Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Schedule of Compensation Cost for Share-based Payment Arrangements, Allocation of Share-based Compensation Costs by Plan [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes OG&E's pre-tax compensation expense and related income tax benefit during the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 related to performance units and restricted stock for OG&E employees.



	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
(In millions)	2012		2011		2012		2011
Performance units
Total shareholder return	$	0.5	$	0.4	$	0.9	$	0.8
Earnings per share	0.1		0.2		0.3		0.7
Total performance units	0.6		0.6		1.2		1.5
Restricted stock	—		0.1		—		0.1
Total compensation expense	$	0.6	$	0.7	$	1.2	$	1.6
Income tax benefit	$	0.2	$	0.3	$	0.5	$	0.6

Disclosure of Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes the activity of OG&E's stock-based compensation during the three months ended June 30, 2012.



	Shares	Fair Value
Grants
Restricted stock	358	$51.73

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of components of a stock option or other award plan under which equity-based compensation is awarded to employees, typically comprised of the amount of unearned compensation (deferred compensation cost), compensation expense, and changes in the quantity and fair value of the shares (or other type of equity) granted, exercised, forfeited, and issued and outstanding pertaining to that plan. Disclosure may also include nature and general terms of such arrangements that existed during the period and potential effects of those arrangements on shareholders, effect of compensation cost arising from equity-based payment arrangements on the income statement, method of estimating the fair value of the goods or services received, or the fair value of the equity instruments granted, during the period, cash flow effects resulting from equity-based payment arrangements and, for registrants that accelerate vesting of out of the money share options, reasons for the decision to accelerate.

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