>&nbsp;30, 2023</A>; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the Current Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed by BHE on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001081316/000108131623000014/bhe-20230425.htm">April
<U></U>&nbsp;25, 2023</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001081316/000108131623000024/bhe-20230612.htm">June<U></U>&nbsp;
16, 2023</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001081316/000119312523184709/d444781d8k.htm">July<U></U>&nbsp;
10, 2023</A> and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1081316/000119312523227676/d549808d8k.htm">September<U></U>&nbsp;1, 2023</A>. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents and other reports filed by BHE with the Commission pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered pursuant to this Registration
Statement have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents, except that we
are not incorporating by reference any information we furnish (but do not file) under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> or Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K/A.</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in any other subsequently filed document which is also incorporated herein by reference, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this Registration Statement except as so modified or superseded. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The securities registered under this Registration Statement represent the unsecured obligations of BHE to pay voluntarily deferred
compensation, including notional earnings and returns thereon, in the future in accordance with the terms of the Plans (&#147;BHE Deferred Compensation Obligations&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">BHE is offering an aggregate of up to $80,000,000 of BHE Deferred Compensation Obligations under the Plans pursuant to this Registration
Statement. Such amount represents the Company&#146;s (as defined below) estimate of the aggregate compensation to be deferred by participants under the Plans during the three-year period commencing on the initial effective date of this Registration
Statement. As of September&nbsp;30, 2023, an aggregate of $133,593,490 of BHE Deferred Compensation Obligations were outstanding under the Plans. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The LTIP Plan provides for a mandatory deferral of certain incentive compensation awards for selected key employees of BHE and certain of its
corporate affiliates whose employees participate in the Plans (each an &#147;Affiliate Employer&#148;). BHE and the Affiliate Employers are sometimes hereinafter collectively referred to as the &#147;Company&#148;. Mandatory deferrals under the LTIP
Plan are subject to vesting and forfeiture provisions. Once vested, these deferred LTIP awards may be further deferred on a voluntary basis, with any such deferral to be governed by the LTIP Plan. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Executive Plan provides participating employees of the Company with the opportunity to
voluntarily defer the payment of a portion of their compensation earned in any year, excluding incentive awards under the LTIP Plan. In addition, the Company may contribute additional amounts to employee deferral accounts under the Executive Plan.
Company contributions under the Executive Plan may also be subject to vesting and forfeiture provisions established by BHE. Voluntary deferrals under the Executive Plan are always fully vested. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Amounts deferred under the Plans will be credited to one or more bookkeeping accounts on the books of BHE. Amounts voluntarily deferred under
the LTIP Plan receive a rate of return based on the performance of investment funds selected by participants in the LTIP Plan pursuant to conditions established by BHE. Deferred amounts under the Executive Plan receive a rate of return based on the
performance of investment funds selected by the participant from a list of investment options offered by BHE. The value of the deferral accounts will be based on the amount deferred and the performance of the investment funds, as applicable. The
rate of return attributed to deferrals under the Plans are unsecured obligations of BHE based on notional investments and no deferrals are required to actually be invested in any investment fund. As such, Plan participants will not have any
ownership interest in any investment fund or while their compensation is deferred under the Plan. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The BHE Deferred Compensation
Obligations will be settled in a lump sum payment or a series of installment payments on the elected distribution date or dates or upon the termination of the Plan participant&#146;s employment with the Company. In addition, under certain
circumstances, a Plan participant may request an earlier settlement pursuant to a fixed schedule elected by the participant or on account of an unforeseeable emergency. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The BHE Deferred Compensation Obligations to pay deferred compensation obligations under the Plans are unsecured general obligations of BHE to
pay the value of the deferred compensation accounts in the future as adjusted to reflect the notional gains and losses resulting from the performance of the selected investment funds in accordance with the terms of the Plans. BHE&#146;s obligation
to pay BHE Deferred Compensation Obligations will rank <I>pari passu</I> in right of payment with all of BHE&#146;s existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness from time to time outstanding and is, therefore, subject to the risks
of BHE&#146;s insolvency. BHE&#146;s obligation to pay BHE Deferred Compensation Obligations will also effectively be subordinated to (i)&nbsp;all of BHE&#146;s existing and future secured obligations and (ii)&nbsp;all existing and future
obligations of BHE&#146;s subsidiaries. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A significant portion of BHE&#146;s capital structure is comprised of debt, and BHE expects to
incur additional debt in the future to fund items such as, among others, acquisitions, capital investments and the development and construction of new or expanded facilities. As of September&nbsp;30, 2023, BHE had the following outstanding
obligations: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">senior unsecured debt of $13.6&nbsp;billion; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">junior subordinated debentures of $100&nbsp;million; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">guarantees and letters of credit in respect of subsidiaries, equity method investments and other related parties
