OGE ENERGY CORP
POS AM, 1998-06-12
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                                           Registration Statement No. 33-61699
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                                -----------------

                        POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2-B

                                   ON FORM S-8

                                       TO

                                    FORM S-4
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT

                                      Under
                           The Securities Act of 1933

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                                OGE ENERGY CORP.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

   Oklahoma                         6719                      73-1481638
(State or other         (Primary Standard Industrial       (I.R.S. Employer
juriscition of            Classification Code Number)      Identification No.)
incorporation
or organization)
                      
                         321 North Harvey, P.O. Box 321
                       Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73101-0321

 (Address, including  zip  code, and telephone number, including area code, of
                     registrant's principal executive offices)

               OGE Energy Corp. Employees' Retirement Savings Plan
                              (Full title of plan)

           Steven E. Moore                               Peter D. Clarke
Chairman of the Board, President and CEO            Gardner, Carton & Douglas
          OGE Energy Corp.                            321 North Clark Street
          321 North Harvey                                   Suite 3400
     Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73101                    Chicago, Illinois 60610

 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
  of agent for service)
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                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE


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                         Additional       Proposed         Proposed
   Title of each           Amount          maximum          maximum         Amount of
class of securities        being        offering price     aggregate      registration
 being registered        registered       per share      offering price       fee

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<S>                      <C>                 <C>                <C>            <C>    

Common Stock,
Par Value
$.01 Per Share           1,201,855 shs.      *                  *              *
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*        Pursuant to Rule 416(b),  no  registration  fee is required to increase
         the number of shares being registered as a result of a stock split.

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         Amending the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 416(b) to increase
the number of shares of common stock registered by this  Registration  Statement
from 1,500,000 shares to 2,701,855.

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                                EXPLANATORY NOTE
                          (Not Part of the Prospectus)

         By  Registration   Statement  No.  33-61699,   OGE  Energy  Corp.  (the
"Registrant")registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 44,874,387
shares of its Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, for issuance  pursuant to:
(i) an  Agreement  and Plan of Share  Acquisition  between  the  Registrant  and
Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company  ("OG&E"),  whereby the outstanding  shares of
OG&E Common Stock would be exchanged (the "Exchange") on a share-for-share basis
for shares of the Registrant's Common Stock and OG&E would become the subsidiary
of the Registrant;  (ii) the Automatic Dividend  Reinvestment and Stock Purchase
Plan of OG&E,  which plan was assumed by the Registrant  following the effective
date of the Exchange;  and (iii) the  Retirement  Savings Plan (the  "Retirement
Savings  Plan") of OG&E,  which  plan was  amended as of the  Effective  Date to
require the issuance of the  Registrant's  Common Stock in lieu of OG&E's Common
Stock.

         The Exchange was approved by OG&E's shareowners at a Special Meeting on
November 16,  1995,  and became  effective  on December  31, 1996.  The Board of
Directors  of the  Registrant  has  approved  a  two-for-one  stock  split to be
effected by a 100% stock dividend  payable June 15, 1998 to holders of record on
June 1, 1998.  Pursuant to Rule 416(b),  this  Post-Effective  Amendment No. 2-B
increases  the  number  of  registered   shares  to  reflect  the  stock  split.
Accordingly,   2,701,855  shares  of  the  Registrant's  Common  Stock  are  now
registered by  Registration  Statement No. 33-61699 to be issued pursuant to the
Retirement  Savings Plan. As of June 15, 1998,  2,403,710  shares remained to be
issued pursuant to the Retirement Savings Plan.

         The Number "2" in the designation of this Post-Effective  Amendment No.
2-B denotes  that this  Post-Effective  Amendment  relates only to shares of the
Registrant's  Common Stock to be issued or delivered  pursuant to the Retirement
Savings Plan,  and the letter "B" in such  designation  denotes that this is the
second Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement filed with respect
to such  shares.  This system of  designation  will  continue to be used for any
future  Post-Effective  Amendments to the  Registration  Statement  which may be
filed by the Registrant  relating to the shares of the Registrant's Common Stock
which may be issued or delivered under the Retirement  Savings Plan,  subject to
the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission  applicable from time
to time.

