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): May 15, 2012

 

Commission File Number

 

Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in 
Charter; State of Incorporation;
Address and Telephone Number

 

IRS Employer
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.

 

 

 


 

Item 8.01               Other Events.

 

ACC Decision in APS General Retail Rate Case

 

On May 15, 2012, the Arizona Corporation Commission approved the regulatory settlement agreement proposed by Arizona Public Service Company (“APS”) and other parties in APS’s pending general retail rate case without material modifications.

 

For additional information, see “Retail Rate Case Filing with the Arizona Corporation Commission” in Note 3 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in the Pinnacle West Capital Corporation/APS Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2012.

 

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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: May 16, 2012

By:

/s/ James R. Hatfield

 

 

James R. Hatfield

 

 

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial

 

 

Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY

 

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dated: May 16, 2012

By:

/s/ James R. Hatfield

 

 

James R. Hatfield

 

 

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial

 

 

Officer

 

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