Entergy Arkansas (EAI) 10-Q 1 Nov 24 2024 Q3 Quarterly report Financial data

Document and Entity Information

Document and Entity Information	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024 shares
Registrant Name	ENTERGY CORPORATION
City Area Code	504
Local Phone Number	576-4000
Entity Tax Identification Number	72-1229752
Entity File Number	1-11299
Central Index Key	0000065984
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Sep. 30, 2024
Amendment Flag	false
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2024
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q3
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	DE
Entity Address, Address Line One	639 Loyola Avenue
Entity Address, City or Town	New Orleans
Entity Address, State or Province	LA
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	70113
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding	214,408,014
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
Entity Small Business	false
Entity Shell Company	false
Entity Interactive Data Current	Yes
Document Quarterly Report	true
Document Transition Report	false
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC. [Member]
Trading Symbol	ETR
Security Exchange Name	NYSE
Title of 12(b) Security	Common Stock, $0.01 Par Value
NYSE CHICAGO, INC. [Member]
Trading Symbol	ETR
Security Exchange Name	CHX
Title of 12(b) Security	Common Stock, $0.01 Par Value
Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Registrant Name	ENTERGY ARKANSAS, LLC
City Area Code	501
Local Phone Number	377-4000
Entity Tax Identification Number	83-1918668
Entity File Number	1-10764
Central Index Key	0000007323
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	TX
Entity Address, Address Line One	425 West Capitol Avenue
Entity Address, City or Town	Little Rock
Entity Address, State or Province	AR
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	72201
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
Entity Small Business	false
Entity Shell Company	false
Entity Interactive Data Current	Yes
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Registrant Name	ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC
City Area Code	504
Local Phone Number	576-4000
Entity Tax Identification Number	47-4469646
Entity File Number	1-32718
Central Index Key	0001348952
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	TX
Entity Address, Address Line One	4809 Jefferson Highway
Entity Address, City or Town	Jefferson
Entity Address, State or Province	LA
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	70121
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
Entity Small Business	false
Entity Shell Company	false
Entity Interactive Data Current	Yes
Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Registrant Name	ENTERGY MISSISSIPPI, LLC
City Area Code	601
Local Phone Number	368-5000
Entity Tax Identification Number	83-1950019
Entity File Number	1-31508
Central Index Key	0000066901
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	TX
Entity Address, Address Line One	308 East Pearl Street
Entity Address, City or Town	Jackson
Entity Address, State or Province	MS
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	39201
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
Entity Small Business	false
Entity Shell Company	false
Entity Interactive Data Current	Yes
Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Registrant Name	ENTERGY NEW ORLEANS, LLC
City Area Code	504
Local Phone Number	670-3702
Entity Tax Identification Number	82-2212934
Entity File Number	1-35747
Central Index Key	0000071508
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	TX
Entity Address, Address Line One	1600 Perdido Street
Entity Address, City or Town	New Orleans
Entity Address, State or Province	LA
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	70112
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
Entity Small Business	false
Entity Shell Company	false
Entity Interactive Data Current	Yes
Entergy Texas [Member]
Registrant Name	ENTERGY TEXAS, INC.
City Area Code	409
Local Phone Number	981-2000
Entity Tax Identification Number	61-1435798
Entity File Number	1-34360
Central Index Key	0001427437
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	TX
Entity Address, Address Line One	2107 Research Forest Drive
Entity Address, City or Town	The Woodlands
Entity Address, State or Province	TX
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	77380
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
Entity Small Business	false
Entity Shell Company	false
Entity Interactive Data Current	Yes
System Energy [Member]
Registrant Name	SYSTEM ENERGY RESOURCES, INC.
City Area Code	601
Local Phone Number	368-5000
Entity Tax Identification Number	72-0752777
Entity File Number	1-09067
Central Index Key	0000202584
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	AR
Entity Address, Address Line One	1340 Echelon Parkway
Entity Address, City or Town	Jackson
Entity Address, State or Province	MS
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	39213
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
Entity Small Business	false
Entity Shell Company	false
Entity Interactive Data Current	Yes
Mortgage Bonds5.50% Series Due April 2066 [Member] | Entergy New Orleans [Member] | NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC. [Member]
Trading Symbol	ENO
Security Exchange Name	NYSE
Title of 12(b) Security	Mortgage Bonds, 5.50% Series due April 2066
Mortgage Bonds 5.0% Series Due December 2052 [Member] | Entergy New Orleans [Member] | NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC. [Member]
Trading Symbol	ENJ
Security Exchange Name	NYSE
Title of 12(b) Security	Mortgage Bonds, 5.0% Series due December 2052
Mortgage Bonds 4.90% Series Due October 2066 [Member] | Entergy Mississippi [Member] | NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC. [Member]
Trading Symbol	EMP
Security Exchange Name	NYSE
Title of 12(b) Security	Mortgage Bonds, 4.90% Series due October 2066
Mortgage Bonds 4.875% Series Due September 2066 [Member] | Entergy Arkansas [Member] | NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC. [Member]
Trading Symbol	EAI
Security Exchange Name	NYSE
Title of 12(b) Security	Mortgage Bonds, 4.875% Series due September 2066
Mortgage Bonds 4.875% Series Due September 2066 [Member] | Entergy Louisiana [Member] | NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC. [Member]
Trading Symbol	ELC
Security Exchange Name	NYSE
Title of 12(b) Security	Mortgage Bonds, 4.875% Series due September 2066
5.375% Series A Preferred Stock, Cumulative, No Par Value [Member] | Entergy Texas [Member] | NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC. [Member]
Trading Symbol	ETI/PR
Security Exchange Name	NYSE
Title of 12(b) Security	5.375% Series A Preferred Stock, Cumulative, No Par Value (Liquidation Value $25 Per Share)

