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): August 2, 2018
PUGET SOUND ENERGY, INC.
A Washington Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| 1-4393 | 10885 - N.E. 4th Street, Suite 1200 Bellevue, Washington 98004-5591 |
91-0374630 | ||
| (Commission File Number) |
(State of incorporation, address of principal executive offices) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
(425) 454-6363
(Telephone)
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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors and Certain Officers; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers |
Mr. Etienne Middleton, a member of the Boards of Directors (collectively, the “Boards”) of Puget Energy, Inc. (“Puget Energy”) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Puget Sound Energy, Inc. (“PSE” and together with Puget Energy, the “Companies”) tendered his resignation from the Boards effective on August 2, 2018. Mr. Middleton had served as a director on the Boards since March 1, 2016, as an appointee of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, one of the consortium of investors that indirectly own the Companies.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| PUGET SOUND ENERGY, INC. | ||||
| Dated: August 6, 2018 | By: | /s/ Steve R. Secrist | ||
| Steve R. Secrist Senior Vice President, General Counsel | ||||