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Consolidated Statements Of Cash Flows - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Mar. 31, 2015
OPERATING ACTIVITIES    
Consolidated net income [1] $ 235,242 $ 302,929
Adjustments to reconcile consolidated net income to net cash flow provided by operating activities:    
Depreciation, amortization, and decommissioning, including nuclear fuel amortization 500,248 526,008
Deferred income taxes, investment tax credits, and non-current taxes accrued 75,415 95,732
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets Held-for-use 7,361 0
Changes in working capital:    
Receivables 76,532 22,288
Fuel inventory (9,089) (22,553)
Accounts payable (67,364) (153,700)
Taxes accrued (15,996) (67,941)
Interest accrued (27,535) (42,551)
Deferred fuel costs 97,566 81,271
Other working capital accounts (95,291) (90,619)
Changes in provisions for estimated losses (3,968) 1,334
Changes in other regulatory assets 56,047 93,082
Changes in other regulatory liabilities 18,735 15,857
Changes in pensions and other postretirement liabilities (89,046) (52,509)
Other (226,036) (97,670)
Net cash flow provided by operating activities 532,821 610,958
INVESTING ACTIVITIES    
Construction/capital expenditures (636,011) (532,958)
Allowance for equity funds used during construction 19,107 13,077
Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment (947,778) 0
Nuclear fuel purchases (85,819) (96,392)
NYPA value sharing payment 0 (70,790)
Payments to storm reserve escrow account (367) (1,865)
Decrease (increase) in other investments (196,509) 278
Proceeds from nuclear decommissioning trust fund sales 729,414 492,841
Investment in nuclear decommissioning trust funds (758,665) (516,564)
Proceeds from insurance 0 12,745
Changes in securitization account (1,399) (251)
Net cash flow used in investing activities (1,878,027) (699,879)
Proceeds from the issuance of:    
Proceeds from the issuance of long-term debt 2,869,808 488,065
Common stock and treasury stock 5,787 23,156
Retirement of long-term debt (1,903,670) (685,258)
Payments for Repurchase of Common Stock 0 (25,078)
Changes in credit borrowings and commercial paper - net 271,730 210,012
Dividends paid:    
Common stock (151,839) (149,257)
Preferred stock (5,276) (4,879)
Other (644) (9,320)
Net cash flow provided by (used in) financing activities 1,085,896 (152,559)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents (259,310) (241,480)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 1,350,961 1,422,026
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 1,091,651 1,180,546
Cash paid / (received) during the period for:    
Interest - net of amount capitalized 251,305 203,786
Income taxes 26,382 65,919
Entergy Arkansas [Member]    
OPERATING ACTIVITIES    
Consolidated net income 19,294 17,865
Adjustments to reconcile consolidated net income to net cash flow provided by operating activities:    
Depreciation, amortization, and decommissioning, including nuclear fuel amortization 102,975 97,294
Deferred income taxes, investment tax credits, and non-current taxes accrued 20,645 17,847
Changes in working capital:    
Receivables (4,405) (8,086)
Fuel inventory (5,825) (8,232)
Accounts payable 55,077 (24,651)
Taxes accrued 1,210 (18,923)
Interest accrued 5,228 4,338
Deferred fuel costs (37,198) 14,933
Other working capital accounts 15,203 (27,858)
Changes in provisions for estimated losses 355 46
Changes in other regulatory assets 892 29,585
Changes in pensions and other postretirement liabilities (24,288) (19,074)
Other (9,550) (6,165)
Net cash flow provided by operating activities 139,613 68,919
INVESTING ACTIVITIES    
Construction/capital expenditures (171,090) (128,399)
Allowance for equity funds used during construction 5,080 3,700
Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment (236,947) 0
Change in money pool receivable - net (1,842) (13,001)
Nuclear fuel purchases (22,692) (21,392)
Proceeds from sale of nuclear fuel 40,336 28,296
Proceeds from nuclear decommissioning trust fund sales 58,604 81,852
Investment in nuclear decommissioning trust funds (63,039) (85,620)
Changes in securitization account (3,413) (3,973)
Other (103) 0
Net cash flow used in investing activities (395,106) (138,537)
Proceeds from the issuance of:    
Proceeds from the issuance of long-term debt 321,289 0
Proceeds from Contributions from Parent 200,000 0
Retirement of long-term debt (175,002) 0
Change in money pool payable - net (52,742) 0
Changes in credit borrowings and commercial paper - net (11,690) (28,462)
Dividends paid:    
Preferred stock (1,718) (1,718)
Other 0 783
Net cash flow provided by (used in) financing activities 280,137 (29,397)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents 24,644 (99,015)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 9,135 218,505
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 33,779 119,490
Cash paid / (received) during the period for:    
Interest - net of amount capitalized 20,998 20,761
Income taxes 7,242 17,587
