Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

Use of Estimates, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements

In conformity with GAAP in the United States of America, the preparation of Entergy Corporation’s consolidated financial statements and the separate financial statements of the Registrant Subsidiaries requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities.  Adjustments to the reported amounts of assets and liabilities may be necessary in the future to the extent that future estimates or actual results are different from the estimates used.

Revenues And Fuel Costs [Policy Text Block]

Revenues and Fuel Costs

See Note 19 to the financial statements for a discussion of Entergy’s and the Registrant Subsidiaries’ revenues and fuel costs.

Property, Plant and Equipment, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Property, Plant, and Equipment

Property, plant, and equipment is stated at original cost less regulatory disallowances and impairments.  Depreciation is computed on the straight-line basis at rates based on the applicable estimated service lives of the various classes of property.  For the Registrant Subsidiaries, the original cost of plant retired or removed, less salvage, is charged to accumulated depreciation.  Normal maintenance, repairs, and minor replacement costs are charged to operating expenses.  Certain combined-cycle gas turbine generating units are maintained under long-term service agreements with third-party service providers. The costs under these agreements are split between operating expenses and capital additions based upon the nature of the work performed. Substantially all of the Registrant Subsidiaries’ plant is subject to mortgage liens.

Customers may be required to make advance payments for construction of new utility plants to reimburse the Utility operating companies for costs that are not expected to be recovered through existing retail rates. Under the regulatory framework, these payments are required to ensure the cost to serve a particular customer does not increase the utility rates charged to other utility customers. These advance payments do not reduce the retail rate charged to the customer making the payment and do not create any additional obligation for the respective Utility operating company to provide electrical service beyond the general obligation to serve all customers in its service area. Because the cost is fully reimbursed by the customer through the advance payment, the Utility operating

company does not earn a return or recover through retail rates the cost of utility plants reimbursed by these payments. These advance payments are initially recorded as a non-current liability, which is then reduced by the costs incurred to construct the associated utility plant. This results in Entergy and the Utility operating companies recording utility plant funded by customer advances at a net cost of zero, consistent with utility ratemaking treatment. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, Entergy and the Utility operating companies have customer advances for construction as follows:

	2024	2023
	(In Millions)
Entergy	$635	$292
Entergy Arkansas	$166	$96
Entergy Louisiana	$292	$115
Entergy Mississippi	$113	$33
Entergy New Orleans	$1	$1
Entergy Texas	$63	$47

Electric plant includes the portion of Grand Gulf that was sold and leased back in a prior period.  For financial reporting purposes, this sale and leaseback arrangement is reported as a financing transaction.

Net property, plant, and equipment (including property under lease and associated accumulated amortization) for Entergy by functional category, as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, is shown below:

	2024	2023
	(In Millions)
Production
Nuclear	$8,024	$7,944
Other	7,809	7,045
Transmission	10,414	9,927
Distribution	14,321	12,927
Other	3,286	3,173
Construction work in progress	3,209	2,110
Nuclear fuel	766	708
Property, plant, and equipment - net (a)	$47,829	$43,834

(a)Includes $403 million of natural gas property, plant, and equipment and accumulated depreciation and $3 million of construction work in progress classified as held for sale in “Non-current assets held for sale” on Entergy’s consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2024. See Note 14 to the financial statements for further discussion of the planned sale of the Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Louisiana natural gas distribution businesses and the classification as held for sale.

Depreciation rates on average depreciable property for Entergy approximated 2.9% in 2024, 2.9% in 2023, and 2.8% in 2022.

Entergy amortizes nuclear fuel using a units-of-production method.  Nuclear fuel amortization is included in fuel expense in the income statements.

Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation) for Entergy is reported net of accumulated depreciation of $231 million as of December 31, 2024 and $193 million as of December 31, 2023.

Net property, plant, and equipment (including property under lease and associated accumulated amortization) for the Registrant Subsidiaries by functional category, as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, is shown below:

2024	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas	System Energy
	(In Millions)
Production
Nuclear	$1,887	$4,121	$—	$—	$—	$2,016
Other	1,721	3,532	980	374	1,154	—
Transmission	2,267	4,339	1,567	155	2,054	30
Distribution	3,615	4,973	2,418	761	2,554	—
Other	606	1,175	385	384	318	44
Construction work in progress	320	762	487	20	1,513	85
Nuclear fuel	258	288	—	—	—	220
Property, plant, and equipment - net (a)	$10,674	$19,190	$5,837	$1,694	$7,593	$2,395

(a)Includes $164 million of natural gas property, plant, and equipment and accumulated depreciation and $1 million of construction work in progress for Entergy Louisiana and $239 million of natural gas property, plant, and equipment and accumulated depreciation and $2 million of construction work in progress for Entergy New Orleans classified as held for sale in “Non-current assets held for sale” on their respective consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2024. See Note 14 to the financial statements for further discussion of the planned sale of the Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Louisiana natural gas distribution businesses and the classification as held for sale.

2023	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas	System Energy
	(In Millions)
Production
Nuclear	$1,859	$4,153	$—	$—	$—	$1,932
Other	892	3,583	958	386	1,177	—
Transmission	2,102	4,283	1,483	143	1,882	32
Distribution	3,395	4,371	2,272	692	2,197	—
Other	571	1,156	395	370	311	38
Construction work in progress	341	593	140	25	858	131
Nuclear fuel	214	333	—	—	—	161
Property, plant, and equipment - net	$9,374	$18,472	$5,248	$1,616	$6,425	$2,294

Depreciation rates on average depreciable property for the Registrant Subsidiaries are shown below:

	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas	System Energy
2024	2.7%	2.7%	3.5%	3.3%	3.8%	2.1%
2023	2.7%	2.6%	3.6%	3.3%	4.0%	1.6%
2022	2.7%	2.4%	3.6%	3.2%	3.1%	2.0%

Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation) for Entergy Louisiana is reported net of accumulated depreciation of $225.4 million as of December 31, 2024 and $187.2 million as of December 31, 2023. Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation) for Entergy Mississippi is reported net of accumulated depreciation of $0.5 million as of December 31, 2024 and $0.5 million as of December 31, 2023.

Jointly Owned Generating Stations, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Jointly-Owned Generating Stations

Certain Entergy subsidiaries jointly own electric generating facilities with affiliates or third parties. All parties are required to provide their own financing.  The investments, fuel expenses, and other operation and maintenance expenses associated with these generating stations are recorded by the Entergy subsidiaries to the extent of their respective undivided ownership interests.  As of December 31, 2024, the subsidiaries’ investment and accumulated depreciation in each of these generating stations were as follows:

Generating Stations		Fuel Type	Total Megawatt Capability (a)	Ownership		Investment	Accumulated Depreciation
						(In Millions)
Utility:
Entergy Arkansas -
Independence	Unit 1	Coal	820	31.50	%	$152	$109
Independence	Common Facilities	Coal		15.75	%	$42	$32
White Bluff	Units 1 and 2	Coal	1,244	57.00	%	$622	$412
Ouachita (b)	Common Facilities	Gas		66.67	%	$174	$160
Union (c)	Common Facilities	Gas		25.00	%	$29	$13
Entergy Louisiana -
Roy S. Nelson	Unit 6	Coal	514	40.25	%	$301	$231
Roy S. Nelson	Unit 6 Common Facilities	Coal		40.25	%	$22	$11
Big Cajun 2	Unit 3	Coal	551	24.15	%	$149	$140
Big Cajun 2	Unit 3 Common Facilities	Coal		8.05	%	$5	$3
Ouachita (b)	Common Facilities	Gas		33.33	%	$91	$79
Acadia	Common Facilities	Gas		50.00	%	$22	$3
Union (c)	Common Facilities	Gas		50.00	%	$58	$15
Entergy Mississippi -
Independence	Units 1 and 2 and Common Facilities	Coal	1,662	25.00	%	$304	$195
Entergy New Orleans -
Union (c)	Common Facilities	Gas		25.00	%	$30	$11
Entergy Texas -
Roy S. Nelson	Unit 6	Coal	514	29.75	%	$212	$160
Roy S. Nelson	Unit 6 Common Facilities	Coal		29.75	%	$8	$4
Big Cajun 2	Unit 3	Coal	551	17.85	%	$112	$115
Big Cajun 2	Unit 3 Common Facilities	Coal		5.95	%	$4	$2
Montgomery County	Unit 1	Gas	915	92.44	%	$759	$40
System Energy -
Grand Gulf (d)	Unit 1	Nuclear	1,390	90.00	%	$5,674	$3,580
Other:
Independence	Unit 2	Coal	842	14.37	%	$81	$61
Independence	Common Facilities	Coal		7.18	%	$20	$16
Roy S. Nelson	Unit 6	Coal	514	10.90	%	$121	$76
Roy S. Nelson	Unit 6 Common Facilities	Coal		10.90	%	$3	$2

(a)“Total Megawatt Capability” is the dependable summer load carrying capability as demonstrated under actual operating conditions based on the primary fuel (assuming no curtailments) that each station was designed to utilize.

(b)Ouachita Units 1 and 2 are owned 100% by Entergy Arkansas and Ouachita Unit 3 is owned 100% by Entergy Louisiana.  The investment and accumulated depreciation numbers above are only for the common facilities and not for the generating units.

(c)Union Unit 1 is owned 100% by Entergy New Orleans, Union Unit 2 is owned 100% by Entergy Arkansas, Union Units 3 and 4 are owned 100% by Entergy Louisiana.  The investment and accumulated depreciation numbers above are only for the specified common facilities and not for the generating units.

(d)Includes a leasehold interest held by System Energy.  System Energy’s Grand Gulf lease obligations are discussed in Note 5 to the financial statements.

Outage Costs, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Nuclear Refueling Outage Costs

Nuclear refueling outage costs are deferred during the outage and amortized over the estimated period to the next outage because these refueling outage expenses are incurred to prepare the units to operate for the next operating cycle without having to be taken off line.

Allowance for Funds Used During Construction, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Allowance for Funds Used During Construction (AFUDC)

AFUDC represents the approximate net composite interest cost of borrowed funds and a reasonable return on the equity funds used for construction by the Registrant Subsidiaries.  AFUDC increases both the plant balance and earnings and is realized in cash through depreciation provisions included in the rates charged to customers.

Certain large industrial customers make advance payments to provide Entergy and the Utility operating companies the return on their investment in utility plant that they would otherwise have received by the recognition of AFUDC. When such advances are made, AFUDC is not added to the associated utility plant, which results in a lower amount of utility plant recovered through utility rates. These advance payments are initially recorded as a current liability and then amortized to income over the construction period of the related plant. As of December 31, 2024, Entergy and Entergy Louisiana have $152 million in such advances from customers recorded as current liabilities on their respective consolidated balance sheets.

Income Tax, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Income Taxes

Entergy Corporation and the majority of its subsidiaries file a United States consolidated federal income tax return.  Each tax-paying entity records income taxes as if it were a separate taxpayer and consolidating adjustments are allocated to the tax filing entities in accordance with Entergy’s intercompany income tax allocation agreements.  Deferred income taxes are recorded for temporary differences between the book and tax basis of assets and liabilities, and for certain losses and credits available for carryforward.

Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.  Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and rates in the period in which the tax or rate was enacted. See the “Other Tax Matters - Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” section in Note 3 to the financial statements for discussion of the effects of the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in December 2017.

The benefits of investment tax credits are deferred and amortized over the average useful life of the related property, as a reduction of income tax expense, for such credits associated with rate-regulated operations in accordance with ratemaking treatment.

Public Utilities, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Accounting for the Effects of Regulation

Entergy’s Utility operating companies and System Energy are rate-regulated entities that are required to reflect the effects of rate regulation in their financial statements, including the recording of regulatory assets and liabilities, as the Utility operating companies and System Energy have rates that meet the following three criteria:

(1) are approved by a third-party regulator; (2) are designed to recover the entities’ cost of providing the regulated services or products; and (3) can reasonably be assumed will be charged to and collected from customers.  These criteria may also be applied to separable portions of a utility’s business, such as the generation or transmission functions, or to specific classes of customers.

Regulatory assets represent incurred costs that have been deferred because they are probable of future recovery from customers through regulated rates. Regulatory liabilities represent (1) revenue or gains that have been deferred because it is probable such amounts will be credited to customers through future regulated rates or (2) billings in advance of expenditures for approved regulatory programs. To the extent that all or portions of the Utility operating companies or System Energy’s operations cease to be subject to rate regulation, or future recovery or settlement is no longer probable as a result of changes in regulation or other reasons, the related regulatory assets and liabilities are eliminated from the balance sheet and the impact is recognized on the income statement.

In addition, regulatory accounting requires recognition of an impairment loss if it becomes probable that part of the cost of a recently completed plant asset will be disallowed for rate-making purposes and a reasonable estimate of the amount of the disallowance can be made.

Entergy Louisiana does not apply regulatory accounting standards to the Louisiana retail deregulated portion of River Bend or to the 30% interest in River Bend formerly owned by Cajun unless specific cost recovery is provided for in tariff rates.  The Louisiana retail deregulated portion of River Bend is operated under a deregulated asset plan representing a portion (approximately 15%) of River Bend plant costs, generation, revenues, and expenses established under a 1992 LPSC order.  The plan allows Entergy Louisiana to sell the electricity from the deregulated assets to Louisiana retail customers at 4.6 cents per kWh or off-system at higher prices, with certain provisions for sharing incremental revenue above 4.6 cents per kWh between customers and shareholders.

Regulatory Income Taxes, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Regulatory Asset or Liability for Income Taxes

Accounting standards for income taxes provide that a regulatory asset or liability be recorded if it is probable that the currently determinable future increase or decrease in regulatory income tax expense will be recovered from or credited to customers through future rates. There are two main sources of Entergy’s regulatory asset or liability for income taxes. There is a regulatory asset related to the ratemaking treatment of the tax effects of book depreciation for the equity component of AFUDC that has been capitalized to property, plant, and equipment but for which there is no corresponding tax basis. Equity-AFUDC is a component of property, plant, and equipment that is included in rate base when the plant is placed in service. There is a regulatory liability related to the adjustment of Entergy’s net deferred income taxes that was required by the enactment in December 2017 of a change in the federal corporate income tax rate, which is discussed in Note 2 and 3 to the financial statements.

Cash and Cash Equivalents, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Entergy considers all unrestricted highly liquid debt instruments with an original maturity of three months or less at date of purchase to be cash equivalents.

Securitization Recovery Trust Accounts, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Securitization Recovery Trust Accounts

The funds that Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Texas hold in their securitization recovery trust accounts are not classified as cash and cash equivalents or restricted cash and cash equivalents because of their nature, uses, and restrictions. These funds are classified as part of other current assets and other investments, depending on the timeframe within which the Registrant Subsidiary expects to use the funds.

Trade and Other Accounts Receivable, Unbilled Receivables, Policy

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

The allowance for doubtful accounts reflects Entergy’s best estimate of expected losses on its accounts receivable balances.  The allowance is calculated as the historical rate of customer write-offs multiplied by the current accounts receivable balance, taking into account the length of time the receivable balances have been outstanding. Although the rate of customer write-offs has historically experienced minimal variation, management monitors the current condition of individual customer accounts to manage collections and ensure bad debt expense is recorded in a timely manner. The Utility operating companies’ customer accounts receivable are written off consistent with approved regulatory requirements. See Note 19 to the financial statements for further details on the allowance for doubtful accounts.

Inventory, Policy

Materials and Supplies

Materials and supplies consist of tangible goods, equipment, and other materials that Entergy holds for use or consumption in the normal course of business, whether for capital projects or operation and maintenance activities, or that are required to be kept for regulatory reasons or service reliability. Materials and supplies are valued at a weighted average unit cost when expensed or capitalized, as appropriate, when used or installed. Materials and supplies are valued at the lower of weighted average cost or net realizable value, net of provisions for excess and obsolete materials and supplies.

Investment, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Investments

Entergy records decommissioning trust funds on the balance sheet at their fair value. Because of the ability of the Registrant Subsidiaries to recover decommissioning costs in rates and in accordance with the regulatory treatment for decommissioning trust funds, for unrealized gains/(losses) on investment securities, the Registrant Subsidiaries record an offsetting amount in other regulatory liabilities/assets.  For the 30% interest in River Bend formerly owned by Cajun, Entergy Louisiana records an offsetting amount in other long-term liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Louisiana for the unrealized trust earnings not currently expected to be needed to decommission the plant.  Decommissioning trust funds for the nuclear plants previously owned by Entergy’s non-utility operations, all of which have been sold as of June 2022, did not meet the criteria for regulatory accounting treatment. Accordingly, unrealized gains/(losses) recorded on the equity securities in the trust funds for these plants were recognized in earnings with no offsetting regulatory liability/asset amount. Unrealized gains/(losses) recorded on the available-for-sale debt securities in the trust funds were recognized in the accumulated other comprehensive income component of shareholders’ equity. Entergy’s trusts are managed by third parties who operate in accordance with agreements that define investment guidelines and place restrictions on the purchases and sales of investments. See Note 16 to the financial statements for details on the decommissioning trust funds.

Partnerships with disproportionate allocation of earnings and losses in relation to an investor's ownership interest [Policy Text Block]

Partnerships with Disproportionate Allocation of Earnings and Losses in Relation to an Investor’s Ownership Interest

Entergy Arkansas and Entergy Mississippi, as managing members, each control a tax equity partnership with a third party tax equity investor and consolidate the partnerships for financial reporting purposes. For each respective partnership, the limited liability company agreement with the tax equity investor stipulates a disproportionate allocation of tax attributes, earnings, and cash flows between the Registrant Subsidiary and the tax equity investor with the tax equity investor being allocated a significant portion of the tax attributes, earnings, and cash flows until it receives its target return, at which point the earnings and cash flows will primarily be allocated to the Registrant Subsidiary. Each Registrant Subsidiary has the option to purchase, at a future date specified in their respective partnership agreement, the tax equity investor’s interests at the then-current fair market value, plus an amount that results in the tax equity investor reaching its target return, if needed.

Because of this disproportionate allocation, each Registrant Subsidiary accounts for its earnings in the partnership using the HLBV method of accounting. Under the HLBV method, the amounts of income and loss attributable to both the Registrant Subsidiary and the tax equity investor reflect changes in the amount each would hypothetically receive at the balance sheet date under the respective liquidation provisions of the limited liability company agreement, assuming the net assets of the partnership were liquidated at book value, after consideration of contributions and distributions, between the Registrant Subsidiary and the tax equity investor. Once the tax equity investor reaches its target return in the hypothetical liquidation, the remaining proceeds are primarily allocated to the Registrant Subsidiary. This allocation may result in fluctuations of income on a periodic basis that differ significantly from what would otherwise be recognized if the earnings were allocated under the relative ownership percentages between the Registrant Subsidiary and the tax equity investor. Entergy Arkansas and Entergy Mississippi have determined these differences are primarily due to timing, and both the APSC and the MPSC have approved that, for purposes of ratemaking, each Registrant Subsidiary reflect its interest in its respective partnership using its relative ownership percentage and disregard the effects of the HLBV method of accounting. Because of this, each Registrant Subsidiary has recorded a regulatory liability for the difference between the earnings allocated to it under the HLBV method of accounting and the earnings that would have been allocated to it under its respective ownership percentage in the partnership.

Derivatives, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Derivative Financial Instruments and Commodity Derivatives

The accounting standards for derivative instruments and hedging activities require that all derivatives be recognized at fair value on the balance sheet, either as assets or liabilities, unless they meet various exceptions including the normal purchase/normal sale criteria.  The changes in the fair value of recognized derivatives are recorded each period in current earnings or other comprehensive income, depending on whether a derivative is designated as part of a hedge transaction and the type of hedge transaction. Due to regulatory treatment, an offsetting regulatory asset or liability is recorded for changes in fair value of recognized derivatives for the Registrant Subsidiaries.

Contracts for commodities that will be physically delivered in quantities expected to be used or sold in the ordinary course of business, including certain purchases and sales of power and fuel, meet the normal purchase, normal sales criteria and are not recognized on the balance sheet.  Revenues and expenses from these contracts are reported on a gross basis in the appropriate revenue and expense categories as the commodities are received or delivered.

Entergy has determined that contracts to purchase uranium do not meet the definition of a derivative under the accounting standards for derivative instruments because they do not provide for net settlement and the uranium markets are not sufficiently liquid to conclude that forward contracts are readily convertible to cash.  If the uranium markets do become sufficiently liquid in the future and Entergy begins to account for uranium purchase contracts as derivative instruments, the fair value of these contracts would be accounted for consistent with Entergy’s other derivative instruments. See Note 15 to the financial statements for further details on Entergy’s derivative instruments and hedging activities.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Fair Values

The estimated fair values of Entergy’s financial instruments and derivatives are determined using historical prices, bid prices, market quotes, and financial modeling.  Considerable judgment is required in developing the estimates of fair value.  Therefore, estimates are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that Entergy could realize in a current market exchange.  Gains or losses realized on financial instruments are reflected in future rates and therefore do not affect net income.  Entergy considers the carrying amounts of most financial instruments classified as current assets and liabilities to be a reasonable estimate of their fair value because of the short maturity of these instruments.  See Note 15 to the financial statements for further discussion of fair value.

Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Impairment of Long-lived Assets

Entergy periodically reviews long-lived assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that recoverability of these assets is uncertain.  Generally, the determination of recoverability is based on the undiscounted net cash flows expected to result from such operations and assets.  Projected net cash flows depend on the expected operating life of the assets, the future operating costs associated with the assets, the efficiency and availability of the assets and generating units, and the future market and price for energy and capacity over the remaining life of the assets.

Assets Held-for-Sale, Policy

Assets Held for Sale

A long-lived asset or component of an entity meets the criteria to be classified as held for sale, generally, when management with requisite approvals commits to a plan to sell and it is probable that the sale will be completed within one year. When held for sale criteria is met, the assets and liabilities of the disposal group are separately presented as assets and liabilities held for sale on the balance sheet. Any long-lived assets of the disposal group are measured at the lower of their carrying value or their estimated fair value less costs to sell. If the disposal group meets the definition of a business, then a portion of any goodwill with that reporting unit is allocated to the disposal group based on the relative fair value of the components representing a business that will be retained and disposed.

As described in Note 14 to the financial statements, the Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Louisiana natural gas distribution businesses met the criteria to be to classified as held for sale as of December 31, 2024.

Debt, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Reacquired Debt

The premiums and costs associated with reacquired debt of Entergy’s Utility operating companies and System Energy (except that portion allocable to the deregulated operations of Entergy Louisiana) are included in regulatory assets and are being amortized over the life of the related new issuances, or over the life of the original debt issuance if the debt is not refinanced, in accordance with ratemaking treatment.

Taxes Imposed On Revenue Producing Transactions, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Taxes Imposed on Revenue-Producing Transactions

Governmental authorities assess taxes that are both imposed on and concurrent with a specific revenue-producing transaction between a seller and a customer, including, but not limited to, sales, use, value added, and some excise taxes.  Entergy presents these taxes on a net basis, excluding them from revenues, unless required to report them differently by a regulatory authority.

New Accounting Pronouncements, Policy [Policy Text Block]

New Accounting Pronouncements

The accounting standard-setting process is ongoing, and the FASB is currently working on several projects that have not yet resulted in final pronouncements. Final pronouncements that result from these projects could have a material effect on Entergy’s future results of operations, financial positions, or cash flows.

In December 2023 the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures.” The ASU is intended to enhance the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures. The amendments in the ASU require enhanced income tax disclosures, primarily related to consistent categorization and disaggregation of information in the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid disaggregated by jurisdiction. The ASU also removes certain disclosures that are no longer considered cost beneficial or relevant. ASU 2023-09 is effective for Entergy for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Entergy does not expect ASU 2023-09 to materially affect its results of operations, financial positions, or cash flows.

In March 2024 the SEC issued final rules that require registrants to provide certain climate-related disclosures in annual reports and registration statements in order to enhance and standardize climate-related disclosures for investors. The final rules require a registrant to disclose, among other things: material climate-related risks; activities to mitigate or adapt to such risks; information about the registrant’s board of directors’ oversight of climate-related risks and management’s role in managing material climate-related risks; and information on any climate-related targets or goals that are material to the registrant’s business, results of operations, or financial condition. In addition, the final rules require disclosure of Scope 1 and/or Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions on a phased-in basis by certain larger registrants when those emissions are material; the filing of an attestation report covering the required disclosure of such registrant’s Scope 1 and/or Scope 2 emissions, also on a phased-in basis; and disclosure of the financial statement effects of severe weather events and other natural conditions. The final rules provide that the phase-in compliance period is effective for Entergy beginning with its annual report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. In April 2024 the SEC stayed the final rules, pending judicial review of consolidated challenges to the rules by the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. In February 2025 the Acting SEC Chairman directed the SEC staff to request that the court not schedule the case for argument to provide time for the SEC to deliberate and determine the appropriate next steps in these cases. Entergy is evaluating the effect the final rules will have on its disclosures and will continue to monitor developments related to the SEC’s stay of the rules and the litigation challenging such rules.

In November 2024 the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, “Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40).” The ASU is intended to improve disclosures around income statement expenses by requiring disaggregated information within the footnotes to the financial statements about specific expense categories in commonly presented income statement expense captions. ASU 2024-03 is effective for Entergy for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026. Entergy does not expect ASU 2024-03 to materially affect its results of operations, financial positions, or cash flows.

Entergy Arkansas [Member]

Use of Estimates, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements

In conformity with GAAP in the United States of America, the preparation of Entergy Corporation’s consolidated financial statements and the separate financial statements of the Registrant Subsidiaries requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities.  Adjustments to the reported amounts of assets and liabilities may be necessary in the future to the extent that future estimates or actual results are different from the estimates used.

Revenues And Fuel Costs [Policy Text Block]

Revenues and Fuel Costs

See Note 19 to the financial statements for a discussion of Entergy’s and the Registrant Subsidiaries’ revenues and fuel costs.

Property, Plant and Equipment, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Property, Plant, and Equipment

Property, plant, and equipment is stated at original cost less regulatory disallowances and impairments.  Depreciation is computed on the straight-line basis at rates based on the applicable estimated service lives of the various classes of property.  For the Registrant Subsidiaries, the original cost of plant retired or removed, less salvage, is charged to accumulated depreciation.  Normal maintenance, repairs, and minor replacement costs are charged to operating expenses.  Certain combined-cycle gas turbine generating units are maintained under long-term service agreements with third-party service providers. The costs under these agreements are split between operating expenses and capital additions based upon the nature of the work performed. Substantially all of the Registrant Subsidiaries’ plant is subject to mortgage liens.

Customers may be required to make advance payments for construction of new utility plants to reimburse the Utility operating companies for costs that are not expected to be recovered through existing retail rates. Under the regulatory framework, these payments are required to ensure the cost to serve a particular customer does not increase the utility rates charged to other utility customers. These advance payments do not reduce the retail rate charged to the customer making the payment and do not create any additional obligation for the respective Utility operating company to provide electrical service beyond the general obligation to serve all customers in its service area. Because the cost is fully reimbursed by the customer through the advance payment, the Utility operating

company does not earn a return or recover through retail rates the cost of utility plants reimbursed by these payments. These advance payments are initially recorded as a non-current liability, which is then reduced by the costs incurred to construct the associated utility plant. This results in Entergy and the Utility operating companies recording utility plant funded by customer advances at a net cost of zero, consistent with utility ratemaking treatment. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, Entergy and the Utility operating companies have customer advances for construction as follows:

	2024	2023
	(In Millions)
Entergy	$635	$292
Entergy Arkansas	$166	$96
Entergy Louisiana	$292	$115
Entergy Mississippi	$113	$33
Entergy New Orleans	$1	$1
Entergy Texas	$63	$47

Electric plant includes the portion of Grand Gulf that was sold and leased back in a prior period.  For financial reporting purposes, this sale and leaseback arrangement is reported as a financing transaction.

Net property, plant, and equipment (including property under lease and associated accumulated amortization) for Entergy by functional category, as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, is shown below:

	2024	2023
	(In Millions)
Production
Nuclear	$8,024	$7,944
Other	7,809	7,045
Transmission	10,414	9,927
Distribution	14,321	12,927
Other	3,286	3,173
Construction work in progress	3,209	2,110
Nuclear fuel	766	708
Property, plant, and equipment - net (a)	$47,829	$43,834

(a)Includes $403 million of natural gas property, plant, and equipment and accumulated depreciation and $3 million of construction work in progress classified as held for sale in “Non-current assets held for sale” on Entergy’s consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2024. See Note 14 to the financial statements for further discussion of the planned sale of the Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Louisiana natural gas distribution businesses and the classification as held for sale.

Depreciation rates on average depreciable property for Entergy approximated 2.9% in 2024, 2.9% in 2023, and 2.8% in 2022.

Entergy amortizes nuclear fuel using a units-of-production method.  Nuclear fuel amortization is included in fuel expense in the income statements.

Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation) for Entergy is reported net of accumulated depreciation of $231 million as of December 31, 2024 and $193 million as of December 31, 2023.

Net property, plant, and equipment (including property under lease and associated accumulated amortization) for the Registrant Subsidiaries by functional category, as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, is shown below:

2024	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas	System Energy
	(In Millions)
Production
Nuclear	$1,887	$4,121	$—	$—	$—	$2,016
Other	1,721	3,532	980	374	1,154	—
Transmission	2,267	4,339	1,567	155	2,054	30
Distribution	3,615	4,973	2,418	761	2,554	—
Other	606	1,175	385	384	318	44
Construction work in progress	320	762	487	20	1,513	85
Nuclear fuel	258	288	—	—	—	220
Property, plant, and equipment - net (a)	$10,674	$19,190	$5,837	$1,694	$7,593	$2,395

(a)Includes $164 million of natural gas property, plant, and equipment and accumulated depreciation and $1 million of construction work in progress for Entergy Louisiana and $239 million of natural gas property, plant, and equipment and accumulated depreciation and $2 million of construction work in progress for Entergy New Orleans classified as held for sale in “Non-current assets held for sale” on their respective consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2024. See Note 14 to the financial statements for further discussion of the planned sale of the Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Louisiana natural gas distribution businesses and the classification as held for sale.

2023	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas	System Energy
	(In Millions)
Production
Nuclear	$1,859	$4,153	$—	$—	$—	$1,932
Other	892	3,583	958	386	1,177	—
Transmission	2,102	4,283	1,483	143	1,882	32
Distribution	3,395	4,371	2,272	692	2,197	—
Other	571	1,156	395	370	311	38
Construction work in progress	341	593	140	25	858	131
Nuclear fuel	214	333	—	—	—	161
Property, plant, and equipment - net	$9,374	$18,472	$5,248	$1,616	$6,425	$2,294

Depreciation rates on average depreciable property for the Registrant Subsidiaries are shown below:

	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas	System Energy
2024	2.7%	2.7%	3.5%	3.3%	3.8%	2.1%
2023	2.7%	2.6%	3.6%	3.3%	4.0%	1.6%
2022	2.7%	2.4%	3.6%	3.2%	3.1%	2.0%

Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation) for Entergy Louisiana is reported net of accumulated depreciation of $225.4 million as of December 31, 2024 and $187.2 million as of December 31, 2023. Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation) for Entergy Mississippi is reported net of accumulated depreciation of $0.5 million as of December 31, 2024 and $0.5 million as of December 31, 2023.

Jointly Owned Generating Stations, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Jointly-Owned Generating Stations

Certain Entergy subsidiaries jointly own electric generating facilities with affiliates or third parties. All parties are required to provide their own financing.  The investments, fuel expenses, and other operation and maintenance expenses associated with these generating stations are recorded by the Entergy subsidiaries to the extent of their respective undivided ownership interests.  As of December 31, 2024, the subsidiaries’ investment and accumulated depreciation in each of these generating stations were as follows:

Generating Stations		Fuel Type	Total Megawatt Capability (a)	Ownership		Investment	Accumulated Depreciation
						(In Millions)
Utility:
Entergy Arkansas -
Independence	Unit 1	Coal	820	31.50	%	$152	$109
Independence	Common Facilities	Coal		15.75	%	$42	$32
White Bluff	Units 1 and 2	Coal	1,244	57.00	%	$622	$412
Ouachita (b)	Common Facilities	Gas		66.67	%	$174	$160
Union (c)	Common Facilities	Gas		25.00	%	$29	$13
Entergy Louisiana -
Roy S. Nelson	Unit 6	Coal	514	40.25	%	$301	$231
Roy S. Nelson	Unit 6 Common Facilities	Coal		40.25	%	$22	$11
Big Cajun 2	Unit 3	Coal	551	24.15	%	$149	$140
Big Cajun 2	Unit 3 Common Facilities	Coal		8.05	%	$5	$3
Ouachita (b)	Common Facilities	Gas		33.33	%	$91	$79
Acadia	Common Facilities	Gas		50.00	%	$22	$3
Union (c)	Common Facilities	Gas		50.00	%	$58	$15
Entergy Mississippi -
Independence	Units 1 and 2 and Common Facilities	Coal	1,662	25.00	%	$304	$195
Entergy New Orleans -
Union (c)	Common Facilities	Gas		25.00	%	$30	$11
Entergy Texas -
Roy S. Nelson	Unit 6	Coal	514	29.75	%	$212	$160
Roy S. Nelson	Unit 6 Common Facilities	Coal		29.75	%	$8	$4
Big Cajun 2	Unit 3	Coal	551	17.85	%	$112	$115
Big Cajun 2	Unit 3 Common Facilities	Coal		5.95	%	$4	$2
Montgomery County	Unit 1	Gas	915	92.44	%	$759	$40
System Energy -
Grand Gulf (d)	Unit 1	Nuclear	1,390	90.00	%	$5,674	$3,580
Other:
Independence	Unit 2	Coal	842	14.37	%	$81	$61
Independence	Common Facilities	Coal		7.18	%	$20	$16
Roy S. Nelson	Unit 6	Coal	514	10.90	%	$121	$76
Roy S. Nelson	Unit 6 Common Facilities	Coal		10.90	%	$3	$2

(a)“Total Megawatt Capability” is the dependable summer load carrying capability as demonstrated under actual operating conditions based on the primary fuel (assuming no curtailments) that each station was designed to utilize.

(b)Ouachita Units 1 and 2 are owned 100% by Entergy Arkansas and Ouachita Unit 3 is owned 100% by Entergy Louisiana.  The investment and accumulated depreciation numbers above are only for the common facilities and not for the generating units.

(c)Union Unit 1 is owned 100% by Entergy New Orleans, Union Unit 2 is owned 100% by Entergy Arkansas, Union Units 3 and 4 are owned 100% by Entergy Louisiana.  The investment and accumulated depreciation numbers above are only for the specified common facilities and not for the generating units.

(d)Includes a leasehold interest held by System Energy.  System Energy’s Grand Gulf lease obligations are discussed in Note 5 to the financial statements.

Outage Costs, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Nuclear Refueling Outage Costs

Nuclear refueling outage costs are deferred during the outage and amortized over the estimated period to the next outage because these refueling outage expenses are incurred to prepare the units to operate for the next operating cycle without having to be taken off line.

Allowance for Funds Used During Construction, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Allowance for Funds Used During Construction (AFUDC)

AFUDC represents the approximate net composite interest cost of borrowed funds and a reasonable return on the equity funds used for construction by the Registrant Subsidiaries.  AFUDC increases both the plant balance and earnings and is realized in cash through depreciation provisions included in the rates charged to customers.

Certain large industrial customers make advance payments to provide Entergy and the Utility operating companies the return on their investment in utility plant that they would otherwise have received by the recognition of AFUDC. When such advances are made, AFUDC is not added to the associated utility plant, which results in a lower amount of utility plant recovered through utility rates. These advance payments are initially recorded as a current liability and then amortized to income over the construction period of the related plant. As of December 31, 2024, Entergy and Entergy Louisiana have $152 million in such advances from customers recorded as current liabilities on their respective consolidated balance sheets.

Income Tax, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Income Taxes

Entergy Corporation and the majority of its subsidiaries file a United States consolidated federal income tax return.  Each tax-paying entity records income taxes as if it were a separate taxpayer and consolidating adjustments are allocated to the tax filing entities in accordance with Entergy’s intercompany income tax allocation agreements.  Deferred income taxes are recorded for temporary differences between the book and tax basis of assets and liabilities, and for certain losses and credits available for carryforward.

Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.  Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and rates in the period in which the tax or rate was enacted. See the “Other Tax Matters - Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” section in Note 3 to the financial statements for discussion of the effects of the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in December 2017.

The benefits of investment tax credits are deferred and amortized over the average useful life of the related property, as a reduction of income tax expense, for such credits associated with rate-regulated operations in accordance with ratemaking treatment.

Public Utilities, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Accounting for the Effects of Regulation

Entergy’s Utility operating companies and System Energy are rate-regulated entities that are required to reflect the effects of rate regulation in their financial statements, including the recording of regulatory assets and liabilities, as the Utility operating companies and System Energy have rates that meet the following three criteria:

(1) are approved by a third-party regulator; (2) are designed to recover the entities’ cost of providing the regulated services or products; and (3) can reasonably be assumed will be charged to and collected from customers.  These criteria may also be applied to separable portions of a utility’s business, such as the generation or transmission functions, or to specific classes of customers.

Regulatory assets represent incurred costs that have been deferred because they are probable of future recovery from customers through regulated rates. Regulatory liabilities represent (1) revenue or gains that have been deferred because it is probable such amounts will be credited to customers through future regulated rates or (2) billings in advance of expenditures for approved regulatory programs. To the extent that all or portions of the Utility operating companies or System Energy’s operations cease to be subject to rate regulation, or future recovery or settlement is no longer probable as a result of changes in regulation or other reasons, the related regulatory assets and liabilities are eliminated from the balance sheet and the impact is recognized on the income statement.

In addition, regulatory accounting requires recognition of an impairment loss if it becomes probable that part of the cost of a recently completed plant asset will be disallowed for rate-making purposes and a reasonable estimate of the amount of the disallowance can be made.

Entergy Louisiana does not apply regulatory accounting standards to the Louisiana retail deregulated portion of River Bend or to the 30% interest in River Bend formerly owned by Cajun unless specific cost recovery is provided for in tariff rates.  The Louisiana retail deregulated portion of River Bend is operated under a deregulated asset plan representing a portion (approximately 15%) of River Bend plant costs, generation, revenues, and expenses established under a 1992 LPSC order.  The plan allows Entergy Louisiana to sell the electricity from the deregulated assets to Louisiana retail customers at 4.6 cents per kWh or off-system at higher prices, with certain provisions for sharing incremental revenue above 4.6 cents per kWh between customers and shareholders.

Regulatory Income Taxes, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Regulatory Asset or Liability for Income Taxes

Accounting standards for income taxes provide that a regulatory asset or liability be recorded if it is probable that the currently determinable future increase or decrease in regulatory income tax expense will be recovered from or credited to customers through future rates. There are two main sources of Entergy’s regulatory asset or liability for income taxes. There is a regulatory asset related to the ratemaking treatment of the tax effects of book depreciation for the equity component of AFUDC that has been capitalized to property, plant, and equipment but for which there is no corresponding tax basis. Equity-AFUDC is a component of property, plant, and equipment that is included in rate base when the plant is placed in service. There is a regulatory liability related to the adjustment of Entergy’s net deferred income taxes that was required by the enactment in December 2017 of a change in the federal corporate income tax rate, which is discussed in Note 2 and 3 to the financial statements.

Cash and Cash Equivalents, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Entergy considers all unrestricted highly liquid debt instruments with an original maturity of three months or less at date of purchase to be cash equivalents.

Securitization Recovery Trust Accounts, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Securitization Recovery Trust Accounts

The funds that Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Texas hold in their securitization recovery trust accounts are not classified as cash and cash equivalents or restricted cash and cash equivalents because of their nature, uses, and restrictions. These funds are classified as part of other current assets and other investments, depending on the timeframe within which the Registrant Subsidiary expects to use the funds.

Trade and Other Accounts Receivable, Unbilled Receivables, Policy

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

The allowance for doubtful accounts reflects Entergy’s best estimate of expected losses on its accounts receivable balances.  The allowance is calculated as the historical rate of customer write-offs multiplied by the current accounts receivable balance, taking into account the length of time the receivable balances have been outstanding. Although the rate of customer write-offs has historically experienced minimal variation, management monitors the current condition of individual customer accounts to manage collections and ensure bad debt expense is recorded in a timely manner. The Utility operating companies’ customer accounts receivable are written off consistent with approved regulatory requirements. See Note 19 to the financial statements for further details on the allowance for doubtful accounts.

Inventory, Policy

Materials and Supplies

Materials and supplies consist of tangible goods, equipment, and other materials that Entergy holds for use or consumption in the normal course of business, whether for capital projects or operation and maintenance activities, or that are required to be kept for regulatory reasons or service reliability. Materials and supplies are valued at a weighted average unit cost when expensed or capitalized, as appropriate, when used or installed. Materials and supplies are valued at the lower of weighted average cost or net realizable value, net of provisions for excess and obsolete materials and supplies.

Investment, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Investments

Entergy records decommissioning trust funds on the balance sheet at their fair value. Because of the ability of the Registrant Subsidiaries to recover decommissioning costs in rates and in accordance with the regulatory treatment for decommissioning trust funds, for unrealized gains/(losses) on investment securities, the Registrant Subsidiaries record an offsetting amount in other regulatory liabilities/assets.  For the 30% interest in River Bend formerly owned by Cajun, Entergy Louisiana records an offsetting amount in other long-term liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Louisiana for the unrealized trust earnings not currently expected to be needed to decommission the plant.  Decommissioning trust funds for the nuclear plants previously owned by Entergy’s non-utility operations, all of which have been sold as of June 2022, did not meet the criteria for regulatory accounting treatment. Accordingly, unrealized gains/(losses) recorded on the equity securities in the trust funds for these plants were recognized in earnings with no offsetting regulatory liability/asset amount. Unrealized gains/(losses) recorded on the available-for-sale debt securities in the trust funds were recognized in the accumulated other comprehensive income component of shareholders’ equity. Entergy’s trusts are managed by third parties who operate in accordance with agreements that define investment guidelines and place restrictions on the purchases and sales of investments. See Note 16 to the financial statements for details on the decommissioning trust funds.

