Fair Value Measurements Carrying and Fair Value Amounts (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jun. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
OG&E Senior Notes [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-Term Debt, Carrying Amount	$ 3,850.6	$ 3,349.6
Long-Term Debt, Fair Value	4,510.5	4,182.1
OG&E Industrial Authority Bonds [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-Term Debt, Carrying Amount	135.4	135.4
Long-Term Debt, Fair Value	135.4	135.4
OG&E Tinker Debt [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-Term Debt, Carrying Amount	9.4	9.4
Long-Term Debt, Fair Value	10.4	10.7
OGE Energy [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Long-Term Debt, Carrying Amount	499.8	0.0
Long-Term Debt, Fair Value	499.6	0.0
Fair Value, Recurring [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Derivative Assets (Liabilities), at Fair Value, Net	$ 0.0	$ 0.0