Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Cash and cash equivalents:
Cash	$ 60,004	$ 131,327
Temporary cash investments	850,366	1,290,699
Total cash and cash equivalents	910,370	1,422,026
Accounts receivable:
Customer	636,610	596,917
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(38,398)	(35,663)
Other	191,932	220,342
Accrued unbilled revenues	400,219	321,659
Total accounts receivable	1,190,363	1,103,255
Deferred fuel costs	98,196	155,140
Accumulated deferred income taxes	15,580	27,783
Fuel inventory - at average cost	209,182	205,434
Materials and supplies - at average cost	941,422	918,584
Deferred nuclear refueling outage costs	273,060	214,188
Prepayments and other	446,877	343,223
TOTAL	4,085,050	4,389,633
OTHER PROPERTY AND INVESTMENTS
Investment in affiliates - at equity	34,634	36,234
Decommissioning trust funds	5,389,376	5,370,932
Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation)	217,115	213,791
Other	409,860	405,169
TOTAL	6,050,985	6,026,126
PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT
Electric	45,613,586	44,881,419
Property under capital lease	945,119	945,784
Natural gas	384,748	377,565
Construction work in progress	1,349,863	1,425,981
Nuclear fuel	1,480,973	1,542,055
TOTAL PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT	49,774,289	49,172,804
Less - accumulated depreciation and amortization	20,916,387	20,449,858
PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT - NET	28,857,902	28,722,946
Regulatory assets:
Regulatory asset for income taxes - net	791,580	836,064
Other regulatory assets	4,858,300	4,968,553
Deferred fuel costs	238,771	238,102
Goodwill	377,172	377,172
Accumulated deferred income taxes	56,566	48,351
Other	949,325	920,907
TOTAL	7,271,714	7,389,149
TOTAL ASSETS	46,265,651	46,527,854
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Currently maturing long-term debt	794,777	899,375
Notes payable and commercial paper	939,985	598,407
Accounts payable	1,013,026	1,166,431
Customer deposits	417,296	412,166
Taxes accrued	109,081	128,108
Accumulated deferred income taxes	124,598	38,039
Interest accrued	187,026	206,010
Deferred fuel costs	107,776	91,602
Obligations under capital leases	2,606	2,508
Pension and other postretirement liabilities	57,666	57,994
Other	244,534	248,251
TOTAL	3,998,371	3,848,891
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accumulated deferred income taxes and taxes accrued	9,190,368	9,133,161
Accumulated deferred investment tax credits	249,345	247,521
Obligations under capital leases	28,382	29,710
Other regulatory liabilities	1,338,598	1,383,609
Decommissioning and asset retirement cost liabilities	4,486,356	4,458,296
Accumulated provisions	411,157	418,128
Pension and other postretirement liabilities	3,521,728	3,638,295
Long-term debt	12,092,042	12,500,109
Other	486,348	557,649
TOTAL	31,804,324	32,366,478
Subsidiaries' preferred stock without sinking fund	210,760	210,760
Common Shareholders' Equity:
Common stock	2,548	2,548
Paid-in capital	5,362,333	5,375,353
Retained earnings	10,318,290	10,169,657
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(46,816)	(42,307)
Less - treasury stock, at cost	5,478,159	5,497,526
Total common shareholders' equity	10,158,196	10,007,725
Subsidiaries' preferred stock without sinking fund	94,000	94,000
TOTAL	10,252,196	10,101,725
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	46,265,651	46,527,854
Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents:
Cash	8,673	10,526
Temporary cash investments	90,554	207,979
Total cash and cash equivalents	99,227	218,505
Securitization recovery trust account	4,195	4,096
Accounts receivable:
Customer	112,813	97,314
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(32,117)	(32,247)
Associated companies	43,691	32,187
Other	106,409	110,269
Accrued unbilled revenues	96,842	80,704
Total accounts receivable	327,638	288,227
Deferred fuel costs	86,587	143,279
Accumulated deferred income taxes	19,264	21,533
Fuel inventory - at average cost	37,168	50,898
Materials and supplies - at average cost	169,273	162,792
Deferred nuclear refueling outage costs	43,418	29,690
Prepaid taxes	5,427	0
Prepayments and other	21,125	9,588
TOTAL	813,322	928,608
OTHER PROPERTY AND INVESTMENTS
