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Long-Term Debt
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Long-Term Debt, Unclassified [Abstract]  
Long-Term Debt
8.
Long-Term Debt

 

At March 31, 2023, the Registrants were in compliance with all of their debt agreements.

 

In 2021, OGE Energy issued $500.0 million of 0.703 percent senior notes, and OG&E issued $500.0 million of 0.553 percent senior notes. The Registrants intend to repay each of the $500.0 million senior notes due May 26, 2023.

 

In April 2023, OG&E issued $350.0 million of 5.60 percent Senior Notes due April 1, 2053. In January 2023, OG&E issued $450.0 million of 5.40 percent Senior Notes due January 15, 2033. The proceeds from these issuances were added to OG&E's general funds to be used for general corporate purposes, including to help fund the repayment of its $500.0 million of 0.553 percent Senior Notes due May 26, 2023 and the funding of its capital investment program and working capital needs.

 

OGE Energy has a $100.0 million floating rate unsecured three-year credit agreement, of which $50.0 million is considered a revolving loan and $50.0 million is considered a term loan. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the interest rate for the $50.0 million drawn on the term loan under this credit agreement ranged from 5.375 percent to 5.875 percent.

 

OG&E Industrial Authority Bonds

 

OG&E has tax-exempt pollution control bonds with optional redemption provisions that allow the holders to request repayment of the bonds on any business day. The following table presents information about these bonds, which can be tendered at the option of the holder during the next 12 months.

Series

 

Date Due

 

Amount

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(In millions)

 

1.85%

 

-

 

4.45%

 

 Garfield Industrial Authority, January 1, 2025

 

$

47.0

 

1.85%

 

-

 

4.30%

 

 Muskogee Industrial Authority, January 1, 2025

 

 

32.4

 

1.85%

 

-

 

4.45%

 

 Muskogee Industrial Authority, June 1, 2027

 

 

56.0

 

Total (redeemable during next 12 months)

 

$

135.4

 

 

All of these bonds are subject to an optional tender at the request of the holders, at 100 percent of the principal amount, together with accrued and unpaid interest to the date of purchase. The bond holders, on any business day, can request repayment of the bond by delivering an irrevocable notice to the tender agent stating the principal amount of the bond, payment instructions for the purchase price and the business day the bond is to be purchased. The repayment option may only be exercised by the holder of a bond for the principal amount. When a tender notice has been received by the trustee, a third-party remarketing agent for the bonds will attempt to remarket any bonds tendered for purchase. This process occurs once per week. Since the original issuance of these series of bonds in 1995 and 1997, the remarketing agent has successfully remarketed all tendered bonds. If the remarketing agent is unable to remarket any such bonds, OG&E is obligated to repurchase such unremarketed bonds. As OG&E has both the intent and ability to

refinance the bonds on a long-term basis and such ability is supported by an ability to consummate the refinancing, the bonds are classified as Long-Term Debt in the condensed balance sheets. OG&E believes that it has sufficient liquidity to meet these obligations.