Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Cash and cash equivalents:
Cash	$ 129,579	$ 63,497
Temporary cash investments	1,058,265	1,287,464
Total cash and cash equivalents	1,187,844	1,350,961	$ 1,422,026
Accounts receivable:
Customer	654,995	608,491
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(11,924)	(39,895)
Other	158,419	178,364
Accrued unbilled revenues	368,677	321,940
Total accounts receivable	1,170,167	1,068,900
Deferred fuel costs	108,465	0
Fuel inventory - at average cost	179,600	217,810
Materials and supplies - at average cost	698,523	873,357
Deferred nuclear refueling outage costs	146,221	211,512
Prepayments and other	193,448	344,872
TOTAL	3,684,268	4,067,412
OTHER PROPERTY AND INVESTMENTS
Investment in affiliates - at equity	198	4,341
Decommissioning trust funds	5,723,897	5,349,953
Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation)	233,641	219,999
Other	469,664	468,704
TOTAL	6,427,400	6,042,997
PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT
Electric	45,191,216	44,467,159
Property under capital lease	619,527	952,465
Natural gas	413,224	392,032
Construction work in progress	1,378,180	1,456,735
Nuclear fuel	1,037,899	1,345,422
TOTAL PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT	48,640,046	48,613,813
Less - accumulated depreciation and amortization	20,718,639	20,789,452
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT - NET	27,921,407	27,824,361
Regulatory assets:
Regulatory asset for income taxes - net	761,280	775,528
Other regulatory assets	4,769,913	4,704,796
Deferred fuel costs	239,100	238,902
Goodwill	377,172	377,172
Accumulated deferred income taxes	117,885	54,903
Other	1,606,009	561,610
TOTAL	7,871,359	6,712,911
TOTAL ASSETS	45,904,434	44,647,681
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Currently maturing long-term debt	364,900	214,374
Notes payable	415,011	494,348
Accounts payable	1,285,577	1,071,798
Customer deposits	403,311	419,407
Taxes accrued	181,114	210,077
Interest accrued	187,229	194,565
Deferred fuel costs	102,753	235,986
Obligations under capital leases	2,423	2,709
Pension and other postretirement liabilities	76,942	62,513
Other	180,836	184,181
TOTAL	3,200,096	3,089,958
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accumulated deferred income taxes and taxes accrued	7,495,290	8,306,865
Accumulated deferred investment tax credits	227,147	234,300
Obligations under capital leases	24,582	27,001
Other regulatory liabilities	1,572,929	1,414,898
Decommissioning trust fund	5,992,476	4,790,187
Accumulated provisions	481,636	460,727
Pension and other postretirement liabilities	3,036,010	3,187,357
Long-term debt	14,467,655	13,111,556
Other	1,121,619	449,856
TOTAL	34,419,344	31,982,747
Commitments and Contingencies
Subsidiaries’ preferred stock without sinking fund	203,185	318,185
COMMON EQUITY
Common stock	2,548	2,548
Paid-in capital	5,417,245	5,403,758
Retained earnings	8,195,571	9,393,913
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	(34,971)	8,951	(42,307)
Less - treasury stock, at cost (76,681,936 shares in 2013 and 76,945,239 shares in 2012)	5,498,584	5,552,379
TOTAL	8,081,809	9,256,791
TOTAL	8,081,809	9,256,791	10,101,725
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	45,904,434	44,647,681
Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents:
Cash	20,174	9,066
Temporary cash investments	335	69
Total cash and cash equivalents	20,509	9,135	218,505
Securitization recovery trust account	4,140	4,204
Accounts receivable:
Customer	102,229	108,636
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(1,211)	(34,226)
Associated companies	35,286	32,987
Other	58,153	84,216
Accrued unbilled revenues	100,193	73,583
Total accounts receivable	294,650	265,196
Deferred fuel costs	96,690	0
Fuel inventory - at average cost	32,760	62,689
Materials and supplies - at average cost	182,600	169,919
Deferred nuclear refueling outage costs	81,313	67,834
Prepaid taxes	0	30,291
Prepayments and other	14,293	15,145
TOTAL	726,955	624,413
OTHER PROPERTY AND INVESTMENTS
Decommissioning trust funds	834,735	771,313
Other	7,912	12,895
TOTAL	842,647	784,208
PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT
Electric	10,488,060	9,536,802
Property under capital lease	716	844
Construction work in progress	304,073	388,075
Nuclear fuel	307,352	286,341
TOTAL PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT	11,100,201	10,212,062
Less - accumulated depreciation and amortization	4,635,885	4,349,809
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT - NET	6,464,316	5,862,253
Regulatory assets:
Regulatory asset for income taxes - net	62,646	61,438
Other regulatory assets	1,428,029	1,333,773
Deferred fuel costs	66,898	66,700
Other	14,626	14,989
TOTAL	1,572,199	1,476,900
Deferred fuel cost noncurrent	66,900	66,700
TOTAL ASSETS	9,606,117	8,747,774
