8-K

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)

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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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Item 5.03	Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
Item 9.01	Financial Statements and Exhibits
SIGNATURES
Ex-3.1    Text of Amendment to Restated Articles of Incorporation of NV Energy, Inc.
Ex-99.1  Press Release dated November 19, 2008.

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Item 5.03    Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

 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

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SIGNATURES

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

EX-3.1

EXHBIT 3.1

The Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Sierra Pacific Resources have been amended as follows: 

Article I Name.  The name of the corporation shall be NV Energy, Inc.

Article II Principal Place of Business.  The Corporation's principal office or place of business in the State of Nevada shall be at such location as may be from time to time designated by the Board of Directors.  The Corporation may maintain an office or offices in such other locations within or without the State of Nevada as may be from time to time designated by the Board of Directors or pusuant to the By-laws of the Corporation, and the Corporation may conduct all Corporation business of every kind and nature relative to the purposes of the Corporation, including the holding of meetings of directors and stockholders, outside the State of Nevada as well as in the State of Nevada.

EX-99.1

Shareholders Approve Sierra Pacific Resources' Name Change to NV Energy, Inc.

LAS VEGAS, Nov 19, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Shareholders of Sierra Pacific Resources (NYSE:SRP) today approved changing the corporate name to NV Energy, Inc. Effective tomorrow, November 20, 2008, NV Energy, Inc. will be traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the trading symbol "NVE."

Michael Yackira, president and chief executive officer, said, "We are very pleased that our shareholders overwhelmingly approved our board's recommendation to rename the company. Since September, our utilities have been doing business under the NV Energy name which better reflects our company's top priority of providing energy products and services in Nevada for Nevadans."

The proposal to change the name to NV Energy, Inc. received a preliminary total of 206,548,499 affirmative votes, constituting 88.2 percent of the company's outstanding shares and 98.2 percent of the total votes that were recorded at today's meeting.

Headquartered in Nevada, NV Energy, Inc. is a holding company whose principal subsidiaries are Nevada Power Company, the electric utility for most of southern Nevada, and Sierra Pacific Power Company, the electric utility for most of northern Nevada and the Lake Tahoe area of California. Both subsidiaries are doing business as NV Energy. NV Energy also distributes natural gas in the Reno-Sparks area of northern Nevada.

These statements contain forward-looking statements regarding the future performance of NV Energy, Inc., within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, NYSE approval to amend NV Energy's ticker symbol and amendments to the company's strategic plans. Additional cautionary statements regarding other risk factors that could have an effect on the future performance of NV Energy, Inc., are contained in Sierra Pacific Resources' Annual Report on Form 10-K and/or Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2007 and in its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2008, June 30, 2008 and September 30, 2008, filed with the SEC. NV Energy, Inc. undertakes no obligation to release publicly the result of any revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

SOURCE: Sierra Pacific Resources

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