Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

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

Financial Information For Stock Options

The following table includes financial information for outstanding stock options for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015:

	2016		2015
	(In Millions)
Compensation expense included in Entergy’s net income		$1.1		$1.1
Tax benefit recognized in Entergy’s net income		$0.5		$0.4
Compensation cost capitalized as part of fixed assets and inventory		$0.2		$0.1

The following table includes financial information for outstanding stock options for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015:

	2016		2015
	(In Millions)
Compensation expense included in Entergy’s net income		$3.3		$3.2
Tax benefit recognized in Entergy’s net income		$1.3		$1.2
Compensation cost capitalized as part of fixed assets and inventory		$0.6		$0.5

Financial Information For Restricted Stock

The following table includes financial information for other outstanding equity awards for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015:

	2016		2015
	(In Millions)
Compensation expense included in Entergy’s net income		$8.5		$8.6
Tax benefit recognized in Entergy’s net income		$3.3		$3.3
Compensation cost capitalized as part of fixed assets and inventory		$2.0		$1.8

The following table includes financial information for other outstanding equity awards for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2016 and 2015:

	2016		2015
	(In Millions)
Compensation expense included in Entergy’s net income		$25.4		$24.7
Tax benefit recognized in Entergy’s net income		$9.8		$9.5
Compensation cost capitalized as part of fixed assets and inventory		$5.7		$4.9