Partnerships with disproportionate allocation of earnings and losses in relation to an investor's ownership interest [Policy Text Block]

Partnerships with Disproportionate Allocation of Earnings and Losses in Relation to an Investor’s Ownership Interest

Entergy Arkansas and Entergy Mississippi, as managing members, each control a tax equity partnership with a third party tax equity investor and consolidate the partnerships for financial reporting purposes. For each respective partnership, the limited liability company agreement with the tax equity investor stipulates a disproportionate allocation of tax attributes, earnings, and cash flows between the Registrant Subsidiary and the tax equity investor with the tax equity investor being allocated a significant portion of the tax attributes, earnings, and cash flows until it receives its target return, at which point the earnings and cash flows will primarily be allocated to the Registrant Subsidiary. Each Registrant Subsidiary has the option to purchase, at a future date specified in their respective partnership agreement, the tax equity investor’s interests at the then-current fair market value, plus an amount that results in the tax equity investor reaching its target return, if needed.

Because of this disproportionate allocation, each Registrant Subsidiary accounts for its earnings in the partnership using the HLBV method of accounting. Under the HLBV method, the amounts of income and loss attributable to both the Registrant Subsidiary and the tax equity investor reflect changes in the amount each would hypothetically receive at the balance sheet date under the respective liquidation provisions of the limited liability company agreement, assuming the net assets of the partnership were liquidated at book value, after consideration of contributions and distributions, between the Registrant Subsidiary and the tax equity investor. Once the tax equity investor reaches its target return in the hypothetical liquidation, the remaining proceeds are primarily allocated to the Registrant Subsidiary. This allocation may result in fluctuations of income on a periodic basis that differ significantly from what would otherwise be recognized if the earnings were allocated under the relative ownership percentages between the Registrant Subsidiary and the tax equity investor. Entergy Arkansas and Entergy Mississippi have determined these differences are primarily due to timing, and both the APSC and the MPSC have approved that, for purposes of ratemaking, each Registrant Subsidiary reflect its interest in its respective partnership using its relative ownership percentage and disregard the effects of the HLBV method of accounting. Because of this, each Registrant Subsidiary has recorded a regulatory liability for the difference between the earnings allocated to it under the HLBV method of accounting and the earnings that would have been allocated to it under its respective ownership percentage in the partnership.

Derivatives, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Derivative Financial Instruments and Commodity Derivatives

The accounting standards for derivative instruments and hedging activities require that all derivatives be recognized at fair value on the balance sheet, either as assets or liabilities, unless they meet various exceptions including the normal purchase/normal sale criteria.  The changes in the fair value of recognized derivatives are recorded each period in current earnings or other comprehensive income, depending on whether a derivative is designated as part of a hedge transaction and the type of hedge transaction. Due to regulatory treatment, an offsetting regulatory asset or liability is recorded for changes in fair value of recognized derivatives for the Registrant Subsidiaries.

Contracts for commodities that will be physically delivered in quantities expected to be used or sold in the ordinary course of business, including certain purchases and sales of power and fuel, meet the normal purchase, normal sales criteria and are not recognized on the balance sheet.  Revenues and expenses from these contracts are reported on a gross basis in the appropriate revenue and expense categories as the commodities are received or delivered.

Entergy has determined that contracts to purchase uranium do not meet the definition of a derivative under the accounting standards for derivative instruments because they do not provide for net settlement and the uranium markets are not sufficiently liquid to conclude that forward contracts are readily convertible to cash.  If the uranium markets do become sufficiently liquid in the future and Entergy begins to account for uranium purchase contracts as derivative instruments, the fair value of these contracts would be accounted for consistent with Entergy’s other derivative instruments. See Note 15 to the financial statements for further details on Entergy’s derivative instruments and hedging activities.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Fair Values

The estimated fair values of Entergy’s financial instruments and derivatives are determined using historical prices, bid prices, market quotes, and financial modeling.  Considerable judgment is required in developing the estimates of fair value.  Therefore, estimates are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that Entergy could realize in a current market exchange.  Gains or losses realized on financial instruments are reflected in future rates and therefore do not affect net income.  Entergy considers the carrying amounts of most financial instruments classified as current assets and liabilities to be a reasonable estimate of their fair value because of the short maturity of these instruments.  See Note 15 to the financial statements for further discussion of fair value.

Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Impairment of Long-lived Assets

Entergy periodically reviews long-lived assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that recoverability of these assets is uncertain.  Generally, the determination of recoverability is based on the undiscounted net cash flows expected to result from such operations and assets.  Projected net cash flows depend on the expected operating life of the assets, the future operating costs associated with the assets, the efficiency and availability of the assets and generating units, and the future market and price for energy and capacity over the remaining life of the assets.

Assets Held-for-Sale, Policy

Assets Held for Sale

A long-lived asset or component of an entity meets the criteria to be classified as held for sale, generally, when management with requisite approvals commits to a plan to sell and it is probable that the sale will be completed within one year. When held for sale criteria is met, the assets and liabilities of the disposal group are separately presented as assets and liabilities held for sale on the balance sheet. Any long-lived assets of the disposal group are measured at the lower of their carrying value or their estimated fair value less costs to sell. If the disposal group meets the definition of a business, then a portion of any goodwill with that reporting unit is allocated to the disposal group based on the relative fair value of the components representing a business that will be retained and disposed.

As described in Note 14 to the financial statements, the Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Louisiana natural gas distribution businesses met the criteria to be to classified as held for sale as of December 31, 2024.

Debt, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Reacquired Debt

The premiums and costs associated with reacquired debt of Entergy’s Utility operating companies and System Energy (except that portion allocable to the deregulated operations of Entergy Louisiana) are included in regulatory assets and are being amortized over the life of the related new issuances, or over the life of the original debt issuance if the debt is not refinanced, in accordance with ratemaking treatment.

Taxes Imposed On Revenue Producing Transactions, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Taxes Imposed on Revenue-Producing Transactions

Governmental authorities assess taxes that are both imposed on and concurrent with a specific revenue-producing transaction between a seller and a customer, including, but not limited to, sales, use, value added, and some excise taxes.  Entergy presents these taxes on a net basis, excluding them from revenues, unless required to report them differently by a regulatory authority.

New Accounting Pronouncements, Policy [Policy Text Block]

New Accounting Pronouncements

The accounting standard-setting process is ongoing, and the FASB is currently working on several projects that have not yet resulted in final pronouncements. Final pronouncements that result from these projects could have a material effect on Entergy’s future results of operations, financial positions, or cash flows.

In December 2023 the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures.” The ASU is intended to enhance the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures. The amendments in the ASU require enhanced income tax disclosures, primarily related to consistent categorization and disaggregation of information in the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid disaggregated by jurisdiction. The ASU also removes certain disclosures that are no longer considered cost beneficial or relevant. ASU 2023-09 is effective for Entergy for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Entergy does not expect ASU 2023-09 to materially affect its results of operations, financial positions, or cash flows.

In March 2024 the SEC issued final rules that require registrants to provide certain climate-related disclosures in annual reports and registration statements in order to enhance and standardize climate-related disclosures for investors. The final rules require a registrant to disclose, among other things: material climate-related risks; activities to mitigate or adapt to such risks; information about the registrant’s board of directors’ oversight of climate-related risks and management’s role in managing material climate-related risks; and information on any climate-related targets or goals that are material to the registrant’s business, results of operations, or financial condition. In addition, the final rules require disclosure of Scope 1 and/or Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions on a phased-in basis by certain larger registrants when those emissions are material; the filing of an attestation report covering the required disclosure of such registrant’s Scope 1 and/or Scope 2 emissions, also on a phased-in basis; and disclosure of the financial statement effects of severe weather events and other natural conditions. The final rules provide that the phase-in compliance period is effective for Entergy beginning with its annual report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. In April 2024 the SEC stayed the final rules, pending judicial review of consolidated challenges to the rules by the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. In February 2025 the Acting SEC Chairman directed the SEC staff to request that the court not schedule the case for argument to provide time for the SEC to deliberate and determine the appropriate next steps in these cases. Entergy is evaluating the effect the final rules will have on its disclosures and will continue to monitor developments related to the SEC’s stay of the rules and the litigation challenging such rules.

In November 2024 the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, “Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40).” The ASU is intended to improve disclosures around income statement expenses by requiring disaggregated information within the footnotes to the financial statements about specific expense categories in commonly presented income statement expense captions. ASU 2024-03 is effective for Entergy for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026. Entergy does not expect ASU 2024-03 to materially affect its results of operations, financial positions, or cash flows.

Entergy Louisiana [Member]

Use of Estimates, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements

In conformity with GAAP in the United States of America, the preparation of Entergy Corporation’s consolidated financial statements and the separate financial statements of the Registrant Subsidiaries requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities.  Adjustments to the reported amounts of assets and liabilities may be necessary in the future to the extent that future estimates or actual results are different from the estimates used.

Revenues And Fuel Costs [Policy Text Block]

Revenues and Fuel Costs

See Note 19 to the financial statements for a discussion of Entergy’s and the Registrant Subsidiaries’ revenues and fuel costs.

Property, Plant and Equipment, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Property, Plant, and Equipment

Property, plant, and equipment is stated at original cost less regulatory disallowances and impairments.  Depreciation is computed on the straight-line basis at rates based on the applicable estimated service lives of the various classes of property.  For the Registrant Subsidiaries, the original cost of plant retired or removed, less salvage, is charged to accumulated depreciation.  Normal maintenance, repairs, and minor replacement costs are charged to operating expenses.  Certain combined-cycle gas turbine generating units are maintained under long-term service agreements with third-party service providers. The costs under these agreements are split between operating expenses and capital additions based upon the nature of the work performed. Substantially all of the Registrant Subsidiaries’ plant is subject to mortgage liens.

Customers may be required to make advance payments for construction of new utility plants to reimburse the Utility operating companies for costs that are not expected to be recovered through existing retail rates. Under the regulatory framework, these payments are required to ensure the cost to serve a particular customer does not increase the utility rates charged to other utility customers. These advance payments do not reduce the retail rate charged to the customer making the payment and do not create any additional obligation for the respective Utility operating company to provide electrical service beyond the general obligation to serve all customers in its service area. Because the cost is fully reimbursed by the customer through the advance payment, the Utility operating

company does not earn a return or recover through retail rates the cost of utility plants reimbursed by these payments. These advance payments are initially recorded as a non-current liability, which is then reduced by the costs incurred to construct the associated utility plant. This results in Entergy and the Utility operating companies recording utility plant funded by customer advances at a net cost of zero, consistent with utility ratemaking treatment. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, Entergy and the Utility operating companies have customer advances for construction as follows:

	2024	2023
	(In Millions)
Entergy	$635	$292
Entergy Arkansas	$166	$96
Entergy Louisiana	$292	$115
Entergy Mississippi	$113	$33
Entergy New Orleans	$1	$1
Entergy Texas	$63	$47

Electric plant includes the portion of Grand Gulf that was sold and leased back in a prior period.  For financial reporting purposes, this sale and leaseback arrangement is reported as a financing transaction.

Net property, plant, and equipment (including property under lease and associated accumulated amortization) for Entergy by functional category, as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, is shown below:

	2024	2023
	(In Millions)
Production
Nuclear	$8,024	$7,944
Other	7,809	7,045
Transmission	10,414	9,927
Distribution	14,321	12,927
Other	3,286	3,173
Construction work in progress	3,209	2,110
Nuclear fuel	766	708
Property, plant, and equipment - net (a)	$47,829	$43,834

(a)Includes $403 million of natural gas property, plant, and equipment and accumulated depreciation and $3 million of construction work in progress classified as held for sale in “Non-current assets held for sale” on Entergy’s consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2024. See Note 14 to the financial statements for further discussion of the planned sale of the Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Louisiana natural gas distribution businesses and the classification as held for sale.

Depreciation rates on average depreciable property for Entergy approximated 2.9% in 2024, 2.9% in 2023, and 2.8% in 2022.

Entergy amortizes nuclear fuel using a units-of-production method.  Nuclear fuel amortization is included in fuel expense in the income statements.

Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation) for Entergy is reported net of accumulated depreciation of $231 million as of December 31, 2024 and $193 million as of December 31, 2023.

Net property, plant, and equipment (including property under lease and associated accumulated amortization) for the Registrant Subsidiaries by functional category, as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, is shown below:

2024	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas	System Energy
	(In Millions)
Production
Nuclear	$1,887	$4,121	$—	$—	$—	$2,016
Other	1,721	3,532	980	374	1,154	—
Transmission	2,267	4,339	1,567	155	2,054	30
Distribution	3,615	4,973	2,418	761	2,554	—
Other	606	1,175	385	384	318	44
Construction work in progress	320	762	487	20	1,513	85
Nuclear fuel	258	288	—	—	—	220
Property, plant, and equipment - net (a)	$10,674	$19,190	$5,837	$1,694	$7,593	$2,395

(a)Includes $164 million of natural gas property, plant, and equipment and accumulated depreciation and $1 million of construction work in progress for Entergy Louisiana and $239 million of natural gas property, plant, and equipment and accumulated depreciation and $2 million of construction work in progress for Entergy New Orleans classified as held for sale in “Non-current assets held for sale” on their respective consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2024. See Note 14 to the financial statements for further discussion of the planned sale of the Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Louisiana natural gas distribution businesses and the classification as held for sale.

2023	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas	System Energy
	(In Millions)
Production
Nuclear	$1,859	$4,153	$—	$—	$—	$1,932
Other	892	3,583	958	386	1,177	—
Transmission	2,102	4,283	1,483	143	1,882	32
Distribution	3,395	4,371	2,272	692	2,197	—
Other	571	1,156	395	370	311	38
Construction work in progress	341	593	140	25	858	131
Nuclear fuel	214	333	—	—	—	161
Property, plant, and equipment - net	$9,374	$18,472	$5,248	$1,616	$6,425	$2,294

Depreciation rates on average depreciable property for the Registrant Subsidiaries are shown below:

	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas	System Energy
2024	2.7%	2.7%	3.5%	3.3%	3.8%	2.1%
2023	2.7%	2.6%	3.6%	3.3%	4.0%	1.6%
2022	2.7%	2.4%	3.6%	3.2%	3.1%	2.0%

Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation) for Entergy Louisiana is reported net of accumulated depreciation of $225.4 million as of December 31, 2024 and $187.2 million as of December 31, 2023. Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation) for Entergy Mississippi is reported net of accumulated depreciation of $0.5 million as of December 31, 2024 and $0.5 million as of December 31, 2023.

Jointly Owned Generating Stations, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Jointly-Owned Generating Stations

Certain Entergy subsidiaries jointly own electric generating facilities with affiliates or third parties. All parties are required to provide their own financing.  The investments, fuel expenses, and other operation and maintenance expenses associated with these generating stations are recorded by the Entergy subsidiaries to the extent of their respective undivided ownership interests.  As of December 31, 2024, the subsidiaries’ investment and accumulated depreciation in each of these generating stations were as follows:

Generating Stations		Fuel Type	Total Megawatt Capability (a)	Ownership		Investment	Accumulated Depreciation
						(In Millions)
Utility:
Entergy Arkansas -
Independence	Unit 1	Coal	820	31.50	%	$152	$109
Independence	Common Facilities	Coal		15.75	%	$42	$32
White Bluff	Units 1 and 2	Coal	1,244	57.00	%	$622	$412
Ouachita (b)	Common Facilities	Gas		66.67	%	$174	$160
Union (c)	Common Facilities	Gas		25.00	%	$29	$13
Entergy Louisiana -
Roy S. Nelson	Unit 6	Coal	514	40.25	%	$301	$231
Roy S. Nelson	Unit 6 Common Facilities	Coal		40.25	%	$22	$11
Big Cajun 2	Unit 3	Coal	551	24.15	%	$149	$140
Big Cajun 2	Unit 3 Common Facilities	Coal		8.05	%	$5	$3
Ouachita (b)	Common Facilities	Gas		33.33	%	$91	$79
Acadia	Common Facilities	Gas		50.00	%	$22	$3
Union (c)	Common Facilities	Gas		50.00	%	$58	$15
Entergy Mississippi -
Independence	Units 1 and 2 and Common Facilities	Coal	1,662	25.00	%	$304	$195
Entergy New Orleans -
Union (c)	Common Facilities	Gas		25.00	%	$30	$11
Entergy Texas -
Roy S. Nelson	Unit 6	Coal	514	29.75	%	$212	$160
Roy S. Nelson	Unit 6 Common Facilities	Coal		29.75	%	$8	$4
Big Cajun 2	Unit 3	Coal	551	17.85	%	$112	$115
Big Cajun 2	Unit 3 Common Facilities	Coal		5.95	%	$4	$2
Montgomery County	Unit 1	Gas	915	92.44	%	$759	$40
System Energy -
Grand Gulf (d)	Unit 1	Nuclear	1,390	90.00	%	$5,674	$3,580
Other:
Independence	Unit 2	Coal	842	14.37	%	$81	$61
Independence	Common Facilities	Coal		7.18	%	$20	$16
Roy S. Nelson	Unit 6	Coal	514	10.90	%	$121	$76
Roy S. Nelson	Unit 6 Common Facilities	Coal		10.90	%	$3	$2

(a)“Total Megawatt Capability” is the dependable summer load carrying capability as demonstrated under actual operating conditions based on the primary fuel (assuming no curtailments) that each station was designed to utilize.

(b)Ouachita Units 1 and 2 are owned 100% by Entergy Arkansas and Ouachita Unit 3 is owned 100% by Entergy Louisiana.  The investment and accumulated depreciation numbers above are only for the common facilities and not for the generating units.

(c)Union Unit 1 is owned 100% by Entergy New Orleans, Union Unit 2 is owned 100% by Entergy Arkansas, Union Units 3 and 4 are owned 100% by Entergy Louisiana.  The investment and accumulated depreciation numbers above are only for the specified common facilities and not for the generating units.

(d)Includes a leasehold interest held by System Energy.  System Energy’s Grand Gulf lease obligations are discussed in Note 5 to the financial statements.

Outage Costs, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Nuclear Refueling Outage Costs

Nuclear refueling outage costs are deferred during the outage and amortized over the estimated period to the next outage because these refueling outage expenses are incurred to prepare the units to operate for the next operating cycle without having to be taken off line.

Allowance for Funds Used During Construction, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Allowance for Funds Used During Construction (AFUDC)

AFUDC represents the approximate net composite interest cost of borrowed funds and a reasonable return on the equity funds used for construction by the Registrant Subsidiaries.  AFUDC increases both the plant balance and earnings and is realized in cash through depreciation provisions included in the rates charged to customers.

Certain large industrial customers make advance payments to provide Entergy and the Utility operating companies the return on their investment in utility plant that they would otherwise have received by the recognition of AFUDC. When such advances are made, AFUDC is not added to the associated utility plant, which results in a lower amount of utility plant recovered through utility rates. These advance payments are initially recorded as a current liability and then amortized to income over the construction period of the related plant. As of December 31, 2024, Entergy and Entergy Louisiana have $152 million in such advances from customers recorded as current liabilities on their respective consolidated balance sheets.

Income Tax, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Income Taxes

Entergy Corporation and the majority of its subsidiaries file a United States consolidated federal income tax return.  Each tax-paying entity records income taxes as if it were a separate taxpayer and consolidating adjustments are allocated to the tax filing entities in accordance with Entergy’s intercompany income tax allocation agreements.  Deferred income taxes are recorded for temporary differences between the book and tax basis of assets and liabilities, and for certain losses and credits available for carryforward.

Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.  Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and rates in the period in which the tax or rate was enacted. See the “Other Tax Matters - Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” section in Note 3 to the financial statements for discussion of the effects of the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in December 2017.

The benefits of investment tax credits are deferred and amortized over the average useful life of the related property, as a reduction of income tax expense, for such credits associated with rate-regulated operations in accordance with ratemaking treatment.

Public Utilities, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Accounting for the Effects of Regulation

Entergy’s Utility operating companies and System Energy are rate-regulated entities that are required to reflect the effects of rate regulation in their financial statements, including the recording of regulatory assets and liabilities, as the Utility operating companies and System Energy have rates that meet the following three criteria:

(1) are approved by a third-party regulator; (2) are designed to recover the entities’ cost of providing the regulated services or products; and (3) can reasonably be assumed will be charged to and collected from customers.  These criteria may also be applied to separable portions of a utility’s business, such as the generation or transmission functions, or to specific classes of customers.

Regulatory assets represent incurred costs that have been deferred because they are probable of future recovery from customers through regulated rates. Regulatory liabilities represent (1) revenue or gains that have been deferred because it is probable such amounts will be credited to customers through future regulated rates or (2) billings in advance of expenditures for approved regulatory programs. To the extent that all or portions of the Utility operating companies or System Energy’s operations cease to be subject to rate regulation, or future recovery or settlement is no longer probable as a result of changes in regulation or other reasons, the related regulatory assets and liabilities are eliminated from the balance sheet and the impact is recognized on the income statement.

