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

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

                

 

 

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers

 

OGE Energy Corp. (the “Company”) is the parent company of Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company, a regulated electric utility with approximately 766,000 customers in Oklahoma and western Arkansas, and Enogex LLC and its subsidiaries, a natural gas pipeline business with principal operations in Oklahoma.

 

On August 19, 2008, the Company issued a press release announcing that the Company’s Board of Directors appointed a new director, Mr. Wayne Brunetti. Mr. Brunetti was elected to a term expiring at the Company’s 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareowners, at which time he is expected to be nominated for approval by the Company’s shareowners. Mr. Brunetti has not yet been named to any committees of the Board. Mr. Brunetti, 65, brings nearly 40 years of energy and utility industry experience to the Company’s board, having begun his career at Florida Power & Light in 1964. More recently, Mr. Brunetti served until his retirement in 2005 as chairman of Xcel Energy, which provides electricity and natural gas services in eight Western and Midwestern states. Prior to his role as Xcel Energy’s chairman, Mr. Brunetti served as Xcel Energy’s chairman, president and chief executive officer. Mr. Brunetti also served as chairman, president and chief executive officer of Xcel Energy’s various predecessor companies, including New Century Energies, Public Service Company of Colorado and Southwestern Public Service Company. For further information, see the attached press release which is furnished as Exhibit 99.01 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

August 25, 2008

 

Exhibit 99.01

 

OGE Energy Corp. names former Xcel Energy Chairman Wayne Brunetti to Board of Directors

 

OKLAHOMA CITY -- OGE Energy Corp. (NYSE: OGE) today announced that former Xcel Energy chairman and CEO Wayne Brunetti has been elected to serve on the OGE Energy Board of Directors.

 

Brunetti, 65, brings nearly 40 years of energy and utility industry experience to the company’s board, having begun his career at Florida Power & Light in 1964. More recently, he served until his retirement in 2005 as chairman of Xcel Energy, which provides electricity and natural gas services in eight Western and Midwestern states. Prior to his role as Xcel’s chairman, he served as the company’s chairman, president and CEO. Brunetti also served as chairman, president and CEO of Xcel’s various predecessor companies, including New Century Energies, Public Service Company of Colorado and Southwestern Public Service Company.

 

In addition to his corporate leadership, Brunetti was active in a variety of energy industry leadership roles including chairman of the Edison Electric Institute, the utility industry’s national trade association. He also was appointed to the National Petroleum Council, an advisory body to the U.S. Department of Energy, and served as chairman of the Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry.

 

“We are very pleased to have Wayne join our Board of Directors,” said Pete Delaney, chairman, president and CEO of OGE Energy. “His energy industry and utility leadership experience will be of tremendous value as we strive to create greater value for our customers and shareowners.”

 

Brunetti will stand for election to a full term on the OGE board at the company’s May 2009 annual meeting. With Brunetti’s addition, the OGE board membership will increase to 10 directors.

 

OGE Energy is the parent company of Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company, a regulated electric utility with more than 765,000 customers in a service area spanning 30,000 square miles in Oklahoma and western Arkansas, and of Enogex LLC, a midstream natural gas pipeline business with principal operations in Oklahoma.