OGE Energy Q3 2025 Earnings Report

OGE Energy EPS Results

• Actual EPS: $1.14
• Consensus EPS: $1.16
• Beat/Miss: Missed by -$0.02
• One Year Ago EPS: $1.09

OGE Energy Revenue Results

• Actual Revenue: $1.05 billion
• Expected Revenue: $1.04 billion
• Beat/Miss: Beat by +$9.23 million
• YoY Revenue Growth: +8.20%

OGE Energy Announcement Details

• Quarter: Q3 2025
• Date: 10/28/2025
• Time: Before Market Opens
• Conference Call Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2025
• Conference Call Time: 9:00AM ET

OGE Energy (NYSE:OGE) Corp. (NYSE:OGE) is an energy and infrastructure holding company headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Through its principal subsidiary, Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company, the company provides regulated electric service to residential, commercial and industrial customers across Oklahoma and western Arkansas. Its diversified generation mix includes coal, natural gas and wind-powered facilities, complemented by ongoing investments in grid modernization and smart technology to enhance reliability and customer satisfaction.

In addition to its core electric utility operations, OGE Energy Corp. operates OGE Energy Resources, a business unit focused on natural gas gathering and processing in the Mid-Continent region. This subsidiary also develops and manages renewable energy projects, including wind farms and battery storage systems, positioning OGE to participate in broader energy markets and support regional decarbonization initiatives.

Founded in 1902 as Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company, the organization reorganized in 1997 to form OGE Energy Corp. as a publicly traded holding company. Over more than a century of service, the company has expanded its footprint while maintaining a commitment to reliable, affordable energy and strong community partnerships throughout its service territories.

OGE Energy Corp. is led by President and Chief Executive Officer Kenneth L. Corpus, supported by a board of directors with extensive experience in the utility and energy sectors. The company emphasizes safety, sustainability and operational excellence as it pursues strategic growth and delivers essential energy services to its customers.

OGE Energy Q3 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

Key Takeaways

• Positive Sentiment: Consolidated Q3 earnings were $1.14 per share (electric company $1.20, holding company loss $0.06) and management remains confident it will deliver in the top half of 2025 guidance.
• Positive Sentiment: Regulatory pre-approval in Oklahoma is expected in weeks to enable construction of 450 MW of natural gas generation (operational by 2029), alongside ~550 MW of combustion turbines already under construction for next-year service.
• Positive Sentiment: Weather-normalized retail load growth was 6.5% year-to-date and OG&E now expects ~7.5% normalized load growth in 2025, driven by economic development and advanced negotiations with data-center customers.
• Neutral Sentiment: Capital plan updated to include the $250 million Fort Smith–Muskogee transmission project, with CWIP recovery approved and management saying the strong balance sheet will guide financing decisions (equity component expected for incremental CapEx).
• Neutral Sentiment: Dividend policy remains deliberate — management targets a 65–70% payout ratio, so dividend growth may stay conservative relative to EPS CAGR until that target is reached.

Presentation

[Operator]

Thank you for standing by. Welcome to the third quarter 2025 OGE Energy Corp. earnings conference call. At this time, all participants are in listen-only mode. After the speaker's presentation, there will be a question and answer session. To ask a question during the session, you'll need to press star one one on your telephone. You will then hear an automated message device indicating your hand is raised. To withdraw your question, please press star one one again. Please be advised today's conference is being recorded. I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Jason Bailey. Please go ahead.

[Jason Bailey, VP of Investor Relations at OGE Energy]

Thank you, Kevin, and good morning, everyone, and welcome to our call. With me today, I have Sean Trauschke, our Chairman, President, and CEO, and Chuck Walworth, our CFO. In terms of the call today, we will first hear from Sean, followed by an explanation from Chuck of financial results, and finally, as always, we will answer your questions. I'd like to remind you that this conference is being webcast, and you may follow along at oge.com. In addition, the conference call and accompanying slides will be archived following the call on that same website. Before we begin the presentation, I'd like to direct your attention to the Safe Harbor statement regarding forward-looking statements. This is an SEC requirement for financial statements and simply states that we cannot guarantee forward-looking financial results, but this is our best estimate to date.

