Post #6174 by mungofitch on the Berkshire Hathaway board

Stocks A to Z / Stocks B / Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)

Unthreaded | Threaded | Whole Thread (6)

Post New | Post Reply | Report Post | Recommend It!

No. of Recommendations: 7

I wouldn't worry about BHE "going out of business" - I think the comment was about the possibility of a single subsidiary of BHE going through bankruptcy - which I think is unlikely and of course would be a restructuring not "going out of business."

I really wish I understood this situation better.

I read it as suggesting that management was worried that burying electrical lines would be mandated, but in a way that the cost would not be allowed to count as adding to the regulated asset base. And the notion that Berkshire would, in that situation, simply say "no", as it would be confiscatory.

Jim

Post New | Post Reply | Report Post | Recommend It!

Print the post

Unthreaded | Threaded | Whole Thread (6)

Prev | Next

Announcements

Berkshire Hathaway FAQ

Contact Shrewd'm
Contact the developer of these message boards.

A community forum supporting civilized, and highly helpful, self-educating investors that come together for Shrewdness and merry spirits. These message boards closely follow the look and feel of the old message boards at boards.fool.com prior to the boards redirected to discussion.fool.com. Shrewd'm is not affiliated with the comprehensive and excellent investment website, The Motley Fool (TMF), in any way. The Shrewd commmunity here has owed, and continues to owe, gratitude to The Motley Fool for nurturing a culture of jovial irreverence towards Wall St, and that tradition will continue here.