company previously known as midamerican energy holdings company see berkshire hathaway energy . midamerican energy company type private company industry energy founded 1995 headquarters des moines iowa u.s. area served iowa illinois south dakota nebraska key people william j. fehrman president & ceo products electricity generation transmission and distribution parent berkshire hathaway energy website www.midamericanenergy.com midamerican energy company is an energy company based in des moines iowa . 1 its service area includes almost two thirds of iowa as well as portions of illinois south dakota and nebraska . its territory is wholly encompassed by the territory of the midcontinent independent system operator . major cities in midamerican energy s service territory are des moines sioux city sioux falls council bluffs waterloo iowa city and the quad cities . midamerican energy company is a subsidiary of berkshire hathaway energy . contents 1 history 2 walter scott jr. energy center 3 renewable energy 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit midamerican energy was formed in 1995 by the merger of the iowa illinois gas and electric company with midwest resources . 2 midwest resources in turn was formed in 1990 by the merger of midwest energy and iowa resources . midwest energy was the holding company for iowa public service company ips the main power provider for northwestern iowa while iowa resources was the holding company for iowa power and light company the main power provider for central and southwestern iowa . 3 walter scott jr. energy center edit midamerican energy is the developer and operator of the walter scott jr. energy center a four unit coal fired power plant based in council bluffs . it produces more than 1 600 megawatts of electricity . 4 renewable energy edit in addition to traditional power plants midamerican energy began investing in green energy generation in 2004 . as of march 2014 approximately 2 285 megawatts or nearly 30 percent of midamerican energy s total owned generation capacity came from energy generated by the company s 1 267 wind turbines . in may 2013 midamerican energy announced plans to invest up to 1.9 billion to expand its wind generation fleet and add up to 1 050 megawatts of wind generation in iowa by year end 2015 . siemens wind power the manufacturer of the turbines states that at the time december 2013 this was the largest single order of onshore wind power turbines that any company had ever received . 5 components for the turbines are manufactured at two different sites in iowa and kansas and all turbines are to be sited in iowa . 6 once the expansion is complete approximately 3 335 megawatts or approximately 39 percent of midamerican energy s total owned generation capacity will come from wind powered generation from 1 715 wind turbines . 7 midamerican energy projects that wind power will supply one third of its energy generation by 2020 . 8 as of 2016 mae operates 2 gw of swp turbines and 1 gw ge wind . in june 2016 mae signed up for 2 gw in iowa wind xi supplied by vestas in colorado estimated at 2.2 billion . on july 26 2016 mae agreed to supply power to facebook microsoft and google datacenters in iowa from wind xi . 9 see also edit energy portal united states portal intrepid wind farm rolling hills wind farm references edit http www.midamericanenergy.com our company.aspx james averweg testimony before the iowa utilities board iowa utilities board june 7 2007 . midwest resources inc company history from funding universe just the facts walter scott jr. energy center s new 790 megawatt unit pdf . retrieved 2009 08 27 . siemens awarded largest onshore wind power order to date . siemens global website . retrieved 4 march 2014 . world s biggest onshore wind turbine order goes to iowan wind projects . ecoseed . retrieved 4 march 2014 . wind energy overview . midamerican energy company . retrieved 4 march 2014 . iowa utilities board docket no rpu 2013 0003 . missing or empty title help ; missing or empty url help ; access date requires url help ros davidson 29 july 2016 . how vestas won the midwest . windpower monthly . retrieved 1 august 2016 . external links edit midamericanenergy.com v t e berkshire hathaway board of directors warren buffett chairman and ceo charlie munger howard graham buffett susan decker bill gates david gottesman charlotte guyman donald keough thomas murphy ronald olson walter scott jr. insurance applied underwriters berkshire hathaway assurance berkshire hathaway homestate companies kansas bankers surety company berkshire hathaway specialty insurance boatus central states indemnity gateway underwriters agency geico gen re medical protective national indemnity company guard insurance seaworthy insurance company united states liability insurance group materials and construction acme brick benjamin moore & co. charter brokerage clayton homes international metalworking companies johns manville lubrizol marmon marmon herrington procor union tank car company mitek mouser electronics precision castparts corp. shaw industries tti furniture cort business services jordan s furniture larson juhl nebraska furniture mart rc willey home furnishings star furniture apparel brooks sports fruit of the loom russell vanity fair fechheimer brothers garanimals h.h. brown shoe group acme boots justin brands louis transportation berkshire hathaway automotive burlington northern santa fe corporation flightsafety international forest river marquis jet mclane netjets netjets europe utlx xtra lease food ctb international international dairy queen dairy queen karmelkorn orange julius kraft heinz the pampered chef see s candies media the buffalo news business wire bh media bristol herald courier culpeper star exponent the daily nonpareil danville register & bee dothan eagle eden daily news the eagle enterprise ledger grand island independent hickory daily record independent tribune jackson county floridan kearney hub martinsville bulletin the morning news nelson county times news & record news & messenger north platte telegraph omaha world herald opelika auburn news the press of atlantic city roanoke times richmond times dispatch star herald statesville record & landmark the daily progress the free lance star the mcdowell news the news & advance the news herald the news virginian the reidsville review tulsa world waco tribune herald winston salem journal york news times wplg jewelry ben bridge jeweler borsheim s fine jewelry helzberg diamonds richline group scott fetzer campbell hausfeld ginsu kirby world book encyclopedia energy midamerican energy company nv energy pacificorp northern powergrid calenergy generation kern river gas transmission company northern natural gas homeservices of america other duracell oriental trading company related articles blue chip stamps wesco financial owned assets category retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title midamerican energy company & oldid 732520746 categories berkshire hathawaypower companies of the united statescompanies based in des moines iowahidden categories pages with citations lacking titlespages using web citations with no urlpages using citations with accessdate and no url navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 august 2016 at 14 32 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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