---
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"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T15:25:36.368990+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.28
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.28
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# OG&E names John Laws COO effective Jan 4, 2027; he has been Chief Commercial Officer since Jan 2026

## Summary
- 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.

## SEC filing metadata
- 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
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.28
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.28
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- 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

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  John Laws was named as Chief Operating Officer at OGE ENERGY CORP..
  - Action: named
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: 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_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1021635/000102163526000031/0001021635-26-000031-index.htm

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