Consolidated Statements Of Inco

Consolidated Statements Of Income - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023
Revenues [Abstract]
Revenues	$ 3,389,100	$ 3,595,522	$ 9,137,348	$ 9,422,607
Operation and Maintenance:
Utilities Operating Expense, Fuel Used	647,982	707,491	1,787,148	2,189,592
Utilities Operating Expense, Purchased Power	213,072	309,376	641,919	754,199
Nuclear Refueling Outage Expenses	36,280	39,057	112,820	111,075
Utilities Operating Expense, Maintenance, Operations, and Other Costs and Expenses	722,887	751,763	2,111,692	2,043,184
Asset Impairment Charges	0	38,078	131,775	38,078
Accretion Expense, Including Asset Retirement Obligations	55,320	52,336	162,894	153,981
Taxes, Other	192,127	197,654	572,077	566,669
Cost, Depreciation and Amortization	498,481	439,873	1,503,505	1,362,728
Other Regulatory Charges (Credits) - Net	(102,911)	(83,489)	132,043	(158,317)
Costs and Expenses, Total	2,263,238	2,452,139	7,155,873	7,061,189
Operating Income (Loss), Total	1,125,862	1,143,383	1,981,475	2,361,418
Nonoperating Income (Expense) [Abstract]
Public Utilities, Allowance for Funds Used During Construction, Capitalized Cost of Equity	33,126	24,225	89,196	72,238
Investment Income, Net	64,316	2,562	285,600	96,250
Other Nonoperating Income (Expense)	(66,932)	(18,018)	(460,226)	(121,014)
Nonoperating Income (Expense), Total	30,510	8,769	(85,430)	47,474
Interest Expense, Operating and Nonoperating [Abstract]
Interest Expense, Debt	308,502	264,934	887,508	781,613
Public Utilities, Allowance for Funds Used During Construction, Additions	13,359	9,493	35,588	29,565
Interest Expense, Nonoperating, Total	295,143	255,441	851,920	752,048
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest, Total	861,229	896,711	1,044,125	1,656,844
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)	215,475	226,997	270,103	282,818
Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest, Total	645,754	669,714	774,022	1,374,026
Preferred dividend requirements of subsidiaries and net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests	814	2,959	4,879	5,092
Net Income (Loss) Available to Common Stockholders, Basic, Total	$ 644,940	$ 666,755	$ 769,143	$ 1,368,934
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]
Earnings Per Share, Basic	$ 3.01	$ 3.15	$ 3.60	$ 6.47
Earnings Per Share, Diluted	$ 2.99	$ 3.14	$ 3.58	$ 6.45
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic	214,012,467	211,459,244	213,592,637	211,420,117
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted	215,694,209	212,238,117	214,736,950	212,195,735
Electricity, US Regulated [Member]
Revenues [Abstract]
Revenues	$ 3,337,820	$ 3,526,935	$ 8,950,373	$ 9,195,588
Natural Gas, US Regulated [Member]
Revenues [Abstract]
Revenues	32,318	32,305	133,342	130,389
Product and Service, Other [Member]
Revenues [Abstract]
Revenues	18,962	36,282	53,633	96,630
Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Revenues [Abstract]
Revenues	508,171	538,815	1,365,921	1,396,373
Operation and Maintenance:
Utilities Operating Expense, Fuel Used	43,223	151,755	225,050	453,570
Utilities Operating Expense, Purchased Power	85,939	89,465	220,441	212,419
Utilities Operating Expense, Maintenance, Operations, and Other Costs and Expenses	86,016	78,959	224,922	217,377
Taxes, Other	48,461	42,374	124,267	113,409
Cost, Depreciation and Amortization	68,167	66,760	201,215	196,135
Other Regulatory Charges (Credits) - Net	26,844	(25,470)	30,226	(84,260)
Costs and Expenses, Total	358,650	403,843	1,026,121	1,108,650
Operating Income (Loss), Total	149,521	134,972	339,800	287,723
Nonoperating Income (Expense) [Abstract]
Public Utilities, Allowance for Funds Used During Construction, Capitalized Cost of Equity	1,227	2,260	6,239	6,313
Investment Income, Net	338	107	1,479	1,890
Other Nonoperating Income (Expense)	(5,626)	(3,828)	(9,019)	(9,349)
Nonoperating Income (Expense), Total	(4,061)	(1,461)	(1,301)	(1,146)
Interest Expense, Operating and Nonoperating [Abstract]
Interest Expense, Debt	28,109	25,257	83,005	74,634
Public Utilities, Allowance for Funds Used During Construction, Additions	468	911	2,419	2,596
Interest Expense, Nonoperating, Total	27,641	24,346	80,586	72,038
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest, Total	117,819	109,165	257,913	214,539
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)	29,436	26,428	62,533	52,597
Net Income (Loss)	91,967	84,377	202,999	169,346
Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest, Total	88,383	82,737	195,380	161,942
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	(3,584)	(1,640)	(7,619)	(7,404)
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member]
Revenues [Abstract]
Revenues	508,171	538,815	1,365,921	1,396,373
Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Revenues [Abstract]
Revenues	662,148	831,659	1,892,991	2,030,755
Operation and Maintenance:
Utilities Operating Expense, Fuel Used	74,310	156,778	233,505	372,637
Utilities Operating Expense, Purchased Power	64,308	74,837	172,230	197,236
Nuclear Refueling Outage Expenses	12,482	14,772	40,671	45,617
Utilities Operating Expense, Maintenance, Operations, and Other Costs and Expenses	193,007	196,408	545,883	531,271
Asset Impairment Charges	0	78,434	131,775	78,434
Accretion Expense, Including Asset Retirement Obligations	23,366	21,989	68,845	65,006
Taxes, Other	40,600	40,157	111,214	107,251
Cost, Depreciation and Amortization	106,004	101,957	312,961	298,105
Other Regulatory Charges (Credits) - Net	(109,305)	(26,380)	(81,620)	(66,409)
Costs and Expenses, Total	404,772	658,952	1,535,464	1,629,148
Operating Income (Loss), Total	257,376	172,707	357,527	401,607
Nonoperating Income (Expense) [Abstract]
Public Utilities, Allowance for Funds Used During Construction, Capitalized Cost of Equity	8,052	5,579	19,446	15,822
Investment Income, Net	16,983	4,627	94,924	17,833
Other Nonoperating Income (Expense)	(7,493)	(8,030)	(13,873)	(16,370)
Nonoperating Income (Expense), Total	17,542	2,176	100,497	17,285
Interest Expense, Operating and Nonoperating [Abstract]
Interest Expense, Debt	57,214	47,648	161,358	139,053
Public Utilities, Allowance for Funds Used During Construction, Additions	3,928	2,241	9,491	6,355
Interest Expense, Nonoperating, Total	53,286	45,407	151,867	132,698
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest, Total	221,632	129,476	306,157	286,194
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)	35,862	30,307	57,308	60,681
Net Income (Loss)	186,727	99,960	252,449	228,939
Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest, Total	185,770	99,169	248,849	225,513
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	(957)	(791)	(3,600)	(3,426)
Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member]
Revenues [Abstract]
Revenues	662,148	831,659	1,892,991	2,030,755
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Revenues [Abstract]
Revenues	1,478,093	1,434,867	3,956,657	3,985,687
Operation and Maintenance:
Utilities Operating Expense, Fuel Used	328,444	242,886	815,102	848,521
Utilities Operating Expense, Purchased Power	147,281	162,934	514,429	491,244
Nuclear Refueling Outage Expenses	19,617	17,569	57,171	45,430
Utilities Operating Expense, Maintenance, Operations, and Other Costs and Expenses	266,743	285,251	802,890	781,339
Accretion Expense, Including Asset Retirement Obligations	20,340	19,138	60,065	56,544
Taxes, Other	52,006	60,360	192,474	185,978
Cost, Depreciation and Amortization	193,422	184,188	573,827	541,530
Other Regulatory Charges (Credits) - Net	(18,689)	(21,470)	93,255	27,759
Costs and Expenses, Total	1,009,164	950,856	3,109,213	2,978,345
Operating Income (Loss), Total	468,929	484,011	847,444	1,007,342
Nonoperating Income (Expense) [Abstract]
Public Utilities, Allowance for Funds Used During Construction, Capitalized Cost of Equity	8,653	6,945	23,460	24,660
Other Nonoperating Income (Expense)	(38,689)	(6,411)	(106,510)	(97,079)
Nonoperating Income (Expense), Total	82,023	70,023	267,680	195,096
Interest Expense, Operating and Nonoperating [Abstract]
Interest Expense, Debt	101,842	93,857	297,573	285,959
Public Utilities, Allowance for Funds Used During Construction, Additions	2,988	3,019	8,058	11,733
Interest Expense, Nonoperating, Total	98,854	90,838	289,515	274,226
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest, Total	452,098	463,196	825,609	928,212
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)	102,303	103,889	161,977	61,621
Net Income (Loss)	349,020	358,497	661,274	864,408
Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest, Total	349,795	359,307	663,632	866,591
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	775	810	2,358	2,183
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Affiliated Entity [Member]
Nonoperating Income (Expense) [Abstract]
Investment Income, Net	77,877	80,971	238,356	218,274
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Nonrelated Party [Member]
Nonoperating Income (Expense) [Abstract]
Investment Income, Net	34,182	(11,482)	112,374	49,241
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member]
Revenues [Abstract]
Revenues	1,464,627	1,421,598	3,898,864	3,933,259
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Natural Gas, US Regulated [Member]
Revenues [Abstract]
Revenues	13,466	13,269	57,793	52,428
Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Revenues [Abstract]
Revenues	232,515	254,316	624,817	651,152
Operation and Maintenance:
Utilities Operating Expense, Fuel Used	19,385	28,922	68,524	99,920
Utilities Operating Expense, Purchased Power	67,947	68,115	192,647	200,664
Utilities Operating Expense, Maintenance, Operations, and Other Costs and Expenses	42,500	45,273	127,552	117,461
Taxes, Other	16,509	17,251	46,118	48,155
Cost, Depreciation and Amortization	21,199	20,831	63,243	60,470
Other Regulatory Charges (Credits) - Net	1,738	4,946	84,917	6,133
Costs and Expenses, Total	169,278	185,338	583,001	532,803
Operating Income (Loss), Total	63,237	68,978	41,816	118,349
Nonoperating Income (Expense) [Abstract]
Public Utilities, Allowance for Funds Used During Construction, Capitalized Cost of Equity	572	332	1,461	1,062
Investment Income, Net	421	1,535	878	5,986
Other Nonoperating Income (Expense)	(298)	(1,943)	54	(2,687)
Nonoperating Income (Expense), Total	695	(76)	2,393	4,361
Interest Expense, Operating and Nonoperating [Abstract]
Interest Expense, Debt	10,600	9,171	30,936	28,793
Public Utilities, Allowance for Funds Used During Construction, Additions	238	161	609	516
Interest Expense, Nonoperating, Total	10,362	9,010	30,327	28,277
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest, Total	53,570	59,892	13,882	94,433
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)	14,438	16,347	2,597	26,889
Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest, Total	39,132	43,545	11,285	67,544
Entergy New Orleans [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member]
Revenues [Abstract]
Revenues	213,663	235,280	549,268	573,191
Entergy New Orleans [Member] | Natural Gas, US Regulated [Member]
Revenues [Abstract]
Revenues	18,852	19,036	75,549	77,961
Entergy Texas [Member]
Revenues [Abstract]
Revenues	596,998	616,595	1,560,566	1,588,531
Operation and Maintenance:
Utilities Operating Expense, Fuel Used	154,340	94,099	365,997	325,155
Utilities Operating Expense, Purchased Power	93,327	131,927	276,383	352,568
Utilities Operating Expense, Maintenance, Operations, and Other Costs and Expenses	80,377	85,929	241,513	213,430
Taxes, Other	25,181	28,372	72,727	85,085
Cost, Depreciation and Amortization	78,331	76,888	258,660	202,288
Other Regulatory Charges (Credits) - Net	4,850	(5,909)	(8,602)	6,541
Costs and Expenses, Total	436,406	411,306	1,206,678	1,185,067
Operating Income (Loss), Total	160,592	205,289	353,888	403,464
Nonoperating Income (Expense) [Abstract]
Public Utilities, Allowance for Funds Used During Construction, Capitalized Cost of Equity	12,976	7,244	33,058	19,093
Investment Income, Net	4,269	2,741	10,964	5,004
Other Nonoperating Income (Expense)	(2,756)	(619)	(8,254)	(2,121)
Nonoperating Income (Expense), Total	14,489	9,366	35,768	21,976
Interest Expense, Operating and Nonoperating [Abstract]
Interest Expense, Debt	34,393	29,524	100,842	83,333
Public Utilities, Allowance for Funds Used During Construction, Additions	5,051	2,714	12,872	7,127
Interest Expense, Nonoperating, Total	29,342	26,810	87,970	76,206
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest, Total	145,739	187,845	301,686	349,234
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)	27,428	37,756	56,409	69,015
Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest, Total	118,311	150,089	245,277	280,219
Preferred Stock Dividends, Income Statement Impact	518	518	1,554	1,554
Net Income (Loss) Available to Common Stockholders, Basic, Total	117,793	149,571	243,723	278,665
Entergy Texas [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member]
Revenues [Abstract]
Revenues	596,998	616,595	1,560,566	1,588,531
System Energy [Member]
Revenues [Abstract]
Revenues	147,339	119,467	445,893	429,423
Operation and Maintenance:
Utilities Operating Expense, Fuel Used	17,427	18,881	47,664	56,511
Nuclear Refueling Outage Expenses	4,180	6,717	14,977	20,028
Utilities Operating Expense, Maintenance, Operations, and Other Costs and Expenses	47,868	52,623	145,037	149,809
Accretion Expense, Including Asset Retirement Obligations	10,923	10,495	32,445	31,173
Taxes, Other	6,802	7,261	20,903	22,271
Cost, Depreciation and Amortization	30,518	(11,597)	90,639	60,843
Other Regulatory Charges (Credits) - Net	(8,347)	(9,207)	13,868	(48,081)
Costs and Expenses, Total	109,371	75,173	365,533	292,554
Operating Income (Loss), Total	37,968	44,294	80,360	136,869
Nonoperating Income (Expense) [Abstract]
Public Utilities, Allowance for Funds Used During Construction, Capitalized Cost of Equity	1,647	1,866	5,532	5,289
Investment Income, Net	5,288	2,738	52,228	10,140
Other Nonoperating Income (Expense)	360	(1,405)	432	(12,096)
Nonoperating Income (Expense), Total	7,295	3,199	58,192	3,333
Interest Expense, Operating and Nonoperating [Abstract]
Interest Expense, Debt	11,652	12,199	34,895	36,325
Public Utilities, Allowance for Funds Used During Construction, Additions	685	448	2,138	1,239
Interest Expense, Nonoperating, Total	10,967	11,751	32,757	35,086
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest, Total	34,296	35,742	105,795	105,116
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)	8,219	8,045	23,752	24,115
Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest, Total	$ 26,077	$ 27,697	$ 82,043	$ 81,001