aggregating $2.7&nbsp;billion. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">BHE&#146;s consolidated subsidiaries also have significant amounts of outstanding debt,
which totaled $39.9&nbsp;billion as of September&nbsp;30, 2023. These amounts exclude (i)&nbsp;trade debt, (ii)&nbsp;preferred stock obligations, (iii)&nbsp;letters of credit in respect of subsidiary debt, and (iv)&nbsp;BHE&#146;s share of the
outstanding debt of its own or its subsidiaries&#146; equity method investments. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The terms of the Plans and the BHE Deferred Compensation
Obligations and the terms of BHE&#146;s other debt do not limit BHE&#146;s ability or the ability of BHE&#146;s subsidiaries, including any Affiliate Employer, to incur additional debt. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The BHE Deferred Compensation Obligations cannot be transferred, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and except with
respect to a payment required under a domestic relations order under Section&nbsp;414(p)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Plans may at any time or from time to time be amended, modified or terminated by BHE,
provided that no amendment or termination under the LTIP Plan may be made to reduce any accrued deferred amounts as of the date of such amendment. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The legality of securities being offered hereby will be passed upon by Jeffery B. Erb, Vice President, Chief Corporate Counsel and Corporate
Secretary. Mr.&nbsp;Erb is eligible to participate in the Plans. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="10%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;6.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Sections <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">490.850-490.859</FONT> of the Iowa Business Corporation Act permit corporations organized thereunder
to indemnify directors, officers, employees and agents against liability under certain circumstances. The Third Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (the &#147;Articles&#148;) and the Amended and Restated Bylaws (the &#147;Bylaws&#148;) of
BHE provide for indemnification of directors, officers and employees to the full extent provided by the Iowa Business Corporation Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As
permitted by Section&nbsp;490.202 of the Iowa Business Corporation Act and Article VII of the Articles, no director shall be personally liable to BHE or its shareholders for money damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for
liability: (i)&nbsp;for any action not in good faith or which the director did not reasonably believe to be in the best interests of BHE; (ii)&nbsp;for any receipt of a financial benefit to which the director was not entitled; (iii)&nbsp;for any
breach of the director&#146;s duty of fair dealing with BHE or its shareholders; or (iv)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;490.831, or a successor provision, of the Iowa Business Corporation Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">BHE&#146;s Articles and Bylaws provide that if the proceeding for which indemnification is sought is by or in the right of BHE,
indemnification may be made only for reasonable expenses and may not be made in any proceeding in which the person is adjudged liable to BHE. Further, any such person may not be indemnified in any proceeding that charges improper personal benefit to
the person in which the person is adjudged to be liable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">BHE&#146;s Articles and Bylaws allow BHE to maintain liability insurance to
protect itself and any director, officer, employee, or agent against any expense, liability or loss whether or not BHE would have the power to indemnify such person against such incurred expense, liability, or loss. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">BHE may also enter into indemnification agreements with certain directors and officers to further assure such persons&#146; indemnification as
permitted by Iowa law. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The rights to indemnification conferred on any person by BHE&#146;s Articles and Bylaws are not exclusive of any
right which any person may have or acquire under any statute, provision of BHE&#146;s Articles, Bylaws, agreement, or vote of shareholders or disinterested directors. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:10%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; display:table-cell; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; "><B>Description of Exhibits</B></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d493687dex5.htm">Opinion of Jeffery B. Erb </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>15</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d493687dex15.htm">Awareness Letter of Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche LLP </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.2</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d493687dex5.htm">Consent of Jeffery B. Erb (included in Exhibit 5) </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d493687ds8.htm#sig">Power of Attorney (reference is made to the signature page) </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1081316/000108131622000004/bhe123121ex1011.htm">Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company Long-Term Incentive Partnership Plan as Amended and Restated December&nbsp;
31, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to the Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2021)</A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1081316/000108131608000006/exh10-9.htm">Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company Executive Voluntary Deferred Compensation Plan restated effective as of January&nbsp;
1, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2007)</A></TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="10%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;9.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>UNDERTAKINGS </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">1.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement: </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(i)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">to include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(ii)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement
(or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(iii)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">provided, however,
that paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by BHE pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or
Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which
