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Exhibit 23.01

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

        We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the Registration Statement (Form S-3), which contains a post-effective amendment to the Company's previously filed Registration Statement (Form S-3) No. 333-104552, and related Prospectus of OGE Energy Corp. for the registration of $215,000,000 of its Debt Securities and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated January 30, 2004, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of OGE Energy Corp. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2003, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

/s/  ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
September 2, 2004

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Exhibit 23.01

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM