Oklahoma Gas & Electric
Oklahoma Gas & Electric (OG+E) is a regulated electric utility company that serves over 750,000 customers in Oklahoma and western Arkansas. On December 9, 2007, OG&E experienced the worst power outage in Oklahoma history with over 250 thousand customers without power and over 630 thousand state wide. The outage was the result of a huge regional winter ice storm.
OGE Energy Corp. (NYSE: OGE), with headquarters in downtown Oklahoma City, is the parent company of Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company, a regulated electric utility, and Enogex Inc., a natural gas pipeline business. OGE Energy and its subsidiaries have about 3,100 employees.
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