remain unsold at the termination of the offering. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each filing of BHE&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors,
officers and controlling persons of BHE pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, BHE has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by BHE of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of BHE in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, BHE will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a
court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Des Moines, State of Iowa, on
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>BERKSHIRE&nbsp;HATHAWAY&nbsp;ENERGY&nbsp;COMPANY</B></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Scott W. Thon</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">Scott W. Thon</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">President and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">(principal executive officer)</TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each of the undersigned officers and directors of Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company hereby severally constitute and
appoint Natalie L. Hocken and Jeffery B. Erb, and each of them, with full power to act without the other, as his or her true and lawful <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorney-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agent for
the undersigned, 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 to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, thereby ratifying and
confirming all that each said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorney-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities
and on the dates indicated: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date</B></P></TD></TR>


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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Scott W. Thon</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">President and Chief Executive Officer and Director (principal executive officer)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>December&nbsp;29, 2023</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Calvin D. Haack</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial and accounting officer)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>December&nbsp;29, 2023</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Gregory E. Abel</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Chair of the Board of Directors</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>December&nbsp;29, 2023</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Warren E. Buffett</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Warren E. Buffett</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>December&nbsp;29, 2023</TD></TR>
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 29, 2023
Registration
No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY ENERGY COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Iowa
94-2213782
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
666 Grand Avenue
Des Moines, Iowa 50309-2580
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company
Long-Term Incentive Partnership Plan
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company
Executive Voluntary Deferred Compensation Plan
(Full title of the plans)
Natalie L.
Hocken, Esq.
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company
825 NE Multnomah, Suite 2000
Portland, Oregon 97232
(503)
813-7205
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
J. Alan
Bannister, Esq.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
200 Park Avenue
New
York, New York 10166-0193
(212)
351-4000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated
filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule
12b-2
of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
☐
Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated filer
☒
Smaller reporting company
☐
Emerging growth company
☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form
S-8
(this "Registration Statement") is filed by
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company, an Iowa corporation ("BHE"), relating to an aggregate of up to $80,000,000 of BHE Deferred Compensation Obligations (as defined below) issuable under (i) the Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company
Long-Term Incentive Partnership Plan, as amended and restated on December 31, 2021, as further amended from time to time (the "LTIP Plan"), and (ii) the Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company Executive Voluntary Deferred Compensation
Plan, formerly known as the MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company Executive Voluntary Deferred Compensation Plan, restated effective as of January 1, 2007, as amended from time to time (the "Executive Plan" and, collectively with the
LTIP Plan, the "Plans"), which $80,000,000 of BHE Deferred Compensation Obligations is in addition to (1) the $40,000,000 of BHE Deferred Compensation Obligations registered on BHE's registration statement on Form
S-8
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on November 21, 2018 (No.
333-228511),
(2) the $20,000,000 of BHE Deferred Compensation
Obligations registered on BHE's registration statement on Form
S-8
filed with the Commission on December 7, 2016 (No.
333-214946)
and (3) the $45,000,000
of BHE Deferred Compensation Obligations registered on BHE's registration statement on Form
S-8
filed with the Commission on December 10, 2007 (No.
333-147957).
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents, filed with the Commission by BHE, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
•
the Annual Report on
Form
10-K
filed by BHE for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022;
•
the Quarterly Reports on Form
10-Q
filed by BHE for the quarterly periods
ended
March
31, 2023
,
June
30, 2023
and
September
30, 2023
; and
•
the Current Reports on Form
8-K
filed by BHE on
April
25, 2023
,
June
16, 2023
,
July
10, 2023
and
September
1, 2023
.
All documents and other reports filed by BHE with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered pursuant to this Registration
Statement have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents, except that we
are not incorporating by reference any information we furnish (but do not file) under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any Current Report on Form
8-K
or Form
8-K/A.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in any other subsequently filed document which is also incorporated herein by reference, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this Registration Statement except as so modified or superseded.
Item 4.