In addition, regulatory accounting requires recognition of an impairment loss if it becomes probable that part of the cost of a recently completed plant asset will be disallowed for rate-making purposes and a reasonable estimate of the amount of the disallowance can be made.

Entergy Louisiana does not apply regulatory accounting standards to the Louisiana retail deregulated portion of River Bend or to the 30% interest in River Bend formerly owned by Cajun unless specific cost recovery is provided for in tariff rates.  The Louisiana retail deregulated portion of River Bend is operated under a deregulated asset plan representing a portion (approximately 15%) of River Bend plant costs, generation, revenues, and expenses established under a 1992 LPSC order.  The plan allows Entergy Louisiana to sell the electricity from the deregulated assets to Louisiana retail customers at 4.6 cents per kWh or off-system at higher prices, with certain provisions for sharing incremental revenue above 4.6 cents per kWh between customers and shareholders.

Regulatory Income Taxes, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Regulatory Asset or Liability for Income Taxes

Accounting standards for income taxes provide that a regulatory asset or liability be recorded if it is probable that the currently determinable future increase or decrease in regulatory income tax expense will be recovered from or credited to customers through future rates. There are two main sources of Entergy’s regulatory asset or liability for income taxes. There is a regulatory asset related to the ratemaking treatment of the tax effects of book depreciation for the equity component of AFUDC that has been capitalized to property, plant, and equipment but for which there is no corresponding tax basis. Equity-AFUDC is a component of property, plant, and equipment that is included in rate base when the plant is placed in service. There is a regulatory liability related to the adjustment of Entergy’s net deferred income taxes that was required by the enactment in December 2017 of a change in the federal corporate income tax rate, which is discussed in Note 2 and 3 to the financial statements.

Cash and Cash Equivalents, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Entergy considers all unrestricted highly liquid debt instruments with an original maturity of three months or less at date of purchase to be cash equivalents.

Securitization Recovery Trust Accounts, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Securitization Recovery Trust Accounts

The funds that Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Texas hold in their securitization recovery trust accounts are not classified as cash and cash equivalents or restricted cash and cash equivalents because of their nature, uses, and restrictions. These funds are classified as part of other current assets and other investments, depending on the timeframe within which the Registrant Subsidiary expects to use the funds.

Trade and Other Accounts Receivable, Unbilled Receivables, Policy

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

The allowance for doubtful accounts reflects Entergy’s best estimate of expected losses on its accounts receivable balances.  The allowance is calculated as the historical rate of customer write-offs multiplied by the current accounts receivable balance, taking into account the length of time the receivable balances have been outstanding. Although the rate of customer write-offs has historically experienced minimal variation, management monitors the current condition of individual customer accounts to manage collections and ensure bad debt expense is recorded in a timely manner. The Utility operating companies’ customer accounts receivable are written off consistent with approved regulatory requirements. See Note 19 to the financial statements for further details on the allowance for doubtful accounts.

Inventory, Policy

Materials and Supplies

Materials and supplies consist of tangible goods, equipment, and other materials that Entergy holds for use or consumption in the normal course of business, whether for capital projects or operation and maintenance activities, or that are required to be kept for regulatory reasons or service reliability. Materials and supplies are valued at a weighted average unit cost when expensed or capitalized, as appropriate, when used or installed. Materials and supplies are valued at the lower of weighted average cost or net realizable value, net of provisions for excess and obsolete materials and supplies.

Investment, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Investments

Entergy records decommissioning trust funds on the balance sheet at their fair value. Because of the ability of the Registrant Subsidiaries to recover decommissioning costs in rates and in accordance with the regulatory treatment for decommissioning trust funds, for unrealized gains/(losses) on investment securities, the Registrant Subsidiaries record an offsetting amount in other regulatory liabilities/assets.  For the 30% interest in River Bend formerly owned by Cajun, Entergy Louisiana records an offsetting amount in other long-term liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Louisiana for the unrealized trust earnings not currently expected to be needed to decommission the plant.  Decommissioning trust funds for the nuclear plants previously owned by Entergy’s non-utility operations, all of which have been sold as of June 2022, did not meet the criteria for regulatory accounting treatment. Accordingly, unrealized gains/(losses) recorded on the equity securities in the trust funds for these plants were recognized in earnings with no offsetting regulatory liability/asset amount. Unrealized gains/(losses) recorded on the available-for-sale debt securities in the trust funds were recognized in the accumulated other comprehensive income component of shareholders’ equity. Entergy’s trusts are managed by third parties who operate in accordance with agreements that define investment guidelines and place restrictions on the purchases and sales of investments. See Note 16 to the financial statements for details on the decommissioning trust funds.

Derivatives, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Derivative Financial Instruments and Commodity Derivatives

The accounting standards for derivative instruments and hedging activities require that all derivatives be recognized at fair value on the balance sheet, either as assets or liabilities, unless they meet various exceptions including the normal purchase/normal sale criteria.  The changes in the fair value of recognized derivatives are recorded each period in current earnings or other comprehensive income, depending on whether a derivative is designated as part of a hedge transaction and the type of hedge transaction. Due to regulatory treatment, an offsetting regulatory asset or liability is recorded for changes in fair value of recognized derivatives for the Registrant Subsidiaries.

Contracts for commodities that will be physically delivered in quantities expected to be used or sold in the ordinary course of business, including certain purchases and sales of power and fuel, meet the normal purchase, normal sales criteria and are not recognized on the balance sheet.  Revenues and expenses from these contracts are reported on a gross basis in the appropriate revenue and expense categories as the commodities are received or delivered.

Entergy has determined that contracts to purchase uranium do not meet the definition of a derivative under the accounting standards for derivative instruments because they do not provide for net settlement and the uranium markets are not sufficiently liquid to conclude that forward contracts are readily convertible to cash.  If the uranium markets do become sufficiently liquid in the future and Entergy begins to account for uranium purchase contracts as derivative instruments, the fair value of these contracts would be accounted for consistent with Entergy’s other derivative instruments. See Note 15 to the financial statements for further details on Entergy’s derivative instruments and hedging activities.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Fair Values

The estimated fair values of Entergy’s financial instruments and derivatives are determined using historical prices, bid prices, market quotes, and financial modeling.  Considerable judgment is required in developing the estimates of fair value.  Therefore, estimates are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that Entergy could realize in a current market exchange.  Gains or losses realized on financial instruments are reflected in future rates and therefore do not affect net income.  Entergy considers the carrying amounts of most financial instruments classified as current assets and liabilities to be a reasonable estimate of their fair value because of the short maturity of these instruments.  See Note 15 to the financial statements for further discussion of fair value.

Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Impairment of Long-lived Assets

Entergy periodically reviews long-lived assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that recoverability of these assets is uncertain.  Generally, the determination of recoverability is based on the undiscounted net cash flows expected to result from such operations and assets.  Projected net cash flows depend on the expected operating life of the assets, the future operating costs associated with the assets, the efficiency and availability of the assets and generating units, and the future market and price for energy and capacity over the remaining life of the assets.

Assets Held-for-Sale, Policy

Assets Held for Sale

A long-lived asset or component of an entity meets the criteria to be classified as held for sale, generally, when management with requisite approvals commits to a plan to sell and it is probable that the sale will be completed within one year. When held for sale criteria is met, the assets and liabilities of the disposal group are separately presented as assets and liabilities held for sale on the balance sheet. Any long-lived assets of the disposal group are measured at the lower of their carrying value or their estimated fair value less costs to sell. If the disposal group meets the definition of a business, then a portion of any goodwill with that reporting unit is allocated to the disposal group based on the relative fair value of the components representing a business that will be retained and disposed.

As described in Note 14 to the financial statements, the Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Louisiana natural gas distribution businesses met the criteria to be to classified as held for sale as of December 31, 2024.

Debt, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Reacquired Debt

The premiums and costs associated with reacquired debt of Entergy’s Utility operating companies and System Energy (except that portion allocable to the deregulated operations of Entergy Louisiana) are included in regulatory assets and are being amortized over the life of the related new issuances, or over the life of the original debt issuance if the debt is not refinanced, in accordance with ratemaking treatment.

Taxes Imposed On Revenue Producing Transactions, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Taxes Imposed on Revenue-Producing Transactions

Governmental authorities assess taxes that are both imposed on and concurrent with a specific revenue-producing transaction between a seller and a customer, including, but not limited to, sales, use, value added, and some excise taxes.  Entergy presents these taxes on a net basis, excluding them from revenues, unless required to report them differently by a regulatory authority.

New Accounting Pronouncements, Policy [Policy Text Block]

New Accounting Pronouncements

The accounting standard-setting process is ongoing, and the FASB is currently working on several projects that have not yet resulted in final pronouncements. Final pronouncements that result from these projects could have a material effect on Entergy’s future results of operations, financial positions, or cash flows.

In December 2023 the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures.” The ASU is intended to enhance the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures. The amendments in the ASU require enhanced income tax disclosures, primarily related to consistent categorization and disaggregation of information in the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid disaggregated by jurisdiction. The ASU also removes certain disclosures that are no longer considered cost beneficial or relevant. ASU 2023-09 is effective for Entergy for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Entergy does not expect ASU 2023-09 to materially affect its results of operations, financial positions, or cash flows.

In March 2024 the SEC issued final rules that require registrants to provide certain climate-related disclosures in annual reports and registration statements in order to enhance and standardize climate-related disclosures for investors. The final rules require a registrant to disclose, among other things: material climate-related risks; activities to mitigate or adapt to such risks; information about the registrant’s board of directors’ oversight of climate-related risks and management’s role in managing material climate-related risks; and information on any climate-related targets or goals that are material to the registrant’s business, results of operations, or financial condition. In addition, the final rules require disclosure of Scope 1 and/or Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions on a phased-in basis by certain larger registrants when those emissions are material; the filing of an attestation report covering the required disclosure of such registrant’s Scope 1 and/or Scope 2 emissions, also on a phased-in basis; and disclosure of the financial statement effects of severe weather events and other natural conditions. The final rules provide that the phase-in compliance period is effective for Entergy beginning with its annual report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. In April 2024 the SEC stayed the final rules, pending judicial review of consolidated challenges to the rules by the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. In February 2025 the Acting SEC Chairman directed the SEC staff to request that the court not schedule the case for argument to provide time for the SEC to deliberate and determine the appropriate next steps in these cases. Entergy is evaluating the effect the final rules will have on its disclosures and will continue to monitor developments related to the SEC’s stay of the rules and the litigation challenging such rules.

In November 2024 the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, “Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40).” The ASU is intended to improve disclosures around income statement expenses by requiring disaggregated information within the footnotes to the financial statements about specific expense categories in commonly presented income statement expense captions. ASU 2024-03 is effective for Entergy for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026. Entergy does not expect ASU 2024-03 to materially affect its results of operations, financial positions, or cash flows.

Entergy Mississippi [Member]

Use of Estimates, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements

In conformity with GAAP in the United States of America, the preparation of Entergy Corporation’s consolidated financial statements and the separate financial statements of the Registrant Subsidiaries requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities.  Adjustments to the reported amounts of assets and liabilities may be necessary in the future to the extent that future estimates or actual results are different from the estimates used.

Revenues And Fuel Costs [Policy Text Block]

Revenues and Fuel Costs

See Note 19 to the financial statements for a discussion of Entergy’s and the Registrant Subsidiaries’ revenues and fuel costs.

Property, Plant and Equipment, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Property, Plant, and Equipment

Property, plant, and equipment is stated at original cost less regulatory disallowances and impairments.  Depreciation is computed on the straight-line basis at rates based on the applicable estimated service lives of the various classes of property.  For the Registrant Subsidiaries, the original cost of plant retired or removed, less salvage, is charged to accumulated depreciation.  Normal maintenance, repairs, and minor replacement costs are charged to operating expenses.  Certain combined-cycle gas turbine generating units are maintained under long-term service agreements with third-party service providers. The costs under these agreements are split between operating expenses and capital additions based upon the nature of the work performed. Substantially all of the Registrant Subsidiaries’ plant is subject to mortgage liens.

Customers may be required to make advance payments for construction of new utility plants to reimburse the Utility operating companies for costs that are not expected to be recovered through existing retail rates. Under the regulatory framework, these payments are required to ensure the cost to serve a particular customer does not increase the utility rates charged to other utility customers. These advance payments do not reduce the retail rate charged to the customer making the payment and do not create any additional obligation for the respective Utility operating company to provide electrical service beyond the general obligation to serve all customers in its service area. Because the cost is fully reimbursed by the customer through the advance payment, the Utility operating

company does not earn a return or recover through retail rates the cost of utility plants reimbursed by these payments. These advance payments are initially recorded as a non-current liability, which is then reduced by the costs incurred to construct the associated utility plant. This results in Entergy and the Utility operating companies recording utility plant funded by customer advances at a net cost of zero, consistent with utility ratemaking treatment. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, Entergy and the Utility operating companies have customer advances for construction as follows:

	2024	2023
	(In Millions)
Entergy	$635	$292
Entergy Arkansas	$166	$96
Entergy Louisiana	$292	$115
Entergy Mississippi	$113	$33
Entergy New Orleans	$1	$1
Entergy Texas	$63	$47

Electric plant includes the portion of Grand Gulf that was sold and leased back in a prior period.  For financial reporting purposes, this sale and leaseback arrangement is reported as a financing transaction.

Net property, plant, and equipment (including property under lease and associated accumulated amortization) for Entergy by functional category, as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, is shown below:

	2024	2023
	(In Millions)
Production
Nuclear	$8,024	$7,944
Other	7,809	7,045
Transmission	10,414	9,927
Distribution	14,321	12,927
Other	3,286	3,173
Construction work in progress	3,209	2,110
Nuclear fuel	766	708
Property, plant, and equipment - net (a)	$47,829	$43,834

(a)Includes $403 million of natural gas property, plant, and equipment and accumulated depreciation and $3 million of construction work in progress classified as held for sale in “Non-current assets held for sale” on Entergy’s consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2024. See Note 14 to the financial statements for further discussion of the planned sale of the Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Louisiana natural gas distribution businesses and the classification as held for sale.

Depreciation rates on average depreciable property for Entergy approximated 2.9% in 2024, 2.9% in 2023, and 2.8% in 2022.

Entergy amortizes nuclear fuel using a units-of-production method.  Nuclear fuel amortization is included in fuel expense in the income statements.

Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation) for Entergy is reported net of accumulated depreciation of $231 million as of December 31, 2024 and $193 million as of December 31, 2023.

Net property, plant, and equipment (including property under lease and associated accumulated amortization) for the Registrant Subsidiaries by functional category, as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, is shown below:

2024	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas	System Energy
	(In Millions)
Production
Nuclear	$1,887	$4,121	$—	$—	$—	$2,016
Other	1,721	3,532	980	374	1,154	—
Transmission	2,267	4,339	1,567	155	2,054	30
Distribution	3,615	4,973	2,418	761	2,554	—
Other	606	1,175	385	384	318	44
Construction work in progress	320	762	487	20	1,513	85
Nuclear fuel	258	288	—	—	—	220
Property, plant, and equipment - net (a)	$10,674	$19,190	$5,837	$1,694	$7,593	$2,395

(a)Includes $164 million of natural gas property, plant, and equipment and accumulated depreciation and $1 million of construction work in progress for Entergy Louisiana and $239 million of natural gas property, plant, and equipment and accumulated depreciation and $2 million of construction work in progress for Entergy New Orleans classified as held for sale in “Non-current assets held for sale” on their respective consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2024. See Note 14 to the financial statements for further discussion of the planned sale of the Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Louisiana natural gas distribution businesses and the classification as held for sale.

2023	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas	System Energy
	(In Millions)
Production
Nuclear	$1,859	$4,153	$—	$—	$—	$1,932
Other	892	3,583	958	386	1,177	—
Transmission	2,102	4,283	1,483	143	1,882	32
Distribution	3,395	4,371	2,272	692	2,197	—
Other	571	1,156	395	370	311	38
Construction work in progress	341	593	140	25	858	131
Nuclear fuel	214	333	—	—	—	161
Property, plant, and equipment - net	$9,374	$18,472	$5,248	$1,616	$6,425	$2,294

Depreciation rates on average depreciable property for the Registrant Subsidiaries are shown below:

	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas	System Energy
2024	2.7%	2.7%	3.5%	3.3%	3.8%	2.1%
2023	2.7%	2.6%	3.6%	3.3%	4.0%	1.6%
2022	2.7%	2.4%	3.6%	3.2%	3.1%	2.0%

Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation) for Entergy Louisiana is reported net of accumulated depreciation of $225.4 million as of December 31, 2024 and $187.2 million as of December 31, 2023. Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation) for Entergy Mississippi is reported net of accumulated depreciation of $0.5 million as of December 31, 2024 and $0.5 million as of December 31, 2023.

Jointly Owned Generating Stations, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Jointly-Owned Generating Stations

Certain Entergy subsidiaries jointly own electric generating facilities with affiliates or third parties. All parties are required to provide their own financing.  The investments, fuel expenses, and other operation and maintenance expenses associated with these generating stations are recorded by the Entergy subsidiaries to the extent of their respective undivided ownership interests.  As of December 31, 2024, the subsidiaries’ investment and accumulated depreciation in each of these generating stations were as follows:

Generating Stations		Fuel Type	Total Megawatt Capability (a)	Ownership		Investment	Accumulated Depreciation
						(In Millions)
Utility:
Entergy Arkansas -
Independence	Unit 1	Coal	820	31.50	%	$152	$109
Independence	Common Facilities	Coal		15.75	%	$42	$32
White Bluff	Units 1 and 2	Coal	1,244	57.00	%	$622	$412
Ouachita (b)	Common Facilities	Gas		66.67	%	$174	$160
Union (c)	Common Facilities	Gas		25.00	%	$29	$13
Entergy Louisiana -
Roy S. Nelson	Unit 6	Coal	514	40.25	%	$301	$231
Roy S. Nelson	Unit 6 Common Facilities	Coal		40.25	%	$22	$11
Big Cajun 2	Unit 3	Coal	551	24.15	%	$149	$140
Big Cajun 2	Unit 3 Common Facilities	Coal		8.05	%	$5	$3
Ouachita (b)	Common Facilities	Gas		33.33	%	$91	$79
Acadia	Common Facilities	Gas		50.00	%	$22	$3
Union (c)	Common Facilities	Gas		50.00	%	$58	$15
Entergy Mississippi -
Independence	Units 1 and 2 and Common Facilities	Coal	1,662	25.00	%	$304	$195
Entergy New Orleans -
Union (c)	Common Facilities	Gas		25.00	%	$30	$11
Entergy Texas -
Roy S. Nelson	Unit 6	Coal	514	29.75	%	$212	$160
Roy S. Nelson	Unit 6 Common Facilities	Coal		29.75	%	$8	$4
Big Cajun 2	Unit 3	Coal	551	17.85	%	$112	$115
Big Cajun 2	Unit 3 Common Facilities	Coal		5.95	%	$4	$2
Montgomery County	Unit 1	Gas	915	92.44	%	$759	$40
System Energy -
Grand Gulf (d)	Unit 1	Nuclear	1,390	90.00	%	$5,674	$3,580
Other:
Independence	Unit 2	Coal	842	14.37	%	$81	$61
Independence	Common Facilities	Coal		7.18	%	$20	$16
Roy S. Nelson	Unit 6	Coal	514	10.90	%	$121	$76
Roy S. Nelson	Unit 6 Common Facilities	Coal		10.90	%	$3	$2

(a)“Total Megawatt Capability” is the dependable summer load carrying capability as demonstrated under actual operating conditions based on the primary fuel (assuming no curtailments) that each station was designed to utilize.

(b)Ouachita Units 1 and 2 are owned 100% by Entergy Arkansas and Ouachita Unit 3 is owned 100% by Entergy Louisiana.  The investment and accumulated depreciation numbers above are only for the common facilities and not for the generating units.

(c)Union Unit 1 is owned 100% by Entergy New Orleans, Union Unit 2 is owned 100% by Entergy Arkansas, Union Units 3 and 4 are owned 100% by Entergy Louisiana.  The investment and accumulated depreciation numbers above are only for the specified common facilities and not for the generating units.

(d)Includes a leasehold interest held by System Energy.  System Energy’s Grand Gulf lease obligations are discussed in Note 5 to the financial statements.

Outage Costs, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Nuclear Refueling Outage Costs

Nuclear refueling outage costs are deferred during the outage and amortized over the estimated period to the next outage because these refueling outage expenses are incurred to prepare the units to operate for the next operating cycle without having to be taken off line.

Allowance for Funds Used During Construction, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Allowance for Funds Used During Construction (AFUDC)

AFUDC represents the approximate net composite interest cost of borrowed funds and a reasonable return on the equity funds used for construction by the Registrant Subsidiaries.  AFUDC increases both the plant balance and earnings and is realized in cash through depreciation provisions included in the rates charged to customers.

Certain large industrial customers make advance payments to provide Entergy and the Utility operating companies the return on their investment in utility plant that they would otherwise have received by the recognition of AFUDC. When such advances are made, AFUDC is not added to the associated utility plant, which results in a lower amount of utility plant recovered through utility rates. These advance payments are initially recorded as a current liability and then amortized to income over the construction period of the related plant. As of December 31, 2024, Entergy and Entergy Louisiana have $152 million in such advances from customers recorded as current liabilities on their respective consolidated balance sheets.