Decommissioning trust funds	776,718	769,883
Other	12,843	14,170
TOTAL	789,561	784,053
PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT
Electric	9,321,647	9,139,181
Property under capital lease	905	961
Construction work in progress	296,874	284,322
Nuclear fuel	249,520	293,695
TOTAL PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT	9,868,946	9,718,159
Less - accumulated depreciation and amortization	4,276,354	4,191,959
PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT - NET	5,592,592	5,526,200
Regulatory assets:
Regulatory asset for income taxes - net	62,780	64,214
Other regulatory assets	1,378,537	1,391,276
Deferred fuel costs	66,569	65,900
Other	51,546	47,674
TOTAL	1,559,432	1,569,064
TOTAL ASSETS	8,754,907	8,807,925
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Short-term borrowings	0	47,968
Associated companies accounts payable	51,279	56,078
Other	148,781	174,998
Customer deposits	116,565	115,647
Taxes accrued	0	24,240
Accumulated deferred income taxes	9,557	15,009
Interest accrued	19,707	20,250
Other	46,915	27,872
TOTAL	392,804	482,062
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accumulated deferred income taxes and taxes accrued	2,034,719	1,997,983
Accumulated deferred investment tax credits	37,107	37,708
Other regulatory liabilities	254,430	254,036
Decommissioning and asset retirement cost liabilities	846,727	818,351
Accumulated provisions	5,556	5,689
Pension and other postretirement liabilities	530,711	571,870
Long-term debt	2,664,952	2,671,343
Other	11,361	28,296
TOTAL	6,385,563	6,385,276
Subsidiaries' preferred stock without sinking fund	116,350	116,350
Common Shareholders' Equity:
Common stock	470	470
Paid-in capital	588,471	588,471
Retained earnings	1,271,249	1,235,296
TOTAL	1,860,190	1,824,237
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	8,754,907	8,807,925
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents:
Cash	7,289	53,394
Temporary cash investments	77,297	109,569
Total cash and cash equivalents	84,586	162,963
Accounts receivable:
Customer	74,073	67,006
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(1,575)	(625)
Associated companies	101,147	86,966
Other	29,930	18,379
Accrued unbilled revenues	65,710	54,079
Total accounts receivable	269,285	225,805
Fuel inventory - at average cost	24,162	16,207
Materials and supplies - at average cost	119,814	121,237
Deferred nuclear refueling outage costs	35,787	7,416
Prepaid taxes	0	24,058
Prepayments and other	61,654	21,064
TOTAL	595,288	578,750
OTHER PROPERTY AND INVESTMENTS
Investment in affiliates - at equity	355,906	355,906
Decommissioning trust funds	644,587	637,744
Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation)	199,047	193,407
Escrow accounts	90,103	90,061
Other	15,640	14,887
TOTAL	1,305,283	1,292,005
PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT
Electric	7,719,556	7,600,730
Natural gas	152,514	148,586
Construction work in progress	135,769	127,436
Nuclear fuel	210,467	131,901
TOTAL PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT	8,218,306	8,008,653
Less - accumulated depreciation and amortization	4,229,138	4,176,242
PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT - NET	3,989,168	3,832,411
Regulatory assets:
Regulatory asset for income taxes - net	160,117	161,714
Other regulatory assets	408,831	426,381
Deferred fuel costs	100,124	100,124
Other	13,283	12,438
TOTAL	682,355	700,657
TOTAL ASSETS	6,572,094	6,403,823
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Currently maturing long-term debt	64,855	31,955
Associated companies accounts payable	106,343	102,933
Other	129,962	108,874
Customer deposits	57,940	56,749
Taxes accrued	21,204	0
Accumulated deferred income taxes	33,668	21,095
Interest accrued	26,026	27,075
Deferred fuel costs	8,160	10,580
Other	51,901	44,517
TOTAL	500,059	403,778
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accumulated deferred income taxes and taxes accrued	1,602,502	1,601,032
Accumulated deferred investment tax credits	70,861	72,277
Other regulatory liabilities	175,355	176,305
Decommissioning and asset retirement cost liabilities	459,795	446,619
Accumulated provisions	105,359	106,985
Pension and other postretirement liabilities	392,967	401,144
Long-term debt	1,590,986	1,590,862
