Puget Energy (PSD) 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

FORM

8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): December 19, 2022

Commission File Number	Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter, state of incorporation, address of principal executive offices, telephone	I.R.S. Employer Identification Number
1-16305	PUGET ENERGY, INC. A Washington Corporation 355 110th Ave NE Bellevue, Washington 98004 425-454-6363	91-1969407
1-4393	PUGET SOUND ENERGY, INC. A Washington Corporation 355 110th Ave NE Bellevue, Washington 98004 425-454-6363	91-0374630

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors and Certain Officers; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On December 19, 2022, Puget Sound Energy, Inc. and Puget Energy, Inc. (together, the “Companies”) appointed Stacy Smith to serve as Controller and Principal Accounting Officer of the Companies. Mr. Smith will report to Kazi Hasan, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Mr. Smith, who is 37, previously served as the Manager of Revenue Requirements of the Companies since 2019. Prior to this, Mr. Smith served as the Manager of Energy and Derivatives Accounting of the Companies from 2018 to 2019, and as the Manager of Contract to Pay Accounting of Nike, Inc. from 2017 to 2018.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	PUGET ENERGY, INC.
	PUGET SOUND ENERGY, INC.
Dated: December 23, 2022	By:	/s/ Lorna Luebbe
	Name:	Lorna Luebbe
	Title:	Senior Vice President, Chief Sustainability Officer and General Counsel