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) August 22, 2002
Registrant, State of Incorporation, Address of
Commission File Principal Executive Offices and Telephone I.R.S. employer
Number Number Identification Number
1-8788 SIERRA PACIFIC RESOURCES 88-0198358
P.O. Box 10100 (6100 Neil Road)
Reno, Nevada 89520-0400 (89511)
(775) 834-4011
0-508 SIERRA PACIFIC POWER COMPANY 88-0044418
P.O. Box 10100 (6100 Neil Road)
Reno, Nevada 89520-0400 (89511)
(775) 834-4011
None
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(Former name, former address and former fiscal year,
if changed since last report)
ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS - MATERIAL LITIGATION
On August 22, 2002, Sierra Pacific Power Company (the "Company") filed
a lawsuit in the First Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada in and for
Carson City seeking judicial review of the May 28, 2002 decision of the Public
Utilities Commission of Nevada denying the recovery of $55.8 million of deferred
energy costs incurred by the Company on behalf of its customers in 2001.
At this time, the Company cannot predict how long it will take for the
lawsuit to be resolved or the outcome of the lawsuit. A copy of the Company's
August 22, 2002 filing is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(a) Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired
Not required
(b) Pro forma financial information
Not required
(c) Exhibits
Sierra Pacific Power Company
99.1 - Petition for Judicial Review of an Order of the Public
Utilities Commission of Nevada filed on August 22, 2002 in the
case of Sierra Pacific Power Company, Petitioner v. Public
Utilities Commission of Nevada, Defendant, in the First Judicial
District Court of the State of Nevada in and for Carson City.
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: August 23, 2002 By: /s/ William E. Peterson
William E. Peterson
Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary
SIERRA PACIFIC POWER COMPANY
(Registrant)
Date: August 23, 2002 By: /s/ William E. Peterson
William E. Peterson
Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary
EXHIBIT INDEX
SIERRA PACIFIC POWER COMPANY
99.1 - Petition for Judicial Review of an Order of the Public Utilities
Commission of Nevada filed on August 22, 2002 in the case of Sierra Pacific
Power Company, Petitioner v. Public Utilities Commission of Nevada, Defendant,
in the First Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada in and for Carson
City.