Entergy Louisiana [Member]    
OPERATING ACTIVITIES    
Consolidated net income 111,606 126,109
Adjustments to reconcile consolidated net income to net cash flow provided by operating activities:    
Depreciation, amortization, and decommissioning, including nuclear fuel amortization 146,870 145,069
Deferred income taxes, investment tax credits, and non-current taxes accrued 172,887 60,884
Changes in working capital:    
Receivables (25,879) (49,211)
Fuel inventory (2,538) (3,153)
Accounts payable (110,500) 7,886
Taxes accrued (104,444) 14,463
Interest accrued (2,185) 717
Deferred fuel costs 45,511 14,633
Other working capital accounts 1,387 (25,286)
Changes in provisions for estimated losses (2,695) 2,329
Changes in other regulatory assets 30,033 22,417
Changes in pensions and other postretirement liabilities (19,115) (10,720)
Other (92,457) (24,400)
Net cash flow provided by operating activities 148,481 281,737
INVESTING ACTIVITIES    
Construction/capital expenditures (206,572) (180,634)
Allowance for equity funds used during construction 7,238 5,472
Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment (473,888) 0
Change in money pool receivable - net (7,559) (35,011)
Change in Assets Held-In Trust (196,568) 0
Nuclear fuel purchases (26,684) (108,613)
Proceeds from sale of nuclear fuel 47,565 18,123
Payments to storm reserve escrow account 0 (19)
Proceeds from nuclear decommissioning trust fund sales 53,793 25,566
Investment in nuclear decommissioning trust funds (64,337) (35,579)
Changes in securitization account (5,506) (5,433)
Other (243) (41)
Net cash flow used in investing activities (872,761) (316,169)
Proceeds from the issuance of:    
Proceeds from the issuance of long-term debt 809,369 0
Retirement of long-term debt (26,189) (16,083)
Changes in credit borrowings and commercial paper - net 17,094 22,260
Dividends paid:    
Preferred stock 0 (1,944)
Other 852 (7,731)
Net cash flow provided by (used in) financing activities 801,126 (3,498)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents 76,846 (37,930)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 35,102 320,516
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 111,948 282,586
Cash paid / (received) during the period for:    
Interest - net of amount capitalized 125,589 62,655
Income taxes 22,676 (4,056)
Entergy Mississippi [Member]    
OPERATING ACTIVITIES    
Consolidated net income 17,118 24,935
Adjustments to reconcile consolidated net income to net cash flow provided by operating activities:    
Depreciation, amortization, and decommissioning, including nuclear fuel amortization 33,298 30,830
Deferred income taxes, investment tax credits, and non-current taxes accrued (7,095) (51,789)
Changes in working capital:    
Receivables (5,118) 20,385
Fuel inventory (3,244) (4,628)
Accounts payable (3,329) (12,413)
Taxes accrued (24,009) 21,501
Interest accrued (2,033) (6,218)
Deferred fuel costs 40,350 40,244
Other working capital accounts (979) (997)
Changes in provisions for estimated losses (2,016) (157)
Changes in other regulatory assets 751 15,065
Changes in pensions and other postretirement liabilities (6,015) (4,153)
Other (7,403) (7,438)
Net cash flow provided by operating activities 30,276 65,167
INVESTING ACTIVITIES    
Construction/capital expenditures (72,764) (45,976)
Allowance for equity funds used during construction 1,286 771
Change in money pool receivable - net 10,381 (9,878)
Proceeds from insurance 0 12,745
Other (81) (2)
Net cash flow used in investing activities (61,178) (42,340)
Dividends paid:    
Preferred stock (707) (707)
Other (50) (42)
Net cash flow provided by (used in) financing activities (757) (749)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents (31,659) 22,078
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 145,605 61,633
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 113,946 83,711
Cash paid / (received) during the period for:    
Interest - net of amount capitalized 16,137 19,813
Income taxes (6,175) 597
Entergy New Orleans [Member]    
OPERATING ACTIVITIES    
Consolidated net income 11,167 11,292
Adjustments to reconcile consolidated net income to net cash flow provided by operating activities:    
Depreciation, amortization, and decommissioning, including nuclear fuel amortization 11,764 11,520
Deferred income taxes, investment tax credits, and non-current taxes accrued (9,742) 4,883
Changes in working capital:    
Receivables (5,346) 4,474
Fuel inventory 1,518 1,360
Accounts payable (101) (3,829)
Taxes accrued 14,187 0
Interest accrued (579) (1,315)
Deferred fuel costs (5,288) (3,949)
Other working capital accounts (11,382) (9,271)
Changes in provisions for estimated losses (532) (2,012)
Changes in other regulatory assets 6,270 (676)
Changes in pensions and other postretirement liabilities (4,102) (3,013)
Other (3,381) (2,237)
Net cash flow provided by operating activities 4,453 7,227
INVESTING ACTIVITIES    
Construction/capital expenditures (17,931) (16,110)
Allowance for equity funds used during construction 313 320
Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment (236,944) 0
Proceeds from Divestiture of Businesses and Interests in Affiliates (38) 0
Change in money pool receivable - net 15,059 (2,407)
Payments to storm reserve escrow account (102) (1,806)
Receipts from storm reserve escrow account 3 3
Changes in securitization account (2,746) 0
Net cash flow used in investing activities (242,386) (20,000)
Proceeds from the issuance of:    
Proceeds from the issuance of long-term debt 106,786 0
Proceeds from Contributions from Parent 47,750 0
Dividends paid:    
Common stock 0 (7,250)
Preferred stock (241) (241)
Other 730 (75)
Net cash flow provided by (used in) financing activities 155,025 (7,566)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents (82,908) (20,339)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 88,876 42,389
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 5,968 22,050
Cash paid / (received) during the period for:    
Interest - net of amount capitalized 4,654 5,405
Income taxes 2,500 40
Entergy Texas [Member]    
OPERATING ACTIVITIES    
Consolidated net income 14,562 16,591
Adjustments to reconcile consolidated net income to net cash flow provided by operating activities:    
Depreciation, amortization, and decommissioning, including nuclear fuel amortization 25,619 24,847
Deferred income taxes, investment tax credits, and non-current taxes accrued (26,970) (75,378)
Changes in working capital:    
Receivables 2,118 22,233
Fuel inventory 2,860 (3,976)
Accounts payable (17,346) (14,776)
Taxes accrued 18,871 66,279
Interest accrued (9,978) (8,952)
Deferred fuel costs 54,192 15,517
Other working capital accounts 1,957 4,686
Changes in provisions for estimated losses 662 1,252
Changes in other regulatory assets 24,310 26,065
Changes in pensions and other postretirement liabilities (6,505) (4,387)
Other (8,617) (3,676)
Net cash flow provided by operating activities 75,735 66,325
INVESTING ACTIVITIES    
Construction/capital expenditures (91,843) (66,371)
Allowance for equity funds used during construction 2,460 1,237
Change in money pool receivable - net (8,938) (1,532)
Changes in securitization account 10,264 9,155
Net cash flow used in investing activities (88,057) (57,511)
Proceeds from the issuance of:    
Proceeds from the issuance of long-term debt 123,786 0
Retirement of long-term debt (23,458) (22,769)
Change in money pool payable - net (22,068) 0
Dividends paid:    
Other (1,787) (974)
Net cash flow provided by (used in) financing activities 76,473 (23,743)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents 64,151 (14,929)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 2,182 30,441
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 66,333 15,512
Cash paid / (received) during the period for:    
Interest - net of amount capitalized 30,969 29,004
Income taxes (756) (933)
System Energy [Member]    
OPERATING ACTIVITIES    
Consolidated net income 25,958 25,533
Adjustments to reconcile consolidated net income to net cash flow provided by operating activities:    
Depreciation, amortization, and decommissioning, including nuclear fuel amortization 58,717 66,660
Deferred income taxes, investment tax credits, and non-current taxes accrued 49,894 (10,618)
Changes in working capital:    
Receivables 9,121 2,952
Accounts payable 16,257 (6,919)
Taxes accrued (38,617) (14,444)
Interest accrued 837 (14,282)
Other working capital accounts (30,111) 600
Changes in other regulatory assets (8,319) (2,493)
Changes in pensions and other postretirement liabilities (4,576) (3,188)
Other (6,005) (4,082)
Net cash flow provided by operating activities 73,156 39,719
INVESTING ACTIVITIES    
Construction/capital expenditures (34,747) (13,324)
Allowance for equity funds used during construction 2,729 1,651
Change in money pool receivable - net 4,728 (20,873)
Nuclear fuel purchases (122,320) (16,699)
Proceeds from sale of nuclear fuel 0 22,563
Proceeds from nuclear decommissioning trust fund sales 188,506 78,361
Investment in nuclear decommissioning trust funds (197,996) (86,832)
Net cash flow used in investing activities (159,100) (35,153)
Proceeds from the issuance of:    
Retirement of long-term debt (1) (11,405)
Changes in credit borrowings and commercial paper - net 111,012 (20,404)
Dividends paid:    
Common stock 0 (20,000)
Other (26) (28)
Net cash flow provided by (used in) financing activities 110,985 (51,837)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents 25,041 (47,271)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 230,661 223,179
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 255,702 175,908
Cash paid / (received) during the period for:    
Interest - net of amount capitalized 8,593 26,208
Income taxes $ (6,598) $ 25,304
[1] (a) Consolidated net income and preferred dividend requirements of subsidiaries for 2016 and 2015 include $5.3 million and $3.2 million, respectively, of preferred dividends on subsidiaries’ preferred stock without sinking fund that is not presented within equity.