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<ARTICLE>                                           UT
<LEGEND>
     This schedule  contains summary  financial  information  extracted from the
consolidated  balance sheet of MidAmerican  Energy Holdings  Company as of March
31, 1997, and the related  consolidated  statements of income and cash flows for
the three  months  ended March 31,  1997,  and is  qualified  in its entirety by
reference to such financial statements.
 </LEGEND>
<RESTATED>
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<NAME>                        MIDAMERICAN ENERGY HOLDINGS COMPANY
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<PERIOD-TYPE>                   3-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                              DEC-31-1997
<PERIOD-START>                                 JAN-01-1997
<PERIOD-END>                                   MAR-31-1997
<BOOK-VALUE>                                   PER-BOOK
<TOTAL-NET-UTILITY-PLANT>                      2,611,168
<OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST>                    621,972
<TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS>                         401,053
<TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES>                       395,862
<OTHER-ASSETS>                                 190,326
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                                 4,220,381
<COMMON>                                       792,257
<CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN>                      0
<RETAINED-EARNINGS>                            433,762
<TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ>                 1,225,953
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                          150,000
<PREFERRED>                                    31,766
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET>                           1,118,723
<SHORT-TERM-NOTES>                             0
<LONG-TERM-NOTES-PAYABLE>                      0
<COMMERCIAL-PAPER-OBLIGATIONS>                 40,209
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-CURRENT-PORT>                  155,202
<PREFERRED-STOCK-CURRENT>                      0
<CAPITAL-LEASE-OBLIGATIONS>                    0
<LEASES-CURRENT>                               0
<OTHER-ITEMS-CAPITAL-AND-LIAB>                 1,498,528
<TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB>                  4,220,381
<GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE>                      580,159
<INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE>                           23,811 <F1>
<OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                     502,926
<TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                     502,926
<OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS>                        77,233
<OTHER-INCOME-NET>                             9,370<F2>
<INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN>                 86,603
<TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE>                       28,852
<NET-INCOME>                                   33,940
<PREFERRED-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                    0
<EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM>                  33,940
<COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                       30,179
<TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS>                      19,886
<CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS>                         223,397
<EPS-PRIMARY>                                  0.34
<EPS-DILUTED>                                  0.34
<FN>
<F1> Tag 37, Income Tax Expense, includes operating and nonoperating income 
taxes and is excluded from total operating expenses in Tag 39 and on the 
Consolidated Statement of Income.
<F2> Tag 41 includes a ($234,000)  income from Discontinued  Operations,  net of
income taxes.
</FN>
        

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