EX-5.02 5 oge-ex5_02.htm EX-5.02

Exhibit 5.02

[GableGotwals Letterhead]

May 2, 2024

Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company

321 North Harvey

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73101

Re: Registration Statement on Form S-3 Filed by Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special Oklahoma counsel to Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company, an Oklahoma corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the preparation and filing of an automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), relating to the registration under the Act and the proposed issuance and sale from time to time pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act of one or more series of debt securities of the Company (collectively, the “Debt Securities”) to be issued under the Indenture, dated as of October 1, 1995, as previously supplemented and amended by supplemental indentures and a new supplemental indenture for each series of Debt Securities (as so supplemented, the “Indenture”), all from the Company to BOKF, NA, as successor trustee (the “Trustee”).

In arriving at the opinions expressed below, we have examined originals or copies that have been certified as being true and complete copies of the originals of such documents, corporate records, certificates of officers of the Company and of public officials and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or advisable to enable us to render these opinions. In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity and competency of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies. In making our examination of executed documents or documents to be executed, we have assumed (i) that the parties thereto, including the Company, had or will have the power, corporate or other, to enter into and perform all obligations thereunder and (ii) the due authorization by all requisite action, corporate or other, and the execution and delivery by such parties of such documents, and the validity and binding effect thereof on such parties. As to any facts material to these opinions, we have relied, to the extent we deemed appropriate and without independent investigation, upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company and others.

We have assumed without independent investigation that:

(i)
at the time any Debt Securities are sold under the Registration Statement (the “Relevant Time”), the Registration Statement and any supplements and amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments) will be effective and will comply with all applicable laws;

(ii)
at the Relevant Time, the Company will have duly completed all corporate or other actions required to be taken by it to duly (a) authorize each proposed issuance of Debt Securities, which shall remain in full force and effect and (b) effect the issuance of such Debt Securities, including the execution (if certificated) and delivery thereof;

(iii)
all Debt Securities will be issued and sold in the manner stated in the Registration Statement and any applicable prospectus supplement;

(iv)
at the Relevant Time, a prospectus supplement will have been prepared and filed with the Commission describing the Debt Securities offered thereby and all related documentation will comply with all applicable laws;

(v)
neither the restated certificate of incorporation of the Company, as amended to date, on file with the Secretary of State of the State of Oklahoma nor the by-laws of the Company, as amended to date, will be amended in any manner that would affect any legal conclusion set forth herein;

(vi)
at the Relevant Time, the Company will be in good standing, and will have the requisite legal status and legal capacity, under the laws of the State of Oklahoma;

(vii)
the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company to the Trustee, and any supplemental indenture thereto has been or will be duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Trustee, and any Debt Securities that may be issued will be manually authenticated, signed or countersigned, as the case may be, by duly authorized officers of the Trustee;

(viii)
the choice of Oklahoma law to govern the Indenture and any supplemental indenture thereto is a valid legal provision;

(ix)
the choice of currency in which any Debt Securities are denominated does not contravene any exchange control or other laws of the nation issuing such currency;

(x)
at the Relevant Time, a definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement and any other necessary agreement with respect to any Debt Securities offered or issued will have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other action of the Company and duly executed and delivered by the Company and the other parties thereto;

(xi)
the Corporation Commission of the State of Oklahoma shall have issued an order authorizing and approving the issuance and sale of the Debt Securities;

(xii)
at the time of the delivery of the Debt Securities, the corporate or other actions related thereto will not have been modified or rescinded, there will not have occurred any change in the law affecting the authorization, execution, delivery, validity or enforceability of such Debt Securities, none of the particular terms of such Debt Securities will violate any applicable law and neither the issuance and sale thereof nor the compliance by the Company with the terms thereof will result in a violation of any issuance limit in the corporate or other actions, any agreement or instrument then binding upon the Company or any order of any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company.

Based on such examination and review, and subject to the assumptions, exceptions, qualifications and limitations set forth herein, we are of the opinion that with respect to any series of Debt Securities, when:

(a)
the Indenture and any supplemental indenture related to such Debt Securities has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended;

(b)
any supplemental indenture relating to the Debt Securities has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the other parties thereto;

(c)
the terms of the Debt Securities and of their issuance and sale have been duly established in conformity with the Indenture and any supplemental indenture to be entered into in connection with the issuance of such Debt Securities so as not to violate any applicable law, the restated certificate of incorporation of the Company, as then in effect, or the by-laws of the Company, as then in effect, or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company, and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or other governmental authority having jurisdiction over the Company; and

(d)
the Debt Securities have been duly executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and any supplemental indenture relating to the Debt Securities and delivered to the purchasers thereof upon payment of the agreed-upon consideration therefor;

such Debt Securities, when issued and sold or otherwise distributed in accordance with the Indenture and any supplemental indenture relating to the Debt Securities and any officers’ certificate or board resolution adopted in connection with the issuance of such Debt Securities and the applicable underwriting agreement, if any, or any other duly authorized, executed and delivered valid and binding agreement, will be valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms.

The opinions expressed above are subject to the following exceptions, qualifications, limitations and assumptions:

A. We render no opinion herein as to matters involving the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Oklahoma. This opinion is limited to the effect of the current state of the laws of the State of Oklahoma and the applicable federal laws of the United

States of America, as these laws currently exist, and we express no opinion as to the effect of the laws of any other jurisdiction. We assume no obligation to revise or supplement this opinion in the event of future changes in such laws or the interpretation thereof.

B. The opinion set forth above is subject to (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally, (ii) general principles of equity including, without limitation, standards of materiality, good faith, fair dealing and reasonableness, equitable defenses and limits as to the availability of equitable remedies, whether such principles are considered in a proceeding at law or in equity, (iii) public policy considerations which may limit the rights of parties to obtain remedies, (iv) requirements that a claim with respect to any Debt Securities relate, denominated in a currency, currency unit or composite currency other than United States dollars (or a judgment denominated other than in United States dollars in respect of such claim) be converted into United States dollars at a rate of exchange prevailing on a date determined pursuant to applicable law, and (v) governmental authority to limit, delay or prohibit the making of payments outside the United States or in foreign currencies, currency units or composite currencies. The opinion set forth above is also subject to waivers of any usury defense contained in the Indenture, any supplemental indenture or the Debt Securities, which may be unenforceable.

C. We express no opinion regarding the effectiveness of (i) provisions relating to indemnification, exculpation or contribution, to the extent such provisions may be held unenforceable as contrary to public policy or federal or state securities laws, (ii) any provision waiving the right to object to venue in any court, (iii) any agreement to submit to the jurisdiction of any federal court, (iv) any waiver of the right to jury trial or (v) choice of law provisions.

We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, and we further consent to the use of our name under the caption “Legal Opinions” in the Registration Statement, the prospectus or any applicable prospectus supplement that forms a part thereof. In giving these consents, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ GableGotwals