SIERRA PACIFIC POWER COMPANY d/b/a NV Energy (a Nevada corporation) 6% General and Refunding Mortgage Notes, Series M, due 2016 (Additional Notes of Existing Series) PURCHASE AGREEMENTPurchase Agreement • August 19th, 2009 • Nv Energy, Inc. • Electric & other services combined • New York
Sierra Pacific Power Company d/b/a NV Energy, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), confirms its agreement with Barclays Capital Inc. (“Barclays”) and BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC (“BNY”) and each of the other Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (collectively, the “Underwriters”, which term shall also include any underwriters substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 10 hereof), for whom Barclays and BNY are acting as representatives (in such capacity, the “Representatives”), with respect to the issue and sale by the Company and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective principal amounts set forth in Schedule A hereto of $150,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 6% General and Refunding Mortgage Notes, Series M, due 2016 (the “Securities”).
