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=== PacifiCorp === In 2000, ScottishPower completed the acquisition of [[PacifiCorp]], which supplies electricity in the western United States, which operates as '''Pacific Power''' (in the regulated energy industries of the states of [[Oregon]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], [[California]]), and as '''Rocky Mountain Power''' (in the regulated energy industries of the states of [[Idaho]] and [[Utah]] as well as both and central and eastern [[Wyoming]] (former Pacific Power territory), and southwestern [[Wyoming]]).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121022210839/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4473440.html Scottish utility bids for PacificCorp] Chicago Sun-Times, 8 December 1998</ref> In May 2005, ScottishPower announced that it had agreed to sell Pacificorp to [[MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company]], a company controlled by [[Warren Buffett]]'s company, [[Berkshire Hathaway]], for US$5.1 billion in cash and US$4.3 billion in debt and preferred stock.<ref>[http://www.mindfully.org/Energy/2005/Buffet-Berkshire-PacifiCorp24may05.htm Berkshire Unit to acquire PacificCorp for $5.1bn]; {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303190108/http://www.mindfully.org/Energy/2005/Buffet-Berkshire-PacifiCorp24may05.htm |date=3 March 2016 }} ''The Wall Street Journal'', 24 May 2005</ref> The successful completion of the deal was announced on 21 March 2006, after securing regulatory approvals. The deal did not include '''PPM Energy''' (which, as Pacificorp Power Marketing, was formerly the non-regulated subsidiary of Pacificorp).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1045513/000119312506088980/dex99a16.htm|title=Scottish Power: Return of Cash: Questions and Answers for ADS Holders|publisher=SEC|access-date=5 May 2024}}</ref>
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