Consolidated Statements Of Cash

Consolidated Statements Of Cash Flows - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities [Abstract]
Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	$ 774,022	$ 1,374,026
Consolidated Net Income Adjustments To Reconcile Consolidated Net Income To Net Cash Flow [Abstract]
Depreciation, Amortization and Accretion, Net	1,821,258	1,668,540
Deferred Income Taxes and Tax Credits	234,693	257,210
Asset Impairment Charges	131,775	38,078
Pension Expense (Reversal of Expense), Noncash	316,738	0
Changes In Working Capital [Abstract]
Increase (Decrease) in Receivables	(273,120)	(217,483)
Increase (Decrease) in Fuel Inventories	36,653	(34,601)
Increase (Decrease) in Accounts Payable	(137,268)	(304,264)
Increase (Decrease) in Accrued Taxes Payable	136,812	107,899
Increase (Decrease) in Interest Payable, Net	58,838	66,571
Increase (Decrease) in Deferred Fuel Costs	208,363	620,440
Increase (Decrease) in Other Operating Assets and Liabilities, Net	(125,473)	(137,061)
Provision for Other Losses	19,326	(7,171)
Increase (Decrease) in Other Regulatory Assets	182,044	415,101
Increase (Decrease) in Regulatory Liabilities	566,451	204,817
Effect of securitization on regulatory asset	0	(491,150)
Increase (Decrease) in Obligation, Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits	(191,946)	(347,886)
Other Operating Activities, Cash Flow Statement	(650,338)	17,927
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities, Total	3,108,828	3,230,993
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities [Abstract]
Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment	3,264,856	3,373,617
Allowance for Funds Used During Construction, Investing Activities	89,196	72,238
Proceeds from Sale of Productive Assets	0	11,000
Payments for Nuclear Fuel	(206,726)	(201,213)
Payments for (Proceeds from) Productive Assets	544,538	30,433
Proceeds from Insurance Settlement, Investing Activities	7,907	19,493
Payments to Acquire Restricted Investments	(13,937)	(14,320)
Payments for (Proceeds from) Other Investing Activities	3,812	(4,998)
Proceeds from Decommissioning Trust Fund Assets	1,719,342	806,658
Payments to Acquire Investments to be Held in Decommissioning Trust Fund	(1,788,922)	(882,686)
Changes in securitization account	(3,629)	(4,839)
Payments for (Proceeds from) Other Investing Activities	(3,812)	4,998
Litigation proceeds for reimbursement of spent nuclear fuel storage costs	0	23,655
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities, Total	(4,001,615)	(3,579,062)
Proceeds From Issuance Of [Abstract]
Proceeds from Issuance of Long-Term Debt	(6,941,862)	(3,605,237)
Proceeds from Sale of Treasury Stock	96,448	5,184
Repayments of Long-Term Debt	(4,199,949)	(3,384,007)
Proceeds received by storm trusts related to securitization	0	1,457,676
Dividends Paid [Abstract]
Payments of Ordinary Dividends, Common Stock	(723,975)	(678,699)
Payments of Ordinary Dividends, Preferred Stock and Preference Stock	13,739	13,739
Proceeds from (Payments for) Other Financing Activities	87,166	102,835
Proceeds from (Repayments of) Short-Term Debt	(15,762)	523,484
Proceeds from Noncontrolling Interests	0	25,708
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities, Total	2,172,051	1,643,679
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash, and Restricted Cash Equivalents, Period Increase (Decrease), Including Exchange Rate Effect, Total	1,279,264	1,295,610
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash, and Restricted Cash Equivalents	1,411,812	1,519,774	$ 132,548	$ 224,164
Cash Paid Received During Period For [Abstract]
Interest Paid, Excluding Capitalized Interest, Operating Activities	795,273	685,231
Income Taxes Paid, Net	8,789	35,291
Cash Flow, Noncash Investing and Financing Activities Disclosure [Abstract]
Capital Expenditures Incurred but Not yet Paid	420,213	447,095
Proceeds from Sale of Restricted Investments	736	0
Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities [Abstract]
Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	248,849	225,513
Consolidated Net Income Adjustments To Reconcile Consolidated Net Income To Net Cash Flow [Abstract]
Depreciation, Amortization and Accretion, Net	436,279	413,018
Deferred Income Taxes and Tax Credits	69,609	59,931
Asset Impairment Charges	131,775	78,434
Changes In Working Capital [Abstract]
Increase (Decrease) in Receivables	76,233	(45,742)
Increase (Decrease) in Fuel Inventories	19,675	8,001
Increase (Decrease) in Accounts Payable	(24,338)	(71,533)
Increase (Decrease) in Accrued Taxes Payable	14,976	15,033
Increase (Decrease) in Interest Payable, Net	33,080	35,534
Increase (Decrease) in Deferred Fuel Costs	(16,795)	165,982
Increase (Decrease) in Other Operating Assets and Liabilities, Net	(24,630)	(12,517)
Provision for Other Losses	9,981	(24,356)
Increase (Decrease) in Other Regulatory Assets	177,319	(455)
Increase (Decrease) in Regulatory Liabilities	70,199	68,475
Increase (Decrease) in Obligation, Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits	(40,943)	(55,944)
Other Operating Activities, Cash Flow Statement	(344,514)	(96,988)
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities, Total	836,755	762,386
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities [Abstract]
Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment	566,117	768,243
Allowance for Funds Used During Construction, Investing Activities	19,446	15,822
Payments for Nuclear Fuel	(122,065)	(93,775)
Payments for (Proceeds from) Productive Assets	541,618	0
Proceeds from Nuclear Fuel	33,213	32,880
Change in money pool receivable - net	(65,835)	(11,104)
Payments for (Proceeds from) Other Investing Activities	30	106
Proceeds from Decommissioning Trust Fund Assets	482,594	87,878
Payments to Acquire Investments to be Held in Decommissioning Trust Fund	(491,890)	(104,348)
Payments for (Proceeds from) Other Investing Activities	(30)	(106)
Litigation proceeds for reimbursement of spent nuclear fuel storage costs	0	17,933
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities, Total	(1,252,242)	(822,851)
Proceeds From Issuance Of [Abstract]
Proceeds from Issuance of Long-Term Debt	(1,088,957)	(991,606)
Repayments of Long-Term Debt	(635,916)	(515,615)
Proceeds from Contributions from Parent	695,000	0
Change in money pool payable - net	(145,385)	(180,795)
Dividends Paid [Abstract]
Proceeds from (Payments for) Other Financing Activities	49,382	15,390
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities, Total	1,052,038	168,586
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash, and Restricted Cash Equivalents, Period Increase (Decrease), Including Exchange Rate Effect, Total	636,551	108,121
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash, and Restricted Cash Equivalents	640,183	113,399	3,632	5,278
Cash Paid Received During Period For [Abstract]
Interest Paid, Excluding Capitalized Interest, Operating Activities	126,356	101,616
Income Taxes Paid, Net	1,569	0
Cash Flow, Noncash Investing and Financing Activities Disclosure [Abstract]
Capital Expenditures Incurred but Not yet Paid	46,231	61,957
Distribution Made to Limited Liability Company (LLC) Member, Cash Distributions Paid	0	(142,000)
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities [Abstract]
Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	663,632	866,591
Consolidated Net Income Adjustments To Reconcile Consolidated Net Income To Net Cash Flow [Abstract]
Depreciation, Amortization and Accretion, Net	694,525	650,800
Deferred Income Taxes and Tax Credits	173,820	127,074
Changes In Working Capital [Abstract]
Increase (Decrease) in Receivables	(212,759)	(54,518)
Increase (Decrease) in Fuel Inventories	7,580	(19,194)
Increase (Decrease) in Accounts Payable	(54,722)	(153,749)
Increase (Decrease) in Accrued Taxes Payable	140,193	57,979
Increase (Decrease) in Interest Payable, Net	(15,338)	(9,687)
Increase (Decrease) in Deferred Fuel Costs	61,893	133,090
Increase (Decrease) in Other Operating Assets and Liabilities, Net	(254,340)	(262,001)
Provision for Other Losses	11,205	7,249
Increase (Decrease) in Other Regulatory Assets	(92,733)	390,864
Increase (Decrease) in Regulatory Liabilities	384,975	200,267
Effect of securitization on regulatory asset	0	(491,150)
Increase (Decrease) in Obligation, Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits	(33,849)	(43,909)
Other Operating Activities, Cash Flow Statement	(153,666)	(30,918)
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities, Total	1,320,416	1,368,788
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities [Abstract]
Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment	1,031,418	1,194,315
Allowance for Funds Used During Construction, Investing Activities	23,460	24,660
Proceeds from Sale of Productive Assets	1,495	0
Payments for Nuclear Fuel	(74,597)	(136,357)
Proceeds from Nuclear Fuel	63,197	16,733
Change in money pool receivable - net	(10,473)	(79,136)
Proceeds from Insurance Settlement, Investing Activities	7,907	19,493
Payments to Acquire Restricted Investments	(9,843)	(10,463)
Payments to Acquire Interest in Subsidiaries and Affiliates	0	1,457,676
Redemption of preferred membership interests of affiliate	194,604	124,364
Payments for (Proceeds from) Other Investing Activities	35	396
Proceeds from Decommissioning Trust Fund Assets	554,371	473,394
Payments to Acquire Investments to be Held in Decommissioning Trust Fund	(600,068)	(516,047)
Payments for (Proceeds from) Other Investing Activities	(35)	(396)
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities, Total	(881,330)	(2,734,954)
Proceeds From Issuance Of [Abstract]
Proceeds from Issuance of Long-Term Debt	(2,650,002)	(1,196,927)
Repayments of Long-Term Debt	(2,199,926)	(1,505,325)
Proceeds from Contributions from Parent	0	1,457,676
Proceeds received by storm trusts related to securitization	0	1,457,676
Change in money pool payable - net	(156,166)	(226,114)
Dividends Paid [Abstract]
Proceeds from (Payments for) Other Financing Activities	29,671	39,993
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities, Total	(340,519)	2,102,833
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash, and Restricted Cash Equivalents, Period Increase (Decrease), Including Exchange Rate Effect, Total	98,567	736,667
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash, and Restricted Cash Equivalents	101,339	793,280	2,772	56,613
Cash Paid Received During Period For [Abstract]
Interest Paid, Excluding Capitalized Interest, Operating Activities	306,589	288,987
Income Taxes Paid, Net	58	(6,037)
Cash Flow, Noncash Investing and Financing Activities Disclosure [Abstract]
Capital Expenditures Incurred but Not yet Paid	102,761	111,341
Distribution Made to Limited Liability Company (LLC) Member, Cash Distributions Paid	(664,100)	(318,000)
Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities [Abstract]
Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	195,380	161,942
Consolidated Net Income Adjustments To Reconcile Consolidated Net Income To Net Cash Flow [Abstract]
Depreciation, Amortization and Accretion, Net	201,215	196,135
