UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
 QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 20202021
OR
 TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from _____to_____

Commission File Number: 1-12579
OGE ENERGY CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
OklahomaCommission File NumberExact name of registrants as specified in their charters, address of principal executive offices and registrants' telephone numberI.R.S. Employer Identification No.
1-12579OGE ENERGY CORP.73-1481638
(State or other jurisdiction of1-1097OKLAHOMA GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY(I.R.S. Employer73-0382390
incorporation or organization)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):State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization: 405-553-3000

Oklahoma
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
RegistrantTitle of each classTrading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
OGE Energy Corp.Common StockOGENew York Stock Exchange
Oklahoma Gas and Electric CompanyNoneN/AN/A

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  
OGE Energy Corp.  Yes   No        Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company  Yes   No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).
OGE Energy Corp.  Yes   No        Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company  Yes   No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company.  See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
OGE Energy Corp.Large accelerated filerAccelerated filer

Non-accelerated filer

Smaller reporting company
Emerging growth company
Oklahoma Gas and Electric CompanyLarge accelerated filerAccelerated filerNon-accelerated filerSmaller reporting companyEmerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
OGE Energy Corp.   Yes   No        Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company ☐  Yes   No    

At March 31, 2020,2021, there were 200,169,431200,173,981 shares of OGE Energy Corp.'s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, outstanding.

At March 31, 2021, there were 40,378,745 of Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company's common stock, par value $2.50 per share, outstanding, all of which were held by OGE Energy Corp. There were no other shares of capital stock of the registrants outstanding at such date.

Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company meets the conditions set forth in General Instruction H(1)(a) and (b) of Form 10-Q and is therefore filing this form with the reduced disclosure format permitted by General Instruction H(2).




OGE ENERGY CORP.

FORM 10-Q

FOR THE QUARTER ENDED MARCH 31, 20202021

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 Page
  
Part I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION 
Part II - OTHER INFORMATION 

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GLOSSARY OF TERMS

The following is a glossary of frequently used abbreviations that are found throughout this Form 10-Q.
AbbreviationDefinition
20192020 Form 10-KAnnual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 20192020
APSCArkansas Public Service Commission
ArcLight groupBronco Midstream Holdings, LLC and Bronco Midstream Holdings II, LLC, collectively
ASCFinancial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification
ASUFASB Accounting Standards Update
CenterPointCenterPoint Energy Resources Corp., wholly-owned subsidiary of CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
CO2
Carbon dioxide
CompanyOGE Energy Corp., collectively with its subsidiaries
COVID-19Novel Coronavirus disease
Dry ScrubberDry flue gas desulfurization unit with spray dryer absorber
EnableEnable Midstream Partners, LP, a partnership between OGE Energy, the ArcLight group and CenterPoint Energy, Inc. formed to own and operate the midstream businesses of OGE Energy and CenterPoint
Energy TransferEnergy Transfer LP, a Delaware limited partnership
Enogex HoldingsEnogex Holdings LLC, the parent company of Enogex LLC and a majority-owned subsidiary of OGE Holdings, LLC (prior to May 1, 2013)
Enogex LLCEnogex LLC, collectively with its subsidiaries (effective July 30,31, 2013, the name was changed to Enable Oklahoma Intrastate Transmission, LLC)
EPAU.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FASBFinancial Accounting Standards Board
Federal Clean Air ActFederal Clean Air Act of 1970, as amended
Federal Clean Water ActFederal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, as amended
FERCFederal Energy Regulatory Commission
FIPFederal Implementation Plan
GAAPAccounting principles generally accepted in the U.S.
MATSMercury and Air Toxics Standards
MBbl/dThousand barrels per day
MWMegawatt
MWhMegawatt-hour
NAAQSNational Ambient Air Quality Standards
NGLsNatural gas liquids, which are the hydrocarbon liquids contained within the natural gas stream
NOX
Nitrogen oxide
OCCOklahoma Corporation Commission
ODEQOklahoma Department of Environmental Quality
OG&EOklahoma Gas and Electric Company, wholly-owned subsidiary of OGE Energy
OGE EnergyHoldingOGE Energy Corp., collectively with its subsidiaries, holding company and parent company of OG&E
OGE HoldingsOGE Enogex Holdings, LLC, wholly-owned subsidiary of OGE Energy, parent company of Enogex Holdings (prior to May 1, 2013) and 25.5 percent owner of Enable
Pension PlanQualified defined benefit retirement plan
Regional Haze RuleThe EPA's Regional Haze Rule
RegistrantsOGE Energy and OG&E
Restoration of Retirement Income PlanSupplemental retirement plan to the Pension Plan
SIPState Implementation Plan
SO2
Sulfur dioxide
SPPSouthwest Power Pool
System salesSales to OG&E's customers
TBtu/dTrillion British thermal units per day
U.S.United States of America

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FILING FORMAT

This combined Form 10-Q is separately filed by OGE Energy and OG&E. Information in this combined Form 10-Q relating to each individual Registrant is filed by such Registrant on its own behalf. OG&E makes no representation regarding information relating to any other companies affiliated with OGE Energy. Neither OGE Energy, nor any of OGE Energy's subsidiaries, other than OG&E, has any obligation in respect of OG&E's debt securities, and holders of such debt securities should not consider the financial resources or results of operations of OGE Energy nor any of OGE Energy's subsidiaries, other than OG&E (in relevant circumstances), in making a decision with respect to OG&E's debt securities. Similarly, none of OG&E nor any other subsidiary of OGE Energy has any obligation with respect to debt securities of OGE Energy. This combined Form 10-Q should be read in its entirety. No one section of this combined Form 10-Q deals with all aspects of the subject matter of this combined Form 10-Q.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Except for the historical statements contained herein, the matters discussed within this Form 10-Q, including those matters discussed within "Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," are forward-looking statements that are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Such forward-looking statements are intended to be identified in this document by the words "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "objective," "plan," "possible," "potential," "project""project," "target" and similar expressions. Actual results may vary materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements. In addition to the specific risk factors discussed within "Item 1A. Risk Factors" in the Company'sRegistrants' 20120920 Form 10-K and within "Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and "Item 1A. Risk Factors" of "Part II - Other Information" herein, factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to:

general economic conditions, including the availability of credit, access to existing lines of credit, access to the commercial paper markets, actions of rating agencies and their impact on capital expenditures;
the ability of the CompanyOGE Energy and its subsidiaries to access the capital markets and obtain financing on favorable terms as well as inflation rates and monetary fluctuations;
the ability to obtain timely and sufficient rate relief to allow for recovery of items such as capital expenditures, fuel costs, operating costs, transmission costs and deferred expenditures;
prices and availability of electricity, coal, natural gas and NGLs;
for OGE Energy, the timing and extent of changes in commodity prices, particularly natural gas and NGLs, the competitive effects of the available pipeline capacity in the regions Enable serves and the effects of geographic and seasonal commodity price differentials, including the effects of these circumstances on re-contracting available capacity on Enable's interstate pipelines;
for OGE Energy, the timing and extent of changes in the supply of natural gas, particularly supplies available for gathering by Enable's gathering and processing business and transporting by Enable's interstate and intrastate pipelines, including the impact of natural gas and NGLs prices on the level of drilling and production activities in the regions Enable serves;
for OGE Energy, business conditions in the energy and natural gas midstream industries, including the demand for natural gas, NGLs, crude oil and midstream services;
competitive factors, including the extent and timing of the entry of additional competition in the markets served by the Company;Registrants;
the impact on demand for our services resulting from cost-competitive advances in technology, such as distributed electricity generation and customer energy efficiency programs;
technological developments, changing markets and other factors that result in competitive disadvantages and create the potential for impairment of existing assets;
factors affecting utility operations such as unusual weather conditions; catastrophic weather-related damage; unscheduled generation outages, unusual maintenance or repairs; unanticipated changes to fossil fuel, natural gas or coal supply costs or availability due to higher demand, shortages, transportation problems or other developments; environmental incidents; or electric transmission or gas pipeline system constraints;
availability and prices of raw materials for current and future construction projects;
the effect of retroactive pricing of transactions in the SPP markets or adjustments in market pricing mechanisms by the SPP;
federal or state legislation and regulatory decisions and initiatives that affect cost and investment recovery, have an impact on rate structures or affect the speed and degree to which competition enters the Company'sRegistrants' markets;
environmental laws, safety laws or other regulations that may impact the cost of operations or restrict or change the way the Company operates its facilities;Registrants' facilities are operated;
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changes in accounting standards, rules or guidelines;
the discontinuance of accounting principles for certain types of rate-regulated activities;
the cost of protecting assets against, or damage due to, terrorism or cyberattacks and other catastrophic events;
creditworthiness of suppliers, customers and other contractual parties;
social attitudes regarding the utility, natural gas and power industries;
identification of suitable investment opportunities to enhance shareholder returns and achieve long-term financial objectives through business acquisitions and divestitures;
increased pension and healthcare costs;
the impact of extraordinary external events, such as the current pandemic health event resulting from COVID-19, and their collateral consequences, including extended disruption of economic activity in ourthe Registrants' markets;
costs and other effects of legal and administrative proceedings, settlements, investigations, claims and matters, including, but not limited to, those described in this Form 10-Q;
difficulty in making accurate assumptions and projections regarding future revenues and costs associated with the Company'sOGE Energy's equity investment in Enable that the CompanyOGE Energy does not control; and
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Enable's pending merger with Energy Transfer and the expected timing of the consummation of the merger; and
other risk factors listed in the reports filed by the CompanyRegistrants with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including those listed within "Item 1A. Risk Factors" in the Company'sRegistrants' 201209 20Form 10-K and "Item 1A. Risk Factors" of "Part II - Other Information" herein..

The Company undertakesRegistrants undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements.

OGE ENERGY CORP.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended March 31,Three Months Ended March 31,
(In millions, except per share data)(In millions, except per share data)20202019(In millions, except per share data)20212020
OPERATING REVENUESOPERATING REVENUESOPERATING REVENUES
Revenues from contracts with customersRevenues from contracts with customers$420.4  $477.4  Revenues from contracts with customers$1,621.0 $420.4 
Other revenuesOther revenues10.9  12.6  Other revenues9.6 10.9 
Operating revenuesOperating revenues431.3  490.0  Operating revenues1,630.6 431.3 
COST OF SALESCOST OF SALES135.0  212.6  COST OF SALES1,346.8 135.0 
OPERATING EXPENSESOPERATING EXPENSESOPERATING EXPENSES
Other operation and maintenanceOther operation and maintenance120.0  119.0  Other operation and maintenance109.3 120.0 
Depreciation and amortizationDepreciation and amortization94.4  82.4  Depreciation and amortization98.7 94.4 
Taxes other than incomeTaxes other than income25.6  26.3  Taxes other than income27.2 25.6 
Operating expensesOperating expenses240.0  227.7  Operating expenses235.2 240.0 
OPERATING INCOMEOPERATING INCOME56.3  49.7  OPERATING INCOME48.6 56.3 
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)
Equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated affiliatesEquity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated affiliates(746.5) 30.7  Equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated affiliates53.2 (746.5)
Allowance for equity funds used during constructionAllowance for equity funds used during construction1.3  1.5  Allowance for equity funds used during construction1.3 1.3 
Other net periodic benefit expenseOther net periodic benefit expense(0.5) (7.0) Other net periodic benefit expense(1.4)(0.5)
Other incomeOther income7.4  6.7  Other income3.0 7.4 
Other expenseOther expense(6.1) (5.7) Other expense(2.0)(6.1)
Net other income (expense)Net other income (expense)(744.4) 26.2  Net other income (expense)54.1 (744.4)
INTEREST EXPENSEINTEREST EXPENSEINTEREST EXPENSE
Interest on long-term debtInterest on long-term debt36.6  32.6  Interest on long-term debt38.4 36.6 
Allowance for borrowed funds used during constructionAllowance for borrowed funds used during construction(0.5) (1.0) Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction(0.8)(0.5)
Interest on short-term debt and other interest chargesInterest on short-term debt and other interest charges2.2  3.0  Interest on short-term debt and other interest charges1.8 2.2 
Interest expenseInterest expense38.3  34.6  Interest expense39.4 38.3 
INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE TAXESINCOME (LOSS) BEFORE TAXES(726.4) 41.3  INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE TAXES63.3 (726.4)
INCOME TAX BENEFIT(234.6) (5.8) 
INCOME TAX EXPENSE (BENEFIT)INCOME TAX EXPENSE (BENEFIT)10.6 (234.6)
NET INCOME (LOSS)NET INCOME (LOSS)$(491.8) $47.1  NET INCOME (LOSS)$52.7 $(491.8)
BASIC AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDINGBASIC AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING200.2  199.9  BASIC AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING200.1 200.2 
DILUTED AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDINGDILUTED AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING200.2  200.5  DILUTED AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING200.1 200.2 
BASIC EARNINGS (LOSS) PER AVERAGE COMMON SHAREBASIC EARNINGS (LOSS) PER AVERAGE COMMON SHARE$(2.46) $0.24  BASIC EARNINGS (LOSS) PER AVERAGE COMMON SHARE$0.26 $(2.46)
DILUTED EARNINGS (LOSS) PER AVERAGE COMMON SHAREDILUTED EARNINGS (LOSS) PER AVERAGE COMMON SHARE$(2.46) $0.24  DILUTED EARNINGS (LOSS) PER AVERAGE COMMON SHARE$0.26 $(2.46)











The accompanying Combined Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part hereof.
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OGE ENERGY CORP.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended March 31,Three Months Ended March 31,
(In millions)(In millions)20202019(In millions)20212020
Net income (loss)Net income (loss)$(491.8) $47.1  Net income (loss)$52.7 $(491.8)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Pension Plan and Restoration of Retirement Income Plan:Pension Plan and Restoration of Retirement Income Plan:Pension Plan and Restoration of Retirement Income Plan:
Amortization of deferred net loss, net of tax of $0.3 and $0.2, respectively0.8  0.7  
Amortization of deferred net loss, net of tax of $0.2 and $0.3, respectivelyAmortization of deferred net loss, net of tax of $0.2 and $0.3, respectively0.6 0.8 
Settlement cost, net of tax of $0.0 and $2.2, respectively—  6.6  
Settlement cost, net of tax of $1.0 and $0.0, respectivelySettlement cost, net of tax of $1.0 and $0.0, respectively3.1 
Postretirement benefit plans:Postretirement benefit plans:Postretirement benefit plans:
Amortization of prior service credit, net of tax of ($0.2) and ($0.1), respectively(0.4) (0.5) 
Amortization of prior service credit, net of tax of ($0.1) and ($0.2), respectivelyAmortization of prior service credit, net of tax of ($0.1) and ($0.2), respectively(0.3)(0.4)
Other comprehensive loss from unconsolidated affiliates, net of tax of ($0.4) and $0.0, respectively(1.3) —  
Other comprehensive gain (loss) from unconsolidated affiliates, net of tax of $0.0 and ($0.4), respectivelyOther comprehensive gain (loss) from unconsolidated affiliates, net of tax of $0.0 and ($0.4), respectively0.1 (1.3)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxOther comprehensive income (loss), net of tax(0.9) 6.8  Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax3.5 (0.9)
Comprehensive income (loss)Comprehensive income (loss)$(492.7) $53.9  Comprehensive income (loss)$56.2 $(492.7)

































The accompanying Combined Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part hereof.
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OGE ENERGY CORP.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended March 31,
(In millions)20202019
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES  
Net income (loss)$(491.8) $47.1  
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided from operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization94.4  82.4  
Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits, net(254.7) (0.5) 
Equity in (earnings) losses of unconsolidated affiliates746.5  (30.7) 
Distributions from unconsolidated affiliates33.5  35.3  
Allowance for equity funds used during construction(1.3) (1.5) 
Stock-based compensation expense2.0  3.0  
Regulatory assets0.3  (7.3) 
Regulatory liabilities(11.7) (7.0) 
Other assets2.6  (3.8) 
Other liabilities(9.4) 15.9  
Change in certain current assets and liabilities:      
Accounts receivable and accrued unbilled revenues, net16.2  19.2  
Fuel, materials and supplies inventories(5.0) 9.1  
Fuel recoveries50.3  (22.8) 
Other current assets3.6  (11.0) 
Accounts payable(32.8) (42.6) 
Other current liabilities(38.8) (55.9) 
Net cash provided from operating activities103.9  28.9  
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES      
Capital expenditures (less allowance for equity funds used during construction)(127.2) (152.9) 
Investment in unconsolidated affiliates(0.9) (1.0) 
Return of capital - unconsolidated affiliates3.2  —  
Net cash used in investing activities(124.9) (153.9) 
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES      
Increase in short-term debt263.0  366.4  
Payment of long-term debt—  (250.0) 
Dividends paid on common stock(79.3) (75.5) 
Cash paid for employee equity-based compensation and expense of common stock(7.1) (10.2) 
Purchase of treasury stock(9.7) —  
Net cash provided from financing activities166.9  30.7  
NET CHANGE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS145.9  (94.3) 
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD—  94.3  
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD$145.9  $—  


Three Months Ended March 31,
(In millions)20212020
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES  
Net income (loss)$52.7 $(491.8)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided from operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization98.7 94.4 
Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits, net8.7 (254.7)
Equity in (earnings) losses of unconsolidated affiliates(53.2)746.5 
Distributions from unconsolidated affiliates18.3 33.5 
Allowance for equity funds used during construction(1.3)(1.3)
Stock-based compensation expense2.5 2.0 
Regulatory assets(859.9)0.3 
Regulatory liabilities(16.3)(11.7)
Other assets(5.5)2.6 
Other liabilities(45.4)(9.4)
Change in certain current assets and liabilities:  
Accounts receivable and accrued unbilled revenues, net26.0 16.2 
Income taxes receivable1.7 
Fuel, materials and supplies inventories(7.0)(5.0)
Fuel recoveries(104.9)50.3 
Other current assets(2.5)3.6 
Accounts payable(28.7)(32.8)
Other current liabilities(24.1)(38.8)
Net cash (used in) provided from operating activities(940.2)103.9 
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES  
Capital expenditures (less allowance for equity funds used during construction)(158.4)(127.2)
Investment in unconsolidated affiliates(0.6)(0.9)
Return of capital - unconsolidated affiliates0 3.2 
Net cash used in investing activities(159.0)(124.9)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES  
Increase in short-term debt1,183.1 263.0 
Dividends paid on common stock(81.7)(79.3)
Cash paid for employee equity-based compensation and expense of common stock(3.3)(7.1)
Purchase of treasury stock0 (9.7)
Net cash provided from financing activities1,098.1 166.9 
NET CHANGE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS(1.1)145.9 
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD1.1 
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD$0 $145.9 






The accompanying Combined Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part hereof.
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OGE ENERGY CORP.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
March 31,December 31,March 31,December 31,
(In millions)(In millions)20202019(In millions)20212020
ASSETSASSETS ASSETS 
CURRENT ASSETSCURRENT ASSETS CURRENT ASSETS 
Cash and cash equivalentsCash and cash equivalents$145.9  $—  Cash and cash equivalents$0 $1.1 
Accounts receivable, less reserve of $1.1 and $1.5, respectively143.4  153.8  
Accounts receivable, less reserve of $2.8 and $2.6, respectivelyAccounts receivable, less reserve of $2.8 and $2.6, respectively139.5 157.8 
Accrued unbilled revenuesAccrued unbilled revenues58.9  64.7  Accrued unbilled revenues59.9 67.6 
Income taxes receivableIncome taxes receivable0.8  10.9  Income taxes receivable6.4 8.1 
Fuel inventoriesFuel inventories45.5  46.3  Fuel inventories39.4 36.5 
Materials and supplies, at average costMaterials and supplies, at average cost97.2  90.6  Materials and supplies, at average cost121.9 116.2 
Fuel clause under recoveriesFuel clause under recoveries—  39.5  Fuel clause under recoveries91.8 
OtherOther30.8  24.4  Other43.8 41.2 
Total current assetsTotal current assets522.5  430.2  Total current assets502.7 428.5 
OTHER PROPERTY AND INVESTMENTSOTHER PROPERTY AND INVESTMENTSOTHER PROPERTY AND INVESTMENTS
Investment in unconsolidated affiliatesInvestment in unconsolidated affiliates367.5  1,151.5  Investment in unconsolidated affiliates432.8 397.4 
OtherOther79.9  82.7  Other86.4 86.7 
Total other property and investmentsTotal other property and investments447.4  1,234.2  Total other property and investments519.2 484.1 
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENTPROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT      PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT 
In serviceIn service12,862.4  12,771.1  In service13,420.4 13,296.7 
Construction work in progressConstruction work in progress149.5  141.6  Construction work in progress185.6 145.5 
Total property, plant and equipmentTotal property, plant and equipment13,011.9  12,912.7  Total property, plant and equipment13,606.0 13,442.2 
Less: accumulated depreciationLess: accumulated depreciation3,920.9  3,868.1  Less: accumulated depreciation4,131.5 4,067.6 
Net property, plant and equipmentNet property, plant and equipment9,091.0  9,044.6  Net property, plant and equipment9,474.5 9,374.6 
DEFERRED CHARGES AND OTHER ASSETSDEFERRED CHARGES AND OTHER ASSETS      DEFERRED CHARGES AND OTHER ASSETS 
Regulatory assetsRegulatory assets300.0  306.0  Regulatory assets1,269.7 415.6 
OtherOther10.0  9.3  Other22.6 16.0 
Total deferred charges and other assetsTotal deferred charges and other assets310.0  315.3  Total deferred charges and other assets1,292.3 431.6 
TOTAL ASSETSTOTAL ASSETS$10,370.9  $11,024.3  TOTAL ASSETS$11,788.7 $10,718.8 




















The accompanying Combined Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part hereof.
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OGE ENERGY CORP.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
March 31,December 31,March 31,December 31,
(In millions)(In millions)20202019(In millions)20212020
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITYLIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY 
CURRENT LIABILITIESCURRENT LIABILITIES CURRENT LIABILITIES 
Short-term debtShort-term debt$375.0  $112.0  Short-term debt$1,278.0 $95.0 
Accounts payableAccounts payable157.2  194.9  Accounts payable244.8 251.5 
Dividends payableDividends payable77.6  77.6  Dividends payable80.6 80.5 
Customer depositsCustomer deposits83.2  83.0  Customer deposits80.7 81.1 
Accrued taxesAccrued taxes34.9  41.9  Accrued taxes37.7 55.7 
Accrued interestAccrued interest36.1  37.9  Accrued interest40.6 40.2 
Accrued compensationAccrued compensation26.9  40.6  Accrued compensation24.3 31.1 
Fuel clause over recoveriesFuel clause over recoveries15.6  4.8  Fuel clause over recoveries15.5 28.6 
OtherOther48.7  65.2  Other34.3 33.7 
Total current liabilitiesTotal current liabilities855.2  657.9  Total current liabilities1,836.5 697.4 
LONG-TERM DEBTLONG-TERM DEBT3,195.6  3,195.2  LONG-TERM DEBT3,495.0 3,494.4 
DEFERRED CREDITS AND OTHER LIABILITIESDEFERRED CREDITS AND OTHER LIABILITIES      DEFERRED CREDITS AND OTHER LIABILITIES 
Accrued benefit obligationsAccrued benefit obligations217.1  225.0  Accrued benefit obligations182.5 231.4 
Deferred income taxesDeferred income taxes1,129.0  1,375.8  Deferred income taxes1,287.9 1,268.6 
Deferred investment tax creditsDeferred investment tax credits7.1  7.1  Deferred investment tax credits10.9 10.9 
Regulatory liabilitiesRegulatory liabilities1,216.1  1,223.5  Regulatory liabilities1,176.9 1,188.9 
OtherOther198.1  200.3  Other193.5 195.4 
Total deferred credits and other liabilitiesTotal deferred credits and other liabilities2,767.4  3,031.7  Total deferred credits and other liabilities2,851.7 2,895.2 
Total liabilitiesTotal liabilities6,818.2  6,884.8  Total liabilities8,183.2 7,087.0 
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (NOTE 13)
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (NOTE 14)COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (NOTE 14)0
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITYSTOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY      STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY 
Common stockholders' equityCommon stockholders' equity1,116.8  1,131.3  Common stockholders' equity1,118.6 1,124.6 
Retained earningsRetained earnings2,465.0  3,036.1  Retained earnings2,515.6 2,544.6 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of taxAccumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax(28.8) (27.9) Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax(28.6)(32.1)
Treasury stock, at costTreasury stock, at cost(0.3) —  Treasury stock, at cost(0.1)(5.3)
Total stockholders' equityTotal stockholders' equity3,552.7  4,139.5  Total stockholders' equity3,605.5 3,631.8 
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITYTOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY$10,370.9  $11,024.3  TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY$11,788.7 $10,718.8 

















The accompanying Combined Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part hereof.
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OGE ENERGY CORP.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
(Unaudited)
Common StockTreasury StockCommon StockTreasury Stock



(In millions)



(In millions)
SharesValueSharesValuePremium on Common StockRetained EarningsAccumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) IncomeTotal


