Leases Purchase Power Agreement Minimum Lease Payments (Details) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Payments, Due Next Twelve Months	$ 62,058
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Payments, Due Year Two	53,807
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Payments, Due Year Three	38,379
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Payments, Due Year Four	26,671
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Payments, Due	206,649
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Payments, Due Next Twelve Months	14,808
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Payments, Due Year Two	12,656
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Payments, Due Year Three	9,779
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Payments, Due Year Four	6,195
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Payments, Due	49,272
Entergy Texas [Member]
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Payments, Due Next Twelve Months	6,152
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Payments, Due Year Two	5,080
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Payments, Due Year Three	3,621
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Payments, Due Year Four	1,930
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Payments, Due	$ 18,293

Amount of lessee's undiscounted obligation for lease payment for operating lease.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 6
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123408670&loc=SL77918701-209980

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