OKLAHOMA GAS & ELECTRIC CO
8-K, 1999-07-09
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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: July 8, 1999




                         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.)


                                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)

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Item 5. Other Events


     OKLAHOMA GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY FILES GENERATION EFFICIENCY PERFORMANCE
     RIDER (GEP RIDER)
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     Oklahoma Gas & Electric  Company (OG&E),  through its parent  company,  OGE
Energy Corp., announced,  June 29, 1999, that it filed an updated GEP Rider with
the Oklahoma  Corporation  Commission ("OCC"). The GEP Rider is designed so that
when OG&E's  average  annual cost of fuel per kwh is less than 96.261 percent of
the  average  non-nuclear  fuel  cost per kwh of  certain  other  investor-owned
utilities  in the  region,  OG&E is allowed to  collect,  through the GEP Rider,
one-third  of the amount by which  OG&E's  average  annual cost of fuel comes in
below 96.261 percent of the average of the other specified utilities.  If OG&E's
fuel cost  exceeds  103.739  percent  of the  stated  average,  OG&E will not be
allowed to recover  one-third of the fuel costs above that average from Oklahoma
customers. The fuel cost information used to calculate the GEP Rider is based on
fuel cost data  submitted  by each of the  utilities  in their Form No. 1 Annual
Report filed with the Federal  Energy  Regulatory  Commission.  The GEP Rider is
revised  effective  July 1 of each year to reflect any  changes in the  relative
annual cost of fuel reported for the preceding  calendar year.  Although revenue
associated with the new GEP Rider is expected to decrease by  approximately  $10
million  (or  approximately  $0.15 per share)  from  1998,  the new GEP Rider is
estimated to positively impact revenue by $20 million or approximately $0.30 per
share in 1999.

     Some of the matters discussed in this Form 8-K may contain  forward-looking
statements  of OG&E  that are  subject  to  certain  risks,  uncertainties,  and
assumptions. Actual results may vary materially. Factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially  include,  but are not limited to: general economic
conditions, including their impact on capital expenditures;  business conditions
in  the  energy  industry;  competitive  factors;  unusual  weather;  regulatory
decisions  and other risk factors  listed in OG&E's Form 10-K for the year ended
December  31,  1998 and  other  factors  described  from  time to time in OG&E's
reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission.


Item 7. (c) Exhibits

     EXHIBIT NUMBER                        DESCRIPTION
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         99.01             OGE  Energy's  press  release  dated  June  29,  1999
                           announcing  Oklahoma  Gas &  Electric  Company  files
                           Generation  Efficiency  Performance  Rider  with  the
                           Oklahoma Corporation Commission.


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                                   SIGNATURES

     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 & ELECTRIC COMPANY
                                            (Registrant)


                         By           /s/  Donald R. Rowlett
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                                           Donald R. Rowlett
                                    Controller Corporate Accounting

                           (On behalf of the registrant and in his capacity
                                  as Controller Corporate Accounting)



July 8, 1999


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                                                                   EXHIBIT INDEX


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EXHIBIT INDEX         DESCRIPTION
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99.01                 OGE ENERGY CORP.'S OKLAHOMA  GAS & ELECTRIC  COMPANY FILES
                      GENERATION EFFICIENCY PERFORMANCE RIDER (GER)
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                                                                   EXHIBIT 99.01


OGE ENERGY CORP.'S OKLAHOMA GAS & ELECTRIC  COMPANY FILES GENERATION  EFFICIENCY
PERFORMANCE RIDER (GER)

Oklahoma Gas & Electric  Company,  a wholly owned subsidiary of OGE Energy Corp.

(NYSE: OGE), today filed the Generation Efficiency  Performance Rider (GER) with

the Oklahoma  Corporation  Commission.  The rider, which allows OG&E to retain a

part of the fuel savings it achieves through efficiencies, will take effect July

1. Based on normalized  sales,  the GER is expected to decrease by approximately

$10 million from 1998.


Highlights:

o    Revenue  associated with the GER decreased from  approximately  $30 million

     in 1998 to approximately $20 million in 1999.


o    OG&E's  fuel cost  relative  to the  Southwest Power Pool increased from 73

     percent of average to 85 percent of average.


o    The GER reduction should result in an 8 cent decrease in earnings per share

     for 1999.




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