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Revenue Recognition Revenue Recognition (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Disaggregation of Revenue [Table Text Block]

Entergy’s total revenues for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:


	2020	2019
	(In Thousands)
Utility:
Residential	$3,550,317	$3,531,500
Commercial	2,292,740	2,475,586
Industrial	2,331,170	2,541,287
Governmental	212,131	228,470
Total billed retail	8,386,358	8,776,843

Sales for resale (a)	295,810	285,722
Other electric revenues (b)	348,102	343,143
Revenues from contracts with customers	9,030,270	9,405,708
Other revenues (c)	16,373	24,270
Total electric revenues	9,046,643	9,429,978

Natural gas	124,008	153,954

Entergy Wholesale Commodities:
Competitive businesses sales from contracts with customers (a)	771,360	1,164,552
Other revenues (c)	171,625	130,189
Total competitive businesses revenues	942,985	1,294,741

Total operating revenues	$10,113,636	$10,878,673

Allowance For Doubtful Accounts [Table Text Block]

Due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on customer receivables, however, Entergy recorded an increase in its allowance for doubtful accounts, as shown below:


	Entergy	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas
	(In Millions)
Balance as of December 31, 2019	$7.4	$1.2	$1.9	$0.6	$3.2	$0.5
Provisions (a)	109.0	16.2	43.7	18.8	14.1	16.2
Write-offs	(8.6)	(1.8)	(3.5)	(1.2)	(1.0)	(1.1)
Recoveries	9.9	2.7	3.6	1.3	1.1	1.2
Balance as of December 31, 2020	$117.7	$18.3	$45.7	$19.5	$17.4	$16.8

(a)Provisions include estimated incremental bad debt expenses resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic of $87.1 million for Entergy, $10.5 million for Entergy Arkansas, $36 million for Entergy Louisiana, $15.5 million for Entergy Mississippi, $12.2 million for Entergy New Orleans, and $12.9 million for Entergy Texas that have been deferred as regulatory assets. See Note 2 to the financial statements for discussion of the COVID-19 orders issued by retail regulators.

Entergy Arkansas [Member]

Disaggregation of Revenue [Table Text Block]

The Registrant Subsidiaries’ total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2020 were as follows:


2020	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas
	(In Thousands)

Residential	$841,162	$1,270,187	$523,379	$243,502	$672,087
Commercial	466,273	886,548	395,875	179,406	364,638
Industrial	461,907	1,314,234	145,100	24,248	385,681
Governmental	18,011	68,901	41,955	59,819	23,445
Total billed retail	1,787,353	3,539,870	1,106,309	506,975	1,445,851
Sales for resale (a)	173,115	333,594	77,530	33,213	100,273
Other electric revenues (b)	109,642	141,004	54,590	8,294	39,981
Revenues from contracts with customers	2,070,110	4,014,468	1,238,429	548,482	1,586,105
Other revenues (c)	14,384	4,595	9,425	12,150	1,020
Total electric revenues	2,084,494	4,019,063	1,247,854	560,632	1,587,125
Natural gas	—	50,799	—	73,209	—
Total operating revenues	$2,084,494	$4,069,862	$1,247,854	$633,841	$1,587,125

The Registrant Subsidiaries’ total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2019 were as follows:


2019	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas
	(In Thousands)

Residential	$795,269	$1,270,478	$562,219	$245,081	$658,453
Commercial	538,850	947,412	444,173	202,138	343,013
Industrial	520,958	1,450,966	164,491	31,824	373,048
Governmental	20,795	71,046	44,300	70,865	21,464
Total billed retail	1,875,872	3,739,902	1,215,183	549,908	1,395,978
Sales for resale (a)	257,864	333,395	39,295	38,626	59,074
Other electric revenues (b)	112,618	135,783	58,269	9,842	32,424
Revenues from contracts with customers	2,246,354	4,209,080	1,312,747	598,376	1,487,476
Other revenues (c)	13,240	13,947	10,296	(3,959)	1,479
Total electric revenues	2,259,594	4,223,027	1,323,043	594,417	1,488,955
Natural gas	—	62,148	—	91,806	—
Total operating revenues	$2,259,594	$4,285,175	$1,323,043	$686,223	$1,488,955