                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3.       INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

     The  following  documents,  as  filed  with  the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission,  are incorporated  herein by reference:  (i) the report on Form 11-K
for the year ended  December  31,  1996,  of the Company  Employees'  Retirement
Savings  Plan (the  "Plan"),  (ii) the  Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 1997, of the Company, (iii) the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended March 31, 1998 of the Company, (iv) the Current Reports on
Form 8-K filed  January  6,  1998 and May 21,  1998 of the  Company  and (v) the
description of the OGE Energy Corp. Common Stock and Rights to Purchase Series A
Preferred  Stock  contained in Exhibit 99.02 to the Company's  Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 1997.
                  
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         All documents  filed by the  Registrant or the Plan pursuant to Section
13(a),  13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 after the date
hereof and prior to the filing of a  post-effective  amendment,  which indicates
that all of the securities  offered  hereby have been sold or which  deregisters
all such  securities  remaining  unsold,  shall be deemed to be  incorporated by
reference  herein  and to be a part  hereof  from  the  date of  filing  of such
documents.

ITEM 4.       DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

         The  Registrant's  Common Stock is  registered  under Section 12 of the
Exchange Act.

         The  Registrant  also has Rights to Purchase  Series A Preferred  Stock
which  are  registered   under  Section  12  of  the  Exchange  Act,  and  which
automatically trade at this time with the Common Stock.

ITEM 5.       INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

         The  consolidated  financial  statements  and  schedule  of the Company
included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31,  1997,  have  been  audited  by  Arthur  Andersen  LLP,  independent  public
accountants,  as  indicated  in their  reports  with  respect  thereto,  and are
incorporated by reference  herein in reliance upon the authority of said firm as
experts in giving said reports.

         The  financial  statements of the Plan included in the Plan's Form 11-K
Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 1996,  have been audited by Arthur
Andersen LLP, independent public accountants,  as indicated in their report with
respect thereto,  and are incorporated  herein by reference in reliance upon the
authority of said firm as experts in giving said report.


ITEM 6.       INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

         Section 1031 of Title 18 of the  Annotated  Oklahoma  Statutes  provide
that the Registrant may, and in some circumstances must, indemnify the directors
and officers of the Registrant against  liabilities and expenses incurred by any
such person by reason of the fact that such person was serving in such  capacity
subject to certain limitations and conditions set forth in the statutes.

         Substantially  similar provisions that require such indemnification are
contained in the Registrant's  Restated  Certificate of Incorporation,  which is
filed as Exhibit 3.01 to the Registrant's  Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 1996 and incorporated  herein by this reference.  The Registrant's  Restated
Certificate of Incorporation also contains  provisions limiting the liability of
the Registrant's directors in certain instances. The Registrant has an insurance
policy covering its directors and officers against certain  personal  liability,
which may include liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.


ITEM 7.       EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

         Not applicable

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<CAPTION>
ITEM 8.       EXHIBITS.
<S>  <C>   
4.01 Copy of Employees'  Retirement  Savings Plan, as amended as of December 31,
     1996,  of OGE  Energy  Corp. (filed  as  Exhibit  4.01 to the  Registrant's
     Post-Effective Amendment No. 2-A to Registration Statement No. 33-61699 and
     incorporated by reference herein).


4.02 Copy of Trust  Agreement  Under  Employees'  Retirement  Savings  Plan,  as
     amended,  between OGE Energy Corp.  and Fidelity  Management  Trust Company
     (filed as Exhibit 4.02 to the Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 2-A
     to  Registration  Statement  No.  33-61699  and  incorporated  by reference
     herein).

4.03 Amendments No. 6, 7 and 8 to Employees Retirement Savings Plan.

4.04 Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (filed as Exhibit 3.01 to
     the  Registrant's  Form  10-K  for the year  ended  December  31,  1996 and
     incorporated herein by reference).

4.05 By-laws (filed as Exhibit 3.02 to the  Registrant's  Form 10-K for the year
     ended December 31, 1996 and incorporated by reference herein).