(In millions)
SharesValueSharesValuePremium on Common StockRetained EarningsAccumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) IncomeTotal
Balance at December 31, 2020Balance at December 31, 2020200.1 $2.0 0.1 $(5.3)$1,122.6 $2,544.6 $(32.1)$3,631.8 
Net incomeNet income0 0 0 0 0 52.7 0 52.7 
Other comprehensive income, net of taxOther comprehensive income, net of tax0 0 0 0 0 0 3.5 3.5 
Dividends declared on common stock ($0.4025 per share)Dividends declared on common stock ($0.4025 per share)0 0 0 0 0 (81.7)0 (81.7)
Stock-based compensationStock-based compensation0 0 (0.1)5.2 (6.0)0 0 (0.8)
Balance at March 31, 2021Balance at March 31, 2021200.1 $2.0 0 $(0.1)$1,116.6 $2,515.6 $(28.6)$3,605.5 
Balance at December 31, 2019Balance at December 31, 2019200.1  $2.0  —  $—  $1,129.3  $3,036.1  $(27.9) $4,139.5  Balance at December 31, 2019200.1 $2.0 $$1,129.3 $3,036.1 $(27.9)$4,139.5 
Net lossNet loss—  —  —  —  —  (491.8) —  (491.8) Net loss(491.8)(491.8)
Other comprehensive loss, net of taxOther comprehensive loss, net of tax—  —  —  —  —  —  (0.9) (0.9) Other comprehensive loss, net of tax(0.9)(0.9)
Dividends declared on common stock ($0.3875 per share)Dividends declared on common stock ($0.3875 per share)—  —  —  —  —  (79.3) —  (79.3) Dividends declared on common stock ($0.3875 per share)(79.3)(79.3)
Stock-based compensationStock-based compensation—  —  (0.2) 9.4  (14.5) —  —  (5.1) Stock-based compensation(0.2)9.4 (14.5)(5.1)
Purchase of treasury stockPurchase of treasury stock—  —  0.2  (9.7) —  —  —  (9.7) Purchase of treasury stock0.2 (9.7)(9.7)
Balance at March 31, 2020Balance at March 31, 2020200.1  $2.0  —  $(0.3) $1,114.8  $2,465.0  $(28.8) $3,552.7  Balance at March 31, 2020200.1 $2.0 $(0.3)$1,114.8 $2,465.0 $(28.8)$3,552.7 
Balance at December 31, 2018199.7  $2.0  —  $—  $1,125.7  $2,906.3  $(28.9) $4,005.1  
Net income—  —  —  —  —  47.1  —  47.1  
Other comprehensive income, net of tax—  —  —  —  —  —  6.8  6.8  
Dividends declared on common stock ($0.3650 per share)—  —  —  —  —  (75.6) —  (75.6) 
Stock-based compensation0.5  —  —  —  (7.2) —  —  (7.2) 
Balance at March 31, 2019200.2  $2.0  —  $—  $1,118.5  $2,877.8  $(22.1) $3,976.2  






























The accompanying Combined Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part hereof.
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OGE ENERGY CORP.OKLAHOMA GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended March 31,
(In millions)20212020
OPERATING REVENUES
Revenues from contracts with customers$1,621.0 $420.4 
Other revenues9.6 10.9 
Operating revenues1,630.6 431.3 
COST OF SALES1,346.8 135.0 
OPERATING EXPENSES
Other operation and maintenance110.3 121.0 
Depreciation and amortization98.7 94.4 
Taxes other than income25.7 23.9 
Operating expenses234.7 239.3 
OPERATING INCOME49.1 57.0 
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)
Allowance for equity funds used during construction1.3 1.3 
Other net periodic benefit expense(0.9)(0.5)
Other income1.7 1.5 
Other expense(0.4)(0.5)
Net other income1.7 1.8 
INTEREST EXPENSE
Interest on long-term debt38.4 36.6 
Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction(0.8)(0.5)
Interest on short-term debt and other interest charges0.8 0.8 
Interest expense38.4 36.9 
INCOME BEFORE TAXES12.4 21.9 
INCOME TAX EXPENSE1.2 2.0 
NET INCOME$11.2 $19.9 
Other comprehensive income, net of tax0 
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME$11.2 $19.9 



















The accompanying Combined Notes to Condensed Financial Statements are an integral part hereof.
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OKLAHOMA GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended March 31,
(In millions)20212020
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES  
Net income$11.2 $19.9 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided from operating activities:  
Depreciation and amortization98.7 94.4 
Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits, net0.8 1.1 
Allowance for equity funds used during construction(1.3)(1.3)
Stock-based compensation expense0.4 0.9 
Regulatory assets(859.9)0.3 
Regulatory liabilities(16.3)(11.7)
Other assets(4.4)(0.1)
Other liabilities(34.8)(2.5)
Change in certain current assets and liabilities:  
Accounts receivable and accrued unbilled revenues, net27.7 18.9 
Fuel, materials and supplies inventories(7.0)(5.0)
Fuel recoveries(104.9)50.3 
Other current assets0.6 (4.5)
Accounts payable(29.1)(27.0)
Income taxes payable - parent0.8 0.8 
Other current liabilities(22.4)(45.5)
Net cash (used in) provided from operating activities(939.9)89.0 
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES  
Capital expenditures (less allowance for equity funds used during construction)(158.4)(127.2)
Net cash used in investing activities(158.4)(127.2)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES  
Capital contribution from OGE Energy530.0 
Changes in advances with parent568.3 38.2 
Net cash provided from financing activities1,098.3 38.2 
NET CHANGE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS0 
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD0 
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD$0 $























The accompanying Combined Notes to Condensed Financial Statements are an integral part hereof.
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OKLAHOMA GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
March 31,December 31,
(In millions)20212020
ASSETS  
CURRENT ASSETS  
Accounts receivable, less reserve of $2.8 and $2.6, respectively$136.4 $156.3 
Accrued unbilled revenues59.9 67.7 
Advances to parent0 272.0 
Fuel inventories39.4 36.5 
Materials and supplies, at average cost121.9 116.2 
Fuel clause under recoveries91.8 
Other36.3 36.9 
Total current assets485.7 685.6 
OTHER PROPERTY AND INVESTMENTS4.0 4.1 
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT  
In service13,414.3 13,290.6 
Construction work in progress185.6 145.5 
Total property, plant and equipment13,599.9 13,436.1 
Less: accumulated depreciation4,131.5 4,067.6 
Net property, plant and equipment9,468.4 9,368.5 
DEFERRED CHARGES AND OTHER ASSETS  
Regulatory assets1,269.7 415.6 
Other20.4 15.2 
Total deferred charges and other assets1,290.1 430.8 
TOTAL ASSETS$11,248.2 $10,489.0 




























The accompanying Combined Notes to Condensed Financial Statements are an integral part hereof.
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OKLAHOMA GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
March 31,December 31,
(In millions)20212020
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY  
CURRENT LIABILITIES  
Accounts payable$229.4 $236.7 
Advances from parent297.1 
Customer deposits80.7 81.1 
Accrued taxes34.9 53.3 
Accrued interest40.3 40.2 
Accrued compensation18.0 22.5 
Fuel clause over recoveries15.5 28.6 
Other34.3 33.5 
Total current liabilities750.2 495.9 
LONG-TERM DEBT3,495.0 3,494.4 
DEFERRED CREDITS AND OTHER LIABILITIES  
Accrued benefit obligations101.3 135.4 
Deferred income taxes1,030.9 1,020.8 
Deferred investment tax credits10.9 10.9 
Regulatory liabilities1,176.9 1,188.9 
Other165.7 167.1 
Total deferred credits and other liabilities2,485.7 2,523.1 
Total liabilities6,730.9 6,513.4 
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (NOTE 14)00
STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY  
Common stockholder's equity1,570.0 1,039.5 
Retained earnings2,947.3 2,936.1 
Total stockholder's equity4,517.3 3,975.6 
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY$11,248.2 $10,489.0 
























The accompanying Combined Notes to Condensed Financial Statements are an integral part hereof.
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OKLAHOMA GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY
(Unaudited)
(In millions)Shares OutstandingCommon StockPremium on Common StockRetained EarningsTotal
Balance at December 31, 202040.4 $100.9 $938.6 $2,936.1 $3,975.6 
Net income0 0 0 11.2 11.2 
Capital contribution from OGE Energy0 0 530.0 0 530.0 
Stock-based compensation0 0 0.5 0 0.5 
Balance at March 31, 202140.4 $100.9 $1,469.1 $2,947.3 $4,517.3 
Balance at December 31, 201940.4 $100.9 $935.7 $2,921.7 $3,958.3 
Net income19.9 19.9 
Stock-based compensation0.9 0.9 
Balance at March 31, 202040.4 $100.9 $936.6 $2,941.6 $3,979.1 







































The accompanying Combined Notes to Condensed Financial Statements are an integral part hereof.
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COMBINED NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

Index of Combined Notes to Condensed Financial Statements

The Combined Notes to the Condensed Financial Statements are a combined presentation for OGE Energy and OG&E. The following table indicates the Registrant(s) to which each Note applies.
OGE EnergyOG&E
Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting PoliciesXX
Note 2. Accounting PronouncementsXX
Note 3. Revenue RecognitionXX
Note 4. Investment in Unconsolidated AffiliatesX
Note 5. Related Party TransactionsXX
Note 6. Fair Value MeasurementsXX
Note 7. Stock-Based CompensationXX
Note 8. Income TaxesXX
Note 9. Common EquityX
Note 10. Long-Term DebtXX
Note 11. Short-Term Debt and Credit FacilitiesXX
Note 12. Retirement Plans and Postretirement Benefit PlansXX
Note 13. Report of Business SegmentsX
Note 14. Commitments and ContingenciesXX
Note 15. Rate Matters and RegulationXX

1.Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The Company's significant accounting policies are detailed in "Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies" in the Company's 2019 Form 10-K. Changes to the Company's accounting policies as a result of adopting ASU 2016-13, "Financial Instruments - Credit Losses: Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Information" are incorporated within "Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts Receivables" below and discussed in Note 2 in this Form 10-Q.

Organization

The CompanyOGE Energy is a holding company with investments in energy and energy services providers offering physical delivery and related services for both electricity and natural gas primarily in the south-central U.S. The CompanyOGE Energy conducts these activities through two business segments: (i) electric utility and (ii) natural gas midstream operations. The accounts of the CompanyOGE Energy and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, including OG&E, are included in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.OGE Energy's condensed consolidated financial statements. All intercompany transactions and balances are eliminated in such consolidation. The CompanyOGE Energy generally uses the equity method of accounting for investments where its ownership interest is between 20 percent and 50 percent and it lacks the power to direct activities that most significantly impact economic performance.

TheOG&E. OGE Energy's electric utility segmentoperations are conducted through OG&E, which generates, transmits, distributes and sells electric energy in Oklahoma and western Arkansas. Its operations are conducted through OG&E and&E's rates are subject to regulation by the OCC, the APSC and the FERC. OG&E was incorporated in 1902 under the laws of the Oklahoma Territory and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.OGE Energy. OG&E is the largest electric utility in Oklahoma, and its franchised service territory 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.

TheEnable. OGE Energy's natural gas midstream operations segment represents the Company'sOGE Energy's investment in Enable. The investment in Enable is held through wholly-owned subsidiaries and ultimately OGE Holdings. Enable was formedFormed in 2013, and its general partner is equally controlled by the Company and CenterPoint, who each have 50 percent management ownership. Based on the 50/50 management ownership, with neither company having control, the Company accounts for its interest in Enable using the equity method of accounting. Enable is primarily engaged in the business of gathering, processing, transporting and storing natural gas. Enable's natural gas gathering and processing assets are strategically located in four states and serve natural gas production in the Anadarko, Arkoma and Ark-La-Tex Basins. Enable also owns crude oil gathering assets in the Anadarko and Williston Basins. Enable has intrastate natural gas transportation and storage assets that are located in Oklahoma as well as interstate assets that extend from western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle to Louisiana, from Louisiana to Illinois and from Louisiana to Alabama. Enable's general partner is equally controlled by OGE Energy and CenterPoint, who each have 50 percent management ownership. Based on the 50/50 management ownership, with neither company having control, OGE Energy accounts for its interest in Enable using the
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equity method of accounting. In February 2021, Enable entered into a definitive merger agreement with Energy Transfer. For further discussion, see Note 4.

Basis of Presentation

The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statementscondensed financial statements included herein have been prepared by the Company,Registrants, without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations; however, the Company believesRegistrants believe that the disclosures are adequate to prevent the information presented from being misleading.
In the opinion of management, all adjustments necessary to fairly present the consolidated financial position of the CompanyRegistrants at March 31, 20202021 and December 31, 2019,2020, the consolidated results of itsthe Registrants' operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 and 2019 and its consolidatedthe Registrants' cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 20202021 and 20192020 have been included and are of a normal, recurring nature except as otherwise disclosed. Management also has evaluated the impact of events occurring after March 31, 20202021 up to the date of issuance of these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements,condensed financial statements, and these statements contain all necessary adjustments and disclosures resulting from that evaluation.

Due to seasonal fluctuations and other factors, the Company'sRegistrants' operating results for the three months ended March 31, 20202021 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 20202021 or for any future period. The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statementscondensed financial statements and Notesnotes thereto should be read in conjunction with the audited Consolidated Financial Statementsfinancial statements and Notesnotes thereto included in the Company'sRegistrants' 20120920 Form 10-K.

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Accounting Records

The accounting records of OG&E are maintained in accordance with the Uniform System of Accounts prescribed by the FERC and adopted by the OCC and the APSC. Additionally, OG&E, as a regulated utility, is subject to accounting principles for certain types of rate-regulated activities, which provide that certain incurred costs that would otherwise be charged to expense can be deferred as regulatory assets, based on the expected recovery from customers in future rates. Likewise, certain actual or anticipated credits that would otherwise reduce expense can be deferred as regulatory liabilities, based on the expected flowback to customers in future rates. Management's expected recovery of deferred costs and flowback of deferred credits generally results from specific decisions by regulators granting such ratemaking treatment.

OG&E records certain incurred costs and obligations as regulatory assets or liabilities if, based on regulatory orders or other available evidence, it is probable that the costs or obligations will be included in amounts allowable for recovery or refund in future rates.

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The following table ispresents a summary of OG&E's regulatory assets and liabilities.
March 31,December 31,March 31,December 31,
(In millions)(In millions)20202019(In millions)20212020
REGULATORY ASSETSREGULATORY ASSETS REGULATORY ASSETS 
Current:Current: Current: 
Fuel clause under recoveriesFuel clause under recoveries$91.8 $
SPP cost tracker under recovery (A)SPP cost tracker under recovery (A)8.4 7.0 
Generation Capacity Replacement rider under recovery (A)Generation Capacity Replacement rider under recovery (A)$4.6  $3.7  Generation Capacity Replacement rider under recovery (A)5.2 4.4 
Fuel clause under recoveries—  39.5  
Other (A)Other (A)8.2  5.5  Other (A)5.1 8.4 
Total current regulatory assetsTotal current regulatory assets$12.8  $48.7  Total current regulatory assets$110.5 $19.8 
 
Non-current:Non-current:      Non-current:
Oklahoma February 2021 extreme cold weather costsOklahoma February 2021 extreme cold weather costs$829.4 $
Oklahoma deferred storm expensesOklahoma deferred storm expenses184.0 158.8 
Benefit obligations regulatory assetBenefit obligations regulatory asset$165.2  $167.2  Benefit obligations regulatory asset141.2 164.9 
Deferred storm expenses63.9  65.5  
Pension trackerPension tracker39.2 18.1 
Sooner Dry ScrubbersSooner Dry Scrubbers20.4  20.6  Sooner Dry Scrubbers19.5 19.7 
Arkansas deferred pension expensesArkansas deferred pension expenses11.2 9.3 
Smart GridSmart Grid16.6  18.4  Smart Grid9.5 11.2 
Unamortized loss on reacquired debtUnamortized loss on reacquired debt10.4  10.6  Unamortized loss on reacquired debt9.5 9.7 
Arkansas deferred pension expenses7.8  8.0  
Pension tracker0.9  2.3  
COVID-19 impactsCOVID-19 impacts7.9 6.4 
Frontier Plant deferred expensesFrontier Plant deferred expenses7.4 6.4 
OtherOther14.8  13.4  Other10.9 11.1 
Total non-current regulatory assetsTotal non-current regulatory assets$300.0  $306.0  Total non-current regulatory assets$1,269.7 $415.6 
REGULATORY LIABILITIESREGULATORY LIABILITIES      REGULATORY LIABILITIES 
Current:Current:      Current: 
Fuel clause over recoveriesFuel clause over recoveries$15.6  $4.8  Fuel clause over recoveries$15.5 $28.6 
Reserve for tax refund and interim surcharge (B)4.8  12.7  
Oklahoma demand program rider over recovery (B)4.4  2.0  
SPP cost tracker over recovery (B)—  2.6  
Oklahoma energy efficiency rider over recovery (B)Oklahoma energy efficiency rider over recovery (B)5.5 1.5 
Other (B)Other (B)5.6  6.9  Other (B)1.5 5.0 
Total current regulatory liabilitiesTotal current regulatory liabilities$30.4  $29.0  Total current regulatory liabilities$22.5 $35.1 
Non-current:Non-current:      Non-current: 
Income taxes refundable to customers, netIncome taxes refundable to customers, net$890.9  $899.2  Income taxes refundable to customers, net$858.2 $867.4 
Accrued removal obligations, netAccrued removal obligations, net319.7  318.5  Accrued removal obligations, net314.3 316.8 
OtherOther5.5  5.8  Other4.4 4.7 
Total non-current regulatory liabilitiesTotal non-current regulatory liabilities$1,216.1  $1,223.5  Total non-current regulatory liabilities$1,176.9 $1,188.9 
(A)Included in Other Current Assets in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.balance sheets.
(B)Included in Other Current Liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.balance sheets.    

In February 2021, OG&E's service territory experienced an unprecedented, prolonged, cold spell that resulted in record winter peak demand for electricity and extremely high natural gas and purchased power prices. OG&E's natural gas costs for the month of February 2021 exceeded the total cost for all of 2020. The OCC allowed OG&E to create a regulatory asset for all deferred costs with an initial carrying charge based on the effective cost of the related debt financing. For additional information, see Note 15.

The Oklahoma deferred storm expenses regulatory asset is recovered through the Storm Cost Recovery Rider. Operation and maintenance expenses resulting from storm damage exceeding the amounts included in OG&E's base rates are deferred and typically amortized over a five-year period. To mitigate customer impact, OG&E has agreed to recover the portion related to 2020 excess storm costs through the Storm Cost Recovery Rider over a ten-year period.
Management continuously monitors the future recoverability of regulatory assets. When in management's judgment future recovery becomes impaired, the amount of the regulatory asset is adjusted, as appropriate. If OG&E were required to
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discontinue the application of accounting principles for certain types of rate-regulated activities for some or all of its operations, it could result in writing off the related regulatory assets or liabilities, which could have significant financial effects.
Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts Receivable

Customer balances are generally written off if not collected within six months after the final billing date. The allowance for uncollectible accounts receivable for OG&E is generally calculated by multiplying the last six months of electric revenue by the provision rate, which is based on a 12-month historical average of actual balances written off and is adjusted for current conditions and supportable forecasts as necessary. To the extent the historical collection rates, when incorporating forecasted conditions, are not representative of future collections, there could be an effect on the amount of uncollectible expense recognized.recognized, such as in response to COVID-19 impacts. Also, a portion of the uncollectible provision related to fuel within the Oklahoma jurisdiction is being recovered through the fuel adjustment clause. The allowance for uncollectible accounts receivable is a reduction to Accounts Receivable in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheetscondensed balance sheets and is included in the Other Operation and Maintenance Expense in the Condensed Consolidated Statementscondensed statements of Income.income.

New business customers are required to provide a security deposit in the form of cash, bond or irrevocable letter of credit that is refunded when the account is closed. New residential customers whose outside credit scores indicate an elevated risk are required to provide a security deposit that may beis refunded based on customer protection rules defined by the OCC and the APSC. The payment behavior of all existing customers is continuously monitored, and, if the payment behavior indicates sufficient risk within the meaning of the applicable utility regulation, customers will be required to provide a security deposit.

The Company considered COVID-19 pandemic impacts when calculating its reserve on accounts receivable as of March 31, 2020, as further discussed in "Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis - Recent Developments."

Investment in Unconsolidated Affiliates

The Company'sOGE Energy's investment in Enable is considered to be a variable interest entity because the owners of the equity at risk in this entity have disproportionate voting rights in relation to their obligations to absorb the entity's expected losses or to receive its expected residual returns. However, the CompanyOGE Energy is not considered the primary beneficiary of Enable since it does not have the power to direct the activities of Enable that are considered most significant to the economic performance of Enable; therefore, the CompanyOGE Energy accounts for its investment in Enable using the equity method of accounting. Under the equity method, the investment will be adjusted each period for contributions made, distributions received and the Company'sOGE Energy's share of the investee's comprehensive income as adjusted for basis differences. The Company'sOGE Energy's maximum exposure to loss related to Enable is limited to the Company'sits equity investment in Enable at March 31, 20202021 as presented in Note 12. The Company evaluates its equity method investments for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate there is a loss in value of the investment that is other than a temporary decline. When indicators exist, the fair value is estimated and compared to the investment carrying value, and if any impairment is judgmentally determined to be other than temporary, the carrying value of the investment is written down to fair value.13.

The Company determined, in connection with the preparation of the financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2020, that an other than temporary decline in the value of the Company's investment in Enable had occurred. Further information detailing the results of the impairment analysis and fair value measurement can be found in Notes 4 and 5.

The CompanyOGE Energy considers distributions received from Enable which do not exceed cumulative equity in earnings subsequent to the date of investment to be a return on investment and are classified as operating activities in the Condensed Consolidated Statementscondensed statements of Cash Flows. The Companycash flows. OGE Energy considers distributions received from Enable in excess of cumulative equity in earnings subsequent to the date of investment to be a return of investment and are classified as investing activities in the Condensed Consolidated Statementscondensed statements of Cash Flows.cash flows.

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
The following tables summarizepresent changes in the components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to the CompanyOGE Energy during the three months ended March 31, 20202021 and 2019.2020. All amounts below are presented net of tax.
(In millions)Pension Plan and Restoration of Retirement Income PlanPostretirement Benefit PlansOther Comprehensive Loss from Unconsolidated AffiliatesTotal
Balance at December 31, 2019$(35.1) $7.8  $(0.6) $(27.9) 
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications—  —  (1.3) (1.3) 
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)0.8  (0.4) —  0.4  
Balance at March 31, 2020$(34.3) $7.4  $(1.9) $(28.8) 
(In millions)Pension Plan and Restoration of Retirement Income PlanPostretirement Benefit PlansOther Comprehensive Gain (Loss) from Unconsolidated AffiliatesTotal
Balance at December 31, 2020$(34.1)$3.3 $(1.3)$(32.1)
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications0 0 0.1 0.1 
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)0.6 (0.3)0 0.3 
Settlement cost3.1 0 0 3.1 
Balance at March 31, 2021$(30.4)$3.0 $(1.2)$(28.6)

(In millions)Pension Plan and Restoration of Retirement Income PlanPostretirement Benefit PlansTotal
Balance at December 31, 2018$(38.8) $9.9  $(28.9) 
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)0.7  (0.5) 0.2  
Settlement cost6.6  —  6.6  
Balance at March 31, 2019$(31.5) $9.4  $(22.1) 
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(In millions)Pension Plan and Restoration of Retirement Income PlanPostretirement Benefit PlansOther Comprehensive Loss from Unconsolidated AffiliatesTotal
Balance at December 31, 2019$(35.1)$7.8 $(0.6)$(27.9)
Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications(1.3)(1.3)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)0.8 (0.4)0.4 
Balance at March 31, 2020$(34.3)$7.4 $(1.9)$(28.8)

The following table summarizespresents significant amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) by the respective line items in net income (loss) during the three months ended March 31, 20202021 and 2019.2020.
Details about Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) ComponentsDetails about Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) ComponentsAmount Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)Affected Line Item in the Consolidated Statements of IncomeDetails about Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) ComponentsAmount Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)Affected Line Item in
OGE Energy's Statements of Income
Three Months EndedThree Months Ended
March 31,March 31,
(In millions)(In millions)20202019(In millions)20212020
Amortization of Pension Plan and Restoration of Retirement Income Plan items:Amortization of Pension Plan and Restoration of Retirement Income Plan items:Amortization of Pension Plan and Restoration of Retirement Income Plan items:
Actuarial lossesActuarial losses$(1.1) $(0.9) (A)Actuarial losses$(0.8)$(1.1)(A)
Settlement costSettlement cost—  (8.8) (A)Settlement cost(4.1)(A)
(1.1) (9.7) Income (Loss) Before Taxes(4.9)(1.1)Income (Loss) Before Taxes
(0.3) (2.4) Income Tax Expense (Benefit)(1.2)(0.3)Income Tax Expense (Benefit)
$(0.8) $(7.3) Net Income (Loss)$(3.7)$(0.8)Net Income (Loss)
Amortization of postretirement benefit plans items:Amortization of postretirement benefit plans items:Amortization of postretirement benefit plans items:
Prior service creditPrior service credit$0.6  $0.6  (A)Prior service credit$0.4 $0.6 (A)
0.6  0.6  Income (Loss) Before Taxes0.4 0.6 Income (Loss) Before Taxes
0.2  0.1  Income Tax Expense (Benefit)0.1 0.2 Income Tax Expense (Benefit)
$0.4  $0.5  Net Income (Loss)$0.3 $0.4 Net Income (Loss)
Total reclassifications for the period, net of taxTotal reclassifications for the period, net of tax$(0.4) $(6.8) Net Income (Loss)Total reclassifications for the period, net of tax$(3.4)$(0.4)Net Income (Loss)
(A)These accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) components are included in the computation of net periodic benefit cost (see Note 1112 for additional information).
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Reclassifications

Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to current year presentation.

