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Segment Reporting
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block] BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy)
Entergy has a single reportable segment, Utility, which includes the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electric power in portions of Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas, and Louisiana, including the City of New Orleans; and operation of a small natural gas distribution business in portions of Louisiana.  Revenue for the Utility segment is primarily derived from retail electric sales. The accounting policies of the Utility segment are the same as those described in Note 1 to the financial statements. The Utility segment reflects management’s primary basis of organization with a predominant focus on its utility operations in the Gulf South. Entergy’s chief operating decision maker is its chief executive officer. The chief operating decision maker uses Utility net income in the annual planning process and to monitor budget versus actual results on a monthly basis in assessing financial performance and in determining how to allocate resources. Parent & Other includes the parent company, Entergy Corporation, and other business activity, including Entergy’s non-utility operations business, which is an operating segment that does not meet the quantitative thresholds for determining reportable segments. Entergy’s non-utility operations business owns interests in non-nuclear power plants that sell the electric power produced by those plants to wholesale customers and also provides decommissioning services to nuclear power plants owned by non-affiliated entities in the United States.
The following table includes operating revenues and significant expense categories regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker for the Utility segment, a reconciliation of Utility operating revenues to Entergy’s consolidated operating revenues, and a reconciliation of Utility net income to consolidated net income and net income attributable to Entergy Corporation for each of the years presented:
202420232022
(In Thousands)
Utility operating revenues$11,805,802 $12,022,944 $13,420,804 
Reconciliation of revenues:
Other revenues (a)73,914 124,509 343,461 
Elimination of intersegment revenues(63)(41)(28)
Consolidated operating revenues11,879,653 12,147,412 13,764,237 
Less Utility expenses and other items:
Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale2,214,471 2,755,793 3,634,394 
Purchased power806,646 904,184 1,478,121 
Other operation and maintenance expenses2,851,165 2,838,057 2,899,759 
Other regulatory charges (credits) - net(6,133)(138,469)669,403 
Other Utility items (b)4,109,352 3,152,475 3,340,547 
Utility net income1,830,301 2,510,904 1,398,580 
Reconciliation of net income:
Non-cash pension settlement charge (c)(319,675)— — 
IRS audit resolution (d)— 275,403 — 
Gain on sale of Palisades (e)— — 165,626 
Income taxes on reconciling items noted above66,515 — (36,102)
Other loss(203,097)(125,018)(244,949)
Elimination of intersegment loss(312,860)(298,979)(186,017)
Consolidated net income1,061,184 2,362,310 1,097,138 
Preferred dividend requirements of subsidiaries and noncontrolling interests (f)5,594 5,774 (6,028)
Net income attributable to Entergy Corporation$1,055,590 $2,356,536 $1,103,166 

(a)See Note 19 to the financial statements for discussion of other revenues.
(b)Other Utility items includes nuclear refueling outage expenses, asset write-offs, decommissioning expenses, taxes other than income taxes, depreciation and amortization expenses, other income, interest expense, and income tax expense.
(c)See Note 11 to the financial statements for discussion of the one-time non-cash pension settlement charge of $328 million, of which $8 million was recorded at Utility and $320 million was recorded at Parent & Other, resulting from a group annuity contract purchased in 2024 to settle certain pension liabilities.
(d)See Note 3 to the financial statements for discussion of the resolution of the 2016-2018 IRS audit, which included a $568 million reduction, recorded at Utility, and a $275 million reduction, recorded at Parent & Other, in income tax expense in 2023.
(e)See Note 14 to the financial statements for discussion of the $166 million gain, recorded at Parent & Other, resulting from the sale of the Palisades plant in June 2022.
(f)Preferred dividend requirements of subsidiaries and noncontrolling interests is substantially derived from the Utility segment. See Note 6 to the financial statements for discussion of preferred stock and noncontrolling interests.
The following tables present segment financial information for Entergy’s single reportable segment, Utility, and a reconciliation to the corresponding consolidated amounts for Entergy Corporation.
2024UtilityParent & OtherEliminationsConsolidated
 (In Thousands)
Asset write-offs, impairments, and related charges (credits)$131,775 ($24,641)$— $107,134 
Depreciation, amortization, and decommissioning$2,226,681 $6,567 $— $2,233,248 
Interest and investment income$592,257 $21,621 ($315,013)$298,865 
Interest expense$899,655 $253,317 ($2,152)$1,150,820 
Income taxes$515,665 ($134,638)$— $381,027 
Total assets$68,951,564 $721,459 ($4,882,991)$64,790,032 
Total expenditures for additions to long-lived assets$5,967,739 $1,971 $— $5,969,710 

2023UtilityParent & OtherEliminationsConsolidated
 (In Thousands)
Asset write-offs, impairments, and related charges (credits)$79,962 ($37,283)$— $42,679 
Depreciation, amortization, and decommissioning$2,045,254 $6,423 $— $2,051,677 
Interest and investment income$443,751 $18,660 ($299,685)$162,726 
Interest expense$816,643 $190,468 ($705)$1,006,406 
Income taxes($374,847)($315,688)$— ($690,535)
Total assets$63,887,038 $836,598 ($5,020,240)$59,703,396 
Total expenditures for additions to long-lived assets$4,745,918 $801 $— $4,746,719 

2022UtilityParent & OtherEliminationsConsolidated
 (In Thousands)
Depreciation, amortization, and decommissioning$1,941,653 $43,446 $— $1,985,099 
Interest and investment income (loss)$145,968 ($35,293)($186,256)($75,581)
Interest expense$750,175 $162,300 ($238)$912,237 
Income taxes($34,263)($4,715)$— ($38,978)
Total assets$61,399,243 $884,442 ($3,688,494)$58,595,191 
Total expenditures for additions to long-lived assets$5,382,243 $13,884 $— $5,396,127 

Eliminations are primarily intersegment activity.  All of Entergy’s goodwill is related to the Utility segment.

Registrant Subsidiaries

Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each has one operating and reportable segment, an integrated utility business which includes the generation, transmission, and distribution of electric power; and operation of a small natural gas distribution business at each of Entergy Louisiana and Entergy New Orleans. Revenue for each integrated utility business is primarily derived from retail electric sales. System Energy has one operating and reportable segment, which is an electricity generation business. System Energy’s only source of revenue is the sale of electric power and capacity generated from its 90% interest in the Grand Gulf nuclear plant to Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy New
Orleans. Each of the Registrant Subsidiaries’ operations are managed on an integrated basis by that company because of the substantial effect of cost-based rates and regulatory oversight on the business process, cost structures, and operating results. The chief operating decision maker for the Registrant Subsidiaries is the respective president and chief executive officer for the Utility operating companies and the president for System Energy. Each chief operating decision maker assesses financial performance on an entity-wide basis and decides how to allocate resources based on net income that also is reported on the income statement for each of the Registrant Subsidiaries as net income. Net income is used in the annual planning process and to monitor budget versus actual results on a monthly basis and each Registrant Subsidiary’s earned return on common equity in assessing financial performance. Each chief operating decision maker is only provided with the consolidated financial results for the respective Registrant Subsidiary. All segment financial information for the Registrant Subsidiaries is as reported on the respective financial statements for each of the Registrant Subsidiaries.

Geographic Areas

Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries derive substantially all revenue from inside of the United States and all long-lived assets are located within the United States.

Major Customers

Neither Entergy nor the Registrant Subsidiaries have an individual customer representing more than 10% of its respective revenues for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022.