4.06 Rights  Agreement  dated  August 7,  1995  between  OGE  Energy  Corp.  and
     ChaseMellon  Shareholder  Services LLC, as successor Rights Agent (filed as
     Exhibit  4.06  to the  Registrant's  Post-Effective  Amendment  No.  2-A to
     Registration Statement No. 33-61699 and incorporated by reference herein).

5.01 The Registrant  hereby undertakes that it: (i) will submit or has submitted
     the Plan and any amendment  thereto to the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS")
     in a timely  manner and (ii) has made or will make all changes  required by
     the IRS in order to qualify the Plan.

23.01 Consent of expert.

24.01 Power of Attorney.
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ITEM 9.       UNDERTAKINGS.

A.       INDEMNIFICATION

         Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors,  officers and controlling  persons of
the  Registrant  pursuant  to the  provisions  described  in  Item 6  above,  or
otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities
and  Exchange  Commission  such  indemnification  is  against  public  policy as
expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim
for  indemnification  against  such  liabilities  (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses  incurred or paid by a director,  officer or  controlling
person of the  Registrant  in the  successful  defense  of any  action,  suit or
proceeding)  is  asserted by such  director,  officer or  controlling  person in
connection with the securities being registered,  the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit  to a  court  of  appropriate  jurisdiction  the  question  whether  such
indemnification  by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

B.       SUBSEQUENT EXCHANGE ACT DOCUMENTS.

         The undersigned Registrant and Plan hereby undertake that, for purposes
of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,  each
filing of the  Registrant's  Annual Report  pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934 and each  filing  of the  Plan's
Annual Report  pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934
that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed
to be a new registration  statement  relating to the securities  offered herein,
and the  offering  of such  securities  at that  time  shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.

C.       OTHER

         The undersigned Registrant and Plan hereby also undertake

         (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective  amendment to this Registration  Statement:  (i) To include any
prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

                  (ii) To reflect in the  Prospectus any facts or events arising
after the  effective  date of the  Registration  Statement  (or the most  recent
post-effective  amendment  thereof)  which,  individually  or in the  aggregate,
represent a fundamental  change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement; and

                  (iii) To include any material  information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously  disclosed in the Registration  Statement or
any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;

                  provided, however, that paragraphs 1(i) and 1(ii) do not apply
if the  information  required to be included in a  post-effective  amendment  by
those  paragraphs is contained in periodic  reports  filed by the  Registrant or
Plan pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange Act of
1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.

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         (2) That,  for the  purpose  of  determining  any  liability  under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

         (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective  amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.

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                                   SIGNATURES

THE REGISTRANT

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the  requirements  for  filing  on  Form  S-8 and has  duly  caused  this
Post-Effective  Amendment No. 2-B on Form S-8 to the  Registration  Statement on
Form  S-4  to be  signed  on  its  behalf  by the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized,  in the City of Oklahoma City, and State of Oklahoma on the 10th day
of June, 1998.

                              OGE ENERGY CORP.
                              (Registrant)

                              By:  /s/  Steven E. Moore
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                              Steven E. Moore
                              Chairman of the Board
                              Chief Executive Officer and President

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Post-Effective  Amendment No. 2-B on Form S-8 to the Registration Statement
on Form S-4 has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and
on the dates indicated.
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<CAPTION>
SIGNATURE                           TITLE                         DATE
<S>                              <C>                             <C>   
/s/ Steven E. Moore              Principal Executive Officer     June 10, 1998
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Steven E. Moore                        and Director; and

/s/ A.M. Strecker                Principal Financial and         June 10, 1998
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A.M. Strecker                          Accounting Officer

Herbert H. Champlin                   Director;

Luke R. Corbett                       Director;

William E. Durrett                    Director;

Martha W. Griffin                     Director;

Hugh L. Hembree, III                  Director;

Robert Kelley                         Director;

Bill Swisher                          Director; and

Ronald H. White, M.D.                 Director.

By: /s/ Steven E. Moore                                          June 10, 1998
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Steven E. Moore (Attorney-in-Fact)
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THE PLAN

         The undersigned  consist of all of the members of the Committee  having
the  responsibility  for the  administration of the OGE Energy Corp.  Employees'
Retirement  Savings Plan.  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, the Plan has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2-B
on Form S-8 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Oklahoma City, and
State of Oklahoma on the 10th day of June, 1998.

