Puget Sound Energy 8-K Other Events

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

FORM8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR l5(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): August 20, 2021

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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Title of each class	Trading symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
N/A	N/A	N/A

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On August 20, 2021, Daniel A. Doyle, Senior Vice President of Puget Sound Energy, Inc. and Puget Energy, Inc. (together, the “Companies”) informed the boards of directors and the executive officers of the Companies that he will retire from the Companies effective September 1, 2021. As previously reported, Mr. Doyle stepped down from his position as Chief Financial Officer of the Companies on June 28, 2021, a position he held from November 2011, and continued to serve the Companies as a Senior Vice President reporting to Mary E. Kipp, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, on strategic matters.

This Current Report on Form

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includes forward-looking statements, which are statements of expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives and assumptions of future events. Words or phrases such as “ anticipates ,” “ believes,” “continues ,” “could,” “estimates,” “expects ,” “future,” “ intends,” “may,” “might,” “ plans,” “potential,” “ predicts,” “projects,” “should ,” “will likely result ,” “ will continue” or similar expressions are intended to identify certain of these forward-looking statements and may be included in discussion of, among other things, our future expectations. Forward-looking statements reflect current expectations and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes to differ materially from those expressed.

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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: August 20, 2021	By:	/s/ Steve R. Secrist
	Name:	Steve R. Secrist
	Title:	Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer