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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-A
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 (b) OR (g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
SIERRA PACIFIC POWER CAPITAL I
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(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware Applied For
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(State of incorporation (I.R.S Employer
or organization) Identification No.)
c/o Sierra Pacific Power Company
P.O. Box 10100 (6100 Neil Road)
Reno, Nevada 89520
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(Address of principal (Zip Code)
executive offices)
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12 (b) of the Act:
Title of each class Name of each exchange on which
to be so registered each class is to be registered
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Preferred Securities New York Stock Exchange
Guarantee of Preferred
Securities by Sierra Pacific
Power Company and certain back-up
undertakings (1)
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12 (g) of the Act:
None
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(1)No separate consideration will be received for the Guarantee
and these undertakings
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INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 1. DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT'S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED
The information required by Item 202 of Regulation S-K is included under
the headings "Description of the Preferred Securities" in the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-3, as amended (File No. 333-4032), filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 25, 1996, as amended (the
"Registration Statement on Form S-3"), which is incorporated herein by
reference.
ITEM 2. EXHIBITS
The following exhibits are filed herewith:
1. Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3.
4.1. Certificate of Trust of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4-A of the Registration Statement on Form S-3).
4.2. Declaration of Trust of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4-B-1 of the Registration Statement on Form S-3).
4.3. Form of Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Registrant
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4-B-2 of the Registration Statement on
Form S-3).
4.4. Form of Indenture among Sierra Pacific Power Company and IBJ Schroder
Bank & Trust Company, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4-C of
the Registration Statement on Form S-3).
4.5. Form of Supplemental Indenture (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
4-D of the Registration Statement on Form S-3).
4.6. Form of Guarantee with respect to Preferred Securities (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4-G of the Registration Statement on Form S-3).
5. A specimen copy of the certificate evidencing the Registrant's
Preferred Securities (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4-E of the
Registration Statement on Form S-3.)
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.
SIERRA PACIFIC POWER CAPITAL I
By:
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Name: Malyn K. Malquist
Title: Regular Trustee
By:
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Name: William E. Peterson
Title: Regular Trustee
Dated: July 19, 1996