Long-term payables of associated companies	25,351	26,156
Other	130,055	148,102
TOTAL	4,553,231	4,569,482
Common Shareholders' Equity:
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(52,487)	(53,347)
Subsidiaries' preferred stock without sinking fund	10,000	10,000
Members' Equity	1,561,291	1,473,910
TOTAL	1,518,804	1,430,563
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	6,572,094	6,403,823
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents:
Cash	199	431
Temporary cash investments	215,347	157,122
Total cash and cash equivalents	215,546	157,553
Accounts receivable:
Customer	135,708	124,125
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(2,974)	(984)
Associated companies	66,615	48,474
Other	15,313	9,150
Accrued unbilled revenues	110,282	88,673
Total accounts receivable	324,944	269,438
Accumulated deferred income taxes	13,195	74,558
Fuel inventory - at average cost	25,886	30,951
Materials and supplies - at average cost	165,283	154,295
Deferred nuclear refueling outage costs	9,970	23,067
Prepaid taxes	20,471	0
Prepayments and other	43,424	24,962
TOTAL	818,719	734,824
OTHER PROPERTY AND INVESTMENTS
Investment in affiliates - at equity	1,034,695	1,034,696
Decommissioning trust funds	390,198	383,615
Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation)	124	214
Escrow accounts	200,143	200,053
TOTAL	1,625,160	1,618,578
PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT
Electric	9,803,741	9,627,495
Property under capital lease	334,716	334,716
Construction work in progress	203,251	241,923
Nuclear fuel	130,756	162,721
TOTAL PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT	10,472,464	10,366,855
Less - accumulated depreciation and amortization	4,034,705	3,942,916
PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT - NET	6,437,759	6,423,939
Regulatory assets:
Regulatory asset for income taxes - net	323,552	324,555
Other regulatory assets	888,957	914,229
Deferred fuel costs	67,998	67,998
Other	45,594	45,182
TOTAL	1,326,101	1,351,964
TOTAL ASSETS	10,207,739	10,129,305
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Currently maturing long-term debt	28,431	19,525
Short-term borrowings	7,367	46,033
Associated companies accounts payable	66,105	74,692
Other	160,000	164,329
Customer deposits	94,003	93,010
Taxes accrued	0	860
Accumulated deferred income taxes	9,672	0
Interest accrued	47,406	44,372
Deferred fuel costs	20,033	50,432
Other	54,296	48,250
TOTAL	487,313	541,503
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accumulated deferred income taxes and taxes accrued	1,452,258	1,406,507
Accumulated deferred investment tax credits	63,560	64,771
Other regulatory liabilities	533,258	546,084
Decommissioning and asset retirement cost liabilities	516,532	503,734
Accumulated provisions	208,704	212,243
Pension and other postretirement liabilities	514,019	530,844
Long-term debt	3,302,958	3,337,054
Other	68,974	70,141
TOTAL	6,660,263	6,671,378
Common Shareholders' Equity:
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(25,944)	(25,876)
Subsidiaries' preferred stock without sinking fund	100,000	100,000
Members' Equity	2,986,107	2,842,300
TOTAL	3,060,163	2,916,424
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	10,207,739	10,129,305
Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents:
Cash	1,068	1,223
Temporary cash investments	113,339	60,410
Total cash and cash equivalents	114,407	61,633
Accounts receivable:
Customer	74,802	78,593
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(873)	(873)
Associated companies	15,602	21,233
Other	10,493	42,009
Accrued unbilled revenues	64,253	43,374
Total accounts receivable	164,277	184,336
Accumulated deferred income taxes	0	5,198
Fuel inventory - at average cost	50,054	42,736
Materials and supplies - at average cost	38,520	37,741
Prepayments and other	15,968	7,315
TOTAL	383,226	338,959
OTHER PROPERTY AND INVESTMENTS
Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation)	4,633	4,642
Escrow accounts	41,758	41,752
TOTAL	46,391	46,394
PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT
Electric	4,007,510	3,999,918
Property under capital lease	3,576	4,185
Construction work in progress	55,214	67,514
TOTAL PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT	4,066,300	4,071,617
