Risk Management and Fair Values (Schedules Of Valuation Techniques) (Details) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)
Range from Average Percentage for Fair Value of Electricity Swaps	4.75%
Effect of Significant Unobservable Inputs on Fair Value of Electricity Swaps	$ 3
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset Value	$ 28
Gas Hedge Contracts [Member] \| Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Maximum Length of Time Hedged in Cash Flow Hedge	3 years 6 months
Gas Hedge Contracts [Member] \| Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Maximum Length of Time Hedged in Cash Flow Hedge	6 months
Gas Hedge Contracts [Member] \| Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Maximum Length of Time Hedged in Cash Flow Hedge	6 months

The effect of significant unobservable inputs on the fair value of electricity swaps.

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The range from the average percentage used when calculating the fair value of electricity swaps classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy

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Fair value of financial instrument classified as an asset measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Maximum length of time over which the entity is hedging its exposure to the variability in future cash flows for forecasted transactions, excluding those forecasted transactions related to the payment of variable interest on existing financial instruments, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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