UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): December 19, 2011

	Exact name of registrant as specified	I.R.S.
	in its charter, state of incorporation,	Employer
Commission	address of principal executive offices,	Identification
File Number	telephone	Number

1-16305	PUGET ENERGY, INC.	91-1969407
	A Washington Corporation
	10885 - N.E. 4th Street, Suite 1200
	Bellevue, Washington 98004-5591
	(425) 454-6363

1-4393	PUGET SOUND ENERGY, INC.	91-0374630
	A Washington Corporation
	10885 - N.E. 4th Street, Suite 1200
	Bellevue, Washington 98004-5591
	(425) 454-6363

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors and Certain Officers; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

Effective December 19, 2011, the sole shareholders of Puget Energy, Inc. and Puget Sound Energy, Inc. (together, the "Companies") appointed and elected Melanie J. Dressel to the Boards of Directors of the Companies.  The Boards of the Companies have not yet determined the board committee or committees, if any, on which Ms. Dressel will serve.

Ms. Dressel is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of Columbia Bank and its corporate parent, Columbia Banking System, Inc., which positions she has held since 2000 and 2003, respectively.  Headquartered in Tacoma, Washington, Columbia Bank has over 100 branches in Washington and Oregon.  The compensation offered to Ms. Dressel for her service as a director, initially for a one-year term, is the same as that offered to all non-employee independent board members of the Companies, pursuant to the director compensation schedule filed as Exhibit 10.46 to the Companies' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	PUGET ENERGY, INC.
	PUGET SOUND ENERGY, INC.
	By: /s/ Kimberly J. Harris
Dated:  December 19, 2011	Kimberly J. Harris President and Chief Executive Officer