Short-Term Debt and Credit Facilities (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Short-term Debt [Abstract]

Schedule of Line of Credit Facilities [Table Text Block]

The following table provides information regarding the Company's revolving credit agreements and available cash at September 30, 2011.

Revolving Credit Agreements and Available Cash
	Aggregate		Amount		Weighted-Average
Entity	Commitment		Outstanding (A)		Interest Rate			Maturity
	(In millions)
OGE Energy (B)	$	596.0	$	289.0	0.36	%	(D)	December 6, 2012
OG&E (C)	389.0		2.2		0.14	%	(D)	December 6, 2012
Enogex LLC (E)	250.0		—		—	%	(D)	March 31, 2013
	1,235.0		291.2		0.35	%
Cash	5.6		N/A		N/A			N/A
Total	$	1,240.6	$	291.2	0.35	%

(A) Includes direct borrowings under the revolving credit agreements, commercial paper borrowings and letters of credit at September 30, 2011.

(B) This bank facility is available to back up OGE Energy's commercial paper borrowings and to provide revolving credit borrowings.  This bank facility can also be used as a letter of credit facility.  At September 30, 2011, there was $289.0 million in outstanding commercial paper borrowings.

(C) This bank facility is available to back up OG&E's commercial paper borrowings and to provide revolving credit borrowings.  This bank facility can also be used as a letter of credit facility.  At September 30, 2011, there was $2.2 million supporting letters of credit.

(D) Represents the weighted-average interest rate for the outstanding borrowings under the revolving credit agreements, commercial paper borrowings and letters of credit.

(E) This bank facility is available to provide revolving credit borrowings for Enogex LLC.  As Enogex LLC's credit agreement matures on March 31, 2013, along with its intent in utilizing its credit agreement, borrowings thereunder are classified as long-term debt in the Company's Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.