SIERRA PACIFIC POWER COMPANY (a Nevada corporation) 5.45% General and Refunding Mortgage Notes, Series Q, due 2013 PURCHASE AGREEMENTPurchase Agreement • August 28th, 2008 • Sierra Pacific Resources /Nv/ • Electric & other services combined • New York
Contract Type FiledAugust 28th, 2008 Company Industry JurisdictionThe Securities are to be issued under the General and Refunding Mortgage Indenture, dated as of May 1, 2001, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly The Bank of New York), trustee (the “Trustee”), as amended and supplemented by various instruments including the officer’s certificate, to be dated the Closing Time (as hereinafter defined), establishing the terms of the Securities (the “Officer’s Certificate”), such indenture, as so amended and supplemented, being hereinafter called (the “Indenture”).