ARTHUR GONZALEZ, Bankruptcy Judge
This Stipulation is entered into by and between Nevada Power Company and Sierra Pacific Power Company (collectively, the "Nevada Companies"), on the one hand, and Enron Corp., Enron Power Marketing, Inc., Enron North America Corp., Enron Energy Marketing Corp., Enron Energy Services Inc., Enron Energy Services North America, Inc., Enron Capital Trade Resources International Corp., Enron Energy Services, LLC, Enron Energy Services Operations, Inc., Enron Natural Gas Marketing Corp. and ENA Upstream Company, LLC (collectively, the "Enron Debtors"), on the other hand.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, on January 14, 2005, the Nevada Companies filed with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (hereinafter "the Bankruptcy Court") a Request for Allowance and Payment of Contingent Administrative Expense Claim Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 503 (Docket No. 23007) (the "Administrative Claim"); and
WHEREAS, on November 1, 2005, the Bankruptcy Court entered an Order Disallowing and Expunging Request for Allowance and Payment of Contingent Administrative Expense Claim Denying the Request of the Nevada Companies for Allowance and Payment of Contingent Administrative Expense Claim Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 503 (Docket No. 27948) (the "Administrative Claim Order"); and
WHEREAS, on November 9, 2005, the Nevada Companies filed a notice of appeal from the Administrative Claim Order (Docket No. 28083); and
WHEREAS, on November 18, 2005, the Nevada Companies and the Enron Debtors filed with the Bankruptcy Court a Stipulation and Order Requesting a Stay of the Appeal (Docket No. 28188) due to a settlement of all pending disputes between the parties, with such settlement embodied within a Settlement And Release of Claims Agreement, dated as of November 15, 2005, between Enron Corp., Enron Power Marketing, Inc., Enron North America Corp., Enron Energy Marketing Corp., Enron Energy Services Inc., Enron Energy Services North America, Inc., Enron Capital Trade Resources International Corp., Enron Energy Services, LLC, Enron Energy Services Operations, Inc., Enron Natural Gas Marketing Corp., ENA Upstream Company, LLC, Enron Canada Corp., Enron Compression Services Company and Enron MW, L.L.C. on the one hand, and Nevada Power Company and Sierra Pacific Power Company, on the other hand. (the "Settlement Agreement") which had to be approved by the Bankruptcy Court and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; and
WHEREAS, on December 15, 2005, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order approving the Settlement Agreement; and
WHEREAS, on January 25, 2006, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued its Order on Settlement Agreement approving the Settlement Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties by their undersigned counsel stipulate and agree as follows:
AGREEMENT
The Nevada Companies and the Enron Debtors hereby stipulate and agree that the Notice of Appeal of the Administrative Claims Order which was filed with the Bankruptcy Court on November 9, 2005, is hereby withdrawn with prejudice and without costs to any party in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Settlement Agreement.
SO ORDERED.