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Currently maturing long-term debt	114,700	55,000
Short-term borrowings	0	11,690
Associated companies accounts payable	239,711	110,464
Other	185,153	177,758
Customer deposits	97,512	118,340
Taxes accrued	7,194	0
Interest accrued	16,580	19,883
Deferred fuel costs	0	8,853
Other	36,557	45,219
TOTAL	697,407	547,207
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accumulated deferred income taxes and taxes accrued	2,186,623	1,982,812
Accumulated deferred investment tax credits	35,305	36,506
Other regulatory liabilities	305,907	242,913
Decommissioning trust fund	924,353	872,346
Accumulated provisions	18,682	5,552
Pension and other postretirement liabilities	424,234	459,153
Long-term debt	2,715,085	2,574,839
Other	13,854	18,438
TOTAL	6,624,043	6,192,559
Commitments and Contingencies
Subsidiaries’ preferred stock without sinking fund	31,350	116,350
COMMON EQUITY
Common stock	470	470
Paid-in capital	790,243	588,493
Retained earnings	1,462,604	1,302,695
TOTAL	2,253,317	1,891,658	1,824,237
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	9,606,117	8,747,774
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents:
Cash	49,972	348
Temporary cash investments	163,878	34,754
Total cash and cash equivalents	213,850	35,102	320,516
Accounts receivable:
Customer	213,517	179,051
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(6,277)	(4,209)
Associated companies	155,794	94,418
Other	54,186	56,793
Accrued unbilled revenues	159,176	143,079
Total accounts receivable	576,396	469,132
Fuel inventory - at average cost	50,738	48,045
Materials and supplies - at average cost	294,421	282,688
Deferred nuclear refueling outage costs	22,535	66,984
Prepaid taxes	110,104	0
Prepayments and other	41,687	28,294
TOTAL	1,309,731	930,245
OTHER PROPERTY AND INVESTMENTS
Investment in affiliates - at equity	1,390,587	1,390,587
Decommissioning trust funds	1,140,707	1,042,293
Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation)	217,494	206,293
Storm reserve escrow account	291,485	290,422
Other	28,844	14,776
TOTAL	3,069,117	2,944,371
PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT
Electric	18,827,532	17,629,077
Property under capital lease	0	341,514
Natural gas	172,816	159,252
Construction work in progress	670,201	420,874
Nuclear fuel	249,807	386,524
TOTAL PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT	19,920,356	18,937,241
Less - accumulated depreciation and amortization	8,420,596	8,302,774
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT - NET	11,499,760	10,634,467
Regulatory assets:
Regulatory asset for income taxes - net	470,480	478,243
Other regulatory assets	1,168,058	1,217,874
Deferred fuel costs	168,122	168,122
Other	16,003	14,125
TOTAL	1,822,663	1,878,364
Deferred fuel cost noncurrent	168,100	168,100
TOTAL ASSETS	17,701,271	16,387,447
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Currently maturing long-term debt	200,198	29,372
Short-term borrowings	3,794	60,356
Associated companies accounts payable	82,106	165,419
Other	358,741	276,280
Customer deposits	148,601	146,555
Taxes accrued	0	125,142
Interest accrued	75,598	74,380
Deferred fuel costs	48,211	65,234
Other	80,013	79,982
TOTAL	997,262	1,022,720
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accumulated deferred income taxes and taxes accrued	2,691,118	2,506,956
Accumulated deferred investment tax credits	126,741	131,760
Regulatory liability for income taxes - net	0	2,473
Other regulatory liabilities	880,974	818,623
Decommissioning trust fund	1,082,685	1,027,862
Accumulated provisions	310,772	310,282
Pension and other postretirement liabilities	780,278	833,185
Long-term debt	5,612,593	4,806,790
Long-term payables of associated companies	0	1,073
Other	137,039	188,411
TOTAL	11,622,200	10,627,415
Commitments and Contingencies
COMMON EQUITY
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	(48,442)	(56,412)
Members' Equity	5,130,251	4,793,724
TOTAL	5,081,809	4,737,312	4,346,987
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	17,701,271	16,387,447
Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents:
Cash	16	1,426
Temporary cash investments	76,818	144,179
Total cash and cash equivalents	76,834	145,605	61,633
Accounts receivable:
Customer	51,218	56,685
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(549)	(718)
Associated companies	45,973	34,964
Other	12,006	8,276
Accrued unbilled revenues	51,327	47,284
Total accounts receivable	159,975	146,491
Deferred fuel costs	6,957	0
Fuel inventory - at average cost	50,872	51,273
Materials and supplies - at average cost	41,146	39,491
Prepayments and other	8,873	5,184
TOTAL	344,657	388,044
OTHER PROPERTY AND INVESTMENTS
Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation)	4,608	4,625
Escrow accounts	31,783	41,726
TOTAL	36,391	46,351
PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT
Electric	4,321,214	4,083,933
