Consolidated Balance Sheets (ENTERGY ARKANSAS, INC.) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Cash and cash equivalents:
Cash	$ 81,468	$ 76,290
Temporary cash investments	612,970	1,218,182
Total cash and cash equivalents	694,438	1,294,472
Securitization recovery trust account	50,304	43,044
Accounts receivable:
Customer	568,558	602,796
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(31,159)	(31,777)
Other	166,186	161,662
Accrued unbilled revenues	298,283	302,901
Total accounts receivable	1,001,868	1,035,582
Deferred fuel costs	209,776	64,659
Fuel inventory - at average cost	202,132	207,520
Materials and supplies - at average cost	894,756	866,908
Deferred nuclear refueling outage costs	231,031	218,423
System agreement cost equalization	36,800	52,160
Prepaid taxes	0	301,807
Prepayments and other	291,742	246,036
TOTAL	3,622,703	4,339,083
OTHER PROPERTY AND INVESTMENTS
Investment in affiliates - at equity	44,876	40,697
Decommissioning trust funds	3,788,031	3,595,716
Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation)	260,436	257,847
Other	416,423	405,946
TOTAL	4,509,766	4,300,206
UTILITY PLANT
Electric	39,385,524	37,153,061
Natural gas	343,550	330,608
Property under capital lease	809,449	800,078
Construction work in progress	1,779,723	1,661,560
Nuclear fuel	1,546,167	1,377,962
TOTAL UTILITY PLANT	43,864,413	41,323,269
Less - accumulated depreciation and amortization	18,255,128	17,474,914
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT - NET	25,609,285	23,848,355
Regulatory assets:
Regulatory asset for income taxes - net	799,006	845,725
Other regulatory assets	4,636,871	3,838,237
Other	955,691	909,773
TOTAL	6,959,945	6,197,632
TOTAL ASSETS	40,701,699	38,685,276
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Currently maturing long-term debt	2,192,733	299,548
Accounts payable:
Associated companies	108,331	154,135
Customer deposits	351,741	335,058
Taxes accrued	278,235	0
Accumulated deferred income taxes	99,929	49,307
Interest accrued	183,512	217,685
Other	283,531	277,598
TOTAL	4,950,699	2,776,249
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accumulated deferred income taxes and taxes accrued	8,096,452	8,573,646
Accumulated deferred investment tax credits	284,747	292,330
Other regulatory liabilities	728,193	539,026
Decommissioning and asset retirement cost liabilities	3,296,570	3,148,479
Accumulated provisions	385,512	395,250
Pension and other postretirement liabilities	3,133,657	2,175,364
Long-term debt	10,043,713	11,317,157
Other	501,954	618,559
TOTAL	26,509,219	27,101,889
Commitments and Contingencies
Subsidiaries' preferred stock without sinking fund	186,511	216,738
COMMON EQUITY
Common stock	2,548	2,548
Paid-in capital	5,360,682	5,367,474
Retained earnings	9,446,960	8,689,401
TOTAL	9,055,270	8,590,400
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	40,701,699	38,685,276
Entergy Arkansas
Cash and cash equivalents:
Cash	4,712	4,250
Temporary cash investments	17,887	101,852
Total cash and cash equivalents	22,599	106,102
Securitization recovery trust account	3,890	2,412
Accounts receivable:
Customer	90,940	79,905
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(26,155)	(24,402)
Associated companies	58,030	82,583
Other	66,838	61,135
Accrued unbilled revenues	70,715	74,227
Total accounts receivable	260,368	273,448
Deferred fuel costs	209,776	61,502
Fuel inventory - at average cost	48,889	37,699
Materials and supplies - at average cost	143,343	140,095
Deferred nuclear refueling outage costs	49,047	23,099
System agreement cost equalization	36,800	52,160
Prepaid taxes	0	86,693
Prepayments and other	8,562	7,877
TOTAL	783,274	791,087
OTHER PROPERTY AND INVESTMENTS
Decommissioning trust funds	541,657	520,841
Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation)	1,677	1,684
Other	3,182	14,176
TOTAL	546,516	536,701
UTILITY PLANT
Electric	8,079,732	7,787,348
Property under capital lease	1,234	1,303
Construction work in progress	120,211	114,324
Nuclear fuel	272,593	188,611
TOTAL UTILITY PLANT	8,473,770	8,091,586
Less - accumulated depreciation and amortization	3,833,596	3,683,001
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT - NET	4,640,174	4,408,585
Regulatory assets:
Regulatory asset for income taxes - net	87,357	98,836
Other regulatory assets	1,126,911	892,449
Other	27,980	23,710
TOTAL	1,242,248	1,014,995
TOTAL ASSETS	7,212,212	6,751,368
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Currently maturing long-term debt	0	35,000
Short-term borrowings	33,914	62,777
Accounts payable:
Associated companies	228,163	92,627
Other	138,054	114,454
Customer deposits	81,074	72,535
Taxes accrued	36,281	0
Accumulated deferred income taxes	124,267	82,820
Interest accrued	29,881	27,020
Other	23,305	21,115
TOTAL	694,939	508,348
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accumulated deferred income taxes and taxes accrued	1,708,760	1,661,365
Accumulated deferred investment tax credits	42,939	44,928
Other regulatory liabilities	133,960	140,801
Decommissioning and asset retirement cost liabilities	640,228	602,164
Accumulated provisions	5,640	7,970
Pension and other postretirement liabilities	539,016	415,925
Long-term debt	1,875,921	1,828,910
Other	10,335	20,701
TOTAL	4,956,799	4,722,764
Commitments and Contingencies
Subsidiaries' preferred stock without sinking fund	116,350	116,350
COMMON EQUITY
Common stock	470	470
Paid-in capital	588,444	588,444
Retained earnings	855,210	814,992
TOTAL	1,444,124	1,403,906
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	$ 7,212,212	$ 6,751,368