{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001021635-26-000031","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"OGE","cik":"0001021635","company_name":"OGE ENERGY CORP.","filed_at":"2026-10-08T20:31:40+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-10-08T20:32:00.244597+00:00","generated_at":"2026-10-12T15:25:36.368990+00:00","sec_items":["5.02"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.28,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.28,"confidence":"high","headline":"OG&E names John Laws COO effective Jan 4, 2027; he has been Chief Commercial Officer since Jan 2026","bullets":["John Laws, 52, was named Chief Operating Officer of Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company (OG&E), effective January 4, 2027.","Laws has served as OG&E's Chief Commercial Officer since January 2026, and was EVP, CFO and Treasurer of Enable Midstream Partners from January 2016 to December 2021.","He was Secretary of Budget and State Chief Financial Officer for the State of Oklahoma from October 2022 to December 2024.","Laws' COO compensation will be set during the standard annual officer compensation review in December 2026; no other terms disclosed.","OGE Energy is parent of OG&E, a regulated electric utility with about 917,000 customers in Oklahoma and western Arkansas."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001021635-26-000031","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001021635-26-000031.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001021635-26-000031.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001021635-26-000031.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1021635/000102163526000031/0001021635-26-000031-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1021635/000102163526000031/oge-20261005.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-10-12T15:25:36.368990+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"5d435b98bd","claim":"John Laws was named as Chief Operating Officer at OGE ENERGY CORP..","evidence_excerpt":"On October 5, 2026, OG&E’s Board of Directors named John Laws as Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) of OG&E, effective January 4, 2027.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1021635/000102163526000031/0001021635-26-000031-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"named"},{"label":"Role","value":"Chief Operating Officer"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}