Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
Investor and Analyst Meeting
Pinnacle West Capital Corporation ("Pinnacle West" or the "Company") is
making a presentation to investors and analysts in Scottsdale, Arizona on
November 7, 2008. Copies of the slides to be presented are attached hereto as
Exhibits 99.1, 99.2, 99.3 and 99.4.
Forward-Looking Statements
The presentations attached as Exhibits 99.1, 99.2, 99.3 and 99.4 contain
forward-looking statements based on current expectations. Neither Pinnacle West
nor Arizona Public Service Company ("APS") assumes any obligation to update
these statements or make any further statements on any of these issues, except
as required by applicable law. Because actual results may differ materially from
expectations, we caution readers not to place undue reliance on these
statements. A number of factors could cause future results to differ materially
from historical results, or from results or outcomes currently expected or
sought by Pinnacle West or APS. In addition to the Risk Factors described in
Item 1A of the Pinnacle West/APS Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2007, these factors include, but are not limited to, state
and federal regulatory and legislative decisions and actions, including the
outcome or timing of any pending APS rate cases; increases in our capital
expenditures and operating costs and our ability to achieve timely and adequate
rate recovery of these increased costs; our ability to reduce capital
expenditures and other costs while maintaining reliability and customer service
levels, and unexpected developments that would limit us from achieving all or
some of our planned capital expenditure reductions; volatile fuel and purchased
power costs, including fluctuations in market prices for natural gas, coal,
uranium and other fuels used in our generating facilities, and availability of
supplies of such commodities; the outcome of regulatory, legislative and
judicial proceedings, both current and future, including those related to
environmental matters and climate change; the potential for additional
restructuring of the electric industry, including decisions impacting wholesale
competition and the introduction of retail electric competition in Arizona;
regional, national and international economic and market conditions, including
the strength of the housing, credit and financial markets; the potential adverse
impact of current economic conditions on our results of operations; the cost of
debt and equity capital and access to capital markets; changes in the market
price of our common stock; entering into credit agreements that restrict
dividends or contain other burdensome provisions; our ability to meet debt
service obligations; current credit ratings remaining in effect for any given
period of time; the performance of the stock market and the changing interest
rate environment, which affect the value of our nuclear decommissioning trusts,
pension and other postretirement benefit plan assets, the amount of required
contributions to Pinnacle West's pension plan and contributions to APS' nuclear
decommissioning trust funds, as well as the reported costs of providing pension
and other postretirement benefits; volatile market liquidity, any deteriorating
counterparty credit and the use of derivative contracts in our business
(including the interpretation of the subjective and complex accounting rules
related to these contracts); changes in accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States of America and the interpretation of those principles;
customer growth and energy usage; weather variations affecting local and
regional customer energy usage; power plant performance and outages;
transmission outages and constraints; the completion of generation and
transmission construction in the region, which could affect customer growth and
the cost of power supplies; the ability of our power plant participants to meet
contractual or other obligations; technological developments in the electric
industry; the results of litigation and other proceedings resulting from the
California and Pacific Northwest energy situations; the performance of our
subsidiaries and any resulting effects on our cash flows; the strength of the
real estate market and
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economic and other conditions affecting the real estate market in SunCor
Development Company's market areas, which include Arizona, Idaho, New Mexico and
Utah; and other uncertainties, all of which are difficult to predict and many of
which are beyond the control of Pinnacle West and APS.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit
No. Registrant(s) Description
99.1 Pinnacle West Pinnacle West slide presentation by Donald E. Brandt to
APS investors and analysts in Scottsdale, Arizona on November 7,
2008.
99.2 Pinnacle West Pinnacle West slide presentation by Randall K. Edington to
APS investors and analysts in Scottsdale, Arizona on November 7,
2008.
99.3 Pinnacle West Pinnacle West slide presentation by Steven M. Wheeler to
APS investors and analysts in Scottsdale, Arizona on November 7,
2008.
99.4 Pinnacle West Pinnacle West slide presentation by James R. Hatfield to
APS investors and analysts in Scottsdale, Arizona on November 7,
2008.
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