2.Accounting Pronouncements

Recently Adopted Accounting Standards

Financial Instruments - Credit Losses. In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, "Financial Instruments - Credit Losses: Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Information." The amendments in this update require entities to measure all expected credit losses of financial assets held at a reporting date based on historical experience, current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts in order to record credit losses in a more timely manner. ASU 2016-13 also amends the accounting for credit losses on available-for-sale debt securities and purchased financial assets with credit deterioration. The Company adopted this standard in the first quarter of 2020 utilizing a modified-retrospective approach and determined the only financial instrumentRegistrants believe that the Company currently holds and is required to measure under ASU 2016-13 is its trade receivables. Under this standard, the Company considers forecasts of future economic conditions in addition to the historical data utilized prior to ASU 2016-13 when measuring the reserve for trade receivables. The Company evaluated its reserve for trade receivables in light of the new guidance and determined that no adjustment was necessary to the amount recorded as of January 1, 2020.

Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract. In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-15, "Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Customer's Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract." The new guidance aligns the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract with the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred to develop or obtain internal-use software. The Companyrecently adopted and prospectively applied the new guidance in the first quarter of 2020, which didrecently issued accounting standards that are not have a material effect on the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements upon adoption. Beginning in the first quarter of 2020, the Company records capitalized implementation costs incurred in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract in Other Current Assets and records the related amortization expense in Other Operation and Maintenance in the Company's Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet and Statement of Income, respectively.

Disclosure Framework. In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, "Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework - Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement" and ASU 2018-14, "Compensation - Retirement Benefits - Defined Benefit Plans - General (Subtopic 715-20): Disclosure Framework - Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Defined Benefit Plans." The new guidance removes, adds, modifies or clarifies disclosure requirements that impact all levels of the fair value hierarchy, as well as investments measured using the net asset value practical expedient, and disclosure requirements for employers that sponsor defined benefit pension or other postretirement plans, respectively. The Company adopted these standards in the first quarter of 2020 and applied the new guidance either retrospectively or prospectively, depending upon the specific disclosure change. ASU 2018-13 and ASU 2018-14 didyet effective do not have a significant impact on the Company's financial statement disclosures.

Reference Rate Reform. In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, "Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting." The new guidance provides optional expedients and exceptions, if certain criteria are met, for applying GAAP to contracts, hedging relationships and other transactions that reference LIBOR or another reference rate expected to be discontinued because of reference rate reform. Contracts modified between March 12, 2020 and December 31, 2022 as a result of reference rate reform are eligible for these expedients and exceptions. The Company adopted ASU 2020-04 in the first quarter of 2020 and does not expect this standardappear to have a material impact on the Company's consolidatedRegistrants' financial statements.position, results of operations or cash flows upon adoption.

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3.Revenue Recognition

The following table disaggregates the Company'spresents OG&E's revenues from contracts with customers disaggregated by customer classification. The Company'sOG&E's operating revenues disaggregated by customer classification can be found in "OG&E (Electric Utility) Results of Operations" within "Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations."
Three Months Ended March 31,Three Months Ended March 31,
(In millions)(In millions)20202019(In millions)20212020
ResidentialResidential$166.9  $191.2  Residential$568.2 $166.9 
CommercialCommercial91.3  95.4  Commercial307.5 91.3 
IndustrialIndustrial41.5  52.3  Industrial146.7 41.5 
OilfieldOilfield38.2  49.4  Oilfield160.8 38.2 
Public authorities and street lightPublic authorities and street light34.7  40.1  Public authorities and street light123.1 34.7 
System sales revenues System sales revenues372.6  428.4   System sales revenues1,306.3 372.6 
Provision for rate refundProvision for rate refund(0.6) (0.1) Provision for rate refund0 (0.6)
Integrated marketIntegrated market7.2  6.7  Integrated market302.1 7.2 
TransmissionTransmission34.2  36.1  Transmission36.3 34.2 
OtherOther7.0  6.3  Other(23.7)7.0 
Revenues from contracts with customers(A)Revenues from contracts with customers(A)$420.4  $477.4  Revenues from contracts with customers(A)$1,621.0 $420.4 
(A) In February 2021, OG&E's service territory experienced an unprecedented, prolonged, cold spell that resulted in record winter peak demand for electricity and extremely high natural gas and purchased power prices. Operating revenues significantly increased due to increased cost of sales, which are recovered from customers, as a result of the February 2021 extreme cold weather event. For further discussion, see Note 15 and "Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation."

4.Investment in Unconsolidated Affiliates and Related Party Transactions

At March 31, 2020, the Company2021, OGE Energy owned 111.0 million common units, or 25.5 percent, of Enable's outstanding common units. On March 31, 2020,2021, Enable's common unit price closed at $2.57. The Company$6.48. OGE Energy recorded equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates of $53.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to equity in losses of unconsolidated affiliates of $746.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared to equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates of $30.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019.2020. Equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated affiliates includes the Company'sOGE Energy's share of Enable's earnings adjusted for the amortization of the basis difference of the Company'sOGE Energy's original investment in Enogex LLC and its underlying equity in the net assets of Enable, as well as any impairment the CompanyOGE Energy records on its investment in Enable. The basis difference is being amortized, beginning in 2013, over the average life of the assets to which the basis difference is attributed, which is approximately 30 years. Equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated affiliates is also adjusted for the elimination of the Enogex Holdings fair value adjustments. These amortizations may also include gain or loss on dilution, net of proportional basis difference recognition. For more information concerning the formation of Enable and the Company'sOGE Energy's accounting for its investment in Enable, see Note 5 within "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" in the Company'sOGE Energy's 201920 FormForm 10-K.

The Company evaluates itsfollowing tables present summarized unaudited financial information for 100 percent of Enable as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 and for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020.
March 31,December 31,
Balance Sheet20212020
(In millions)
Current assets$449 $381 
Non-current assets$11,315 $11,348 
Current liabilities$1,334 $582 
Non-current liabilities$3,249 $4,052 

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Three Months Ended
March 31,
Income Statement20212020
(In millions)
Total revenues$970 $648 
Cost of natural gas and NGLs$519 $226 
Operating income$206 $146 
Net income$155 $103 

The following table presents a reconciliation of OGE Energy's equity method investment for impairment when factors indicate that a decline in the value of its investment has occurred and the carrying amount of its investment may not be recoverable. An impairment loss, based on the excess of the carrying value over estimated fair value of the investment, is recognized in earnings when an impairment is deemed to be other than temporary. Considerable judgment is used in determining if an impairment(losses) of unconsolidated affiliates for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020.
Three Months Ended
March 31,
(In millions)20212020
Enable net income$155.0 $103.0 
OGE Energy's percent ownership at period end25.5 %25.5 %
OGE Energy's portion of Enable net income$39.5 $26.3 
Amortization of basis difference and dilution recognition (A)13.7 7.2 
Impairment of OGE Energy's equity method investment in Enable (B)0 (780.0)
Equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated affiliates$53.2 $(746.5)
(A) Includes loss is other than temporary and the amounton dilution, net of any impairment. Atproportional basis difference recognition.
(B) Effective March 31, 2020, the CompanyOGE Energy estimated the fair value of its investment in Enable was below the book value and concluded the decline in value was not temporary due to the severity of the decline and the recent rapid deterioration, as well as the near term future outlook, of the midstream oil and gas industry. Accordingly, the CompanyOGE Energy recorded a $780.0 million impairment on its investment in Enable for the three months ended March 31, 2020, which is included in Equity in Earnings of Unconsolidated Affiliates in the Company's 2020 Condensed Consolidated Income Statement. The impairment resulted in an additional layer of basis difference for the Company's investment in Enable that will be amortized over the average life of the assets to which the basis difference is attributed, which is 29 years.2020. Further information concerning the fair value method used to measure the impairment on the Company's investment in Enablediscussion can be found in Note 5.
OGE Energy's
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Summarized unaudited financial information for 100 percent of Enable is presented below at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 and for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019.
March 31,December 31,
Balance Sheet20202019
(In millions)
Current assets$333  $389  
Non-current assets$11,784  $11,877  
Current liabilities$391  $780  
Non-current liabilities$4,374  $4,077  
Form 10-K
.
Three Months Ended
March 31,
Income Statement20202019
(In millions)
Total revenues$648  $795  
Cost of natural gas and NGLs$226  $378  
Operating income$146  $165  
Net income$103  $113  

The following table reconciles the Company's equity in earnings (losses)presents a reconciliation of unconsolidated affiliates for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019.
Three Months Ended
March 31,
(In millions) 20202019
Enable net income$103.0  $113.3  
OGE Energy's percent ownership at period end25.5 %25.5 %
OGE Energy's portion of Enable net income$26.3  $28.9  
Amortization of basis difference and dilution recognition (A)7.2  1.8  
Impairment of OGE Energy's equity method investment in Enable(780.0) —  
Equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated affiliates$(746.5) $30.7  
(A) Includes loss on dilution, net of proportional basis difference recognition.

The following table reconciles the difference between OGE Energy's investment in Enable and its underlying equity in the net assets of Enable (basis difference) from December 31, 20192020 to March 31, 2020.2021. The basis difference is amortized over approximately 30 years.
(In millions)
Basis difference at December 31, 20192020$652.51,332.3 
Amortization of basis difference (A)(8.2)(13.7)
Impairment of OGE Energy's equity method investment in Enable780.0 
Basis difference at March 31, 20202021$1,424.31,318.6 
(A) Includes proportional basis difference recognition due to dilution.
Distributions received from Enable were $18.3 million and $36.7 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

On April 1, 2020, Enable announced a 50 percent reduction to its quarterly distribution in order to strengthen its balance sheet and increase its annualized retained cash flow. See "Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis - Recent Developments" for further discussion of the Company's response.

On May 5, 2020,26, 2021, Enable announced a quarterly dividend distribution of $0.16525 per unit on its outstanding common units, which is a decreaseunchanged from the previous quarter's dividend distribution of $0.33050 per unit.quarter. If cash distributions to Enable's unitholders exceed $0.330625 per unit in any quarter, the general partner will receive increasing percentages, up to 50 percent, of the cash Enable distributes in excess of that amount. The CompanyOGE Energy is entitled to 60 percent of those "incentive distributions." In certain circumstances, the general partner has the right to reset the minimum quarterly distribution and the target distribution
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levels at which the incentive distributions receive increasing percentages to higher levels based on Enable's cash distributions at the time of the exercise of this reset election.

Distributions received from Enable were $36.7 million and $35.3 million during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.Merger Agreement with Energy Transfer

Related Party TransactionsOn February 16, 2021, Enable entered into a definitive merger agreement with Energy Transfer, pursuant to which, and subject to the conditions of the merger agreement, all outstanding common units of Enable will be acquired by Energy Transfer in an all-equity transaction. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Enable's common unitholders, including OGE Energy, will receive 0.8595 of one common unit representing limited partner interests in Energy Transfer for each common unit of Enable. The transaction is subject to the receipt of the required approvals from the holders of a majority of Enable's common units. Contemporaneously with the execution of the merger agreement, OGE Energy entered into a support agreement with
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Enable and Energy Transfer in which OGE Energy agreed to vote its common units in favor of the merger. In April 2021, CenterPoint and OGE Energy, who collectively own approximately 72.9 percent of Enable's common units, delivered written consents approving the merger agreement, and those consents are sufficient to approve the merger. The transaction also is subject to the receipt of anti-trust approvals and other customary closing conditions. The transaction is anticipated to close in 2021. Assuming the transaction closes, OGE Energy will own approximately three percent of Energy Transfer's outstanding limited partner units in lieu of the 25.5 percent interest in Enable that it currently owns.

The Companymerger agreement contemplates a registration rights agreement with Energy Transfer to be executed at the closing of the merger that provides for customary resale registration, demand registration and piggy-back registration rights with respect to Energy Transfer common units issued to OGE Energy in the merger. Assuming the successful completion of the merger, OGE Energy intends to exit the midstream segment in a prudent manner.

5.Related Party Transactions

OGE Energy charges operating costs to OG&E and Enable based on several factors, and operating costs directly related to OG&E and/or Enable are assigned as such. Operating costs incurred for the benefit of OG&E are allocated either as overhead based primarily on labor costs or using the "Distrigas" method, which is a three-factor formula that uses an equal weighting of payroll, net operating revenues and gross property, plant and equipment.

The CompanyOGE Energy and OG&E

OGE Energy charged operating costs to OG&E of $35.8 million and $37.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

OGE Energy and Enable

The CompanyOGE Energy and Enable are currently parties to several agreements whereby the CompanyOGE Energy provides specified support services to Enable, such as certain information technology, payroll and benefits administration. Under these agreements, the CompanyOGE Energy charged operating costs to Enable of $0.1 million during both the three months ended March 31, 20202021 and 2019.2020.

Pursuant to a seconding agreement, the CompanyOGE Energy provides seconded employees to Enable to support Enable's operations. As of March 31, 2020, 802021, 67 employees that participate in the Company'sOGE Energy's defined benefit and retirement plans are seconded to Enable. The CompanyOGE Energy billed Enable for reimbursement of $6.4$5.3 million and $12.4$6.4 million during the three months ended March 31, 20202021 and 2019,2020, respectively, under the seconding agreement for employment costs. If the seconding agreement waswere terminated, and those employees were no longer employed by the Company,OGE Energy, and lump sum payments were made to those employees, the CompanyOGE Energy would recognize a settlement or curtailment of the pension/retiree health care charges, which would increase expense at the CompanyOGE Energy by $17.0$18.3 million. Settlement and curtailment charges associated with the Enable seconded employees are not reimbursable to the CompanyOGE Energy by Enable. The seconding agreement can be terminated by mutual agreement of the CompanyOGE Energy and Enable or solely by the CompanyOGE Energy upon 120 days' notice.

The CompanyOGE Energy had accounts receivable from Enable for amounts billed for support services, including the cost of seconded employees, of $3.8$3.6 million as of March 31, 20202021 and $0.8$2.0 million as of December 31, 2019,2020, which are included in Accounts Receivable in the Company's Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.OGE Energy's condensed balance sheets.

Assuming the pending merger between Enable and Energy Transfer is completed, these agreements between OGE Energy and Enable pursuant to which OGE Energy provides support services and seconded employees will be terminated.

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OG&E and Enable

Enable provides gas transportation services to OG&E pursuant to an agreementagreements that grantsgrant Enable the responsibility of delivering natural gas to OG&E's generating facilities and performing an imbalance service. With this imbalance service, in accordance with the cash-out provision of the contract, OG&E purchases gas from Enable when Enable's deliveries exceed OG&E's pipeline receipts. Enable purchases gas from OG&E when OG&E's pipeline receipts exceed Enable's deliveries. The following table summarizespresents summarized related party transactions between OG&E and Enable during the three months ended March 31, 20202021 and 2019.2020.
Three Months EndedThree Months Ended
March 31,March 31,
(In millions)(In millions)20202019(In millions)20212020
Operating revenues:Operating revenues:Operating revenues:
Electricity to power electric compression assetsElectricity to power electric compression assets$3.7  $3.8  Electricity to power electric compression assets$2.6 $3.7 
Cost of sales:Cost of sales:Cost of sales:
Natural gas transportation servicesNatural gas transportation services$4.7  $14.8  Natural gas transportation services$4.7 $4.7 
Natural gas purchases (sales)Natural gas purchases (sales)$0.7  $(1.0) Natural gas purchases (sales)$(12.2)$0.7 

5.6.Fair Value Measurements
 
The classification of the Company'sRegistrants' fair value measurements requires judgment regarding the degree to which market data is observable or corroborated by observable market data. GAAP establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value based on observable and unobservable data. The hierarchy categorizes the inputs into three levels, with the highest priority given to quoted prices in active markets for identical unrestricted assets or liabilities (Level 1), and the lowest priority given to unobservable inputs (Level 3). Financial assets and liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the
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lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The three levels defined in the fair value hierarchy are as follows:
 
Level 1 inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical unrestricted assets or liabilities that are accessible at the measurement date.
 
Level 2 inputs are inputs other than quoted prices in active markets included within Level 1 that are either directly or indirectly observable at the reporting date for the asset or liability for substantially the full term of the asset or liability. Level 2 inputs include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets and quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active.  

Level 3 inputs are prices or valuation techniques for the asset or liability that require inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable (i.e., supported by little or no market activity). Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity's own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability (including assumptions about risk). 
The CompanyRegistrants had 0 financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis at March 31, 20202021 and December 31, 2019.2020. The following table summarizespresents the carrying amount and fair value of the Company'sRegistrants' financial instruments at March 31, 20202021 and December 31, 2019.2020, as well as the classification level within the fair value hierarchy.
March 31,December 31,March 31,December 31,
20202019 20212020
(In millions)(In millions)Carrying Amount Fair
Value
Carrying Amount  Fair
Value
Classification(In millions)Carrying Amount Fair
Value
Carrying Amount  Fair
Value
Classification
Long-term Debt (including Long-term Debt due within one year):Long-term Debt (including Long-term Debt due within one year): Long-term Debt (including Long-term Debt due within one year): 
OG&E Senior NotesOG&E Senior Notes$3,050.7  $3,240.1  $3,050.3  $3,500.4  Level 2OG&E Senior Notes$3,350.2 $3,831.0 $3,349.6 $4,182.1 Level 2
OG&E Industrial Authority BondsOG&E Industrial Authority Bonds$135.4  $135.4  $135.4  $135.4  Level 2OG&E Industrial Authority Bonds$135.4 $135.4 $135.4 $135.4 Level 2
Tinker DebtTinker Debt$9.5  $9.7  $9.5  $10.0  Level 3Tinker Debt$9.4 $9.9 $9.4 $10.7 Level 3

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Nonrecurring Fair Value Measurements


As further discussed in Note 4, the Company recorded an impairment on its investment in Enable at March 31, 2020. The nonrecurring fair value measurement consisted of calculating a 20-trading day volume weighted average price for Enable's common units through March 31, 2020. This method of valuation was determined to be representative of the fair value of Enable's common units as it incorporates market prices during the period and reduces the impact of volatility that a single day could represent. The Company concluded that this valuation method resulted in a Level 3 nonrecurring fair value measurement.

6.7.Stock-Based Compensation

The following table summarizespresents the Company'sRegistrants' pre-tax compensation expense and related income tax benefit duringfor the three months ended March 31, 20202021 and 20192020 related to the Company's performance units and restricted stock units.units for the Registrants' employees.
OGE EnergyOG&E
Three Months Ended March 31,Three Months Ended March 31,Three Months Ended March 31,
(In millions)(In millions)20202019(In millions)2021202020212020
Performance units:Performance units:Performance units:
Total shareholder returnTotal shareholder return$1.7  $2.2  Total shareholder return$2.0 $1.7 $0.4 $0.7 
Earnings per shareEarnings per share0.2  0.5  Earnings per share0 0.2 0 0.1 
Total performance unitsTotal performance units1.9  2.7  Total performance units2.0 1.9 0.4 0.8 
Restricted stock unitsRestricted stock units0.1  0.3  Restricted stock units0.5 0.1 0 0.1 
Total compensation expenseTotal compensation expense$2.0  $3.0  Total compensation expense$2.5 $2.0 $0.4 $0.9 
Income tax benefitIncome tax benefit$0.5  $0.8  Income tax benefit$0.6 $0.5 $0.1 $0.2 

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During the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company purchased 255,0002021, OGE Energy issued 153,964 shares of its commontreasury stock at an average cost of $38.04 per share on the open market, and 247,073 of these shares were used during the same period to satisfy payouts of earned performance units and restricted stock unit grants to the Registrants' employees pursuant to the Company'sOGE Energy's Stock Incentive Plan. The Company records treasury stock purchases at cost. Treasury stock is presented as a reduction of stockholders' equity in the Company's 2020 Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

During the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company2021, OGE Energy granted 201,552249,909 performance units (based on total shareholder return over a three-year period) and 67,19386,963 restricted stock units (three-year(primarily a three-year cliff vesting period) to employees at $38.03$38.06 and $43.69$31.03 fair value per share, respectively. Of those performance units and restricted stock units granted, 68,720 and 22,911 were granted to OG&E employees, respectively, at $38.14 and $30.91 fair value per share, respectively.

7.8.Income Taxes

The CompanyOGE Energy files consolidated income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various state jurisdictions. OG&E is a part of the consolidated income tax return of OGE Energy. With few exceptions, the Company isRegistrants are no longer subject to U.S. federal tax or state and local examinations by tax authorities for years prior to 2016.2017. Income taxes are generally allocated to each company in the affiliated group, including OG&E, based on its stand-alone taxable income or loss. Federal investment tax credits previously claimed on electric utility property have been deferred and will be amortized to income over the life of the related property. Additionally, OG&E earns federal tax credits associated with production from its wind facilities. Oklahoma production and investment state tax credits are also earned on investments in electric and solar generating facilities which further reduce the Company'sOG&E's effective tax rate.

8.9.Common Equity
 
Automatic Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan
 
The CompanyOGE Energy issued 0 shares of common stock under its Automatic Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan during the three months ended March 31, 2020.2021.  

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Earnings (Loss) Per Share
 
Basic earnings (loss) per share is calculated by dividing net income (loss) attributable to the CompanyOGE Energy by the weighted-averageweighted average number of the Company'sOGE Energy's common shares outstanding during the period. In the calculation of diluted earnings (loss) per share, weighted-averageweighted average shares outstanding are increased for additional shares that would be outstanding if potentially dilutive securities were converted to common stock. Potentially dilutive securities for the CompanyOGE Energy consist of performance units and restricted stock units. The following table calculatespresents the calculation of basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share for the Company.OGE Energy.
Three Months Ended March 31,Three Months Ended March 31,
(In millions except per share data)(In millions except per share data)20202019(In millions except per share data)20212020
Net income (loss)Net income (loss)$(491.8) $47.1  Net income (loss)$52.7 $(491.8)
Average common shares outstanding:Average common shares outstanding:Average common shares outstanding:
Basic average common shares outstandingBasic average common shares outstanding200.2  199.9  Basic average common shares outstanding200.1 200.2 
Effect of dilutive securities:Effect of dilutive securities:Effect of dilutive securities:
Contingently issuable shares (performance and restricted stock units)Contingently issuable shares (performance and restricted stock units)—  0.6  Contingently issuable shares (performance and restricted stock units)0 
Diluted average common shares outstandingDiluted average common shares outstanding200.2  200.5  Diluted average common shares outstanding200.1 200.2 
Basic earnings (loss) per average common shareBasic earnings (loss) per average common share$(2.46) $0.24  Basic earnings (loss) per average common share$0.26 $(2.46)
Diluted earnings (loss) per average common shareDiluted earnings (loss) per average common share$(2.46) $0.24  Diluted earnings (loss) per average common share$0.26 $(2.46)
Anti-dilutive shares excluded from earnings per share calculationAnti-dilutive shares excluded from earnings per share calculation—  —  Anti-dilutive shares excluded from earnings per share calculation0 0.3 

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9.10.Long-Term Debt
 
At March 31, 2020,2021, the Company wasRegistrants were in compliance with all of itstheir debt agreements.
 