Less - accumulated depreciation and amortization	1,490,636	1,516,540
PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT - NET	2,575,664	2,555,077
Regulatory assets:
Regulatory asset for income taxes - net	43,221	49,306
Other regulatory assets	348,033	364,747
Other	20,720	19,121
TOTAL	411,974	433,174
TOTAL ASSETS	3,417,255	3,373,604
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Currently maturing long-term debt	125,000	0
Associated companies accounts payable	43,147	49,832
Other	51,148	63,300
Customer deposits	80,049	77,753
Taxes accrued	84,119	53,565
Accumulated deferred income taxes	1,884	0
Interest accrued	19,868	23,172
Deferred fuel costs	60,589	2,194
Other	23,691	17,533
TOTAL	489,495	287,349
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accumulated deferred income taxes and taxes accrued	758,601	800,374
Accumulated deferred investment tax credits	10,830	6,370
Decommissioning and asset retirement cost liabilities	8,027	6,786
Accumulated provisions	49,939	50,142
Pension and other postretirement liabilities	126,187	135,156
Long-term debt	933,900	1,058,838
Other	10,425	16,038
TOTAL	1,897,909	2,073,704
Subsidiaries' preferred stock without sinking fund	50,381	50,381
Common Shareholders' Equity:
Common stock	199,326	199,326
Paid-in capital	(690)	(690)
Retained earnings	780,834	763,534
TOTAL	979,470	962,170
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	3,417,255	3,373,604
Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents:
Cash	851	1,006
Temporary cash investments	28,504	41,383
Total cash and cash equivalents	29,355	42,389
Accounts receivable:
Customer	37,963	35,663
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(361)	(262)
Associated companies	10,049	11,693
Other	2,161	3,223
Accrued unbilled revenues	18,538	16,465
Total accounts receivable	68,350	66,782
Accumulated deferred income taxes	10,035	8,562
Fuel inventory - at average cost	1,078	3,016
Materials and supplies - at average cost	13,398	12,650
Prepayments and other	16,898	6,887
TOTAL	139,114	140,286
OTHER PROPERTY AND INVESTMENTS
Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation)	1,016	1,016
Escrow accounts	21,588	18,038
TOTAL	22,604	19,054
PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT
Electric	933,568	936,862
Natural gas	232,234	228,979
Construction work in progress	19,583	18,866
TOTAL PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT	1,185,385	1,184,707
Less - accumulated depreciation and amortization	609,664	594,945
PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT - NET	575,721	589,762
Regulatory assets:
Other regulatory assets	195,866	175,596
Deferred fuel costs	4,080	4,080
Other	5,767	5,345
TOTAL	205,713	185,021
TOTAL ASSETS	943,152	934,123
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Associated companies accounts payable	33,145	33,170
Other	24,062	22,435
Customer deposits	25,187	24,681
Interest accrued	3,187	3,538
Deferred fuel costs	18,994	28,397
Other	11,068	6,830
TOTAL	115,643	119,051
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accumulated deferred income taxes and taxes accrued	214,589	199,241
Accumulated deferred investment tax credits	791	864
Regulatory liability for income taxes - net	16,283	20,640
Decommissioning and asset retirement cost liabilities	2,597	2,511
Accumulated provisions	25,689	25,877
Pension and other postretirement liabilities	56,003	62,440
Long-term debt	225,877	225,866
Gas system rebuild insurance proceeds	17,857	23,218
Other	6,194	6,610
TOTAL	565,880	567,267
Subsidiaries' preferred stock without sinking fund	19,780	19,780
Common Shareholders' Equity:
Common stock	33,744	33,744
Paid-in capital	36,294	36,294
Retained earnings	171,811	157,987
TOTAL	241,849	228,025
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	943,152	934,123
Entergy Texas [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents:
Cash	1,592	1,733
Temporary cash investments	33,109	28,708
Total cash and cash equivalents	34,701	30,441
Securitization recovery trust account	30,525	37,219
Accounts receivable:
Customer	66,904	70,993
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(499)	(672)
Associated companies	55,614	57,004
Other	11,541	10,985
Accrued unbilled revenues	44,594	38,363
