OG&E Joins Progress Arkansas Coalition
FORT SMITH, Ark. – Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company (OG&E) has joined Progress Arkansas as a founding member. Progress Arkansas was launched Oct. 28 with a mission to build consensus and support for economic, energy and environmental policies that will support growth and prosperity for the state. Membership is made up of a variety of business and community-based leaders and organizations dedicated to promoting solutions that will benefit Arkansas. Bob Lamb is founder and chairman of the organization. “OG&E has a long history of supporting the communities where we live and work, and we look forward to working with Progress Arkansas to advocate for solutions that will benefit our customers in our service area and citizens across the entire state of Arkansas,” said Rob Ratley, OG&E community affairs manager. Fundamental to the programs and initiatives of Progress Arkansas is the development of educational materials, such as issue briefs and fact sheets on energy, economic development and environmental policy issues. It also is expected that the group will organize events and forums to bring leaders together to discuss important policy challenges. “Our first priority is to deliver reliable electric service to all of our customers at reasonable rates,” Ratley said. “Our customers, investors and public policymakers also should expect OG&E to be a leader in the energy sector and participate in public policy discussion, so we believe Progress Arkansas is a good fit with our initiatives such as increased investments in renewable energy sources and efforts to reduce customer consumption of electricity,” Ratley added. OG&E, a subsidiary of OGE Energy Corp. (NYSE: OGE), serves more than 765,000 customers in a service territory spanning 30,000 square miles in Oklahoma and western Arkansas. OGE Energy also is the parent company of Enogex LLC, a natural gas pipeline business with principal operations in Oklahoma and Arkansas. EDITOR’S NOTE: The coalition’s first issue brief, “Powering Arkansas: A Profile of the State’s Growing Electricity Demand” and other resources and materials can be found on Progress Arkansas’ website: http://www.progressarkansas.com/. Contact:
Rob Ratley (479) 649-5301
Gil Broyles (405) 553-3646
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