Exit from the Merchant Power Business

Entergy completed its multi-year strategy to exit the merchant nuclear power business in 2022. The Fitzpatrick plant was sold to Exelon in March 2017. The Vermont Yankee plant was transferred to NorthStar in January 2019. The Pilgrim plant was sold to Holtec International in August 2019. The Indian Point 2 and Indian Point 3 plants were sold to Holtec International in May 2021. The Palisades plant was sold to Holtec International in June 2022. The decisions to shut down these plants and the related transactions resulted in asset impairments; employee retention and severance expenses and other benefits-related costs; and contracted economic development contributions.

As of December 31, 2021, Entergy had a restructuring cost accrual of $37 million relating to employee retention and severance expenses and other benefits-related costs related to its exit from the merchant power business. During the year ended December 31, 2022, Entergy accrued an additional $3 million in restructuring costs and made severance and retention payments of $40 million, after which the restructuring cost accrual was zero. The employee retention and severance expenses and other benefits-related costs are included in "Other operation and maintenance" in Entergy’s consolidated income statements.
Entergy Arkansas [Member]  
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block] BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy)
Entergy has a single reportable segment, Utility, which includes the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electric power in portions of Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas, and Louisiana, including the City of New Orleans; and operation of a small natural gas distribution business in portions of Louisiana.  Revenue for the Utility segment is primarily derived from retail electric sales. The accounting policies of the Utility segment are the same as those described in Note 1 to the financial statements. The Utility segment reflects management’s primary basis of organization with a predominant focus on its utility operations in the Gulf South. Entergy’s chief operating decision maker is its chief executive officer. The chief operating decision maker uses Utility net income in the annual planning process and to monitor budget versus actual results on a monthly basis in assessing financial performance and in determining how to allocate resources. Parent & Other includes the parent company, Entergy Corporation, and other business activity, including Entergy’s non-utility operations business, which is an operating segment that does not meet the quantitative thresholds for determining reportable segments. Entergy’s non-utility operations business owns interests in non-nuclear power plants that sell the electric power produced by those plants to wholesale customers and also provides decommissioning services to nuclear power plants owned by non-affiliated entities in the United States.
The following table includes operating revenues and significant expense categories regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker for the Utility segment, a reconciliation of Utility operating revenues to Entergy’s consolidated operating revenues, and a reconciliation of Utility net income to consolidated net income and net income attributable to Entergy Corporation for each of the years presented:
202420232022
(In Thousands)
Utility operating revenues$11,805,802 $12,022,944 $13,420,804 
Reconciliation of revenues:
Other revenues (a)73,914 124,509 343,461 
Elimination of intersegment revenues(63)(41)(28)
Consolidated operating revenues11,879,653 12,147,412 13,764,237 
Less Utility expenses and other items:
Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale2,214,471 2,755,793 3,634,394 
Purchased power806,646 904,184 1,478,121 
Other operation and maintenance expenses2,851,165 2,838,057 2,899,759 
Other regulatory charges (credits) - net(6,133)(138,469)669,403 
Other Utility items (b)4,109,352 3,152,475 3,340,547 
Utility net income1,830,301 2,510,904 1,398,580 
Reconciliation of net income:
Non-cash pension settlement charge (c)(319,675)— — 
IRS audit resolution (d)— 275,403 — 
Gain on sale of Palisades (e)— — 165,626 
Income taxes on reconciling items noted above66,515 — (36,102)
Other loss(203,097)(125,018)(244,949)
Elimination of intersegment loss(312,860)(298,979)(186,017)
Consolidated net income1,061,184 2,362,310 1,097,138 
Preferred dividend requirements of subsidiaries and noncontrolling interests (f)5,594 5,774 (6,028)
Net income attributable to Entergy Corporation$1,055,590 $2,356,536 $1,103,166 

(a)See Note 19 to the financial statements for discussion of other revenues.
(b)Other Utility items includes nuclear refueling outage expenses, asset write-offs, decommissioning expenses, taxes other than income taxes, depreciation and amortization expenses, other income, interest expense, and income tax expense.
(c)See Note 11 to the financial statements for discussion of the one-time non-cash pension settlement charge of $328 million, of which $8 million was recorded at Utility and $320 million was recorded at Parent & Other, resulting from a group annuity contract purchased in 2024 to settle certain pension liabilities.
(d)See Note 3 to the financial statements for discussion of the resolution of the 2016-2018 IRS audit, which included a $568 million reduction, recorded at Utility, and a $275 million reduction, recorded at Parent & Other, in income tax expense in 2023.
(e)See Note 14 to the financial statements for discussion of the $166 million gain, recorded at Parent & Other, resulting from the sale of the Palisades plant in June 2022.
(f)Preferred dividend requirements of subsidiaries and noncontrolling interests is substantially derived from the Utility segment. See Note 6 to the financial statements for discussion of preferred stock and noncontrolling interests.
The following tables present segment financial information for Entergy’s single reportable segment, Utility, and a reconciliation to the corresponding consolidated amounts for Entergy Corporation.
2024UtilityParent & OtherEliminationsConsolidated
 (In Thousands)
Asset write-offs, impairments, and related charges (credits)$131,775 ($24,641)$— $107,134 
Depreciation, amortization, and decommissioning$2,226,681 $6,567 $— $2,233,248 
Interest and investment income$592,257 $21,621 ($315,013)$298,865 
Interest expense$899,655 $253,317 ($2,152)$1,150,820 
Income taxes$515,665 ($134,638)$— $381,027 
Total assets$68,951,564 $721,459 ($4,882,991)$64,790,032 
Total expenditures for additions to long-lived assets$5,967,739 $1,971 $— $5,969,710 

2023UtilityParent & OtherEliminationsConsolidated
 (In Thousands)
Asset write-offs, impairments, and related charges (credits)$79,962 ($37,283)$— $42,679 
Depreciation, amortization, and decommissioning$2,045,254 $6,423 $— $2,051,677 
Interest and investment income$443,751 $18,660 ($299,685)$162,726 
Interest expense$816,643 $190,468 ($705)$1,006,406 
Income taxes($374,847)($315,688)$— ($690,535)
Total assets$63,887,038 $836,598 ($5,020,240)$59,703,396 
Total expenditures for additions to long-lived assets$4,745,918 $801 $— $4,746,719 

2022UtilityParent & OtherEliminationsConsolidated
 (In Thousands)
Depreciation, amortization, and decommissioning$1,941,653 $43,446 $— $1,985,099 
Interest and investment income (loss)$145,968 ($35,293)($186,256)($75,581)
Interest expense$750,175 $162,300 ($238)$912,237 
Income taxes($34,263)($4,715)$— ($38,978)
Total assets$61,399,243 $884,442 ($3,688,494)$58,595,191 
Total expenditures for additions to long-lived assets$5,382,243 $13,884 $— $5,396,127 

Eliminations are primarily intersegment activity.  All of Entergy’s goodwill is related to the Utility segment.

