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Fair Value Measurements Carrying and Fair Value Amounts (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Total long-term debt	$ 2,755.3us-gaap_LongTermDebt	$ 2,400.1us-gaap_LongTermDebt
OG&E Senior Notes [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Total long-term debt	2,509.7us-gaap_LongTermDebt / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = oge_OgAndESeniorNotesMember	2,154.5us-gaap_LongTermDebt / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = oge_OgAndESeniorNotesMember
Long-Term Debt, Fair Value	2,957.7us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = oge_OgAndESeniorNotesMember	2,405.0us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = oge_OgAndESeniorNotesMember
OG&E Industrial Authority Bonds [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Total long-term debt	135.4us-gaap_LongTermDebt / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = oge_OgAndEIndustrialAuthorityBondsMember	135.4us-gaap_LongTermDebt / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = oge_OgAndEIndustrialAuthorityBondsMember
Long-Term Debt, Fair Value	135.4us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = oge_OgAndEIndustrialAuthorityBondsMember	135.4us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = oge_OgAndEIndustrialAuthorityBondsMember
OG&E Tinker Debt [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Total long-term debt	10.2us-gaap_LongTermDebt / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = oge_OgAndETinkerDebtMember	10.3us-gaap_LongTermDebt / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = oge_OgAndETinkerDebtMember
Long-Term Debt, Fair Value	10.3us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = oge_OgAndETinkerDebtMember	9.1us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = oge_OgAndETinkerDebtMember
OGE Energy Senior Notes [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Total long-term debt	100.0us-gaap_LongTermDebt / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = oge_OgeEnergySeniorNotesMember	99.9us-gaap_LongTermDebt / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = oge_OgeEnergySeniorNotesMember
Long-Term Debt, Fair Value	99.9us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = oge_OgeEnergySeniorNotesMember	103.1us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = oge_OgeEnergySeniorNotesMember
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative Assets (Liabilities), at Fair Value, Net	$ 0us-gaap_DerivativeAssetsLiabilitiesAtFairValueNet / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementFrequencyAxis = us-gaap_FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember	$ 0us-gaap_DerivativeAssetsLiabilitiesAtFairValueNet / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementFrequencyAxis = us-gaap_FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember

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Fair values as of the balance sheet date of the net amount of all assets and liabilities resulting from contracts that meet the criteria of being accounted for as derivative instruments.

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Carrying amount of long-term debt, net of unamortized discount or premium, including current and noncurrent amounts. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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