Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Cash and cash equivalents:
Cash	$ 63,497	$ 131,327
Temporary cash investments	1,287,464	1,290,699
Total cash and cash equivalents	1,350,961	1,422,026	$ 739,126
Accounts receivable:
Customer	608,491	596,917
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(39,895)	(35,663)
Other	178,364	220,342
Accrued unbilled revenues	321,940	321,659
Total accounts receivable	1,068,900	1,103,255
Deferred fuel costs	0	155,140
Accumulated deferred income taxes	0	27,783
Fuel inventory - at average cost	217,810	205,434
Materials and supplies - at average cost	873,357	918,584
Deferred nuclear refueling outage costs	211,512	214,188
Prepayments and other	344,872	343,223
TOTAL	4,067,412	4,389,633
OTHER PROPERTY AND INVESTMENTS
Investment in affiliates - at equity	4,341	36,234	40,350
Decommissioning trust funds	5,349,953	5,370,932
Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation)	219,999	213,791
Other	468,704	405,169
TOTAL	6,042,997	6,026,126
PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT
Electric	44,467,159	44,881,419
Property under capital lease	952,465	945,784
Natural gas	392,032	377,565
Construction work in progress	1,456,735	1,425,981
Nuclear fuel	1,345,422	1,542,055
TOTAL PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT	48,613,813	49,172,804
Less - accumulated depreciation and amortization	20,789,452	20,449,858
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT - NET	27,824,361	28,722,946
Regulatory assets:
Regulatory asset for income taxes - net	775,528	836,064
Other regulatory assets	4,704,796	4,968,553
Deferred fuel costs	238,902	238,102
Goodwill	377,172	377,172
Accumulated deferred income taxes	54,903	48,351
Other	561,610	807,508
TOTAL	6,712,911	7,275,750
TOTAL ASSETS	44,647,681	46,414,455
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Currently maturing long-term debt	214,374	899,375
Notes payable	494,348	598,407
Accounts payable	1,071,798	1,166,431
Customer deposits	419,407	412,166
Taxes accrued	210,077	128,108
Accumulated deferred income taxes	0	38,039
Interest accrued	194,565	206,010
Deferred fuel costs	235,986	91,602
Obligations under capital leases	2,709	2,508
Pension and other postretirement liabilities	62,513	57,994
Other	184,181	248,251
TOTAL	3,089,958	3,848,891
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accumulated deferred income taxes and taxes accrued	8,306,865	9,133,161
Accumulated deferred investment tax credits	234,300	247,521
Obligations under capital leases	27,001	29,710
Other regulatory liabilities	1,414,898	1,383,609
Decommissioning trust fund	4,790,187	4,458,296
Accumulated provisions	460,727	418,128
Pension and other postretirement liabilities	3,187,357	3,638,295
Long-term debt	13,111,556	12,386,710
Other	449,856	557,649
TOTAL	$ 31,982,747	$ 32,253,079
Commitments and Contingencies
Subsidiaries’ preferred stock without sinking fund	$ 318,185	$ 210,760
Common Shareholders’ Equity:
Common stock	2,548	2,548
Paid-in capital	5,403,758	5,375,353
Retained earnings	9,393,913	10,169,657
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	8,951	(42,307)	(29,324)
Less - treasury stock, at cost (76,681,936 shares in 2013 and 76,945,239 shares in 2012)	5,552,379	5,497,526
Total common shareholders’ equity	9,256,791	10,007,725
Subsidiaries’ preferred stock without sinking fund	0	94,000
TOTAL	9,256,791	10,101,725	9,726,466
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	44,647,681	46,414,455
Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents:
Cash	9,066	10,526
Temporary cash investments	69	207,979
Total cash and cash equivalents	9,135	218,505	127,022
Securitization recovery trust account	4,204	4,096
Accounts receivable:
Customer	108,636	97,314
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(34,226)	(32,247)
Associated companies	32,987	32,187
Other	84,216	110,269
Accrued unbilled revenues	73,583	80,704
Total accounts receivable	265,196	288,227
Deferred fuel costs	0	143,279
Accumulated deferred income taxes	0	21,533
Fuel inventory - at average cost	62,689	50,898
Materials and supplies - at average cost	169,919	162,792
Deferred nuclear refueling outage costs	67,834	29,690
Prepaid taxes	30,291	0
Prepayments and other	15,145	9,588
TOTAL	624,413	928,608
OTHER PROPERTY AND INVESTMENTS
Decommissioning trust funds	771,313	769,883
Other	12,895	14,170
TOTAL	784,208	784,053
PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT
Electric	9,536,802	9,139,181
Property under capital lease	844	961
Construction work in progress	388,075	284,322
Nuclear fuel	286,341	293,695
TOTAL PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT	10,212,062	9,718,159
Less - accumulated depreciation and amortization	4,349,809	4,191,959