Registrant Subsidiaries

Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each has one operating and reportable segment, an integrated utility business which includes the generation, transmission, and distribution of electric power; and operation of a small natural gas distribution business at each of Entergy Louisiana and Entergy New Orleans. Revenue for each integrated utility business is primarily derived from retail electric sales. System Energy has one operating and reportable segment, which is an electricity generation business. System Energy’s only source of revenue is the sale of electric power and capacity generated from its 90% interest in the Grand Gulf nuclear plant to Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy New
Orleans. Each of the Registrant Subsidiaries’ operations are managed on an integrated basis by that company because of the substantial effect of cost-based rates and regulatory oversight on the business process, cost structures, and operating results. The chief operating decision maker for the Registrant Subsidiaries is the respective president and chief executive officer for the Utility operating companies and the president for System Energy. Each chief operating decision maker assesses financial performance on an entity-wide basis and decides how to allocate resources based on net income that also is reported on the income statement for each of the Registrant Subsidiaries as net income. Net income is used in the annual planning process and to monitor budget versus actual results on a monthly basis and each Registrant Subsidiary’s earned return on common equity in assessing financial performance. Each chief operating decision maker is only provided with the consolidated financial results for the respective Registrant Subsidiary. All segment financial information for the Registrant Subsidiaries is as reported on the respective financial statements for each of the Registrant Subsidiaries.

Geographic Areas

Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries derive substantially all revenue from inside of the United States and all long-lived assets are located within the United States.

Major Customers

Neither Entergy nor the Registrant Subsidiaries have an individual customer representing more than 10% of its respective revenues for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022.

Exit from the Merchant Power Business

Entergy completed its multi-year strategy to exit the merchant nuclear power business in 2022. The Fitzpatrick plant was sold to Exelon in March 2017. The Vermont Yankee plant was transferred to NorthStar in January 2019. The Pilgrim plant was sold to Holtec International in August 2019. The Indian Point 2 and Indian Point 3 plants were sold to Holtec International in May 2021. The Palisades plant was sold to Holtec International in June 2022. The decisions to shut down these plants and the related transactions resulted in asset impairments; employee retention and severance expenses and other benefits-related costs; and contracted economic development contributions.

As of December 31, 2021, Entergy had a restructuring cost accrual of $37 million relating to employee retention and severance expenses and other benefits-related costs related to its exit from the merchant power business. During the year ended December 31, 2022, Entergy accrued an additional $3 million in restructuring costs and made severance and retention payments of $40 million, after which the restructuring cost accrual was zero. The employee retention and severance expenses and other benefits-related costs are included in "Other operation and maintenance" in Entergy’s consolidated income statements.
Entergy Louisiana [Member]  
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block] BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy)
Entergy has a single reportable segment, Utility, which includes the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electric power in portions of Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas, and Louisiana, including the City of New Orleans; and operation of a small natural gas distribution business in portions of Louisiana.  Revenue for the Utility segment is primarily derived from retail electric sales. The accounting policies of the Utility segment are the same as those described in Note 1 to the financial statements. The Utility segment reflects management’s primary basis of organization with a predominant focus on its utility operations in the Gulf South. Entergy’s chief operating decision maker is its chief executive officer. The chief operating decision maker uses Utility net income in the annual planning process and to monitor budget versus actual results on a monthly basis in assessing financial performance and in determining how to allocate resources. Parent & Other includes the parent company, Entergy Corporation, and other business activity, including Entergy’s non-utility operations business, which is an operating segment that does not meet the quantitative thresholds for determining reportable segments. Entergy’s non-utility operations business owns interests in non-nuclear power plants that sell the electric power produced by those plants to wholesale customers and also provides decommissioning services to nuclear power plants owned by non-affiliated entities in the United States.
The following table includes operating revenues and significant expense categories regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker for the Utility segment, a reconciliation of Utility operating revenues to Entergy’s consolidated operating revenues, and a reconciliation of Utility net income to consolidated net income and net income attributable to Entergy Corporation for each of the years presented:
202420232022
(In Thousands)
Utility operating revenues$11,805,802 $12,022,944 $13,420,804 
Reconciliation of revenues:
Other revenues (a)73,914 124,509 343,461 
Elimination of intersegment revenues(63)(41)(28)
Consolidated operating revenues11,879,653 12,147,412 13,764,237 
Less Utility expenses and other items:
Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale2,214,471 2,755,793 3,634,394 
Purchased power806,646 904,184 1,478,121 
Other operation and maintenance expenses2,851,165 2,838,057 2,899,759 
Other regulatory charges (credits) - net(6,133)(138,469)669,403 
Other Utility items (b)4,109,352 3,152,475 3,340,547 
Utility net income1,830,301 2,510,904 1,398,580 
Reconciliation of net income:
Non-cash pension settlement charge (c)(319,675)— — 
IRS audit resolution (d)— 275,403 — 
Gain on sale of Palisades (e)— — 165,626 
Income taxes on reconciling items noted above66,515 — (36,102)
Other loss(203,097)(125,018)(244,949)
Elimination of intersegment loss(312,860)(298,979)(186,017)
Consolidated net income1,061,184 2,362,310 1,097,138 
Preferred dividend requirements of subsidiaries and noncontrolling interests (f)5,594 5,774 (6,028)
Net income attributable to Entergy Corporation$1,055,590 $2,356,536 $1,103,166 

(a)See Note 19 to the financial statements for discussion of other revenues.
(b)Other Utility items includes nuclear refueling outage expenses, asset write-offs, decommissioning expenses, taxes other than income taxes, depreciation and amortization expenses, other income, interest expense, and income tax expense.
(c)See Note 11 to the financial statements for discussion of the one-time non-cash pension settlement charge of $328 million, of which $8 million was recorded at Utility and $320 million was recorded at Parent & Other, resulting from a group annuity contract purchased in 2024 to settle certain pension liabilities.
(d)See Note 3 to the financial statements for discussion of the resolution of the 2016-2018 IRS audit, which included a $568 million reduction, recorded at Utility, and a $275 million reduction, recorded at Parent & Other, in income tax expense in 2023.
(e)See Note 14 to the financial statements for discussion of the $166 million gain, recorded at Parent & Other, resulting from the sale of the Palisades plant in June 2022.
(f)Preferred dividend requirements of subsidiaries and noncontrolling interests is substantially derived from the Utility segment. See Note 6 to the financial statements for discussion of preferred stock and noncontrolling interests.
The following tables present segment financial information for Entergy’s single reportable segment, Utility, and a reconciliation to the corresponding consolidated amounts for Entergy Corporation.
2024UtilityParent & OtherEliminationsConsolidated
 (In Thousands)
Asset write-offs, impairments, and related charges (credits)$131,775 ($24,641)$— $107,134 
Depreciation, amortization, and decommissioning$2,226,681 $6,567 $— $2,233,248 
Interest and investment income$592,257 $21,621 ($315,013)$298,865 
Interest expense$899,655 $253,317 ($2,152)$1,150,820 
Income taxes$515,665 ($134,638)$— $381,027 
Total assets$68,951,564 $721,459 ($4,882,991)$64,790,032 
Total expenditures for additions to long-lived assets$5,967,739 $1,971 $— $5,969,710 

2023UtilityParent & OtherEliminationsConsolidated
 (In Thousands)
Asset write-offs, impairments, and related charges (credits)$79,962 ($37,283)$— $42,679 
Depreciation, amortization, and decommissioning$2,045,254 $6,423 $— $2,051,677 
Interest and investment income$443,751 $18,660 ($299,685)$162,726 
Interest expense$816,643 $190,468 ($705)$1,006,406 
Income taxes($374,847)($315,688)$— ($690,535)
Total assets$63,887,038 $836,598 ($5,020,240)$59,703,396 
Total expenditures for additions to long-lived assets$4,745,918 $801 $— $4,746,719 

2022UtilityParent & OtherEliminationsConsolidated
 (In Thousands)
Depreciation, amortization, and decommissioning$1,941,653 $43,446 $— $1,985,099 
Interest and investment income (loss)$145,968 ($35,293)($186,256)($75,581)
Interest expense$750,175 $162,300 ($238)$912,237 
Income taxes($34,263)($4,715)$— ($38,978)
Total assets$61,399,243 $884,442 ($3,688,494)$58,595,191 
Total expenditures for additions to long-lived assets$5,382,243 $13,884 $— $5,396,127 

Eliminations are primarily intersegment activity.  All of Entergy’s goodwill is related to the Utility segment.