[Jason Bailey, VP of Investor Relations at OGE Energy]

I will now turn the call over to Sean for his opening remarks. Sean?

[Sean Trauschke, Chairman, President, and CEO at OGE Energy]

Thank you, Jason. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us today. It's certainly great to be with you. We again delivered strong results in the third quarter, and we remain on track to deliver on our commitments. This morning, we reported consolidated earnings of $1.14 per share, including electric company earnings of $1.20 per share, and a loss of the holding company of $0.06. Our solid performance is driven by continued operational excellence, laser-like focus on the customer, and constructive regulatory outcomes. As we head into the remaining two months of 2025, we remain confident in our plans to deliver in the top half of our earnings guidance range. As you know, on the regulatory front, we have a pre-approval request in Oklahoma and expect an order in a few weeks.

[Sean Trauschke, Chairman, President, and CEO at OGE Energy]

This will allow us to move forward with building 450 MW of natural gas generation, which should be operational by 2029. As a reminder, we have approximately 550 MW of combustion turbines under construction now, which will be operational next year on time and on budget. When Horseshoe Lake units 13 and 14 come into service in 2029, we will have added approximately 2,000 MW over an 11-year period, and we anticipate more to come. When filing the pre-approval case, we indicated that this was the first step of many. In the filing, we updated our integrated resource plan, which showed we are still solving for our customers' future generation needs. We are now negotiating with existing bidders from the last RFP, and we anticipate issuing more RFPs and future filings to address our customers' needs.

[Sean Trauschke, Chairman, President, and CEO at OGE Energy]

We notified Oklahoma customers this week that they will see a decrease in their monthly bill with a reduction in the fuel cost adjustment beginning November 1st. The average residential customer bill will be approximately $6.75 lower per month. Our customers benefit from OG&E having some of the lowest rates in the nation. We understand the competitive advantage our low rates offer, and it's one reason our demand has grown so consistently year-over-year. We do everything we can to ensure our rates remain low in the future so that we can sustain the growth of the company and the communities we serve. While the electric power industry is entering an exciting new era, OG&E is uniquely positioned at the forefront. We've been experiencing load growth that far surpasses national trends, and data center load will certainly be incremental to our already strong load growth.

[Sean Trauschke, Chairman, President, and CEO at OGE Energy]

At the heart of that growth for OG&E is affordability. It's not a new concept to us. It's key to our community's success and central to our planning as we move ahead. Over the past decade, we've delivered a 6% EPS CAGR, which is great news for our investors. Equally important for our customers, it's worth highlighting that our non-fuel rates have increased at less than half the rate of inflation during this time. In a period when the cost of living continues to rise, we've focused on what we can control, helping our customers and communities manage costs while supporting growth and reliability. As we build on our strong growth and performance, we experience growing interest in our service area from data centers. Negotiations and conversations are progressing, and we hope to have something to share in the near future.

[Sean Trauschke, Chairman, President, and CEO at OGE Energy]

Turning to economic development, we continue to see diversified business growth, including commercial and industrial. Just a couple of weeks ago, we celebrated the grand opening of a major expansion project for a plastics manufacturer, which added 4.5 MW of load and created hundreds of jobs in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Our economies remain strong, with unemployment in Oklahoma and Arkansas continuing to outpace the national average. For the 48th straight month, Oklahoma City unemployment rate is below 4%, and Oklahoma's overall job growth is driven by gains in education, healthcare, and construction. The Council for Community and Economic Research ranked Oklahoma City as the most affordable among large cities in the U.S., a competitive advantage for continued growth. Our rates are a factor in keeping Oklahoma and Arkansas consistently ranked high for affordability. As I close, I want to emphasize that the business is doing very well.

