OGE Energy Corp. (OGE Energy) operates as a holding company whose primary investment provides electricity in Oklahoma and western Arkansas.
OGE Energy's electric company operations are conducted through its wholly-owned subsidiary, OG&E, which generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electric energy in Oklahoma and western Arkansas, and are reported through OGE Energy's electric company business segment. OG&E's rates are subject to regulation by the OCC, the APSC, and the FERC. OG&E is the...
OGE Energy Corp. (OGE Energy) operates as a holding company whose primary investment provides electricity in Oklahoma and western Arkansas.
OGE Energy's electric company operations are conducted through its wholly-owned subsidiary, OG&E, which generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electric energy in Oklahoma and western Arkansas, and are reported through OGE Energy's electric company business segment. OG&E's rates are subject to regulation by the OCC, the APSC, and the FERC. OG&E is the largest electric company in Oklahoma, with a franchised service territory that includes Fort Smith, Arkansas, and the surrounding communities. OG&E sold its retail natural gas business in 1928 and is no longer engaged in the natural gas distribution business.
Strategy
OGE Energy is focused on strengthening and securing the energy grid to improve reliability and resiliency for all customers; maintaining customer rates that are among the lowest rates in the country by continuing to focus on innovation, intellectual curiosity, and execution with excellence; delivering top-quartile safety results as it expands the capacity of the energy grid with a balanced mix of cost-effective and proven generation technologies to meet unprecedented demand for electricity; transforming the customer experience through personalized products, programs, services, and self-service technology by centering decisions on customer impact; driving economic development and job growth by attracting new and diverse businesses to improve the communities it serves in Oklahoma and Arkansas; delivering on earnings commitments to shareholders to enhance access to lower-cost debt and equity capital that is needed to deploy infrastructure for the long-term economic health of its communities; fostering strong regulatory and legislative relationships, built on integrity, for the long-term benefit of its customers, communities, shareholders, and members; and developing and growing its members to provide a greater contribution to the company's success, as they improve their own lives and deliver improved value to communities, customers, and shareholders.
OGE Energy creates long-term shareholder value by targeting the consistent growth of consolidated earnings per share of five to seven percent, supported by strong load growth enabled by low customer rates and a strategy of investing in lower-risk infrastructure projects that improve the economic vitality of the communities it serves in Oklahoma and Arkansas.
Electric Operations - OG&E
OG&E provides retail electric service to approximately 907,000 customers in Oklahoma and western Arkansas throughout a service area that covers 30,000 square miles, including Oklahoma City, the largest city in Oklahoma, Fort Smith, Arkansas, the third-largest city in that state, and other large communities with their contiguous rural and suburban areas. OG&E derived 92 percent of its total electric operating revenues in 2024 from sales in Oklahoma, and the remainder from sales in Arkansas. OG&E does not serve wholesale customers in either state.
In 2024, OG&E's system control area peak demand was 7,435 MWs on August 18, 2024, and OG&E's load responsibility peak demand was 6,669 MWs on August 18, 2024.
Fuel Supply and Generation
OG&E participates in the SPP Integrated Marketplace.
Natural Gas
As a participant in the SPP Integrated Marketplace, OG&E purchases its natural gas supply through short-term agreements.
Coal
OG&E's coal-fired units are designed to burn primarily low sulfur western sub-bituminous coal.
Wind
OG&E owns the 120 MW Centennial, 101 MW OU Spirit and 228 MW Crossroads wind farms. OG&E's current wind power portfolio also includes purchased power contracts.
Properties
OG&E owns and operates an interconnected electric generation, transmission, and distribution system, located in Oklahoma and western Arkansas, which included 18 generating stations with an aggregate capability of 6,921 MWs as of December 31, 2024.
In 2024, OG&E retired Unit 7 located at the Horseshoe Lake station.
Regulation
OG&E's retail electric tariffs are regulated by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) in Oklahoma, and by the Arkansas Public Service Commission (APSC) in Arkansas. The issuance of certain securities by OG&E is also regulated by the OCC and the APSC. OG&E's transmission activities, short-term borrowing authorization, and accounting practices are subject to the jurisdiction of the FERC. The Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy has jurisdiction over some of OG&E's facilities and operations.
History
OGE Energy Corp. was founded in 1902. The company was incorporated in 1995.