Registrant Subsidiaries

Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each has one operating and reportable segment, an integrated utility business which includes the generation, transmission, and distribution of electric power; and operation of a small natural gas distribution business at each of Entergy Louisiana and Entergy New Orleans. Revenue for each integrated utility business is primarily derived from retail electric sales. System Energy has one operating and reportable segment, which is an electricity generation business. System Energy’s only source of revenue is the sale of electric power and capacity generated from its 90% interest in the Grand Gulf nuclear plant to Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy New
Orleans. Each of the Registrant Subsidiaries’ operations are managed on an integrated basis by that company because of the substantial effect of cost-based rates and regulatory oversight on the business process, cost structures, and operating results. The chief operating decision maker for the Registrant Subsidiaries is the respective president and chief executive officer for the Utility operating companies and the president for System Energy. Each chief operating decision maker assesses financial performance on an entity-wide basis and decides how to allocate resources based on net income that also is reported on the income statement for each of the Registrant Subsidiaries as net income. Net income is used in the annual planning process and to monitor budget versus actual results on a monthly basis and each Registrant Subsidiary’s earned return on common equity in assessing financial performance. Each chief operating decision maker is only provided with the consolidated financial results for the respective Registrant Subsidiary. All segment financial information for the Registrant Subsidiaries is as reported on the respective financial statements for each of the Registrant Subsidiaries.

Geographic Areas

Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries derive substantially all revenue from inside of the United States and all long-lived assets are located within the United States.

Major Customers

Neither Entergy nor the Registrant Subsidiaries have an individual customer representing more than 10% of its respective revenues for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022.

Exit from the Merchant Power Business

Entergy completed its multi-year strategy to exit the merchant nuclear power business in 2022. The Fitzpatrick plant was sold to Exelon in March 2017. The Vermont Yankee plant was transferred to NorthStar in January 2019. The Pilgrim plant was sold to Holtec International in August 2019. The Indian Point 2 and Indian Point 3 plants were sold to Holtec International in May 2021. The Palisades plant was sold to Holtec International in June 2022. The decisions to shut down these plants and the related transactions resulted in asset impairments; employee retention and severance expenses and other benefits-related costs; and contracted economic development contributions.

As of December 31, 2021, Entergy had a restructuring cost accrual of $37 million relating to employee retention and severance expenses and other benefits-related costs related to its exit from the merchant power business. During the year ended December 31, 2022, Entergy accrued an additional $3 million in restructuring costs and made severance and retention payments of $40 million, after which the restructuring cost accrual was zero. The employee retention and severance expenses and other benefits-related costs are included in "Other operation and maintenance" in Entergy’s consolidated income statements.
Entergy Mississippi [Member]  
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block] BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy)
Entergy has a single reportable segment, Utility, which includes the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electric power in portions of Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas, and Louisiana, including the City of New Orleans; and operation of a small natural gas distribution business in portions of Louisiana.  Revenue for the Utility segment is primarily derived from retail electric sales. The accounting policies of the Utility segment are the same as those described in Note 1 to the financial statements. The Utility segment reflects management’s primary basis of organization with a predominant focus on its utility operations in the Gulf South. Entergy’s chief operating decision maker is its chief executive officer. The chief operating decision maker uses Utility net income in the annual planning process and to monitor budget versus actual results on a monthly basis in assessing financial performance and in determining how to allocate resources. Parent & Other includes the parent company, Entergy Corporation, and other business activity, including Entergy’s non-utility operations business, which is an operating segment that does not meet the quantitative thresholds for determining reportable segments. Entergy’s non-utility operations business owns interests in non-nuclear power plants that sell the electric power produced by those plants to wholesale customers and also provides decommissioning services to nuclear power plants owned by non-affiliated entities in the United States.
The following table includes operating revenues and significant expense categories regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker for the Utility segment, a reconciliation of Utility operating revenues to Entergy’s consolidated operating revenues, and a reconciliation of Utility net income to consolidated net income and net income attributable to Entergy Corporation for each of the years presented:
202420232022
(In Thousands)
Utility operating revenues$11,805,802 $12,022,944 $13,420,804 
Reconciliation of revenues:
Other revenues (a)73,914 124,509 343,461 
Elimination of intersegment revenues(63)(41)(28)
Consolidated operating revenues11,879,653 12,147,412 13,764,237 
Less Utility expenses and other items:
Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale2,214,471 2,755,793 3,634,394 
Purchased power806,646 904,184 1,478,121 
Other operation and maintenance expenses2,851,165 2,838,057 2,899,759 
Other regulatory charges (credits) - net(6,133)(138,469)669,403 
Other Utility items (b)4,109,352 3,152,475 3,340,547 
Utility net income1,830,301 2,510,904 1,398,580 
Reconciliation of net income:
Non-cash pension settlement charge (c)(319,675)— — 
IRS audit resolution (d)— 275,403 — 
Gain on sale of Palisades (e)— — 165,626 
Income taxes on reconciling items noted above66,515 — (36,102)
Other loss(203,097)(125,018)(244,949)
Elimination of intersegment loss(312,860)(298,979)(186,017)
Consolidated net income1,061,184 2,362,310 1,097,138 
Preferred dividend requirements of subsidiaries and noncontrolling interests (f)5,594 5,774 (6,028)
Net income attributable to Entergy Corporation$1,055,590 $2,356,536 $1,103,166 

(a)See Note 19 to the financial statements for discussion of other revenues.
(b)Other Utility items includes nuclear refueling outage expenses, asset write-offs, decommissioning expenses, taxes other than income taxes, depreciation and amortization expenses, other income, interest expense, and income tax expense.
(c)See Note 11 to the financial statements for discussion of the one-time non-cash pension settlement charge of $328 million, of which $8 million was recorded at Utility and $320 million was recorded at Parent & Other, resulting from a group annuity contract purchased in 2024 to settle certain pension liabilities.
(d)See Note 3 to the financial statements for discussion of the resolution of the 2016-2018 IRS audit, which included a $568 million reduction, recorded at Utility, and a $275 million reduction, recorded at Parent & Other, in income tax expense in 2023.
(e)See Note 14 to the financial statements for discussion of the $166 million gain, recorded at Parent & Other, resulting from the sale of the Palisades plant in June 2022.
(f)Preferred dividend requirements of subsidiaries and noncontrolling interests is substantially derived from the Utility segment. See Note 6 to the financial statements for discussion of preferred stock and noncontrolling interests.
The following tables present segment financial information for Entergy’s single reportable segment, Utility, and a reconciliation to the corresponding consolidated amounts for Entergy Corporation.
2024UtilityParent & OtherEliminationsConsolidated
 (In Thousands)
Asset write-offs, impairments, and related charges (credits)$131,775 ($24,641)$— $107,134 
Depreciation, amortization, and decommissioning$2,226,681 $6,567 $— $2,233,248 
Interest and investment income$592,257 $21,621 ($315,013)$298,865 
Interest expense$899,655 $253,317 ($2,152)$1,150,820 
Income taxes$515,665 ($134,638)$— $381,027 
Total assets$68,951,564 $721,459 ($4,882,991)$64,790,032 
Total expenditures for additions to long-lived assets$5,967,739 $1,971 $— $5,969,710 