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
The securities registered under this Registration Statement represent the unsecured obligations of BHE to pay voluntarily deferred
compensation, including notional earnings and returns thereon, in the future in accordance with the terms of the Plans ("BHE Deferred Compensation Obligations").
BHE is offering an aggregate of up to $80,000,000 of BHE Deferred Compensation Obligations under the Plans pursuant to this Registration
Statement. Such amount represents the Company's (as defined below) estimate of the aggregate compensation to be deferred by participants under the Plans during the three-year period commencing on the initial effective date of this Registration
Statement. As of September 30, 2023, an aggregate of $133,593,490 of BHE Deferred Compensation Obligations were outstanding under the Plans.
The LTIP Plan provides for a mandatory deferral of certain incentive compensation awards for selected key employees of BHE and certain of its
corporate affiliates whose employees participate in the Plans (each an "Affiliate Employer"). BHE and the Affiliate Employers are sometimes hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Company". Mandatory deferrals under the LTIP
Plan are subject to vesting and forfeiture provisions. Once vested, these deferred LTIP awards may be further deferred on a voluntary basis, with any such deferral to be governed by the LTIP Plan.
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The Executive Plan provides participating employees of the Company with the opportunity to
voluntarily defer the payment of a portion of their compensation earned in any year, excluding incentive awards under the LTIP Plan. In addition, the Company may contribute additional amounts to employee deferral accounts under the Executive Plan.
Company contributions under the Executive Plan may also be subject to vesting and forfeiture provisions established by BHE. Voluntary deferrals under the Executive Plan are always fully vested.
Amounts deferred under the Plans will be credited to one or more bookkeeping accounts on the books of BHE. Amounts voluntarily deferred under
the LTIP Plan receive a rate of return based on the performance of investment funds selected by participants in the LTIP Plan pursuant to conditions established by BHE. Deferred amounts under the Executive Plan receive a rate of return based on the
performance of investment funds selected by the participant from a list of investment options offered by BHE. The value of the deferral accounts will be based on the amount deferred and the performance of the investment funds, as applicable. The
rate of return attributed to deferrals under the Plans are unsecured obligations of BHE based on notional investments and no deferrals are required to actually be invested in any investment fund. As such, Plan participants will not have any
ownership interest in any investment fund or while their compensation is deferred under the Plan.
The BHE Deferred Compensation
Obligations will be settled in a lump sum payment or a series of installment payments on the elected distribution date or dates or upon the termination of the Plan participant's employment with the Company. In addition, under certain
circumstances, a Plan participant may request an earlier settlement pursuant to a fixed schedule elected by the participant or on account of an unforeseeable emergency.
The BHE Deferred Compensation Obligations to pay deferred compensation obligations under the Plans are unsecured general obligations of BHE to
pay the value of the deferred compensation accounts in the future as adjusted to reflect the notional gains and losses resulting from the performance of the selected investment funds in accordance with the terms of the Plans. BHE's obligation
to pay BHE Deferred Compensation Obligations will rank
pari passu
in right of payment with all of BHE's existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness from time to time outstanding and is, therefore, subject to the risks
of BHE's insolvency. BHE's obligation to pay BHE Deferred Compensation Obligations will also effectively be subordinated to (i) all of BHE's existing and future secured obligations and (ii) all existing and future
obligations of BHE's subsidiaries.
A significant portion of BHE's capital structure is comprised of debt, and BHE expects to
incur additional debt in the future to fund items such as, among others, acquisitions, capital investments and the development and construction of new or expanded facilities. As of September 30, 2023, BHE had the following outstanding
obligations:
•
senior unsecured debt of $13.6 billion;
•
junior subordinated debentures of $100 million; and
•
guarantees and letters of credit in respect of subsidiaries, equity method investments and other related parties
aggregating $2.7 billion.
BHE's consolidated subsidiaries also have significant amounts of outstanding debt,
which totaled $39.9 billion as of September 30, 2023. These amounts exclude (i) trade debt, (ii) preferred stock obligations, (iii) letters of credit in respect of subsidiary debt, and (iv) BHE's share of the
outstanding debt of its own or its subsidiaries' equity method investments.
The terms of the Plans and the BHE Deferred Compensation
Obligations and the terms of BHE's other debt do not limit BHE's ability or the ability of BHE's subsidiaries, including any Affiliate Employer, to incur additional debt.