OG&E Industrial Authority Bonds

OG&E has tax-exempt pollution control bonds with optional redemption provisions that allow the holders to request repayment of the bonds on any business day. The following table presents information about these bonds, which can be tendered at the option of the holder during the next 12 months, are included in the following table.months.
SeriesDate DueAmount
  (In millions)
1.00%-5.35%Garfield Industrial Authority, January 1, 2025$47.0  
1.00%-4.31%Muskogee Industrial Authority, January 1, 202532.4  
1.00%-5.35%Muskogee Industrial Authority, June 1, 202756.0  
Total (redeemable during next 12 months)$135.4  
SeriesDate DueAmount
  (In millions)
0.23%-0.33%Garfield Industrial Authority, January 1, 2025$47.0 
0.20%-0.27%Muskogee Industrial Authority, January 1, 202532.4 
0.20%-0.27%Muskogee Industrial Authority, June 1, 202756.0 
Total (redeemable during next 12 months)$135.4 

All of these bonds are subject to an optional tender at the request of the holders, at 100 percent of the principal amount, together with accrued and unpaid interest to the date of purchase. The bond holders, on any business day, can request repayment of the bond by delivering an irrevocable notice to the tender agent stating the principal amount of the bond, payment instructions for the purchase price and the business day the bond is to be purchased. The repayment option may only be exercised by the holder of a bond for the principal amount. When a tender notice has been received by the trustee, a third-party remarketing agent for the bonds will attempt to remarket any bonds tendered for purchase. This process occurs once per week. Since the original issuance of these series of bonds in 1995 and 1997, the remarketing agent has successfully remarketed all tendered bonds. If the remarketing agent is unable to remarket any such bonds, OG&E is obligated to repurchase such unremarketed bonds. As OG&E has both the intent and ability to refinance the bonds on a long-term basis and such ability is supported by an ability to consummate the refinancing, the bonds are classified as Long-termLong-Term Debt in the Company's Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.condensed balance sheets. OG&E believes that it has sufficient liquidity to meet these obligations.

Issuance of Long-Term Debt

In April 2020, OG&E issued $300.0 million of 3.25 percent senior notes due April 1, 2030. The proceeds from the issuance were added to OG&E's general funds to be used for general corporate purposes, including to fund ongoing capital expenditures and working capital.

10.11.Short-Term Debt and Credit Facilities
 
The Company borrowsRegistrants borrow on a short-term basis, as necessary, by the issuance of commercial paper and by borrowings under itstheir revolving credit agreements. OGE Energy also borrows under term credit agreements maturing in one year or less, as necessary. As of March 31, 2020, the Company2021, OGE Energy had $375.0 million$1.3 billion of short-term debt as compared to $112.0$95.0 million short-termof short-
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term debt at December 31, 2019. 2020. At March 31, 2021, OG&E had $297.1 million in advances from OGE Energy compared to $272.0 million advances to OGE Energy at December 31, 2020.

In March 2021, OGE Energy entered into a $1.0 billion unsecured 364-day term loan agreement and borrowed the full $1.0 billion to help cover the increased fuel and purchased power costs incurred by OG&E during the February 2021 extreme cold weather event. The term loan contains substantially the same covenants as OGE Energy's $450.0 million revolving credit agreement, including various financial ratio covenants. The term loan will bear interest at rates equal to either a LIBOR rate specified in the term loan agreement, plus a margin of 0.75, or an alternate base rate specified in the term loan agreement, subject in each case to floor of zero percent. An alternative rate of interest will be established upon the occurrence of certain events related to the phase out of LIBOR. During the three months ended March 31, 2021, OGE Energy loaned $470.0 million of the term loan proceeds to OG&E pursuant to an intercompany note issued by OG&E to OGE Energy, contemporaneously with the closing of the term loan agreement. Advances under the intercompany note will bear interest at the same rates as are in effect under the term loan agreement. During the three months ended March 31, 2021, OGE Energy also made a capital contribution of $530.0 million to OG&E. OG&E used these proceeds to pay fuel and purchased power costs incurred during the February 2021 extreme cold weather event. OGE Energy and OG&E intend to refinance the $1.0 billion term loan by issuing long-term debt in 2021.

The following table providespresents information regarding the Company'sRegistrants' revolving credit agreements at March 31, 2020.2021.
AggregateAmountWeighted-Average  AggregateAmountWeighted-Average 
EntityEntityCommitment Outstanding (A)Interest RateExpirationEntityCommitment Outstanding (A)Interest RateExpiration
(In millions)  
(In millions)  
OGE Energy (B)OGE Energy (B)$450.0  $375.0  1.81 %(D)March 8, 2023OGE Energy (B)$450.0 $278.0 0.33 %(D)March 8, 2024(F)
OG&E (C)(E)OG&E (C)(E)450.0  0.3  1.00 %(D)March 8, 2023OG&E (C)(E)450.0 0.4 1.00 %(D)March 8, 2024(F)
TotalTotal$900.0  $375.3  1.81 %Total$900.0 $278.4 0.33 %
(A)Includes direct borrowings under the revolving credit agreements, commercial paper borrowings and letters of credit at March 31, 2020.2021.
(B)This bank facility is available to back up the Company'sOGE Energy's commercial paper borrowings and to provide revolving credit borrowings. This bank facility can also be used as a letter of credit facility.  
(C)This bank facility is available to back up OG&E's commercial paper borrowings and to provide revolving credit borrowings. This bank facility can also be used as a letter of credit facility.   
(D)Represents the weighted-average interest rate for the outstanding borrowings under the revolving credit agreements, commercial paper borrowings and letters of credit.
(E)OG&E has an intercompany borrowing agreement with OGE Energy whereby OG&E has access to up to $350.0 million of OGE Energy's revolving credit amount. This agreement has a termination date of March 8, 2024. At March 31, 2021, there were 0 intercompany borrowings under this agreement. 
19(F)In March 2017, the Registrants entered into unsecured five-year revolving credit agreements totaling $900.0 million ($450.0 million for OGE Energy and $450.0 million for OG&E). Each of the revolving credit facilities contained an option, which could be exercised up to two times, to extend the term of the respective facility for an additional year. In March 2018, the Registrants each utilized one of those extensions to extend the maturity of their respective credit facility from March 8, 2022 to March 8, 2023. In January 2021, the Registrants each utilized the second of those extensions to extend the maturity of their respective credit facility from March 8, 2023 to March 8, 2024. Commitments of a single existing lender with respect to $50.0 million of OGE Energy's credit facility, however, were not extended and, unless the non-extending lender is replaced in accordance with the terms of the credit facility, such commitments will expire March 8, 2023. The non-extending lender is not party to the OG&E facility.


In January 2021, the Registrants each entered into an amendment to their revolving credit facilities which gives each of the Registrants the option of extending such commitments for up to two additional one-year periods. In addition, the amendment addresses the establishment of an alternative rate of interest upon the occurrence of certain events related to the phase out of LIBOR.

The Company'sRegistrants' ability to access the commercial paper market could be adversely impacted by a credit ratings downgrade or major market disruptions. Pricing grids associated with the Company'sRegistrants' credit facilities could cause annual fees and borrowing rates to increase if an adverse rating impact occurs. The impact of any future downgrade could include an increase in the costs of the Company'sRegistrants' short-term borrowings, but a reduction in the Company'sRegistrants' credit ratings would not result in any defaults or accelerations. Any future downgrade could also lead to higher long-term borrowing costs and, if below investment grade, would require the CompanyRegistrants to post collateral or letters of credit.
 
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OG&E must obtain regulatory approval from the FERC in order to borrow on a short-term basis. OG&E has the necessary regulatory approvals to incur up to $800.0 million in short-term borrowings at any one time for a two-year period beginning January 1, 20192021 and ending December 31, 2020.

In April 2020, the Company entered into a $75.0 million unsecured one-year term credit agreement, which is scheduled to terminate on April 7, 2021. Advances under this agreement were used to refinance existing indebtedness and for working capital and general corporate purposes of the Company. The credit agreement, under certain circumstances, may be increased to a maximum commitment limit of $100.0 million and contains substantially the same covenants as the Company's existing $450.0 million revolving credit agreement.2022.

11.12.Retirement Plans and Postretirement Benefit Plans

In accordance with ASC Topic 715, "Compensation - Retirement Benefits," a one-time settlement charge is required to be recorded by an organization when lump sum payments or other settlements that relieve the organization from the responsibility for the pension benefit obligation during the plan year exceed the service cost and interest cost components of the organization's net periodic pension cost. During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Registrants experienced an increase in both the number of employees electing to retire and the amount of lump sum payments paid to such employees upon retirement, which resulted in the Registrants recording pension plan settlement charges as presented in the Pension Plan net periodic benefit cost table below. The pension settlement charges did not require a cash outlay by the Registrants and did not increase total pension expense over time, as the charge was an acceleration of costs that otherwise would be recognized as pension expense in future periods.

Net Periodic Benefit Cost

The following table presentstables present the net periodic benefit cost components, before consideration of capitalized amounts, of the Company'sOGE Energy's Pension Plan, Restoration of Retirement Income Plan and postretirement benefit plans that are included in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.condensed financial statements. Service cost is presented within Other Operation and Maintenance, and the remaining net periodic benefit cost components as listed in the table belowfollowing tables are presented within Other Net Periodic Benefit Expense in the Company's Condensed Consolidated Statementsstatements of Income.income. OG&E recovers specific amounts of pension and postretirement medical costs in rates approved in its Oklahoma rate reviews. In accordance with approved orders, OG&E defers the difference between actual pension and postretirement medical expenses and the amount approved in its last Oklahoma rate review as a regulatory asset or regulatory liability. These amounts have been recorded in the Pension tracker in the regulatory assets and liabilities table in Note 1 and within Other Net Periodic Benefit Expense in the Company's Condensed Consolidated Statementsstatements of Income.income.

OGE EnergyOG&E
Pension PlanRestoration of Retirement
Income Plan
Postretirement Benefit Plans Pension PlanRestoration of Retirement
Income Plan
Pension PlanRestoration of Retirement
Income Plan
Three Months EndedThree Months EndedThree Months EndedThree Months EndedThree Months EndedThree Months EndedThree Months Ended
March 31,March 31,March 31,March 31,March 31,March 31,March 31,
(In millions)(In millions)202020192020201920202019(In millions)20212020202120202021202020212020
Service costService cost$3.7  $3.5  $0.2  $0.1  $0.1  $0.1  Service cost$3.0 $3.7 $0.1 $0.2 $2.1 $2.6 $0 $0.1 
Interest costInterest cost4.6  5.7  0.1  0.1  1.1  1.4  Interest cost3.5 4.6 0 0.1 2.5 3.4 0 
Expected return on plan assetsExpected return on plan assets(9.4) (8.7) —  —  (0.5) (0.5) Expected return on plan assets(8.4)(9.4)0 (6.1)(7.1)0 
Amortization of net lossAmortization of net loss3.8  3.8  0.1  0.1  0.6  0.6  Amortization of net loss2.8 3.8 0.1 0.1 2.0 2.8 0 0.1 
Amortization of unrecognized prior service cost (A)—  —  —  —  (2.1) (2.1) 
Settlement costSettlement cost—  19.7  —  —  —  —  Settlement cost26.4 0 22.2 0 
Total net periodic benefit costTotal net periodic benefit cost2.7  24.0  0.4  0.3  (0.8) (0.5) Total net periodic benefit cost27.3 2.7 0.2 0.4 22.7 1.7 0.2 
Less: Amount paid by unconsolidated affiliates0.5  0.9  —  —  (0.2) (0.2) 
Less: Amount paid by unconsolidated affiliates (A)Less: Amount paid by unconsolidated affiliates (A)0.1 0.5 0 
Plus: Amount allocated from OGE Energy (A)Plus: Amount allocated from OGE Energy (A)3.9 0.5 0.2 0.2 
Net periodic benefit costNet periodic benefit cost$2.2  $23.1  $0.4  $0.3  $(0.6) $(0.3) Net periodic benefit cost$27.2 $2.2 $0.2 $0.4 $26.6 $2.2 $0.2 $0.4 
(A)"Amount paid by unconsolidated affiliates" is only applicable to OGE Energy. "Amount allocated from OGE Energy" is only applicable to OG&E.

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In addition to the net periodic benefit cost amounts recognized, as presented in the table above, for the Pension and Restoration of Retirement Income Plans for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the Registrants recognized the following:
Three Months Ended March 31,
(In millions)20212020
Increase (decrease) of pension expense to maintain allowed recoverable amount in Oklahoma jurisdiction (A)$(20.7)$1.7 
Deferral of pension expense related to pension settlement charges:
Oklahoma jurisdiction (A)$23.7 $
Arkansas jurisdiction (A)$2.2 $
(A) Included in the pension regulatory asset or liability in each jurisdiction, as indicated in the regulatory assets and liabilities table in Note 1.

OGE EnergyOG&E
Postretirement Benefit PlansPostretirement Benefit Plans
Three Months EndedThree Months Ended
March 31,March 31,
(In millions)2021202020212020
Service cost$0.1 $0.1 $0.1 $
Interest cost0.8 1.1 0.6 0.8 
Expected return on plan assets(0.5)(0.5)(0.4)(0.4)
Amortization of net loss0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 
Amortization of unrecognized prior service cost (A)(1.7)(2.1)(1.3)(1.5)
Total net periodic benefit cost(0.6)(0.8)(0.3)(0.4)
Less: Amount paid by unconsolidated affiliates (B)(0.1)(0.2)
Plus: Amount allocated from OGE Energy (B)(0.1)(0.2)
Net periodic benefit cost$(0.5)$(0.6)$(0.4)$(0.6)
(A)Unamortized prior service cost is amortized on a straight-line basis over the average remaining service period to the first eligibility age of participants who are expected to receive a benefit and are active at the date of the plan amendment.

(B)
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In addition"Amount paid by unconsolidated affiliates" is only applicable to the net periodic benefit cost amounts recognized, as presented in the table above, for the Pension and Restoration of Retirement Income Plans for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company recognized the following:
Three Months Ended March 31,
(In millions)20202019
Increase (decrease) of pension expense to maintain allowed recoverable amount in Oklahoma jurisdiction (A)$1.7  $(1.0) 
Deferral of pension expense related to pension settlement charges:
Oklahoma jurisdiction (A)$—  $11.2  
Arkansas jurisdiction (A)$—  $1.0  
(A) Included in the pension regulatory asset or liability in each jurisdiction, as indicated in the regulatory assets and liabilities table in Note 1.OGE Energy. "Amount allocated from OGE Energy" is only applicable to OG&E.

In addition to the net periodic benefit income amounts recognized, as presented in the table above, for the postretirement benefit plans for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, and 2019, the CompanyRegistrants recognized the following:
Three Months Ended March 31,Three Months Ended March 31,
(In millions)(In millions)20202019(In millions)20212020
Increase of postretirement expense to maintain allowed recoverable amount in Oklahoma jurisdiction (A)Increase of postretirement expense to maintain allowed recoverable amount in Oklahoma jurisdiction (A)$0.2  $0.3  Increase of postretirement expense to maintain allowed recoverable amount in Oklahoma jurisdiction (A)$0.1 $0.2 
(A) Included in the Pension tracker, as presented in the regulatory assets and liabilities table in Note 1.

OGE EnergyOG&E
Three Months EndedThree Months EndedThree Months Ended
March 31,March 31,March 31,
(In millions)(In millions)20202019(In millions)2021202020212020
Capitalized portion of net periodic pension benefit costCapitalized portion of net periodic pension benefit cost$1.0  $1.0  Capitalized portion of net periodic pension benefit cost$0.8 $1.0 $0.7 $0.9 
Capitalized portion of net periodic postretirement benefit costCapitalized portion of net periodic postretirement benefit cost$—  $0.1  Capitalized portion of net periodic postretirement benefit cost$0.1 $$0 $

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Pension Plan Funding

In January 2021, OGE Energy made a $40.0 million contribution to its Pension Plan, of which $30.0 million was attributed to OG&E, and has not determined whether it will need to make any additional contributions to the Pension Plan in 2021. OGE Energy could be required to make additional contributions if the value of its pension trust and postretirement benefit plan trust assets are adversely impacted by a major market disruption in the future.

12.13.Report of Business Segments

The CompanyOGE Energy reports its operations in two business segments: (i) the electric utility segment, which is engaged in the generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electric energy and (ii) the natural gas midstream operations segment. Other operations primarily includes the operations of the holding company. Intersegment revenues are recorded at prices comparable to those of unaffiliated customers and are affected by regulatory considerations. The following tables summarizepresent the results of the Company'sOGE Energy's business segments duringfor the three months ended March 31, 20202021 and 2019.2020.

Three Months Ended March 31, 2021Electric UtilityNatural Gas Midstream OperationsOther
Operations
EliminationsTotal
(In millions)     
Operating revenues$1,630.6 $0 $0 $0 $1,630.6 
Cost of sales1,346.8 0 0 0 1,346.8 
Other operation and maintenance110.3 0.4 (1.4)0 109.3 
Depreciation and amortization98.7 0 0 0 98.7 
Taxes other than income25.7 0.1 1.4 0 27.2 
Operating income (loss)49.1 (0.5)0 0 48.6 
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates0 53.2 0 0 53.2 
Other income (expense)1.7 (0.5)(0.1)(0.2)0.9 
Interest expense38.4 0 1.2 (0.2)39.4 
Income tax expense (benefit)1.2 14.3 (4.9)0 10.6 
Net income$11.2 $37.9 $3.6 $0 $52.7 
Investment in unconsolidated affiliates$0 $409.2 $23.6 $0 $432.8 
Total assets$11,248.2 $415.4 $521.6 $(396.5)$11,788.7 

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Three Months Ended March 31, 2020Three Months Ended March 31, 2020Electric UtilityNatural Gas Midstream OperationsOther
Operations
EliminationsTotalThree Months Ended March 31, 2020Electric UtilityNatural Gas Midstream OperationsOther
Operations
EliminationsTotal
(In millions)(In millions) (In millions) 
Operating revenuesOperating revenues$431.3  $—  $—  $—  $431.3  Operating revenues$431.3 $$$$431.3 
Cost of salesCost of sales135.0  —  —  —  135.0  Cost of sales135.0 135.0 
Other operation and maintenanceOther operation and maintenance121.0  0.6  (1.6) —  120.0  Other operation and maintenance121.0 0.6 (1.6)120.0 
Depreciation and amortizationDepreciation and amortization94.4  —  —  —  94.4  Depreciation and amortization94.4 94.4 
Taxes other than incomeTaxes other than income23.9  0.1  1.6  —  25.6  Taxes other than income23.9 0.1 1.6 25.6 
Operating income (loss)Operating income (loss)57.0  (0.7) —  —  56.3  Operating income (loss)57.0 (0.7)56.3 
Equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated affiliates (A)—  (746.5) —  —  (746.5) 
Other income (expense)1.8  —  1.3  (1.0) 2.1  
Equity in losses of unconsolidated affiliates (A)Equity in losses of unconsolidated affiliates (A)(746.5)(746.5)
Other incomeOther income1.8 1.3 (1.0)2.1 
Interest expenseInterest expense36.9  —  2.4  (1.0) 38.3  Interest expense36.9 2.4 (1.0)38.3 
Income tax expense (benefit)Income tax expense (benefit)2.0  (179.2) (57.4) —  (234.6) Income tax expense (benefit)2.0 (179.2)(57.4)(234.6)
Net income (loss)Net income (loss)$19.9  $(568.0) $56.3  $—  $(491.8) Net income (loss)$19.9 $(568.0)$56.3 $$(491.8)
Investment in unconsolidated affiliatesInvestment in unconsolidated affiliates$—  $348.0  $19.5  $—  $367.5  Investment in unconsolidated affiliates$$348.0 $19.5 $$367.5 
Total assetsTotal assets$10,030.7  $353.4  $252.9  $(266.1) $10,370.9  Total assets$10,030.7 $353.4 $252.9 $(266.1)$10,370.9 
(A)At March 31, In 2020, the CompanyOGE Energy recorded a $780.0 million impairment on its investment in Enable, as further discussed in Notes 4 and 5.Note 4.

Three Months Ended March 31, 2019Electric UtilityNatural Gas Midstream OperationsOther
Operations
EliminationsTotal
(In millions)     
Operating revenues$490.0  $—  $—  $—  $490.0  
Cost of sales212.6  —  —  —  212.6  
Other operation and maintenance120.3  0.4  (1.7) —  119.0  
Depreciation and amortization82.4  —  —  —  82.4  
Taxes other than income24.4  0.2  1.7  —  26.3  
Operating income (loss)50.3  (0.6) —  —  49.7  
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates—  30.7  —  —  30.7  
Other income (expense)2.6  (7.4) 0.7  (0.4) (4.5) 
Interest expense32.4  —  2.6  (0.4) 34.6  
Income tax expense (benefit)0.9  1.4  (8.1) —  (5.8) 
Net income$19.6  $21.3  $6.2  $—  $47.1  
Investment in unconsolidated affiliates$—  $1,162.0  $11.9  $—  $1,173.9  
Total assets$9,478.5  $1,173.0  $200.5  $(90.4) $10,761.6  
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13.14.Commitments and Contingencies
 
Except as set forth below, in Note 14,15 and under "Environmental Laws and Regulations" in Item 2 of Part I and in Item 1 of Part II of this Form 10-Q, the circumstances set forth in Notes 15 and 16 to the Consolidated Financial Statementsfinancial statements included in the Company'sRegistrants' 20120920 Form 10-K appropriately represent, in all material respects, the current status of the Company'sRegistrants' material commitments and contingent liabilities.

Environmental Laws and Regulations

The activities of OG&Ethe Registrants are subject to numerous stringent and complex federal, state and local laws and regulations governing environmental protection. These laws and regulations can change, restrict or otherwise impact OG&E'sthe Registrants' business activities in many ways, including the handling or disposal of waste material, planning for future construction activities to avoid or mitigate harm to threatened or endangered species and requiring the installation and operation of emissions or pollution control equipment. Failure to comply with these laws and regulations could result in the assessment of administrative, civil and
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criminal penalties, the imposition of remedial requirements and the issuance of orders enjoining future operations. Management believes that all of itsthe Registrants' operations are in substantial compliance with current federal, state and local environmental standards.

Environmental regulation can increase the cost of planning, design, initial installation and operation of OG&E's facilities. Management continues to evaluate its compliance with existing and proposed environmental legislation and regulations and implement appropriate environmental programs in a competitive market.

Other
 
In the normal course of business, the Company isRegistrants are confronted with issues or events that may result in a contingent liability. These generally relate to lawsuits or claims made by third parties, including governmental agencies. When appropriate, management consults with legal counsel and other experts to assess the claim. If, in management's opinion, the Company hasRegistrants have incurred a probable loss as set forth by GAAP, an estimate is made of the loss, and the appropriate accounting entries are reflected in the Company's Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.condensed financial statements. At the present time, based on currently available information, the Company believesRegistrants believe that any reasonably possible losses in excess of accrued amounts arising out of pending or threatened lawsuits or claims would not be quantitatively material to itstheir condensed financial statements and would not have a material adverse effect on the Company's consolidatedtheir financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

14.15.Rate Matters and Regulation

Except as set forth below, the circumstances set forth in Note 16 to the Consolidated Financial Statementsfinancial statements included in the Company'sRegistrants' 20120920 Form 10-K appropriately represent, in all material respects, the current status of the Company'sRegistrants' regulatory matters.

Completed Regulatory Matters

APSC Proceedings

Arkansas 20192020 Formula Rate Plan Filing

In October 2020, OG&E filed its secondthird evaluation report under its Formula Rate Plan, in October 2019. Onand on January 29, 2020,28, 2021, OG&E entered into a non-unanimous settlement agreement with the APSC General Staff of the APSC and the Office of the Arkansas Attorney General filed aGeneral. The only non-signatory to the settlement agreement requestingagreed not to oppose the APSC approvesettlement. The settlement agreement included a $5.2 million revenue increase with rates effective April 1, 2020. Theof $6.7 million, which is the maximum amount statutorily allowed in this filing. Additionally, the settling parties agreeddid not object to OG&E's request for a finding that the Series I grid modernization projects are prudent in both action and cost and that theArkansas Series II grid modernization projects included in this filing are prudent in action onlycost. On March 9, 2021, the APSC issued a final order approving the non-unanimous settlement agreement, and new rates became effective April 1, 2021.

OCC Proceedings

Oklahoma Grid Enhancement Plan

In November 2020, the determinationOCC issued a final order approving a Joint Stipulation and Settlement Agreement that allows for interim recovery of prudence ofOG&E's costs associated with its grid enhancement plan. The approved agreement included the following key terms: (i) cost recovery through a rider mechanism will be reserved until the actual historical costs are reviewed. The settling parties also agreed that OG&E willlimited to projects placed in service in 2020 and 2021,
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capped at a revenue requirement of $7.0 million annually and only include communication, automation and technology systems projects; (ii) no longer use projections for the remaining initial term or extension of its current Formula Rate Planoperation and that all costsmaintenance expense will be included for recovery for the first time in the historical year. Onrider mechanism; (iii) the rider mechanism will terminate by the issuance of a final order in OG&E's next general rate review or October 31, 2022, whichever occurs first; (iv) the rider mechanism rate of return will be capped at OG&E's current cost of capital; and (v) all cost recovery is subject to true-up and refund in OG&E's next general rate review. The rider mechanism became effective on February 28, 2020,1, 2021.

Any capital investment falling outside the APSC approvedcriteria of the settlement agreement.rider mechanism will be included in OG&E's next general rate review for recovery.

Pending Regulatory Matters

Set forth below is a list of variousVarious proceedings pending before state or federal regulatory agencies.agencies are described below. Unless stated otherwise, OG&Ethe Registrants cannot predict when the regulatory agency will act or what action the regulatory agency will take. OG&E'sThe Registrants' financial results are dependent in part on timely and adequate decisions by the regulatory agencies that set OG&E's rates.

