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                                           STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP                 |OMB Number       3235-0287|
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|1.Name and Address of Reporting Person* |2.Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol      |6.Relationship of Reporting Person to   |
|                                        |                                                |  Issuer (Check all Applicable)         |
|Post                 William         J  |Pinnacle West Capital Corp              (PNW)   |                                        |
|                                        |                                                |    Director             10% Owner      |
|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|---                   ---               |
|      (Last)             (First)    (MI)|3.IRS or Soc. Sec. No. |4.Statement for Month/  | X Officer               Other          |
|                                        |  of Reporting Person  |  Year                  |---(give title below) ---(Specify below)|
|  P.O. Box 52132                        |  (Voluntary)          |                        |                                        |
|                                        |                       |     November  1997     |                                        |
|                                        |                       |                        |     Executive VP                       |
|----------------------------------------|                       |------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|      (Street)                          |                       |5.If Amendment, Date of |7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing     |
|                                        |                       |  Original (Month/Year) |   (Check Applicable Line)              |
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|Phoenix                 AZ    85072     |                       |                        | X  Form filed by One Reporting Person  |
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|                                        |                       |                        |    Form filed by More than One         |
|                                        |                       |                        |--- Reporting Person                    |
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|      (City)         (State)     (Zip)                                                                                            |
|                                              TABLE I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of or Beneficially Owned     |
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|1.Title of Security            |2.Transac-  |3.Trans. |4.Security Acquired (A) or     |5.Amount of      |6.  |7.Nature of Indirect|
|  (Instr. 3)                   |  tion Date |  Code   |  Disposed of (D)              |  Securities     |Own.|  Beneficial        |
|                               |(Mon/Day/Yr)|(Instr.8)|  (Instr. 3, 4 & 5)            |  Beneficially   |Form|  Ownership         |
|                               |            |---------|-------------------------------|  Owned at End of|(D) |  (Instr. 4)        |
|                               |            |    |    |                |(A) |         |  Month          |or  |                    |
|                               |            |Code| V  |     Amount     |(D) |  Price  |  (Instr. 3 & 4) |(I) |                    |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|                               |            |    |    |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|Common Stock                   | 11/16/1997 | F  |    |      1705      | D  | $37.0900|                 |    |                    |
|                               |            |(01)|    |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|Common Stock                   | 11/17/1997 | M  |    |      4937      | A  | $26.2500|                 |    |                    |
|                               |            |    |    |            (02)|    |         |                 |    |                    |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|Common Stock                   | 11/17/1997 | F  |    |      5447      | D  | $37.0900|     24598       | D  |                    |
|                               |            |    |    |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|Common Stock                   |            |    |    |                |    |   $.0000|      2729       | I  |ESP Trust           |
|                               |            |    |    |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
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|                               |            |    |    |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
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|                               |            |    |    |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
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|                               |            |    |    |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
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|                               |            |    |    |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
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|                               |            |    |    |                |    |         |                 |    |                    |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class securities owned directly or indirectly.                         SEC 1474 (7-96)
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).

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FORM 4 (continued)          TABLE II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, Beneficially Owned
                                   (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible security)
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|1.Title of|2.Conver-|3.   |4.Tran-  |5.Number of          |6.Date     |7.Title and Amount   |8.Price of|9.Number  |10. |11.Nature |
|Derivative|sion or  |Trans|  saction|  Derivative         |Exercisable|  of Underlying      |Derivative|  of      |Own.|   of     |
|Security  |Exercise |Date |  Code   |  Securities         |and        |  Securities         |Security  |Derivative|Form|Indirect  |
|(Instr. 3)|Price of |(Mon/|(Instr.8)|  Acquired (A) or    |Expiration |  (Instr. 3 & 4)     |(Instr. 5)|Securities|of  |Beneficial|
|          |Deriva-  | Day/|         |  Disposed of (D)    |Date       |                     |          |Benefi-   |Deri|Ownership |
|          |tive     |Year)|         |  (Instr. 3, 4 & 5)  |(Month/Day/|                     |          |cially    |Sec.|(Instr. 4)|
|          |Security |     |         |                     |   Year)   |                     |          |Owned at  |Dir.|          |
|          |         |     |         |                     |-----------|---------------------|          |End of    |(D) |          |
|          |         |     |         |                     |     |     |          |Amount or |          |Month     |or  |          |
|          |         |     |---------|---------------------|Date |Exp. |   Title  |Number of |          |(Instr. 4)|Ind.|          |
|          |         |     |Code| V  |    (A)   |    (D)   |Exbl.|Date |          |Shares    |          |          |(I) |          |
|----------|---------|-----|----|----|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
|          |         |     |    |    |          |          |     |     |          |          |          |          |    |          |
|Employee S| $26.2500|11/17| M  |    |          |      4937|12/16|12/16|Common Sto|      4937|          |         0| D  |          |
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Explanation of Responses:
      (01)  Exercise of rights to withhold shares to satisfy tax liability upon distribution of restricted stock.
      (02)  Not shown are 2,078 dividend equivalent shares received in tandem with this exercise, exempt under 16b(3).

**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal                     /s/William J. Post              11/20/1997
  Criminal Violations.  See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).            ------------------------------------------  ----------
                                                                                  **Signature of Reporting Person           Date
Note: File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed.
      If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.                                            SEC 1474 (7-96)

Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not
required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMD Number

                           Post, William                            Pinnacle West Capital Corp               NOV-1997 PAGE:  2 OF  2