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Retirement Plans and Postretirement Benefit Plans (Tables)
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Defined Benefit Plan [Abstract]  
Schedule of Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures [Table Text Block]
The following table presents the net periodic benefit cost components, before consideration of capitalized amounts, of the Company's Pension Plan, Restoration of Retirement Income Plan and postretirement benefit plans that are included in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. Service cost is presented within Other Operation and Maintenance, and interest cost, expected return on plan assets, amortization of net loss, amortization of unrecognized prior service cost and settlement cost are presented within Other Net Periodic Benefit Expense in the Company's Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. OG&E recovers specific amounts of pension and postretirement medical costs in rates approved in its Oklahoma rate reviews. In accordance with approved orders, OG&E defers the difference between actual pension and postretirement medical expenses and the amount approved in its last Oklahoma rate review as a regulatory asset or regulatory liability. These amounts have been recorded in the Pension tracker in the regulatory assets and liabilities table in Note 1 and within Other Net Periodic Benefit Expense in the Company's Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.

 
Pension Plan
 
Restoration of Retirement
Income Plan
 
Postretirement Benefit Plans
 
Three Months Ended
 
Three Months Ended
 
Three Months Ended
 
March 31,
 
March 31,
 
March 31,
(In millions)
2019
(B)
2018
(B)
 
2019
(B)
2018
(B)
 
2019
(B)
2018
(B)
Service cost
$
3.5

$
4.1

 
$
0.1

$
0.1

 
$
0.1

$
0.1

Interest cost
5.7

5.9

 
0.1

0.1

 
1.4

1.3

Expected return on plan assets
(8.7
)
(11.3
)
 
—

—

 
(0.5
)
(0.5
)
Amortization of net loss
3.8

3.9

 
0.1

0.1

 
0.6

1.0

Amortization of unrecognized prior service cost (A)
—

—

 
—

—

 
(2.1
)
(2.1
)
Settlement cost
19.7

—

 
—

—

 
—

—

Total net periodic benefit cost
24.0

2.6


0.3

0.3


(0.5
)
(0.2
)
Less: Amount paid by unconsolidated affiliates
0.9

0.5

 
—

—

 
(0.2
)
(0.1
)
Net periodic benefit cost
$
23.1

$
2.1

 
$
0.3

$
0.3


$
(0.3
)
$
(0.1
)

(A)
Unamortized prior service cost is amortized on a straight-line basis over the average remaining service period to the first eligibility age of participants who are expected to receive a benefit and are active at the date of the plan amendment.
(B)
In addition to the $23.1 million and $2.3 million of net periodic benefit cost recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, the Company recognized the following:
•
a decrease of pension expense of $1.0 million and an increase of $4.0 million during the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, to maintain the allowable amount to be recovered for pension expense in the Oklahoma jurisdiction, which are included in the Pension tracker regulatory liability (see Note 1);
•
an increase in postretirement medical expense during the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 of $0.3 million and $2.1 million, respectively, to maintain the allowable amount to be recovered for postretirement medical expense in the Oklahoma jurisdiction, which are included in the Pension tracker regulatory liability (see Note 1);
•
a deferral of pension expense during the three months ended March 31, 2019 of $11.2 million related to the pension settlement charge of $19.7 million in accordance with the Oklahoma Pension tracker regulatory liability (see Note 1); and
•
a deferral of pension expense during the three months ended March 31, 2019 of $1.0 million related to the Arkansas jurisdictional portion of the pension settlement charge of $19.7 million (see Note 1).
Schedule of Capitalized Pension and Postretirement Cost [Table Text Block]
 
Three Months Ended
 
March 31,
(In millions)
2019
2018
Capitalized portion of net periodic pension benefit cost
$
1.0

$
1.0

Capitalized portion of net periodic postretirement benefit cost
$
0.1

$
—