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Common Equity (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Equity [Abstract] |
Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Table Text Block] | Basic and diluted earnings per share for the Company were calculated as follows:
| Three Months Ended
| March 31,
(In millions except per share data) | 2014 | 2013
Net Income Attributable to OGE Energy | $ | 49.3 |  | $ | 23.1 |
Average Common Shares Outstanding |  |
Basic average common shares outstanding | 198.8 |  | 197.8 |
Effect of dilutive securities: |  |
Contingently issuable shares (performance units) | 0.7 |  | 1.0 |
Diluted average common shares outstanding | 199.5 |  | 198.8 |
Basic Earnings Per Average Common Share Attributable to OGE Energy Common Shareholders | $ | 0.25 |  | $ | 0.12 |
Diluted Earnings Per Average Common Share Attributable to OGE Energy Common Shareholders | $ | 0.25 |  | $ | 0.12 |
Anti-dilutive shares excluded from earnings per share calculation | — |  | — |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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