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT - NET	5,862,253	5,526,200
Regulatory assets:
Regulatory asset for income taxes - net	61,438	64,214
Other regulatory assets	1,333,773	1,391,276
Deferred fuel costs	66,700	65,900
Other	14,989	17,404
TOTAL	1,476,900	1,538,794
Deferred fuel cost noncurrent	66,700	65,900
TOTAL ASSETS	8,747,774	8,777,655
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Currently maturing long-term debt	55,000	0
Short-term borrowings	11,690	47,968
Associated companies accounts payable	110,464	56,078
Other	177,758	174,998
Customer deposits	118,340	115,647
Taxes accrued	0	24,240
Accumulated deferred income taxes	0	15,009
Interest accrued	19,883	20,250
Deferred fuel costs	8,853	0
Other	45,219	27,872
TOTAL	547,207	482,062
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accumulated deferred income taxes and taxes accrued	1,982,812	1,997,983
Accumulated deferred investment tax credits	36,506	37,708
Other regulatory liabilities	242,913	254,036
Decommissioning trust fund	872,346	818,351
Accumulated provisions	5,552	5,689
Pension and other postretirement liabilities	459,153	571,870
Long-term debt	2,574,839	2,641,073
Other	18,438	28,296
TOTAL	$ 6,192,559	$ 6,355,006
Commitments and Contingencies
Subsidiaries’ preferred stock without sinking fund	$ 116,350	$ 116,350
Common Shareholders’ Equity:
Common stock	470	470
Paid-in capital	588,493	588,471
Retained earnings	1,302,695	1,235,296
TOTAL	1,891,658	1,824,237	1,719,718
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	8,747,774	8,777,655
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents:
Cash	348	53,825
Temporary cash investments	34,754	266,691
Total cash and cash equivalents	35,102	320,516	139,588
Accounts receivable:
Customer	179,051	191,131
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(4,209)	(1,609)
Associated companies	94,418	93,195
Other	56,793	27,529
Accrued unbilled revenues	143,079	142,752
Total accounts receivable	469,132	452,998
Accumulated deferred income taxes	0	53,463
Fuel inventory - at average cost	48,045	47,158
Materials and supplies - at average cost	282,688	275,532
Deferred nuclear refueling outage costs	66,984	30,483
Prepaid taxes	0	23,198
Prepayments and other	28,294	46,026
TOTAL	930,245	1,249,374
OTHER PROPERTY AND INVESTMENTS
Investment in affiliates - at equity	1,390,587	1,390,602
Decommissioning trust funds	1,042,293	1,021,359
Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation)	206,293	193,621
Storm reserve escrow account	290,422	290,114
Other	14,776	14,887
TOTAL	2,944,371	2,910,583
PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT
Electric	17,629,077	17,228,225
Property under capital lease	341,514	334,716
Natural gas	159,252	148,586
Construction work in progress	420,874	369,359
Nuclear fuel	386,524	294,622
TOTAL PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT	18,937,241	18,375,508
Less - accumulated depreciation and amortization	8,302,774	8,119,158
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT - NET	10,634,467	10,256,350
Regulatory assets:
Regulatory asset for income taxes - net	478,243	486,269
Other regulatory assets	1,217,874	1,340,610
Deferred fuel costs	168,122	168,122
Other	14,125	12,517
TOTAL	1,878,364	2,007,518
Deferred fuel cost noncurrent	168,100	168,100
TOTAL ASSETS	16,387,447	16,423,825
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Currently maturing long-term debt	29,372	51,480
Short-term borrowings	60,356	46,033
Associated companies accounts payable	165,419	135,380
Other	276,280	273,203
Customer deposits	146,555	149,759
Taxes accrued	125,142	0
Interest accrued	74,380	71,447
Deferred fuel costs	65,234	61,012
Other	79,982	92,768
TOTAL	1,022,720	881,082
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accumulated deferred income taxes and taxes accrued	2,506,956	3,007,539
Accumulated deferred investment tax credits	131,760	137,048
Regulatory liability for income taxes - net	2,473	0
Other regulatory liabilities	818,623	722,389
Decommissioning trust fund	1,027,862	950,353
Accumulated provisions	310,282	319,228
Pension and other postretirement liabilities	833,185	931,988
Long-term debt	4,806,790	4,882,813
Long-term payables of associated companies	1,073	26,156
Other	188,411	218,242
TOTAL	$ 10,627,415	$ 11,195,756
Commitments and Contingencies
Common Shareholders’ Equity:
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	$ (56,412)	$ (79,223)
Subsidiaries’ preferred stock without sinking fund	0	110,000
Members' Equity	4,793,724	4,316,210
TOTAL	4,737,312	4,346,987	4,436,629
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	16,387,447	16,423,825
Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents:
Cash	1,426	1,223
Temporary cash investments	144,179	60,410
Total cash and cash equivalents	145,605	61,633	$ 31
