Retirement Plans and Postretirement Benefit Plans

Net Periodic Benefit Cost

The Company adopted ASU 2017-07 in the first quarter of 2018 and, as a result, presents the service cost component of net benefit cost in operating income and the other components of net benefit cost as non-operating within its Condensed Consolidated Income Statements. Further, as required by ASU 2017-07, the Company adjusted prior year income statement presentation of the net benefit cost components, which were previously disclosed in total within Other Operation and Maintenance on the Company's Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. The Company elected the practical expedient allowed by ASU 2017-07 to utilize amounts disclosed in the Company's retirement plans and postretirement benefit plans note for the prior comparative period as the estimation basis for applying the retrospective presentation requirements.

The following table presents the Company's Pension Plan, Restoration of Retirement Income Plan and postretirement benefit plans components of net benefit cost, before consideration of capitalized amounts, grouped under the corresponding individual Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income line item.



	Pension Plan						Restoration of Retirement Income Plan				Postretirement Benefit Plans
	Three Months Ended						Three Months Ended				Three Months Ended
	March 31,						March 31,				March 31,
(In millions)	2018			2017			2018		2017		2018			2017
Included in Other Operation and Maintenance:
Service cost	$	4.1		$	4.2		$	0.1	$	0.1	$	0.1		$	0.2
Included in Other Net Periodic Pension and Postretirement Benefit (Cost):
Interest cost	5.9			6.5			0.1		0.1		1.3			2.2
Expected return on plan assets	(11.3		)	(10.7		)	—		—		(0.5		)	(0.6		)
Amortization of net loss	3.9			4.0			0.1		0.1		1.0			0.6
Amortization of unrecognized prior service cost (A)	—			—			—		—		(2.1		)	—
Total net periodic benefit cost	2.6			4.0			0.3		0.3		(0.2		)	2.4
Less: Amount paid by unconsolidated affiliates	0.5			0.8			—		—		(0.1		)	0.4
Net periodic benefit cost (net of unconsolidated affiliates) (B)	$	2.1		$	3.2		$	0.3	$	0.3	$	(0.1	)	$	2.0


(A)	Unamortized prior service cost is amortized on a straight-line basis over the average remaining service period to the first eligibility age of participants who are expected to receive a benefit and are active at the date of the plan amendment.


(B)	In addition to the $2.3 million and $5.5 million of net periodic benefit cost recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, OG&E recognized the following:


•	an increase in pension expense during the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 of $4.0 million and $2.9 million, respectively, to maintain the allowable amount to be recovered for pension expense in the Oklahoma jurisdiction, which are included in the Pension tracker regulatory liability (see Note 1); and


•	an increase in postretirement medical expense in the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 of $2.1 million and $1.1 million, respectively, to maintain the allowable amount to be recovered for postretirement medical expense in the Oklahoma jurisdiction, which are included in the Pension tracker regulatory liability (see Note 1).

As required by ASU 2017-07, the Company only capitalizes the service cost component of net benefit cost, beginning in the first quarter of 2018. Prior year capitalized amounts were not adjusted, as this change was implemented on a prospective basis.



	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
(In millions)	2018		2017
Capitalized portion of net periodic pension benefit cost	$	1.0	$	1.0
Capitalized portion of net periodic postretirement benefit cost	$	—	$	0.7