NV ENERGY, INC. (a Nevada corporation) 6.25% Senior Notes due 2020 PURCHASE AGREEMENTPurchase Agreement • November 19th, 2010 • Nv Energy, Inc. • Electric & other services combined • New York
NV Energy, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), confirms its agreement with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“BAML”), Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (“Credit Suisse”) and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (“Deutsche Bank”), 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 BAML, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank 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 $315,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 6.25% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Securities”).