Total accounts receivable	178,154	176,673
Deferred fuel costs	11,609	11,861
Accumulated deferred income taxes	5,120	669
Fuel inventory - at average cost	54,189	49,902
Materials and supplies - at average cost	36,198	33,892
Prepayments and other	28,384	29,211
TOTAL	378,880	369,868
OTHER PROPERTY AND INVESTMENTS
Investment in affiliates - at equity	640	655
Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation)	376	376
Other	19,911	19,085
TOTAL	20,927	20,116
PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT
Electric	3,860,855	3,761,847
Construction work in progress	130,737	125,425
TOTAL PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT	3,991,592	3,887,272
Less - accumulated depreciation and amortization	1,488,433	1,454,701
PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT - NET	2,503,159	2,432,571
Regulatory assets:
Regulatory asset for income taxes - net	115,551	123,407
Other regulatory assets	876,701	922,087
Long-term receivables - associated companies	25,351	26,156
Other	16,429	13,880
TOTAL	1,034,032	1,085,530
TOTAL ASSETS	3,936,998	3,908,085
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Currently maturing long-term debt	0	200,000
Associated companies accounts payable	94,429	91,481
Other	81,907	87,910
Customer deposits	43,552	44,308
Taxes accrued	71,295	1,849
Interest accrued	30,204	29,757
Other	15,724	18,238
TOTAL	337,111	473,543
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accumulated deferred income taxes and taxes accrued	978,847	1,046,618
Accumulated deferred investment tax credits	14,285	14,735
Other regulatory liabilities	5,386	5,125
Decommissioning and asset retirement cost liabilities	5,385	4,610
Accumulated provisions	11,125	12,218
Pension and other postretirement liabilities	101,109	111,011
Long-term debt	1,493,432	1,278,931
Other	67,006	69,463
TOTAL	2,676,575	2,542,711
Common Shareholders' Equity:
Common stock	49,452	49,452
Paid-in capital	481,994	481,994
Retained earnings	391,866	360,385
TOTAL	923,312	891,831
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	3,936,998	3,908,085
System Energy [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents:
Cash	901	789
Temporary cash investments	110,146	222,390
Total cash and cash equivalents	111,047	223,179
Accounts receivable:
Associated companies	63,669	60,907
Other	5,816	5,717
Total accounts receivable	69,485	66,624
Materials and supplies - at average cost	83,740	80,049
Deferred nuclear refueling outage costs	15,184	26,580
Prepayments and other	6,868	2,312
TOTAL	286,324	398,744
OTHER PROPERTY AND INVESTMENTS
Decommissioning trust funds	697,298	679,840
TOTAL	697,298	679,840
PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT
Electric	4,248,414	4,244,902
Property under capital lease	573,784	573,784
Construction work in progress	72,765	50,382
Nuclear fuel	216,032	251,376
TOTAL PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT	5,110,995	5,120,444
Less - accumulated depreciation and amortization	2,890,358	2,819,688
PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT - NET	2,220,637	2,300,756
Regulatory assets:
Regulatory asset for income taxes - net	102,641	105,882
Other regulatory assets	338,861	335,613
Other	7,861	9,251
TOTAL	449,363	450,746
TOTAL ASSETS	3,653,622	3,830,086
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Currently maturing long-term debt	4,906	76,310
Short-term borrowings	37,506	20,404
Associated companies accounts payable	6,530	6,252
Other	35,419	33,096
Taxes accrued	13,912	23,267
Accumulated deferred income taxes	9,750	14,175
Interest accrued	16,125	33,196
Other	2,366	2,365
TOTAL	126,514	209,065
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accumulated deferred income taxes and taxes accrued	814,594	808,171
Accumulated deferred investment tax credits	50,493	49,313
Other regulatory liabilities	362,440	371,110
Decommissioning and asset retirement cost liabilities	781,518	757,918
Pension and other postretirement liabilities	122,532	129,152
Long-term debt	599,627	634,496
Other	0	350
TOTAL	2,731,204	2,750,510
Common Shareholders' Equity:
Common stock	789,350	789,350
Retained earnings	6,554	81,161
TOTAL	795,904	870,511
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	$ 3,653,622	$ 3,830,086