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Amount of decommissioning financial assurance held for license termination activities in excess of NRC required assurance levels

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Increase in decommissioning liability.

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Present Value Of The Difference Between The Stipulated Contract Amount For Decommissioning The Plants Less The Decommissioning Cost

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Present Value Of The Difference Between The Stipulated Contract Amount For Decommissioning The Plants Less The Decommissioning Cost After Impairment

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Reduction in decommissioning liability.

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Decommission fund to pay for the costs of decontaminating and decommissioning of facilities through collection of revenues derived from utility assessments and government appropriations. Decommission fund investment for the process whereby a power station, at the end of its economic life, is taken permanently out of service and its site made available for other purposes. In the case of a nuclear station this comprises three different states of clearance. Immediately after the final closure, radioactive material such as nuclear fuel and operational waste is removed and the buildings surrounding the reactor shield are dismantled and finally the reactor itself is dismantled.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Provision for the disposal costs of spent nuclear fuel from generating stations.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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-Topic 450
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Asset Retirement Obligations (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013
Decommissioning Fund Investments		$ 5,349,953		$ 5,370,932
Present Value Of The Difference Between The Stipulated Contract Amount For Decommissioning The Plants Less The Decommissioning Cost		420,800
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Decommissioning Fund Investments		1,042,293		1,021,359
System Energy [Member]
Decommissioning Fund Investments		701,460		679,840
Entergy Wholesale Commodities [Member]
Reduction in decommissioning liability			$ 77,600
Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Decommissioning Fund Investments		771,313		769,883
Vermont Yankee [Member] \| Entergy Wholesale Commodities [Member]
Increase in decommissioning liability		27,200			$ 101,600		$ 58,000
Spent Nuclear Fuel Obligation, Noncurrent			$ 225,000
Grand Gulf [Member] \| System Energy [Member]
Reduction in decommissioning liability		2,500
Increase in decommissioning liability				99,900
Waterford 3 [Member] \| Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Increase in decommissioning liability		24,900
ANO 1 and 2 [Member] \| Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Increase in decommissioning liability						$ 47,600
River Bend [Member] \| Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Increase in decommissioning liability				$ 20,000
Pilgrim [Member] \| Entergy Wholesale Commodities [Member]
Increase in decommissioning liability	$ 134,000
Decommissioning Fund Investments		896,000
Excess financial assurance for license termination activities		270,000
FitzPatrick [Member] \| Entergy Wholesale Commodities [Member]
Present Value Of The Difference Between The Stipulated Contract Amount For Decommissioning The Plants Less The Decommissioning Cost	335,000
Present Value Of The Difference Between The Stipulated Contract Amount For Decommissioning The Plants Less The Decommissioning Cost After Impairment	131,000
Change in Contract Amount For Decommissioning The Plants Less The Decommissioning Cost	$ 204,000
Palisades [Member] \| Entergy Wholesale Commodities [Member]
Increase in decommissioning liability		$ 42,400