Income Tax, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Income Taxes

Entergy Corporation and the majority of its subsidiaries file a United States consolidated federal income tax return.  Each tax-paying entity records income taxes as if it were a separate taxpayer and consolidating adjustments are allocated to the tax filing entities in accordance with Entergy’s intercompany income tax allocation agreements.  Deferred income taxes are recorded for temporary differences between the book and tax basis of assets and liabilities, and for certain losses and credits available for carryforward.

Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.  Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and rates in the period in which the tax or rate was enacted. See the “Other Tax Matters - Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” section in Note 3 to the financial statements for discussion of the effects of the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in December 2017.

The benefits of investment tax credits are deferred and amortized over the average useful life of the related property, as a reduction of income tax expense, for such credits associated with rate-regulated operations in accordance with ratemaking treatment.

Public Utilities, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Accounting for the Effects of Regulation

Entergy’s Utility operating companies and System Energy are rate-regulated entities that are required to reflect the effects of rate regulation in their financial statements, including the recording of regulatory assets and liabilities, as the Utility operating companies and System Energy have rates that meet the following three criteria:

(1) are approved by a third-party regulator; (2) are designed to recover the entities’ cost of providing the regulated services or products; and (3) can reasonably be assumed will be charged to and collected from customers.  These criteria may also be applied to separable portions of a utility’s business, such as the generation or transmission functions, or to specific classes of customers.

Regulatory assets represent incurred costs that have been deferred because they are probable of future recovery from customers through regulated rates. Regulatory liabilities represent (1) revenue or gains that have been deferred because it is probable such amounts will be credited to customers through future regulated rates or (2) billings in advance of expenditures for approved regulatory programs. To the extent that all or portions of the Utility operating companies or System Energy’s operations cease to be subject to rate regulation, or future recovery or settlement is no longer probable as a result of changes in regulation or other reasons, the related regulatory assets and liabilities are eliminated from the balance sheet and the impact is recognized on the income statement.

In addition, regulatory accounting requires recognition of an impairment loss if it becomes probable that part of the cost of a recently completed plant asset will be disallowed for rate-making purposes and a reasonable estimate of the amount of the disallowance can be made.

Entergy Louisiana does not apply regulatory accounting standards to the Louisiana retail deregulated portion of River Bend or to the 30% interest in River Bend formerly owned by Cajun unless specific cost recovery is provided for in tariff rates.  The Louisiana retail deregulated portion of River Bend is operated under a deregulated asset plan representing a portion (approximately 15%) of River Bend plant costs, generation, revenues, and expenses established under a 1992 LPSC order.  The plan allows Entergy Louisiana to sell the electricity from the deregulated assets to Louisiana retail customers at 4.6 cents per kWh or off-system at higher prices, with certain provisions for sharing incremental revenue above 4.6 cents per kWh between customers and shareholders.

Regulatory Income Taxes, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Regulatory Asset or Liability for Income Taxes

Accounting standards for income taxes provide that a regulatory asset or liability be recorded if it is probable that the currently determinable future increase or decrease in regulatory income tax expense will be recovered from or credited to customers through future rates. There are two main sources of Entergy’s regulatory asset or liability for income taxes. There is a regulatory asset related to the ratemaking treatment of the tax effects of book depreciation for the equity component of AFUDC that has been capitalized to property, plant, and equipment but for which there is no corresponding tax basis. Equity-AFUDC is a component of property, plant, and equipment that is included in rate base when the plant is placed in service. There is a regulatory liability related to the adjustment of Entergy’s net deferred income taxes that was required by the enactment in December 2017 of a change in the federal corporate income tax rate, which is discussed in Note 2 and 3 to the financial statements.

Cash and Cash Equivalents, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Entergy considers all unrestricted highly liquid debt instruments with an original maturity of three months or less at date of purchase to be cash equivalents.

Securitization Recovery Trust Accounts, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Securitization Recovery Trust Accounts

The funds that Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Texas hold in their securitization recovery trust accounts are not classified as cash and cash equivalents or restricted cash and cash equivalents because of their nature, uses, and restrictions. These funds are classified as part of other current assets and other investments, depending on the timeframe within which the Registrant Subsidiary expects to use the funds.

Trade and Other Accounts Receivable, Unbilled Receivables, Policy

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

The allowance for doubtful accounts reflects Entergy’s best estimate of expected losses on its accounts receivable balances.  The allowance is calculated as the historical rate of customer write-offs multiplied by the current accounts receivable balance, taking into account the length of time the receivable balances have been outstanding. Although the rate of customer write-offs has historically experienced minimal variation, management monitors the current condition of individual customer accounts to manage collections and ensure bad debt expense is recorded in a timely manner. The Utility operating companies’ customer accounts receivable are written off consistent with approved regulatory requirements. See Note 19 to the financial statements for further details on the allowance for doubtful accounts.

Inventory, Policy

Materials and Supplies

Materials and supplies consist of tangible goods, equipment, and other materials that Entergy holds for use or consumption in the normal course of business, whether for capital projects or operation and maintenance activities, or that are required to be kept for regulatory reasons or service reliability. Materials and supplies are valued at a weighted average unit cost when expensed or capitalized, as appropriate, when used or installed. Materials and supplies are valued at the lower of weighted average cost or net realizable value, net of provisions for excess and obsolete materials and supplies.

Investment, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Investments

Entergy records decommissioning trust funds on the balance sheet at their fair value. Because of the ability of the Registrant Subsidiaries to recover decommissioning costs in rates and in accordance with the regulatory treatment for decommissioning trust funds, for unrealized gains/(losses) on investment securities, the Registrant Subsidiaries record an offsetting amount in other regulatory liabilities/assets.  For the 30% interest in River Bend formerly owned by Cajun, Entergy Louisiana records an offsetting amount in other long-term liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Louisiana for the unrealized trust earnings not currently expected to be needed to decommission the plant.  Decommissioning trust funds for the nuclear plants previously owned by Entergy’s non-utility operations, all of which have been sold as of June 2022, did not meet the criteria for regulatory accounting treatment. Accordingly, unrealized gains/(losses) recorded on the equity securities in the trust funds for these plants were recognized in earnings with no offsetting regulatory liability/asset amount. Unrealized gains/(losses) recorded on the available-for-sale debt securities in the trust funds were recognized in the accumulated other comprehensive income component of shareholders’ equity. Entergy’s trusts are managed by third parties who operate in accordance with agreements that define investment guidelines and place restrictions on the purchases and sales of investments. See Note 16 to the financial statements for details on the decommissioning trust funds.

Partnerships with disproportionate allocation of earnings and losses in relation to an investor's ownership interest [Policy Text Block]

Partnerships with Disproportionate Allocation of Earnings and Losses in Relation to an Investor’s Ownership Interest

Entergy Arkansas and Entergy Mississippi, as managing members, each control a tax equity partnership with a third party tax equity investor and consolidate the partnerships for financial reporting purposes. For each respective partnership, the limited liability company agreement with the tax equity investor stipulates a disproportionate allocation of tax attributes, earnings, and cash flows between the Registrant Subsidiary and the tax equity investor with the tax equity investor being allocated a significant portion of the tax attributes, earnings, and cash flows until it receives its target return, at which point the earnings and cash flows will primarily be allocated to the Registrant Subsidiary. Each Registrant Subsidiary has the option to purchase, at a future date specified in their respective partnership agreement, the tax equity investor’s interests at the then-current fair market value, plus an amount that results in the tax equity investor reaching its target return, if needed.

Because of this disproportionate allocation, each Registrant Subsidiary accounts for its earnings in the partnership using the HLBV method of accounting. Under the HLBV method, the amounts of income and loss attributable to both the Registrant Subsidiary and the tax equity investor reflect changes in the amount each would hypothetically receive at the balance sheet date under the respective liquidation provisions of the limited liability company agreement, assuming the net assets of the partnership were liquidated at book value, after consideration of contributions and distributions, between the Registrant Subsidiary and the tax equity investor. Once the tax equity investor reaches its target return in the hypothetical liquidation, the remaining proceeds are primarily allocated to the Registrant Subsidiary. This allocation may result in fluctuations of income on a periodic basis that differ significantly from what would otherwise be recognized if the earnings were allocated under the relative ownership percentages between the Registrant Subsidiary and the tax equity investor. Entergy Arkansas and Entergy Mississippi have determined these differences are primarily due to timing, and both the APSC and the MPSC have approved that, for purposes of ratemaking, each Registrant Subsidiary reflect its interest in its respective partnership using its relative ownership percentage and disregard the effects of the HLBV method of accounting. Because of this, each Registrant Subsidiary has recorded a regulatory liability for the difference between the earnings allocated to it under the HLBV method of accounting and the earnings that would have been allocated to it under its respective ownership percentage in the partnership.

Derivatives, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Derivative Financial Instruments and Commodity Derivatives

The accounting standards for derivative instruments and hedging activities require that all derivatives be recognized at fair value on the balance sheet, either as assets or liabilities, unless they meet various exceptions including the normal purchase/normal sale criteria.  The changes in the fair value of recognized derivatives are recorded each period in current earnings or other comprehensive income, depending on whether a derivative is designated as part of a hedge transaction and the type of hedge transaction. Due to regulatory treatment, an offsetting regulatory asset or liability is recorded for changes in fair value of recognized derivatives for the Registrant Subsidiaries.

Contracts for commodities that will be physically delivered in quantities expected to be used or sold in the ordinary course of business, including certain purchases and sales of power and fuel, meet the normal purchase, normal sales criteria and are not recognized on the balance sheet.  Revenues and expenses from these contracts are reported on a gross basis in the appropriate revenue and expense categories as the commodities are received or delivered.

Entergy has determined that contracts to purchase uranium do not meet the definition of a derivative under the accounting standards for derivative instruments because they do not provide for net settlement and the uranium markets are not sufficiently liquid to conclude that forward contracts are readily convertible to cash.  If the uranium markets do become sufficiently liquid in the future and Entergy begins to account for uranium purchase contracts as derivative instruments, the fair value of these contracts would be accounted for consistent with Entergy’s other derivative instruments. See Note 15 to the financial statements for further details on Entergy’s derivative instruments and hedging activities.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Fair Values

The estimated fair values of Entergy’s financial instruments and derivatives are determined using historical prices, bid prices, market quotes, and financial modeling.  Considerable judgment is required in developing the estimates of fair value.  Therefore, estimates are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that Entergy could realize in a current market exchange.  Gains or losses realized on financial instruments are reflected in future rates and therefore do not affect net income.  Entergy considers the carrying amounts of most financial instruments classified as current assets and liabilities to be a reasonable estimate of their fair value because of the short maturity of these instruments.  See Note 15 to the financial statements for further discussion of fair value.

Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Impairment of Long-lived Assets

Entergy periodically reviews long-lived assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that recoverability of these assets is uncertain.  Generally, the determination of recoverability is based on the undiscounted net cash flows expected to result from such operations and assets.  Projected net cash flows depend on the expected operating life of the assets, the future operating costs associated with the assets, the efficiency and availability of the assets and generating units, and the future market and price for energy and capacity over the remaining life of the assets.

Assets Held-for-Sale, Policy

Assets Held for Sale

A long-lived asset or component of an entity meets the criteria to be classified as held for sale, generally, when management with requisite approvals commits to a plan to sell and it is probable that the sale will be completed within one year. When held for sale criteria is met, the assets and liabilities of the disposal group are separately presented as assets and liabilities held for sale on the balance sheet. Any long-lived assets of the disposal group are measured at the lower of their carrying value or their estimated fair value less costs to sell. If the disposal group meets the definition of a business, then a portion of any goodwill with that reporting unit is allocated to the disposal group based on the relative fair value of the components representing a business that will be retained and disposed.

As described in Note 14 to the financial statements, the Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Louisiana natural gas distribution businesses met the criteria to be to classified as held for sale as of December 31, 2024.

Debt, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Reacquired Debt

The premiums and costs associated with reacquired debt of Entergy’s Utility operating companies and System Energy (except that portion allocable to the deregulated operations of Entergy Louisiana) are included in regulatory assets and are being amortized over the life of the related new issuances, or over the life of the original debt issuance if the debt is not refinanced, in accordance with ratemaking treatment.

Taxes Imposed On Revenue Producing Transactions, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Taxes Imposed on Revenue-Producing Transactions

Governmental authorities assess taxes that are both imposed on and concurrent with a specific revenue-producing transaction between a seller and a customer, including, but not limited to, sales, use, value added, and some excise taxes.  Entergy presents these taxes on a net basis, excluding them from revenues, unless required to report them differently by a regulatory authority.

New Accounting Pronouncements, Policy [Policy Text Block]

New Accounting Pronouncements

The accounting standard-setting process is ongoing, and the FASB is currently working on several projects that have not yet resulted in final pronouncements. Final pronouncements that result from these projects could have a material effect on Entergy’s future results of operations, financial positions, or cash flows.

In December 2023 the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures.” The ASU is intended to enhance the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures. The amendments in the ASU require enhanced income tax disclosures, primarily related to consistent categorization and disaggregation of information in the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid disaggregated by jurisdiction. The ASU also removes certain disclosures that are no longer considered cost beneficial or relevant. ASU 2023-09 is effective for Entergy for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Entergy does not expect ASU 2023-09 to materially affect its results of operations, financial positions, or cash flows.

In March 2024 the SEC issued final rules that require registrants to provide certain climate-related disclosures in annual reports and registration statements in order to enhance and standardize climate-related disclosures for investors. The final rules require a registrant to disclose, among other things: material climate-related risks; activities to mitigate or adapt to such risks; information about the registrant’s board of directors’ oversight of climate-related risks and management’s role in managing material climate-related risks; and information on any climate-related targets or goals that are material to the registrant’s business, results of operations, or financial condition. In addition, the final rules require disclosure of Scope 1 and/or Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions on a phased-in basis by certain larger registrants when those emissions are material; the filing of an attestation report covering the required disclosure of such registrant’s Scope 1 and/or Scope 2 emissions, also on a phased-in basis; and disclosure of the financial statement effects of severe weather events and other natural conditions. The final rules provide that the phase-in compliance period is effective for Entergy beginning with its annual report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. In April 2024 the SEC stayed the final rules, pending judicial review of consolidated challenges to the rules by the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. In February 2025 the Acting SEC Chairman directed the SEC staff to request that the court not schedule the case for argument to provide time for the SEC to deliberate and determine the appropriate next steps in these cases. Entergy is evaluating the effect the final rules will have on its disclosures and will continue to monitor developments related to the SEC’s stay of the rules and the litigation challenging such rules.

In November 2024 the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, “Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40).” The ASU is intended to improve disclosures around income statement expenses by requiring disaggregated information within the footnotes to the financial statements about specific expense categories in commonly presented income statement expense captions. ASU 2024-03 is effective for Entergy for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026. Entergy does not expect ASU 2024-03 to materially affect its results of operations, financial positions, or cash flows.

Entergy New Orleans [Member]

Use of Estimates, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements

In conformity with GAAP in the United States of America, the preparation of Entergy Corporation’s consolidated financial statements and the separate financial statements of the Registrant Subsidiaries requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities.  Adjustments to the reported amounts of assets and liabilities may be necessary in the future to the extent that future estimates or actual results are different from the estimates used.

Revenues And Fuel Costs [Policy Text Block]

Revenues and Fuel Costs

See Note 19 to the financial statements for a discussion of Entergy’s and the Registrant Subsidiaries’ revenues and fuel costs.

Property, Plant and Equipment, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Property, Plant, and Equipment

Property, plant, and equipment is stated at original cost less regulatory disallowances and impairments.  Depreciation is computed on the straight-line basis at rates based on the applicable estimated service lives of the various classes of property.  For the Registrant Subsidiaries, the original cost of plant retired or removed, less salvage, is charged to accumulated depreciation.  Normal maintenance, repairs, and minor replacement costs are charged to operating expenses.  Certain combined-cycle gas turbine generating units are maintained under long-term service agreements with third-party service providers. The costs under these agreements are split between operating expenses and capital additions based upon the nature of the work performed. Substantially all of the Registrant Subsidiaries’ plant is subject to mortgage liens.

Customers may be required to make advance payments for construction of new utility plants to reimburse the Utility operating companies for costs that are not expected to be recovered through existing retail rates. Under the regulatory framework, these payments are required to ensure the cost to serve a particular customer does not increase the utility rates charged to other utility customers. These advance payments do not reduce the retail rate charged to the customer making the payment and do not create any additional obligation for the respective Utility operating company to provide electrical service beyond the general obligation to serve all customers in its service area. Because the cost is fully reimbursed by the customer through the advance payment, the Utility operating

company does not earn a return or recover through retail rates the cost of utility plants reimbursed by these payments. These advance payments are initially recorded as a non-current liability, which is then reduced by the costs incurred to construct the associated utility plant. This results in Entergy and the Utility operating companies recording utility plant funded by customer advances at a net cost of zero, consistent with utility ratemaking treatment. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, Entergy and the Utility operating companies have customer advances for construction as follows:

	2024	2023
	(In Millions)
Entergy	$635	$292
Entergy Arkansas	$166	$96
Entergy Louisiana	$292	$115
Entergy Mississippi	$113	$33
Entergy New Orleans	$1	$1
Entergy Texas	$63	$47

Electric plant includes the portion of Grand Gulf that was sold and leased back in a prior period.  For financial reporting purposes, this sale and leaseback arrangement is reported as a financing transaction.

Net property, plant, and equipment (including property under lease and associated accumulated amortization) for Entergy by functional category, as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, is shown below:

	2024	2023
	(In Millions)
Production
Nuclear	$8,024	$7,944
Other	7,809	7,045
Transmission	10,414	9,927
Distribution	14,321	12,927
Other	3,286	3,173
Construction work in progress	3,209	2,110
Nuclear fuel	766	708
Property, plant, and equipment - net (a)	$47,829	$43,834

(a)Includes $403 million of natural gas property, plant, and equipment and accumulated depreciation and $3 million of construction work in progress classified as held for sale in “Non-current assets held for sale” on Entergy’s consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2024. See Note 14 to the financial statements for further discussion of the planned sale of the Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Louisiana natural gas distribution businesses and the classification as held for sale.

Depreciation rates on average depreciable property for Entergy approximated 2.9% in 2024, 2.9% in 2023, and 2.8% in 2022.

Entergy amortizes nuclear fuel using a units-of-production method.  Nuclear fuel amortization is included in fuel expense in the income statements.

Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation) for Entergy is reported net of accumulated depreciation of $231 million as of December 31, 2024 and $193 million as of December 31, 2023.

Net property, plant, and equipment (including property under lease and associated accumulated amortization) for the Registrant Subsidiaries by functional category, as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, is shown below:

2024	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas	System Energy
	(In Millions)
Production
Nuclear	$1,887	$4,121	$—	$—	$—	$2,016
Other	1,721	3,532	980	374	1,154	—
Transmission	2,267	4,339	1,567	155	2,054	30
Distribution	3,615	4,973	2,418	761	2,554	—
Other	606	1,175	385	384	318	44
Construction work in progress	320	762	487	20	1,513	85
Nuclear fuel	258	288	—	—	—	220
Property, plant, and equipment - net (a)	$10,674	$19,190	$5,837	$1,694	$7,593	$2,395

(a)Includes $164 million of natural gas property, plant, and equipment and accumulated depreciation and $1 million of construction work in progress for Entergy Louisiana and $239 million of natural gas property, plant, and equipment and accumulated depreciation and $2 million of construction work in progress for Entergy New Orleans classified as held for sale in “Non-current assets held for sale” on their respective consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2024. See Note 14 to the financial statements for further discussion of the planned sale of the Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Louisiana natural gas distribution businesses and the classification as held for sale.

2023	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas	System Energy
	(In Millions)
Production
Nuclear	$1,859	$4,153	$—	$—	$—	$1,932
Other	892	3,583	958	386	1,177	—
Transmission	2,102	4,283	1,483	143	1,882	32
Distribution	3,395	4,371	2,272	692	2,197	—
Other	571	1,156	395	370	311	38
Construction work in progress	341	593	140	25	858	131
Nuclear fuel	214	333	—	—	—	161
Property, plant, and equipment - net	$9,374	$18,472	$5,248	$1,616	$6,425	$2,294

Depreciation rates on average depreciable property for the Registrant Subsidiaries are shown below:

	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas	System Energy
2024	2.7%	2.7%	3.5%	3.3%	3.8%	2.1%
2023	2.7%	2.6%	3.6%	3.3%	4.0%	1.6%
2022	2.7%	2.4%	3.6%	3.2%	3.1%	2.0%

Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation) for Entergy Louisiana is reported net of accumulated depreciation of $225.4 million as of December 31, 2024 and $187.2 million as of December 31, 2023. Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation) for Entergy Mississippi is reported net of accumulated depreciation of $0.5 million as of December 31, 2024 and $0.5 million as of December 31, 2023.

