Form 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): April 21, 2011
         
    Exact Name of Registrant as Specified    
    in Charter; State of Incorporation;   IRS Employer
Commission File Number   Address and Telephone Number   Identification Number
 
       
1-8962
  Pinnacle West Capital Corporation
(an Arizona corporation)
400 North Fifth Street, P.O. Box 53999
Phoenix, AZ 85072-3999
(602) 250-1000
  86-0512431
 
       
1-4473
  Arizona Public Service Company
(an Arizona corporation)
400 North Fifth Street, P.O. Box 53999
Phoenix, AZ 85072-3999
(602) 250-1000
  86-0011170
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:
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
This combined Form 8-K is separately filed or furnished by Pinnacle West Capital Corporation and Arizona Public Service Company. Each registrant is filing or furnishing on its own behalf all of the information contained in this Form 8-K that relates to such registrant and, where required, its subsidiaries. Except as stated in the preceding sentence, neither registrant is filing or furnishing any information that does not relate to such registrant, and therefore makes no representation as to any such information.
 
 

 

 

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On April 22, 2011, Arizona Public Service Company (“APS”) issued a press release announcing the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s approval of twenty-year operating license extensions for each of the three units at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station (“Palo Verde”). APS is a joint-owner of Palo Verde and operates the plant on behalf of all the owners. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

         
Exhibit No.   Registrant(s)   Description
99.1
  Pinnacle West
Capital Corporation
APS
  Press Release issued on April 22, 2011.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION
(Registrant)

Dated: April 22, 2011

By: /s/ James R. Hatfield                         
James R. Hatfield
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer

ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
(Registrant)

Dated: April 22, 2011

By: /s/ James R. Hatfield                              
James R. Hatfield
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer

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