UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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)

January 21, 2009

 

 

 

 

OGE ENERGY CORP.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Oklahoma

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

 

1-12579

73-1481638

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

321 North Harvey, P.O. Box 321, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

73101-0321

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

 

 

405-553-3000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

 

 

 

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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)

 

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(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))

 

 


Item 8.01. Other Events

 

OGE Energy Corp. (“OGE Energy” or the “Company”) is the parent company of Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company (“OG&E”), a regulated electric utility with approximately 769,000 customers in Oklahoma and western Arkansas, and Enogex LLC and its subsidiaries, a midstream natural gas pipeline business with principal operations in Oklahoma.

 

2009 Oklahoma Rate Case Filing

 

On January 21, 2009, the Company issued a press release announcing that OG&E will make its planned Oklahoma rate case filing on or about February 26, 2009. On December 12, 2008, OG&E filed notice with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (“OCC”) of its intent to seek a change in its electric rates, anticipating a rate case filing no sooner than January 26, 2009. OG&E is still preparing the rate case and, at this time, has not determined the amount of the expected increase it will request. The case is expected to proceed through the first half of 2009. If an increase is approved by the OCC, customers would not see it reflected in their electric rates until the August / September 2009 timeframe as previously announced. The related press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.01 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

                

(d) Exhibits

 

 

 

Exhibit Number

Description

 

 

99.01

Press release dated January 21, 2009, announcing OG&E plans to file Oklahoma rate case in late February.

 

 


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.

 

 

OGE ENERGY CORP.

 

(Registrant)

 

 

By:

/s/ Scott Forbes

 

Scott Forbes

 

Controller, Chief Accounting Officer

 

and Interim Chief Financial Officer

             

 

January 23, 2009