Stock-Based Compensation (Tables) (Parent Company [Member])

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Parent Company [Member]

Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]

Financial Information For Stock Options

The following table includes financial information for stock options for the third quarters of 2013 and 2012:

	2013	2012
	(In Millions)
Compensation expense included in Entergy's net income	$1.0	$1.9
Tax benefit recognized in Entergy's net income	$0.4	$0.7
Compensation cost capitalized as part of fixed assets and inventory	$0.2	$0.3

The following table includes financial information for stock options for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012:

	2013	2012
	(In Millions)
Compensation expense included in Entergy's net income	$3.2	$5.8
Tax benefit recognized in Entergy's net income	$1.3	$2.2
Compensation cost capitalized as part of fixed assets and inventory	$0.6	$1.1

Financial Information For Restricted Stock

The following table includes financial information for other equity plans for the third quarters of 2013 and 2012:

	2013	2012
	(In Millions)
Compensation expense included in Entergy's net income	$5.7	$3.7
Tax benefit recognized in Entergy's net income	$2.2	$1.4
Compensation cost capitalized as part of fixed assets and inventory	$0.9	$0.6

The following table includes financial information for other equity plans for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012:

	2013	2012
	(In Millions)
Compensation expense included in Entergy's net income	$17.5	$11.0
Tax benefit recognized in Entergy's net income	$6.8	$4.2
Compensation cost capitalized as part of fixed assets and inventory	$2.7	$1.9