Segment Reporting (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]

Reconciliation of Operating Profit (Loss) from Segments to Consolidated [Table Text Block]

The following table includes operating revenues and significant expense categories regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker for the Utility segment, a reconciliation of Utility operating revenues to Entergy’s consolidated operating revenues, and a reconciliation of Utility net income to consolidated net income and net income attributable to Entergy Corporation for each of the years presented:

	2024	2023	2022
	(In Thousands)
Utility operating revenues	$11,805,802	$12,022,944	$13,420,804
Reconciliation of revenues:
Other revenues (a)	73,914	124,509	343,461
Elimination of intersegment revenues	(63)	(41)	(28)
Consolidated operating revenues	11,879,653	12,147,412	13,764,237
Less Utility expenses and other items:
Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale	2,214,471	2,755,793	3,634,394
Purchased power	806,646	904,184	1,478,121
Other operation and maintenance expenses	2,851,165	2,838,057	2,899,759
Other regulatory charges (credits) - net	(6,133)	(138,469)	669,403
Other Utility items (b)	4,109,352	3,152,475	3,340,547
Utility net income	1,830,301	2,510,904	1,398,580
Reconciliation of net income:
Non-cash pension settlement charge (c)	(319,675)	—	—
IRS audit resolution (d)	—	275,403	—
Gain on sale of Palisades (e)	—	—	165,626
Income taxes on reconciling items noted above	66,515	—	(36,102)
Other loss	(203,097)	(125,018)	(244,949)
Elimination of intersegment loss	(312,860)	(298,979)	(186,017)
Consolidated net income	1,061,184	2,362,310	1,097,138
Preferred dividend requirements of subsidiaries and noncontrolling interests (f)	5,594	5,774	(6,028)
Net income attributable to Entergy Corporation	$1,055,590	$2,356,536	$1,103,166

(a)See Note 19 to the financial statements for discussion of other revenues.

(b)Other Utility items includes nuclear refueling outage expenses, asset write-offs, decommissioning expenses, taxes other than income taxes, depreciation and amortization expenses, other income, interest expense, and income tax expense.

(c)See Note 11 to the financial statements for discussion of the one-time non-cash pension settlement charge of $328 million, of which $8 million was recorded at Utility and $320 million was recorded at Parent & Other, resulting from a group annuity contract purchased in 2024 to settle certain pension liabilities.

(d)See Note 3 to the financial statements for discussion of the resolution of the 2016-2018 IRS audit, which included a $568 million reduction, recorded at Utility, and a $275 million reduction, recorded at Parent & Other, in income tax expense in 2023.

(e)See Note 14 to the financial statements for discussion of the $166 million gain, recorded at Parent & Other, resulting from the sale of the Palisades plant in June 2022.

(f)Preferred dividend requirements of subsidiaries and noncontrolling interests is substantially derived from the Utility segment. See Note 6 to the financial statements for discussion of preferred stock and noncontrolling interests.

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

The following tables present segment financial information for Entergy’s single reportable segment, Utility, and a reconciliation to the corresponding consolidated amounts for Entergy Corporation.

2024	Utility	Parent & Other	Eliminations	Consolidated
	(In Thousands)
Asset write-offs, impairments, and related charges (credits)	$131,775	($24,641)	$—	$107,134
Depreciation, amortization, and decommissioning	$2,226,681	$6,567	$—	$2,233,248
Interest and investment income	$592,257	$21,621	($315,013)	$298,865
Interest expense	$899,655	$253,317	($2,152)	$1,150,820
Income taxes	$515,665	($134,638)	$—	$381,027
Total assets	$68,951,564	$721,459	($4,882,991)	$64,790,032
Total expenditures for additions to long-lived assets	$5,967,739	$1,971	$—	$5,969,710

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

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