Deferred Income Taxes and Tax Credits	57,459	23,405
Changes In Working Capital [Abstract]
Increase (Decrease) in Receivables	(34,116)	(52,905)
Increase (Decrease) in Fuel Inventories	2,335	(1,746)
Increase (Decrease) in Accounts Payable	(484)	(56,477)
Increase (Decrease) in Accrued Taxes Payable	(14,571)	14,269
Increase (Decrease) in Interest Payable, Net	12,855	11,334
Increase (Decrease) in Deferred Fuel Costs	13,938	215,892
Increase (Decrease) in Other Operating Assets and Liabilities, Net	(20,790)	(24,420)
Provision for Other Losses	(4,534)	2,627
Increase (Decrease) in Other Regulatory Assets	30,049	(35,970)
Increase (Decrease) in Regulatory Liabilities	18,346	(52,712)
Increase (Decrease) in Obligation, Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits	(12,703)	(22,529)
Other Operating Activities, Cash Flow Statement	3,874	30,059
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities, Total	448,253	408,904
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities [Abstract]
Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment	484,952	435,188
Allowance for Funds Used During Construction, Investing Activities	6,239	6,313
Payments for (Proceeds from) Productive Assets	0	30,433
Change in money pool receivable - net	(3,400)	26,879
Payments for (Proceeds from) Other Investing Activities	(80)	(1,076)
Payments for (Proceeds from) Other Investing Activities	80	1,076
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities, Total	(481,457)	(433,505)
Proceeds From Issuance Of [Abstract]
Proceeds from Issuance of Long-Term Debt	(396,032)	(396,853)
Repayments of Long-Term Debt	(200,000)	(400,000)
Change in money pool payable - net	(73,769)	23,893
Dividends Paid [Abstract]
Proceeds from (Payments for) Other Financing Activities	(13,923)	11,484
Proceeds from Noncontrolling Interests	0	25,708
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities, Total	63,707	17,938
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash, and Restricted Cash Equivalents, Period Increase (Decrease), Including Exchange Rate Effect, Total	30,503	(6,663)
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash, and Restricted Cash Equivalents	37,133	10,316	6,630	16,979
Cash Paid Received During Period For [Abstract]
Interest Paid, Excluding Capitalized Interest, Operating Activities	68,370	61,352
Income Taxes Paid, Net	2,356	0
Cash Flow, Noncash Investing and Financing Activities Disclosure [Abstract]
Capital Expenditures Incurred but Not yet Paid	33,632	31,169
Distribution Made to Limited Liability Company (LLC) Member, Cash Distributions Paid	(44,633)	(40,000)
Proceeds from Sale of Restricted Investments	736	0
Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities [Abstract]
Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	11,285	67,544
Consolidated Net Income Adjustments To Reconcile Consolidated Net Income To Net Cash Flow [Abstract]
Depreciation, Amortization and Accretion, Net	63,243	60,470
Deferred Income Taxes and Tax Credits	(890)	23,529
Changes In Working Capital [Abstract]
Increase (Decrease) in Receivables	(124,000)	5,119
Increase (Decrease) in Fuel Inventories	20	2,909
Increase (Decrease) in Accounts Payable	(885)	(28,968)
Increase (Decrease) in Accrued Taxes Payable	3,470	734
Increase (Decrease) in Interest Payable, Net	2,608	2,195
Increase (Decrease) in Deferred Fuel Costs	(626)	8,025
Increase (Decrease) in Other Operating Assets and Liabilities, Net	(5,129)	14,598
Provision for Other Losses	4,101	6,585
Increase (Decrease) in Other Regulatory Assets	10,139	8,597
Increase (Decrease) in Regulatory Liabilities	169,542	17,878
Increase (Decrease) in Obligation, Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits	(7,009)	(4,506)
Other Operating Activities, Cash Flow Statement	(1,941)	923
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities, Total	123,928	185,632
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities [Abstract]
Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment	119,271	128,477
Allowance for Funds Used During Construction, Investing Activities	1,461	1,062
Change in money pool receivable - net	(3,601)	135,427
Payments to Acquire Restricted Investments	(4,014)	(2,712)
Payments for (Proceeds from) Other Investing Activities	0	51
Changes in securitization account	861	(3,437)
Payments for (Proceeds from) Other Investing Activities	0	(51)
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities, Total	(124,564)	1,914
Proceeds From Issuance Of [Abstract]
Proceeds from Issuance of Long-Term Debt	(148,943)	(14,630)
Repayments of Long-Term Debt	(91,245)	(106,073)
Change in money pool payable - net	(21,651)	0
Dividends Paid [Abstract]
Proceeds from (Payments for) Other Financing Activities	(924)	(760)
Proceeds from Advance for and Contribution in Aid of Construction, Financing Activity	0	15,000
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities, Total	35,123	(77,203)
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash, and Restricted Cash Equivalents, Period Increase (Decrease), Including Exchange Rate Effect, Total	34,487	110,343
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash, and Restricted Cash Equivalents	34,513	114,807	26	4,464
Cash Paid Received During Period For [Abstract]
Interest Paid, Excluding Capitalized Interest, Operating Activities	26,678	25,545
Income Taxes Paid, Net	2,598	1,600
Cash Flow, Noncash Investing and Financing Activities Disclosure [Abstract]
Capital Expenditures Incurred but Not yet Paid	3,422	4,737
Entergy Texas [Member]
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities [Abstract]
Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	245,277	280,219
Consolidated Net Income Adjustments To Reconcile Consolidated Net Income To Net Cash Flow [Abstract]
Depreciation, Amortization and Accretion, Net	258,660	202,288
Deferred Income Taxes and Tax Credits	46,499	57,279
Changes In Working Capital [Abstract]
Increase (Decrease) in Receivables	(70,355)	(40,609)
Increase (Decrease) in Fuel Inventories	5,606	(25,734)
Increase (Decrease) in Accounts Payable	35,245	(9,871)
Increase (Decrease) in Accrued Taxes Payable	(8,492)	(29,995)
Increase (Decrease) in Interest Payable, Net	(15,023)	13,612
Increase (Decrease) in Deferred Fuel Costs	149,954	97,451
Increase (Decrease) in Other Operating Assets and Liabilities, Net	(35,684)	(23,042)
Provision for Other Losses	(1,268)	511
Increase (Decrease) in Other Regulatory Assets	20,987	(17,997)
Increase (Decrease) in Regulatory Liabilities	(31,304)	(13,111)
Increase (Decrease) in Obligation, Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits	(12,044)	(8,961)
Other Operating Activities, Cash Flow Statement	(37,239)	16,417
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities, Total	550,819	498,457
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities [Abstract]
Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment	888,132	711,382
Allowance for Funds Used During Construction, Investing Activities	33,058	19,093
Proceeds from Sale of Productive Assets	1,325	11,000
Change in money pool receivable - net	280,904	73,660
Payments for (Proceeds from) Other Investing Activities	840	86
Changes in securitization account	(4,490)	(1,402)
Payments for (Proceeds from) Other Investing Activities	(840)	(86)
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities, Total	(576,495)	(608,945)
Proceeds From Issuance Of [Abstract]
Proceeds from Issuance of Long-Term Debt	(343,436)	(344,966)
Repayments of Long-Term Debt	(9,104)	(8,856)
Dividends Paid [Abstract]
Payments of Ordinary Dividends, Preferred Stock and Preference Stock	1,554	1,554
Proceeds from (Payments for) Other Financing Activities	24,555	23,231
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities, Total	357,333	357,787
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash, and Restricted Cash Equivalents, Period Increase (Decrease), Including Exchange Rate Effect, Total	331,657	247,299
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash, and Restricted Cash Equivalents	353,643	250,796	21,986	3,497
Cash Paid Received During Period For [Abstract]
Interest Paid, Excluding Capitalized Interest, Operating Activities	113,605	67,605
Income Taxes Paid, Net	6,793	30,500
Cash Flow, Noncash Investing and Financing Activities Disclosure [Abstract]
Capital Expenditures Incurred but Not yet Paid	196,788	178,740
System Energy [Member]
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities [Abstract]
Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	82,043	81,001
Consolidated Net Income Adjustments To Reconcile Consolidated Net Income To Net Cash Flow [Abstract]
Depreciation, Amortization and Accretion, Net	162,837	141,213
Deferred Income Taxes and Tax Credits	38,301	24,887
Changes In Working Capital [Abstract]
Increase (Decrease) in Receivables	7,714	49,881
Increase (Decrease) in Accounts Payable	70,282	(16,504)
Increase (Decrease) in Accrued Taxes Payable	(16,404)	(5,782)
Increase (Decrease) in Interest Payable, Net	827	4,571
Increase (Decrease) in Other Operating Assets and Liabilities, Net	(21,934)	8,936
Increase (Decrease) in Other Regulatory Assets	22,117	(64,565)
Increase (Decrease) in Regulatory Liabilities	(45,306)	(15,981)
Increase (Decrease) in Obligation, Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits	(10,660)	(14,484)
Other Operating Activities, Cash Flow Statement	(176,537)	(37,983)
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities, Total	113,280	155,190
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities [Abstract]
Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment	117,597	80,068
Allowance for Funds Used During Construction, Investing Activities	5,532	5,289
Payments for Nuclear Fuel	(122,946)	(57,790)
Proceeds from Nuclear Fuel	16,465	37,104
Change in money pool receivable - net	(8,119)	85,209
Payments for (Proceeds from) Other Investing Activities	23	(4)
Proceeds from Decommissioning Trust Fund Assets	682,377	245,386
Payments to Acquire Investments to be Held in Decommissioning Trust Fund	(696,964)	(262,291)
Payments for (Proceeds from) Other Investing Activities	(23)	4
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities, Total	(241,229)	(27,165)
Proceeds From Issuance Of [Abstract]
Proceeds from Issuance of Long-Term Debt	(812,087)	(662,965)
Repayments of Long-Term Debt	(743,757)	(698,137)
Proceeds from Contributions from Parent	150,000	0
Change in money pool payable - net	(12,246)	0
Dividends Paid [Abstract]
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities, Total	206,084	(35,172)
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash, and Restricted Cash Equivalents, Period Increase (Decrease), Including Exchange Rate Effect, Total	78,135	92,853
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash, and Restricted Cash Equivalents	78,195	95,793	$ 60	$ 2,940
Cash Paid Received During Period For [Abstract]
Interest Paid, Excluding Capitalized Interest, Operating Activities	36,497	30,249
Income Taxes Paid, Net	(2,326)	0
Cash Flow, Noncash Investing and Financing Activities Disclosure [Abstract]
Capital Expenditures Incurred but Not yet Paid	$ 15,240	$ 16,732