The BHE Deferred Compensation Obligations cannot be transferred, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and except with
respect to a payment required under a domestic relations order under Section 414(p)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
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The Plans may at any time or from time to time be amended, modified or terminated by BHE,
provided that no amendment or termination under the LTIP Plan may be made to reduce any accrued deferred amounts as of the date of such amendment.
Item 5.
INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
The legality of securities being offered hereby will be passed upon by Jeffery B. Erb, Vice President, Chief Corporate Counsel and Corporate
Secretary. Mr. Erb is eligible to participate in the Plans.
Item 6.
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Sections
490.850-490.859
of the Iowa Business Corporation Act permit corporations organized thereunder
to indemnify directors, officers, employees and agents against liability under certain circumstances. The Third Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (the "Articles") and the Amended and Restated Bylaws (the "Bylaws") of
BHE provide for indemnification of directors, officers and employees to the full extent provided by the Iowa Business Corporation Act.
As
permitted by Section 490.202 of the Iowa Business Corporation Act and Article VII of the Articles, no director shall be personally liable to BHE or its shareholders for money damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for
liability: (i) for any action not in good faith or which the director did not reasonably believe to be in the best interests of BHE; (ii) for any receipt of a financial benefit to which the director was not entitled; (iii) for any
breach of the director's duty of fair dealing with BHE or its shareholders; or (iv) under Section 490.831, or a successor provision, of the Iowa Business Corporation Act.
BHE's Articles and Bylaws provide that if the proceeding for which indemnification is sought is by or in the right of BHE,
indemnification may be made only for reasonable expenses and may not be made in any proceeding in which the person is adjudged liable to BHE. Further, any such person may not be indemnified in any proceeding that charges improper personal benefit to
the person in which the person is adjudged to be liable.
BHE's Articles and Bylaws allow BHE to maintain liability insurance to
protect itself and any director, officer, employee, or agent against any expense, liability or loss whether or not BHE would have the power to indemnify such person against such incurred expense, liability, or loss.
BHE may also enter into indemnification agreements with certain directors and officers to further assure such persons' indemnification as
permitted by Iowa law.
The rights to indemnification conferred on any person by BHE's Articles and Bylaws are not exclusive of any
right which any person may have or acquire under any statute, provision of BHE's Articles, Bylaws, agreement, or vote of shareholders or disinterested directors.
Item 7.
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Not applicable.
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Item 8.
EXHIBITS
Exhibit
No.
Description of Exhibits
5
Opinion of Jeffery B. Erb
15
Awareness Letter of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.2
Consent of Jeffery B. Erb (included in Exhibit 5)
24
Power of Attorney (reference is made to the signature page)
99.1
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company Long-Term Incentive Partnership Plan as Amended and Restated December 
31, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to the Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2021)
99.2
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company Executive Voluntary Deferred Compensation Plan restated effective as of January 
1, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2007)
107
Filing Fee Table
Item 9.
UNDERTAKINGS
1.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(a)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement:
(i)
to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)
to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement
(or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement; and
(iii)
to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
provided, however,
that paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by BHE pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(b)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which
remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
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2.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each filing of BHE's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
3.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors,
officers and controlling persons of BHE pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, BHE has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by BHE of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of BHE in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, BHE will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a
court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form
S-8
and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Des Moines, State of Iowa, on
December 29, 2023.
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY ENERGY COMPANY
/s/ Scott W. Thon
Scott W. Thon
President and Chief Executive Officer
(principal executive officer)
Each of the undersigned officers and directors of Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company hereby severally constitute and
appoint Natalie L. Hocken and Jeffery B. Erb, and each of them, with full power to act without the other, as his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact
and agent for
the undersigned, 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 to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, thereby ratifying and
confirming all that each said
attorney-in-fact
and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities
and on the dates indicated:
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Scott W. Thon
Scott W. Thon
President and Chief Executive Officer and Director (principal executive officer)
December 29, 2023
/s/ Calvin D. Haack
Calvin D. Haack
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial and accounting officer)
December 29, 2023
/s/ Gregory E. Abel
Gregory E. Abel
Chair of the Board of Directors
December 29, 2023
/s/ Warren E. Buffett
Warren E. Buffett
Director
December 29, 2023
/s/ Marc D. Hamburg
Marc D. Hamburg
Director
December 29, 2023
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