SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 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 3, 2002 RIDGEWOOD ELECTRIC POWER TRUST V (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) Delaware 0-24143 22-3437351 (State or other (Commission (IRS Employer jurisdiction of File Number) Identification organization) No.) 947 Linwood Avenue, Ridgewood, New Jersey 07450-2939 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (201) 447-9000 Item 5. Other Events. On July 8, 2002, Ridgewood Electric Power Trust V (the "Trust") received official notice from the Massachusetts Division of Energy Resources (the "Division") that the Application for Statement of Qualification filed pursuant to the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard Regulations ("Regulations") by both the Indeck Jonesboro and Indeck West Enfield plants (collectively "Indeck Plants") had been approved as of July 3, 2002. Pursuant to such approval, the Division found that the Indeck Plants meet the eligibility requirements of the Regulations and therefore may market and sell renewable attributes associated with the electric generation of the Indeck Plants. The Trust and Ridgewood Electric Power Trust IV jointly own a fifty-percent priority interest in the Indeck Plants. Indeck Energy Services, Inc. owns the remaining junior interest in the Indeck Plants. SIGNATURE 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 hereunto duly authorized. RIDGEWOOD ELECTRIC POWER TRUST V Date: July 18, 2002 By /s/ Christopher I. Naunton Christopher I. Naunton, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer