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<PERIOD>20031201
<FILING-DATE>20031202
<REPORTING-OWNER>
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<CONFORMED-NAME>GROENDYKE JOHN D
<CIK>0001226563
</OWNER-DATA>
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<ACT>34
<FILE-NUMBER>001-12579
<FILM-NUMBER>031032926
</FILING-VALUES>
<MAIL-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>P O BOX 321 MC/1110
<CITY>OKLAHOMA CITY
<STATE>OK
<ZIP>73101
</MAIL-ADDRESS>
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<COMPANY-DATA>
<CONFORMED-NAME>OGE ENERGY CORP
<CIK>0001021635
<ASSIGNED-SIC>4911
<IRS-NUMBER>731481638
<STATE-OF-INCORPORATION>OK
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>1231
</COMPANY-DATA>
<BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>321 N HARVEY
<STREET2>P O BOX 321
<CITY>OKLAHOMA CITY
<STATE>OK
<ZIP>73101-0321
<PHONE>4055533000
</BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<MAIL-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>321 N HARVEY
<STREET2>P O BOX 321
<CITY>OKLAHOMA CITY
<STATE>OK
<ZIP>73101-0321
</MAIL-ADDRESS>
</ISSUER>
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<DESCRIPTION>PRIMARY DOCUMENT
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0201</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2003-12-01</periodOfReport>


    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001021635</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>OGE ENERGY CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>OGE</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001226563</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>GROENDYKE JOHN D</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>P O BOX 321 MC/1110</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>OKLAHOMA CITY</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>OK</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>73101</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>

        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Equivalent Units</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2003-12-01</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1679.261</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>23.82</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>1679.261</value>
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            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1679.261</value>
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            </postTransactionAmounts>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
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        </derivativeTransaction>

    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Security converts to common stock on a one-for-one basis.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The Common Stock Units were accrued under the Deferred Compensation Plan of OGE Energy Corp. and are to be settled 100% in cash at a specified future date or following termination of service.</footnote>
    </footnotes>


    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Carla D. Brockman</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2003-12-02</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>3
<FILENAME>powerofattorneygroendyke.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY
<TEXT>
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


     The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of James R. Hatfield
and Carla D. Brockman, signing singly, the undersigneds true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

  (1)  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigneds
capacity as a director and/or officer of OGE Energy Corp. (the
Company), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations thereunder:

 (11)  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such
Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and

(111)  take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power
of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his or her
discretion.

     The undersigned hereby grants to each attorney-in-fact named above full
power and authority to do and perform any and every act requisite, necessary
or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully as the undersigned could do it personally present, with full
power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-facts substitute or substitutes,
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and
the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the company assuming, any of the
undersigneds responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

     This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigneds holdings of, and transactions in, securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 15th day of January, 2003.



                              Carla D. Brockman
                              John D. Groendyke, Pursuant to Power of
                              Attorney being filed herewith

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</SUBMISSION>