Jointly Owned Generating Stations, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Jointly-Owned Generating Stations

Certain Entergy subsidiaries jointly own electric generating facilities with affiliates or third parties. All parties are required to provide their own financing.  The investments, fuel expenses, and other operation and maintenance expenses associated with these generating stations are recorded by the Entergy subsidiaries to the extent of their respective undivided ownership interests.  As of December 31, 2024, the subsidiaries’ investment and accumulated depreciation in each of these generating stations were as follows:

Generating Stations		Fuel Type	Total Megawatt Capability (a)	Ownership		Investment	Accumulated Depreciation
						(In Millions)
Utility:
Entergy Arkansas -
Independence	Unit 1	Coal	820	31.50	%	$152	$109
Independence	Common Facilities	Coal		15.75	%	$42	$32
White Bluff	Units 1 and 2	Coal	1,244	57.00	%	$622	$412
Ouachita (b)	Common Facilities	Gas		66.67	%	$174	$160
Union (c)	Common Facilities	Gas		25.00	%	$29	$13
Entergy Louisiana -
Roy S. Nelson	Unit 6	Coal	514	40.25	%	$301	$231
Roy S. Nelson	Unit 6 Common Facilities	Coal		40.25	%	$22	$11
Big Cajun 2	Unit 3	Coal	551	24.15	%	$149	$140
Big Cajun 2	Unit 3 Common Facilities	Coal		8.05	%	$5	$3
Ouachita (b)	Common Facilities	Gas		33.33	%	$91	$79
Acadia	Common Facilities	Gas		50.00	%	$22	$3
Union (c)	Common Facilities	Gas		50.00	%	$58	$15
Entergy Mississippi -
Independence	Units 1 and 2 and Common Facilities	Coal	1,662	25.00	%	$304	$195
Entergy New Orleans -
Union (c)	Common Facilities	Gas		25.00	%	$30	$11
Entergy Texas -
Roy S. Nelson	Unit 6	Coal	514	29.75	%	$212	$160
Roy S. Nelson	Unit 6 Common Facilities	Coal		29.75	%	$8	$4
Big Cajun 2	Unit 3	Coal	551	17.85	%	$112	$115
Big Cajun 2	Unit 3 Common Facilities	Coal		5.95	%	$4	$2
Montgomery County	Unit 1	Gas	915	92.44	%	$759	$40
System Energy -
Grand Gulf (d)	Unit 1	Nuclear	1,390	90.00	%	$5,674	$3,580
Other:
Independence	Unit 2	Coal	842	14.37	%	$81	$61
Independence	Common Facilities	Coal		7.18	%	$20	$16
Roy S. Nelson	Unit 6	Coal	514	10.90	%	$121	$76
Roy S. Nelson	Unit 6 Common Facilities	Coal		10.90	%	$3	$2

(a)“Total Megawatt Capability” is the dependable summer load carrying capability as demonstrated under actual operating conditions based on the primary fuel (assuming no curtailments) that each station was designed to utilize.

(b)Ouachita Units 1 and 2 are owned 100% by Entergy Arkansas and Ouachita Unit 3 is owned 100% by Entergy Louisiana.  The investment and accumulated depreciation numbers above are only for the common facilities and not for the generating units.

(c)Union Unit 1 is owned 100% by Entergy New Orleans, Union Unit 2 is owned 100% by Entergy Arkansas, Union Units 3 and 4 are owned 100% by Entergy Louisiana.  The investment and accumulated depreciation numbers above are only for the specified common facilities and not for the generating units.

(d)Includes a leasehold interest held by System Energy.  System Energy’s Grand Gulf lease obligations are discussed in Note 5 to the financial statements.

Outage Costs, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Nuclear Refueling Outage Costs

Nuclear refueling outage costs are deferred during the outage and amortized over the estimated period to the next outage because these refueling outage expenses are incurred to prepare the units to operate for the next operating cycle without having to be taken off line.

Allowance for Funds Used During Construction, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Allowance for Funds Used During Construction (AFUDC)

AFUDC represents the approximate net composite interest cost of borrowed funds and a reasonable return on the equity funds used for construction by the Registrant Subsidiaries.  AFUDC increases both the plant balance and earnings and is realized in cash through depreciation provisions included in the rates charged to customers.

Certain large industrial customers make advance payments to provide Entergy and the Utility operating companies the return on their investment in utility plant that they would otherwise have received by the recognition of AFUDC. When such advances are made, AFUDC is not added to the associated utility plant, which results in a lower amount of utility plant recovered through utility rates. These advance payments are initially recorded as a current liability and then amortized to income over the construction period of the related plant. As of December 31, 2024, Entergy and Entergy Louisiana have $152 million in such advances from customers recorded as current liabilities on their respective consolidated balance sheets.

Income Tax, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Income Taxes

Entergy Corporation and the majority of its subsidiaries file a United States consolidated federal income tax return.  Each tax-paying entity records income taxes as if it were a separate taxpayer and consolidating adjustments are allocated to the tax filing entities in accordance with Entergy’s intercompany income tax allocation agreements.  Deferred income taxes are recorded for temporary differences between the book and tax basis of assets and liabilities, and for certain losses and credits available for carryforward.

Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.  Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and rates in the period in which the tax or rate was enacted. See the “Other Tax Matters - Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” section in Note 3 to the financial statements for discussion of the effects of the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in December 2017.

The benefits of investment tax credits are deferred and amortized over the average useful life of the related property, as a reduction of income tax expense, for such credits associated with rate-regulated operations in accordance with ratemaking treatment.

Public Utilities, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Accounting for the Effects of Regulation

Entergy’s Utility operating companies and System Energy are rate-regulated entities that are required to reflect the effects of rate regulation in their financial statements, including the recording of regulatory assets and liabilities, as the Utility operating companies and System Energy have rates that meet the following three criteria:

(1) are approved by a third-party regulator; (2) are designed to recover the entities’ cost of providing the regulated services or products; and (3) can reasonably be assumed will be charged to and collected from customers.  These criteria may also be applied to separable portions of a utility’s business, such as the generation or transmission functions, or to specific classes of customers.

Regulatory assets represent incurred costs that have been deferred because they are probable of future recovery from customers through regulated rates. Regulatory liabilities represent (1) revenue or gains that have been deferred because it is probable such amounts will be credited to customers through future regulated rates or (2) billings in advance of expenditures for approved regulatory programs. To the extent that all or portions of the Utility operating companies or System Energy’s operations cease to be subject to rate regulation, or future recovery or settlement is no longer probable as a result of changes in regulation or other reasons, the related regulatory assets and liabilities are eliminated from the balance sheet and the impact is recognized on the income statement.

In addition, regulatory accounting requires recognition of an impairment loss if it becomes probable that part of the cost of a recently completed plant asset will be disallowed for rate-making purposes and a reasonable estimate of the amount of the disallowance can be made.

Entergy Louisiana does not apply regulatory accounting standards to the Louisiana retail deregulated portion of River Bend or to the 30% interest in River Bend formerly owned by Cajun unless specific cost recovery is provided for in tariff rates.  The Louisiana retail deregulated portion of River Bend is operated under a deregulated asset plan representing a portion (approximately 15%) of River Bend plant costs, generation, revenues, and expenses established under a 1992 LPSC order.  The plan allows Entergy Louisiana to sell the electricity from the deregulated assets to Louisiana retail customers at 4.6 cents per kWh or off-system at higher prices, with certain provisions for sharing incremental revenue above 4.6 cents per kWh between customers and shareholders.

Regulatory Income Taxes, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Regulatory Asset or Liability for Income Taxes

Accounting standards for income taxes provide that a regulatory asset or liability be recorded if it is probable that the currently determinable future increase or decrease in regulatory income tax expense will be recovered from or credited to customers through future rates. There are two main sources of Entergy’s regulatory asset or liability for income taxes. There is a regulatory asset related to the ratemaking treatment of the tax effects of book depreciation for the equity component of AFUDC that has been capitalized to property, plant, and equipment but for which there is no corresponding tax basis. Equity-AFUDC is a component of property, plant, and equipment that is included in rate base when the plant is placed in service. There is a regulatory liability related to the adjustment of Entergy’s net deferred income taxes that was required by the enactment in December 2017 of a change in the federal corporate income tax rate, which is discussed in Note 2 and 3 to the financial statements.

Cash and Cash Equivalents, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Entergy considers all unrestricted highly liquid debt instruments with an original maturity of three months or less at date of purchase to be cash equivalents.

Securitization Recovery Trust Accounts, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Securitization Recovery Trust Accounts

The funds that Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Texas hold in their securitization recovery trust accounts are not classified as cash and cash equivalents or restricted cash and cash equivalents because of their nature, uses, and restrictions. These funds are classified as part of other current assets and other investments, depending on the timeframe within which the Registrant Subsidiary expects to use the funds.

Trade and Other Accounts Receivable, Unbilled Receivables, Policy

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

The allowance for doubtful accounts reflects Entergy’s best estimate of expected losses on its accounts receivable balances.  The allowance is calculated as the historical rate of customer write-offs multiplied by the current accounts receivable balance, taking into account the length of time the receivable balances have been outstanding. Although the rate of customer write-offs has historically experienced minimal variation, management monitors the current condition of individual customer accounts to manage collections and ensure bad debt expense is recorded in a timely manner. The Utility operating companies’ customer accounts receivable are written off consistent with approved regulatory requirements. See Note 19 to the financial statements for further details on the allowance for doubtful accounts.

Inventory, Policy

Materials and Supplies

Materials and supplies consist of tangible goods, equipment, and other materials that Entergy holds for use or consumption in the normal course of business, whether for capital projects or operation and maintenance activities, or that are required to be kept for regulatory reasons or service reliability. Materials and supplies are valued at a weighted average unit cost when expensed or capitalized, as appropriate, when used or installed. Materials and supplies are valued at the lower of weighted average cost or net realizable value, net of provisions for excess and obsolete materials and supplies.

Investment, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Investments

Entergy records decommissioning trust funds on the balance sheet at their fair value. Because of the ability of the Registrant Subsidiaries to recover decommissioning costs in rates and in accordance with the regulatory treatment for decommissioning trust funds, for unrealized gains/(losses) on investment securities, the Registrant Subsidiaries record an offsetting amount in other regulatory liabilities/assets.  For the 30% interest in River Bend formerly owned by Cajun, Entergy Louisiana records an offsetting amount in other long-term liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Louisiana for the unrealized trust earnings not currently expected to be needed to decommission the plant.  Decommissioning trust funds for the nuclear plants previously owned by Entergy’s non-utility operations, all of which have been sold as of June 2022, did not meet the criteria for regulatory accounting treatment. Accordingly, unrealized gains/(losses) recorded on the equity securities in the trust funds for these plants were recognized in earnings with no offsetting regulatory liability/asset amount. Unrealized gains/(losses) recorded on the available-for-sale debt securities in the trust funds were recognized in the accumulated other comprehensive income component of shareholders’ equity. Entergy’s trusts are managed by third parties who operate in accordance with agreements that define investment guidelines and place restrictions on the purchases and sales of investments. See Note 16 to the financial statements for details on the decommissioning trust funds.

Derivatives, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Derivative Financial Instruments and Commodity Derivatives

The accounting standards for derivative instruments and hedging activities require that all derivatives be recognized at fair value on the balance sheet, either as assets or liabilities, unless they meet various exceptions including the normal purchase/normal sale criteria.  The changes in the fair value of recognized derivatives are recorded each period in current earnings or other comprehensive income, depending on whether a derivative is designated as part of a hedge transaction and the type of hedge transaction. Due to regulatory treatment, an offsetting regulatory asset or liability is recorded for changes in fair value of recognized derivatives for the Registrant Subsidiaries.

Contracts for commodities that will be physically delivered in quantities expected to be used or sold in the ordinary course of business, including certain purchases and sales of power and fuel, meet the normal purchase, normal sales criteria and are not recognized on the balance sheet.  Revenues and expenses from these contracts are reported on a gross basis in the appropriate revenue and expense categories as the commodities are received or delivered.

Entergy has determined that contracts to purchase uranium do not meet the definition of a derivative under the accounting standards for derivative instruments because they do not provide for net settlement and the uranium markets are not sufficiently liquid to conclude that forward contracts are readily convertible to cash.  If the uranium markets do become sufficiently liquid in the future and Entergy begins to account for uranium purchase contracts as derivative instruments, the fair value of these contracts would be accounted for consistent with Entergy’s other derivative instruments. See Note 15 to the financial statements for further details on Entergy’s derivative instruments and hedging activities.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Fair Values

The estimated fair values of Entergy’s financial instruments and derivatives are determined using historical prices, bid prices, market quotes, and financial modeling.  Considerable judgment is required in developing the estimates of fair value.  Therefore, estimates are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that Entergy could realize in a current market exchange.  Gains or losses realized on financial instruments are reflected in future rates and therefore do not affect net income.  Entergy considers the carrying amounts of most financial instruments classified as current assets and liabilities to be a reasonable estimate of their fair value because of the short maturity of these instruments.  See Note 15 to the financial statements for further discussion of fair value.

Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Impairment of Long-lived Assets

Entergy periodically reviews long-lived assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that recoverability of these assets is uncertain.  Generally, the determination of recoverability is based on the undiscounted net cash flows expected to result from such operations and assets.  Projected net cash flows depend on the expected operating life of the assets, the future operating costs associated with the assets, the efficiency and availability of the assets and generating units, and the future market and price for energy and capacity over the remaining life of the assets.

Assets Held-for-Sale, Policy

Assets Held for Sale

A long-lived asset or component of an entity meets the criteria to be classified as held for sale, generally, when management with requisite approvals commits to a plan to sell and it is probable that the sale will be completed within one year. When held for sale criteria is met, the assets and liabilities of the disposal group are separately presented as assets and liabilities held for sale on the balance sheet. Any long-lived assets of the disposal group are measured at the lower of their carrying value or their estimated fair value less costs to sell. If the disposal group meets the definition of a business, then a portion of any goodwill with that reporting unit is allocated to the disposal group based on the relative fair value of the components representing a business that will be retained and disposed.

As described in Note 14 to the financial statements, the Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Louisiana natural gas distribution businesses met the criteria to be to classified as held for sale as of December 31, 2024.

Debt, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Reacquired Debt

The premiums and costs associated with reacquired debt of Entergy’s Utility operating companies and System Energy (except that portion allocable to the deregulated operations of Entergy Louisiana) are included in regulatory assets and are being amortized over the life of the related new issuances, or over the life of the original debt issuance if the debt is not refinanced, in accordance with ratemaking treatment.

Taxes Imposed On Revenue Producing Transactions, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Taxes Imposed on Revenue-Producing Transactions

Governmental authorities assess taxes that are both imposed on and concurrent with a specific revenue-producing transaction between a seller and a customer, including, but not limited to, sales, use, value added, and some excise taxes.  Entergy presents these taxes on a net basis, excluding them from revenues, unless required to report them differently by a regulatory authority.

New Accounting Pronouncements, Policy [Policy Text Block]

New Accounting Pronouncements

The accounting standard-setting process is ongoing, and the FASB is currently working on several projects that have not yet resulted in final pronouncements. Final pronouncements that result from these projects could have a material effect on Entergy’s future results of operations, financial positions, or cash flows.

In December 2023 the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures.” The ASU is intended to enhance the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures. The amendments in the ASU require enhanced income tax disclosures, primarily related to consistent categorization and disaggregation of information in the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid disaggregated by jurisdiction. The ASU also removes certain disclosures that are no longer considered cost beneficial or relevant. ASU 2023-09 is effective for Entergy for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Entergy does not expect ASU 2023-09 to materially affect its results of operations, financial positions, or cash flows.

In March 2024 the SEC issued final rules that require registrants to provide certain climate-related disclosures in annual reports and registration statements in order to enhance and standardize climate-related disclosures for investors. The final rules require a registrant to disclose, among other things: material climate-related risks; activities to mitigate or adapt to such risks; information about the registrant’s board of directors’ oversight of climate-related risks and management’s role in managing material climate-related risks; and information on any climate-related targets or goals that are material to the registrant’s business, results of operations, or financial condition. In addition, the final rules require disclosure of Scope 1 and/or Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions on a phased-in basis by certain larger registrants when those emissions are material; the filing of an attestation report covering the required disclosure of such registrant’s Scope 1 and/or Scope 2 emissions, also on a phased-in basis; and disclosure of the financial statement effects of severe weather events and other natural conditions. The final rules provide that the phase-in compliance period is effective for Entergy beginning with its annual report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. In April 2024 the SEC stayed the final rules, pending judicial review of consolidated challenges to the rules by the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. In February 2025 the Acting SEC Chairman directed the SEC staff to request that the court not schedule the case for argument to provide time for the SEC to deliberate and determine the appropriate next steps in these cases. Entergy is evaluating the effect the final rules will have on its disclosures and will continue to monitor developments related to the SEC’s stay of the rules and the litigation challenging such rules.

In November 2024 the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, “Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40).” The ASU is intended to improve disclosures around income statement expenses by requiring disaggregated information within the footnotes to the financial statements about specific expense categories in commonly presented income statement expense captions. ASU 2024-03 is effective for Entergy for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026. Entergy does not expect ASU 2024-03 to materially affect its results of operations, financial positions, or cash flows.

Entergy Texas [Member]

Use of Estimates, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements

In conformity with GAAP in the United States of America, the preparation of Entergy Corporation’s consolidated financial statements and the separate financial statements of the Registrant Subsidiaries requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities.  Adjustments to the reported amounts of assets and liabilities may be necessary in the future to the extent that future estimates or actual results are different from the estimates used.

Revenues And Fuel Costs [Policy Text Block]

Revenues and Fuel Costs

See Note 19 to the financial statements for a discussion of Entergy’s and the Registrant Subsidiaries’ revenues and fuel costs.

Property, Plant and Equipment, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Property, Plant, and Equipment

Property, plant, and equipment is stated at original cost less regulatory disallowances and impairments.  Depreciation is computed on the straight-line basis at rates based on the applicable estimated service lives of the various classes of property.  For the Registrant Subsidiaries, the original cost of plant retired or removed, less salvage, is charged to accumulated depreciation.  Normal maintenance, repairs, and minor replacement costs are charged to operating expenses.  Certain combined-cycle gas turbine generating units are maintained under long-term service agreements with third-party service providers. The costs under these agreements are split between operating expenses and capital additions based upon the nature of the work performed. Substantially all of the Registrant Subsidiaries’ plant is subject to mortgage liens.

Customers may be required to make advance payments for construction of new utility plants to reimburse the Utility operating companies for costs that are not expected to be recovered through existing retail rates. Under the regulatory framework, these payments are required to ensure the cost to serve a particular customer does not increase the utility rates charged to other utility customers. These advance payments do not reduce the retail rate charged to the customer making the payment and do not create any additional obligation for the respective Utility operating company to provide electrical service beyond the general obligation to serve all customers in its service area. Because the cost is fully reimbursed by the customer through the advance payment, the Utility operating

company does not earn a return or recover through retail rates the cost of utility plants reimbursed by these payments. These advance payments are initially recorded as a non-current liability, which is then reduced by the costs incurred to construct the associated utility plant. This results in Entergy and the Utility operating companies recording utility plant funded by customer advances at a net cost of zero, consistent with utility ratemaking treatment. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, Entergy and the Utility operating companies have customer advances for construction as follows:

	2024	2023
	(In Millions)
Entergy	$635	$292
Entergy Arkansas	$166	$96
Entergy Louisiana	$292	$115
Entergy Mississippi	$113	$33
Entergy New Orleans	$1	$1
Entergy Texas	$63	$47

Electric plant includes the portion of Grand Gulf that was sold and leased back in a prior period.  For financial reporting purposes, this sale and leaseback arrangement is reported as a financing transaction.

Net property, plant, and equipment (including property under lease and associated accumulated amortization) for Entergy by functional category, as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, is shown below:

	2024	2023
	(In Millions)
Production
Nuclear	$8,024	$7,944
Other	7,809	7,045
Transmission	10,414	9,927
Distribution	14,321	12,927
Other	3,286	3,173
Construction work in progress	3,209	2,110
Nuclear fuel	766	708
Property, plant, and equipment - net (a)	$47,829	$43,834

(a)Includes $403 million of natural gas property, plant, and equipment and accumulated depreciation and $3 million of construction work in progress classified as held for sale in “Non-current assets held for sale” on Entergy’s consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2024. See Note 14 to the financial statements for further discussion of the planned sale of the Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Louisiana natural gas distribution businesses and the classification as held for sale.

Depreciation rates on average depreciable property for Entergy approximated 2.9% in 2024, 2.9% in 2023, and 2.8% in 2022.

Entergy amortizes nuclear fuel using a units-of-production method.  Nuclear fuel amortization is included in fuel expense in the income statements.

Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation) for Entergy is reported net of accumulated depreciation of $231 million as of December 31, 2024 and $193 million as of December 31, 2023.

