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                                  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): September 14, 2005

                            PIKE ELECTRIC CORPORATION
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

            Delaware                    1-32582                20-3112047
  (State or other jurisdiction        (Commission           (I.R.S. Employer
       of incorporation)              File Number)         Identification No.)

                                  100 Pike Way
                              Mount Airy, NC 27030
               (Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (336) 789-2171

                                 Not Applicable
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions:

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     Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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     Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

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     Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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     Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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ITEM 2.02. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

On September 14, 2005, Pike Electric Corporation ("Pike Electric") issued a
press release announcing its financial results for its fourth fiscal quarter and
year ended June 30, 2005. The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1
and is incorporated by reference herein.

ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(d) Exhibits.

99.1   Press Release of Pike Electric Corporation issued on September 14, 2005.

The information in this Form 8-K and the Exhibit attached hereto shall not be
deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such Section, nor shall it be deemed
incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except
as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in any such filing.

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                                    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.

                                             PIKE ELECTRIC CORPORATION

Date:  September 14, 2005                    By:    /s/ Mark Castaneda
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                                             Name:  Mark Castaneda
                                             Title: Chief Financial Officer

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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT NO.
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Exhibit 99.1    Press Release of Pike Electric Corporation, dated September 14,
                2005, reporting Pike Electric Corporation's financial results
                for the fiscal fourth quarter and year ended June 30, 2005.

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