Fair Value Measurements

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

The classification of the Registrants' fair value measurements requires judgment regarding the degree to which market data is observable or corroborated by observable market data. GAAP establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value based on observable and unobservable data. The hierarchy categorizes the inputs into three levels, with the highest priority given to quoted prices in active markets for identical unrestricted assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority given to unobservable inputs (Level 3). Financial assets and liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The three levels defined in the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

Level 1 inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical unrestricted assets or liabilities that are accessible at the measurement date.

Level 2 inputs are inputs other than quoted prices in active markets included within Level 1 that are either directly or indirectly observable at the reporting date for the asset or liability for substantially the full term of the asset or liability. Level 2 inputs include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets and quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active.

Level 3 inputs are prices or valuation techniques for the asset or liability that require inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable (i.e., supported by little or no market activity). Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity's own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability (including assumptions about risk).

OG&E had no financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis at December 31, 2022 and 2021. The following table presents OGE Energy's previous financial instrument measured at fair value on a recurring basis and the carrying amount and fair value of the Registrants' financial instruments at December 31, 2022 and 2021, as well as the classification level within the fair value hierarchy. As of the end of September 2022, OGE Energy had sold all of the Energy Transfer limited partner units it received as a result of the merger transaction between Enable and Energy Transfer in December 2021.


	2022				2021
December 31 (In millions)	Carrying Amount		Fair Value		Carrying Amount		Fair Value		Classification
Financial instrument measured at fair value on a recurring basis:
OGE Energy investment in Energy Transfer's equity securities	$	—	$	—	$	785.1	$	785.1	Level 1
Financial instruments for which fair value is only disclosed:
Long-term Debt (including Long-term Debt due within one year):
OGE Energy Senior Notes	$	499.9	$	491.2	$	499.9	$	497.8	Level 2
OGE Energy Term Loan	$	49.8	$	50.0	$	—	$	—	Level 2
OG&E Senior Notes	$	3,854.2	$	3,477.1	$	3,851.8	$	4,460.2	Level 2
OG&E Industrial Authority Bonds	$	135.4	$	135.4	$	135.4	$	135.4	Level 2
Tinker Debt	$	9.3	$	7.3	$	9.3	$	10.0	Level 3

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the fair value of financial instruments (as defined), including financial assets and financial liabilities (collectively, as defined), and the measurements of those instruments as well as disclosures related to the fair value of non-financial assets and liabilities. Such disclosures about the financial instruments, assets, and liabilities would include: (1) the fair value of the required items together with their carrying amounts (as appropriate); (2) for items for which it is not practicable to estimate fair value, disclosure would include: (a) information pertinent to estimating fair value (including, carrying amount, effective interest rate, and maturity, and (b) the reasons why it is not practicable to estimate fair value; (3) significant concentrations of credit risk including: (a) information about the activity, region, or economic characteristics identifying a concentration, (b) the maximum amount of loss the entity is exposed to based on the gross fair value of the related item, (c) policy for requiring collateral or other security and information as to accessing such collateral or security, and (d) the nature and brief description of such collateral or security; (4) quantitative information about market risks and how such risks are managed; (5) for items measured on both a recurring and nonrecurring basis information regarding the inputs used to develop the fair value measurement; and (6) for items presented in the financial statement for which fair value measurement is elected: (a) information necessary to understand the reasons for the election, (b) discussion of the effect of fair value changes on earnings, (c) a description of [similar groups] items for which the election is made and the relation thereof to the balance sheet, the aggregate carrying value of items included in the balance sheet that are not eligible for the election; (7) all other required (as defined) and desired information.

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