Consolidated Balance Sheets (ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC) (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
Accumulated deferred income taxes	9,856	8,472
Fuel inventory	202,132	207,520
Materials and supplies - at average cost	894,756	866,908
Deferred nuclear refueling outage costs	231,031	218,423
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 affiliate preferred membership interests	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
TOTAL	4,509,766	4,300,206
UTILITY PLANT
Electric	39,385,524	37,153,061
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
Deferred fuel costs	172,202	172,202
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
Accumulated deferred income taxes	99,929	49,307
Taxes accrued	278,235	0
Interest accrued	183,512	217,685
Deferred fuel costs	255,839	166,409
Pension and other postretirement liabilities	44,031	39,862
System agreement cost equalization	80,090	52,160
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
EQUITY
Redeemable Preferred Stock, Preferred Stock Value	186,511	216,738
Member's equity	8,961,270	8,496,400
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(168,452)	(38,212)
TOTAL	9,055,270	8,590,400
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	40,701,699	38,685,276
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents:
Cash	878	708
Temporary cash investments	0	122,546
Total cash and cash equivalents	878	123,254
Securitization recovery trust account	5,200	0
Accounts receivable:
Customer	102,379	85,799
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(1,147)	(1,961)
Associated companies	60,661	81,050
Other	10,945	14,594
Accrued unbilled revenues	78,430	71,659
Total accounts receivable	251,268	251,141
Accumulated deferred income taxes	0	7,072
Fuel inventory	23,919	3
Materials and supplies - at average cost	140,561	138,047
Deferred nuclear refueling outage costs	24,197	11,364
Prepaid taxes	0	25,010
Prepayments and other	13,171	10,719
TOTAL	459,194	566,610
OTHER PROPERTY AND INVESTMENTS
Investment in affiliate preferred membership interests	807,424	807,424
Decommissioning trust funds	253,968	240,535
Storm reserve escrow account	201,249	200,972
Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation)	760	946
TOTAL	1,263,401	1,249,877
UTILITY PLANT
Electric	7,859,136	7,216,146
Property under capital lease	274,334	264,266
Construction work in progress	559,437	521,172
Nuclear fuel	165,380	134,528
TOTAL UTILITY PLANT	8,858,287	8,136,112
Less - accumulated depreciation and amortization	3,606,706	3,457,190
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT - NET	5,251,581	4,678,922
Regulatory assets:
Regulatory asset for income taxes - net	175,952	235,404
Other regulatory assets	814,472	662,746
Deferred fuel costs	67,998	67,998
Other	31,269	26,866
TOTAL	1,089,691	993,014
TOTAL ASSETS	8,063,867	7,488,423
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Currently maturing long-term debt	75,309	35,550
Short-term borrowings	44,392	23,066
Accounts payable:
Associated companies	218,001	148,528
Other	130,295	140,564
Customer deposits	86,099	84,437
Accumulated deferred income taxes	4,690	0
Taxes accrued	31,338	0
Interest accrued	36,535	31,889
Deferred fuel costs	66,535	59,227
Pension and other postretirement liabilities	9,161	8,632
System agreement cost equalization	36,800	0
Gas hedge contracts	12,397	380
Other	19,278	17,134
TOTAL	770,830	549,407
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accumulated deferred income taxes and taxes accrued	1,098,690	1,896,685
Accumulated deferred investment tax credits	73,283	76,453
Other regulatory liabilities	295,542	88,899
Decommissioning and asset retirement cost liabilities	345,834	321,176
Accumulated provisions	213,060	223,556
Pension and other postretirement liabilities	459,685	345,725
Long-term debt	2,177,003	1,771,566
Other	65,011	78,085
TOTAL	4,728,108	4,802,145
Commitments and Contingencies
EQUITY
Redeemable Preferred Stock, Preferred Stock Value	100,000	100,000
Member's equity	2,504,436	2,061,833
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(39,507)	(24,962)
TOTAL	2,564,929	2,136,871
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	$ 8,063,867	$ 7,488,423