Equity (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Equity [Abstract]

Basic and diluted earnings per share

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,
	2011							2010
			(In Millions, Except Per Share Data)
	Income		Shares		$/share			Income		Shares		$/share
Basic earnings per share
Net income attributable to Entergy Corporation	$	628.1		177.0	$	3.55		$	492.9		186.0	$	2.65
Average dilutive effect of:
Stock options		—		0.7		(0.02	)		—		1.8		(0.03	)
Diluted earnings per share	$	628.1		177.7	$	3.53		$	492.9		187.8	$	2.62

	For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2011							2010
	(In Millions, Except Per Share Data)
	Income		Shares		$/share			Income		Shares		$/share
Basic earnings per share
Net income attributable to Entergy Corporation	$	1,192.3		177.9	$	6.70		$	1,022.0		188.0	$	5.44
Average dilutive effect of:
Stock options		—		0.9		(0.03	)		—		1.9		(0.06	)
Diluted earnings per share	$	1,192.3		178.8	$	6.67		$	1,022.0		189.9	$	5.38

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

							Entergy						Entergy
	Entergy						Gulf States Louisiana						Louisiana
	September 30,			December 31,			September 30,			December 31,			September 30,			December 31,
	2011			2010			2011			2010			2011			2010
							(In Thousands)
Cash flow hedges net unrealized gain	$	21,937		$	106,258		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—
Pension and other postretirement liabilities		(267,211	)		(276,466	)		(38,589	)		(40,304	)		(23,495	)		(24,962	)
Net unrealized investment gains		104,207			129,685			—			—			—			—
Foreign currency translation		2,730			2,311			—			—			—			—
Total		($138,337	)		($38,212	)		($38,589	)		($40,304	)		($23,495	)		($24,962	)

Summarized other comprehensive income and total comprehensive income

	Entergy
Three Months Ended September 30,	2011			2010
	(In Thousands)
Consolidated net income	$	633,069		$	497,901
Other comprehensive income
Cash flow hedges net unrealized gain (loss) (a)		(12,597	)		53,840
Pension and other postretirement liabilities (b)		2,657			1,001
Net unrealized investment gain (loss) (c)		(53,349	)		48,280
Foreign currency translation (d)		108			510
Total	$	569,888		$	601,532

(a)	Net of tax expense (benefit) of ($9,041) and $32,466, respectively.
(b)	Net of tax expense of $1,647 and $2,236, respectively.
(c)	Net of tax expense (benefit) of ($52,740) and $44,499, respectively.
(d)	Net of tax expense of $59 and $275, respectively.

	Entergy				Entergy
	Gulf States Louisiana				Louisiana
Three Months Ended September 30,	2011		2010		2011		2010
			(In Thousands)
Net income	$	51,946	$	76,939	$	337,722	$	94,320
Other comprehensive income
Pension and other postretirement liabilities (e)		486		516		366		444
Total	$	52,432	$	77,455	$	338,088	$	94,764

(e) Net of tax expense of $507, $508, $366, and $378, respectively.