                               OGE Energy Corp.
                               Employees' Retirement Savings Plan

                               /s/  Irma B. Elliott
                               --------------------
                               Irma B. Elliott
                               Chairperson

                               /s/  Donald R. Rowlett
                               ----------------------
                               Donald R. Rowlett
                               Member

                               /s/  Dale P. Hennessy
                               ---------------------
                               Dale P. Hennessy
                               Member

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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX
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<CAPTION>
EXHIBIT NO                        DESCRIPTION
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<S>  <C> 
4.01 Copy of Employees'  Retirement  Savings Plan, as amended as of December 31,
     1996,  of OGE  Energy  Corp. (filed  as  Exhibit  4.01 to the  Registrant's
     Post-Effective Amendment No. 2-A to Registration Statement No. 33-61699 and
     incorporated by reference herein). 

4.02 Copy of Trust  Agreement  Under  Employees'  Retirement  Savings  Plan,  as
     amended,  between OGE Energy Corp.  and Fidelity  Management  Trust Company
     (filed as Exhibit 4.02 to the Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 2-A
     to  Registration  Statement  No.  33-61699  and  incorporated  by reference
     herein).

4.03 Amendments No. 6, 7 and 8 to Employees Retirement Savings Plan.

4.04 Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (filed as Exhibit 3.01 to
     the  Registrant's  Form  10-K  for the year  ended  December  31,  1996 and
     incorporated herein by reference).

4.05 By-laws (filed as Exhibit 3.02 to the  Registrant's  Form 10-K for the year
     ended December 31, 1996 and incorporated by reference herein).

4.06 Rights  Agreement  dated  August 7,  1995  between  OGE  Energy  Corp.  and
     ChaseMellon  Shareholder  Services LLC as successor  Rights Agent (filed as
     Exhibit  4.06  to the  Registrant's  Post-Effective  Amendment  No.  2-A to
     Registration Statement No. 33-61699 and incorporated by reference herein).

5.01 The Registrant  hereby undertakes that it: (i) will submit or has submitted
     the Plan and any amendment  thereto to the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS")
     in a timely  manner and (ii) has made or will make all changes  required by
     the IRS in order to qualify the Plan.
</TABLE>

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<CAPTION>
<S>   <C>    
23.01 Consent of expert.

24.01 Power of Attorney.
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 4.03


                             AMENDMENT NO. 6 TO THE
                                OGE ENERGY CORP.
                       EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
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              (As Amended and Restated Effective December 1, 1993)


         OGE Energy  Corp.,  an Oklahoma  corporation,  in  accordance  with the
authority  contained  in  Section  15.1  of  the  OGE  Energy  Corp.  Employees'
Retirement  Savings Plan (the "Plan"),  hereby amends the Plan,  effective as of
January 1, 1997, by amending Section 2.14 of the Plan in its entirety to read as
follows:

     "Section  2.14.  Compensation.  The term  `Compensation'  shall include the
following  items paid in cash to a Participant  by the Company during a calendar
year:

                 (a)       Base compensation;

                 (b)       Management incentive pay;

                 (c)       Sales incentives; and

                 (d)       The regular  (non-premium)  rate of pay for shift
                  work  performed by full-time  employees of the Company for the
                  limited purpose of crediting such  Participants  with up to 80
                  total hours of pay during any regular biweekly payroll period.

     Other than for purposes of Sections 6.2, 6.3, 20.1 and 20.2, `Compensation'
shall also include Tax-Deferred Contributions made by the Company on behalf of a
Participant.

     Items such as the following shall be excluded from the term `Compensation:'
      
                 (q)       Amounts paid for overtime work except as provided in 
                  subsection (d) above;

                 (r)       Pay in lieu of overtime of exempt personnel;

                 (s)       Lump-sum pay structure adjustments;

                 (t)       Shift premiums;

                 (u)       Commissions;

                 (v)       Fringe benefits;

                 (w)       Non-cash benefits;

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                 (x)       Company contributions to employee benefit plans or 
                           arrangements;

                 (y)       Employee reimbursements; and

                 (z)       Special lump-sum recognition awards.

