UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

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

~~Pursuant~~Date toof ~~Section 13~~Report ~~or 15~~(d) Date of ~~the~~earliest ~~Securities~~event ~~Exchange~~reported): ~~Act~~February 27, ~~of 1934~~2014

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 2, 2013

Cloud Peak Energy Inc.

Cloud Peak Energy Resources LLC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware Delaware	001-34547 333-168639	26-3088162 26-4073917
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

505 S. Gillette Ave., Gillette, Wyoming		82716
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (307) 687-6000

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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:

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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On ~~August~~February 227, ~~2013~~2014, Cloud Peak Energy Inc. ~~posted~~issued ~~investor~~a ~~slides~~press ~~dated~~release ~~August 2013~~announcing on the ~~Investor~~pricing ~~Relations~~of ~~section~~the ofpreviously ~~www.cloudpeakenergy.com. These~~announced ~~slides~~offering ~~are~~by ~~furnished~~its aswholly-owned ~~Exhibit 99.1~~subsidiary, toCloud ~~this~~Peak ~~Form 8-K~~Energy ~~and~~Resources ~~incorporated~~LLC ~~herein~~(the by“Company”), ~~reference. The~~together with Cloud Peak Energy ~~website~~Finance isCorp., ~~not~~a ~~intended~~wholly-owned todirect ~~function~~subsidiary asof athe ~~hyperlink~~Company, ~~and~~to ~~the~~publicly ~~information~~offer ~~contained~~$200 onmillion ~~such~~aggregate ~~website~~principal amount of senior unsecured notes due 2024. The press release is ~~not~~furnished aas ~~part~~Exhibit 99.1 ofto this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference in this Item 7.01.

~~Item~~In 9accordance with General Instruction B.012 ~~Financial~~of ~~Statements~~Form 8-K, ~~and~~the ~~Exhibits~~information in this report, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information, including Exhibit 99.1, be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

~~(d) Exhibits~~Item 9.01. ~~The~~Financial ~~following~~Statements ~~exhibit~~and ~~is being furnished herewith~~Exhibits.

99(d) Exhibits.~~1 Furnished August 2013 Investor Slides~~

299.1* Press release dated February 27, 2014, “Cloud Peak Energy Prices Public Offering of $200 Million of Senior Unsecured Notes.”

~~SIGNATURE~~* Furnished herewith

~~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 hereunto duly authorized.~~2

	CLOUD PEAK ENERGY INC.
Date: August 2, 2013	By:	/s/ Bryan J. Pechersky
	Name:	Bryan J. Pechersky
	Title:	Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
	CLOUD PEAK ENERGY RESOURCES LLC
Date: August 2, 2013	By:	/s/ Bryan J. Pechersky
	Name:	Bryan J. Pechersky
	Title:	Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

SIGNATURE

3Pursuant 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 hereunto duly authorized.

EXHIBIT INDEX

	CLOUD PEAK ENERGY INC.

Date: February 27, 2014

	By:	/s/ Bryan J. Pechersky
	Name:	Bryan J. Pechersky
	Title:	Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Exhibit No.		Description
	CLOUD PEAK ENERGY RESOURCES LLC
99.1		Furnished August 2013 Investor Slides
Date: February 27, 2014
	By:	/s/ Bryan J. Pechersky
	Name:	Bryan J. Pechersky
	Title:	Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number		Exhibit

99.1*		Press release dated February 27, 2014, “Cloud Peak Energy Prices Public Offering of $200 Million of Senior Unsecured Notes.”

* Furnished herewith

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