Revenue Recognition Revenue Recognition (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Disaggregation of Revenue [Table Text Block]

Entergy’s total revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 were as follows:

	2020	2019
	(In Thousands)
Utility:
Residential	$790,869	$770,373
Commercial	526,121	595,025
Industrial	576,203	641,733
Governmental	46,959	57,623
Total billed retail	1,940,152	2,064,754
Sales for resale (a)	52,761	75,318
Other electric revenues (b)	168,721	195,952
Revenues from contracts with customers	2,161,634	2,336,024
Other revenues (c)	28,923	9,703
Total electric revenues	2,190,557	2,345,727
Natural gas	22,495	30,699
Entergy Wholesale Commodities:
Competitive businesses sales from contracts with customers (a)	175,720	280,398
Other revenues (c)	24,016	9,385
Total competitive businesses revenues	199,736	289,783
Total operating revenues	$2,412,788	$2,666,209

Entergy’s total revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 are as follows:

	2020	2019
	(In Thousands)
Utility:
Residential	$1,588,897	$1,572,911
Commercial	1,065,061	1,149,082
Industrial	1,133,718	1,242,734
Governmental	99,541	110,584
Total billed retail	3,887,217	4,075,311
Sales for resale (a)	106,487	159,753
Other electric revenues (b)	218,887	211,422
Revenues from contracts with customers	4,212,591	4,446,486
Other revenues (c)	28,605	20,265
Total electric revenues	4,241,196	4,466,751
Natural gas	66,471	85,647
Entergy Wholesale Commodities:
Competitive businesses sales from contracts with customers (a)	391,723	640,869
Other revenues (c)	140,577	82,525
Total competitive businesses revenues	532,300	723,394
Total operating revenues	$4,839,967	$5,275,792

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Due to the essential nature of utility services, Entergy has historically experienced a low rate of default on its accounts receivables. Due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on customer receivables, however, Entergy recorded an increase in its allowance for doubtful accounts, as shown below:

	Entergy	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas
	(In Millions)
Balance as of December 31, 2019	$7.4	$1.2	$1.9	$0.6	$3.2	$0.5
Provisions	38.4	6.3	14.1	7.0	5.5	5.5
Write-offs	(8.6)	(1.8)	(3.5)	(1.2)	(1.0)	(1.1)
Recoveries	6.0	1.6	2.0	0.8	0.7	0.9
Balance as of June 30, 2020	$43.2	$7.3	$14.5	$7.2	$8.4	$5.8

Entergy Arkansas [Member]

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Due to the essential nature of utility services, Entergy has historically experienced a low rate of default on its accounts receivables. Due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on customer receivables, however, Entergy recorded an increase in its allowance for doubtful accounts, as shown below:

	Entergy	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas
	(In Millions)
Balance as of December 31, 2019	$7.4	$1.2	$1.9	$0.6	$3.2	$0.5
Provisions	38.4	6.3	14.1	7.0	5.5	5.5
Write-offs	(8.6)	(1.8)	(3.5)	(1.2)	(1.0)	(1.1)
Recoveries	6.0	1.6	2.0	0.8	0.7	0.9
Balance as of June 30, 2020	$43.2	$7.3	$14.5	$7.2	$8.4	$5.8

Entergy Louisiana [Member]

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Due to the essential nature of utility services, Entergy has historically experienced a low rate of default on its accounts receivables. Due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on customer receivables, however, Entergy recorded an increase in its allowance for doubtful accounts, as shown below:

	Entergy	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas
	(In Millions)
Balance as of December 31, 2019	$7.4	$1.2	$1.9	$0.6	$3.2	$0.5
Provisions	38.4	6.3	14.1	7.0	5.5	5.5
Write-offs	(8.6)	(1.8)	(3.5)	(1.2)	(1.0)	(1.1)
Recoveries	6.0	1.6	2.0	0.8	0.7	0.9
Balance as of June 30, 2020	$43.2	$7.3	$14.5	$7.2	$8.4	$5.8

Entergy Mississippi [Member]

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Due to the essential nature of utility services, Entergy has historically experienced a low rate of default on its accounts receivables. Due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on customer receivables, however, Entergy recorded an increase in its allowance for doubtful accounts, as shown below:

	Entergy	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas
	(In Millions)
Balance as of December 31, 2019	$7.4	$1.2	$1.9	$0.6	$3.2	$0.5
Provisions	38.4	6.3	14.1	7.0	5.5	5.5
Write-offs	(8.6)	(1.8)	(3.5)	(1.2)	(1.0)	(1.1)
Recoveries	6.0	1.6	2.0	0.8	0.7	0.9
Balance as of June 30, 2020	$43.2	$7.3	$14.5	$7.2	$8.4	$5.8

Entergy New Orleans [Member]

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Due to the essential nature of utility services, Entergy has historically experienced a low rate of default on its accounts receivables. Due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on customer receivables, however, Entergy recorded an increase in its allowance for doubtful accounts, as shown below:

	Entergy	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas
	(In Millions)
Balance as of December 31, 2019	$7.4	$1.2	$1.9	$0.6	$3.2	$0.5
Provisions	38.4	6.3	14.1	7.0	5.5	5.5
Write-offs	(8.6)	(1.8)	(3.5)	(1.2)	(1.0)	(1.1)
Recoveries	6.0	1.6	2.0	0.8	0.7	0.9
Balance as of June 30, 2020	$43.2	$7.3	$14.5	$7.2	$8.4	$5.8

Entergy Texas [Member]

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Due to the essential nature of utility services, Entergy has historically experienced a low rate of default on its accounts receivables. Due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on customer receivables, however, Entergy recorded an increase in its allowance for doubtful accounts, as shown below:

	Entergy	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas
	(In Millions)
Balance as of December 31, 2019	$7.4	$1.2	$1.9	$0.6	$3.2	$0.5
Provisions	38.4	6.3	14.1	7.0	5.5	5.5
Write-offs	(8.6)	(1.8)	(3.5)	(1.2)	(1.0)	(1.1)
Recoveries	6.0	1.6	2.0	0.8	0.7	0.9
Balance as of June 30, 2020	$43.2	$7.3	$14.5	$7.2	$8.4	$5.8