Climate Change Data

MidAmerican Energy Company

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2024)

Reporting Period: 2024

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 1 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 2 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 3 Emissions:Not disclosed
Renewable Energy Share:60.5% (2023)
Total Energy Consumption:Not disclosed
Water Consumption:Not disclosed
Waste Generated:Not disclosed
Carbon Intensity:Not disclosed

ESG Focus Areas

  • Sustainability
  • Reliability
  • Affordability

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced carbon dioxide emissions rate by 69% since 2005
  • Reduced nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide emission rate by 88% (Metric Ton/MWh) since 2005
  • In 2023, wind and solar energy accounted for 60.5% of the company’s owned energy production.

Social Achievements

  • Partnerships with local businesses to site DC fast-charging stations (currently more than 30 locations)
  • Sponsors electric buses in Des Moines, Iowa City and the Quad Cities
  • Maintains EVs in the company fleet

Governance Achievements

  • Engaged in a collaborative Resource Evaluation Study (RES) process with stakeholders, including regulatory and customer groups.
  • Provided transparency to MidAmerican’s generation resource planning process through access to modeling inputs and opportunities for comments.

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Short-term Goals:
  • Add 750 MW of solar and 466 MW of CTs by 2030

Environmental Challenges

  • Above average load growth creating a need to add capacity
  • Changes in MISO’s reliability criteria to ensure resource adequacy
  • Permitting challenges for solar and combustion turbine projects
  • Substation and solar equipment procurement lead times
  • EPC contractor availability and labor shortages
  • MISO interconnection study timelines
Mitigation Strategies
  • Developed a Resource Evaluation Study (RES) to evaluate various generation resources
  • Developed a Preferred Portfolio and near-term Action Plan to address capacity needs
  • Engaged with stakeholders to gather input and feedback
  • Incorporated MISO resource adequacy rules and DLOL methodology into the RES modeling
  • Addressed permitting, procurement, and EPC challenges in the Action Plan with a feasible timeline

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement
  • Not disclosed

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Not disclosed
Transition Risks
  • Not disclosed
Opportunities
  • Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

  • Not disclosed