Consolidated Balance Sheets

Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Abstract]
Cash	$ 91,247	$ 71,609
Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	1,320,565	60,939
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value, Total	1,411,812	132,548
Accounts Receivable [Abstract]
Accounts Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss, Current	939,477	699,411
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Current	(22,090)	(25,905)
Other Receivables	203,242	225,334
Unbilled Receivables, Current	545,946	494,615
Accounts and Other Receivables, Net, Current	1,666,575	1,393,455
Deferred Fuel Cost	6,774	169,967
Energy Related Inventory	156,146	192,799
Public Utilities, Inventory	1,623,051	1,418,969
Prepaid Expense and Other Assets, Current	246,079	213,016
Deferred Nuclear Refueling Outage Costs	107,369	140,115
Assets, Current, Total	5,217,806	3,660,869
Assets, Noncurrent [Abstract]
Decommissioning Fund Investments	5,541,880	4,863,710
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net	420,975	418,546
Asset Recovery Damaged Property Costs, Noncurrent	336,407	323,206
Other Long-Term Investments	72,127	69,494
Long-Term Investments, Total	6,371,389	5,674,956
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Net [Abstract]
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Electric	69,062,171	66,850,474
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Natural Gas	740,293	717,503
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Construction Work in Progress	3,476,086	2,109,703
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Fuel	704,843	707,852
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Plant in Service, Total	73,983,393	70,385,532
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Accumulated Depreciation	27,540,653	26,551,203
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Net, Total	46,442,740	43,834,329
Regulatory Asset [Abstract]
Regulatory Asset, Noncurrent	5,487,360	5,669,404
Deferred Fuel Cost, Noncurrent	172,201	172,201
Goodwill	374,099	374,099
Deferred Income Tax Assets, Net	15,837	16,367
Other Assets, Noncurrent	380,617	301,171
Deferred Costs and Other Assets	6,430,114	6,533,242
Assets, Total	64,462,049	59,703,396
Liabilities, Current [Abstract]
Long-Term Debt, Current Maturities	1,317,090	2,099,057
Short-Term Debt	1,122,409	1,138,171
Accounts Payable, Current	1,523,279	1,566,745
Contract with Customer, Refund Liability, Current	466,770	446,146
Taxes Payable, Current	571,025	434,213
Interest Payable, Current	273,035	214,197
Deferred Fuel Costs Current Liabilities	264,097	218,927
Liability, Defined Benefit Plan, Current	55,151	59,508
Other Liabilities, Current	266,390	219,528
Liabilities, Current, Total	5,859,246	6,396,492
Liabilities, Noncurrent [Abstract]
Deferred Income Taxes and Other Tax Liabilities, Noncurrent	4,549,519	4,245,982
Accumulated Deferred Investment Tax Credit	197,580	205,973
Regulatory Liability For Income Taxes - Net	1,032,288	1,033,242
Regulatory Liability, Noncurrent	3,684,331	3,116,926
Asset Retirement Obligations, Noncurrent	4,816,619	4,505,782
Loss Contingency Accrual	481,896	462,570
Liability, Defined Benefit Plan, Noncurrent	460,824	648,413
Long-Term Debt, Excluding Current Maturities	26,563,350	23,008,839
Deferred Credits and Other Liabilities	1,455,275	1,116,661
Liabilities, Noncurrent, Total	43,241,682	38,344,388
Commitments and Contingencies
Temporary Equity, Carrying Amount, Attributable to Parent	219,410	219,410
Common Shareholders Equity [Abstract]
Preferred Stock, Value, Issued	0	0
Common Stock, Value, Issued	2,810	2,810
Additional Paid in Capital, Common Stock	7,808,406	7,795,411
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit)	11,985,552	11,940,384
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	76,185	(162,460)
Treasury Stock, Value	4,840,111	4,953,498
Equity, Attributable to Parent, Total	15,032,842	14,622,647
Equity, Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	108,869	120,459
Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest, Total	15,141,711	14,743,106
Liabilities and Equity, Total	64,462,049	59,703,396
Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Abstract]
Cash	7,247	520
Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	632,936	3,112
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value, Total	640,183	3,632
Accounts Receivable [Abstract]
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Current	(5,069)	(7,182)
Other Receivables	67,388	89,532
Unbilled Receivables, Current	124,171	117,119
Accounts and Other Receivables, Net, Current	471,263	481,661
Energy Related Inventory	37,820	57,495
Public Utilities, Inventory	404,995	358,302
Prepaid Expense and Other Assets, Current	40,231	40,866
Deferred Nuclear Refueling Outage Costs	36,320	35,463
Assets, Current, Total	1,630,812	977,419
Assets, Noncurrent [Abstract]
Decommissioning Fund Investments	1,601,796	1,414,009
Other Long-Term Investments	798	801
Long-Term Investments, Total	1,602,594	1,414,810
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Net [Abstract]
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Electric	15,540,379	14,821,814
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Construction Work in Progress	717,530	340,601
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Fuel	238,710	213,722
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Plant in Service, Total	16,496,619	15,376,137
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Accumulated Depreciation	6,225,012	6,002,203
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Net, Total	10,271,607	9,373,934
Regulatory Asset [Abstract]
Regulatory Asset, Noncurrent	1,708,042	1,885,361
Other Assets, Noncurrent	151,548	21,334
Deferred Costs and Other Assets	1,859,590	1,906,695
Assets, Total	15,364,603	13,672,858
Liabilities, Current [Abstract]
Long-Term Debt, Current Maturities	0	375,000
Contract with Customer, Refund Liability, Current	126,165	113,186
Taxes Payable, Current	120,127	105,151
Interest Payable, Current	68,450	35,370
Deferred Fuel Costs Current Liabilities	71,487	88,282
Other Liabilities, Current	67,165	55,683
Liabilities, Current, Total	721,048	1,213,518
Liabilities, Noncurrent [Abstract]
Deferred Income Taxes and Other Tax Liabilities, Noncurrent	1,475,800	1,437,053
Accumulated Deferred Investment Tax Credit	26,369	27,270
Regulatory Liability For Income Taxes - Net	417,942	392,496
Regulatory Liability, Noncurrent	803,934	759,181
Asset Retirement Obligations, Noncurrent	1,703,370	1,560,057
Loss Contingency Accrual	68,940	58,959
Liability, Defined Benefit Plan, Noncurrent	91,547	8,901
Long-Term Debt, Excluding Current Maturities	5,135,751	4,298,080
Deferred Credits and Other Liabilities	216,113	156,673
Liabilities, Noncurrent, Total	9,939,766	8,698,670
Commitments and Contingencies
Common Shareholders Equity [Abstract]
Members' Equity	4,686,520	3,739,071
Equity, Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	17,269	21,599
Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest, Total	4,703,789	3,760,670
Liabilities and Equity, Total	15,364,603	13,672,858
Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Affiliated Entity [Member]
Accounts Receivable [Abstract]
Accounts Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss, Current	105,216	124,672
Liabilities, Current [Abstract]
Accounts Payable, Current	58,479	225,344
Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Nonrelated Party [Member]
Accounts Receivable [Abstract]
Accounts Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss, Current	179,557	157,520
Liabilities, Current [Abstract]
Accounts Payable, Current	209,175	215,502
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Abstract]
Cash	572	2,255
Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	100,767	517
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value, Total	101,339	2,772
Accounts Receivable [Abstract]
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Current	(5,703)	(6,156)
Other Receivables	58,441	74,685
Unbilled Receivables, Current	222,819	202,173
Accounts and Other Receivables, Net, Current	841,002	617,770
Deferred Fuel Cost	0	24,800
Energy Related Inventory	50,238	57,818
Public Utilities, Inventory	749,198	652,180
Prepaid Expense and Other Assets, Current	310,196	71,613
Deferred Nuclear Refueling Outage Costs	47,307	96,047
Assets, Current, Total	2,099,280	1,523,000
Assets, Noncurrent [Abstract]
Investments in and Advance to Affiliates, Subsidiaries, Associates, and Joint Ventures	4,301,641	4,496,245
Decommissioning Fund Investments	2,414,795	2,107,384
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net	407,752	404,043
Asset Recovery Damaged Property Costs, Noncurrent	253,662	243,819
Other Long-Term Investments	9,668	9,367
Long-Term Investments, Total	7,387,518	7,260,858
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Net [Abstract]
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Electric	28,479,977	27,800,467
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Natural Gas	328,174	315,658
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Construction Work in Progress	753,066	592,803
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Fuel	258,395	333,472
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Plant in Service, Total	29,819,612	29,042,400
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Accumulated Depreciation	10,913,299	10,570,707
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Net, Total	18,906,313	18,471,693
Regulatory Asset [Abstract]
Regulatory Asset, Noncurrent	1,741,585	1,648,852
Deferred Fuel Cost, Noncurrent	168,122	168,122
Other Assets, Noncurrent	55,524	36,945
Deferred Costs and Other Assets	1,965,231	1,853,919
Assets, Total	30,358,342	29,109,470
Liabilities, Current [Abstract]
Long-Term Debt, Current Maturities	300,000	1,400,000
Contract with Customer, Refund Liability, Current	172,631	167,905
Taxes Payable, Current	206,656	66,463
Interest Payable, Current	76,318	91,656
Deferred Fuel Costs Current Liabilities	37,093	0
Other Liabilities, Current	108,904	87,468
Liabilities, Current, Total	1,514,102	2,563,922
Liabilities, Noncurrent [Abstract]
Deferred Income Taxes and Other Tax Liabilities, Noncurrent	2,554,396	2,391,442
Accumulated Deferred Investment Tax Credit	89,820	93,242
Regulatory Liability For Income Taxes - Net	194,426	193,754
Regulatory Liability, Noncurrent	1,791,992	1,407,689
Asset Retirement Obligations, Noncurrent	1,940,069	1,836,240
Loss Contingency Accrual	275,074	263,869
Liability, Defined Benefit Plan, Noncurrent	238,586	271,928
Long-Term Debt, Excluding Current Maturities	9,576,127	8,020,689
Deferred Credits and Other Liabilities	617,887	493,176
Liabilities, Noncurrent, Total	17,278,377	14,972,029
Commitments and Contingencies
Common Shareholders Equity [Abstract]
Members' Equity	11,471,670	11,473,614
Equity, Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	45,466	45,107
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	48,727	54,798
Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest, Total	11,565,863	11,573,519
Liabilities and Equity, Total	30,358,342	29,109,470
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Affiliated Entity [Member]
Accounts Receivable [Abstract]
Accounts Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss, Current	171,439	82,292
Liabilities, Current [Abstract]
Accounts Payable, Current	92,973	283,016
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Nonrelated Party [Member]
Accounts Receivable [Abstract]
Accounts Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss, Current	394,006	264,776
Liabilities, Current [Abstract]
Accounts Payable, Current	519,527	467,414
Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Abstract]
Cash	761	30
Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	36,372	6,600
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value, Total	37,133	6,630
Accounts Receivable [Abstract]
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Current	(2,714)	(3,312)
Other Receivables	23,613	17,697
Unbilled Receivables, Current	77,690	71,465
Accounts and Other Receivables, Net, Current	249,753	212,236
Energy Related Inventory	13,861	16,196
Public Utilities, Inventory	111,342	95,526
Prepaid Expense and Other Assets, Current	12,916	12,740
Assets, Current, Total	425,005	343,328
Assets, Noncurrent [Abstract]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net	4,486	4,497
Asset Recovery Damaged Property Costs, Noncurrent	0	656