     Compensation  shall be limited for all Plan purposes to the first  $160,000
of Compensation  per  Participant,  as adjusted by the Secretary of the Treasury
pursuant to Code Section 401(a)(17).

     For purposes of Sections 2.2, 2.3, and 2.22, the term `Compensation'  shall
mean the total  compensation  received by an  Employee  from the Company for the
Plan Year, including salary, wages, bonuses, commissions, overtime pay, overtime
premiums,  amounts which are Tax-Deferred  Contributions under the Plan, and any
other  elective  contributions  that are not included in gross income under Code
Section 125, 402(e)(3) or 402(h)."

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                             AMENDMENT NO. 7 TO THE
                                OGE ENERGY CORP.
                       EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
                       ----------------------------------
              (As Amended and Restated Effective December 1, 1993)

     OGE Energy Corp., an Oklahoma corporation, in accordance with the authority
contained in Section 15.1 of the OGE Energy Corp.  Employees' Retirement Savings
Plan (the "Plan"),  hereby amends the Plan,  effective as of October 1, 1997, as
follows:

      1.  Section 8.1(h) of the Plan is renumbered as Section 8.1(l).

      2.  Section  8.1 of the Plan is further amended by adding the following 
          new subsections:


     "(h) Invesco  Total  Return.  This fund seeks high total  return  through a
          -----------------------
          combination of current income (such as through  dividends) and capital
          appreciation (an increase in the value of the fund's shares). The fund
          typically  invests 30% in stocks and 30% in fixed and variable  income
          securities  (bonds),  with the remaining 40% spread out between stocks
          and bonds based on business,  economic and market conditions. The fund
          may also invest in foreign securities.

     (i)  PBHG Growth.  The fund seeks capital  appreciation (an increase in the
          ------------
          value of the fund's shares).  The fund invests mainly in common stocks
          of small and medium sized United States companies. The fund invests in
          many different kinds of companies and industries,  but at times may be
          heavily  concentrated in a relatively small number of industries.  The
          fund invests in companies  believed to have strong earnings  potential
          and significant capital appreciation.

     (j)  Templeton Foreign I. This fund seeks capital appreciation (an increase
          --------------------
          in the value of the fund's shares).  The fund invests mainly in stocks
          and debt  securities  of  companies  and  governments  of developed or
          developing countries outside the United States.

     (k)  PIMCO Total  Return  Administrative  Fund.  This fund seeks to provide
          ------------------------------------------
          high total return that exceeds general bond market  indices.  The fund
          invests  mainly  in  bonds,  including  U.S.  government,   corporate,
          mortgage and foreign."

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                             AMENDMENT NO. 8 TO THE
                                OGE ENERGY CORP.
                       EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
                       ----------------------------------
              (As Amended and Restated Effective December 1, 1993)


     OGE Energy Corp., an Oklahoma corporation, in accordance with the authority
contained in Section 15.1 of the OGE Energy Corp., Employees' Retirement Savings
Plan (the "Plan"),  hereby amends the Plan,  effective as of January 1, 1998, as
follows:

     1. Section  2.40 of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as
        follows:
  
             "Section 2.40.  Transfer Account.  The term `Transfer Account' 
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        means the fully vested bookkeeping account established and maintained 
        pursuant to Section 16.3, which may include amounts rolled over to the 
        Trust pursuant to Section 5.7."

     2. Section  3.1 of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as
        follows:

             "Section 3.1.  Eligibility to Participate. Each regular full-time 
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        Employee shall be eligible to participate in the Plan upon becoming an 
        Eligible  Employee.  Each other Employee  who is an Eligible  Employee  
        shall be eligible to participate in the Plan after the end of the first 
        period of twelve consecutive  months,  commencing as of the Employee's
        Employment  Commencement  Date or any  anniversary  thereof, during 
        which the Employee  completes  1,000 or more Hours of Service."

