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): July 24, 2000
Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter, State or
other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, Address of
Commission principal executive offices and Registrant's Telephone Number, IRS Employer
File Number including area code Identification No.
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1-12927 NEW CENTURY ENERGIES, INC. 84-1334327
(a Delaware corporation)
1225 17th Street
Denver, Colorado 80202
Telephone (303) 571-7511
1-3789 SOUTHWESTERN PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY 75-0575400
(a New Mexico corporation)
Tyler at Sixth
Amarillo, Texas 79101
Telephone (303) 571-7511
This combined Form 8-K is separately filed by New Century Energies Inc.
("NCE") and Southwestern Public Service Company ("SPS"). Information contained
herein relating to any individual company is filed by such company on its own
behalf. Each registrant makes representations only as to itself and makes no
other representations whatsoever as to information relating to the other
registrant.
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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS
On July 24, 2000, Southwestern Public Service Company, a subsidiary of New
Century Energies, Inc., announced the commencement of a tender offer for any and
all of its outstanding First Mortgage Bonds. For more information on the tender
offer, see the press release and the Offer to Purchase attached hereto as
exhibits, each of which are incorporated herein by reference.
FORWARD LOOKING INFORMATION
The above discussions include "forward looking statements" within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Investors and prospective investors are
cautioned that the forward-looking statements contained herein with respect to
the revenues, earnings, capital expenditures, resolution and impact of
litigation and regulatory matters, competitive performance, or other prospects
for the business of New Century Energies, Inc., and/or Southwestern Public
Service Company or their affiliated companies, including any and all underlying
assumptions and other statements that are other than statements of historical
fact, may be influenced by factors that could cause actual outcomes and results
to be materially different than projected. Such factors include, but are not
limited to, the effects of weather, future economic conditions, the performance
of generating units, fuel prices and availability, regulatory decisions and the
effects of changes in state and federal laws, the pace of deregulation of
domestic retail natural gas and electricity markets, the timing and extent of
change in commodity prices for all forms of energy, capital spending
requirements, the evolution of competition, earnings retention and dividend
payout policies, changes in accounting standards, the implementation of the
stipulation, the consummation of the proposed merger with Northern States Power
Company and/or other factors. From time to time, New Century Energies, Inc. and
Southwestern Public Service Company may publish or otherwise make available
forward-looking statements. All such subsequent forward-looking statements,
whether written or oral and whether made by or on behalf of each company, are
also expressly qualified by these cautionary statements.
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(c) Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed herewith:
99(a) Press Release relating to the Tender Offer issued July 24, 2000.
99(b) Offer to Purchase of Southwestern Public Service Company dated
July 24, 2000.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
NEW CENTURY ENERGIES, INC.
By /s/ R.C. Kelly
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Name: R.C. Kelly
Title: Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
SOUTHWESTERN PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
By /s/ R.C. Kelly
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Name: R.C. Kelly
Title: Executive Vice President
DATE: July 24, 2000
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
99(a) Press Release relating to the Tender Offer issued July 24, 2000.
99(b) Offer to Purchase of Southwestern Public Service Company dated July 24,
2000.