SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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)June 21, 2006
| Commission File Number | Registrant, Address of Principal Executive Offices and Telephone Number | I.R.S. employer | State of | |||
| 1-08788 | SIERRA PACIFIC RESOURCES P. O. Box 10100 (6100 Neil Road) Reno, Nevada 89520-0400 (89511) (775) 834-4011 | 88-0198358 | Nevada | |||
| 2-28348 | NEVADA POWER COMPANY 6226 West Sahara Avenue Las Vegas, Nevada 89146 (702) 367-5000 | 88-0420104 | Nevada | |||
None
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
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Item 8.01 – Other Events
Nevada Power Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sierra Pacific Resources, announced that on June 21, 2006, it priced private offerings of additional amounts of $120 million of its 6.650% General and Refunding Mortgage Notes, Series N, due April 1, 2036 (the “Series N Notes”) and $75 million of its 6.50% General and Refunding Mortgage Notes, Series O, due May 15, 2018 (the “Series O Notes” and, together with the Series N Notes, the “Notes”). The Notes are expected to be delivered on or about June 26, 2006. Previously, the Company sold and issued $250 million of Series N Notes and $250 million of Series O Notes. Upon the consummation of the issuance of the Notes, the total amount of Series N Notes outstanding will be $370 million and the total amount of Series O Notes outstanding will be $325 million. The Notes will be secured by the lien of the Company’s General and Refunding Mortgage Indenture, which constitutes a lien on substantially all of the Company’s real property and tangible personal property located in the State of Nevada. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is also incorporated herein by reference.
The offerings were made only to qualified institutional buyers in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and outside the United States in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Notes will not be registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold by holders thereof without registration unless an exemption from such registration is available.
Item 9.01 – Financial Statements and Exhibits
| (d) | Exhibits |
| 99.1 | Press release dated June 21, 2006 |
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: June 22, 2006
By: /s/ John E. Brown
John E. Brown
Corporate Controller
Nevada Power Company
(Registrant)
Date: June 22, 2006
By: /s/ John E. Brown
John E. Brown
Controller