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Commitments and Contingencies (Details) (USD $)			7 Months Ended	10 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Commitments and Contingencies (Details) (USD $)	Jun. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Oct. 31, 2013 OG&E minimum fuel purchase commitments [Member]	Oct. 31, 2013 OG&E minimum fuel purchase commitments [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 OG&E long-term service agreement commitments [Member] McClain Plant [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 OG&E long-term service agreement commitments [Member] Redbud Plant [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Enogex [Member]
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Percentage of OG&E's Projected 2013 Requirements			55.80%	26.10%
Factored-Fired Hours					128,000	24,000
Factored-Fired Starts					3,600
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due	$ 0
Commitments and Contingencies							0
Estimated Environmental Capital Costs	1,000,000,000
Potential Penalty Under the Federal Clean Air Act	$ 37,500

Represents the caption on the face of the balance sheet to indicate that the entity has entered into (1) purchase or supply arrangements that will require expending a portion of its resources to meet the terms thereof, and (2) is exposed to potential losses or, less frequently, gains, arising from (a) possible claims against a company's resources due to future performance under contract terms, and (b) possible losses or likely gains from uncertainties that will ultimately be resolved when one or more future events that are deemed likely to occur do occur or fail to occur.

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