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That firm later acquired MidAmerican Energy, and Abel became the company’s president. Two years later, MidAmerican Energy was acquired by Berkshire and renamed Berkshire Hathaway Energy.

Iowa-based MidAmerican Energy Holdings (which was renamed Berkshire Hathaway Energy in 2014) for $4 billion, and at the request of Sokol, Abel became president of the combined companies under ...