Decommissioning Trust Funds (Securities Held) (Details) - Debt Securities [Member] - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Fair Value	$ 2,562.0	$ 2,495.0
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax	51.0	19.0
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax	9.0	35.0
Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Fair Value	391.0	381.3
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax	2.9	0.6
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax	2.3	8.2
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Fair Value	555.7	532.9
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax	17.1	4.1
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax	1.4	6.0
System Energy [Member]
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Fair Value	375.2	364.2
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax	6.9	2.9
Available-for-sale Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss, before Tax	$ 1.2	$ 5.8

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