Article: Sierra Pacific Resources Announces Stockholder Approval of Merger with Nevada Power Company.

RENO, Nev., Oct. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Sierra Pacific Resources (NYSE: SRP) announced today that its stockholders voted overwhelmingly to approve the merger of Sierra Pacific Resources and Nevada Power Company (NYSE: NVP; PCX) at a Special Meeting held in Reno, Nevada. Stockholders of Nevada Power will meet later today at a Special Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada to vote on the merger. The merger is conditioned, among other things, upon obtaining the remaining approvals of the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 1999.

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