Net property, plant, and equipment (including property under lease and associated accumulated amortization) for the Registrant Subsidiaries by functional category, as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, is shown below:

2024	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas	System Energy
	(In Millions)
Production
Nuclear	$1,887	$4,121	$—	$—	$—	$2,016
Other	1,721	3,532	980	374	1,154	—
Transmission	2,267	4,339	1,567	155	2,054	30
Distribution	3,615	4,973	2,418	761	2,554	—
Other	606	1,175	385	384	318	44
Construction work in progress	320	762	487	20	1,513	85
Nuclear fuel	258	288	—	—	—	220
Property, plant, and equipment - net (a)	$10,674	$19,190	$5,837	$1,694	$7,593	$2,395

(a)Includes $164 million of natural gas property, plant, and equipment and accumulated depreciation and $1 million of construction work in progress for Entergy Louisiana and $239 million of natural gas property, plant, and equipment and accumulated depreciation and $2 million of construction work in progress for Entergy New Orleans classified as held for sale in “Non-current assets held for sale” on their respective consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2024. See Note 14 to the financial statements for further discussion of the planned sale of the Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Louisiana natural gas distribution businesses and the classification as held for sale.

2023	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas	System Energy
	(In Millions)
Production
Nuclear	$1,859	$4,153	$—	$—	$—	$1,932
Other	892	3,583	958	386	1,177	—
Transmission	2,102	4,283	1,483	143	1,882	32
Distribution	3,395	4,371	2,272	692	2,197	—
Other	571	1,156	395	370	311	38
Construction work in progress	341	593	140	25	858	131
Nuclear fuel	214	333	—	—	—	161
Property, plant, and equipment - net	$9,374	$18,472	$5,248	$1,616	$6,425	$2,294

Depreciation rates on average depreciable property for the Registrant Subsidiaries are shown below:

	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas	System Energy
2024	2.7%	2.7%	3.5%	3.3%	3.8%	2.1%
2023	2.7%	2.6%	3.6%	3.3%	4.0%	1.6%
2022	2.7%	2.4%	3.6%	3.2%	3.1%	2.0%

Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation) for Entergy Louisiana is reported net of accumulated depreciation of $225.4 million as of December 31, 2024 and $187.2 million as of December 31, 2023. Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation) for Entergy Mississippi is reported net of accumulated depreciation of $0.5 million as of December 31, 2024 and $0.5 million as of December 31, 2023.

Jointly Owned Generating Stations, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Jointly-Owned Generating Stations

Certain Entergy subsidiaries jointly own electric generating facilities with affiliates or third parties. All parties are required to provide their own financing.  The investments, fuel expenses, and other operation and maintenance expenses associated with these generating stations are recorded by the Entergy subsidiaries to the extent of their respective undivided ownership interests.  As of December 31, 2024, the subsidiaries’ investment and accumulated depreciation in each of these generating stations were as follows:

Generating Stations		Fuel Type	Total Megawatt Capability (a)	Ownership		Investment	Accumulated Depreciation
						(In Millions)
Utility:
Entergy Arkansas -
Independence	Unit 1	Coal	820	31.50	%	$152	$109
Independence	Common Facilities	Coal		15.75	%	$42	$32
White Bluff	Units 1 and 2	Coal	1,244	57.00	%	$622	$412
Ouachita (b)	Common Facilities	Gas		66.67	%	$174	$160
Union (c)	Common Facilities	Gas		25.00	%	$29	$13
Entergy Louisiana -
Roy S. Nelson	Unit 6	Coal	514	40.25	%	$301	$231
Roy S. Nelson	Unit 6 Common Facilities	Coal		40.25	%	$22	$11
Big Cajun 2	Unit 3	Coal	551	24.15	%	$149	$140
Big Cajun 2	Unit 3 Common Facilities	Coal		8.05	%	$5	$3
Ouachita (b)	Common Facilities	Gas		33.33	%	$91	$79
Acadia	Common Facilities	Gas		50.00	%	$22	$3
Union (c)	Common Facilities	Gas		50.00	%	$58	$15
Entergy Mississippi -
Independence	Units 1 and 2 and Common Facilities	Coal	1,662	25.00	%	$304	$195
Entergy New Orleans -
Union (c)	Common Facilities	Gas		25.00	%	$30	$11
Entergy Texas -
Roy S. Nelson	Unit 6	Coal	514	29.75	%	$212	$160
Roy S. Nelson	Unit 6 Common Facilities	Coal		29.75	%	$8	$4
Big Cajun 2	Unit 3	Coal	551	17.85	%	$112	$115
Big Cajun 2	Unit 3 Common Facilities	Coal		5.95	%	$4	$2
Montgomery County	Unit 1	Gas	915	92.44	%	$759	$40
System Energy -
Grand Gulf (d)	Unit 1	Nuclear	1,390	90.00	%	$5,674	$3,580
Other:
Independence	Unit 2	Coal	842	14.37	%	$81	$61
Independence	Common Facilities	Coal		7.18	%	$20	$16
Roy S. Nelson	Unit 6	Coal	514	10.90	%	$121	$76
Roy S. Nelson	Unit 6 Common Facilities	Coal		10.90	%	$3	$2

(a)“Total Megawatt Capability” is the dependable summer load carrying capability as demonstrated under actual operating conditions based on the primary fuel (assuming no curtailments) that each station was designed to utilize.

(b)Ouachita Units 1 and 2 are owned 100% by Entergy Arkansas and Ouachita Unit 3 is owned 100% by Entergy Louisiana.  The investment and accumulated depreciation numbers above are only for the common facilities and not for the generating units.

(c)Union Unit 1 is owned 100% by Entergy New Orleans, Union Unit 2 is owned 100% by Entergy Arkansas, Union Units 3 and 4 are owned 100% by Entergy Louisiana.  The investment and accumulated depreciation numbers above are only for the specified common facilities and not for the generating units.

(d)Includes a leasehold interest held by System Energy.  System Energy’s Grand Gulf lease obligations are discussed in Note 5 to the financial statements.

Outage Costs, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Nuclear Refueling Outage Costs

Nuclear refueling outage costs are deferred during the outage and amortized over the estimated period to the next outage because these refueling outage expenses are incurred to prepare the units to operate for the next operating cycle without having to be taken off line.

Allowance for Funds Used During Construction, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Allowance for Funds Used During Construction (AFUDC)

AFUDC represents the approximate net composite interest cost of borrowed funds and a reasonable return on the equity funds used for construction by the Registrant Subsidiaries.  AFUDC increases both the plant balance and earnings and is realized in cash through depreciation provisions included in the rates charged to customers.

Certain large industrial customers make advance payments to provide Entergy and the Utility operating companies the return on their investment in utility plant that they would otherwise have received by the recognition of AFUDC. When such advances are made, AFUDC is not added to the associated utility plant, which results in a lower amount of utility plant recovered through utility rates. These advance payments are initially recorded as a current liability and then amortized to income over the construction period of the related plant. As of December 31, 2024, Entergy and Entergy Louisiana have $152 million in such advances from customers recorded as current liabilities on their respective consolidated balance sheets.

Income Tax, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Income Taxes

Entergy Corporation and the majority of its subsidiaries file a United States consolidated federal income tax return.  Each tax-paying entity records income taxes as if it were a separate taxpayer and consolidating adjustments are allocated to the tax filing entities in accordance with Entergy’s intercompany income tax allocation agreements.  Deferred income taxes are recorded for temporary differences between the book and tax basis of assets and liabilities, and for certain losses and credits available for carryforward.

Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.  Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and rates in the period in which the tax or rate was enacted. See the “Other Tax Matters - Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” section in Note 3 to the financial statements for discussion of the effects of the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in December 2017.

The benefits of investment tax credits are deferred and amortized over the average useful life of the related property, as a reduction of income tax expense, for such credits associated with rate-regulated operations in accordance with ratemaking treatment.

Public Utilities, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Accounting for the Effects of Regulation

Entergy’s Utility operating companies and System Energy are rate-regulated entities that are required to reflect the effects of rate regulation in their financial statements, including the recording of regulatory assets and liabilities, as the Utility operating companies and System Energy have rates that meet the following three criteria:

(1) are approved by a third-party regulator; (2) are designed to recover the entities’ cost of providing the regulated services or products; and (3) can reasonably be assumed will be charged to and collected from customers.  These criteria may also be applied to separable portions of a utility’s business, such as the generation or transmission functions, or to specific classes of customers.

Regulatory assets represent incurred costs that have been deferred because they are probable of future recovery from customers through regulated rates. Regulatory liabilities represent (1) revenue or gains that have been deferred because it is probable such amounts will be credited to customers through future regulated rates or (2) billings in advance of expenditures for approved regulatory programs. To the extent that all or portions of the Utility operating companies or System Energy’s operations cease to be subject to rate regulation, or future recovery or settlement is no longer probable as a result of changes in regulation or other reasons, the related regulatory assets and liabilities are eliminated from the balance sheet and the impact is recognized on the income statement.

In addition, regulatory accounting requires recognition of an impairment loss if it becomes probable that part of the cost of a recently completed plant asset will be disallowed for rate-making purposes and a reasonable estimate of the amount of the disallowance can be made.

Entergy Louisiana does not apply regulatory accounting standards to the Louisiana retail deregulated portion of River Bend or to the 30% interest in River Bend formerly owned by Cajun unless specific cost recovery is provided for in tariff rates.  The Louisiana retail deregulated portion of River Bend is operated under a deregulated asset plan representing a portion (approximately 15%) of River Bend plant costs, generation, revenues, and expenses established under a 1992 LPSC order.  The plan allows Entergy Louisiana to sell the electricity from the deregulated assets to Louisiana retail customers at 4.6 cents per kWh or off-system at higher prices, with certain provisions for sharing incremental revenue above 4.6 cents per kWh between customers and shareholders.

Regulatory Income Taxes, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Regulatory Asset or Liability for Income Taxes

Accounting standards for income taxes provide that a regulatory asset or liability be recorded if it is probable that the currently determinable future increase or decrease in regulatory income tax expense will be recovered from or credited to customers through future rates. There are two main sources of Entergy’s regulatory asset or liability for income taxes. There is a regulatory asset related to the ratemaking treatment of the tax effects of book depreciation for the equity component of AFUDC that has been capitalized to property, plant, and equipment but for which there is no corresponding tax basis. Equity-AFUDC is a component of property, plant, and equipment that is included in rate base when the plant is placed in service. There is a regulatory liability related to the adjustment of Entergy’s net deferred income taxes that was required by the enactment in December 2017 of a change in the federal corporate income tax rate, which is discussed in Note 2 and 3 to the financial statements.

Cash and Cash Equivalents, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Entergy considers all unrestricted highly liquid debt instruments with an original maturity of three months or less at date of purchase to be cash equivalents.

Securitization Recovery Trust Accounts, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Securitization Recovery Trust Accounts

The funds that Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Texas hold in their securitization recovery trust accounts are not classified as cash and cash equivalents or restricted cash and cash equivalents because of their nature, uses, and restrictions. These funds are classified as part of other current assets and other investments, depending on the timeframe within which the Registrant Subsidiary expects to use the funds.

Trade and Other Accounts Receivable, Unbilled Receivables, Policy

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

The allowance for doubtful accounts reflects Entergy’s best estimate of expected losses on its accounts receivable balances.  The allowance is calculated as the historical rate of customer write-offs multiplied by the current accounts receivable balance, taking into account the length of time the receivable balances have been outstanding. Although the rate of customer write-offs has historically experienced minimal variation, management monitors the current condition of individual customer accounts to manage collections and ensure bad debt expense is recorded in a timely manner. The Utility operating companies’ customer accounts receivable are written off consistent with approved regulatory requirements. See Note 19 to the financial statements for further details on the allowance for doubtful accounts.

Inventory, Policy

Materials and Supplies

Materials and supplies consist of tangible goods, equipment, and other materials that Entergy holds for use or consumption in the normal course of business, whether for capital projects or operation and maintenance activities, or that are required to be kept for regulatory reasons or service reliability. Materials and supplies are valued at a weighted average unit cost when expensed or capitalized, as appropriate, when used or installed. Materials and supplies are valued at the lower of weighted average cost or net realizable value, net of provisions for excess and obsolete materials and supplies.

Investment, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Investments

Entergy records decommissioning trust funds on the balance sheet at their fair value. Because of the ability of the Registrant Subsidiaries to recover decommissioning costs in rates and in accordance with the regulatory treatment for decommissioning trust funds, for unrealized gains/(losses) on investment securities, the Registrant Subsidiaries record an offsetting amount in other regulatory liabilities/assets.  For the 30% interest in River Bend formerly owned by Cajun, Entergy Louisiana records an offsetting amount in other long-term liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Louisiana for the unrealized trust earnings not currently expected to be needed to decommission the plant.  Decommissioning trust funds for the nuclear plants previously owned by Entergy’s non-utility operations, all of which have been sold as of June 2022, did not meet the criteria for regulatory accounting treatment. Accordingly, unrealized gains/(losses) recorded on the equity securities in the trust funds for these plants were recognized in earnings with no offsetting regulatory liability/asset amount. Unrealized gains/(losses) recorded on the available-for-sale debt securities in the trust funds were recognized in the accumulated other comprehensive income component of shareholders’ equity. Entergy’s trusts are managed by third parties who operate in accordance with agreements that define investment guidelines and place restrictions on the purchases and sales of investments. See Note 16 to the financial statements for details on the decommissioning trust funds.

Derivatives, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Derivative Financial Instruments and Commodity Derivatives

The accounting standards for derivative instruments and hedging activities require that all derivatives be recognized at fair value on the balance sheet, either as assets or liabilities, unless they meet various exceptions including the normal purchase/normal sale criteria.  The changes in the fair value of recognized derivatives are recorded each period in current earnings or other comprehensive income, depending on whether a derivative is designated as part of a hedge transaction and the type of hedge transaction. Due to regulatory treatment, an offsetting regulatory asset or liability is recorded for changes in fair value of recognized derivatives for the Registrant Subsidiaries.

Contracts for commodities that will be physically delivered in quantities expected to be used or sold in the ordinary course of business, including certain purchases and sales of power and fuel, meet the normal purchase, normal sales criteria and are not recognized on the balance sheet.  Revenues and expenses from these contracts are reported on a gross basis in the appropriate revenue and expense categories as the commodities are received or delivered.

Entergy has determined that contracts to purchase uranium do not meet the definition of a derivative under the accounting standards for derivative instruments because they do not provide for net settlement and the uranium markets are not sufficiently liquid to conclude that forward contracts are readily convertible to cash.  If the uranium markets do become sufficiently liquid in the future and Entergy begins to account for uranium purchase contracts as derivative instruments, the fair value of these contracts would be accounted for consistent with Entergy’s other derivative instruments. See Note 15 to the financial statements for further details on Entergy’s derivative instruments and hedging activities.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Fair Values

The estimated fair values of Entergy’s financial instruments and derivatives are determined using historical prices, bid prices, market quotes, and financial modeling.  Considerable judgment is required in developing the estimates of fair value.  Therefore, estimates are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that Entergy could realize in a current market exchange.  Gains or losses realized on financial instruments are reflected in future rates and therefore do not affect net income.  Entergy considers the carrying amounts of most financial instruments classified as current assets and liabilities to be a reasonable estimate of their fair value because of the short maturity of these instruments.  See Note 15 to the financial statements for further discussion of fair value.

Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Impairment of Long-lived Assets

Entergy periodically reviews long-lived assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that recoverability of these assets is uncertain.  Generally, the determination of recoverability is based on the undiscounted net cash flows expected to result from such operations and assets.  Projected net cash flows depend on the expected operating life of the assets, the future operating costs associated with the assets, the efficiency and availability of the assets and generating units, and the future market and price for energy and capacity over the remaining life of the assets.

Assets Held-for-Sale, Policy

Assets Held for Sale

A long-lived asset or component of an entity meets the criteria to be classified as held for sale, generally, when management with requisite approvals commits to a plan to sell and it is probable that the sale will be completed within one year. When held for sale criteria is met, the assets and liabilities of the disposal group are separately presented as assets and liabilities held for sale on the balance sheet. Any long-lived assets of the disposal group are measured at the lower of their carrying value or their estimated fair value less costs to sell. If the disposal group meets the definition of a business, then a portion of any goodwill with that reporting unit is allocated to the disposal group based on the relative fair value of the components representing a business that will be retained and disposed.

As described in Note 14 to the financial statements, the Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Louisiana natural gas distribution businesses met the criteria to be to classified as held for sale as of December 31, 2024.

Debt, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Reacquired Debt

The premiums and costs associated with reacquired debt of Entergy’s Utility operating companies and System Energy (except that portion allocable to the deregulated operations of Entergy Louisiana) are included in regulatory assets and are being amortized over the life of the related new issuances, or over the life of the original debt issuance if the debt is not refinanced, in accordance with ratemaking treatment.

Taxes Imposed On Revenue Producing Transactions, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Taxes Imposed on Revenue-Producing Transactions

Governmental authorities assess taxes that are both imposed on and concurrent with a specific revenue-producing transaction between a seller and a customer, including, but not limited to, sales, use, value added, and some excise taxes.  Entergy presents these taxes on a net basis, excluding them from revenues, unless required to report them differently by a regulatory authority.

New Accounting Pronouncements, Policy [Policy Text Block]

New Accounting Pronouncements

The accounting standard-setting process is ongoing, and the FASB is currently working on several projects that have not yet resulted in final pronouncements. Final pronouncements that result from these projects could have a material effect on Entergy’s future results of operations, financial positions, or cash flows.

In December 2023 the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures.” The ASU is intended to enhance the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures. The amendments in the ASU require enhanced income tax disclosures, primarily related to consistent categorization and disaggregation of information in the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid disaggregated by jurisdiction. The ASU also removes certain disclosures that are no longer considered cost beneficial or relevant. ASU 2023-09 is effective for Entergy for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Entergy does not expect ASU 2023-09 to materially affect its results of operations, financial positions, or cash flows.

In March 2024 the SEC issued final rules that require registrants to provide certain climate-related disclosures in annual reports and registration statements in order to enhance and standardize climate-related disclosures for investors. The final rules require a registrant to disclose, among other things: material climate-related risks; activities to mitigate or adapt to such risks; information about the registrant’s board of directors’ oversight of climate-related risks and management’s role in managing material climate-related risks; and information on any climate-related targets or goals that are material to the registrant’s business, results of operations, or financial condition. In addition, the final rules require disclosure of Scope 1 and/or Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions on a phased-in basis by certain larger registrants when those emissions are material; the filing of an attestation report covering the required disclosure of such registrant’s Scope 1 and/or Scope 2 emissions, also on a phased-in basis; and disclosure of the financial statement effects of severe weather events and other natural conditions. The final rules provide that the phase-in compliance period is effective for Entergy beginning with its annual report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. In April 2024 the SEC stayed the final rules, pending judicial review of consolidated challenges to the rules by the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. In February 2025 the Acting SEC Chairman directed the SEC staff to request that the court not schedule the case for argument to provide time for the SEC to deliberate and determine the appropriate next steps in these cases. Entergy is evaluating the effect the final rules will have on its disclosures and will continue to monitor developments related to the SEC’s stay of the rules and the litigation challenging such rules.

In November 2024 the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, “Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40).” The ASU is intended to improve disclosures around income statement expenses by requiring disaggregated information within the footnotes to the financial statements about specific expense categories in commonly presented income statement expense captions. ASU 2024-03 is effective for Entergy for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026. Entergy does not expect ASU 2024-03 to materially affect its results of operations, financial positions, or cash flows.

System Energy [Member]

Use of Estimates, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements

In conformity with GAAP in the United States of America, the preparation of Entergy Corporation’s consolidated financial statements and the separate financial statements of the Registrant Subsidiaries requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities.  Adjustments to the reported amounts of assets and liabilities may be necessary in the future to the extent that future estimates or actual results are different from the estimates used.

Revenues And Fuel Costs [Policy Text Block]

Revenues and Fuel Costs

See Note 19 to the financial statements for a discussion of Entergy’s and the Registrant Subsidiaries’ revenues and fuel costs.

Property, Plant and Equipment, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Property, Plant, and Equipment

Property, plant, and equipment is stated at original cost less regulatory disallowances and impairments.  Depreciation is computed on the straight-line basis at rates based on the applicable estimated service lives of the various classes of property.  For the Registrant Subsidiaries, the original cost of plant retired or removed, less salvage, is charged to accumulated depreciation.  Normal maintenance, repairs, and minor replacement costs are charged to operating expenses.  Certain combined-cycle gas turbine generating units are maintained under long-term service agreements with third-party service providers. The costs under these agreements are split between operating expenses and capital additions based upon the nature of the work performed. Substantially all of the Registrant Subsidiaries’ plant is subject to mortgage liens.

Customers may be required to make advance payments for construction of new utility plants to reimburse the Utility operating companies for costs that are not expected to be recovered through existing retail rates. Under the regulatory framework, these payments are required to ensure the cost to serve a particular customer does not increase the utility rates charged to other utility customers. These advance payments do not reduce the retail rate charged to the customer making the payment and do not create any additional obligation for the respective Utility operating company to provide electrical service beyond the general obligation to serve all customers in its service area. Because the cost is fully reimbursed by the customer through the advance payment, the Utility operating

company does not earn a return or recover through retail rates the cost of utility plants reimbursed by these payments. These advance payments are initially recorded as a non-current liability, which is then reduced by the costs incurred to construct the associated utility plant. This results in Entergy and the Utility operating companies recording utility plant funded by customer advances at a net cost of zero, consistent with utility ratemaking treatment. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, Entergy and the Utility operating companies have customer advances for construction as follows:

	2024	2023
	(In Millions)
Entergy	$635	$292
Entergy Arkansas	$166	$96
Entergy Louisiana	$292	$115
Entergy Mississippi	$113	$33
Entergy New Orleans	$1	$1
Entergy Texas	$63	$47

Electric plant includes the portion of Grand Gulf that was sold and leased back in a prior period.  For financial reporting purposes, this sale and leaseback arrangement is reported as a financing transaction.