2023UtilityParent & OtherEliminationsConsolidated
 (In Thousands)
Asset write-offs, impairments, and related charges (credits)$79,962 ($37,283)$— $42,679 
Depreciation, amortization, and decommissioning$2,045,254 $6,423 $— $2,051,677 
Interest and investment income$443,751 $18,660 ($299,685)$162,726 
Interest expense$816,643 $190,468 ($705)$1,006,406 
Income taxes($374,847)($315,688)$— ($690,535)
Total assets$63,887,038 $836,598 ($5,020,240)$59,703,396 
Total expenditures for additions to long-lived assets$4,745,918 $801 $— $4,746,719 

2022UtilityParent & OtherEliminationsConsolidated
 (In Thousands)
Depreciation, amortization, and decommissioning$1,941,653 $43,446 $— $1,985,099 
Interest and investment income (loss)$145,968 ($35,293)($186,256)($75,581)
Interest expense$750,175 $162,300 ($238)$912,237 
Income taxes($34,263)($4,715)$— ($38,978)
Total assets$61,399,243 $884,442 ($3,688,494)$58,595,191 
Total expenditures for additions to long-lived assets$5,382,243 $13,884 $— $5,396,127 

Eliminations are primarily intersegment activity.  All of Entergy’s goodwill is related to the Utility segment.

Registrant Subsidiaries

Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each has one operating and reportable segment, an integrated utility business which includes the generation, transmission, and distribution of electric power; and operation of a small natural gas distribution business at each of Entergy Louisiana and Entergy New Orleans. Revenue for each integrated utility business is primarily derived from retail electric sales. System Energy has one operating and reportable segment, which is an electricity generation business. System Energy’s only source of revenue is the sale of electric power and capacity generated from its 90% interest in the Grand Gulf nuclear plant to Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy New
Orleans. Each of the Registrant Subsidiaries’ operations are managed on an integrated basis by that company because of the substantial effect of cost-based rates and regulatory oversight on the business process, cost structures, and operating results. The chief operating decision maker for the Registrant Subsidiaries is the respective president and chief executive officer for the Utility operating companies and the president for System Energy. Each chief operating decision maker assesses financial performance on an entity-wide basis and decides how to allocate resources based on net income that also is reported on the income statement for each of the Registrant Subsidiaries as net income. Net income is used in the annual planning process and to monitor budget versus actual results on a monthly basis and each Registrant Subsidiary’s earned return on common equity in assessing financial performance. Each chief operating decision maker is only provided with the consolidated financial results for the respective Registrant Subsidiary. All segment financial information for the Registrant Subsidiaries is as reported on the respective financial statements for each of the Registrant Subsidiaries.

Geographic Areas

Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries derive substantially all revenue from inside of the United States and all long-lived assets are located within the United States.

Major Customers

Neither Entergy nor the Registrant Subsidiaries have an individual customer representing more than 10% of its respective revenues for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022.

Exit from the Merchant Power Business

Entergy completed its multi-year strategy to exit the merchant nuclear power business in 2022. The Fitzpatrick plant was sold to Exelon in March 2017. The Vermont Yankee plant was transferred to NorthStar in January 2019. The Pilgrim plant was sold to Holtec International in August 2019. The Indian Point 2 and Indian Point 3 plants were sold to Holtec International in May 2021. The Palisades plant was sold to Holtec International in June 2022. The decisions to shut down these plants and the related transactions resulted in asset impairments; employee retention and severance expenses and other benefits-related costs; and contracted economic development contributions.

As of December 31, 2021, Entergy had a restructuring cost accrual of $37 million relating to employee retention and severance expenses and other benefits-related costs related to its exit from the merchant power business. During the year ended December 31, 2022, Entergy accrued an additional $3 million in restructuring costs and made severance and retention payments of $40 million, after which the restructuring cost accrual was zero. The employee retention and severance expenses and other benefits-related costs are included in "Other operation and maintenance" in Entergy’s consolidated income statements.
Entergy New Orleans [Member]  
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block] BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy)
Entergy has a single reportable segment, Utility, which includes the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electric power in portions of Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas, and Louisiana, including the City of New Orleans; and operation of a small natural gas distribution business in portions of Louisiana.  Revenue for the Utility segment is primarily derived from retail electric sales. The accounting policies of the Utility segment are the same as those described in Note 1 to the financial statements. The Utility segment reflects management’s primary basis of organization with a predominant focus on its utility operations in the Gulf South. Entergy’s chief operating decision maker is its chief executive officer. The chief operating decision maker uses Utility net income in the annual planning process and to monitor budget versus actual results on a monthly basis in assessing financial performance and in determining how to allocate resources. Parent & Other includes the parent company, Entergy Corporation, and other business activity, including Entergy’s non-utility operations business, which is an operating segment that does not meet the quantitative thresholds for determining reportable segments. Entergy’s non-utility operations business owns interests in non-nuclear power plants that sell the electric power produced by those plants to wholesale customers and also provides decommissioning services to nuclear power plants owned by non-affiliated entities in the United States.
The following table includes operating revenues and significant expense categories regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker for the Utility segment, a reconciliation of Utility operating revenues to Entergy’s consolidated operating revenues, and a reconciliation of Utility net income to consolidated net income and net income attributable to Entergy Corporation for each of the years presented:
202420232022
(In Thousands)
Utility operating revenues$11,805,802 $12,022,944 $13,420,804 
Reconciliation of revenues:
Other revenues (a)73,914 124,509 343,461 
Elimination of intersegment revenues(63)(41)(28)
Consolidated operating revenues11,879,653 12,147,412 13,764,237 
Less Utility expenses and other items:
Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale2,214,471 2,755,793 3,634,394 
Purchased power806,646 904,184 1,478,121 
Other operation and maintenance expenses2,851,165 2,838,057 2,899,759 
Other regulatory charges (credits) - net(6,133)(138,469)669,403 
Other Utility items (b)4,109,352 3,152,475 3,340,547 
Utility net income1,830,301 2,510,904 1,398,580 
Reconciliation of net income:
Non-cash pension settlement charge (c)(319,675)— — 
IRS audit resolution (d)— 275,403 — 
Gain on sale of Palisades (e)— — 165,626 
Income taxes on reconciling items noted above66,515 — (36,102)
Other loss(203,097)(125,018)(244,949)
Elimination of intersegment loss(312,860)(298,979)(186,017)
Consolidated net income1,061,184 2,362,310 1,097,138 
Preferred dividend requirements of subsidiaries and noncontrolling interests (f)5,594 5,774 (6,028)
Net income attributable to Entergy Corporation$1,055,590 $2,356,536 $1,103,166 

