Business Segment Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Business Segment Information [Abstract]

	Utility	Entergy Wholesale Commodities*	All Other	Eliminations	Entergy
	(In Thousands)
2012
Operating revenues	$1,831,640	$560,251	$959	($9,191)	$2,383,659
Income taxes (benefit)	$99,707	($90,407)	($9,462)	$-	($162)
Consolidated net income (loss)	$67,212	($168,512)	($18,405)	($27,035)	($146,740)

2011
Operating revenues	$1,937,618	$610,146	$1,101	($7,657)	$2,541,208
Income taxes (benefit)	$90,204	$84,941	($10,895)	$-	$164,250
Consolidated net income (loss)	$168,653	$123,233	($10,563)	($27,645)	$253,678

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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