FERC Proceedings

Order for Sponsored Transmission Upgrades within SPP

Under the SPP Open Access Transmission Tariff, costs of participant-funded, or "sponsored," transmission upgrades may be recovered from other SPP customers whose transmission service depends on capacity enabled by the upgrade. The SPP Open Access Transmission Tariff required the SPP to charge for these upgrades beginning in 2008, but the SPP had not been charging its customers for these upgrades due to information system limitations. However, the SPP had informed participants in the market that these charges would be forthcoming. In July 2016, the FERC granted the SPP's request to recover the charges not billed since 2008. The SPP subsequently billed OG&E for these charges and credited OG&E related to transmission upgrades that OG&E had sponsored, which resulted in OG&E being a net receiver of sponsored upgrade credits. The majority of these net credits were refunded to customers through OG&E's various rate riders that include SPP activity with the remaining amounts retained by OG&E.

Several companies that were net payers of Z2 charges sought rehearing of the FERC's July 2016 order; however, in November 2017, the FERC denied the rehearing requests. In January 2018, one of the impacted companies appealed the
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FERC's decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. In July 2018, that court granted a motion requested by the FERC that the case be remanded back to the FERC for further examination and proceedings. In February 2019, the FERC reversed its July 2016 order and November 2017 rehearing denial, ruled that the SPP violated its tariff to charge for the 2008 - 2015 period in 2016, held that the SPP tariff provision that prohibited those charges could not be waived and ordered the SPP to develop a plan to refund the payments but not to implement the refunds until further ordered to do so. In response, in April 2019, OG&E filed a request for rehearing with the FERC, and in May 2019, OG&E filed a FERC 206 complaint against the SPP, alleging that the SPP's forced unwinding of the revenue credit payments to OG&E would violate the provisions of the Sponsored Upgrade Agreement and of the applicable tariff. OG&E's filing requested that the FERC rule that the SPP is not entitled to seek refunds or in any other way seek to unwind the revenue credit payments it had paid to OG&E pursuant to the Sponsored Upgrade Agreement. The SPP's response to OG&E's filing agreed that OG&E should be entitled to keep its Z2 payments and argued that the SPP should not be held responsible for those payments if refunds are ordered. Further, the SPP has requested the FERC to negotiate a global settlement with all impacted parties, including other project sponsors who, like OG&E, have also filed complaints at FERC contending that the payments they have received cannot properly be unwound.
OnIn February 20, 2020, the FERC denied OG&E's request for rehearing of its February 2019 order, denying the waiver and ruling that the SPP must seek refunds from project sponsors for Z2 payments for the 2008 -through 2015 period and pay them back to transmission owners. The FERC also denied the SPP's request for a stay and for institution of settlement procedures. The FERC stated it would not institute settlement procedures unless parties on both sides of the matter requested them. The FERC did not rule on OG&E's complaint or the complaints of other project sponsors, or consider the SPP's refund plan. The FERC thus has not set any date for payment of refunds. OnIn March 2, 2020, OG&E petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit for review of the FERC's order denying the waiver and requiring refunds. The appeal was argued on April 14, 2021 and will likely be heard later this year.decided before the court's current term ends in August 2021.
The CompanyRegistrants cannot predict the outcome of this proceeding based on currently available information, and as of March 31, 20202021 and at present time, the Company hasRegistrants have not reserved an amount for a potential refund. If the reversal of the July 2016 FERC order remains intact, OG&E estimates it would be required to refund $13.0 million, which is net of amounts paid to other utilities for upgrades and would be subject to interest at the FERC-approved rate. If refunds were required,
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recovery of these upgrade credits would shift to future periods. Of the $13.0 million, the CompanyRegistrants would be impacted by $5.0 million in expense that initially benefited the CompanyRegistrants in 2016, and OG&E customers would incur a net impact of $8.0 million in expense through rider mechanisms or the FERC formula rate.

TheIn January 2020, the FERC acted on an SPP has recently proposed eliminatingproposal to eliminate Attachment Z2 revenue crediting and replacingreplace it with a different rate mechanism that would provide project sponsors, such as OG&E, the same level of recovery, they would receive if payments continued under Attachment Z2. The FERCand rejected thatthe proposal to the extent it would limit recovery to the amount of the upgrade sponsor's directly assigned upgrade costs with interest, finding that providing the possibility of recovering greater than the cost of the investment could serve as an incentive for entities to build merchant transmission projects.interest. The SPP is allowed to resubmitresubmitted a proposal in April 2020 without this limited recovery.recovery, and with the alternative rate mechanism, and the FERC approved it in June 2020, effective July 1, 2020. No party sought rehearing of the order, and it is now final. This order would only prospectively impact OG&E and its recovery of any future upgrade costs that it may incur as a project sponsor. All of the existing projects that are eligible to receive revenue credits under Attachment Z2, which includes the $13.0 million at issue in OG&E's appeal as discussed above, will continue to do so.

APSC Proceedings

Environmental Compliance Plan RiderDisconnection Procedures Related to COVID-19

In September 2020, the APSC issued Order No. 9 inviting comments from all jurisdictional utilities and any other interested stakeholders on specific questions related to whether a moratorium on service terminations should be lifted and if so, how the resumption of disconnections should occur. The APSC also ordered utilities to submit a detailed "Transitional Plan" outlining how utilities propose to reinstate routine service disconnection activities and collection of past due amounts once the moratorium is lifted. OG&E submitted its proposed Transitional Plan in October 2020. The APSC General Staff thereafter filed reports for utilities that set forth recommendations as to the form of notice that should occur prior to lifting the moratorium and resuming disconnections, as well as payment arrangements that should be made available to customers.

On February 8, 2021, the APSC issued Order No. 15 announcing a target date of May 2019,3, 2021 to lift the moratorium on disconnections and requiring certain conditions and requirements that utilities must meet before disconnections may resume. Such requirements include, among other things, immediate communication to customers, notice periods for disconnections and deferred payment arrangements. On March 26, 2021, the APSC issued Order No. 18 confirming the lifting of the moratorium on disconnections on May 3, 2021 and directing utilities to take specific steps prior to resuming disconnections.

February 2021 Extreme Cold Weather Event

In February 2021, OG&E's service territory experienced an unprecedented, prolonged, cold spell that resulted in record winter peak demand for electricity and extremely high natural gas and purchased power prices. On April 1, 2021, OG&E filed an environmental compliance plan rider in Arkansas to recover its investment for the environmentally mandated costs associated with the Sooner Dry Scrubbers projectAPSC a Motion for Authority to Establish Special Regulatory Treatment within the Energy Cost Recovery Rider to Defer Extraordinary Fuel Costs Incurred Due to the February 2021 extreme cold weather event. More specifically, OG&E's Motion sought approval to defer, amortize and recover the conversionextraordinary fuel costs over a ten-year period with a carrying charge of Muskogee Units 4 and 5 to natural gas. The filing is an interim surcharge, subject to refund, that beganOG&E's pre-tax rate of return of 6.60 percent, through a special factor within OG&E's Energy Cost Recovery Rider beginning with the first billing cycle of June 2019. OG&E is reserving the amounts collected through the interim surcharge, pending APSC approval of OG&E's filing. A hearing on the merits was held in December 2019, and parties submitted additional briefs to the APSC in March 2020. The primary question before the APSC is whether a company can utilize an environmental compliance plan rider while also being regulated under a formula rate plan. OG&E is awaiting a final decision from the APSC.

Order Regarding COVID-19

May 2021. On April 10, 2020,13, 2021, the APSC issued Order No. 118 allowing OG&E interim recovery at an interest rate equal to the customer deposit interest rate, which is currently 0.8 percent, over a period of ten years beginning with the first billing cycle of May 2021. Recovery is subject to a true-up after the APSC determines the appropriate allocation, length of recovery and carrying charge. Such determinations are expected to be made by the APSC later this year. On May 4, 2021, OG&E filed testimony further supporting its 10-year amortization period and a carrying charge of OG&E's pre-tax rate of return of 6.60 percent. OG&E has recorded $102.4 million related to COVID-19the Arkansas jurisdictional portion of the February 2021 extreme cold weather event fuel costs, which is primarily included within Fuel Clause Under Recoveries in the balance sheets as of March 31, 2021 and will be reclassified to a new regulatory asset in the provision of safe, adequate and reliable utility service at just and reasonable rates. Among other things,subsequent period based on the APSC orderedorder received in April 2021.

In April 2021, Arkansas enacted legislation to amend its storm recovery securitization statute to allow for both electric and gas utilities to recover through securitization extraordinary natural gas, fuel and purchased power costs caused by storms. The amended statute authorizes the suspensionAPSC to issue a financing order for the issuance of disconnects duringsecuritization bonds upon a finding it is reasonably expected to lower overall costs or mitigate rate impacts as compared with traditional utility financing. Upon the pendencyinitiation of a securitization application, the APSC has 135 days to issue an order. The requesting utility has two years from the date of the financing order to issue the securitization bonds. The amended statute allows carrying costs at a utility's weighted average cost of capital from the date of when the costs were incurred until the date when bonds are ultimately issued. OG&E is evaluating the potential securitization recovery of the Arkansas Governor's emergency declaration or until the directive is rescinded by the APSC, as well as encouraging reasonable payment arrangements once the prohibition is lifted. The APSC also authorized utilities to establish regulatory assets to record costs resulting from the suspension of disconnections. These regulatory assets will be reviewed in future proceedings for reasonableness. The APSC ordered the General Staffjurisdictional portion of the APSC to consult with utilities to create a quarterly report to be used to report the costs incurred and saved that have been booked to the regulatory asset. OG&E isFebruary 2021 extreme cold
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monitoring the regulatory activity regarding COVID-19 at the APSCweather event costs and will consider the requestintends to apply for additional regulatory action by the APSC as needed.

On May 1, 2020, OG&E filed a Request for Additional Actions and Tariff Deviation seeking relief from the Arkansas General Service Rules and OG&E's Terms and Conditions under the tariff, in ordersecuritization if it is deemed to allow for: more flexible deferred payment agreements for all customer classes, suspension of increased deposits due to non-payment and suspension of the removal of customers from certain billing and extended due date plans for late payments. In addition, OG&E requested that incremental expenses, such as additional personal protective equipment, increased sanitation efforts at facilities, implementing health-screening processes and securing temporary facilities for potential sequestration of critical operation personnel, be tracked in a regulatory asset. OG&E noted that all possible cost categories are not known currently and reservedstrike the right to file subsequent requests as needed.balance between protecting the credit strength of OG&E and providing customer savings.

OCC Proceedings

Oklahoma Grid Enhancement Plan

On February 24, 2020, OG&E filed an application with the OCC for approval of a mechanism that allows for interim recovery of the costs associated with its grid enhancement plan. The plan includes approximately $800.0 million of strategic, data-driven investments, over five years, covering grid resiliency, grid automation, communication systems and technology platforms and applications. A hearing on the merits is scheduled to begin on July 7, 2020.

Oklahoma Retail Electric Supplier Certified Territory Act Causes

CertainSeveral rural electric cooperative electricity suppliers have filed complaints with the OCC alleging that OG&E has violated the Oklahoma Retail Electric Supplier Certified Territory Act. OG&E believes it is lawfully serving customers specifically exempted from this act and has presented evidence and testimony to the OCC supporting its position. There have been five complaint cases initiated at the OCC, and the OCC has issued decisions on each of them. The OCC ruled in favor of the electric cooperatives in three of those cases and ruled in favor of OG&E in two of those cases. All five of those cases have been appealed to the Oklahoma Supreme Court, where they have been made companion cases but will be individually briefed and have individual final decisions.

If the OCCOklahoma Supreme Court ultimately were to ultimately find that some or all of the customers being served are not exempted thenfrom the Oklahoma Retail Electric Supplier Certified Territory Act, OG&E would have to evaluate the recoverability of some plant investments made to serve these customers. The total amount of OG&E's plant investments made to serve the customers in all five cases is approximately$28.0 million, of which $11.7 million applies to the three cases where the OCC ruled in favor of the electric cooperatives. In addition to the evaluation of the recoverability of the investments, OG&E may also be required to reimburse certified territory suppliers for an amount of lost revenue. The amount of such lost revenue would depend on how the OCC calculates the revenue requirement but could range from approximately $20.1 million to $27.8 million for all five cases, of which $1.8 million to $2.8 million would apply to the three cases where the OCC ruled in favor of the electric cooperatives.

OCC Public Utility Division Motion Regarding COVID-19October 2020 Storm Examination

On April 28,In October 2020, a major ice storm moved through OG&E's service territory which caused significant damage to the Director ofsystem. In November 2020, the Public Utility Division of the OCC initiated an examination and review of all distribution utilities and cooperatives affected by the storm into the mitigation efforts, restoration processes and proposed improvements for future related or similar events. Respondents are required to provide certain information related to the examination, and the OCC may request additional relief as the examination proceeds. No procedural schedule has been proposed currently; however, OG&E is responding to discovery requests.

February 2021 Extreme Cold Weather Event

In February 2021, OG&E's service territory experienced an unprecedented, prolonged, cold spell that resulted in record winter peak demand for electricity and extremely high natural gas and purchased power prices. On February 24, 2021, OG&E submitted an application to the OCC outlining a two-step approach for regulatory treatment for the fuel and purchased power costs associated with the unprecedented weather event. The steps included: (i) an intra-year fuel clause increase to be effective April 1, 2021; and (ii) a request for regulatory asset treatment at OG&E's weighted average cost of capital for the remaining fuel and purchased power costs. On March 18, 2021, the OCC approved OG&E's filing to establish a regulatory asset. The approval allowed OG&E to create a regulatory asset for all deferred costs with an initial carrying charge based on the effective cost of the debt financing, until such time where the prudency of this event is evaluated, the amortization period is decided on and a long-term carry cost is established. As of March 31, 2020, OG&E has deferred $829.4 million to the regulatory asset, as indicated in Note 1.

In April 2021, Oklahoma enacted legislation to allow for the securitization of costs incurred during the February 2021 extreme cold weather event. The new statute authorizes the OCC to issue a financing order for the issuance of securitization bonds after consideration of certain factors, including but not limited to, mitigated impacts and savings for customers through the use of ratepayer-backed securitization bonds as compared to traditional utility financing. The OCC must issue a financing order within 180 days after receiving all necessary information required by the statute. Under the statute, the Oklahoma Development Finance Authority is responsible for issuing the securitization bonds within two years from the date of the financing order. Carrying costs will be included at a rate and time determined by the OCC and continue until the bonds are issued. On April 26, 2021, OG&E filed an application requesting an order frompursuant to the Act seeking OCC authorizing action in responseapproval to COVID-19. The application requests the OCC to authorize the State's utilities to record as a regulatory asset increased bad debt expenses,securitize its costs associated with expanded payment plans, waived fees and incremental expenses that are directly related to the suspension of or delay in disconnection of service beginning March 15, 2020, withFebruary 2021 extreme cold weather event and to receive an interim carrying charge. OG&E expects to provide the issuancerequisite information to support the application by the end of the Oklahoma Governors' emergency declaration. The application also requests the OCC to allow utilities to defer additional expenses associated with ensuring the continuitysecond quarter of utility service, such as additional personal protective equipment, increased sanitation efforts at facilities, implementing heath-screening processes and securing temporary facilities for potential sequestration of critical operation personnel. The application asks the OCC to consider in future proceedings whether each utility's request for recovery of these regulatory assets is reasonable and necessary and to consider issues such as the incremental bad debt experienced over normal periods, the appropriate period of recovery for any approved amount of regulatory asset, any amount of carrying costs and other related matters. The application is scheduled to be heard by the OCC on May 7, 2020.2021.


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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

The following combined discussion is separately filed by OGE Energy and OG&E. However, OG&E does not make any representations as to information related solely to OGE Energy or the subsidiaries of OGE Energy other than itself.

Introduction
 
The CompanyOGE Energy is a holding company with investments in energy and energy services providers offering physical delivery and related services for both electricity and natural gas primarily in the south-central U.S. The CompanyOGE Energy conducts these activities through two business segments: (i) electric utility and (ii) natural gas midstream operations. The accounts of the CompanyOGE Energy and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, including OG&E, are included in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.OGE Energy's condensed consolidated financial statements. All intercompany transactions and balances are eliminated in such consolidation. The CompanyOGE Energy generally uses the equity method of accounting for investments where its ownership interest is between 20 percent and 50 percent and it lacks the power to direct activities that most significantly impact economic performance.

TheOG&E. OGE Energy's electric utility segmentoperations are conducted through OG&E, which generates, transmits, distributes and sells electric energy in Oklahoma and western Arkansas. Its operations are conducted through OG&E and&E's rates are subject to regulation by the OCC, the APSC and the FERC. OG&E was incorporated in 1902 under the laws of the Oklahoma Territory and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.OGE Energy. OG&E is the largest electric utility in Oklahoma, and its franchised service territory 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.

TheEnable. OGE Energy's natural gas midstream operations segment represents the Company'sOGE Energy's investment in Enable. The investment in Enable is held through wholly-owned subsidiaries and ultimately OGE Holdings. Enable was formedFormed in 2013, and its general partner is equally controlled by the Company and CenterPoint, who each have 50 percent management ownership. Based on the 50/50 management ownership, with neither company having control, the Company accounts for its interest in Enable using the equity method of accounting. Enable is primarily engaged in the business of gathering, processing, transporting and storing natural gas. Enable's natural gas gathering and processing assets are strategically located in four states and serve natural gas production in the Anadarko, Arkoma and Ark-La-Tex Basins. Enable also owns crude oil gathering assets in the Anadarko and Williston Basins. Enable has intrastate natural gas transportation and storage assets that are located in Oklahoma as well as interstate assets that extend from western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle to Louisiana, from Louisiana to Illinois and from Louisiana to Alabama. Enable's general partner is equally controlled by OGE Energy and CenterPoint, who each have 50 percent management ownership. Based on the 50/50 management ownership, with neither company having control, OGE Energy accounts for its interest in Enable using the equity method of accounting. As disclosed in the Company'sOGE Energy's 20120920 Form 10-K, Enable is subject to a number of risks, including contract renewal risk, the reliance on the drilling and production decisions of others and the volatility of natural gas, NGLs and crude oil prices. The effects of COVID-19, including negative impacts on demand and commodity prices, could exacerbate these risks. If any of those risks were to occur, the Company'sOGE Energy's business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows could be materially adversely affected.

In February 2021, Enable entered into a definitive merger agreement with Energy Transfer, which is further discussed under "Recent Developments - Enable Merger Agreement with Energy Transfer" below and in Note 4 within "Item 1. Financial Statements." For a discussion of risks related to the Enable and Energy Transfer merger, see "Item 1A. Risk Factors" in OGE Energy's 2020 Form 10-K.
 
Overview
 
Company Strategy
 
The Company's mission, through OG&E and the Company's equity interest in Enable,OGE Energy's purpose is to fulfill its critical role in the nation's electric utilityenergize life, providing life-sustaining and natural gas midstream pipeline infrastructure and meet individual customer's needs for energy and related services, focusing on safety, efficiency, reliability, customer service and risk management. The Company's corporate strategy is to continue to maintain its existing business mix and diversified asset position of its regulated electric utility business and interest in a publicly traded midstream company, while providing competitive energylife-enhancing products and services, while honoring its commitment to strengthen communities. Its business model is centered around growth and sustainability for employees (internally referred to as "members"), communities and customers as well as seekingand the owners of OGE Energy, its shareholders.
OGE Energy is focused on creating long-term shareholder value by targeting the consistent growth opportunities in both businesses. 

Additionally, the Company wants to achieve a premium valuation of its businesses relative to its peers, grow earnings per share withof five percent at the electric utility, underscored by a stable earnings pattern, create a high-performance culturestrategy of investing in lower risk infrastructure projects that improve the economic vitality of the communities it serves in Oklahoma and achieve desired outcomes with target stakeholders. The Company's financial objectives include a long-term annual earnings growth rate for OG&E of four to six percent on a weather-normalized basis, maintaining a strong credit rating as well as projecting dividend increases to be consistent with utility earnings growth. The Company alsoArkansas. OGE Energy utilizes cash distributions from its investment in Enablenatural gas midstream operations segment to help fund its electric utility capital needs and support future dividend growth. The Company believes it can accomplish theseinvestments. OGE Energy's financial objectives by, among other things, pursuing multiple avenues to build its business,also include maintaining investment grade credit ratings and providing a diversified asset position, continuing to develop a wide range of skills to succeed with changes in its industries, providing productsstrong and services to customers efficiently, managing risks effectively and having strong regulatory and legislative relationships.reliable dividend for shareholders.

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OGE Energy's long-term sustainability is predicated on providing exceptional customer experiences, investing in grid improvements and increasingly cleaner generation resources, environmental stewardship, strong governance practices and caring for and supporting its members and communities.

Recent Developments

Enable Merger Agreement with Energy Transfer

In February 2021, Enable entered into a definitive merger agreement with Energy Transfer, pursuant to which, and subject to the conditions of the merger agreement, all outstanding common units of Enable will be acquired by Energy Transfer in an all-equity transaction. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Enable's common unitholders, including OGE Energy, will receive 0.8595 of one common unit representing limited partner interests in Energy Transfer for each common unit of Enable. The transaction is subject to the receipt of the required approvals from the holders of a majority of Enable's common units. In April 2021, CenterPoint and OGE Energy, who collectively own approximately 72.9 percent of Enable's common units, delivered written consents approving the merger agreement, and those consents are sufficient to approve the merger. The transaction also is subject to the receipt of anti-trust approvals and other customary closing conditions. The transaction is anticipated to close in 2021. Assuming the transaction closes, OGE Energy will own approximately three percent of Energy Transfer's outstanding limited partner units in lieu of the 25.5 percent interest in Enable that it currently owns. OGE Energy expects to incur transaction costs for investment bankers, advisors and attorneys as part of the transaction.

The quarterly distribution currently received from Enable is expected to be replaced by dividends received from Energy Transfer. OGE Energy does not expect significant changes to its cash requirements for funding operations or capital expenditures as a result of the merger between Enable and Energy Transfer. Assuming the successful completion of the merger, OGE Energy intends to exit the midstream segment in a prudent manner.

February 2021 Extreme Cold Weather Event

In February 2021, OG&E's service territory experienced an unprecedented, prolonged, cold spell that resulted in record winter peak demand for electricity and extremely high natural gas and purchased power prices. Both the OCC and APSC have approved regulatory mechanisms for OG&E's recovery of the significant fuel and purchased power costs associated with the unprecedented weather event, as further discussed in Note 15 within "Item 1. Financial Statements." As of March 31, 2021, OG&E has recorded a $829.4 million regulatory asset for the Oklahoma jurisdictional portion of fuel and purchased power costs incurred during this extreme weather event. OG&E has also recorded $102.4 million related to the Arkansas jurisdictional portion of the fuel and purchased power costs, which is primarily included within Fuel Clause Under Recoveries in the balance sheets as of March 31, 2021.

In March 2021, OGE Energy entered into a $1.0 billion unsecured 364-day term loan agreement and borrowed the full $1.0 billion to help cover the significant fuel and purchased power costs incurred during the extreme cold weather event. Further discussion can be found in Note 11 within "Item 1. Financial Statements." The Oklahoma and Arkansas legislatures have both passed legislation that would help alleviate the immediate burden on customers and OGE Energy by securitizing the cost impacts from this extreme winter event. The securitization of these costs could spread out the recovery of the costs over a longer period of time at a lower finance carrying charge. On April 26, 2021, OG&E filed an application seeking OCC approval to securitize its costs related to the February 2021 extreme cold weather event. Further discussion can be found in Note 15 within "Item 1. Financial Statements."

COVID-19 Pandemic

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 as a pandemic, which continues to spread throughout the U.S. and world. In an effort to contain COVID-19 or slow its spread, the U.S. federal, state and local governments have enacted various measures, including orders to close or place restrictions on businesses not deemed "essential," enact "shelter in place" restrictions on residents and practice social distancing when engaging in essential activities. TheSince May 2020, there have been no Oklahoma City-wide or Oklahoma state-wide "shelter in place" restrictions. Currently, COVID-19 outbreak has adversely impacted global marketsvaccines are available to all Oklahoma and activity, includingArkansas residents, depending upon the energy industry, and it is impossible to predict the ultimate impactage requirements of the particular vaccine, and the Registrants have provided on-site access to COVID-19 pandemic, as the situation is rapidly evolving.vaccines to their members. The Company's current and potential future responses to the COVID-19 impacts on our employees, customers and shareholders are further discussed below.