Allowance For Doubtful Accounts [Table Text Block]

Due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on customer receivables, however, Entergy recorded an increase in its allowance for doubtful accounts, as shown below:


	Entergy	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas
	(In Millions)
Balance as of December 31, 2019	$7.4	$1.2	$1.9	$0.6	$3.2	$0.5
Provisions (a)	109.0	16.2	43.7	18.8	14.1	16.2
Write-offs	(8.6)	(1.8)	(3.5)	(1.2)	(1.0)	(1.1)
Recoveries	9.9	2.7	3.6	1.3	1.1	1.2
Balance as of December 31, 2020	$117.7	$18.3	$45.7	$19.5	$17.4	$16.8

Entergy Louisiana [Member]

Disaggregation of Revenue [Table Text Block]

The Registrant Subsidiaries’ total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2020 were as follows:


2020	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas
	(In Thousands)

Residential	$841,162	$1,270,187	$523,379	$243,502	$672,087
Commercial	466,273	886,548	395,875	179,406	364,638
Industrial	461,907	1,314,234	145,100	24,248	385,681
Governmental	18,011	68,901	41,955	59,819	23,445
Total billed retail	1,787,353	3,539,870	1,106,309	506,975	1,445,851
Sales for resale (a)	173,115	333,594	77,530	33,213	100,273
Other electric revenues (b)	109,642	141,004	54,590	8,294	39,981
Revenues from contracts with customers	2,070,110	4,014,468	1,238,429	548,482	1,586,105
Other revenues (c)	14,384	4,595	9,425	12,150	1,020
Total electric revenues	2,084,494	4,019,063	1,247,854	560,632	1,587,125
Natural gas	—	50,799	—	73,209	—
Total operating revenues	$2,084,494	$4,069,862	$1,247,854	$633,841	$1,587,125

The Registrant Subsidiaries’ total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2019 were as follows:


2019	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas
	(In Thousands)

Residential	$795,269	$1,270,478	$562,219	$245,081	$658,453
Commercial	538,850	947,412	444,173	202,138	343,013
Industrial	520,958	1,450,966	164,491	31,824	373,048
Governmental	20,795	71,046	44,300	70,865	21,464
Total billed retail	1,875,872	3,739,902	1,215,183	549,908	1,395,978
Sales for resale (a)	257,864	333,395	39,295	38,626	59,074
Other electric revenues (b)	112,618	135,783	58,269	9,842	32,424
Revenues from contracts with customers	2,246,354	4,209,080	1,312,747	598,376	1,487,476
Other revenues (c)	13,240	13,947	10,296	(3,959)	1,479
Total electric revenues	2,259,594	4,223,027	1,323,043	594,417	1,488,955
Natural gas	—	62,148	—	91,806	—
Total operating revenues	$2,259,594	$4,285,175	$1,323,043	$686,223	$1,488,955

Allowance For Doubtful Accounts [Table Text Block]

Due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on customer receivables, however, Entergy recorded an increase in its allowance for doubtful accounts, as shown below:


	Entergy	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas
	(In Millions)
Balance as of December 31, 2019	$7.4	$1.2	$1.9	$0.6	$3.2	$0.5
Provisions (a)	109.0	16.2	43.7	18.8	14.1	16.2
Write-offs	(8.6)	(1.8)	(3.5)	(1.2)	(1.0)	(1.1)
Recoveries	9.9	2.7	3.6	1.3	1.1	1.2
Balance as of December 31, 2020	$117.7	$18.3	$45.7	$19.5	$17.4	$16.8

Entergy Mississippi [Member]

Disaggregation of Revenue [Table Text Block]

The Registrant Subsidiaries’ total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2020 were as follows:


2020	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas
	(In Thousands)