(a)See Note 19 to the financial statements for discussion of other revenues.
(b)Other Utility items includes nuclear refueling outage expenses, asset write-offs, decommissioning expenses, taxes other than income taxes, depreciation and amortization expenses, other income, interest expense, and income tax expense.
(c)See Note 11 to the financial statements for discussion of the one-time non-cash pension settlement charge of $328 million, of which $8 million was recorded at Utility and $320 million was recorded at Parent & Other, resulting from a group annuity contract purchased in 2024 to settle certain pension liabilities.
(d)See Note 3 to the financial statements for discussion of the resolution of the 2016-2018 IRS audit, which included a $568 million reduction, recorded at Utility, and a $275 million reduction, recorded at Parent & Other, in income tax expense in 2023.
(e)See Note 14 to the financial statements for discussion of the $166 million gain, recorded at Parent & Other, resulting from the sale of the Palisades plant in June 2022.
(f)Preferred dividend requirements of subsidiaries and noncontrolling interests is substantially derived from the Utility segment. See Note 6 to the financial statements for discussion of preferred stock and noncontrolling interests.
The following tables present segment financial information for Entergy’s single reportable segment, Utility, and a reconciliation to the corresponding consolidated amounts for Entergy Corporation.
2024UtilityParent & OtherEliminationsConsolidated
 (In Thousands)
Asset write-offs, impairments, and related charges (credits)$131,775 ($24,641)$— $107,134 
Depreciation, amortization, and decommissioning$2,226,681 $6,567 $— $2,233,248 
Interest and investment income$592,257 $21,621 ($315,013)$298,865 
Interest expense$899,655 $253,317 ($2,152)$1,150,820 
Income taxes$515,665 ($134,638)$— $381,027 
Total assets$68,951,564 $721,459 ($4,882,991)$64,790,032 
Total expenditures for additions to long-lived assets$5,967,739 $1,971 $— $5,969,710 

2023UtilityParent & OtherEliminationsConsolidated
 (In Thousands)
Asset write-offs, impairments, and related charges (credits)$79,962 ($37,283)$— $42,679 
Depreciation, amortization, and decommissioning$2,045,254 $6,423 $— $2,051,677 
Interest and investment income$443,751 $18,660 ($299,685)$162,726 
Interest expense$816,643 $190,468 ($705)$1,006,406 
Income taxes($374,847)($315,688)$— ($690,535)
Total assets$63,887,038 $836,598 ($5,020,240)$59,703,396 
Total expenditures for additions to long-lived assets$4,745,918 $801 $— $4,746,719 

2022UtilityParent & OtherEliminationsConsolidated
 (In Thousands)
Depreciation, amortization, and decommissioning$1,941,653 $43,446 $— $1,985,099 
Interest and investment income (loss)$145,968 ($35,293)($186,256)($75,581)
Interest expense$750,175 $162,300 ($238)$912,237 
Income taxes($34,263)($4,715)$— ($38,978)
Total assets$61,399,243 $884,442 ($3,688,494)$58,595,191 
Total expenditures for additions to long-lived assets$5,382,243 $13,884 $— $5,396,127 

Eliminations are primarily intersegment activity.  All of Entergy’s goodwill is related to the Utility segment.

Registrant Subsidiaries

Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each has one operating and reportable segment, an integrated utility business which includes the generation, transmission, and distribution of electric power; and operation of a small natural gas distribution business at each of Entergy Louisiana and Entergy New Orleans. Revenue for each integrated utility business is primarily derived from retail electric sales. System Energy has one operating and reportable segment, which is an electricity generation business. System Energy’s only source of revenue is the sale of electric power and capacity generated from its 90% interest in the Grand Gulf nuclear plant to Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy New
Orleans. Each of the Registrant Subsidiaries’ operations are managed on an integrated basis by that company because of the substantial effect of cost-based rates and regulatory oversight on the business process, cost structures, and operating results. The chief operating decision maker for the Registrant Subsidiaries is the respective president and chief executive officer for the Utility operating companies and the president for System Energy. Each chief operating decision maker assesses financial performance on an entity-wide basis and decides how to allocate resources based on net income that also is reported on the income statement for each of the Registrant Subsidiaries as net income. Net income is used in the annual planning process and to monitor budget versus actual results on a monthly basis and each Registrant Subsidiary’s earned return on common equity in assessing financial performance. Each chief operating decision maker is only provided with the consolidated financial results for the respective Registrant Subsidiary. All segment financial information for the Registrant Subsidiaries is as reported on the respective financial statements for each of the Registrant Subsidiaries.

Geographic Areas

Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries derive substantially all revenue from inside of the United States and all long-lived assets are located within the United States.

Major Customers

Neither Entergy nor the Registrant Subsidiaries have an individual customer representing more than 10% of its respective revenues for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022.

Exit from the Merchant Power Business

Entergy completed its multi-year strategy to exit the merchant nuclear power business in 2022. The Fitzpatrick plant was sold to Exelon in March 2017. The Vermont Yankee plant was transferred to NorthStar in January 2019. The Pilgrim plant was sold to Holtec International in August 2019. The Indian Point 2 and Indian Point 3 plants were sold to Holtec International in May 2021. The Palisades plant was sold to Holtec International in June 2022. The decisions to shut down these plants and the related transactions resulted in asset impairments; employee retention and severance expenses and other benefits-related costs; and contracted economic development contributions.

As of December 31, 2021, Entergy had a restructuring cost accrual of $37 million relating to employee retention and severance expenses and other benefits-related costs related to its exit from the merchant power business. During the year ended December 31, 2022, Entergy accrued an additional $3 million in restructuring costs and made severance and retention payments of $40 million, after which the restructuring cost accrual was zero. The employee retention and severance expenses and other benefits-related costs are included in "Other operation and maintenance" in Entergy’s consolidated income statements.
Entergy Texas [Member]  
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block] BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy)
Entergy has a single reportable segment, Utility, which includes the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electric power in portions of Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas, and Louisiana, including the City of New Orleans; and operation of a small natural gas distribution business in portions of Louisiana.  Revenue for the Utility segment is primarily derived from retail electric sales. The accounting policies of the Utility segment are the same as those described in Note 1 to the financial statements. The Utility segment reflects management’s primary basis of organization with a predominant focus on its utility operations in the Gulf South. Entergy’s chief operating decision maker is its chief executive officer. The chief operating decision maker uses Utility net income in the annual planning process and to monitor budget versus actual results on a monthly basis in assessing financial performance and in determining how to allocate resources. Parent & Other includes the parent company, Entergy Corporation, and other business activity, including Entergy’s non-utility operations business, which is an operating segment that does not meet the quantitative thresholds for determining reportable segments. Entergy’s non-utility operations business owns interests in non-nuclear power plants that sell the electric power produced by those plants to wholesale customers and also provides decommissioning services to nuclear power plants owned by non-affiliated entities in the United States.
The following table includes operating revenues and significant expense categories regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker for the Utility segment, a reconciliation of Utility operating revenues to Entergy’s consolidated operating revenues, and a reconciliation of Utility net income to consolidated net income and net income attributable to Entergy Corporation for each of the years presented:
202420232022
(In Thousands)
Utility operating revenues$11,805,802 $12,022,944 $13,420,804 
Reconciliation of revenues:
Other revenues (a)73,914 124,509 343,461 
Elimination of intersegment revenues(63)(41)(28)
Consolidated operating revenues11,879,653 12,147,412 13,764,237 
Less Utility expenses and other items:
Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale2,214,471 2,755,793 3,634,394 
Purchased power806,646 904,184 1,478,121 
Other operation and maintenance expenses2,851,165 2,838,057 2,899,759 
Other regulatory charges (credits) - net(6,133)(138,469)669,403 
Other Utility items (b)4,109,352 3,152,475 3,340,547 
Utility net income1,830,301 2,510,904 1,398,580 
Reconciliation of net income:
Non-cash pension settlement charge (c)(319,675)— — 
IRS audit resolution (d)— 275,403 — 
Gain on sale of Palisades (e)— — 165,626 
Income taxes on reconciling items noted above66,515 — (36,102)
Other loss(203,097)(125,018)(244,949)
Elimination of intersegment loss(312,860)(298,979)(186,017)
Consolidated net income1,061,184 2,362,310 1,097,138 
Preferred dividend requirements of subsidiaries and noncontrolling interests (f)5,594 5,774 (6,028)
Net income attributable to Entergy Corporation$1,055,590 $2,356,536 $1,103,166 