Property under capital lease	1,590	2,942
Construction work in progress	118,182	114,067
TOTAL PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT	4,440,986	4,200,942
Less - accumulated depreciation and amortization	1,602,711	1,534,522
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT - NET	2,838,275	2,666,420
Regulatory assets:
Regulatory asset for income taxes - net	38,284	45,790
Other regulatory assets	342,213	328,681
Other	2,320	2,121
TOTAL	382,817	376,592
TOTAL ASSETS	3,602,140	3,477,407
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Currently maturing long-term debt	0	125,000
Associated companies accounts payable	43,647	38,496
Other	80,227	51,502
Customer deposits	84,112	81,583
Taxes accrued	64,040	43,461
Interest accrued	21,653	20,831
Deferred fuel costs	0	107,754
Other	9,554	22,754
TOTAL	303,233	491,381
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accumulated deferred income taxes and taxes accrued	861,331	810,635
Accumulated deferred investment tax credits	8,667	4,645
Decommissioning trust fund	8,722	8,252
Accumulated provisions	54,440	48,062
Pension and other postretirement liabilities	109,551	120,217
Long-term debt	1,120,916	920,085
Other	20,108	11,699
TOTAL	2,183,735	1,923,595
Commitments and Contingencies
Subsidiaries’ preferred stock without sinking fund	20,381	50,381
COMMON EQUITY
Common stock	199,326	199,326
Paid-in capital	167	(690)
Retained earnings	895,298	813,414
TOTAL	1,094,791	1,012,050	962,170
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	3,602,140	3,477,407
Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents:
Cash	28	1,068
Temporary cash investments	103,040	87,808
Total cash and cash equivalents	103,068	88,876	42,389
Securitization recovery trust account	1,738	4,620
Accounts receivable:
Customer	43,536	34,627
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(3,059)	(268)
Associated companies	16,811	23,248
Other	5,926	3,753
Accrued unbilled revenues	18,254	17,799
Total accounts receivable	81,468	79,159
Deferred fuel costs	4,818	0
Fuel inventory - at average cost	1,841	1,912
Materials and supplies - at average cost	8,416	13,244
Prepayments and other	10,966	10,263
TOTAL	212,315	198,074
OTHER PROPERTY AND INVESTMENTS
Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation)	1,016	1,016
Storm reserve escrow account	81,437	81,002
Other	7,160	3
TOTAL	89,613	82,021
PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT
Electric	1,258,934	1,051,239
Natural gas	240,408	232,780
Construction work in progress	24,975	29,027
TOTAL PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT	1,524,317	1,313,046
Less - accumulated depreciation and amortization	604,825	648,081
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT - NET	919,492	664,965
Regulatory assets:
Other regulatory assets	268,106	265,322
Deferred fuel costs	4,080	4,080
Other	963	682
TOTAL	273,149	270,084
Deferred fuel cost noncurrent	4,100	4,100
TOTAL ASSETS	1,494,569	1,215,144
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Currently maturing long-term debt	2,104	4,973
Current payable due Entergy Louisiana	2,104	4,973
Associated companies accounts payable	39,260	37,467
Other	35,920	21,471
Customer deposits	28,667	28,392
Interest accrued	5,443	4,909
Deferred fuel costs	0	29,021
Other	11,415	6,216
TOTAL	122,809	132,449
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accumulated deferred income taxes and taxes accrued	334,953	214,061
Accumulated deferred investment tax credits	622	753
Regulatory liability for income taxes - net	9,074	13,199
Decommissioning trust fund	2,875	2,687
Accumulated provisions	88,513	84,187
Pension and other postretirement liabilities	36,750	43,609
Long-term debt	428,467	317,380
Gas system rebuild insurance proceeds	447	12,788
Non-Current Payable due Entergy Louisiana	18,423	20,527
Other	4,910	3,692
TOTAL	925,034	712,883
Commitments and Contingencies
Subsidiaries’ preferred stock without sinking fund	19,780	19,780
COMMON EQUITY
Common stock	33,744	33,744
Paid-in capital	171,544	123,794
Retained earnings	221,658	192,494
TOTAL	426,946	350,032	228,025
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	1,494,569	1,215,144
Entergy Texas [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents:
Cash	1,216	2,153
Temporary cash investments	4,965	29
Total cash and cash equivalents	6,181	2,182	30,441
Securitization recovery trust account	37,451	38,161
Accounts receivable:
Customer	71,803	61,870
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(828)	(474)
Associated companies	39,447	42,279
Other	14,756	11,054
Accrued unbilled revenues	39,727	40,195
Total accounts receivable	164,905	154,924
Fuel inventory - at average cost	37,177	46,942
Materials and supplies - at average cost	36,631	34,994
Prepayments and other	18,599	17,975
TOTAL	300,944	295,178
OTHER PROPERTY AND INVESTMENTS
Investment in affiliates - at equity	600	620
Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation)	376	376
Other	18,801	20,186
TOTAL	19,777	21,182
PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT
Electric	4,274,069	3,923,100
Construction work in progress	111,227	210,964
TOTAL PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT	4,385,296	4,134,064
Less - accumulated depreciation and amortization	1,526,057	1,477,529
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT - NET	2,859,239	2,656,535
Regulatory assets:
Regulatory asset for income taxes - net	105,816	107,499
Other regulatory assets	740,156	812,862
Other	7,149	5,326
TOTAL	853,121	925,687
TOTAL ASSETS	4,033,081	3,898,582
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Currently maturing long-term debt	0	0
Associated companies accounts payable	47,867	106,065
Other	77,342	87,421
Customer deposits	44,419	44,537
Taxes accrued	15,351	5,333
Interest accrued	25,977	29,206
Deferred fuel costs	54,543	25,124
Other	9,388	10,363
TOTAL	274,887	308,049
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accumulated deferred income taxes and taxes accrued	1,027,647	1,006,834
Accumulated deferred investment tax credits	12,934	13,835
Other regulatory liabilities	8,502	6,396
Decommissioning trust fund	6,470	6,124
Accumulated provisions	7,584	9,319
Pension and other postretirement liabilities	67,313	77,517
Long-term debt	1,508,407	1,451,967
Other	50,343	57,085
TOTAL	2,689,200	2,629,077
Commitments and Contingencies
COMMON EQUITY
Common stock	49,452	49,452
Paid-in capital	481,994	481,994
Retained earnings	537,548	430,010
TOTAL	1,068,994	961,456	891,831
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	4,033,081	3,898,582
System Energy [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents:
Cash	786	8,681
Temporary cash investments	245,077	221,980
Total cash and cash equivalents	245,863	230,661	223,179
Accounts receivable:
Associated companies	104,390	93,724
Other	3,637	4,574
Total accounts receivable	108,027	98,298
Materials and supplies - at average cost	82,469	87,366
Deferred nuclear refueling outage costs	24,729	5,605
Prepayments and other	20,111	11,282
TOTAL	481,199	433,212
OTHER PROPERTY AND INVESTMENTS
Decommissioning trust funds	780,496	701,460
TOTAL	780,496	701,460
PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT
Electric	4,331,668	4,253,949
Property under capital lease	585,084	575,027
Construction work in progress	43,888	92,546
Nuclear fuel	259,635	183,706
TOTAL PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT	5,220,275	5,105,228
Less - accumulated depreciation and amortization	3,063,249	2,961,842
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT - NET	2,157,026	2,143,386
Regulatory assets:
Regulatory asset for income taxes - net	93,127	98,230
Other regulatory assets	411,212	347,830
Other	4,652	4,757
TOTAL	508,991	450,817
TOTAL ASSETS	3,927,712	3,728,875
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Currently maturing long-term debt	50,003	2
Short-term borrowings	66,893	0
Associated companies accounts payable	5,843	7,391
Other	50,558	34,010
Interest accrued	14,049	14,183
Other	2,957	1,926
TOTAL	190,303	57,512
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accumulated deferred income taxes and taxes accrued	1,112,865	1,019,075
Accumulated deferred investment tax credits	41,663	45,451
Other regulatory liabilities	370,862	337,424
Decommissioning trust fund	854,202	803,405
Pension and other postretirement liabilities	117,850	112,264
Long-term debt	501,129	572,665
Other	15	0
TOTAL	2,998,586	2,890,284
Commitments and Contingencies
COMMON EQUITY
Common stock	679,350	719,350
Retained earnings	59,473	61,729
TOTAL	738,823	781,079	$ 870,511
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	$ 3,927,712	$ 3,728,875

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Carrying amount, attributable to parent, of an entity's issued and outstanding stock which is not included within permanent equity. Temporary equity is a security with redemption features that are outside the control of the issuer, is not classified as an asset or liability in conformity with GAAP, and is not mandatorily redeemable. Includes any type of security that is redeemable at a fixed or determinable price or on a fixed or determinable date or dates, is redeemable at the option of the holder, or has conditions for redemption which are not solely within the control of the issuer. Includes stock with a put option held by an ESOP and stock redeemable by a holder only in the event of a change in control of the issuer.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 30
-Section 45
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
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-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6405834&loc=d3e23315-112656

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