Residential	$841,162	$1,270,187	$523,379	$243,502	$672,087
Commercial	466,273	886,548	395,875	179,406	364,638
Industrial	461,907	1,314,234	145,100	24,248	385,681
Governmental	18,011	68,901	41,955	59,819	23,445
Total billed retail	1,787,353	3,539,870	1,106,309	506,975	1,445,851
Sales for resale (a)	173,115	333,594	77,530	33,213	100,273
Other electric revenues (b)	109,642	141,004	54,590	8,294	39,981
Revenues from contracts with customers	2,070,110	4,014,468	1,238,429	548,482	1,586,105
Other revenues (c)	14,384	4,595	9,425	12,150	1,020
Total electric revenues	2,084,494	4,019,063	1,247,854	560,632	1,587,125
Natural gas	—	50,799	—	73,209	—
Total operating revenues	$2,084,494	$4,069,862	$1,247,854	$633,841	$1,587,125

The Registrant Subsidiaries’ total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2019 were as follows:


2019	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas
	(In Thousands)

Residential	$795,269	$1,270,478	$562,219	$245,081	$658,453
Commercial	538,850	947,412	444,173	202,138	343,013
Industrial	520,958	1,450,966	164,491	31,824	373,048
Governmental	20,795	71,046	44,300	70,865	21,464
Total billed retail	1,875,872	3,739,902	1,215,183	549,908	1,395,978
Sales for resale (a)	257,864	333,395	39,295	38,626	59,074
Other electric revenues (b)	112,618	135,783	58,269	9,842	32,424
Revenues from contracts with customers	2,246,354	4,209,080	1,312,747	598,376	1,487,476
Other revenues (c)	13,240	13,947	10,296	(3,959)	1,479
Total electric revenues	2,259,594	4,223,027	1,323,043	594,417	1,488,955
Natural gas	—	62,148	—	91,806	—
Total operating revenues	$2,259,594	$4,285,175	$1,323,043	$686,223	$1,488,955

Allowance For Doubtful Accounts [Table Text Block]

Due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on customer receivables, however, Entergy recorded an increase in its allowance for doubtful accounts, as shown below:


	Entergy	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas
	(In Millions)
Balance as of December 31, 2019	$7.4	$1.2	$1.9	$0.6	$3.2	$0.5
Provisions (a)	109.0	16.2	43.7	18.8	14.1	16.2
Write-offs	(8.6)	(1.8)	(3.5)	(1.2)	(1.0)	(1.1)
Recoveries	9.9	2.7	3.6	1.3	1.1	1.2
Balance as of December 31, 2020	$117.7	$18.3	$45.7	$19.5	$17.4	$16.8

Entergy New Orleans [Member]

Disaggregation of Revenue [Table Text Block]

The Registrant Subsidiaries’ total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2020 were as follows:


2020	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas
	(In Thousands)

Residential	$841,162	$1,270,187	$523,379	$243,502	$672,087
Commercial	466,273	886,548	395,875	179,406	364,638
Industrial	461,907	1,314,234	145,100	24,248	385,681
Governmental	18,011	68,901	41,955	59,819	23,445
Total billed retail	1,787,353	3,539,870	1,106,309	506,975	1,445,851
Sales for resale (a)	173,115	333,594	77,530	33,213	100,273
Other electric revenues (b)	109,642	141,004	54,590	8,294	39,981
Revenues from contracts with customers	2,070,110	4,014,468	1,238,429	548,482	1,586,105
Other revenues (c)	14,384	4,595	9,425	12,150	1,020
Total electric revenues	2,084,494	4,019,063	1,247,854	560,632	1,587,125
Natural gas	—	50,799	—	73,209	—
Total operating revenues	$2,084,494	$4,069,862	$1,247,854	$633,841	$1,587,125

The Registrant Subsidiaries’ total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2019 were as follows:


2019	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas
	(In Thousands)