[Sean Trauschke, Chairman, President, and CEO at OGE Energy]

We've just completed another strong quarter, and I'm excited about the future. We remain confident in our ability to deliver on our commitments while continuing to grow the business. As I mentioned, we have many positive updates to share in the quarters ahead. Thank you, and I'll now turn the call over to Chuck. Chuck?

[Chuck Walworth, CFO at OGE Energy]

Thank you, Sean, and thank you, Jason, and good morning, everyone. We're three quarters through the year, and our steady execution positions us to deliver results in the top half of our 2025 earnings guidance range. It's our execution that will lead us to continued long-term success. I'm excited to review our financial performance with you today. Starting on slide five, for the third quarter, consolidated net income was $231 million, or $1.14 per diluted share, compared to $219 million, or $1.09 per share last year. In our core business, the electric company achieved net income of $243 million, or $1.20 per diluted share, compared to $225 million, or $1.20 per share last year. The main driver of the year-over-year increase in net income was increased recovery of capital investments. Milder weather this summer compared to last year, and higher O&M and income taxes partially offset the increase.

[Chuck Walworth, CFO at OGE Energy]

The holding company reported a loss of $12 million, or $0.06 per diluted share, compared to a loss of $6 million, or $0.03 per share last year. The change was primarily attributed to higher interest expense partially offset by an income tax benefit. Let's turn our attention to our 2025 financial plan update on slide six. Year-over-year customer growth continued its healthy multi-year pace and was just under 1% in the third quarter. Our weather normalized load growth was historically strong once again at 6.5% through the third quarter compared to the same period last year. We expect total retail normalized load growth of approximately 7.5% in 2025. Our execution keeps us firmly on plan to deliver on our consolidated earnings commitment. We continue to expect to be in the top half of 2025's earnings guidance range.

[Chuck Walworth, CFO at OGE Energy]

Sean discussed how our local economies and communities are strong and that our intentional efforts around economic and business development provide important support for growth. In each quarterly update, we highlight how our sustainable business model works by attracting new customers to our service area with low rates and reliable electric service, helping our communities to grow and prosper. We've updated our capital plan to include the Fort Smith to Muskogee transmission line, which will address reliability and capacity issues in the Fort Smith, Arkansas area. This $250 million project is planned to go into service in three phases: in 2027, 2028, and 2029. This higher voltage line will be primarily recovered through our FERC formula rate, and we have received approval to utilize CWIP recovery during construction of the project. The updated capital plan is included in the appendix. Our financial position remains strong.

[Chuck Walworth, CFO at OGE Energy]

Our balance sheet is one of the strongest in the industry and is an important competitive advantage, one we are committed to maintaining. We have requested CWIP recovery on Horseshoe Lake units 13 and 14. The use of CWIP has important dual customer benefits, first by reducing the long-term cost to customers, and second by supporting the balance sheet during the construction phase of projects. As I close, let's review our guiding financial objectives. As we grow the company, we will maintain our competitive low-rate advantage by focusing on our cost structure, minimize the time between investments and the return in recovery, and grow the company by maintaining a highly credible total return proposition for our shareholders. We've made great progress so far this year. Our steady execution keeps us on track to deliver in the top half of this year's guidance range. Our load growth remains historically strong.

[Chuck Walworth, CFO at OGE Energy]

We've reached a settlement with a number of parties in the Oklahoma pre-approval request. If approved, we will move our planned Oklahoma rate review from the end of this year to the second half of next year, and we will continue to assess the timing of the next rate review in Arkansas. We've updated our capital plan for the Fort Smith to Muskogee transmission line. Additional updates to our capital and financing plans will follow a determination in the pre-approval case. Finally, our results keep us as confident as ever in our ability to achieve a consolidated earnings growth rate of 5%-7% based on the midpoint of our 2025 guidance. The strength of the current year's plan allows us to focus on the future, address our customers' expectations of a safe and reliable system, and to deliver power at some of the lowest rates in the nation.

