OKLAHOMA GAS & ELECTRIC CO
8-K, 1994-10-28
ELECTRIC SERVICES
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                                     FORM 8-K
                        SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, D.C. 20549


                  CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                      OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934




                        Date of Report:  October 28, 1994




                           Commission file number 1-1097




                         OKLAHOMA GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
              (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                       Oklahoma                         73-0382390
             (State or other jurisdiction of         (I.R.S. Employer
             incorporation or organization)         Identification No.)



                                101 North Robinson
                                   P. O. Box 321
                        Oklahoma City, Oklahoma  73101-0321
                     (Address of principal executive offices)
                                    (Zip Code)

                                   405-272-3000
               (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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          Item 5.     Other Events

               Reference is made to Item 1 of Part II of the Company's Form
          10-Q  for the  quarter ended  June 30,  1994, regarding  the rate
          application  filed  on   August  9,  1994, before   the  Oklahoma
          Corporation Commission (the "Commission"). 
            
               On October 26, 1994, the Commission issued an order reducing
          the  Company's  electric  rates   by  approximately  $15  million
          annually, effective  January  1995.   On  October 26,  1994,  the
          Company issued the following press release: 


                    OG&E TO CUT BILLS $15 MILLION
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                         The Oklahoma Corporation  Commission has
                    approved a proposal to reduce bills for  OG&E
                    Electric  Services'  customers by  about  $15
                    million  a  year. The  new  lower bills  take
                    effect   January   1,  1995.      Residential
                    customers will  save  about  $2.4  million  a
                    year,  with the  remainder  of the  reduction
                    directed   toward   making    OG&E   a   more
                    competitive   option   for   industrial   and
                    commercial customers.

                         The  $15 million  savings comes  largely
                    from  OG&E's  recent   redesign  and  related
                    streamlining efforts.  The company redesigned
                    operations to become  more cost-efficient and
                    find ways of  improving service to customers.
                    
                         "It  was  just  last  August  that  OG&E
                    originally   filed   a   request   with   the
                    Commission to lower bills, and  now we have a
                    final   order,"   said  OG&E   Chairman   and
                    President   James   G.  Harlow   Jr.     "The
                    Commission, staff and  other parties involved
                    should  be commended  for  working with  such
                    speed to ensure  customers bills are  lowered
                    as soon as possible."

                         "When this $15 million  is combined with
                    a rate reduction from earlier this year  plus
                    the  enormous  savings   from  the  company's
                    successful   fuel-management   efforts,   all
                    customers  will see  a substantial  savings,"
                    said Harlow.

                         "The  combined savings  for the  average
                    residential  customer  will  be about  $62  a
                    year.      For  commercial   and   industrial
                    customers, who  use large amounts  of energy,
                    the combined savings will be enough to have a
                    meaningful impact on their ability to compete
                    and grow."

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        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.





                          OKLAHOMA GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
                                     (Registrant)


                         
                          By      /s/  A M Strecker                           
   
                             -----------------------------
                                       A M Strecker
                                 SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
                              FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

                            (On behalf of the registrant and in
                          his capacity as Chief Financial Officer)



   October 28, 1994



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