Residential	$795,269	$1,270,478	$562,219	$245,081	$658,453
Commercial	538,850	947,412	444,173	202,138	343,013
Industrial	520,958	1,450,966	164,491	31,824	373,048
Governmental	20,795	71,046	44,300	70,865	21,464
Total billed retail	1,875,872	3,739,902	1,215,183	549,908	1,395,978
Sales for resale (a)	257,864	333,395	39,295	38,626	59,074
Other electric revenues (b)	112,618	135,783	58,269	9,842	32,424
Revenues from contracts with customers	2,246,354	4,209,080	1,312,747	598,376	1,487,476
Other revenues (c)	13,240	13,947	10,296	(3,959)	1,479
Total electric revenues	2,259,594	4,223,027	1,323,043	594,417	1,488,955
Natural gas	—	62,148	—	91,806	—
Total operating revenues	$2,259,594	$4,285,175	$1,323,043	$686,223	$1,488,955

Allowance For Doubtful Accounts [Table Text Block]

Due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on customer receivables, however, Entergy recorded an increase in its allowance for doubtful accounts, as shown below:


	Entergy	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas
	(In Millions)
Balance as of December 31, 2019	$7.4	$1.2	$1.9	$0.6	$3.2	$0.5
Provisions (a)	109.0	16.2	43.7	18.8	14.1	16.2
Write-offs	(8.6)	(1.8)	(3.5)	(1.2)	(1.0)	(1.1)
Recoveries	9.9	2.7	3.6	1.3	1.1	1.2
Balance as of December 31, 2020	$117.7	$18.3	$45.7	$19.5	$17.4	$16.8

Entergy Texas [Member]

Disaggregation of Revenue [Table Text Block]

The Registrant Subsidiaries’ total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2020 were as follows:


2020	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas
	(In Thousands)

Residential	$841,162	$1,270,187	$523,379	$243,502	$672,087
Commercial	466,273	886,548	395,875	179,406	364,638
Industrial	461,907	1,314,234	145,100	24,248	385,681
Governmental	18,011	68,901	41,955	59,819	23,445
Total billed retail	1,787,353	3,539,870	1,106,309	506,975	1,445,851
Sales for resale (a)	173,115	333,594	77,530	33,213	100,273
Other electric revenues (b)	109,642	141,004	54,590	8,294	39,981
Revenues from contracts with customers	2,070,110	4,014,468	1,238,429	548,482	1,586,105
Other revenues (c)	14,384	4,595	9,425	12,150	1,020
Total electric revenues	2,084,494	4,019,063	1,247,854	560,632	1,587,125
Natural gas	—	50,799	—	73,209	—
Total operating revenues	$2,084,494	$4,069,862	$1,247,854	$633,841	$1,587,125

The Registrant Subsidiaries’ total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2019 were as follows:


2019	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas
	(In Thousands)

Residential	$795,269	$1,270,478	$562,219	$245,081	$658,453
Commercial	538,850	947,412	444,173	202,138	343,013
Industrial	520,958	1,450,966	164,491	31,824	373,048
Governmental	20,795	71,046	44,300	70,865	21,464
Total billed retail	1,875,872	3,739,902	1,215,183	549,908	1,395,978
Sales for resale (a)	257,864	333,395	39,295	38,626	59,074
Other electric revenues (b)	112,618	135,783	58,269	9,842	32,424
Revenues from contracts with customers	2,246,354	4,209,080	1,312,747	598,376	1,487,476
Other revenues (c)	13,240	13,947	10,296	(3,959)	1,479
Total electric revenues	2,259,594	4,223,027	1,323,043	594,417	1,488,955
Natural gas	—	62,148	—	91,806	—
Total operating revenues	$2,259,594	$4,285,175	$1,323,043	$686,223	$1,488,955

Allowance For Doubtful Accounts [Table Text Block]

Due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on customer receivables, however, Entergy recorded an increase in its allowance for doubtful accounts, as shown below:


	Entergy	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas
	(In Millions)
Balance as of December 31, 2019	$7.4	$1.2	$1.9	$0.6	$3.2	$0.5
Provisions (a)	109.0	16.2	43.7	18.8	14.1	16.2
Write-offs	(8.6)	(1.8)	(3.5)	(1.2)	(1.0)	(1.1)
Recoveries	9.9	2.7	3.6	1.3	1.1	1.2
Balance as of December 31, 2020	$117.7	$18.3	$45.7	$19.5	$17.4	$16.8