# OG&E Asks Oklahoma Regulators for a Base Rate Increase

> Oklahoma Gas & Electric filed a rate review this week asking to raise the average residential base rate by $23.88 a month. Nothing has been approved.

- URL: https://solarexaminer.com/posts/oge-files-oklahoma-rate-case-2026/
- Site: Solar Examiner (https://solarexaminer.com/)
- Category: News
- Published: 2026-10-02
- Last verified: 2026-10-02
- Author: SolarExaminer Editorial Team


Oklahoma Gas & Electric (OG&E), which serves about 917,000 customers, has asked the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to raise its average residential base rate by $23.88 a month. The request is a proposal. Nothing has been approved, and your bill has not changed.

## What OG&E filed

- **The ask:** an average residential base rate increase of $23.88 per month. Your own number could differ depending on how much electricity you use.
- **What drives it:** per the company, new generation, grid upgrades, community programs and technology. That includes replacing two 60-year-old natural gas units at its Horseshoe Lake plant with new turbines, and replacing other units at its Tinker Power Plant.
- **Already preapproved:** the company says it received preapproval for those projects, and their costs haven't been included in customer bills yet.
- **Customer assistance:** OG&E also proposes expanding its senior discount and low-income program, plus a pilot to forgive past-due balances, a choose-your-own-due-date option and a pre-pay option.

## What it is not

A base rate covers the cost of building and running the system. It is separate from the fuel charge, which changes quarterly. OG&E says the request does not include costs tied to the three Google data centers it agreed in April to power, because those customers are not yet using electricity from OG&E.

## What happens next

Regulators will spend months reviewing OG&E's finances. The final amount could be lower than the request. Separately, OG&E filed a large-load tariff (special rates for customers like data centers) in June, and a public hearing is expected in November. Customers can submit public comments on the rate case at any time.

## If you have solar

OG&E's filing as reported does not describe changes to solar or export compensation. Check the filing itself before assuming anything about payback.

Sources:
- [KOSU / StateImpact Oklahoma, "OG&E is proposing a base rate increase," Oct 1, 2026](https://kosu.org/energy-environment/2026-10-01/og-e-is-proposing-a-base-rate-increase-whats-behind-it)
- [OG&E filing at the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (linked from KOSU)](https://public.occ.ok.gov/WebLink/DocView.aspx?id=21383832&dbid=0&repo=OCC&searchid=4d7ad84d-90fd-4b6e-ac75-039dc6c4c98c)

## Frequently asked questions

### Has OG&E's rate increase been approved?

No. OG&E filed a request with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission this week. Regulators will review it for months, and the final amount could be lower.

### When could OG&E bills change?

KOSU reports customers could see bill changes as early as next spring if the request is approved in some form.


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