UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported) November 9, 2004
| Registrant, State of Incorporation, Address of | ||||
| Commission File | Principal Executive Offices and Telephone | I.R.S. employer | ||
| Number | Number | Identification Number | ||
| 1-08788 | SIERRA PACIFIC RESOURCES | 88-0198358 | ||
| P.O. Box 10100 (6100 Neil Road) | ||||
| Reno, Nevada 89520-0400 (89511) | ||||
| (775) 834-4011 | ||||
| 2-28348 | NEVADA POWER COMPANY | 88-0420104 | ||
| 6226 West Sahara Avenue | ||||
| Las Vegas, Nevada 89146 | ||||
| (702) 367-5000 | ||||
| 0-508 | SIERRA PACIFIC POWER COMPANY | 88-0044418 | ||
| P.O. Box 10100 (6100 Neil Road) | ||||
| Reno, Nevada 89520-0400 (89511) | ||||
| (775) 834-4011 |
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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition
Today, Sierra Pacific Resources and its two utility subsidiaries, Nevada Power Company and Sierra Pacific Power Company, issued a press release disclosing financial results for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2004. The text of the release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(c) Exhibits — The following exhibit is furnished with this Form 8-K.
99.1 Press Release dated November 9, 2004.
Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrants have each duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| Sierra Pacific Resources (Registrant) | ||||
| Date: November 8, 2004 | By: | /s/ John E. Brown | ||
| John E. Brown | ||||
| Vice President and Controller | ||||
| Nevada Power Company (Registrant) | ||||
| Date: November 8, 2004 | By: | /s/ John E. Brown | ||
| John E. Brown | ||||
| Vice President and Controller | ||||
| Sierra Pacific Power Company (Registrant) | ||||
| Date: November 8, 2004 | By: | /s/ John E. Brown | ||
| John E. Brown | ||||
| Vice President and Controller | ||||