(a)See Note 19 to the financial statements for discussion of other revenues.
(b)Other Utility items includes nuclear refueling outage expenses, asset write-offs, decommissioning expenses, taxes other than income taxes, depreciation and amortization expenses, other income, interest expense, and income tax expense.
(c)See Note 11 to the financial statements for discussion of the one-time non-cash pension settlement charge of $328 million, of which $8 million was recorded at Utility and $320 million was recorded at Parent & Other, resulting from a group annuity contract purchased in 2024 to settle certain pension liabilities.
(d)See Note 3 to the financial statements for discussion of the resolution of the 2016-2018 IRS audit, which included a $568 million reduction, recorded at Utility, and a $275 million reduction, recorded at Parent & Other, in income tax expense in 2023.
(e)See Note 14 to the financial statements for discussion of the $166 million gain, recorded at Parent & Other, resulting from the sale of the Palisades plant in June 2022.
(f)Preferred dividend requirements of subsidiaries and noncontrolling interests is substantially derived from the Utility segment. See Note 6 to the financial statements for discussion of preferred stock and noncontrolling interests.
The following tables present segment financial information for Entergy’s single reportable segment, Utility, and a reconciliation to the corresponding consolidated amounts for Entergy Corporation.
2024UtilityParent & OtherEliminationsConsolidated
 (In Thousands)
Asset write-offs, impairments, and related charges (credits)$131,775 ($24,641)$— $107,134 
Depreciation, amortization, and decommissioning$2,226,681 $6,567 $— $2,233,248 
Interest and investment income$592,257 $21,621 ($315,013)$298,865 
Interest expense$899,655 $253,317 ($2,152)$1,150,820 
Income taxes$515,665 ($134,638)$— $381,027 
Total assets$68,951,564 $721,459 ($4,882,991)$64,790,032 
Total expenditures for additions to long-lived assets$5,967,739 $1,971 $— $5,969,710 

2023UtilityParent & OtherEliminationsConsolidated
 (In Thousands)
Asset write-offs, impairments, and related charges (credits)$79,962 ($37,283)$— $42,679 
Depreciation, amortization, and decommissioning$2,045,254 $6,423 $— $2,051,677 
Interest and investment income$443,751 $18,660 ($299,685)$162,726 
Interest expense$816,643 $190,468 ($705)$1,006,406 
Income taxes($374,847)($315,688)$— ($690,535)
Total assets$63,887,038 $836,598 ($5,020,240)$59,703,396 
Total expenditures for additions to long-lived assets$4,745,918 $801 $— $4,746,719 

2022UtilityParent & OtherEliminationsConsolidated
 (In Thousands)
Depreciation, amortization, and decommissioning$1,941,653 $43,446 $— $1,985,099 
Interest and investment income (loss)$145,968 ($35,293)($186,256)($75,581)
Interest expense$750,175 $162,300 ($238)$912,237 
Income taxes($34,263)($4,715)$— ($38,978)
Total assets$61,399,243 $884,442 ($3,688,494)$58,595,191 
Total expenditures for additions to long-lived assets$5,382,243 $13,884 $— $5,396,127 

Eliminations are primarily intersegment activity.  All of Entergy’s goodwill is related to the Utility segment.

Registrant Subsidiaries

Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each has one operating and reportable segment, an integrated utility business which includes the generation, transmission, and distribution of electric power; and operation of a small natural gas distribution business at each of Entergy Louisiana and Entergy New Orleans. Revenue for each integrated utility business is primarily derived from retail electric sales. System Energy has one operating and reportable segment, which is an electricity generation business. System Energy’s only source of revenue is the sale of electric power and capacity generated from its 90% interest in the Grand Gulf nuclear plant to Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy New
Orleans. Each of the Registrant Subsidiaries’ operations are managed on an integrated basis by that company because of the substantial effect of cost-based rates and regulatory oversight on the business process, cost structures, and operating results. The chief operating decision maker for the Registrant Subsidiaries is the respective president and chief executive officer for the Utility operating companies and the president for System Energy. Each chief operating decision maker assesses financial performance on an entity-wide basis and decides how to allocate resources based on net income that also is reported on the income statement for each of the Registrant Subsidiaries as net income. Net income is used in the annual planning process and to monitor budget versus actual results on a monthly basis and each Registrant Subsidiary’s earned return on common equity in assessing financial performance. Each chief operating decision maker is only provided with the consolidated financial results for the respective Registrant Subsidiary. All segment financial information for the Registrant Subsidiaries is as reported on the respective financial statements for each of the Registrant Subsidiaries.

Geographic Areas

Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries derive substantially all revenue from inside of the United States and all long-lived assets are located within the United States.

Major Customers

Neither Entergy nor the Registrant Subsidiaries have an individual customer representing more than 10% of its respective revenues for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022.

Exit from the Merchant Power Business

Entergy completed its multi-year strategy to exit the merchant nuclear power business in 2022. The Fitzpatrick plant was sold to Exelon in March 2017. The Vermont Yankee plant was transferred to NorthStar in January 2019. The Pilgrim plant was sold to Holtec International in August 2019. The Indian Point 2 and Indian Point 3 plants were sold to Holtec International in May 2021. The Palisades plant was sold to Holtec International in June 2022. The decisions to shut down these plants and the related transactions resulted in asset impairments; employee retention and severance expenses and other benefits-related costs; and contracted economic development contributions.

