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Risk Management And Fair Values (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Schedules Of Concentration Of Risk, By Risk Factor
FairValueInputsLiabilitiesQuantitativeInformationTableTextBlock

 


Transaction Type

 



Fair Value

as of

March 31, 2013

 

 


Significant
Unobservable Inputs

 

 

Range
from
Average
%

 

 


Effect on
Fair Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electricity swaps

 

$12 million

 

Unit contingent discount

 

+/-3%

 

$1 million

Electricity options

 

$40 million

 

Implied volatility

 

+/-9%

 

$27 million

Fair Values Of Derivative Instruments
Derivative Instruments Designated As Cash Flow Hedges On Consolidated Statements Of Income
Derivative Instruments Not Designated As Hedging Instruments On The Consolidated Statements Of Income

The effect of Entergy's derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the consolidated income statements for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 is as follows:

 


Instrument

 

Amount of gain recognized in AOCI

 

Income Statement
location

 

Amount of gain (loss)
recorded in income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

Natural gas swaps

 

-

 

Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale

 

$(20) million

Electricity swaps and options de-designated as hedged items

 

$1 million

 

Competitive business operating revenues

 

$(1) million

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

Natural gas swaps

 

-

 

Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale

 

$(51) million

Electricity swaps and options de-designated as hedged items

 

$3 million

 

Competitive business operating revenues

 

$(2) million

 

Due to regulatory treatment, the natural gas swaps aremarked to market through fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased forresale and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as anoffsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as fuel expenses when the swaps are settledare recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms.

Assets and liabilities at fair value on a recurring basis

            The following tables set forth, by level within the fair value hierarchy, Entergy's assets and liabilities that are accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012.  The assessment of the significance of a particular input to a fair value measurement requires judgment and may affect their placement within the fair value hierarchy levels.  

 

 

2013

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

 

(In Millions)

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Temporary cash investments

 

$197

 

$-

 

$-

 

$197

Decommissioning trust funds (a):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity securities

 

386

 

2,319

 

-

 

2,705

Debt securities

 

745

 

1,003

 

-

 

1,748

Power contracts

 

-

 

-

 

80

 

80

Gas hedge contracts

 

24

 

-

 

-

 

24

Securitization recovery trust account

 

44

 

-

 

-

 

44

Escrow accounts

 

138

 

-

 

-

 

138

 

 

$1,534

 

$3,322

 

$80

 

$4,936

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power contracts

 

$-

 

$-

 

$28

 

$28

 

2012

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

 

(In Millions)

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Temporary cash investments

 

$420

 

$-

 

$-

 

$420

Decommissioning trust funds (a):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity securities

 

358

 

2,101

 

-

 

2,459

Debt securities

 

769

 

962

 

-

 

1,731

Power contracts

 

-

 

-

 

191

 

191

Securitization recovery trust account

 

46

 

-

 

-

 

46

Escrow accounts

 

386

 

-

 

-

 

386

 

 

$1,979

 

$3,063

 

$191

 

$5,233

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power contracts

 

$-

 

$-

 

$13

 

$13

Gas hedge contracts

 

8

 

-

 

-

 

8

 

$8

 

$-

 

$13

 

$21

Reconciliation of changes in the net assets (liabilities) for the fair value of derivatives classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy
Entergy Arkansas [Member]
 
Schedules Of Concentration Of Risk, By Risk Factor
Assets and liabilities at fair value on a recurring basis
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana [Member]
 
Schedules Of Concentration Of Risk, By Risk Factor
Fair Values Of Derivative Instruments
Derivative Instruments Not Designated As Hedging Instruments On The Consolidated Statements Of Income
Assets and liabilities at fair value on a recurring basis
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
 
Schedules Of Concentration Of Risk, By Risk Factor
Fair Values Of Derivative Instruments
Derivative Instruments Not Designated As Hedging Instruments On The Consolidated Statements Of Income
Assets and liabilities at fair value on a recurring basis
Entergy Mississippi [Member]
 
Schedules Of Concentration Of Risk, By Risk Factor
Fair Values Of Derivative Instruments
Derivative Instruments Not Designated As Hedging Instruments On The Consolidated Statements Of Income
Assets and liabilities at fair value on a recurring basis
Entergy New Orleans
 
Schedules Of Concentration Of Risk, By Risk Factor
Fair Values Of Derivative Instruments
Derivative Instruments Not Designated As Hedging Instruments On The Consolidated Statements Of Income
Assets and liabilities at fair value on a recurring basis
Entergy Texas [Member]
 
Schedules Of Concentration Of Risk, By Risk Factor
Assets and liabilities at fair value on a recurring basis
System Energy [Member]
 
Schedules Of Concentration Of Risk, By Risk Factor
Assets and liabilities at fair value on a recurring basis