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): February 3, 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 5.02(b).         Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
 
On February 3, 2012, W. Douglas Parker resigned from the Board of Directors of each of Pinnacle West Capital Corporation and its subsidiary, Arizona Public Service Company, due to other demands on his time.  Mr. Parker had been a board member since 2007.
 
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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: February 3, 2012	By:	/s/ David P. Falck	
 	 	David P. Falck	
 	 	Executive Vice President,	
 	 	General Counsel and Secretary	

 	ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY	
 	(Registrant)	

Dated: February 3, 2012	By:	/s/ David P. Falck	
 	 	David P. Falck	
 	 	Executive Vice President,	
 	 	General Counsel and Secretary	

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