Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]

Financial Information For Stock Options

The following table includes financial information for outstanding stock options for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017:

	2018		2017
	(In Millions)
Compensation expense included in Entergy’s net income		$1.1		$1.1
Tax benefit recognized in Entergy’s net income		$0.2		$0.5
Compensation cost capitalized as part of fixed assets and inventory		$0.1		$0.2

The following table includes financial information for outstanding stock options for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017:

	2018		2017
	(In Millions)
Compensation expense included in Entergy’s net income		$3.3		$3.3
Tax benefit recognized in Entergy’s net income		$0.8		$1.3
Compensation cost capitalized as part of fixed assets and inventory		$0.5		$0.6

Financial Information For Restricted Stock

The following table includes financial information for other outstanding equity awards for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017:

	2018		2017
	(In Millions)
Compensation expense included in Entergy’s net income		$8.5		$7.6
Tax benefit recognized in Entergy’s net income		$2.2		$3.0
Compensation cost capitalized as part of fixed assets and inventory		$2.5		$2.1

The following table includes financial information for other outstanding equity awards for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2018 and 2017:

	2018		2017
	(In Millions)
Compensation expense included in Entergy’s net income		$26.0		$24.1
Tax benefit recognized in Entergy’s net income		$6.6		$9.3
Compensation cost capitalized as part of fixed assets and inventory		$7.3		$6.3