     3. A new Section 5.7 is hereby added to the Plan, to read as follows:

             "Section  5.7.  Rollover Contributions.  An Eligible Employee who  
             --------------  -----------------------
        has  received  a  distribution of his or her interest in a plan that is 
        qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code, may, in accordance with 
        procedures  established by the Committee,  transfer the distribution to 
        the Trust and instruct the Trustee to accept such a distribution 
        directly from  the   distributing   plan,   provided  the   following
        conditions are met:

                 (a)      the distribution is an eligible rollover distribution 
           as defined in Section 11.7;

                 (b)      the  transfer  occurs on or  before  the 60th day  
           following  the  Employee's  receipt  of the distribution   from  the
           other  plan,  or,  if  such distribution  had previously been 
           transferred into an individual retirement  account   or   individual
           retirement  annuity  described  in Section 408 of the Code,  on  or  
           before  the  60th  day  following  the Employee's  receipt  of the  
           distribution  from  such account or annuity;

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                 (c)      the amount  transferred  does not exceed the portion 
           of the distribution which would have been included in the gross 
           income of the  Employee if not rolled over; and

                 (d)      the Employee provides the Committee with whatever  
           information it deems necessary to determine that the proposed 
           rollover will meet the requirements of this Section.

        The amount transferred shall be credited to the rollover subaccount of 
        the Employee's Transfer Account."

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23.01

                    CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

         As   independent   public   accountants,   we  hereby  consent  to  the
incorporation by reference in this Post-Effective  Amendment No. 2-B on Form S-8
to the Registration  Statement on Form S-4 of our reports dated January 20, 1998
included in the OGE Energy Corp. Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997,
our report  dated April 30, 1997  included  in the OGE Energy  Corp.  Employees'
Retirement  Savings  Plan Form 11-K for the year  December  31,  1996 and to all
references to our Firm included in this Post-Effective Amendment.



                                              /s/ Arthur Andersen LLP
                                              Arthur Andersen LLP


Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
June 10, 1998

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 24.01

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         WHEREAS,  OGE ENERGY CORP., an Oklahoma corporation (herein referred to
as the "Company") is to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission,  under
the  provisions  of the  Securities  Act of 1933, as amended,  a  Post-Effective
Amendment to the  Registration  Statement  relating to the  Company's  Automatic
Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan and a Post-Effective  Amendment to
the  Registration  Statement  relating to the  Company's  Employees'  Retirement
Savings  Plan  (each,  a  "Post-Effective  Amendment"  and,  collectively,   the
"Post-Effective Amendments"), and

         WHEREAS,  each of the  undersigned  holds the  office or offices in the
Company herein below set forth opposite his name, respectively;

         THEREFORE, each of the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints A.M.
Strecker and Steven E. Moore,  and each of them, his or her attorney,  with full
power to act for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead,
to  sign  the  undersigned's  name  in  the  capacity  set  forth  below  to the
Post-Effective   Amendments   and  to  any   and   all   amendments   (including
post-effective   amendments)  to  such  Post-Effective  Amendments,  and  hereby
ratifies and confirms all that said  attorney may or shall  lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the undersigned have hereunto set their hands this
21st day of May, 1998.

Steven E. Moore, Director and
  Principal Executive Officer                  /s/  Steven E. Moore
                                               ---------------------------------

Herbert H. Champlin, Director                  /s/  Herbert H. Champlin
                                               ---------------------------------

Luke R. Corbett, Director                      /s/  Luke R. Corbett
                                               ---------------------------------

William E. Durrett, Director                   /s/  William E. Durrett
                                               ---------------------------------

Martha W. Griffin, Director                    /s/  Martha W. Griffin
                                               ---------------------------------

Hugh L. Hembree, III, Director                 /s/  Hugh L. Hembree, III
                                               ---------------------------------

Robert Kelley, Director                        /s/  Robert Kelley
                                               ---------------------------------

Bill Swisher, Director                         /s/  Bill Swisher
                                               ---------------------------------

Ronald H. White, M.D., Director                /s/  Ronald H. White
                                               ---------------------------------

A.M. Strecker, Principal Financial and
  Accounting Officer                           /s/  A.M. Strecker
                                               ---------------------------------

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