UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) | August 16, 2013 | |
OGE ENERGY CORP. | ||
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) | ||
Oklahoma | ||
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | ||
1-12579 | 73-1481638 | |
(Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | |
321 North Harvey, P.O. Box 321, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | 73101-0321 | |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |
405-553-3000 | ||
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code) | ||
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) | ||
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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure
OGE Energy Corp. (the "Company") is the parent company of Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company ("OG&E"), a regulated electric utility with approximately 801,000 customers in Oklahoma and western Arkansas. In addition, the Company holds a 28.5 percent limited partner interest and a 50 percent general partner interest in Enable Midstream Partners, LP.
On August 16, 2013, the Company is scheduled to make a presentation to certain investors during which, among other things, the Company will reaffirm the statements in its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2013 that it expects 2013 earnings to be between $335 million to $360 million of net income, or $1.68 to $1.80 per average diluted share. The key factors and assumptions regarding the Company's 2013 earnings guidance are contained in the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 and the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2013. The presentation is available on the Company's website under the "Investor Relations" tab.
Some of the matters discussed above and in the presentation may contain forward-looking statements that are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Such forward-looking statements are intended to be identified by the words "anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "expect", "intend", "objective", "plan", "possible", "potential", "project" and similar expressions. Actual results may vary materially. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially 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 Company and its subsidiaries to access the capital markets and obtain financing on favorable terms as well as inflation rates and monetary fluctuations; prices and availability of electricity, coal, natural gas and natural gas liquids; the timing and extent of changes in commodity prices, particularly natural gas and natural gas liquids, the competitive effects of the available pipeline capacity in the regions Enable Midstream Partners serves, and the effects of geographic and seasonal commodity price differentials, including the effects of these circumstances on re-contracting available capacity on Enable Midstream Partners' interstate pipelines; the timing and extent of changes in the supply of natural gas, particularly supplies available for gathering by Enable Midstream Partners' gathering and processing business and transporting by Enable Midstream Partners' interstate pipelines, including the impact of natural gas and natural gas liquids prices on the level of drilling and production activities in the regions Enable Midstream Partners serves; business conditions in the energy and natural gas midstream industries; competitive factors including the extent and timing of the entry of additional competition in the markets served by the Company; unusual weather; availability and prices of raw materials for current and future construction projects; 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's markets; environmental laws and regulations that may impact the Company's operations; 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 cyber-attacks and other catastrophic events; advances in technology; creditworthiness of suppliers, customers and other contractual parties; difficulty in making accurate assumptions and projections regarding future revenues and costs associated with the Company's equity investment in Enable Midstream Partners that the Company does not control; the risk that Enable Midstream Partners may not be able to successfully integrate the operations of Enogex LLC and the businesses contributed by a wholly-owned subsidiary of CenterPoint Energy, Inc.; and other risk factors listed in the reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission including those listed in Risk Factors and Exhibit 99.01 to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
OGE ENERGY CORP. | |
(Registrant) | |
By: | /s/ Scott Forbes |
Scott Forbes | |
Controller and Chief Accounting Officer | |
August 16, 2013