OurRegistrants' top priority is to protect ourtheir employees and their families, as well as ourtheir customers. WeThe Registrants are taking all precautionary measures as directed by health authorities and local and national governments. Wegovernments and continue to monitor the outbreak of COVID-19 and other closures,whether any occupancy reductions or closures for a longer period of time, may be requiredare necessary to help ensure the health and safety of ourtheir employees and our customers.
As a precautionary measure in order The OCC and the APSC both issued accounting orders allowing the Registrants to increase our cash positiondefer for recovery the incremental costs incurred for pandemic-related safety measures and preserve financial flexibility in light of current uncertaintythe incremental bad debt resulting from the COVID-19, pandemic, the Company entered into a one-year $75.0 million term loan agreement in April 2020. Further, OG&E issued $300.0 million in senior notes in April 2020.
In March 2020, President Trump signed into U.S. federal law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or the "CARES Act," which is aimed at addressing the economic disruption resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and providing certain tax relief to businesses in the U.S. The CARES Act, among other things, includes provisions relating to refundable payroll tax credits, deferment of the employer portion of FICA payroll taxes, net operating loss carryback periods, alternative minimum tax credit refunds, modifications to the net interest deduction limitations and technical corrections to tax depreciation methods for qualified improvement property. The Company concluded that the financial impact of the provisions it adopted is immaterial.
The Company announced that it would voluntarily suspend all disconnects for nonpayment, effective March 16, 2020. The Company adjusted its reserve on accounts receivable as of March 31, 2020 in light of the current expected credit loss model (ASU 2016-13) and the COVID-19 pandemic. The adjustment, which was not material, incorporated concerns of slower customer payment due to unemployment. Overall, the financial impact of COVID-19 was relatively minor for the three months ended March 31, 2020; however, we expect continued instances of slower payment or non-payment by customers and reduced commercial and industrial demand, depending upon the length and severity of "shelter in place" orders. The Company will continue to monitor the reserve as we gain better clarity on the impacts of COVID-19 on our customers and business. The Company is also monitoring customer usage to determine any impact on load forecasts, in terms of both energy and demand usage. Due to different customer characteristics, the contribution to margin varies by customer class and applicable tariffs. The below table presents a one percent annual gross margin sensitivity by class, based on the gross margin guidance the Company provided in its 2019 Form 10-K. This analysis only incorporates retail gross margin and excludes transmission and other gross margin sensitivities.

Customer Class
1% Margin Sensitivity
(In millions)
Residential$6.5 
Commercial$3.6 
Industrial$1.3 
Oilfield$1.1 
Public authorities$1.2 

Beginning in March 2020, oil and natural gas commodity prices have experienced extreme volatility, primarily attributable to decreased demand resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and the actions of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and other oil exporting nations. On April 1, 2020, Enable announced its plan to reduce its quarterly distributions to its shareholders by 50 percent. This change in distribution, which should help strengthen Enable's balance sheet and increase its annualized cash flows, is supported by the Company. The Company does not foresee the need to access equity markets as a result of this reduction in distributions from Enable.

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ImpairmentOG&E continues to adjust its reserve on accounts receivable to incorporate concerns of continued slower payment due to unemployment. These orders are further discussed in Note 15 within "Item 1. Financial Statements" and in the Company's Equity Investment in EnableRegistrants' 2020 Form 10-K.

At March 31, 2020, the Company estimated the fair value of its investment in Enable was below the book value and concluded the decline in value was not temporary due to the severity of the decline and recent rapid deterioration, as well as the near term future outlook, of the midstream oil and gas industry. Accordingly, the Company recorded a $780.0 million impairment on its investment in Enable for the three months ended March 31, 2020. Further discussion can be found in Notes 4 and 5 in "Item 1. Financial Statements."

OG&E's Regulatory Matters

Further discussion can be foundCompleted regulatory matters affecting current period results are discussed in Note 1415 within "Item 1. Financial Statements."

Arkansas 2019 Formula Rate Plan Filing

OG&E filed its second evaluation report under its Formula Rate Plan in October 2019. On January 29, 2020, OG&E, the General Staff of the APSC and the Office of the Arkansas Attorney General filed a settlement agreement requesting the APSC approve a $5.2 million revenue increase, with rates effective April 1, 2020. The settling parties agreed that the Series I grid modernization projects are prudent in both action and cost and that the Series II grid modernization projects are prudent in action only and the determination of prudence of costs will be reserved until the actual historical costs are reviewed. The settling parties also agreed that OG&E will no longer use projections for the remaining initial term or extension of its current Formula Rate Plan and that all costs will be included for recovery for the first time in the historical year. On February 28, 2020, the APSC approved the settlement agreement.

Summary of OGE Energy Operating Results

Net lossOGE Energy's net income was $491.8$52.7 million, or $2.46$0.26 per diluted share, during the three months ended March 31, 20202021 as compared to a net incomeloss of $47.1$491.8 million, or $0.24$2.46 per diluted share, during the same period in 2019.2020. The decreaseincrease in net income of $538.9$544.5 million, or $2.70$2.72 per diluted share, is further discussed below.

A net lossNet income at OGE Holdings of $37.9 million, or $0.19 per diluted share of OGE Energy's common stock, during the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to a net loss of $568.0 million, or $2.84 per diluted share of the Company'sOGE Energy's common stock, during the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared to net income of $21.3 million, or $0.11 per diluted share of the Company's common stock, during the three months ended March 31, 20192020. The increase was primarily due to a decrease inthe 2020 impact of equity in earnings of Enable related to the impairment on the Company'sof OGE Energy's investment in Enable, partially offset by ana decrease in income tax benefit related to this impairment charge. The increase in equity in earnings of Enable was also impacted by increased net income from Enable's transportation and storage business resulting from higher average natural gas sales prices.
An increaseA decrease in net income at OG&E of other operations of $50.1$8.7 million, or $0.25$0.04 per diluted share of the Company'sOGE Energy's common stock, was primarily due to higher income tax benefitlower gross margin driven by losses from the impairment recorded onguaranteed flat bill program during the Company's investment in Enable. The tax benefit impact is due to a consolidating tax adjustment related to the interim period that will reverse over the course of the year.
An increase in net income at OG&E of $0.3 million was primarily due to higher gross margin (driven by the expiration of the cogeneration credit rider), partially offset byFebruary 2021 extreme cold weather event, higher depreciation and amortization expense due to additional assets being placed into service and higher interest expense driven by increased long-term debt outstanding.

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2020 Outlook

Key assumptions for 2020 include:

OG&E

OG&E's earnings outlook for 2020 is unchanged. The utility is projected to earn approximately $346 million to $357 million of net income, or $1.72 to $1.78 per average diluted share, in 2020.

OGE Holdings

As a result of the revised guidanceoutstanding, partially offset by Enablelower other operation and the equity method investment impairment recorded by the Company, OGE Holdings projects earnings contributions to be between ($2.59) to ($2.55) per average diluted share. Ongoing earnings per average diluted share are projected to be between $0.36 and $0.40, and the Company expects to receive approximately $93 million in cash distributions. Ongoing earnings per average diluted share is a non-GAAP financial measure; further discussion and a reconciliation in accordance with GAAP can be found under "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" below.

Consolidated OGE

The Company's 2020 earnings guidance has changed from approximately $440 million to $463 million of net income, or $2.19 to $2.31 per average diluted share, to a net loss of approximately ($173) million to ($154) million, or ($0.87) to ($0.77) per average diluted share. Ongoing earnings are projected to be between approximately $417 million to $436 million of net income, or $2.08 to $2.18 per average diluted share. Ongoing earnings and ongoing earnings per average diluted share are non-GAAP financial measures; further discussion and reconciliations in accordance with GAAP can be found under "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" below. The guidance is based on the following assumptions:

maintenance expense.
approximately 201A decrease in net income of other operations (holding company) of $52.7 million, averageor $0.27 per diluted shares outstanding;
an effectiveshare of OGE Energy's common stock, was primarily due to a lower income tax rate of approximately 41 percent and a 13 percent effective tax rate on ongoing earnings; and
breakeven results are projected at the holding company which is unchanged.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The Company

"Ongoing earnings" and "ongoing earnings per average diluted share" are definedbenefit driven by the Company as GAAP Net Income (Loss) and GAAP Earnings (Loss) per Average Diluted Share adjusted to exclude certain non-cash charges and the associated tax impacts. These financial measures excluded a non-cash charge of $780.0 million, or $3.90 per average diluted share, associated with the2020 impairment of the Company'sOGE Energy's investment in Enable, which the Company's management considers an unusual and infrequent event. Management believes that ongoing earnings and ongoing earnings per average diluted share provide a more meaningful comparison of earnings results and are more representative of the Company's fundamental core earnings power.Enable. The Company's management uses ongoing earnings and ongoing earnings per average diluted share internally for financial planning and analysis, for reporting of results to the Board of Directors and when communicating its earnings outlook to analysts and investors.

Reconciliations of ongoing earnings and ongoing earnings per average diluted share for the three months ended March 31, 2020 are below.
Reconciliation of Ongoing Earnings to GAAP Net Income (Loss)
(In millions)GAAP Net Income (Loss)Enable Investment Impairment Charge (A)Tax EffectOngoing Earnings
OG&E (Electric Utility)$19.9  $—  $—  $19.9  
OGE Holdings (Natural Gas Midstream Operations) (B)(568.0) 780.0  (190.4) 21.6  
Other operations (C)56.3  —  (52.8) 3.5  
Consolidated total$(491.8) $780.0  $(243.2) $45.0  


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Reconciliation of Ongoing Earnings per Average Diluted Share to GAAP Earnings (Loss) per Average Diluted Share
GAAP Earnings (Loss) per Average Diluted ShareEnable Investment Impairment Charge per Share (A)Tax Effect
per Share
Ongoing Earnings per Average Diluted Share
OG&E (Electric Utility)$0.10  $—  $—  $0.10  
OGE Holdings (Natural Gas Midstream Operations) (B)(2.84) 3.90  (0.95) 0.11  
Other operations (C)0.28  —  (0.26) 0.02  
Consolidated total$(2.46) $3.90  $(1.21) $0.23  

(A)Does not include a $4.4 million pre-tax charge recorded during the three months ended March 31, 2020 for the Company's share of Enable's goodwill and long-lived asset impairments, as adjusted for basis differences.
(B)Tax Effect and Tax Effect per Share are calculated utilizing the Company's effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2020.
(C)As a result of the impairment of the Company's investment in Enable, other operations' GAAP Net Income (Loss) and GAAP Earnings (Loss) per Average Diluted Share include aincome tax benefit impact was due to a consolidating income tax adjustment related to the interim period that will reversewas eliminated in the ordinary course of business over the courseremainder of the year.2020.

Reconciliations of ongoing
2021 Outlook

OG&E's 2021 earnings guidance remains unchanged and ongoing earningsis between $352 million to $373 million, or $1.76 to $1.86 per average diluted share includedshare. Based on first quarter 2021 results, including the impacts of the February 2021 extreme cold weather event and strong mitigation efforts, OG&E's full year earnings are currently projected to be in the lower half of this range. The guidance assumes, among other things, approximately 200 million average diluted shares outstanding and normal weather for the year. As indicated in its 2020 Outlook are below.
Form 10-K, OGE Energy is not issuing 2021 consolidated earnings guidance due to Enable not issuing an earnings outlook due to the announced merger between Enable and Energy Transfer. See OGE Energy's 2020 Form 10-K for other key factors and assumptions underlying its 2021 guidance.Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2020 (A)
OGE Holdings
GAAP net loss per average diluted share$(2.57)
Enable investment impairment charge per share (B)2.95 
Ongoing earnings per average diluted share$0.38 
Consolidated OGE (In millions)
GAAP net loss$(163.5)
Enable investment impairment charge (B)590.0 
Ongoing earnings$426.5 
Consolidated OGE
GAAP net loss per average diluted share$(0.82)
Enable investment impairment charge per share (B)2.95 
Ongoing earnings per average diluted share$2.13 

(A) Based on the midpoint of earnings guidance for 2020.
(B) Represents the tax-effected impairment amount that the Company recorded on its equity investment in Enable for the three months ended March 31, 2020.Non-GAAP Financial Measures

OG&E

Gross margin is defined by OG&E as operating revenues less cost of sales. Cost of sales, as reflected on the income statement, includes fuel, purchased power and certain transmission expenses. Gross margin is a non-GAAP financial measure because it excludes depreciation and amortization and other operation and maintenance expenses. Expenses for fuel and purchased power are recovered through fuel adjustment clauses, and as a result, changes in these expenses are offset in operating revenues with no impact on net income.income except for the portion of fuel and purchased power costs related to customers under the guaranteed flat bill program. OG&E believes gross margin provides a more meaningful basis for evaluating its operations across periods than operating revenues because gross margin excludes the revenue effect of fluctuations in these expenses. Gross margin is used internally to measure performance against budget and in reports for management and the Board of Directors. OG&E's definition of gross margin may be different from similar terms used by other companies. Further, gross margin is not intended to replace operating revenues as determined in accordance with GAAP as an indicator of operating performance. For a reconciliation of gross margin to revenue, which is the most directly comparable financial measure


financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP, for the three months ended March 31, 20202021 and 2019,2020, see "OG&E (Electric Utility) Results of Operations" below.

Enable

Gross margin is defined by Enable as total revenues minus costs of natural gas and NGLs, excluding depreciation and amortization. Total revenues consist of the fees that Enable charges its customers and the sales price of natural gas and NGLs that Enable sells. The cost of natural gas and NGLs consists of the purchase price of natural gas and NGLs that Enable purchases. Enable deducts the cost of natural gas and NGLs from total revenues to arrive at a measure of the core profitability of their mix of fee-based and commodity-based customer arrangements. Gross margin allows for meaningful comparison of the operating results between Enable's fee-based revenues and Enable's commodity-based contracts which involve the purchase or sale of natural gas, NGLs and/or crude oil. In addition, the CompanyOGE Energy believes gross margin allows for a meaningful comparison of the results of Enable's commodity-based activities across different commodity price environments because it measures the spread between the product sales price and cost of products sold. Enable's definition of gross margin may be different from similar terms used by other companies. Further, gross margin is not intended to replace operating revenues as determined in accordance with GAAP as an indicator of operating performance. For a reconciliation of gross margin to revenue, which is the most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP, for the three months ended March 31, 20202021 and 2019,2020, see "OGE Holdings (Natural Gas Midstream Operations) Results of Operations" below.

Results of Operations
 
The following discussion and analysis presents factors that affected the Company's consolidatedRegistrants' results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 20202021 as compared to the same period in 20192020 and the Company's consolidatedRegistrants' financial position at March 31, 2020.2021. Due to seasonal fluctuations and other factors, the Company'sRegistrants' operating results for the three months ended March 31, 20202021 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 20202021 or for any future period. The following information should be read in conjunction with the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statementscondensed financial statements and Notesnotes thereto. Known trends and contingencies of a material nature are discussed to the extent considered relevant.  
Three Months EndedThree Months Ended
March 31,
OGE EnergyOGE EnergyMarch 31,
(In millions except per share data)(In millions except per share data)20202019(In millions except per share data)20212020
Net income (loss)Net income (loss)$(491.8) $47.1  Net income (loss)$52.7 $(491.8)
Basic average common shares outstandingBasic average common shares outstanding200.2  199.9  Basic average common shares outstanding200.1 200.2 
Diluted average common shares outstandingDiluted average common shares outstanding200.2  200.5  Diluted average common shares outstanding200.1 200.2 
Basic earnings (loss) per average common shareBasic earnings (loss) per average common share$(2.46) $0.24  Basic earnings (loss) per average common share$0.26 $(2.46)
Diluted earnings (loss) per average common shareDiluted earnings (loss) per average common share$(2.46) $0.24  Diluted earnings (loss) per average common share$0.26 $(2.46)
Dividends declared per common shareDividends declared per common share$0.38750  $0.36500  Dividends declared per common share$0.40250 $0.38750 

Results by Business Segment
Three Months EndedThree Months Ended
March 31,March 31,
(In millions)(In millions)20202019(In millions)20212020
Net income (loss):Net income (loss):Net income (loss):
OG&E (Electric Utility)OG&E (Electric Utility)$19.9  $19.6  OG&E (Electric Utility)$11.2 $19.9 
OGE Holdings (Natural Gas Midstream Operations) (A)OGE Holdings (Natural Gas Midstream Operations) (A)(568.0) 21.3  OGE Holdings (Natural Gas Midstream Operations) (A)37.9 (568.0)
Other operations (A)(B)Other operations (A)(B)56.3  6.2  Other operations (A)(B)3.6 56.3 
Consolidated net income (loss)$(491.8) $47.1  
OGE Energy net income (loss)OGE Energy net income (loss)$52.7 $(491.8)
(A)At March 31,In 2020, the CompanyOGE Energy recorded a $780.0 million impairment ($589.6 million after tax) on its investment in Enable, as further discussed in NotesNote 4 and 5 inwithin "Item 1. Financial Statements." Other operations includesoperations' 2020 results included a $52.8 million tax benefit impact due to a consolidating tax adjustment related to the interim period that will reverseeliminated in the ordinary course of business over the courseremainder of the year.
(B)Other operations primarily includes the operations of the holding company and consolidating eliminations.

The following discussion of results of operations by business segment includes intercompany transactions that are eliminated in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.OGE Energy's condensed consolidated financial statements. 


OG&E (Electric Utility)
Three Months Ended
March 31,
(Dollars in millions)20202019
Operating revenues$431.3  $490.0  
Cost of sales135.0  212.6  
Other operation and maintenance121.0  120.3  
Depreciation and amortization94.4  82.4  
Taxes other than income23.9  24.4  
Operating income57.0  50.3  
Allowance for equity funds used during construction1.3  1.5  
Other net periodic benefit income (expense)(0.5) 0.4  
Other income1.5  1.4  
Other expense0.5  0.7  
Interest expense36.9  32.4  
Income tax expense2.0  0.9  
Net income$19.9  $19.6  
Operating revenues by classification:
Residential$172.3  $195.4  
Commercial94.1  100.2  
Industrial42.6  53.7  
Oilfield39.0  50.2  
Public authorities and street light35.6  41.5  
Sales for resale(0.1) —  
System sales revenues383.5  441.0  
Provision for rate refund(0.6) (0.1) 
Integrated market7.2  6.7  
Transmission34.2  36.1  
Other7.0  6.3  
Total operating revenues$431.3  $490.0  
Reconciliation of gross margin to revenue:
Operating revenues$431.3  $490.0  
Cost of sales135.0  212.6  
Gross margin$296.3  $277.4  
MWh sales by classification (In millions)
Residential2.2  2.4  
Commercial1.5  1.3  
Industrial1.1  1.1  
Oilfield1.1  1.2  
Public authorities and street light0.6  0.7  
System sales6.5  6.7  
Integrated market0.3  0.3  
Total sales6.8  7.0  
Number of customers859,628  852,141  
Weighted-average cost of energy per kilowatt-hour (In cents)
Natural gas1.663  3.064  
Coal1.905  1.958  
Total fuel1.531  2.306  
Total fuel and purchased power1.887  2.868  
Degree days (A)
Heating - Actual1,649  2,084  
Heating - Normal1,800  1,798  
Cooling - Actual23  —  
Cooling - Normal13  13  


Three Months Ended
March 31,
(Dollars in millions)20212020
Operating revenues$1,630.6 $431.3 
Cost of sales1,346.8 135.0 
Other operation and maintenance110.3 121.0 
Depreciation and amortization98.7 94.4 
Taxes other than income25.7 23.9 
Operating income49.1 57.0 
Allowance for equity funds used during construction1.3 1.3 
Other net periodic benefit expense(0.9)(0.5)
Other income1.7 1.5 
Other expense0.4 0.5 
Interest expense38.4 36.9 
Income tax expense1.2 2.0 
Net income$11.2 $19.9 
Operating revenues by classification:
Residential$573.3 $172.3 
Commercial309.7 94.1 
Industrial147.7 42.6 
Oilfield161.3 39.0 
Public authorities and street light123.9 35.6 
Sales for resale (0.1)
System sales revenues1,315.9 383.5 
Provision for rate refund (0.6)
Integrated market302.1 7.2 
Transmission36.3 34.2 
Other(23.7)7.0 
Total operating revenues$1,630.6 $431.3 
Reconciliation of gross margin to revenue:
Operating revenues$1,630.6 $431.3 
Cost of sales1,346.8 135.0 
Gross margin$283.8 $296.3 
MWh sales by classification (In millions)
Residential2.5 2.2 
Commercial1.5 1.5 
Industrial1.0 1.1 
Oilfield1.0 1.1 
Public authorities and street light0.6 0.6 
System sales6.6 6.5 
Integrated market0.3 0.3 
Total sales6.9 6.8 
Number of customers871,494 859,628 
Weighted-average cost of energy per kilowatt-hour (In cents)
Natural gas43.843 1.663 
Coal1.786 1.905 
Total fuel21.168 1.529 
Total fuel and purchased power18.401 1.886 
Degree days (A)
Heating - Actual2,066 1,649 
Heating - Normal1,800 1,800 
Cooling - Actual6 23 
Cooling - Normal13 13 
(A)Degree days are calculated as follows: The high and low degrees of a particular day are added together and then averaged. If the calculated average is above 65 degrees, then the difference between the calculated average and 65 is expressed as cooling degree days, with each degree of difference equaling one cooling degree day. If the calculated average is below 65 degrees, then the difference between the calculated average and 65 is expressed as heating degree days, with each degree of difference equaling one heating degree day. The daily calculations are then totaled for the particular reporting period.
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OG&E's net income increased $0.3decreased $8.7 million, or 1.543.7 percent, during the three months ended March 31, 20202021, as compared to the same period in 2019. Primary2020. The following section discusses the primary drivers for this increasethe decrease in net income are further discussed below.
Gross margin increased $18.9 million, or 6.8 percent, during the three months ended March 31, 20202021, as compared to the same period in 2019,2020.
Operating revenues increased $1.2 billion, primarily due to increased cost of sales as a result of the February 2021 extreme cold weather event and related extremely high fuel costs. Cost of sales are typically recovered from customers.
Gross margin decreased $12.5 million, or 4.2 percent, primarily driven by the below factors.
(In millions)$ Change
Price varianceGuaranteed flat bill program (A)$23.2 (31.6)
Industrial and oilfield sales(1.4)
Non-residential demand and related revenues(1.0)
Price variance10.5 
Quantity impacts (primarily weather) (B)7.7 
New customer growth6.2 1.8 
Other0.8 
Weather (price and quantity) (B)(11.3)1.5 
Change in gross margin$18.9 (12.5)
(A)Decreased primarily due to the loss from the guaranteed flat bill program related to the February 2021 extreme cold weather event. The guaranteed flat bill program allows qualifying customers the opportunity to purchase their electricity needs at a set monthly price for an entire year, which resulted in those customers not being allocated incremental fuel and purchased power costs incurred during the February 2021 extreme cold weather event.
(B)Increased primarily due to the expiration of the cogeneration credit rider in 2019.
(B)Decreased primarily due to a 20.925.3 percent decreaseincrease in heating degree days for the three months ended March 31, 2020.days.

Cost of sales for OG&E consists of fuel used in electric generation, purchased power and transmission related charges. The actual cost of fuel used in electric generation and certain purchased power costs are passed through to OG&E's customers through fuel adjustment clauses. The fuel adjustment clauses are subject to periodic review by the OCC and the APSC. OG&E's cost of sales decreased $77.6 million, or 36.5increased $1.2 billion, primarily driven by the below factors.
(In millions)$ Change% Change
Fuel expense (A)$672.1 *
Purchased power costs:
Purchases from SPP (B)537.6 *
Wind (C)(1.2)(8.5)%
Other3.2 — %
Transmission expense0.1 0.5 %
Change in cost of sales$1,211.8 
*Change is greater than 100 percent during the three months ended March 31, 2020 as compared to the same period in 2019,variance.
(A)Increased primarily due to the below factors.
(In millions)$ Change% Change
Fuel expense (A)$(38.9) (42.8)%
Purchased power costs:
Purchases from SPP (B)(32.3) (39.2)%
Cogeneration (C)(7.2) (100.0)%
Wind (D)2.2  17.5 %
Transmission expense (E)(1.4) (7.5)%
Change in cost of sales$(77.6) 
(A)Decreased primarily due to lowerhigher fuel costs related to the generating assets utilized during the three months ended March 31, 2020.February 2021 extreme cold weather event.
(B)DecreasedIncreased primarily due to lowerhigher market prices primarily due to decreasedas a result of increased fuel costs for generators forrelated to the three months ended March 31, 2020.February 2021 extreme cold weather event.
(C)Decreased primarily due to the expirationa decrease of cogeneration contracts in 2019.
(D)Increased primarily due to a 16.512.5 percent increase in MWs purchased during the three months ended March 31, 2020.
(E)Decreased primarily due to lower SPP charges for the base plan projects of other utilities.purchased.

Other operation and maintenance expense increased $0.7decreased $10.7 million, or 0.68.8 percent, during the three months ended March 31, 2020 as compared to the same period in 2019, primarily due todriven by the below factors.
(In millions)(In millions)$ Change% Change(In millions)$ Change% Change
New expenses related to River Valley power plant (A)$4.2   
Corporate overheads and allocationsCorporate overheads and allocations$(5.1)(14.3)%
Capitalized laborCapitalized labor(3.4)11.8 %
Payroll and benefitsPayroll and benefits(3.1)(4.8)%
OtherOther(2.4)(6.3)%
Contract technical and construction servicesContract technical and construction services(1.4) (12.0)%Contract technical and construction services3.3 33.1 %
Vegetation management(1.1) (10.6)%
Other(1.0) (1.1)%
Change in other operation and maintenance expense(A)Change in other operation and maintenance expense(A)$0.7  Change in other operation and maintenance expense(A)$(10.7)
*Not applicable, as prior year expenses were zero.
(A)Additional OG&E has been focused on reducing other operation and maintenance expenses related to the purchaseactivities in light of the River Valley plant are primarily recovered through a rider mechanism, as approved by the OCC in 2019.

COVID-19.
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Depreciation and amortization expense increased $12.0$4.3 million, or 14.64.6 percent, during the three months ended March 31, 2020, as compared to the same period in 2019, primarily due to additional assets being placed into service and depreciation expense for the Sooner Dry Scrubbers no longer being deferredservice.

Taxes other than income increased $1.8 million, or 7.5 percent, primarily due to a regulatory asset.increased ad valorem taxes.

Interest on long-term debt increased $4.0$1.8 million, or 12.34.9 percent, during the three months ended March 31, 2020, as compared to the same period in 2019, primarily due to increased long-term debt outstanding and interest expense for the Sooner Dry Scrubbers no longer being deferred to a regulatory asset.outstanding.
Income tax expense increased $1.1decreased $0.8 million, during the three months ended March 31, 2020, as compared to the same period in 2019,or 40.0 percent, primarily due to higherlower pretax income, andpartially offset by reduced tax credit generation.

OGE Holdings (Natural Gas Midstream Operations)
Three Months Ended March 31,Three Months Ended March 31,
(In millions)(In millions)20202019(In millions)20212020
Operating revenuesOperating revenues$—  $—  Operating revenues$ $— 
Cost of salesCost of sales—  —  Cost of sales — 
Other operation and maintenanceOther operation and maintenance0.6  0.4  Other operation and maintenance0.4 0.6 
Depreciation and amortizationDepreciation and amortization — 
Taxes other than incomeTaxes other than income0.1  0.2  Taxes other than income0.1 0.1 
Operating lossOperating loss(0.7) (0.6) Operating loss(0.5)(0.7)
Equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated affiliates (A)Equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated affiliates (A)(746.5) 30.7  Equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated affiliates (A)53.2 (746.5)
Other expenseOther expense—  7.4  Other expense0.5 — 
Income (loss) before taxesIncome (loss) before taxes(747.2) 22.7  Income (loss) before taxes52.2 (747.2)
Income tax expense (benefit)Income tax expense (benefit)(179.2) 1.4  Income tax expense (benefit)14.3 (179.2)
Net income (loss) attributable to OGE HoldingsNet income (loss) attributable to OGE Holdings$(568.0) $21.3  Net income (loss) attributable to OGE Holdings$37.9 $(568.0)
(A)At March 31,In 2020, the CompanyOGE Energy recorded a $780.0 million impairment on its investment in Enable, as further discussed in NotesNote 4 and 5 inwithin "Item 1. Financial Statements."

Reconciliation of Equity in Earnings (Losses) of Unconsolidated Affiliates

See Note 4 within "Item 1. Financial Statements" for the reconciliation of Enable's net income to OGE Energy's equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated affiliates and the reconciliation of the difference between OGE Energy's investment in Enable and its underlying equity in the net assets of Enable (basis difference).

Enable Results of Operations and Operating Data

The following tables presentsection presents summarized financial information of Enable for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 and 2019.related discussion of the primary drivers for the changes during the period.
Three Months EndedThree Months Ended
March 31,March 31,
(In millions)(In millions)20202019(In millions)20212020
Reconciliation of gross margin to revenue:Reconciliation of gross margin to revenue:Reconciliation of gross margin to revenue:
Total revenuesTotal revenues$648  $795  Total revenues$970 $648 
Cost of natural gas and NGLsCost of natural gas and NGLs226  378  Cost of natural gas and NGLs519 226 
Gross marginGross margin$422  $417  Gross margin$451 $422 
Operating incomeOperating income$146  $165  Operating income$206 $146 
Net incomeNet income$103  $113  Net income$155 $103 

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Three Months EndedThree Months Ended
March 31,March 31,
2020201920212020
Natural gas gathered volumes - TBtu/dNatural gas gathered volumes - TBtu/d4.52  4.54  Natural gas gathered volumes - TBtu/d4.09 4.52 
Natural gas processed volumes - TBtu/d (A)Natural gas processed volumes - TBtu/d (A)2.44  2.54  Natural gas processed volumes - TBtu/d (A)2.06 2.44 
NGLs sold - MBbl/d (C)(B)NGLs sold - MBbl/d (C)(B)121.32  140.09  NGLs sold - MBbl/d (C)(B)119.86 121.32 
Crude oil and condensate gathered volumes - MBbl/dCrude oil and condensate gathered volumes - MBbl/d141.25  107.90  Crude oil and condensate gathered volumes - MBbl/d113.79 141.25 
Transported volumes - TBtu/dTransported volumes - TBtu/d6.56  6.67  Transported volumes - TBtu/d6.10 6.56 
(A)Includes volumes under third-party processing arrangements.
(B)Excludes condensate.
(C)NGLs sold includes volumes of NGLs withdrawn from inventory or purchased for system balancing purposes.

OGE Holdings' net income was $37.9 million compared to net loss of $568.0 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, comparedrespectively. The increase was primarily due to the 2020 impact of the impairment of OGE Energy's investment in Enable, as discussed in Note 4 within "Item 1. Financial Statements." OGE Holdings' net income of $21.3 million during the three months ended March 31, 20192021 was primarily due to the impairment on the Company's investmentalso impacted by an increase in Enable, which is discussed in more detail in Notes 4 and 5 in "Item 1. Financial Statements." Enable's net income.

The following table presents summarized information regarding Enable's income statement changes for the three months ended March 31, 2020,2021, as compared to the same period in 2019,2020, and the corresponding impact those changes had on the Company'sOGE Energy's equity in earnings of Enable. See Note 4 within "Item 1. Financial Statements" for further discussion of OGE Energy's equity investment in Enable. The increase in Enable's net income was primarily driven by the below factors.

(In millions)(In millions)Income Statement Change at EnableImpact to Company's Equity in Earnings(In millions)Income Statement Change at EnableImpact to OGE Energy's Equity in Earnings
Gross marginGross margin$5.0  $1.3  Gross margin$29.0 $7.4 
Impairments (A)$28.0  $(4.4) 
Impairments of property, plant and equipment and goodwill (A)Impairments of property, plant and equipment and goodwill (A)$(28.0)$4.4 
Operation and maintenance, General and administrativeOperation and maintenance, General and administrative$(3.0) $0.8  Operation and maintenance, General and administrative$(5.0)$1.3 
Depreciation and amortizationDepreciation and amortization$2.0 $(0.5)
(A)Included in the $28.0 million of impairments recorded by Enable in 2020 is a $12.0 million goodwill impairment and a $16.0 million impairment for certain long-lived assets in their gathering and processing business segment. These certain long-lived assets are jointly-owned by Enable, which reduces the impairment's impact by 50 percent on the Company's equity in earnings. The CompanyOGE Energy recorded a $4.4 million pre-tax charge for its share of Enable's goodwill and long-lived asset impairments, as adjusted for basis differences.

Enable's gathering and processing business segment reported a decrease in operating income of $29.0$10.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020,2021, as compared to the same period in 2019.2020. The following table presents summarized information regarding Enable's gathering and processing business segment income statement changes for the three months ended March 31, 2020,2021, as compared to the same period in 2019,2020, and the corresponding impact those changes had on the Company'sOGE Energy's equity in earnings of Enable.

The decrease in Enable's gathering and processing business segment operating income was primarily due todriven by the following:below factors.
(In millions)(In millions)Income Statement Change at EnableImpact to Company's Equity in Earnings(In millions)Income Statement Change at EnableImpact to OGE Energy's Equity in Earnings
Gross marginGross margin$(4.0) $(1.0) Gross margin$(40.0)$(10.2)
Impairments (A)$28.0  $(4.4) 
Impairments of property, plant and equipment and goodwill (A)Impairments of property, plant and equipment and goodwill (A)$(28.0)$4.4 
Operating and maintenance, General and administrativeOperating and maintenance, General and administrative$(2.0)$0.5 
Operating and maintenance, General and administrative$(3.0) $0.8  
(A)Included in the $28.0 million of impairments recorded by Enable in 2020 is a $12.0 million goodwill impairment and a $16.0 million impairment for certain long-lived assets in their gathering and processing business segment. These certain long-lived assets are jointly-owned by Enable, which reduces the impairment's impact by 50 percent on the Company's equity in earnings. The CompanyOGE Energy recorded a $4.4 million pre-tax charge for its share of Enable's goodwill and long-lived asset impairments, as adjusted for basis differences.



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Gathering and processing gross margin decreased for the three months ended March 31, 2021 primarily due to:

a decrease in revenues from NGLs sales less the cost of NGLs due to lower average sales prices for all NGLs products, partially offset by higher recoveries of all NGLs products other than ethanechanges in the Anadarko basin;fair value of natural gas, condensate and NGL derivatives;
an increase in realized losses on natural gas, condensate and NGL derivatives;
a decrease in revenues from natural gas sales less the cost of natural gas due to lower averagehigher intra-month natural gas sales prices and lower sales volumes;
a decrease in processing service fees due to lower processed volumes under fee-based arrangements, partially offset by higher consideration received from certain processing arrangements due to an increase in retained volumes at lower average market prices; andpurchase costs during the extreme cold weather event;
a decrease in natural gas gathering fees due to lower gathered volumes, ininclusive of volume curtailments and production freeze-offs related to the Anadarko and Arkoma Basins and lower shortfall payments associated with the expiration of certain minimum volume commitment contracts in the Ark-La-Tex and Arkoma Basins,extreme cold weather event, partially offset by higher revenue associated with the amendment of certain minimum volume commitment contracts in the Arkoma Basin; partially offset by
an increase in changes of fair value of and realized gains on natural gas, condensate and NGLs derivatives;assessed producer imbalance penalties; and
an increasea decrease in crude oil, condensate and produced water gathering revenues primarily due to an increasea decrease in gathered crude oil and condensate volumes in the Anadarko Basin, partially offset by a decreasean increase in gathered crude oil volumes in the Willison Basin.Williston Basin; partially offset by
an increase in revenues from NGL sales less the cost of NGLs primarily due to an increase in the average realized sales price from higher average market prices for NGL products combined with higher recoveries of ethane, partially offset by lower processed volumes; and
an increase in processing service fees due to higher consideration received from percent-of-proceeds, percent-of-liquids and keep-whole processing arrangements due to higher average market prices, partially offset by lower processed volumes under fee-based arrangements.

Enable's transportation and storage business segment reported an increase in operating income of $10.0$70.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020,2021, as compared to the same period in 2019.2020. The following table presents summarized information regarding Enable's transportation and storage business segment income statement changes for the three months ended March 31, 2021, as compared to the same period in 2020, and the corresponding impact those changes had on OGE Energy's equity in earnings of Enable. The increase in Enable's transportation and storage business segment operating income was primarily due to an increase of $9.0 million in gross margin, which impacteddriven by the Company's equity in earnings by $2.3 million. below factors.
(In millions)Income Statement Change at EnableImpact to OGE Energy's Equity in Earnings
Gross margin$69.0 $17.6 
Operation and maintenance, General and administrative$(3.0)$0.8 
Depreciation and amortization$2.0 $(0.5)

Transportation and storage gross margin increased for the three months ended March 31, 2021 primarily due to:

an increase in system management activities primarily due to higher average natural gas sales prices;
an increase in volume-dependent transportation and storage revenues due to an increase in assessed shipper imbalance penalties, partially offset by lower off-system intrastate transported volumes due to decreased production activity in the Anadarko Basin, inclusive of disruptions in natural gas supply associated with the extreme cold weather event and the recognition in 2020 of revenue upon the settlement of a certain rate case with no comparable item in 2021;
a reduction in lower of cost or net realizable value adjustments related to natural gas storage inventories; partially offset by
a decrease in firm transportation and storage services due to the recognition in 2020 of previously reserved revenue upon the settlement of a certain rate case with no comparable item in 2021, partially offset by lowerhigher interstate contracted capacity and lower rates on certain contracts for intrastate service with power generators;
an increase in system management activities; and
an increase in realized gains on natural gas derivatives; partially offset by
a decrease in natural gas storage inventory due to lower of cost or net realizable value adjustments;
a decrease in volume-dependent transportation and storage revenues due to lower off-system intrastate transportation rates and volumes, partially offset by the recognition of revenue upon settlement of a rate case;capacity; and
a decrease in revenues from NGLs sales lesschanges in the costfair value of NGLs due to a decrease in average NGLs prices and lower volumes.natural gas derivatives.

OGE Holdings' income tax benefitexpense was $179.2$14.3 million during the three months ended March 31, 2020,2021, as compared to income tax expensebenefit of $1.4$179.2 million during the same period in 2019.2020. The change is primarily due to a tax benefit of $190.4 million related to the impairment recorded in 2020 on the Company'sOGE Energy's investment in Enable, partially offset by state deferred tax adjustments related to the Company'sOGE Energy's investment in Enable.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
 
There have been no significant changes in the Company'sOGE Energy's off-balance sheet arrangements from those discussed in the Company'sits 20120920 Form 10-K. The CompanyOGE Energy has no off-balance sheet arrangements with equity method investments that would affect its liquidity.
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Liquidity and Capital Resources

Cash Flows
Three Months Ended
March 31,2020 vs. 2019
(Dollars in millions)20202019$ Change% Change
Net cash provided from operating activities (A)$103.9  $28.9  $75.0   
Net cash used in investing activities (B)$(124.9) $(153.9) $29.0  (18.8)%
Net cash provided from financing activities (C)$166.9  $30.7  $136.2   

OGE Energy
Three Months Ended
March 31,2021 vs. 2020
(Dollars in millions)20212020$ Change% Change
Net cash (used in) provided from operating activities (A)$(940.2)$103.9 $(1,044.1)*
Net cash used in investing activities (B)$(159.0)$(124.9)$(34.1)27.3 %
Net cash provided from financing activities (C)$1,098.1 $166.9 $931.2 *
* Change is greater than 100 percent variance.
(A)Decreased primarily due to an increase in vendor payments, including payments for fuel and purchased power related to the February 2021 extreme cold weather event.
(B)Increased primarily due to a decrease in vendor payments and increased amounts received from customers at OG&E.
(B)Decreased primarily due to environmentalgrid modernization projects at OG&E being completed and placed into service as well as fewer OG&Etiming of plant outages in 2020.outages.
(C)Increased primarily due to an increase in short-term debt to provide additional liquidity for the payment of long-term debtincreased fuel and purchased power costs incurred by OG&E in January 2019, partially offset by a decrease in short-term debt year over year.related to the February 2021 extreme cold weather event.

Working Capital

Working capital is defined as the difference in current assets and current liabilities. The Company'sOGE Energy's working capital requirements are driven generally by changes in accounts receivable, accounts payable, commodity prices, credit extended to and the timing of collections from OG&E's customers, the level and timing of spending for maintenance and expansion activity, inventory levels and fuel recoveries. The following discussion addresses changes in OGE Energy's working capital balances at March 31, 20202021 compared to December 31, 2019.

Cash and Cash Equivalents increased $145.9 million, primarily due to normal business operations and holding of short-term borrowings as a precautionary measure in order to preserve financial flexibility in light of current uncertainty resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.2020.

Accounts Receivable and Accrued Unbilled Revenues decreased $16.2$26.0 million, or 7.411.5 percent, primarily due to a decrease in billings to OG&E's retail customers reflecting lower seasonal usage in March 20202021 as compared to December 2019.2020.

Fuel Clause Under Recoveries decreased $39.5$104.9 million, primarily due to increased collections from customers and lowerthe Arkansas jurisdictional portion of the February 2021 fuel costs.costs related to the extreme cold weather event along with decreased customer collections. The Oklahoma jurisdictional portion of the February 2021 fuel costs were deferred to a regulatory asset as discussed in Note 15 within "Item 1. Financial Statements."

Other Current Assets increased $6.4 million, or 26.2 percent, primarily due to an increase in under-recovered riders and prepayments associated with software expense.
Short-term Debt increased $263.0 million,$1.2 billion primarily due to OGE Energy borrowing $1.0 billion in March 2021 under its term loan agreement to provide additional liquidity for the increased fuel and purchased power costs incurred as a precautionary measure in order to preserve financial flexibility in lightresult of current uncertainty resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The CompanyFebruary 2021 extreme cold weather event. OGE Energy borrows on a short-term basis, as necessary, by the issuance of commercial paper and by borrowings under its revolving credit agreements and term credit agreements.

Accounts PayableAccrued Taxes decreased $37.7$18.0 million, or 19.332.3 percent, primarily due to the timing of vendor payments and lower fuel costs.

Accrued Taxes decreased $7.0 million, or 16.7 percent, primarily resulting from the timing of ad valorem payments partially offset byand tax accruals.

Accrued Compensation decreased $13.7$6.8 million, or 33.721.9 percent, primarily due to 20192020 incentive compensation payouts that occurred in the first quarter of 2020,2021, partially offset by 20202021 accruals.

Fuel Clause Over Recoveries increased $10.8 million, primarily due to increased collections from customers and lower fuel costs.

Other Current Liabilities decreased $16.5 million, or 25.3 percent, primarily due to changes in amounts owed to OG&E customers.

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Future Capital Requirements

The Company'sOGE Energy's primary needs for capital are related to acquiring or constructing new facilities and replacing or expanding existing facilities at OG&E. Other working capital requirements are expected to be primarily related to maturing debt, operating lease obligations, fuel clause under and over recoveries and other general corporate purposes. The CompanyOGE Energy generally meets its cash needs through a combination of cash generated from operations, short-term borrowings (through a combination of bank borrowings and commercial paper) and permanent financings.

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Capital Expenditures
 
The Company's consolidatedOGE Energy's estimates of capital expenditures, which represent base maintenance capital expenditures plus capital expenditures for known and committed projects, for the years 20202021 through 20242025 are discussed in detail within "Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations"presented in the Company's 2019 Form 10-K.following table. Estimated capital expenditures for Enable are not included. Additional capital expenditures beyond those identified in the Company's 2019 Form 10-K,below, including additional incremental growth opportunities, in electric transmission assets, will be evaluated based upon the requirements of OG&E's power supply, transmission and distribution operational teams and the resultant customer benefits as well as their impact upon achieving the Company'sOGE Energy's financial objectives. The Company remains on track for its approximately $575.0 million in capital investment planned for 2020 as disclosed in the Company's 2019 Form 10-K. However, the progression of, and global response to, the COVID-19 outbreak increases the risk of delays in construction activities and equipment deliveries related to the Company's capital projects, including potential delays in obtaining permits from government agencies, resulting in potential deferral of capital expenditures.
(In millions)20212022202320242025Total
Transmission$80 $110 $115 $105 $125 $535 
Oklahoma distribution300 290 265 300 300 1,455 
Arkansas distribution25 20 20 20 20 105 
Generation100 85 125 125 130 565 
Oklahoma Grid Advancement185 180 185 185 185 920 
Subscription Solar Plan20 20 20 20 20 100 
Other65 80 80 80 80 385 
Total$775 $785 $810 $835 $860 $4,065 

Financing Activities and Future Sources of Financing

Management expects that cash generated from operations, proceeds from the issuance of long- and short-term debt, proceeds from the sales of common stock to the public through the Company'sOGE Energy's Automatic Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan or other offerings and distributions from Enable (and assuming the merger transaction closes, Energy Transfer) will be adequate over the next three years to meet anticipated cash needs and to fund future growth opportunities. The CompanyOGE Energy utilizes short-term borrowings (through a combination of bank borrowings and commercial paper) to satisfy temporary working capital needs and as an interim source of financing capital expenditures until permanent financing is arranged. As indicated above, as a precautionary measure in order to increase the Company's cash position and preserve financial flexibility in light of current uncertainty resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company entered into a one-year $75.0 million term loan agreement in April 2020. Further, OG&E issued $300.0 million in senior notes in April 2020. The disruption in the capital markets and the commercial paper markets caused by the COVID-19 outbreak could make additional financing more challenging, and there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to obtain such financing on commercially reasonable terms or at all.

Short-Term Debt and Credit Facilities
 
The CompanyOGE Energy borrows on a short-term basis, as necessary, by issuance of commercial paper and by borrowings under its revolving credit agreement. The Companyagreements and term credit agreements.

OGE Energy has unsecured five-year revolving credit facilities totaling $900.0 million ($450.0 million for the CompanyOGE Energy and $450.0 million for OG&E) that mature on March 8, 2023. These bank facilities, which can also be used as letter of credit facilities. The following tables highlight the Company's short-term debt activity as of and for the three month period endedtable presents information about OGE Energy's revolving credit agreements at March 31, 2020.

2021.
(Dollars in millions)
March 31, 20202021
Balance of outstanding supporting letters of credit$0.30.4 
Weighted-average interest rate of outstanding supporting letters of credit1.00 %
Net available liquidity under revolving credit agreements$524.7621.6 
Balance of cash and cash equivalents$145.9 

The following table presents information about OGE Energy's total short-term debt activity for the three months ended March 31, 2021.
(Dollars in millionsmillions))Three Months Ended March 31, 20202021
Average balance of short-term debt$145.2425.6 
Weighted-average interest rate of average balance of short-term debt1.810.47 %
Maximum month-end balance of short-term debt$375.01,278.1 

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OG&E has the necessary regulatory approvals to incur up to $800.0 million in short-term borrowings at any one time for a two-year period beginning January 1, 20192021 and ending December 31, 2020.2022.

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In March 2021, OGE Energy entered into a $1.0 billion unsecured 364-day term loan agreement to provide additional liquidity to help cover the increased fuel and purchased power costs incurred by OG&E during the February 2021 extreme cold weather event. See Note 1011 within "Item 1. Financial Statements" for further discussion of the Company'sRegistrants' short-term debt activity.

In April 2020, the Company entered into a $75.0 million unsecured one-year term credit agreement, which is scheduled to terminate on April 7, 2021. Advances under this agreement were used to refinance existing indebtedness and for working capital and general corporate purposes of the Company. The credit agreement, under certain circumstances, may be increased to a maximum commitment limit of $100.0 million and contains substantially the same covenants as the Company's existing $450.0 million revolving credit agreement.

Issuance of Long-Term Debt

In April 2020, OG&E issued $300.0 million of 3.25 percent senior notes due April 1, 2030. The proceeds from the issuance were added to OG&E's general funds to be used for general corporate purposes, including to fund ongoing capital expenditures and working capital.

Security Ratings 

Access to reasonably priced capital is dependent in part on credit and security ratings. Generally, lower ratings lead to higher financing costs. Pricing grids associated with the Company'sOGE Energy's credit facilities could cause annual fees and borrowing rates to increase if an adverse rating impact occurs. The impact of any future downgrade could include an increase in the costs of the Company'sOGE Energy's short-term borrowings, but a reduction in the Company'sOGE Energy's credit ratings would not result in any defaults or accelerations. Any future downgrade could also lead to higher long-term borrowing costs and, if below investment grade, would require the CompanyOGE Energy to post collateral or letters of credit.

A security rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities. Such rating may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time by the credit rating agency, and each rating should be evaluated independently of any other rating.

On AprilMarch 1, 2021, Moody's Investors Service revised their ratings outlook on both OGE Energy and OG&E from stable to negative. Moody's Investors Service indicated that the negative outlook on OGE Energy's rating is consistent with OG&E's and reflects the increased regulatory uncertainty related to the recovery timeline of the cost incurred to procure fuel and purchased power during the February 2021 extreme cold weather event.

On March 3, 2020,2021, S&P's Global Ratings affirmed its issuer creditrevised their ratings outlook on both OGE Energy and commercial paper ratings, as listed in the Company's 2019 Form 10-K, for both the Company and OG&E. S&P's Global Ratings also affirmed both companies'&E from stable outlooks. S&P's Global Ratings' affirmation follows the announcement that Enable will increase the level of cash it retains, which effectively reduces dividend distributions for the Company by as much as half. However,to negative. S&P's Global Ratings indicated it does not expectthat the Company's credit qualityrevised outlooks reflect their expectation for weaker financial measures directly associated with the significant increase in fuel and purchased power costs as a result of the extreme winter weather in February 2021, the uncertainty regarding timely recovery of those costs and the associated refinancing risk related to weaken materially, given the cushion in its current financial measures. Further,364-day $1.0 billion term loan. For OGE Energy, S&P's Global Ratings indicated they continue to view OG&E as insulated from the Company, reflectingrevised outlook also reflects their expectation of execution risk associated with the combinationclosing of OG&E's stronger stand-alone credit profile and sufficient separateness between OG&E and the Company.

On April 21, 2020, Moody's Investors Service did not take direct action but did issue a comment in response to Enable's decision to reduce dividend distributions. Moody's Investors Service stated that, despite the reduction in cash flow, the Company's credit profile is manageable, as it is primarily supported by the stable operations and supportive regulatory environmentEnergy Transfer's acquisition of OG&E.Enable.

