Preferred Equity (Schedule Of Number Of Shares And Units Authorized And Outstanding And Dollar Value Of Preferred Stock) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified															12 Months Ended						12 Months Ended			12 Months Ended								12 Months Ended				1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2013 Entergy Arkansas [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Entergy Arkansas [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Entergy Gulf States Louisiana [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Entergy Gulf States Louisiana [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Entergy Louisiana [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Entergy Louisiana [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Entergy Mississippi [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Entergy Mississippi [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Entergy New Orleans [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Entergy New Orleans [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Utility Plants [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Utility Plants [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Preferred Membership Interests Cumulative One Hundred Dollar Liquidation Value Six Point Nine Five Percent Series [Member] Entergy Louisiana [Member]		Dec. 31, 2012 Preferred Membership Interests Cumulative One Hundred Dollar Liquidation Value Six Point Nine Five Percent Series [Member] Entergy Louisiana [Member]		Dec. 31, 2013 Preferred Stock, 4.32% - 6.45% Series [Member] Utility Plants [Member] Entergy Arkansas [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Preferred Stock, 4.32% - 6.45% Series [Member] Utility Plants [Member] Entergy Arkansas [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Preferred Membership Interests, Series A, 8.25% [Member] Entergy Gulf States Louisiana [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Preferred Membership Interests, Series A, 8.25% [Member] Utility Plants [Member] Entergy Gulf States Louisiana [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Preferred Membership Interests, Series A, 8.25% [Member] Utility Plants [Member] Entergy Gulf States Louisiana [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Preferred Membership Interests, 6.95% Series [Member] Utility Plants [Member] Entergy Louisiana [Member]		Dec. 31, 2012 Preferred Membership Interests, 6.95% Series [Member] Utility Plants [Member] Entergy Louisiana [Member]		Dec. 31, 2013 Preferred Stock, 4.36% - 6.25% Series [Member] Utility Plants [Member] Entergy Mississippi [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Preferred Stock, 4.36% - 6.25% Series [Member] Utility Plants [Member] Entergy Mississippi [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Preferred Stock, 4.36% - 5.56% Series [Member] Utility Plants [Member] Entergy New Orleans [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Preferred Stock, 4.36% - 5.56% Series [Member] Utility Plants [Member] Entergy New Orleans [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Preferred Stock, 8.95% Rate [Member] Entergy Wholesale Commodities [Member] Entergy Asset Management [Member]		Dec. 31, 2012 Preferred Stock, 8.95% Rate [Member] Entergy Wholesale Commodities [Member] Entergy Asset Management [Member]		Dec. 31, 2013 Preferred Stock, 8.75% Rate [Member] Entergy Finance Holding Inc [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Preferred Stock, 8.75% Rate [Member] Entergy Wholesale Commodities [Member] Entergy Finance Holding Inc [Member]		Dec. 31, 2012 Preferred Stock, 8.75% Rate [Member] Entergy Wholesale Commodities [Member] Entergy Finance Holding Inc [Member]		Dec. 31, 2013 Preferred Stock, Cumulative $100 Par Value, 4.32% Series [Member] Entergy Arkansas [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Preferred Stock, Cumulative $100 Par Value, 4.32% Series [Member] Entergy Arkansas [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Preferred Stock, Cumulative $100 Par Value, 4.72% Series [Member] Entergy Arkansas [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Preferred Stock, Cumulative $100 Par Value, 4.72% Series [Member] Entergy Arkansas [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Preferred Stock, Cumulative $100 Par Value, 4.36% Series [Member] Entergy Mississippi [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Preferred Stock, Cumulative $100 Par Value, 4.36% Series [Member] Entergy Mississippi [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Preferred Stock, Cumulative $100 Par Value, 4.36% Series [Member] Entergy New Orleans [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Preferred Stock, Cumulative $100 Par Value, 4.36% Series [Member] Entergy New Orleans [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Preferred Stock, Cumulative $100 Par Value, 4.56% Series [Member] Entergy Arkansas [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Preferred Stock, Cumulative $100 Par Value, 4.56% Series [Member] Entergy Arkansas [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Preferred Stock, Cumulative $100 Par Value, 4.56% Series [Member] Entergy Mississippi [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Preferred Stock, Cumulative $100 Par Value, 4.56% Series [Member] Entergy Mississippi [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Preferred Stock, Cumulative $100 Par Value, 4.56% 1965 Series [Member] Entergy Arkansas [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Preferred Stock, Cumulative $100 Par Value, 4.56% 1965 Series [Member] Entergy Arkansas [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Preferred Stock, Cumulative $100 Par Value, 6.08% Series [Member] Entergy Arkansas [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Preferred Stock, Cumulative $100 Par Value, 6.08% Series [Member] Entergy Arkansas [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Preferred Stock, Cumulative $25 Par Value, 6.45% Series [Member] Entergy Arkansas [Member]		Dec. 31, 2012 Preferred Stock, Cumulative $25 Par Value, 6.45% Series [Member] Entergy Arkansas [Member]		Dec. 31, 2013 Preferred Membership Interests, Cumulative $100 Liquidation Value, 8.25% Series [Member] Entergy Gulf States Louisiana [Member]		Dec. 31, 2012 Preferred Membership Interests, Cumulative $100 Liquidation Value, 8.25% Series [Member] Entergy Gulf States Louisiana [Member]		Dec. 31, 2013 Preferred Stock, Cumulative $100 Par Value, 4.92% Series [Member] Entergy Mississippi [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Preferred Stock, Cumulative $100 Par Value, 4.92% Series [Member] Entergy Mississippi [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Preferred Stock, Cumulative $25 Par Value, 6.25% Series [Member] Entergy Mississippi [Member]		Dec. 31, 2012 Preferred Stock, Cumulative $25 Par Value, 6.25% Series [Member] Entergy Mississippi [Member]		Dec. 31, 2013 Preferred Stock, Cumulative $100 Par Value, 4.75% Series [Member] Entergy New Orleans [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Preferred Stock, Cumulative $100 Par Value, 4.75% Series [Member] Entergy New Orleans [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Preferred Stock, Cumulative $100 Par Value, 5.56% Series [Member] Entergy New Orleans [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Preferred Stock, Cumulative $100 Par Value, 5.56% Series [Member] Entergy New Orleans [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Preferred Class A [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Minimum [Member] Preferred Stock, 4.32% - 6.45% Series [Member] Utility Plants [Member] Entergy Arkansas [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Minimum [Member] Preferred Stock, 4.36% - 6.25% Series [Member] Utility Plants [Member] Entergy Mississippi [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Minimum [Member] Preferred Stock, 4.36% - 5.56% Series [Member] Utility Plants [Member] Entergy New Orleans [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Maximum [Member] Preferred Stock, 4.32% - 6.45% Series [Member] Utility Plants [Member] Entergy Arkansas [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Maximum [Member] Preferred Stock, 4.36% - 6.25% Series [Member] Utility Plants [Member] Entergy Mississippi [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Maximum [Member] Preferred Stock, 4.36% - 5.56% Series [Member] Utility Plants [Member] Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Preferred Stock, Shares Authorized	7,365,105	7,115,105																														1,000,000	[1]	1,000,000	[1]		250,000	[2]	0	[2]
Preferred Stock, Shares Outstanding	6,205,105	5,955,105	3,413,500	3,413,500					1,403,807	1,403,807	197,798	197,798																									250,000	[2]	0	[2]	70,000	70,000	93,500	93,500	59,920	59,920	60,000	60,000	75,000	75,000	43,887	43,887	75,000	75,000	100,000	100,000	3,000,000	[3]	3,000,000	[3]					100,000	100,000	1,200,000	[3]	1,200,000	[3]	77,798	77,798	60,000	60,000
Preferred Stock, Value	$ 304,760	$ 280,511	$ 116,350	$ 116,350					$ 50,381	$ 50,381	$ 19,780	$ 19,780																									$ 24,249	[2]	$ 0	[2]	$ 7,000	$ 7,000	$ 9,350	$ 9,350	$ 5,992	$ 5,992	$ 6,000	$ 6,000	$ 7,500	$ 7,500	$ 4,389	$ 4,389	$ 7,500	$ 7,500	$ 10,000	$ 10,000	$ 75,000	[3]	$ 75,000	[3]					$ 10,000	$ 10,000	$ 30,000	[3]	$ 30,000	[3]	$ 7,780	$ 7,780	$ 6,000	$ 6,000
Preferred Stock, Call Price per Share																																									$ 103.65		$ 107.00		$ 103.88		$ 104.58		$ 102.83		$ 107.00		$ 102.50		$ 102.83		$ 25	[3]							$ 102.88		$ 25	[3]			$ 105.00		$ 102.59
Preferred Units, Outstanding					100,000	100,000	1,000,000	1,000,000							1,000,000	[3]	1,000,000	[3]																																											100,000	[4]	100,000	[4]
Preferred Units, Value	94,000	94,000			10,000	10,000	100,000	100,000							100,000	[3]	100,000	[3]																																											10,000	[4]	10,000	[4]
Preferred Units, Call Price per Share					100										100	[3]																																													0	[3]
Preferred Shares/Units, Authorized													6,115,105	6,115,105					3,413,500	3,413,500		100,000	100,000	1,000,000	[5]	1,000,000	[5]	1,403,807	1,403,807	197,798	197,798
Preferred Shares/Units, Outstanding													5,955,105	5,955,105					3,413,500	3,413,500		100,000	100,000	840,000	[5]	840,000	[5]	1,403,807	1,403,807	197,798	197,798
Preferred Shares/Units, Value													280,511	280,511					116,350	116,350		10,000	10,000	84,000	[5]	84,000	[5]	50,381	50,381	19,780	19,780
Preferred stock/preferred membership interests rate															6.95%	[3]					8.25%	8.25%		6.95%	[5]							8.95%	[1]			8.75%	8.75%	[2]			4.32%		4.72%		4.36%		4.36%		4.56%		4.56%		4.56%		6.08%		6.45%	[3]			8.25%	[4]			4.92%		6.25%	[3]			4.75%		5.56%			4.32%	4.36%	4.36%	6.45%	6.25%	5.56%
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share															$ 100	[3]																									$ 100		$ 100		$ 100		$ 100		$ 100				$ 100		$ 100		$ 25	[3]			$ 100	[4]					$ 25	[3]			$ 100		$ 100
Outstanding class A preferred shares																																																																											278,905
Shares held by an affiliate																																																																											4,759
Adjustments to Additional Paid in Capital, Stock Issued, Issuance Costs																																					$ 751

[1] Upon the sale of Class B preferred shares in December 2009, Entergy Asset Management had issued and outstanding Class A and Class B preferred shares. On December 20, 2011, Entergy Asset Management purchased all of the outstanding Class B preferred shares from the holder thereof; currently, there are no outstanding Class B preferred shares. On December 20, 2011, Entergy Asset Management purchased all of the outstanding Class A preferred shares (278,905 shares) that were held by a third party; currently, there are 4,759 shares held by an Entergy affiliate.

[2] Dollar amount outstanding is net of $751 thousand of preferred stock issuance costs.

[3] (a)Series is callable at par.

[4] (b)Series is callable at par on and after December 15, 2015.

[5] (a)In 2007, Entergy Louisiana Holdings, an Entergy subsidiary, purchased 160,000 of these shares from the hold