[Chuck Walworth, CFO at OGE Energy]

As always, the foundation of our success is grounded on the dedication of our employees and their ability to get the job done. That concludes our prepared remarks, and we'll now open the line for your questions.

[Operator]

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. If you have a question or a comment at this time, please press star one one on your telephone. If your question has been answered and you wish to remove yourself from the queue, please press star one one again. We'll pause for a moment while we compile our Q&A roster. Our first question comes from Shah Pourreza with Wells Fargo. Your line is open.

[James Constantine, Analyst at Wells Fargo]

Hi, good morning, Chuck, Sean. Great to hear from you. It's actually Constantine here for Shah.

[Sean Trauschke, Chairman, President, and CEO at OGE Energy]

Good morning.

[James Constantine, Analyst at Wells Fargo]

Good morning. It's great to be back. Maybe starting off on the CapEx needs, we have the $250 million update today, and as we're building to the fourth quarter update and with the pre-approval settlement out there and another 800 MW in the IRP, how quickly do you think those elements start rolling into plan, and is there any acceleration in the RFP process that you're seeing to address some of those needs?

[Sean Trauschke, Chairman, President, and CEO at OGE Energy]

Yeah. Thanks, Constantine. This is Sean. I like that characterization there of rolling. I think that's how we're thinking about it. We're anticipating this approval for under the pre-approval in a couple of weeks here, and then we're going to layer that in there. We're probably going to make some additional filings, as I mentioned in my remarks, coming out of the last RFP. We'll make that filing. When we get approval for that, we'll layer that in there. We'll probably commence a new RFP to kind of continue down that road. I think your characterization of rolling, I think you should just consider it a continuous flow of updates.

[James Constantine, Analyst at Wells Fargo]

Okay. Versus kind of the fourth quarter that we've typically seen, we should expect more periodic updates, right?

[Sean Trauschke, Chairman, President, and CEO at OGE Energy]

Yeah. You'll see, I mean, you'll see the normal update in the fourth quarter that should improve the approval of the last filing. It'll include the customary updates we always do. In addition to that, these generation ads, we'll add those as we receive approval.

[James Constantine, Analyst at Wells Fargo]

Okay. Perfect. In terms of the new regulatory constructs that are in place now, how significant is the impact on that ROE lag if you can quantify it at all? Do you anticipate including some of these benefits in 2026 planning assumptions?

[Chuck Walworth, CFO at OGE Energy]

Yeah. Constantine, it's, you know, I think we've always had a really good track record on minimizing, you know, lag on earned ROE, so this is obviously just accretive, you know, to that. You can see some of those impacts, as disclosed in our 10-Q today in terms of, you know, some of those benefits. We'll definitely lay that out whenever we, you know, come up with guidance for next year.

[James Constantine, Analyst at Wells Fargo]

Just the last one related to that 2026 update, given the ramp schedules for that C&I load, do you see the 2026 load growth being higher than your planning assumptions as you roll into that year?

[Chuck Walworth, CFO at OGE Energy]

We'll bring you a full update in February. Clearly, we don't see any changes in the fundamentals that are driving the results that we see in our service area. We'll address that fully in our February call.

[James Constantine, Analyst at Wells Fargo]

Right. Okay, year-to-date, it's been healthy, so thanks for that.

[Chuck Walworth, CFO at OGE Energy]

Yeah.

[James Constantine, Analyst at Wells Fargo]

Appreciate it.

[Operator]

One moment.

[Jason Bailey, VP of Investor Relations at OGE Energy]

Thanks, Constantine.

[Operator]

One moment for our next question. Our next question comes from Julien Dumoulin-Smith with Jefferies. Your line is open.

[Brian Russo, Analyst at Jefferies]

Hi. Good morning. It's Brian Rosso on for Julien.

[Sean Trauschke, Chairman, President, and CEO at OGE Energy]

Good morning, Brian.

