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Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Portion Reclassified from AOCI to Regulatory Liability for Income Taxes

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Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Portion Reclassified from AOCI to Retained Earnings

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Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Reclassification from AOCI resulting from stranded tax effects

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Amount, after tax, of accumulated gain (loss) from increase (decrease) in instrument-specific credit risk of financial liability measured under fair value option.

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Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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The per share price of the Company's stock at which the contract holder of the freestanding contract has the right to purchase or sell the Company's stock at a future date.

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The maximum number of shares that could be issued to net share settle a contract, if applicable. If a contract does not have a fixed or determinable maximum number of shares that may be required to be issued, disclose the fact that a potentially infinite number of shares could be issued to settle the contract.

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Common Equity (Narrative) (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands		1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 12, 2018 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2018 $ / shares shares	Oct. 31, 2010 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) plan $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares	Jan. 01, 2018 USD ($)
Number of equity ownership plans \| plan					3
Authorization of repurchase of common stock			$ 500,000		$ 350,000
Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Declared \| $ / shares					$ 3.58	$ 3.50	$ 3.42
Dividend payments received from subsidiaries					$ 27,000	$ 201,000	$ 165,000
Dividends, Common Stock, Cash					$ 647,704	628,885	611,835
Forward Contract Indexed to Issuer's Equity, Indexed Shares \| shares		15,300,000			8,448,171
Forward Contract Indexed to Issuer's Equity, Forward Rate Per Share \| $ / shares	$ 74.45	$ 74.45
Payments of Stock Issuance Costs	$ 728
Forward Contract Indexed to Issuer's Equity, Shares \| shares					1,300,000
Proceeds from Issuance of Common Stock	$ 500,000				$ 499,272	0	0
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Financial Liability, Fair Value Option, after Tax								$ (632,617)
New Accounting Pronouncement or Change in Accounting Principle, Cumulative Effect of Change on Equity or Net Assets								(56,360)
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Reclassification from AOCI resulting from stranded tax effects				$ 15,500	15,505
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Portion Reclassified from AOCI to Retained Earnings				32,000
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Portion Reclassified from AOCI to Regulatory Liability for Income Taxes				$ 16,500
Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Dividends, Common Stock, Cash					91,751	15,000
Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Dividends, Common Stock, Cash					10,000	26,000	24,000
System Energy [Member]
Dividends, Common Stock, Cash					67,720	106,610	139,000
Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Dividends, Common Stock, Cash					23,750	74,250	18,720
Common Stock [Member]
Dividends, Common Stock, Cash					$ 0	0	0
Forward Contract Indexed to Issuer's Equity, Shares \| shares	6,834,221				6,834,221
New Accounting Pronouncement or Change in Accounting Principle, Cumulative Effect of Change on Equity or Net Assets								$ 0
Common Stock [Member] \| System Energy [Member]
Dividends, Common Stock, Cash					$ 56,500	$ 21,000	$ 40,000