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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)   November 19, 2008
         
   
Registrant, State of Incorporation, Address of
  
I.R.S. Employer
Commission File
  
Principal Executive Offices and Telephone
  
Identification
Number
  
Number
  
Number
         
1-08788
  
SIERRA PACIFIC RESOURCES
  
88-0198358
   
Nevada
    
   
P.O. Box 30150 (6100 Neil Road)
    
   
Reno, Nevada 89520-0400 (89511)
    
   
(775) 834-4011
    
         
2-28348
  
NEVADA POWER COMPANY d/b/a
  
88-0420104
    NV Energy    
   
Nevada
    
   
6226 West Sahara Avenue
    
   
Las Vegas, Nevada 89146
    
   
(702) 367-5000
    
         
 0-00508   SIERRA PACIFIC POWER COMPANY d/b/a        88-0044418
    NV Energy    
    Nevada    
    P.O. Box 10100 (6100 Neil Road)    
    Reno, Nevada  89520-0400 (89511)    
    (775) 834-4011    
         
   
 None.
    
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
  
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    On November 19, 2008, Sierra Pacific Resources (the “Company”) changed its name to NV Energy, Inc.  This name change was effected through an Amendment to the Company’s Restated Articles of Incorporation (the “Amendment”) which was approved by the Company’s shareholders at a special meeting held the same day.  The Amendment also allows the Company’s Board of Directors to designate the Company’s principal place of business.  The Amendment became effective upon its filing with the Secretary of State of Nevada on November 19, 2008.  The text of the Amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1.

The Company had previously announced, on September 22, 2008, that its two utility subsidiaries, Nevada Power Company and Sierra Pacific Power Company, would both begin doing business as NV Energy.

As of the opening of trading on November 20, 2008, the Company’s Common Stock, which currently trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “SRP”, will trade under the new ticker symbol “NVE” and will be assigned a new CUSIP number of 67073Y 106.  At the same time, the Company’s 7.803% Senior Notes due 2012, which currently trade under the ticker symbol “SRP12” will trade under the new ticker symbol “NVE12.”  The CUSIP number for this debt (826428 AJ3) will remain the same.

On November 19, 2009, the Company issued a press release announcing the name change.  A copy of the press release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 (d) Exhibits — The following exhibits are filed with this Form 8-K:
 
Exhibit No.
Description
   
3.1
Text of Amendment to Restated Articles of Incorporation of NV Energy, Inc.
99.1
Press Release, dated November 19, 2008

 

 
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: November 20, 2008
  
 
By:
  
 
/s/ E. Kevin Bethel
        E. Kevin Bethel
Chief Accounting Officer

         
   
Nevada Power Company
d/b/a NV Energy
(Registrant)
         
Date: November 20, 2008
  
 
By:
  
 
/s/ E. Kevin Bethel
       
E. Kevin Bethel
Chief Accounting Officer 

         
   
Sierra Pacific Power Company
d/b/a NV Energy
(Registrant)
         
Date: November 20, 2008
  
 
By:
  
 
/s/ E. Kevin Bethel
       
E. Kevin Bethel
Chief Accounting Officer