UNITED STATES
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): February 21, 2008
Commission File Number | | Registrant; State of Incorporation; Address; and Telephone Number | | IRS Employer Identification Number |
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| 1-13739 | | UNISOURCE ENERGY CORPORATION | | 86-0786732 |
| | | (An Arizona Corporation) One South Church Avenue, Suite 100 Tucson, AZ 85701 (520) 571-4000 | | |
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| 1-5924 | | TUCSON ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY | | 86-0062700 |
| | | (An Arizona Corporation) One South Church Avenue, Suite 100Tucson, AZ 85701 (520) 571-4000 | | |
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Item 8.01 - Other Events.
TEP Rate Case Proceedings.
As previously reported, Tucson Electric Power Company (TEP) filed a rate case with the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) in July 2007. TEP requested that the rate case proceeding be concluded within 18 months in order for a rate increase to be effective no later than January 1, 2009.
On February 21, 2008 an ACC Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) issued an order modifying the rate case procedural schedule, providing a one week delay in the filing of ACC Staff and intervenor testimony. The start date for the rate case hearing before the ALJ did not change.
The new procedural schedule is as follows:
| | Date |
| ACC Staff and intervenor testimony | February 29, 2008 |
| TEP rebuttal testimony | April 1, 2008 |
| ACC Staff and intervenor surrebuttal testimony | April 24, 2008 |
| TEP rejoinder testimony | May 7, 2008 |
| Rate case hearing before the ALJ | May 12, 2008 |
TEP believes that the revised procedural schedule provides sufficient time for new rates to be effective by January 1, 2009. TEP cannot predict the outcome of the rate case proceedings.
SIGNATURES |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. |
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| Date: February 21, 2008 | | UNISOURCE ENERGY CORPORATION —————————————————— (Registrant) / s / Kevin P. Larson |
| | | —————————————————— Senior Vice President and Principal Financial Officer |
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| Date: February 21, 2008 | | TUCSON ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY —————————————————— (Registrant) / s / Kevin P. Larson |
| | | —————————————————— Senior Vice President and Principal Financial Officer |