[Brian Russo, Analyst at Jefferies]

Hey, it's nice to see you add the SPP project to the CapEx. Could you maybe talk about the upcoming 2025 SPP ITP plan? I think there are expectations that it could be nearly double the 2024 plan. I was just curious, it seems as if Oklahoma is one of the faster-growing states in SPP. I'm just wondering what your competitive position is there to pursue more projects like the one you just added to CapEx?

[Chuck Walworth, CFO at OGE Energy]

Yeah. Hey, Brian. Good morning. This is Chuck. It's obviously something that we're very closely involved with, with our team at the SPP in that process. Yes, you're right. I think that they're looking at a pretty robust plan, but there's still a couple of milestones, a couple of SPP board meetings that have got to go through before we really have something that we can give you a firm idea as to what the opportunity set really looks like. It's an exciting area, I think, but more to come.

[Brian Russo, Analyst at Jefferies]

Okay. Great. I think as part of the pre-approval settlement filing, you plan to file a large load tariff with your next rate case. I was just curious, I assume that the contract negotiations are still going on with the Google Stillwater project?

[Sean Trauschke, Chairman, President, and CEO at OGE Energy]

Yeah, I think, you know, that was the requirement in the settlement, to file that large load tariff. To the extent that we've finalized an agreement before then, we'll file it then.

[Brian Russo, Analyst at Jefferies]

Okay. Great. Lastly, is the new load growth outlook of 7.5% for 2025 now at the low end of your prior range? Just wondering what's driving that.

[Chuck Walworth, CFO at OGE Energy]

Yeah, you're right. As we've said kind of all along, some of these loads that we have are a little chunky, and the timing can kind of vary. It's really hard to nail it down whether it's the start of this quarter or the beginning of next quarter, and so we've got a little bit of timing going on there. We have one customer in particular that's coming in about a quarter later than anticipated. Just really mainly a timing issue.

[Brian Russo, Analyst at Jefferies]

All right. Great. Thank you very much.

[Sean Trauschke, Chairman, President, and CEO at OGE Energy]

Thanks, Brian.

[Operator]

One moment for our next question. Our next question comes from Stephen D'Ambrisi with RBC Capital Markets. Your line is open.

[Stephen D’Ambrisi, Analyst at RBC Capital Markets]

Go ahead and say it, button.

[Operator]

My apologies. I apologize. It's not Stephanie.

[Stephen D’Ambrisi, Analyst at RBC Capital Markets]

It's all good. It's all good.

[Sean Trauschke, Chairman, President, and CEO at OGE Energy]

I think we're going to enjoy that one for a while.

[Stephen D’Ambrisi, Analyst at RBC Capital Markets]

I know you will, Sean. I know it could not happen on a better call. I'm not going to lie. It could not happen on a better call.

[Sean Trauschke, Chairman, President, and CEO at OGE Energy]

Hey, welcome back. Good to hear from you.

[Stephen D’Ambrisi, Analyst at RBC Capital Markets]

Thank you very much. Good to hear from you too. Appreciate you guys letting me on. Yeah. Just quickly, a follow-up on how you guys are going to meet the 850 MW shortfall or capacity need that you have by 2030. When I'm thinking about where you, I know I think you have some of the RFP results still outstanding, but they feel like they might be a little stale now at this point. I know you have discussions ongoing, but do you think it's likely that you can get material capacity out of the prior RFPs, or do we have to run new RFPs to really make up most of that capacity deficit? Also, how long does that take to run a new RFP? What's the timing around announcements there?

[Sean Trauschke, Chairman, President, and CEO at OGE Energy]

Yeah. A great question. To answer your first question, yes, we do believe we have some capacity opportunities in the current RFP. Yes, we will file a new RFP to kind of meet this need. That 800 MW you referenced there largely depends on the ramp rate of, quote, this customer X that we disclosed in the RFP. That's kind of a give or take number too in terms of how quickly or how slowly you get to that number in 2030. Nevertheless, I think it's an answer of yes to both those questions. Yes, we're going to get some out of that last RFP, and yes, we're going to file a new RFP. I would expect that the second RFP to move along at a quicker pace. We've kind of got it nailed down now, and I think everybody understands the rules.