Accounts receivable:
Customer	56,685	78,593
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(718)	(873)
Associated companies	34,964	21,233
Other	8,276	42,009
Accrued unbilled revenues	47,284	43,374
Total accounts receivable	146,491	184,336
Accumulated deferred income taxes	0	5,198
Fuel inventory - at average cost	51,273	42,736
Materials and supplies - at average cost	39,491	37,741
Prepayments and other	5,184	7,315
TOTAL	388,044	338,959
OTHER PROPERTY AND INVESTMENTS
Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation)	4,625	4,642
Escrow accounts	41,726	41,752
TOTAL	46,351	46,394
PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT
Electric	4,083,933	3,999,918
Property under capital lease	2,942	4,185
Construction work in progress	114,067	67,514
TOTAL PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT	4,200,942	4,071,617
Less - accumulated depreciation and amortization	1,534,522	1,516,540
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT - NET	2,666,420	2,555,077
Regulatory assets:
Regulatory asset for income taxes - net	45,790	49,306
Other regulatory assets	328,681	364,747
Other	2,121	4,142
TOTAL	376,592	418,195
TOTAL ASSETS	3,477,407	3,358,625
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Currently maturing long-term debt	125,000	0
Associated companies accounts payable	38,496	49,832
Other	51,502	63,300
Customer deposits	81,583	77,753
Taxes accrued	43,461	53,565
Interest accrued	20,831	23,172
Deferred fuel costs	107,754	2,194
Other	22,754	17,533
TOTAL	491,381	287,349
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accumulated deferred income taxes and taxes accrued	810,635	800,374
Accumulated deferred investment tax credits	4,645	6,370
Decommissioning trust fund	8,252	6,786
Accumulated provisions	48,062	50,142
Pension and other postretirement liabilities	120,217	135,156
Long-term debt	920,085	1,043,859
Other	11,699	16,038
TOTAL	$ 1,923,595	2,058,725
Commitments and Contingencies
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	813,414	763,534
TOTAL	1,012,050	962,170	$ 951,577
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	3,477,407	3,358,625
Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents:
Cash	1,068	1,006
Temporary cash investments	87,808	41,383
Total cash and cash equivalents	88,876	42,389	33,489
Securitization recovery trust account	4,620	0
Accounts receivable:
Customer	34,627	38,500
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(268)	(262)
Associated companies	23,248	11,693
Other	3,753	3,223
Accrued unbilled revenues	17,799	18,531
Total accounts receivable	79,159	71,685
Accumulated deferred income taxes	0	8,562
Fuel inventory - at average cost	1,912	3,016
Materials and supplies - at average cost	13,244	12,650
Prepayments and other	10,263	7,092
TOTAL	198,074	145,394
OTHER PROPERTY AND INVESTMENTS
Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation)	1,016	1,016
Storm reserve escrow account	81,002	18,038
TOTAL	82,018	19,054
PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT
Electric	1,051,239	1,028,251
Natural gas	232,780	228,979
Construction work in progress	29,027	18,866
TOTAL PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT	1,313,046	1,276,096
Less - accumulated depreciation and amortization	648,081	625,222
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT - NET	664,965	650,874
Regulatory assets:
Other regulatory assets	265,322	194,851
Deferred fuel costs	4,080	4,080
Other	685	663
TOTAL	270,087	199,594
Deferred fuel cost noncurrent	4,100	4,100
TOTAL ASSETS	1,215,144	1,014,916
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Current payable due Entergy Louisiana	4,973	0
Associated companies accounts payable	37,467	33,170
Other	21,471	22,435
Customer deposits	28,392	26,848
Interest accrued	4,909	3,639
Deferred fuel costs	29,021	29,203
Other	6,216	6,994
TOTAL	132,449	122,289
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accumulated deferred income taxes and taxes accrued	214,061	199,241
Accumulated deferred investment tax credits	753	904
Regulatory liability for income taxes - net	13,199	19,275
Decommissioning trust fund	2,687	2,511
Accumulated provisions	84,187	25,877
Pension and other postretirement liabilities	43,609	62,440
Long-term debt	317,380	221,184
Gas system rebuild insurance proceeds	12,788	23,218
Non-Current Payable due Entergy Louisiana	20,527	82,316
Other	3,692	7,856
TOTAL	$ 712,883	$ 644,822
Commitments and Contingencies
Subsidiaries’ preferred stock without sinking fund	$ 19,780	$ 19,780
Common Shareholders’ Equity:
Common stock	33,744	33,744
Paid-in capital	123,794	36,294
Retained earnings	192,494	157,987
TOTAL	350,032	228,025	206,283
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	1,215,144	1,014,916
