EXHIBIT 24.01

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         WHEREAS,  OGE ENERGY CORP., an Oklahoma corporation (herein referred to
as the "Company"), is about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
under the  provisions of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,  its
annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997; and

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

         NOW, THEREFORE, each of the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
STEVEN E. MOORE and A. M.  STRECKER  and each of them  individually,  his or her
attorney with full power to act for him or her and in his or her name, place and
stead,  to sign his name in the capacity or  capacities  set forth below to said
Form  10-K  and to any and all  amendments  thereto,  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 January 1998.

Steven E. Moore, Chairman, Principal
          Executive Officer and Director         / s / Steven E. Moore
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Herbert H. Champlin, Director                    / s / Herbert H. Champlin
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Luke R. Corbett, Director                        / s / Luke R. Corbett
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William E. Durrett, Director                     / s / William E. Durrett
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Martha W. Griffin, Director                      / s / Martha W. Griffin
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Hugh L. Hembree, III, Director                   / s / Hugh L. Hembree, III
                                             -----------------------------------

Robert Kelley, Director                          / s / Robert Kelley
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Bill Swisher, Director                           / s / Bill Swisher
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Ronald H. White, M.D., Director                  / s / Ronald H. White, M.D.
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A. M. Strecker, Principal Financial              / s / A. M. Strecker
                   and Accounting Officer    -----------------------------------

STATE OF OKLAHOMA   )
                    )  SS
COUNTY OF OKLAHOMA  )

         On the date indicated above, before me, Lisa Thompson, Notary Public in
and for said County and State, personally appeared the above named directors and
officers of OGE ENERGY CORP., an Oklahoma corporation, and known to me to be the
persons  whose  names  are  subscribed  to the  foregoing  instrument,  and they
severally  acknowledged  to me that they executed the same as their own free act
and deed.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official
seal on the 21st day of January,  1998.

                                   /s/ Lisa L. Thompson
                                       Lisa L. Thompson
                               Notary Public in and for the County
                                 of Oklahoma, State of Oklahoma

My Commission Expires:
January 16, 2000

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