Net property, plant, and equipment (including property under lease and associated accumulated amortization) for Entergy by functional category, as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, is shown below:

	2024	2023
	(In Millions)
Production
Nuclear	$8,024	$7,944
Other	7,809	7,045
Transmission	10,414	9,927
Distribution	14,321	12,927
Other	3,286	3,173
Construction work in progress	3,209	2,110
Nuclear fuel	766	708
Property, plant, and equipment - net (a)	$47,829	$43,834

(a)Includes $403 million of natural gas property, plant, and equipment and accumulated depreciation and $3 million of construction work in progress classified as held for sale in “Non-current assets held for sale” on Entergy’s consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2024. See Note 14 to the financial statements for further discussion of the planned sale of the Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Louisiana natural gas distribution businesses and the classification as held for sale.

Depreciation rates on average depreciable property for Entergy approximated 2.9% in 2024, 2.9% in 2023, and 2.8% in 2022.

Entergy amortizes nuclear fuel using a units-of-production method.  Nuclear fuel amortization is included in fuel expense in the income statements.

Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation) for Entergy is reported net of accumulated depreciation of $231 million as of December 31, 2024 and $193 million as of December 31, 2023.

Net property, plant, and equipment (including property under lease and associated accumulated amortization) for the Registrant Subsidiaries by functional category, as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, is shown below:

2024	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas	System Energy
	(In Millions)
Production
Nuclear	$1,887	$4,121	$—	$—	$—	$2,016
Other	1,721	3,532	980	374	1,154	—
Transmission	2,267	4,339	1,567	155	2,054	30
Distribution	3,615	4,973	2,418	761	2,554	—
Other	606	1,175	385	384	318	44
Construction work in progress	320	762	487	20	1,513	85
Nuclear fuel	258	288	—	—	—	220
Property, plant, and equipment - net (a)	$10,674	$19,190	$5,837	$1,694	$7,593	$2,395

(a)Includes $164 million of natural gas property, plant, and equipment and accumulated depreciation and $1 million of construction work in progress for Entergy Louisiana and $239 million of natural gas property, plant, and equipment and accumulated depreciation and $2 million of construction work in progress for Entergy New Orleans classified as held for sale in “Non-current assets held for sale” on their respective consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2024. See Note 14 to the financial statements for further discussion of the planned sale of the Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Louisiana natural gas distribution businesses and the classification as held for sale.

2023	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas	System Energy
	(In Millions)
Production
Nuclear	$1,859	$4,153	$—	$—	$—	$1,932
Other	892	3,583	958	386	1,177	—
Transmission	2,102	4,283	1,483	143	1,882	32
Distribution	3,395	4,371	2,272	692	2,197	—
Other	571	1,156	395	370	311	38
Construction work in progress	341	593	140	25	858	131
Nuclear fuel	214	333	—	—	—	161
Property, plant, and equipment - net	$9,374	$18,472	$5,248	$1,616	$6,425	$2,294

Depreciation rates on average depreciable property for the Registrant Subsidiaries are shown below:

	Entergy Arkansas	Entergy Louisiana	Entergy Mississippi	Entergy New Orleans	Entergy Texas	System Energy
2024	2.7%	2.7%	3.5%	3.3%	3.8%	2.1%
2023	2.7%	2.6%	3.6%	3.3%	4.0%	1.6%
2022	2.7%	2.4%	3.6%	3.2%	3.1%	2.0%

Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation) for Entergy Louisiana is reported net of accumulated depreciation of $225.4 million as of December 31, 2024 and $187.2 million as of December 31, 2023. Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation) for Entergy Mississippi is reported net of accumulated depreciation of $0.5 million as of December 31, 2024 and $0.5 million as of December 31, 2023.

Jointly Owned Generating Stations, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Jointly-Owned Generating Stations

Certain Entergy subsidiaries jointly own electric generating facilities with affiliates or third parties. All parties are required to provide their own financing.  The investments, fuel expenses, and other operation and maintenance expenses associated with these generating stations are recorded by the Entergy subsidiaries to the extent of their respective undivided ownership interests.  As of December 31, 2024, the subsidiaries’ investment and accumulated depreciation in each of these generating stations were as follows:

Generating Stations		Fuel Type	Total Megawatt Capability (a)	Ownership		Investment	Accumulated Depreciation
						(In Millions)
Utility:
Entergy Arkansas -
Independence	Unit 1	Coal	820	31.50	%	$152	$109
Independence	Common Facilities	Coal		15.75	%	$42	$32
White Bluff	Units 1 and 2	Coal	1,244	57.00	%	$622	$412
Ouachita (b)	Common Facilities	Gas		66.67	%	$174	$160
Union (c)	Common Facilities	Gas		25.00	%	$29	$13
Entergy Louisiana -
Roy S. Nelson	Unit 6	Coal	514	40.25	%	$301	$231
Roy S. Nelson	Unit 6 Common Facilities	Coal		40.25	%	$22	$11
Big Cajun 2	Unit 3	Coal	551	24.15	%	$149	$140
Big Cajun 2	Unit 3 Common Facilities	Coal		8.05	%	$5	$3
Ouachita (b)	Common Facilities	Gas		33.33	%	$91	$79
Acadia	Common Facilities	Gas		50.00	%	$22	$3
Union (c)	Common Facilities	Gas		50.00	%	$58	$15
Entergy Mississippi -
Independence	Units 1 and 2 and Common Facilities	Coal	1,662	25.00	%	$304	$195
Entergy New Orleans -
Union (c)	Common Facilities	Gas		25.00	%	$30	$11
Entergy Texas -
Roy S. Nelson	Unit 6	Coal	514	29.75	%	$212	$160
Roy S. Nelson	Unit 6 Common Facilities	Coal		29.75	%	$8	$4
Big Cajun 2	Unit 3	Coal	551	17.85	%	$112	$115
Big Cajun 2	Unit 3 Common Facilities	Coal		5.95	%	$4	$2
Montgomery County	Unit 1	Gas	915	92.44	%	$759	$40
System Energy -
Grand Gulf (d)	Unit 1	Nuclear	1,390	90.00	%	$5,674	$3,580
Other:
Independence	Unit 2	Coal	842	14.37	%	$81	$61
Independence	Common Facilities	Coal		7.18	%	$20	$16
Roy S. Nelson	Unit 6	Coal	514	10.90	%	$121	$76
Roy S. Nelson	Unit 6 Common Facilities	Coal		10.90	%	$3	$2

(a)“Total Megawatt Capability” is the dependable summer load carrying capability as demonstrated under actual operating conditions based on the primary fuel (assuming no curtailments) that each station was designed to utilize.

(b)Ouachita Units 1 and 2 are owned 100% by Entergy Arkansas and Ouachita Unit 3 is owned 100% by Entergy Louisiana.  The investment and accumulated depreciation numbers above are only for the common facilities and not for the generating units.

(c)Union Unit 1 is owned 100% by Entergy New Orleans, Union Unit 2 is owned 100% by Entergy Arkansas, Union Units 3 and 4 are owned 100% by Entergy Louisiana.  The investment and accumulated depreciation numbers above are only for the specified common facilities and not for the generating units.

(d)Includes a leasehold interest held by System Energy.  System Energy’s Grand Gulf lease obligations are discussed in Note 5 to the financial statements.

Outage Costs, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Nuclear Refueling Outage Costs

Nuclear refueling outage costs are deferred during the outage and amortized over the estimated period to the next outage because these refueling outage expenses are incurred to prepare the units to operate for the next operating cycle without having to be taken off line.

Allowance for Funds Used During Construction, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Allowance for Funds Used During Construction (AFUDC)

AFUDC represents the approximate net composite interest cost of borrowed funds and a reasonable return on the equity funds used for construction by the Registrant Subsidiaries.  AFUDC increases both the plant balance and earnings and is realized in cash through depreciation provisions included in the rates charged to customers.

Certain large industrial customers make advance payments to provide Entergy and the Utility operating companies the return on their investment in utility plant that they would otherwise have received by the recognition of AFUDC. When such advances are made, AFUDC is not added to the associated utility plant, which results in a lower amount of utility plant recovered through utility rates. These advance payments are initially recorded as a current liability and then amortized to income over the construction period of the related plant. As of December 31, 2024, Entergy and Entergy Louisiana have $152 million in such advances from customers recorded as current liabilities on their respective consolidated balance sheets.

Income Tax, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Income Taxes

Entergy Corporation and the majority of its subsidiaries file a United States consolidated federal income tax return.  Each tax-paying entity records income taxes as if it were a separate taxpayer and consolidating adjustments are allocated to the tax filing entities in accordance with Entergy’s intercompany income tax allocation agreements.  Deferred income taxes are recorded for temporary differences between the book and tax basis of assets and liabilities, and for certain losses and credits available for carryforward.

Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.  Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and rates in the period in which the tax or rate was enacted. See the “Other Tax Matters - Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” section in Note 3 to the financial statements for discussion of the effects of the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in December 2017.

The benefits of investment tax credits are deferred and amortized over the average useful life of the related property, as a reduction of income tax expense, for such credits associated with rate-regulated operations in accordance with ratemaking treatment.

Public Utilities, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Accounting for the Effects of Regulation

Entergy’s Utility operating companies and System Energy are rate-regulated entities that are required to reflect the effects of rate regulation in their financial statements, including the recording of regulatory assets and liabilities, as the Utility operating companies and System Energy have rates that meet the following three criteria:

(1) are approved by a third-party regulator; (2) are designed to recover the entities’ cost of providing the regulated services or products; and (3) can reasonably be assumed will be charged to and collected from customers.  These criteria may also be applied to separable portions of a utility’s business, such as the generation or transmission functions, or to specific classes of customers.

Regulatory assets represent incurred costs that have been deferred because they are probable of future recovery from customers through regulated rates. Regulatory liabilities represent (1) revenue or gains that have been deferred because it is probable such amounts will be credited to customers through future regulated rates or (2) billings in advance of expenditures for approved regulatory programs. To the extent that all or portions of the Utility operating companies or System Energy’s operations cease to be subject to rate regulation, or future recovery or settlement is no longer probable as a result of changes in regulation or other reasons, the related regulatory assets and liabilities are eliminated from the balance sheet and the impact is recognized on the income statement.

In addition, regulatory accounting requires recognition of an impairment loss if it becomes probable that part of the cost of a recently completed plant asset will be disallowed for rate-making purposes and a reasonable estimate of the amount of the disallowance can be made.

Entergy Louisiana does not apply regulatory accounting standards to the Louisiana retail deregulated portion of River Bend or to the 30% interest in River Bend formerly owned by Cajun unless specific cost recovery is provided for in tariff rates.  The Louisiana retail deregulated portion of River Bend is operated under a deregulated asset plan representing a portion (approximately 15%) of River Bend plant costs, generation, revenues, and expenses established under a 1992 LPSC order.  The plan allows Entergy Louisiana to sell the electricity from the deregulated assets to Louisiana retail customers at 4.6 cents per kWh or off-system at higher prices, with certain provisions for sharing incremental revenue above 4.6 cents per kWh between customers and shareholders.

Regulatory Income Taxes, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Regulatory Asset or Liability for Income Taxes

Accounting standards for income taxes provide that a regulatory asset or liability be recorded if it is probable that the currently determinable future increase or decrease in regulatory income tax expense will be recovered from or credited to customers through future rates. There are two main sources of Entergy’s regulatory asset or liability for income taxes. There is a regulatory asset related to the ratemaking treatment of the tax effects of book depreciation for the equity component of AFUDC that has been capitalized to property, plant, and equipment but for which there is no corresponding tax basis. Equity-AFUDC is a component of property, plant, and equipment that is included in rate base when the plant is placed in service. There is a regulatory liability related to the adjustment of Entergy’s net deferred income taxes that was required by the enactment in December 2017 of a change in the federal corporate income tax rate, which is discussed in Note 2 and 3 to the financial statements.

Cash and Cash Equivalents, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Entergy considers all unrestricted highly liquid debt instruments with an original maturity of three months or less at date of purchase to be cash equivalents.

Securitization Recovery Trust Accounts, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Securitization Recovery Trust Accounts

The funds that Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Texas hold in their securitization recovery trust accounts are not classified as cash and cash equivalents or restricted cash and cash equivalents because of their nature, uses, and restrictions. These funds are classified as part of other current assets and other investments, depending on the timeframe within which the Registrant Subsidiary expects to use the funds.

Trade and Other Accounts Receivable, Unbilled Receivables, Policy

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

The allowance for doubtful accounts reflects Entergy’s best estimate of expected losses on its accounts receivable balances.  The allowance is calculated as the historical rate of customer write-offs multiplied by the current accounts receivable balance, taking into account the length of time the receivable balances have been outstanding. Although the rate of customer write-offs has historically experienced minimal variation, management monitors the current condition of individual customer accounts to manage collections and ensure bad debt expense is recorded in a timely manner. The Utility operating companies’ customer accounts receivable are written off consistent with approved regulatory requirements. See Note 19 to the financial statements for further details on the allowance for doubtful accounts.

Inventory, Policy

Materials and Supplies

Materials and supplies consist of tangible goods, equipment, and other materials that Entergy holds for use or consumption in the normal course of business, whether for capital projects or operation and maintenance activities, or that are required to be kept for regulatory reasons or service reliability. Materials and supplies are valued at a weighted average unit cost when expensed or capitalized, as appropriate, when used or installed. Materials and supplies are valued at the lower of weighted average cost or net realizable value, net of provisions for excess and obsolete materials and supplies.

Investment, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Investments

Entergy records decommissioning trust funds on the balance sheet at their fair value. Because of the ability of the Registrant Subsidiaries to recover decommissioning costs in rates and in accordance with the regulatory treatment for decommissioning trust funds, for unrealized gains/(losses) on investment securities, the Registrant Subsidiaries record an offsetting amount in other regulatory liabilities/assets.  For the 30% interest in River Bend formerly owned by Cajun, Entergy Louisiana records an offsetting amount in other long-term liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Louisiana for the unrealized trust earnings not currently expected to be needed to decommission the plant.  Decommissioning trust funds for the nuclear plants previously owned by Entergy’s non-utility operations, all of which have been sold as of June 2022, did not meet the criteria for regulatory accounting treatment. Accordingly, unrealized gains/(losses) recorded on the equity securities in the trust funds for these plants were recognized in earnings with no offsetting regulatory liability/asset amount. Unrealized gains/(losses) recorded on the available-for-sale debt securities in the trust funds were recognized in the accumulated other comprehensive income component of shareholders’ equity. Entergy’s trusts are managed by third parties who operate in accordance with agreements that define investment guidelines and place restrictions on the purchases and sales of investments. See Note 16 to the financial statements for details on the decommissioning trust funds.

Derivatives, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Derivative Financial Instruments and Commodity Derivatives

The accounting standards for derivative instruments and hedging activities require that all derivatives be recognized at fair value on the balance sheet, either as assets or liabilities, unless they meet various exceptions including the normal purchase/normal sale criteria.  The changes in the fair value of recognized derivatives are recorded each period in current earnings or other comprehensive income, depending on whether a derivative is designated as part of a hedge transaction and the type of hedge transaction. Due to regulatory treatment, an offsetting regulatory asset or liability is recorded for changes in fair value of recognized derivatives for the Registrant Subsidiaries.

Contracts for commodities that will be physically delivered in quantities expected to be used or sold in the ordinary course of business, including certain purchases and sales of power and fuel, meet the normal purchase, normal sales criteria and are not recognized on the balance sheet.  Revenues and expenses from these contracts are reported on a gross basis in the appropriate revenue and expense categories as the commodities are received or delivered.

Entergy has determined that contracts to purchase uranium do not meet the definition of a derivative under the accounting standards for derivative instruments because they do not provide for net settlement and the uranium markets are not sufficiently liquid to conclude that forward contracts are readily convertible to cash.  If the uranium markets do become sufficiently liquid in the future and Entergy begins to account for uranium purchase contracts as derivative instruments, the fair value of these contracts would be accounted for consistent with Entergy’s other derivative instruments. See Note 15 to the financial statements for further details on Entergy’s derivative instruments and hedging activities.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Fair Values

The estimated fair values of Entergy’s financial instruments and derivatives are determined using historical prices, bid prices, market quotes, and financial modeling.  Considerable judgment is required in developing the estimates of fair value.  Therefore, estimates are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that Entergy could realize in a current market exchange.  Gains or losses realized on financial instruments are reflected in future rates and therefore do not affect net income.  Entergy considers the carrying amounts of most financial instruments classified as current assets and liabilities to be a reasonable estimate of their fair value because of the short maturity of these instruments.  See Note 15 to the financial statements for further discussion of fair value.

Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Impairment of Long-lived Assets

Entergy periodically reviews long-lived assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that recoverability of these assets is uncertain.  Generally, the determination of recoverability is based on the undiscounted net cash flows expected to result from such operations and assets.  Projected net cash flows depend on the expected operating life of the assets, the future operating costs associated with the assets, the efficiency and availability of the assets and generating units, and the future market and price for energy and capacity over the remaining life of the assets.

Assets Held-for-Sale, Policy

Assets Held for Sale

A long-lived asset or component of an entity meets the criteria to be classified as held for sale, generally, when management with requisite approvals commits to a plan to sell and it is probable that the sale will be completed within one year. When held for sale criteria is met, the assets and liabilities of the disposal group are separately presented as assets and liabilities held for sale on the balance sheet. Any long-lived assets of the disposal group are measured at the lower of their carrying value or their estimated fair value less costs to sell. If the disposal group meets the definition of a business, then a portion of any goodwill with that reporting unit is allocated to the disposal group based on the relative fair value of the components representing a business that will be retained and disposed.

As described in Note 14 to the financial statements, the Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Louisiana natural gas distribution businesses met the criteria to be to classified as held for sale as of December 31, 2024.

Debt, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Reacquired Debt

The premiums and costs associated with reacquired debt of Entergy’s Utility operating companies and System Energy (except that portion allocable to the deregulated operations of Entergy Louisiana) are included in regulatory assets and are being amortized over the life of the related new issuances, or over the life of the original debt issuance if the debt is not refinanced, in accordance with ratemaking treatment.

Taxes Imposed On Revenue Producing Transactions, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Taxes Imposed on Revenue-Producing Transactions

Governmental authorities assess taxes that are both imposed on and concurrent with a specific revenue-producing transaction between a seller and a customer, including, but not limited to, sales, use, value added, and some excise taxes.  Entergy presents these taxes on a net basis, excluding them from revenues, unless required to report them differently by a regulatory authority.

New Accounting Pronouncements, Policy [Policy Text Block]

New Accounting Pronouncements

The accounting standard-setting process is ongoing, and the FASB is currently working on several projects that have not yet resulted in final pronouncements. Final pronouncements that result from these projects could have a material effect on Entergy’s future results of operations, financial positions, or cash flows.

In December 2023 the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures.” The ASU is intended to enhance the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures. The amendments in the ASU require enhanced income tax disclosures, primarily related to consistent categorization and disaggregation of information in the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid disaggregated by jurisdiction. The ASU also removes certain disclosures that are no longer considered cost beneficial or relevant. ASU 2023-09 is effective for Entergy for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Entergy does not expect ASU 2023-09 to materially affect its results of operations, financial positions, or cash flows.

In March 2024 the SEC issued final rules that require registrants to provide certain climate-related disclosures in annual reports and registration statements in order to enhance and standardize climate-related disclosures for investors. The final rules require a registrant to disclose, among other things: material climate-related risks; activities to mitigate or adapt to such risks; information about the registrant’s board of directors’ oversight of climate-related risks and management’s role in managing material climate-related risks; and information on any climate-related targets or goals that are material to the registrant’s business, results of operations, or financial condition. In addition, the final rules require disclosure of Scope 1 and/or Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions on a phased-in basis by certain larger registrants when those emissions are material; the filing of an attestation report covering the required disclosure of such registrant’s Scope 1 and/or Scope 2 emissions, also on a phased-in basis; and disclosure of the financial statement effects of severe weather events and other natural conditions. The final rules provide that the phase-in compliance period is effective for Entergy beginning with its annual report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. In April 2024 the SEC stayed the final rules, pending judicial review of consolidated challenges to the rules by the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. In February 2025 the Acting SEC Chairman directed the SEC staff to request that the court not schedule the case for argument to provide time for the SEC to deliberate and determine the appropriate next steps in these cases. Entergy is evaluating the effect the final rules will have on its disclosures and will continue to monitor developments related to the SEC’s stay of the rules and the litigation challenging such rules.

In November 2024 the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, “Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40).” The ASU is intended to improve disclosures around income statement expenses by requiring disaggregated information within the footnotes to the financial statements about specific expense categories in commonly presented income statement expense captions. ASU 2024-03 is effective for Entergy for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026. Entergy does not expect ASU 2024-03 to materially affect its results of operations, financial positions, or cash flows.