Long-Term Investments, Total	4,486	5,153
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Net [Abstract]
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Electric	7,695,382	7,455,145
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Construction Work in Progress	356,032	139,635
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Plant in Service, Total	8,051,414	7,594,780
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Accumulated Depreciation	2,472,037	2,346,327
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Net, Total	5,579,377	5,248,453
Regulatory Asset [Abstract]
Regulatory Asset, Noncurrent	549,027	579,076
Other Assets, Noncurrent	75,340	51,996
Deferred Costs and Other Assets	624,367	631,072
Assets, Total	6,633,235	6,228,006
Liabilities, Current [Abstract]
Long-Term Debt, Current Maturities	0	100,000
Contract with Customer, Refund Liability, Current	93,746	92,637
Taxes Payable, Current	100,563	115,134
Interest Payable, Current	34,392	21,537
Deferred Fuel Costs Current Liabilities	144,583	130,645
Other Liabilities, Current	21,970	26,463
Liabilities, Current, Total	564,522	712,646
Liabilities, Noncurrent [Abstract]
Deferred Income Taxes and Other Tax Liabilities, Noncurrent	884,553	821,744
Accumulated Deferred Investment Tax Credit	13,267	13,811
Regulatory Liability For Income Taxes - Net	180,729	188,714
Regulatory Liability, Noncurrent	60,027	33,696
Asset Retirement Obligations, Noncurrent	30,725	8,229
Loss Contingency Accrual	34,947	39,481
Long-Term Debt, Excluding Current Maturities	2,426,893	2,129,510
Deferred Credits and Other Liabilities	78,611	71,961
Liabilities, Noncurrent, Total	3,709,752	3,307,146
Commitments and Contingencies
Common Shareholders Equity [Abstract]
Members' Equity	2,347,827	2,189,461
Equity, Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	11,134	18,753
Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest, Total	2,358,961	2,208,214
Liabilities and Equity, Total	6,633,235	6,228,006
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Affiliated Entity [Member]
Accounts Receivable [Abstract]
Accounts Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss, Current	13,778	4,997
Liabilities, Current [Abstract]
Accounts Payable, Current	46,602	133,571
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Nonrelated Party [Member]
Accounts Receivable [Abstract]
Accounts Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss, Current	137,386	121,389
Liabilities, Current [Abstract]
Accounts Payable, Current	122,666	92,659
Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Abstract]
Cash	98	26
Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	34,415	0
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value, Total	34,513	26
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents, Current	1,565	2,426
Accounts Receivable [Abstract]
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Current	(6,952)	(7,770)
Other Receivables	5,109	5,270
Unbilled Receivables, Current	36,709	31,087
Accounts and Other Receivables, Net, Current	225,103	97,502
Deferred Fuel Cost	6,774	6,148
Energy Related Inventory	3,278	3,298
Public Utilities, Inventory	33,639	30,019
Prepaid Expense and Other Assets, Current	15,759	11,482
Prepaid Taxes	0	1,574
Assets, Current, Total	320,631	152,475
Assets, Noncurrent [Abstract]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net	832	832
Asset Recovery Damaged Property Costs, Noncurrent	82,745	78,731
Long-Term Investments, Total	83,577	79,563
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Net [Abstract]
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Electric	2,096,668	2,046,928
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Natural Gas	412,120	401,846
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Construction Work in Progress	57,197	25,424
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Plant in Service, Total	2,565,985	2,474,198
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Accumulated Depreciation	894,610	858,672
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Net, Total	1,671,375	1,615,526
Regulatory Asset [Abstract]
Regulatory Asset, Noncurrent	172,228	182,367
Deferred Fuel Cost, Noncurrent	4,080	4,080
Other Assets, Noncurrent	87,363	63,964
Deferred Costs and Other Assets	263,671	250,411
Assets, Total	2,339,254	2,097,975
Liabilities, Current [Abstract]
Long-Term Debt, Current Maturities	78,000	85,000
Contract with Customer, Refund Liability, Current	33,159	32,420
Taxes Payable, Current	1,896	0
Interest Payable, Current	11,142	8,534
Other Liabilities, Current	11,309	8,953
Liabilities, Current, Total	226,791	252,731
Liabilities, Noncurrent [Abstract]
Deferred Income Taxes and Other Tax Liabilities, Noncurrent	195,942	195,615
Accumulated Deferred Investment Tax Credit	15,644	16,457
Regulatory Liability For Income Taxes - Net	33,974	36,061
Regulatory Liability, Noncurrent	262,063	90,434
Loss Contingency Accrual	92,225	88,124
Long-Term Debt, Excluding Current Maturities	650,332	584,171
Deferred Credits and Other Liabilities	37,240	20,624
Liabilities, Noncurrent, Total	1,294,424	1,038,490
Commitments and Contingencies
Common Shareholders Equity [Abstract]
Members' Equity	818,039	806,754
Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest, Total	818,039	806,754
Liabilities and Equity, Total	2,339,254	2,097,975
Entergy New Orleans [Member] | Affiliated Entity [Member]
Accounts Receivable [Abstract]
Accounts Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss, Current	104,612	1,657
Liabilities, Current [Abstract]
Notes Payable, Current	1,275	1,275
Accounts Payable, Current	44,847	76,736
Liabilities, Noncurrent [Abstract]
Notes Payable, Noncurrent	7,004	7,004
Entergy New Orleans [Member] | Nonrelated Party [Member]
Accounts Receivable [Abstract]
Accounts Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss, Current	85,625	67,258
Liabilities, Current [Abstract]
Accounts Payable, Current	45,163	39,813
Entergy Texas [Member]
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Abstract]
Cash	289	1,497
Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	353,354	20,489
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value, Total	353,643	21,986
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents, Current	9,686	5,195
Accounts Receivable [Abstract]
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Current	(1,652)	(1,484)
Other Receivables	27,193	24,416
Unbilled Receivables, Current	84,558	72,771
Accounts and Other Receivables, Net, Current	303,563	514,112
Deferred Fuel Cost	0	139,019
Energy Related Inventory	45,241	50,847
Public Utilities, Inventory	153,989	123,020
Prepaid Expense and Other Assets, Current	43,938	35,232
Assets, Current, Total	910,060	889,411
Assets, Noncurrent [Abstract]
Investments in and Advance to Affiliates, Subsidiaries, Associates, and Joint Ventures	118	214
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net	376	376
Other Long-Term Investments	15,374	15,068
Long-Term Investments, Total	15,868	15,658
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Net [Abstract]
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Electric	8,288,259	7,931,340
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Construction Work in Progress	1,447,020	857,707
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Plant in Service, Total	9,735,279	8,789,047
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Accumulated Depreciation	2,528,368	2,363,919
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Net, Total	7,206,911	6,425,128
Regulatory Asset [Abstract]
Regulatory Asset, Noncurrent	575,619	596,606
Other Assets, Noncurrent	163,334	129,769
Deferred Costs and Other Assets	738,953	726,375
Assets, Total	8,871,792	8,056,572
Liabilities, Current [Abstract]
Contract with Customer, Refund Liability, Current	41,069	39,999
Taxes Payable, Current	70,395	78,887
Interest Payable, Current	16,262	31,285
Deferred Fuel Costs Current Liabilities	10,935	0
Other Liabilities, Current	20,773	16,237
Liabilities, Current, Total	513,859	436,534
Liabilities, Noncurrent [Abstract]
Deferred Income Taxes and Other Tax Liabilities, Noncurrent	874,261	814,905
Accumulated Deferred Investment Tax Credit	7,402	7,963
Regulatory Liability For Income Taxes - Net	98,901	114,759
Regulatory Liability, Noncurrent	27,567	43,013
Asset Retirement Obligations, Noncurrent	17,457	11,743
Loss Contingency Accrual	8,212	9,480
Long-Term Debt, Excluding Current Maturities	3,561,402	3,225,092
Deferred Credits and Other Liabilities	400,346	274,421
Liabilities, Noncurrent, Total	4,995,548	4,501,376
Commitments and Contingencies
Common Shareholders Equity [Abstract]
Preferred Stock, Value, Issued	38,750	38,750
Common Stock, Value, Issued	49,452	49,452
Additional Paid in Capital, Common Stock	1,200,125	1,200,125
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit)	2,074,058	1,830,335
Equity, Attributable to Parent, Total	3,323,635	3,079,912
Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest, Total	3,362,385	3,118,662
Liabilities and Equity, Total	8,871,792	8,056,572
Entergy Texas [Member] | Affiliated Entity [Member]
Accounts Receivable [Abstract]
Accounts Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss, Current	50,561	329,941
Liabilities, Current [Abstract]
Accounts Payable, Current	64,376	74,423
Entergy Texas [Member] | Nonrelated Party [Member]
Accounts Receivable [Abstract]
Accounts Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss, Current	142,903	88,468
Liabilities, Current [Abstract]
Accounts Payable, Current	290,049	195,703
System Energy [Member]
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Abstract]
Cash	616	60
Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	77,579	0
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value, Total	78,195	60
Accounts Receivable [Abstract]
Accounts Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss, Current	56,881	54,544
Other Receivables	4,929	6,861
Accounts and Other Receivables, Net, Current	61,810	61,405
Public Utilities, Inventory	165,368	155,565
Prepaid Expense and Other Assets, Current	6,817	3,373
Deferred Nuclear Refueling Outage Costs	23,742	8,603
Assets, Current, Total	335,932	229,006
Assets, Noncurrent [Abstract]
Decommissioning Fund Investments	1,525,289	1,342,317
Long-Term Investments, Total	1,525,289	1,342,317
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Net [Abstract]
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Electric	5,613,464	5,495,728
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Construction Work in Progress	96,380	130,866
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Fuel	207,738	160,655
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Plant in Service, Total	5,917,582	5,787,249
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Accumulated Depreciation	3,553,541	3,493,299
Public Utilities, Property, Plant and Equipment, Net, Total	2,364,041	2,293,950
Regulatory Asset [Abstract]
Regulatory Asset, Noncurrent	424,243	446,360
Other Assets, Noncurrent	13,408	730
Deferred Costs and Other Assets	437,651	447,090
Assets, Total	4,662,913	4,312,363
Liabilities, Current [Abstract]
Long-Term Debt, Current Maturities	90	57
Taxes Payable, Current	10,997	27,401
Interest Payable, Current	13,781	12,954
Other Liabilities, Current	4,353	4,354
Liabilities, Current, Total	258,329	236,869
Liabilities, Noncurrent [Abstract]
Deferred Income Taxes and Other Tax Liabilities, Noncurrent	445,859	405,744
Accumulated Deferred Investment Tax Credit	44,908	46,960
Regulatory Liability For Income Taxes - Net	106,316	107,458
Regulatory Liability, Noncurrent	738,748	782,912
Asset Retirement Obligations, Noncurrent	1,116,679	1,084,234
Liability, Defined Benefit Plan, Noncurrent	21,535	19,491
Long-Term Debt, Excluding Current Maturities	809,495	738,402
Deferred Credits and Other Liabilities	462	1,754
Liabilities, Noncurrent, Total	3,284,002	3,186,955
Commitments and Contingencies
Common Shareholders Equity [Abstract]
Common Stock, Value, Issued	1,066,850	916,850
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit)	53,732	(28,311)
Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest, Total	1,120,582	888,539
Liabilities and Equity, Total	4,662,913	4,312,363
System Energy [Member] | Affiliated Entity [Member]
Liabilities, Current [Abstract]
Accounts Payable, Current	188,152	118,523
System Energy [Member] | Nonrelated Party [Member]
Liabilities, Current [Abstract]
Accounts Payable, Current	$ 40,956	$ 73,580