As of December 31, 2021, Entergy had a restructuring cost accrual of $37 million relating to employee retention and severance expenses and other benefits-related costs related to its exit from the merchant power business. During the year ended December 31, 2022, Entergy accrued an additional $3 million in restructuring costs and made severance and retention payments of $40 million, after which the restructuring cost accrual was zero. The employee retention and severance expenses and other benefits-related costs are included in "Other operation and maintenance" in Entergy’s consolidated income statements.
System Energy [Member]  
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block] BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy)
Entergy has a single reportable segment, Utility, which includes the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electric power in portions of Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas, and Louisiana, including the City of New Orleans; and operation of a small natural gas distribution business in portions of Louisiana.  Revenue for the Utility segment is primarily derived from retail electric sales. The accounting policies of the Utility segment are the same as those described in Note 1 to the financial statements. The Utility segment reflects management’s primary basis of organization with a predominant focus on its utility operations in the Gulf South. Entergy’s chief operating decision maker is its chief executive officer. The chief operating decision maker uses Utility net income in the annual planning process and to monitor budget versus actual results on a monthly basis in assessing financial performance and in determining how to allocate resources. Parent & Other includes the parent company, Entergy Corporation, and other business activity, including Entergy’s non-utility operations business, which is an operating segment that does not meet the quantitative thresholds for determining reportable segments. Entergy’s non-utility operations business owns interests in non-nuclear power plants that sell the electric power produced by those plants to wholesale customers and also provides decommissioning services to nuclear power plants owned by non-affiliated entities in the United States.
The following table includes operating revenues and significant expense categories regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker for the Utility segment, a reconciliation of Utility operating revenues to Entergy’s consolidated operating revenues, and a reconciliation of Utility net income to consolidated net income and net income attributable to Entergy Corporation for each of the years presented:
202420232022
(In Thousands)
Utility operating revenues$11,805,802 $12,022,944 $13,420,804 
Reconciliation of revenues:
Other revenues (a)73,914 124,509 343,461 
Elimination of intersegment revenues(63)(41)(28)
Consolidated operating revenues11,879,653 12,147,412 13,764,237 
Less Utility expenses and other items:
Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale2,214,471 2,755,793 3,634,394 
Purchased power806,646 904,184 1,478,121 
Other operation and maintenance expenses2,851,165 2,838,057 2,899,759 
Other regulatory charges (credits) - net(6,133)(138,469)669,403 
Other Utility items (b)4,109,352 3,152,475 3,340,547 
Utility net income1,830,301 2,510,904 1,398,580 
Reconciliation of net income:
Non-cash pension settlement charge (c)(319,675)— — 
IRS audit resolution (d)— 275,403 — 
Gain on sale of Palisades (e)— — 165,626 
Income taxes on reconciling items noted above66,515 — (36,102)
Other loss(203,097)(125,018)(244,949)
Elimination of intersegment loss(312,860)(298,979)(186,017)
Consolidated net income1,061,184 2,362,310 1,097,138 
Preferred dividend requirements of subsidiaries and noncontrolling interests (f)5,594 5,774 (6,028)
Net income attributable to Entergy Corporation$1,055,590 $2,356,536 $1,103,166 

(a)See Note 19 to the financial statements for discussion of other revenues.
(b)Other Utility items includes nuclear refueling outage expenses, asset write-offs, decommissioning expenses, taxes other than income taxes, depreciation and amortization expenses, other income, interest expense, and income tax expense.
(c)See Note 11 to the financial statements for discussion of the one-time non-cash pension settlement charge of $328 million, of which $8 million was recorded at Utility and $320 million was recorded at Parent & Other, resulting from a group annuity contract purchased in 2024 to settle certain pension liabilities.
(d)See Note 3 to the financial statements for discussion of the resolution of the 2016-2018 IRS audit, which included a $568 million reduction, recorded at Utility, and a $275 million reduction, recorded at Parent & Other, in income tax expense in 2023.
(e)See Note 14 to the financial statements for discussion of the $166 million gain, recorded at Parent & Other, resulting from the sale of the Palisades plant in June 2022.
(f)Preferred dividend requirements of subsidiaries and noncontrolling interests is substantially derived from the Utility segment. See Note 6 to the financial statements for discussion of preferred stock and noncontrolling interests.
The following tables present segment financial information for Entergy’s single reportable segment, Utility, and a reconciliation to the corresponding consolidated amounts for Entergy Corporation.
2024UtilityParent & OtherEliminationsConsolidated
 (In Thousands)
Asset write-offs, impairments, and related charges (credits)$131,775 ($24,641)$— $107,134 
Depreciation, amortization, and decommissioning$2,226,681 $6,567 $— $2,233,248 
Interest and investment income$592,257 $21,621 ($315,013)$298,865 
Interest expense$899,655 $253,317 ($2,152)$1,150,820 
Income taxes$515,665 ($134,638)$— $381,027 
Total assets$68,951,564 $721,459 ($4,882,991)$64,790,032 
Total expenditures for additions to long-lived assets$5,967,739 $1,971 $— $5,969,710 

2023UtilityParent & OtherEliminationsConsolidated
 (In Thousands)
Asset write-offs, impairments, and related charges (credits)$79,962 ($37,283)$— $42,679 
Depreciation, amortization, and decommissioning$2,045,254 $6,423 $— $2,051,677 
Interest and investment income$443,751 $18,660 ($299,685)$162,726 
Interest expense$816,643 $190,468 ($705)$1,006,406 
Income taxes($374,847)($315,688)$— ($690,535)
Total assets$63,887,038 $836,598 ($5,020,240)$59,703,396 
Total expenditures for additions to long-lived assets$4,745,918 $801 $— $4,746,719 

2022UtilityParent & OtherEliminationsConsolidated
 (In Thousands)
Depreciation, amortization, and decommissioning$1,941,653 $43,446 $— $1,985,099 
Interest and investment income (loss)$145,968 ($35,293)($186,256)($75,581)
Interest expense$750,175 $162,300 ($238)$912,237 
Income taxes($34,263)($4,715)$— ($38,978)
Total assets$61,399,243 $884,442 ($3,688,494)$58,595,191 
Total expenditures for additions to long-lived assets$5,382,243 $13,884 $— $5,396,127 

Eliminations are primarily intersegment activity.  All of Entergy’s goodwill is related to the Utility segment.

Registrant Subsidiaries

Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each has one operating and reportable segment, an integrated utility business which includes the generation, transmission, and distribution of electric power; and operation of a small natural gas distribution business at each of Entergy Louisiana and Entergy New Orleans. Revenue for each integrated utility business is primarily derived from retail electric sales. System Energy has one operating and reportable segment, which is an electricity generation business. System Energy’s only source of revenue is the sale of electric power and capacity generated from its 90% interest in the Grand Gulf nuclear plant to Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy New
Orleans. Each of the Registrant Subsidiaries’ operations are managed on an integrated basis by that company because of the substantial effect of cost-based rates and regulatory oversight on the business process, cost structures, and operating results. The chief operating decision maker for the Registrant Subsidiaries is the respective president and chief executive officer for the Utility operating companies and the president for System Energy. Each chief operating decision maker assesses financial performance on an entity-wide basis and decides how to allocate resources based on net income that also is reported on the income statement for each of the Registrant Subsidiaries as net income. Net income is used in the annual planning process and to monitor budget versus actual results on a monthly basis and each Registrant Subsidiary’s earned return on common equity in assessing financial performance. Each chief operating decision maker is only provided with the consolidated financial results for the respective Registrant Subsidiary. All segment financial information for the Registrant Subsidiaries is as reported on the respective financial statements for each of the Registrant Subsidiaries.

Geographic Areas

Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries derive substantially all revenue from inside of the United States and all long-lived assets are located within the United States.

Major Customers

Neither Entergy nor the Registrant Subsidiaries have an individual customer representing more than 10% of its respective revenues for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022.

Exit from the Merchant Power Business

Entergy completed its multi-year strategy to exit the merchant nuclear power business in 2022. The Fitzpatrick plant was sold to Exelon in March 2017. The Vermont Yankee plant was transferred to NorthStar in January 2019. The Pilgrim plant was sold to Holtec International in August 2019. The Indian Point 2 and Indian Point 3 plants were sold to Holtec International in May 2021. The Palisades plant was sold to Holtec International in June 2022. The decisions to shut down these plants and the related transactions resulted in asset impairments; employee retention and severance expenses and other benefits-related costs; and contracted economic development contributions.

As of December 31, 2021, Entergy had a restructuring cost accrual of $37 million relating to employee retention and severance expenses and other benefits-related costs related to its exit from the merchant power business. During the year ended December 31, 2022, Entergy accrued an additional $3 million in restructuring costs and made severance and retention payments of $40 million, after which the restructuring cost accrual was zero. The employee retention and severance expenses and other benefits-related costs are included in "Other operation and maintenance" in Entergy’s consolidated income statements.