Quarterly Distributions by Enable

Pursuant to the Enable Limited Partnership Agreement, during the three months ended March 31, 2020,2021, Enable made a distribution of $36.7$18.3 million to the Company. On April 1, 2020, Enable announced a 50 percent reduction to its quarterly distribution in order to strengthen its balance sheet and increase its annualized retained cash flow. The Company will receive distributions of $18.3 million in the second quarter of 2020 and does not expect any changes to its operations or foresee the need to access the equity markets as a result of Enable's action.OGE Energy.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
 
The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statementscondensed financial statements and Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statementsnotes thereto contain information that is pertinent to Management's Discussion and Analysis. In preparing the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements,condensed financial statements, management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and contingent liabilities at the date of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statementscondensed financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Changes to these assumptions and estimates could have a material effect on the Company's Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. However, the Company believes it hascondensed financial statements. The Registrants believe they have taken reasonable positions where assumptions and estimates are used in order to minimize the negative financial impact to the CompanyRegistrants that could result if actual results vary from the assumptions and estimates. 
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In management's opinion, the areas of the Company where the most significant judgment is exercised for all Company segmentsthe Registrants include the determination of Pension Plan assumptions, income taxes, contingency reserves, asset retirement obligations, and depreciable lives of property, plant and equipment. For the electric utility segment, significant judgment is also exercised in the determination of regulatory assets and liabilities, unbilled revenues and unbilled revenues.the allowance for uncollectible accounts receivable. For the natural gas midstream segment,OGE Energy, significant judgment is also exercised in the determination of any impairment of equity method investments. The selection, application and disclosure of the Company's critical accounting estimates have been discussed with the Company's Audit Committee of OGE Energy's Board of Directors and are discussed in detail within "Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in the Company'sRegistrants' 20120920 Form 10-K.

Impairment of Equity Method Investments
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Investments in unconsolidated affiliates accounted for under the equity method are assessed for impairment when there are indicators of a loss in value, such as a lack of sustained earnings capacity or a current fair value less than the investment's carrying amount. When it is determined that an indicated impairment is other than temporary, an impairment charge is recognized for the difference between the investment's carrying value and its estimated fair value.

When determining whether a decline in value is other than temporary, management considers factors such as the duration and extent of the decline, the investee's financial condition and near-term prospects, and our ability and intention to retain our investment for a period that allows for recovery. When estimating an investment's fair value, quoted market prices are utilized, as available, and other rights and privileges that are a feature or attribute of the investment security are considered, as appropriate. Different assumptions could affect the timing and the amount of an impairment of an investment in any period.

At March 31, 2020, the Company estimated the fair value of its investment in Enable was below the book value and concluded the decline in value was not temporary due to the severity of the decline and the recent rapid deterioration, as well as the near term future outlook, of the midstream oil and gas industry. Accordingly, the Company recorded a $780.0 million impairment on its investment in Enable for the three months ended March 31, 2020. Further discussion can be found in Notes 4 and 5 in "Item 1. Financial Statements."

Commitments and Contingencies
 
In the normal course of business, the Company isRegistrants are confronted with issues or events that may result in a contingent liability. These generally relate to lawsuits or claims made by third parties, including governmental agencies. When appropriate, management consults with legal counsel and other experts to assess the claim. If, in management's opinion, the Company hasRegistrants have incurred a probable loss as set forth by GAAP, an estimate is made of the loss, and the appropriate accounting entries are reflected in the Company's Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.condensed financial statements. At the present time, based on available information, the Company believesRegistrants believe that any reasonably possible losses in excess of accrued amounts arising out of pending or threatened lawsuits or claims would not be quantitatively material to itstheir condensed financial statements and would not have a material adverse effect on the Company's consolidatedtheir financial position, results of operations or cash flows. See Notes 1314 and 1415 within "Item 1. Financial Statements" for afurther discussion of the Company'sRegistrants' commitments and contingencies.

Environmental Laws and Regulations
 
The activities of OG&E are subject to numerous, stringent and complex federal, state and local laws and regulations governing environmental protection. These laws and regulations can change, restrict or otherwise impact OG&E's business activities in many ways, including the handling or disposal of waste material, planning for future construction activities to avoid or mitigate harm to threatened or endangered species and requiring the installation and operation of emissions or pollution control equipment. Failure to comply with these laws and regulations could result in the assessment of administrative, civil and criminal penalties, the imposition of remedial requirements and the issuance of orders enjoining future operations. Management believes that all of itsthe Registrants' operations are in substantial compliance with current federal, state and local environmental standards. These

President Biden has taken a number of actions that affect environmental lawsregulations adopted by the Trump administration, including issuance of an executive order that instructs the EPA and regulationsother executive agencies to review certain rules that affect OG&E with a view to achieving nationwide reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. OG&E is monitoring these actions which are also discussed in detail within "Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in the Company's 2019 Form 10-K.preliminary stages of being implemented. At this point in time, the impacts of these actions on the Registrants' results of operations, if any, cannot be determined with any certainty.

Environmental regulation can increase the cost of planning, design, initial installation and operation of OG&E's facilities. Management continues to evaluate its compliance with existing and proposed environmental legislation and regulations and implement appropriate environmental programs in a competitive market.

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Air

Federal Clean Air Act Overview

OG&E's operations are subject to the Federal Clean Air Act as amended and comparable state laws and regulations. These laws and regulations regulate emissions of air pollutants from various industrial sources, including electric generating units and also impose various monitoring and reporting requirements. Such laws and regulations may require that OG&E obtain pre-approval for the construction or modification of certain projects or facilities expected to produce air emissions or result in the increase of existing air emissions, obtain and strictly comply with air permits containing various emissions and operational limitations or install emission control equipment. OG&E likely will be required to incur certain capital expenditures in the future for air pollution control equipment and technology in connection with obtaining and maintaining operating permits and approvals for air emissions.

Cross-State Air Pollution Rule

On September 7, 2016, the EPA finalized an update to the 2011 Cross-State Air Pollution Rule. The new rule applies to ozone-season NOX emissions from power plants in 22 eastern states (including Oklahoma). The rule utilizes a cap and trade program for NOX emissions and went into effect on May 1, 2017 in Oklahoma. The 2016 rule reduces the 2011 Cross-State Air Pollution Rule emissions cap for all of OG&E's coal and gas facilities (except the River Valley and Frontier facilities which were not owned by OG&E until 2019) by 47 percent combined. OG&E and numerous other parties filed petitions for judicial and administrative review of the 2016 rule. On September 13, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an opinion that partially remanded the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule update and also deferred a decision on our challenges to the rule pending an EPA review and decision on a separate administrative petition that we filed. Subsequently, all of OG&E's judicial challenges were voluntarily dismissed, but the administrative petitions for reconsideration remain pending at the EPA. On October 30, 2020, the EPA published a proposed rule to revise the 2016 update rule and address the 2019 remand. The final version of the remanded rule was published in the Federal Register on April 30, 2021 with an effective date
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of June 29, 2021. Consistent with the proposal, the EPA does not require additional reductions in the emissions budget for Oklahoma based on a determination that the state does not cause or contribute to nonattainment of the ambient air quality standards in the relevant downwind areas.

OG&E continues to monitor these processes and their possible impact on its operations but, at this time, cannot determine with any certainty whether they will cause a material impact to OG&E's financial results. OG&E is in compliance with the 2016 rule requirements which remain in effect. The CompanyOG&E does not anticipate, at this time, additional capital expenditures for compliance with the 2016 rule.

Hazardous Air Pollutants Emission Standards

On February 16, 2012, the EPA published the final MATS rule regulating the emissions of certain hazardous air pollutants from electric generating units. The CompanyOG&E complied with the MATS rule by the April 16, 2016 deadline that applied to OG&E's coal units. On April 16, 2020, the EPA released a final rule which reconsidered certain elements of the 2012 rule in response to litigation in the D.C. Circuit Court. In the final rule, the EPA concluded that it is not "appropriate and necessary" to regulate MATS-related emissions from coal-fired units. Nonetheless, the EPA retained the emissions limits that were established in the 2012 rule, which remains in effect today. Petitions for judicial review of the final May 2020 rule have been filed at the D.C. Circuit Court. The consolidated challenges are being held in abeyance pending the EPA's review of the 2020 rule.

National Ambient Air Quality Standards

The EPA is required to set NAAQS for certain pollutants considered to be harmful to public health or the environment. The Clean Air Act requires the EPA to review each NAAQS every five years. As a result of these reviews, the EPA periodically has taken action to adopt more stringent NAAQS for those pollutants. If any areas of Oklahoma were to be designated as not attaining the NAAQS for a particular pollutant, the CompanyOG&E could be required to install additional emission controls on its facilities to help the state achieve attainment with the NAAQS. As of March 31, 2020,2021, no areas of Oklahoma had been designated as non-attainment for pollutants that are likely to affect the Company'sOG&E's operations. Several processes are under way to designate areas in Oklahoma as attaining or not attaining revised NAAQS.

The EPA proposed to designate part of Muskogee County, in which OG&E's Muskogee Power Plant is located, as non-attainment for the 2010 SO2 NAAQS on March 1, 2016, even though nearby monitors indicated compliance with the NAAQS. The proposed designation was based on modeling that did not reflect the conversion of two of the coal units at Muskogee to natural gas. The State of Oklahoma's monitoring preliminarily indicates that ambient SO2 emissions in the area are well within the NAAQS. The EPA has indicated that it anticipates finalizing a designation at the end of 2020. At this time, the Company cannot determine with any certainty whether the proposed designation of Muskogee County will cause a material impact to the Company's financial results.

The Company continues to monitor these processes and their possible impact on its operations but, at this time, cannot determine with any certainty whether they will cause a material impact to the Company's financial results.

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Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
There is continuing discussion and evaluation of possible global climate change in certain regulatory and legislative arenas. The focus is generally on emissions of greenhouse gases, including CO2, sulfur hexafluoride and methane, and whether these emissions are contributing to the warming of the earth's atmosphere. On November 4, 2019,April 22, 2021, President TrumpBiden announced thata target for the U.S. has officially notifiedin association with the United Nations that the U.S. will withdraw from theNations' "Paris Agreement" on climate change after having announcedchange. The target consists of a 50 to 52 percent reduction from 2005 levels in 2017economy-wide net greenhouse gas emissions in 2030. President Biden also has stated that a goal of his administration is to see the U.S. would begin negotiationselectric power industry fully decarbonized by 2035. The details of these announcements are not available and the impact to re-enter the agreement with different terms. A new agreementOG&E, if any, is currently unknown. Such initiatives may result in future additional greenhouse gas emissions reductions in the U.S.; however, it is not possible to determine what the international legalU.S. standards for greenhouse gas emissions will be in the future andor the extent to which these commitments will be implemented through the Clean Air Act or any other existing statutes and new legislation.

If legislation or regulations are passed at the federal or state levels in the future requiring mandatory reductions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases on the Company'sOG&E's facilities, this could result in significant additional compliance costs that would affect the Company'sOG&E's future consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows if such costs are not recovered through regulated rates. Several states outside the area where the CompanyOG&E operates have passed laws, adopted regulations or undertaken regulatory initiatives to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases, primarily through the planned development of greenhouse gas emission inventories and/or regional greenhouse gas cap and trade programs.

OG&E's current business strategy has resulted in reduced carbon dioxide emissions by over 40 percent compared to 2005 levels, and during the same period, emissions of ozone-forming NOx have been reduced by approximately 75 percent and emissions of SO2 have been reduced by approximately 90 percent. OG&E expects to further reduce carbon dioxide emissions to 50 percent of 2005 levels by 2030. To comply with the EPA's MATS rule and Regional Haze Rule FIP, OG&E converted two coal-fired generating units at the Muskogee Station to natural gas, among other measures. OG&E's deployment of Smart Grid technology helps to reduce the peak load demand. OG&E is also deploying more renewable energy sources that do not emit greenhouse gases. OG&E's service territory borders one of the nation's best wind resource areas, and OG&E has leveraged its geographic position to develop renewable energy resources and completed transmission investments to deliver the renewable energy. The SPP has authorized the construction of transmission lines capable of bringing renewable energy out of the wind resource areas in western Oklahoma, the Texas Panhandle and western Kansas to load centers by planning for more
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transmission to be built in the area. In addition to increasing overall system reliability, these new transmission resources should provide greater access to additional wind resources that are currently constrained due to existing transmission delivery limitations.

On July 8, 2019, the EPA published the Affordable Clean Energy rule. Numerous parties, not including OG&E, have filed petitions for judicial review of the Affordable Clean Energy rule in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The Affordable Clean Energy rule requires states, including Oklahoma, to develop emission limitations for carbon dioxide for each existing coal-fired utility boiler within the state, including all of OG&E's coal units, and submit a compliance and implementation plan to the EPA by July 2022. The EPA will approve or disapprove the proposed state plan within 18 months of submittal and develop a federal implementation plan if the proposed state plan is disapproved. At this time, the Company cannot determine with any certainty whether the implementation plan will cause a material impact to its financial results.

EPA Startup, Shutdown and Malfunction Policy

On May 22, 2015, the EPA issued a final rule to address the provisions in the SIPs of 36 states (including Oklahoma) regarding the treatment of emissions that occur during startup, shutdown and malfunction operations. The final rule clarifies the EPA's Startup, Shutdown and Malfunction Policy. Although judicial challenges to the rule are ongoing, the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality submitted a SIP revision for the EPA's approval on November 7, 2016 to comply with this rule. This rule has resulted in permit modifications for certain OG&E units and applications remain pending for other units. The Company does not anticipate capital expenditures, or a material impact to its consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows, as a result of adoption of this rule.

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Regional Haze Regulation - Second Planning Period

In January 2017, the EPA finalized a rule that would revise certain provisions of the Regional Haze Rule. Notably, the EPA extended the due dateSIP deadline for the second Regional Haze implementation period by three years to 2021 and made changes to the provisions for impacts to national parks and other protected wilderness areas. Petitions for Reconsideration to the EPA were filed by industry groups. While not acting on the petitions, the EPA announced on January 17, 2018 that it intends to commence a notice-and-comment rulemaking revisiting certain aspects of the rule. During 2019, the EPA released technical resources to assist states in developing SIPs, including a significant non-binding guidance document and updated atmospheric modeling which will allow states to better account for international emissions affecting regional haze in the U.S. AtOn July 1, 2020, the ODEQ notified OG&E that the Horseshoe Lake generating units are to be included in the state's evaluation of visibility impairment impacts to the Wichita Mountains. OG&E conducted an analysis of all potential control measures for NOx on these units and submitted it to the ODEQ on September 15, 2020. The ODEQ will identify any cost-effective control measures in a Regional Haze SIP, to be submitted to the EPA for approval by July 31, 2021. It is unknown at this time the Company cannot predictwhat the outcome, of this rulemaking or SIP development or how itany potential material impacts, will affectbe from the Company.evaluations by OG&E, the ODEQ and the EPA.

Endangered Species

Certain federal laws, including the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Endangered Species Act, provide special protection to certain designated species. These laws and any state equivalents provide for significant civil and criminal penalties for unpermitted activities that result in harm to or harassment of certain protected animals and plants, including damage to their habitats. If such species are located in an area in which the CompanyOG&E conducts operations, or if additional species in those areas become subject to protection, the Company'sOG&E's operations and development projects, particularly transmission, wind or pipeline projects, could be restricted or delayed, or the CompanyOG&E could be required to implement expensive mitigation measures.

Vegetation Management

On July 10, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture – Forest Service published a final rule which updates procedures for creating operating plans and agreements for powerline facility maintenance and vegetation management within and abutting the linear boundary of a special use authorization for a powerline facility within Forest Service lands. This rule codifies the memorandum of understanding between utilities such as OG&E and the Forest Service regarding vegetation management best practices. All companies will be required to have an approved operating plan or agreement with the Forest Service. OG&E will be required to submit a draft operating plan to the Forest Service by August 10, 2023 for ongoing maintenance and vegetation management activities located within the Ozark National Forest in Arkansas.

Waste

OG&E's operations generate wastes that are subject to the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 as well as comparable state laws which impose detailed requirements for the handling, storage, treatment and disposal of waste.

In 2015, the EPA finalized a rule under the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act for the handling and disposal of coal combustion residuals or coal ash. The rule regulates coal ash as a solid waste rather than a hazardous waste, which would have made the management of coal ash more costly. In August 2019, the EPA proposed revisions to the 2015 coal ash rule in response to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issuing a decision regarding the ongoing Coal Combustion Residuals litigation. The proposed changes do not appear to be material to OG&E at this time. OG&E completed the clean closure of one regulated inactive coal ash impoundment in August 2019.

On June 28, 2018, the EPA approved the State of Oklahoma's application for a state coal ash permitting program that will operate in lieu of the federal coal ash program promulgated under the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. On September 26, 2018, a citizen suit was filed against the EPA in the U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia concerning the final approval. OG&Eapproval, which was decided upon in the EPA's favor on April 15, 2020 and others have moved to intervene on behalf of the EPA. The Company is monitoring regulatory developments relating to this rule, none of which appear to be material to OG&E at this time. OG&E is in compliance with this rule at this time.has subsequently been appealed.

The CompanyOG&E currently recycles and provides approximately 8997 percent of its ash to the concrete and cement industries for use as a component within their products.products and, in the last five years, has diverted more than 1.3 million tons of ash from
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landfills. Using fly ash in this way enables aggregate manufacturers to minimize their impact on the environment by avoiding the need to extract and process other natural resources.

The CompanyOG&E has sought and will continue to seek pollution prevention opportunities and to evaluate the effectiveness of its waste reduction, reuse and recycling efforts. The CompanyOG&E obtains refunds from the recycling of scrap metal, salvaged transformers and used transformer oil. Additional savings are expected to be gained through the reduction and/or avoidance of disposal costs and the reduction in material purchases due to the reuse of existing materials. Similar savings are anticipated in future years.

Water

OG&E's operations are subject to the Federal Clean Water Act and comparable state laws and regulations. These laws and regulations impose detailed requirements and strict controls regarding the discharge of pollutants into state and federal waters.
The EPA issued a final rule on May 19, 2014 to implement Section 316(b) of the Federal Clean Water Act, which requires that power plant cooling water intake structure location, design, construction and capacity reflect the best available technology for minimizing their adverse environmental impact via the impingement and entrainment of aquatic organisms. The
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Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality ODEQ issued final permits on December 22, 2017 and August 22, 2018 for Muskogee Power Plant and Seminole Power Plant, respectively, in compliance with the final 316(b) rule, and OG&E did not incur any material costs associated with the rule's implementation at either location. OG&E expects to be able to provide a reasonable estimate of any material costs associated with the rule's implementation at other facilities following the future issuance of permits from the State of Oklahoma.

In 2015, the EPA issued a final rule addressing the effluent limitation guidelines for power plants under the Federal Clean Water Act. The final rule establishes technology- and performance-based standards that may apply to discharges of six waste streams including bottom ash transport water. Compliance with this rule will occur by 2023; however, on April 12, 2017, the EPA granted a Petition for Reconsideration of the 2015 Rule. On November 22, 2019,October 13, 2020, the EPA published a proposedfinal rule to revise the technology-based effluent limitations for flue gas desulfurization waste water and bottom ash transport water. OG&E is evaluating what, if any, compliance actions are needed but is not able to quantify with any certainty what costs may be incurred. OG&E expects to be able to provide a reasonable estimate of any material costs associated with the rule's implementation following issuance of the permits from the State of Oklahoma.

On April 21, 2020, the EPA and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers published ina rule to define the Federal Register "The Navigable Waters Protection Rule: Definitionscope of Waters of the United States."federal jurisdiction over wetlands. This final rule replaces the repealed definition of waters of the U.S. from 2015. The rule became effective date of this final rule will beon June 22, 2020. The Company2020, and OG&E does not expect any material impacts as a result of this rule.result.

Since the purchase of the Redbud facility in 2008, OG&E's average use of treated municipal effluent for all of the needed cooling water at Redbud and McClain is approximately 2.62.5 billion gallons per year. This use of treated municipal effluent offsets the need for fresh water as cooling water, making fresh water available for other beneficial uses like drinking water, irrigation and recreation.

Site Remediation

The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 and comparable state laws impose liability, without regard to the legality of the original conduct, on certain classes of persons responsible for the release of hazardous substances into the environment. Because OG&E utilizes various products and generates wastes that are considered hazardous substances for purposes of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, OG&E could be subject to liability for the costs of cleaning up and restoring sites where those substances have been released to the environment. At this time, it is not anticipated that any associated liability will cause a significant impact to OG&E.

For further discussion regarding contingencies relating to environmental laws and regulations, see Note 1314 within "Item 1. Financial Statements."

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
 
There have been no significant changes in the market risks affecting the CompanyRegistrants from those discussed in the Company'sRegistrants' 20120920 Form 10-K.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.
 
The Company maintainsRegistrants maintain a set of disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the CompanyRegistrants in reports that it filesthey file or submitssubmit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms. In addition, the disclosure controls and procedures ensure that information required to be disclosed is accumulated and communicated to management, including the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, allowing timely decisions regarding required disclosure. As of the end of the period covered by this report, based on an evaluation carried out under the supervision and with the participation of the Company'sRegistrants' management, including the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, of the effectiveness of the Company'sRegistrants' disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15(d)-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), the chief executive officer and chief financial officer have concluded that the Company'sRegistrants' disclosure controls and procedures are effective.
 
No change in the Company'sRegistrants' internal control over financial reporting has occurred during the Company's most recently completed fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company'sRegistrants' internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934).

While remote work arrangements have been implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company believes there have been no material changes to the processes and procedures that impact financial reporting. The Company continues to monitor potential internal control impacts of COVID-19 and plan accordingly to ensure the effectiveness of the Company's internal controls over financial reporting and disclosures.

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.
 
Reference is made to Item 3 of Part I of the Company'sRegistrants' 20120920 Form 10-K for a description of certain legal proceedings presently pending. Except as described under "Environmental Laws and Regulations" within "Part I - Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," there are no new significant cases to report against the Company or its subsidiaries,Registrants, and there have been no material changes in the previously reported proceedings.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

Except as detailed below, thereThere have been no significant changes in the Company'sRegistrants' risk factors from those discussed in the Company'sRegistrants' 20120920 Form 10-K, which are incorporated herein by reference.

We face risks related to health epidemics and other outbreaks.

The recent outbreak of COVID-19 is a rapidly developing situation around the globe that has adversely impacted economic activity and conditions worldwide. In particular, efforts to control the spread of COVID-19 have led to shutdowns of various facilities as well as disrupted supply chains around the world. Efforts to control the spread of COVID-19 have also resulted in remote work arrangements and increased unemployment and will likely result in customer slow payment or non-payment and decreased commercial and industrial load. We are continuing to monitor developments involving our workforce, customers and suppliers and cannot predict whether COVID-19 will have a material impact on our results of operations, financial condition and prospects. However, an extended slowdown of the United States' economic growth, demand for commodities and/or material changes in governmental policy could result in lower economic growth and lower demand for electricity in our key markets as well as the ability of various customers, contractors, suppliers and other business partners to fulfill their obligations, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial condition and prospects.

Decreased demand for commodities as a result of COVID-19 impacts have impacted the valuation of our investment in Enable, resulting in an impairment charge that had a material adverse impact on our results of operations at March 31, 2020. Further, our operating cash flow is derived partially from cash distributions we receive from Enable. In response to current industry conditions, Enable reduced its dividend distribution by half. Prolonged decreased demand for commodities and/or further reductions in distributions from Enable could materially adversely affect our results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

In addition, we cannot predict the impact that COVID-19 will have on our customers, suppliers, vendors and other business partners and each of their financial conditions; however, any material effect on these parties could adversely impact us. The impact of COVID-19 may also exacerbate other risks discussed in "Item 1A. Risk Factors" in the Company's 2019 Form 10-K, any of which could have a material effect on us. This situation is changing rapidly and additional impacts may arise that we are not aware of currently.

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Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

Issuer Purchases of Equity SecuritiesNone.

The following table contains information about the Company's purchases of its common stock during the first quarter of 2020.
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PeriodTotal Number of Shares PurchasedAverage Price Paid per ShareTotal Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced PlanApproximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plan
1/1/20 - 1/31/20$—  N/AN/A
2/1/20 - 2/29/20$—  N/AN/A
3/1/20 - 3/31/20255,000$38.04  255,000N/A
N/A - not applicable

During the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company purchased 255,000 shares of its common stock at an average cost of $38.04 per share on the open market. The shares were used to satisfy payouts of earned performance units and restricted stock unit grants, pursuant to the Company's Stock Incentive Plan, during the three months ended March 31, 2020.

Item 6. Exhibits.
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10.04X
10.05X
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99.01 32.02+X
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SIGNATURE

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

 OGE ENERGY CORP.
OKLAHOMA GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
 (Registrant)
  
By:/s/ Sarah R. Stafford
 Sarah R. Stafford
 Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
(On behalf of the RegistrantRegistrants and in her capacity as Chief Accounting Officer)

May 6, 20205, 2021

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