[Stephen D’Ambrisi, Analyst at RBC Capital Markets]

Okay, that makes a lot of sense to me. Just on the, I covered the sales growth well. I figured that it was timing. Just looking at where you're at year-to-date, I think sales growth is 6.5% year-to-date, and you're still guiding to 7.5%. I mean, that implies a significant acceleration into the fourth quarter. I guess, how does that set us up for sales growth into 2026? Because effectively, you're delaying customers. All things equal, it should drive higher sales growth year-over-year into the next year.

[Chuck Walworth, CFO at OGE Energy]

Yeah. Steve, I think your points are right. I mean, we've seen this chunky growth before, and how that can, you know, impact any particular quarter in an outsized manner. You know, obviously, yeah, you can kinda do your own math as to how that plays in the future years. You know, again, we'll be prepared to thoroughly discuss that with you at the next call.

[Stephen D’Ambrisi, Analyst at RBC Capital Markets]

Okay. All right. That's all I had. I hope you guys get a kick out of that. I'm glad that it's going to be, you know, kept forever on the Internet. Love that.

[Sean Trauschke, Chairman, President, and CEO at OGE Energy]

Thanks, Steve.

[Sean Trauschke, Chairman, President, and CEO at OGE Energy]

Yep, we're calling it now.

[Sean Trauschke, Chairman, President, and CEO at OGE Energy]

Yeah.

[Operator]

One moment for our next question. Our next question comes from Chris Hark with Mizuho. Your line is open.

[Chris Hark, Analyst at Mizuho]

Hi, team. Thanks for the time today.

[Sean Trauschke, Chairman, President, and CEO at OGE Energy]

Good morning.

[Chris Hark, Analyst at Mizuho]

Morning. I just had a question regarding the dividend growth rate. Should we be expecting that to be in line with the EPS CAGR?

[Chuck Walworth, CFO at OGE Energy]

Yeah, Chris. We've been very intentional about the dividend growth rate, really in relation to the opportunity set that we've had for investments. The past several years, we have kind of bifurcated the rates of those two, with the dividend growing a little lower. We're basically targeting growing into a 65%-70% payout ratio. We're well on our way to getting to that target. Once we get to that target, we'll kind of reassess where we are versus the opportunities that we have out there and make that capital allocation decision at that time.

[Chris Hark, Analyst at Mizuho]

Okay. Thank you for the color there. The next question I had was really just around the cadence of rate filings. If you push that back to the second half of 2026, should we be expecting that kind of similar time of year for the next two years throughout the four, two-year period of the forecast period?

[Chuck Walworth, CFO at OGE Energy]

Yeah, I guess I would say that, you know, really, nothing has changed. Our philosophy maintains, you know, to be the same as it was. Clearly, this was part of the give and take of the negotiations for settlement agreement. Yes, if approved, we would shift that forward per the terms of the settlement agreement. I think going forward from that, we would still be operating, you know, under the same philosophy that we have been.

[Chris Hark, Analyst at Mizuho]

Okay. Perfect. That's all I have. Thank you, guys.

[Chuck Walworth, CFO at OGE Energy]

Thank you.

[Operator]

One moment for our next question. Our next question comes from Aditya Gandhi with Wolfe Research. Your line is open.

[Aditya Gandhi, Analyst at Wolfe Research]

Hi. Good morning. Sean, Chuck, and Jason. Can you hear me?

[Sean Trauschke, Chairman, President, and CEO at OGE Energy]

Yeah, we can. Good morning, Aditya.