Consolidated Statements Of Comp

Consolidated Statements Of Comprehensive Income - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023
Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	$ 645,754	$ 669,714	$ 774,022	$ 1,374,026
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax [Abstract]
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Defined Benefit Plan, Gain (Loss), Reclassification Adjustment from AOCI, after Tax	(4,176)	(2,434)	238,645	(3,699)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Total	(4,176)	(2,434)	238,645	(3,699)
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest, Total	641,578	667,280	1,012,667	1,370,327
Preferred dividend requirements of subsidiaries and net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests	814	2,959	4,879	5,092
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent, Total	640,764	664,321	1,007,788	1,365,235
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	349,795	359,307	663,632	866,591
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax [Abstract]
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Defined Benefit Plan, Gain (Loss), Reclassification Adjustment from AOCI, after Tax	(2,024)	(1,829)	(6,071)	(4,388)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Total	(2,024)	(1,829)	(6,071)	(4,388)
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest, Total	347,771	357,478	657,561	862,203
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	775	810	2,358	2,183
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent, Total	346,996	356,668	655,203	860,020
Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	185,770	99,169	248,849	225,513
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax [Abstract]
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	(957)	(791)	(3,600)	(3,426)
System Energy [Member]
Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	$ 26,077	$ 27,697	$ 82,043	$ 81,001

Consolidated Statements Of Chan

Consolidated Statements Of Changes In Equity - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Total	Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Retained Earnings [Member]	AOCI Attributable to Parent [Member]	Common Stock [Member]	Treasury Stock, Common [Member]	Subsidiaries Preferred Stock and Noncontrolling Interests [Member]	Entergy Texas [Member]	Entergy Texas [Member] Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Entergy Texas [Member] Retained Earnings [Member]	Entergy Texas [Member] Common Stock [Member]	Entergy Texas [Member] Preferred Stock [Member]	Entergy Mississippi [Member]	Entergy Mississippi [Member] Member's Equity [Member]	Entergy Mississippi [Member] Noncontrolling Interest [Member]	Entergy Arkansas [Member]	Entergy Arkansas [Member] Member's Equity [Member]	Entergy Arkansas [Member] Noncontrolling Interest [Member]	Entergy Louisiana [Member]	Entergy Louisiana [Member] Restoration Law Trust II [Member] Entergy Finance Company [Member]	Entergy Louisiana [Member] Member's Equity [Member]	Entergy Louisiana [Member] AOCI Attributable to Parent [Member]	Entergy Louisiana [Member] Noncontrolling Interest [Member]	Entergy New Orleans [Member]	System Energy [Member]	System Energy [Member] Retained Earnings [Member]	System Energy [Member] Common Stock [Member]	Entergy Corporation [Member]
Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	$ 13,064,892	$ 7,632,895	$ 10,502,041	$ (191,754)	$ 2,797	$ (4,978,994)	$ 97,907	$ 2,679,461	$ 1,050,125	$ 1,541,134	$ 49,452	$ 38,750	$ 2,040,537	$ 2,037,190	$ 3,347	$ 3,781,815	$ 3,753,990	$ 27,825	$ 9,493,448		$ 9,406,343	$ 55,370	$ 31,735		$ 949,767	$ (137,083)	$ 1,086,850
Members' Equity																								$ 702,816
Dividends, Preferred Stock, Cash	4,580						4,580	518		518																		$ 4,000
Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	312,299		310,935				1,364	41,673		41,673			20,940	23,081	(2,141)	59,397	61,026	(1,629)	244,024		243,470		554	10,142	27,545	27,545
Capital Contribution from Parent																			1,457,676		1,457,676
Common equity distributions													12,500	12,500		80,000	80,000		160,250		160,250
Dividends, Common Stock, Cash	(226,194)		(226,194)
Noncontrolling Interest, Increase from Subsidiary Equity Issuance	14,577						14,577												14,577				14,577
Noncontrolling Interest, Decrease from Distributions to Noncontrolling Interest Holders	(574)						(574)									(104)		(104)	(470)				(470)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	2,027			2,027															(786)			(786)
Shares Issued, Value, Share-Based Payment Arrangement, after Forfeiture	(4,481)	15,118				(19,599)
Stockholders' Equity, Other																			(28)		(28)
Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	$ 1,374,026							280,219					161,942			225,513			866,591					67,544	81,001
Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Declared	$ 3.21
Payments of Ordinary Dividends, Preferred Stock and Preference Stock	$ (13,739)							(1,554)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	(3,699)																		(4,388)
Proceeds from Contributions from Parent																0			1,457,676						0
Proceeds from Noncontrolling Interests	25,708												25,708
Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	13,166,928	7,617,777	10,586,782	(189,727)	2,797	(4,959,395)	108,694	2,720,616	1,050,125	1,582,289	49,452	38,750	2,048,977	2,047,771	1,206	3,761,108	3,735,016	26,092	11,048,191		10,947,211	54,584	46,396		977,312	(109,538)	1,086,850
Members' Equity																								712,958
Dividends, Preferred Stock, Cash	4,580						4,580	518		518																		4,000
Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	392,014		391,244				770	88,457		88,457			58,265	61,888	(3,623)	66,948	67,954	(1,006)	263,260		262,441		819	13,857	25,759	25,759
Common equity distributions													27,500	27,500		9,000	9,000
Dividends, Common Stock, Cash	(226,248)		(226,248)
Capital contribution from noncontrolling interest	25,708						25,708						25,708		25,708
Noncontrolling Interest, Decrease from Distributions to Noncontrolling Interest Holders	(113)						(113)									(113)		(113)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	(3,292)			(3,292)															(1,773)			(1,773)
Shares Issued, Value, Share-Based Payment Arrangement, after Forfeiture	(17,128)	(16,528)				(600)
Stockholders' Equity, Other																			15		15
Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	13,367,545	7,634,305	10,751,778	(193,019)	2,797	(4,958,795)	130,479	2,808,555	1,050,125	1,670,228	49,452	38,750	2,105,450	2,082,159	23,291	3,818,943	3,793,970	24,973	11,309,693		11,209,667	52,811	47,215		1,003,071	(83,779)	1,086,850
Members' Equity																								726,815
Dividends, Preferred Stock, Cash	4,580						4,580	518		518
Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	669,714		666,755				2,959	150,089		150,089			82,737	84,377	(1,640)	99,169	99,960	(791)	359,307		358,497		810	43,545	27,697	27,697
Common equity distributions																53,000	53,000		157,750		157,750
Dividends, Common Stock, Cash	(226,257)		(226,257)
Noncontrolling Interest, Decrease from Distributions to Noncontrolling Interest Holders	$ (1,318)						(1,318)									(507)		(507)	(811)				(811)
Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Declared	$ 1.07
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	$ (2,434)			(2,434)															(1,829)			(1,829)
Shares Issued, Value, Share-Based Payment Arrangement, after Forfeiture	(16,338)	(15,065)				(1,273)
Stockholders' Equity, Other																			(12)		(12)
Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	13,819,008	7,649,370	11,192,276	(195,453)	2,797	(4,957,522)	127,540	2,958,126	1,050,125	1,819,799	49,452	38,750	2,188,187	2,166,536	21,651	3,864,605	3,840,930	23,675	11,508,598		11,410,402	50,982	47,214		1,030,768	(56,082)	1,086,850
Members' Equity																								770,360
Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	14,743,106	7,795,411	11,940,384	(162,460)	2,810	(4,953,498)	120,459	3,118,662	1,200,125	1,830,335	49,452	38,750	2,208,214	2,189,461	18,753	3,760,670	3,739,071	21,599	11,573,519		11,473,614	54,798	45,107	806,754	888,539	(28,311)	916,850
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest, Equity, Preferred, Fair Value																				$ 1,500,000
Members' Equity													2,189,461			3,739,071			11,473,614					806,754
Dividends, Preferred Stock, Cash	4,580						4,580	518		518																		4,000
Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	76,536		75,281				1,255	36,744		36,744			27,432	29,734	(2,302)	(32,280)	(30,462)	(1,818)	182,723		181,928		795	(48,980)	31,118	31,118
Capital Contribution from Parent																275,000	275,000								150,000		150,000
Common equity distributions																			97,500		97,500
Dividends, Common Stock, Cash	(240,959)		(240,959)
Noncontrolling Interest, Decrease from Distributions to Noncontrolling Interest Holders	(1,108)						(1,108)									(250)		(250)	(858)				(858)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	(3,668)			(3,668)															(2,024)			(2,024)
Shares Issued, Value, Share-Based Payment Arrangement, after Forfeiture	(5,039)	25,842				(30,881)
Stockholders' Equity, Other																			(43)		(43)
Noncash Capital Contribution from Parent																			976		976
Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	$ 774,022							245,277					195,380			248,849			663,632					11,285	82,043
Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Declared	$ 3.39
Payments of Ordinary Dividends, Preferred Stock and Preference Stock	$ (13,739)							(1,554)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	238,645																		(6,071)
Proceeds from Contributions from Parent																695,000			0						150,000
Proceeds from Noncontrolling Interests	0												0
Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	14,574,366	7,769,569	11,774,706	(166,128)	2,810	(4,922,617)	116,026	3,154,888	1,200,125	1,866,561	49,452	38,750	2,235,646	2,219,195	16,451	4,003,140	3,983,609	19,531	11,656,793		11,558,975	52,774	45,044		1,069,657	2,807	1,066,850
Members' Equity																								757,774
Dividends, Preferred Stock, Cash	4,580						4,580	518		518																		$ 4,000
Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	51,732		48,922				2,810	90,222		90,222			79,565	81,298	(1,733)	95,359	96,184	(825)	131,114		130,326		788	21,133	24,848	24,848
Capital Contribution from Parent																420,000	420,000
Common equity distributions													22,300	22,300					566,600		566,600
Dividends, Common Stock, Cash	(241,296)		(241,296)
Noncontrolling Interest, Decrease from Distributions to Noncontrolling Interest Holders	(330)						(330)									(31)		(31)	(299)				(299)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	246,489			246,489															(2,023)			(2,023)
Shares Issued, Value, Share-Based Payment Arrangement, after Forfeiture	(55,274)	(16,352)				(38,922)
Stockholders' Equity, Other																			(40)		(40)
Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	14,681,655	7,785,921	11,582,332	80,361	2,810	(4,883,695)	113,926	3,244,592	1,200,125	1,956,265	49,452	38,750	2,292,911	2,278,193	14,718	4,518,468	4,499,793	18,675	11,218,945		11,122,661	50,751	45,533		1,094,505	27,655	1,066,850
Members' Equity																								778,907
Dividends, Preferred Stock, Cash	4,580						4,580	518		518
Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	645,754		644,940				814	118,311		118,311			88,383	91,967	(3,584)	185,770	186,727	(957)	349,795		349,020		775	39,132	26,077	26,077
Common equity distributions													22,333	22,333
Dividends, Common Stock, Cash	(241,720)		(241,720)
Noncontrolling Interest, Decrease from Distributions to Noncontrolling Interest Holders	$ (1,291)						(1,291)									(449)		(449)	(842)				(842)
Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Declared	$ 1.13
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	$ (4,176)			(4,176)															(2,024)			(2,024)
Shares Issued, Value, Share-Based Payment Arrangement, after Forfeiture	(66,069)	(22,485)				(43,584)
Stockholders' Equity, Other																			(11)		(11)
Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	$ 15,141,711	$ 7,808,406	$ 11,985,552	$ 76,185	$ 2,810	$ (4,840,111)	$ 108,869	$ 3,362,385	$ 1,200,125	$ 2,074,058	$ 49,452	$ 38,750	2,358,961	$ 2,347,827	$ 11,134	4,703,789	$ 4,686,520	$ 17,269	11,565,863		$ 11,471,670	$ 48,727	$ 45,466	818,039	$ 1,120,582	$ 53,732	$ 1,066,850
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest, Equity, Preferred, Fair Value																				$ 1,400,000
Members' Equity													$ 2,347,827			$ 4,686,520			$ 11,471,670					$ 818,039

