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) October 19, 1998


                           NEW CENTURY ENERGIES, INC.
                   ----------------------------------------
              (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


                                    Delaware
                             --------------------
                          (State or Other Jurisdiction
                                of Incorporation)


               1-12927                                 84-1334327
          ----------------                          -----------------
        (Commission File No.)                         (IRS Employer
                                                   Identification No.)


      1225 Seventeenth Street, Denver,  Colorado          80202
      ---------------------------------------------------------------------
      (Address of Principal Executive Offices)         (Zip Code)


      Registrant's telephone number, including area code(303)  571-7511



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Item 5.  OTHER EVENTS

Reference  is  made  to  the  press  release  filed  as an  exhibit  hereto  for
information with respect to the Company's earning release for the quarter ended
September 30, 1998.

Item 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

      (c) Exhibits

           Exhibit 99:  Press Release, dated October 19, 1998, of New Century 
                         Energies, Inc.




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                                    SIGNATURE


Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.




                                         NEW CENTURY ENERGIES, INC.


                                             /s/Richard C. Kelly
                                          -----------------------------
                                              Richard C. Kelly
                                          Executive Vice President and
                                           Chief Financial Officer


Dated:   October 19, 1998


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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) October 19, 1998

                           NEW CENTURY ENERGIES, INC.
                   ----------------------------------------
              (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

                                    Delaware
                             --------------------
                          (State or Other Jurisdiction
                                of Incorporation)

               1-12927                                 84-1334327
          ----------------                          -----------------
        (Commission File No.)                         (IRS Employer
                                                   Identification No.)

      1225 Seventeenth Street, Denver,  Colorado          80202
      ---------------------------------------------------------------------
      (Address of Principal Executive Offices)         (Zip Code)

      Registrant's telephone number, including area code(303)  571-7511
Item 5.  OTHER EVENTS

Reference  is  made  to  the  press  release  filed  as an  exhibit  hereto  for
information with respect to the Company's earning release for the quarter ended
September 30, 1998.

Item 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

      (c) Exhibits

           Exhibit 99:  Press Release, dated October 19, 1998, of New Century 
                         Energies, Inc.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                                         NEW CENTURY ENERGIES, INC.

                                             /s/Richard C. Kelly
                                          -----------------------------
                                              Richard C. Kelly
                                          Executive Vice President and
                                           Chief Financial Officer

Dated:   October 19, 1998

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