Entergy Texas [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents:
Cash	2,153	1,733
Temporary cash investments	29	28,708
Total cash and cash equivalents	2,182	30,441	46,488
Securitization recovery trust account	38,161	37,219
Accounts receivable:
Customer	61,870	70,993
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(474)	(672)
Associated companies	42,279	57,004
Other	11,054	10,985
Accrued unbilled revenues	40,195	38,363
Total accounts receivable	154,924	176,673
Deferred fuel costs	0	11,861
Accumulated deferred income taxes	0	669
Fuel inventory - at average cost	46,942	49,902
Materials and supplies - at average cost	34,994	33,892
Prepayments and other	17,975	29,211
TOTAL	295,178	369,868
OTHER PROPERTY AND INVESTMENTS
Investment in affiliates - at equity	620	655
Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation)	376	376
Other	20,186	19,085
TOTAL	21,182	20,116
PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT
Electric	3,923,100	3,761,847
Construction work in progress	210,964	125,425
TOTAL PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT	4,134,064	3,887,272
Less - accumulated depreciation and amortization	1,477,529	1,454,701
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT - NET	2,656,535	2,432,571
Regulatory assets:
Regulatory asset for income taxes - net	107,499	123,407
Other regulatory assets	812,862	922,087
Long-term receivables - associated companies	1,073	26,156
Other	4,253	3,784
TOTAL	925,687	1,075,434
TOTAL ASSETS	3,898,582	3,897,989
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Currently maturing long-term debt	0	200,000
Associated companies accounts payable	106,065	91,481
Other	87,421	87,910
Customer deposits	44,537	44,308
Taxes accrued	5,333	1,849
Interest accrued	29,206	29,757
Deferred fuel costs	25,124	0
Other	10,363	18,238
TOTAL	308,049	473,543
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accumulated deferred income taxes and taxes accrued	1,006,834	1,046,618
Accumulated deferred investment tax credits	13,835	14,735
Other regulatory liabilities	6,396	5,125
Decommissioning trust fund	6,124	4,610
Accumulated provisions	9,319	12,218
Pension and other postretirement liabilities	77,517	111,011
Long-term debt	1,451,967	1,268,835
Other	57,085	69,463
TOTAL	$ 2,629,077	$ 2,532,615
Commitments and Contingencies
Common Shareholders’ Equity:
Common stock	$ 49,452	$ 49,452
Paid-in capital	481,994	481,994
Retained earnings	430,010	360,385
TOTAL	961,456	891,831	887,027
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	3,898,582	3,897,989
System Energy [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents:
Cash	8,681	789
Temporary cash investments	221,980	222,390
Total cash and cash equivalents	230,661	223,179	127,142
Accounts receivable:
Associated companies	93,724	60,907
Other	4,574	5,717
Total accounts receivable	98,298	66,624
Materials and supplies - at average cost	87,366	80,049
Deferred nuclear refueling outage costs	5,605	26,580
Prepayments and other	11,282	2,312
TOTAL	433,212	398,744
OTHER PROPERTY AND INVESTMENTS
Decommissioning trust funds	701,460	679,840
TOTAL	701,460	679,840
PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT
Electric	4,253,949	4,244,902
Property under capital lease	575,027	573,784
Construction work in progress	92,546	50,382
Nuclear fuel	183,706	251,376
TOTAL PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT	5,105,228	5,120,444
Less - accumulated depreciation and amortization	2,961,842	2,819,688
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT - NET	2,143,386	2,300,756
Regulatory assets:
Regulatory asset for income taxes - net	98,230	105,882
Other regulatory assets	347,830	335,613
Other	4,757	5,358
TOTAL	450,817	446,853
TOTAL ASSETS	3,728,875	3,826,193
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Currently maturing long-term debt	2	76,310
Short-term borrowings	0	20,404
Associated companies accounts payable	7,391	6,252
Other	34,010	33,096
Taxes accrued	0	23,267
Accumulated deferred income taxes	0	14,175
Interest accrued	14,183	33,196
Other	1,926	2,365
TOTAL	57,512	209,065
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accumulated deferred income taxes and taxes accrued	1,019,075	808,171
Accumulated deferred investment tax credits	45,451	49,313
Other regulatory liabilities	337,424	371,110
Decommissioning trust fund	803,405	757,918
Pension and other postretirement liabilities	112,264	129,152
Long-term debt	572,665	630,603
Other	0	350
TOTAL	$ 2,890,284	$ 2,746,617
Commitments and Contingencies
Common Shareholders’ Equity:
Common stock	$ 719,350	$ 789,350
Retained earnings	61,729	81,161
TOTAL	781,079	870,511	$ 876,107
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	$ 3,728,875	$ 3,826,193

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