Equity (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011


	For the Three Months Ended June 30,
	2011							2010
	(In Millions, Except Per Share Data)
	Income		Shares		$/share			Income		Shares		$/share
Basic earnings per share

Net income attributable to Entergy Corporation	$	315.6		177.8	$	1.77		$	315.3		188.8	$	1.67
Average dilutive effect of:
Stock options		—		1.0		(0.01	)		—		1.9		(0.02	)
Restricted stock		—		0.1		—			—		—		—


Diluted earnings per share	$	315.6		178.9	$	1.76		$	315.3		190.7	$	1.65


	For the Six Months Ended June,
	2011							2010
	(In Millions, Except Per Share Data)
	Income		Shares		$/share			Income		Shares		$/share
Basic earnings per share

Net income attributable to Entergy Corporation	$	564.2		178.3	$	3.16		$	529.1		189.0	$	2.80
Average dilutive effect of:
Stock options		—		1.0		(0.02	)		—		2.0		(0.03	)
Restricted stock		—		0.2		—			—		—		—


Diluted earnings per share	$	564.2		179.5	$	3.14		$	529.1		191.0	$	2.77

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)


							Entergy						Entergy
	Entergy						Gulf States Louisiana						Louisiana
	June 30,			December 31,			June 30,			December 31,			June 30,			December 31,
	2011			2010			2011			2010			2011			2010
	(In Thousands)
Cash flow hedges net unrealized gain	$	34,534		$	106,258		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—
Pension and other postretirement liabilities		(269,868	)		(276,466	)		(39,075	)		(40,304	)		(23,861	)		(24,962	)
Net unrealized investment gains		157,556			129,685			—			—			—			—
Foreign currency translation		2,622			2,311			—			—			—			—

Total	$	(75,156	)	$	(38,212	)	$	(39,075	)	$	(40,304	)	$	(23,861	)	$	(24,962	)

Summarized other comprehensive income and total comprehensive income


	Entergy
Three Months Ended June 30,	2011			2010
	(In Thousands)
Consolidated net income	$	320,598		$	320,283
Other comprehensive income
Cash flow hedges net unrealized loss (a)		(13,516	)		(83,467	)
Pension and other postretirement liabilities (b)		2,339			3,205
Net unrealized investment gain (loss) (c)		3,186			(36,043	)
Foreign currency translation (d)		11			(152	)

Total	$	312,618		$	203,826


(a)		Net of tax benefit of $7,208 and $50,672, respectively.

(b)		Net of tax expense of $1,964 and $1,650, respectively.

(c)		Net of tax expense (benefit) of $3,386 and ($33,891), respectively.

(d)		Net of tax expense (benefit) of $6 and ($82), respectively.


	Entergy				Entergy
	Gulf States Louisiana				Louisiana
Three Months Ended June 30,	2011		2010		2011		2010
	(In Thousands)
Net income	$	49,310	$	32,154	$	75,103	$	61,259
Other comprehensive income
Pension and other postretirement liabilities (e)		486		519		367		445

Total	$	49,796	$	32,673	$	75,470	$	61,704


(e)		Net of tax expense of $508, $505, $365, and $377, respectively.

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This label may include the following: 1) the amount of income tax expense or benefit allocated to each component of other comprehensive income, including reclassification adjustments, 2) the reclassification adjustments for each classification of other comprehensive income and 3) the ending accumulated balances for each component of comprehensive income. Components of comprehensive income include: (1) foreign currency translation adjustments; (2) gains and losses on foreign currency transactions that are designated as, and are effective as, economic hedges of a net investment in a foreign entity; (3) gains and losses on intercompany foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term-investment nature, when the entities to the transaction are consolidated, combined, or accounted for by the equity method in the reporting enterprise's financial statements; (4) change in the market value of a futures contract that qualifies as a hedge of an asset reported at fair value; (5) unrealized holding gains and losses on available-for-sale securities and that resulting from transfers of debt securities from the held-to-maturity category to the available-for-sale category; (6) a net loss recognized as an additional pension liability not yet recognized as net periodic pension cost; and (7) the net gain or loss and net prior service cost or credit for pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans.

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