[Aditya Gandhi, Analyst at Wolfe Research]

Hey, good morning, Sean. Thank you for taking my questions. Just maybe starting with the CapEx increase to your plan, the $250 million. Chuck, you've been clear that any capital increases will have an equity component to it and recognize that you'll sort of communicate your financing plans with the Q4 update. Are you willing to share sort of a rough rule of thumb for this $250 million? Should we assume it's 50/50, less than that? Just any color there?

[Chuck Walworth, CFO at OGE Energy]

Yeah. Aditya, I think the plan remains the same. We thought it was only right to go ahead and roll this project in now since it's signed up. With the really the biggest of the increase still pending out there, we're going to hold and get approval on that, and then we'll give you that clarity that we've been describing all along.

[Aditya Gandhi, Analyst at Wolfe Research]

Got it. Thank you. Maybe just one on the data center front. Sean, you mentioned in your prepared remarks that you sort of hope to share updates soon or in the coming quarters. Can you maybe give us more color on what stage of discussions you're in? Is it reasonable to say that the discussions are at advanced stages now? Can you just remind us how any potential announcement you make on the data center front would interplay with a special contract or data center tariff filing at the commission? How would you serve the capacity needs associated with any potential data center customer? Thanks.

[Sean Trauschke, Chairman, President, and CEO at OGE Energy]

Yeah, there's a lot in there. I think it's fair to characterize that we are in very serious negotiations. You know, I think my prepared remarks were optimistic that we would be in a position to announce something soon. In terms of the filing, yes, there would be some sort of announcement, and we would certainly follow that up with some sort of filing with the commission for approval of all that. I think that's normal and customary. In terms of your question about the capacity, how we'll fill that need, you know, in our last RFP, we did provision for that and have been thinking about that. Again, a lot of that goes back to how the counterparty contemplates a ramp rate and what they're thinking in terms of that, in terms of meeting that capacity obligation. I feel confident we're going to be able to meet that.

[Aditya Gandhi, Analyst at Wolfe Research]

Great. Thank you.

[Sean Trauschke, Chairman, President, and CEO at OGE Energy]

Okay. Thank you. Have a great day.

[Operator]

Again, ladies and gentlemen, if you have a question or a comment at this time, please press star one one on your telephone. Our next question comes from Nicholas Campanella with Barclays. Your line is open.

[Nicholas Campanella, Analyst at Barclays]

How are you? I just have one question. If you roll in the pre-approval generation and data center and the possible data center deal, how would that really increase your long-term EPS CAGR, or are you just more confident in the 5%-7% range?

[Chuck Walworth, CFO at OGE Energy]

Yeah. I think, you know, all along, we've been looking at our 5%-7% as, you know, in solid shape, regardless of, you know, this deal or any other deal. Our philosophy really is that we take a good look at where we are every year before we put guidance out. You know, kinda like this year, we might choose to alter the trend line from the previous year, so to speak, and address it in that manner. I think that's really more indicative of the philosophy that we have and the way that we've treated it in the past. Hopefully, that gives you a little color as to how we're thinking about it.

[Nicholas Campanella, Analyst at Barclays]

Okay. Thank you.

[Operator]

I am not showing any further questions at this time. I would like to turn the call back over to Sean for any further remarks.

[Sean Trauschke, Chairman, President, and CEO at OGE Energy]

Thank you, Kevin. Thank you all for joining us today. I hope everyone has a great day and look forward to seeing everyone soon.

[Operator]

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. That concludes today's presentation. You may now disconnect and have a wonderful day.

Participants

Executives

• Chuck Walworth, CFO
• Sean Trauschke, Chairman, President, and CEO
• Jason Bailey, VP of Investor Relations

Analysts

• Chris Hark, Analyst at Mizuho
• Aditya Gandhi, Analyst at Wolfe Research
• James Constantine, Analyst at Wells Fargo
• Nicholas Campanella, Analyst at Barclays
• Brian Russo, Analyst at Jefferies
• Stephen D’Ambrisi, Analyst at RBC Capital Markets