Consolidated Balance Sheets (Pa

Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Securitized Regulatory Transition Assets, Noncurrent	$ 238,093	$ 250,830
Long-Term Transition Bond, Noncurrent	$ 248,761	$ 263,007
Preferred Stock, Shares Issued	0	0
Preferred Stock, Shares Authorized	1,000,000	1,000,000
Preferred Stock, No Par Value	$ 0	$ 0
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common Stock, Shares Authorized	499,000,000	499,000,000
Common Stock, Shares, Issued	280,975,348	280,975,348
Treasury Stock, Common, Shares	66,567,334	68,126,778
Entergy Texas [Member]
Securitized Regulatory Transition Assets, Noncurrent	$ 238,093	$ 250,324
Long-Term Transition Bond, Noncurrent	$ 248,761	$ 257,592
Common Stock, Shares Authorized	200,000,000	200,000,000
Common Stock, Shares, Issued	46,525,000	46,525,000
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding	46,525,000	46,525,000
Common Stock, No Par Value	$ 0	$ 0
Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Securitized Regulatory Transition Assets, Noncurrent	$ 0	$ 506
Long-Term Transition Bond, Noncurrent	$ 0	$ 5,415
System Energy [Member]
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share	$ 0	$ 0
Common Stock, Shares Authorized	1,000,000	1,000,000
Common Stock, Shares, Issued	789,350	789,350
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding	789,350	789,350

Consolidated Statements of Co_2

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Parentheticals) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023
Other Comprehensive (Income) Loss, Defined Benefit Plan, before Reclassification Adjustment, Tax	$ (1,427)	$ (743)	$ 62,743	$ (1,078)
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Other Comprehensive (Income) Loss, Defined Benefit Plan, before Reclassification Adjustment, Tax	$ 746	$ 674	$ 2,237	$ 1,617

Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments and Contingencies	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]	COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries are involved in a number of legal, regulatory, and tax proceedings before various courts, regulatory authorities, and governmental agencies in the ordinary course of business. While management is unable to predict with certainty the outcome of such proceedings, management does not believe that the ultimate resolution of these matters will have a material adverse effect on Entergy’s results of operations, cash flows, or financial condition, except as otherwise discussed in the Form 10-K or in this report. Entergy discusses regulatory proceedings in Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K and herein and discusses tax proceedings in Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K and Note 10 to the financial statements herein. Vidalia Purchased Power Agreement See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy Louisiana’s Vidalia purchased power agreement. Spent Nuclear Fuel Litigation See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy’s spent nuclear fuel litigation. The following is an update to that discussion. In August 2024 the U.S. Court of Federal Claims issued a final judgment in the amount of $177 million in favor of Northstar Vermont Yankee, LLC (previously Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee) and against the DOE in the final round Vermont Yankee damages case. Entergy, on behalf of Northstar as the current owner, requested payment from the U.S. Treasury in October 2024. Payment to Northstar from the U.S. Treasury is expected in fourth quarter 2024, at which time Northstar will transfer $127 million of the litigation proceeds to Entergy per the terms of the agreement for the disposition of Vermont Yankee. Nuclear Insurance See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on nuclear liability and property insurance associated with Entergy’s nuclear power plants. Non-Nuclear Property Insurance See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy’s non-nuclear property insurance program. Employment and Labor-related Proceedings See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy’s employment and labor-related proceedings. Asbestos Litigation (Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas) See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding asbestos litigation. Grand Gulf - Related Agreements See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding Grand Gulf-related agreements, including the Unit Power Sales Agreement, the Availability Agreement, and the Reallocation Agreement. The following is an update to that discussion. As discussed in the Form 10-K, System Energy sells all of its share of capacity and energy from Grand Gulf to Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy New Orleans in accordance with specified percentages (Entergy Arkansas - 36%, Entergy Louisiana - 14%, Entergy Mississippi - 33%, and Entergy New Orleans - 17%) as ordered by the FERC under the Unit Power Sales Agreement. In August 2024 the LPSC approved a settlement with Entergy Louisiana to globally resolve all of the LPSC’s actual and potential claims in multiple docketed proceedings pending before the FERC and with System Energy’s past implementation of the Unit Power Sales Agreement. The settlement was filed for approval with the FERC in September 2024. The terms of the settlement include an agreement that, subject to the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, Entergy Louisiana will divest to Entergy Mississippi its 14% share of capacity and energy from Grand Gulf under the Unit Power Sales Agreement and its 2.43% share of capacity and energy from Entergy Arkansas under the MSS-4 replacement tariff. This divestiture will be effectuated initially through Entergy Mississippi’s purchases from Entergy Louisiana pursuant to a PPA governed by the MSS-4 replacement tariff. In October 2024 the proposed MSS-4 replacement PPA to effectuate this divestiture was filed for approval with the FERC. As discussed in Note 2 to the financial statements herein, in September 2024, Entergy Mississippi filed a notice of intent with the MPSC that relates to and seeks approval of the divestiture. Subject to the receipt of all required regulatory approvals, divestiture will be effective, and the MSS-4 replacement PPA will commence, on January 1, 2025. If the divestiture is approved by the FERC and the MPSC, then Entergy Mississippi will also assume any and all of Entergy Louisiana’s rights and obligations under the Availability Agreement and Reallocation Agreement and hold Entergy Louisiana harmless with respect thereto. See Note 2 to the financial statements herein for discussion of the System Energy settlement with the LPSC. Nelson Industrial Steam Company (Entergy Louisiana) See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy Louisiana’s Nelson Industrial Steam Company (NISCO) partnership. The following is an update to that discussion. In August 2024, Entergy Louisiana and its partners in the NISCO partnership entered into an agreement related to the wind up of the partnership, which resulted in the transfer of ownership of the non-operating facilities to Entergy Louisiana. The transaction was not material to Entergy Louisiana’s results of operations, cash flows, or financial condition.
Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]	COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries are involved in a number of legal, regulatory, and tax proceedings before various courts, regulatory authorities, and governmental agencies in the ordinary course of business. While management is unable to predict with certainty the outcome of such proceedings, management does not believe that the ultimate resolution of these matters will have a material adverse effect on Entergy’s results of operations, cash flows, or financial condition, except as otherwise discussed in the Form 10-K or in this report. Entergy discusses regulatory proceedings in Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K and herein and discusses tax proceedings in Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K and Note 10 to the financial statements herein. Vidalia Purchased Power Agreement See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy Louisiana’s Vidalia purchased power agreement. Spent Nuclear Fuel Litigation See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy’s spent nuclear fuel litigation. The following is an update to that discussion. In August 2024 the U.S. Court of Federal Claims issued a final judgment in the amount of $177 million in favor of Northstar Vermont Yankee, LLC (previously Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee) and against the DOE in the final round Vermont Yankee damages case. Entergy, on behalf of Northstar as the current owner, requested payment from the U.S. Treasury in October 2024. Payment to Northstar from the U.S. Treasury is expected in fourth quarter 2024, at which time Northstar will transfer $127 million of the litigation proceeds to Entergy per the terms of the agreement for the disposition of Vermont Yankee. Nuclear Insurance See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on nuclear liability and property insurance associated with Entergy’s nuclear power plants. Non-Nuclear Property Insurance See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy’s non-nuclear property insurance program. Employment and Labor-related Proceedings See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy’s employment and labor-related proceedings. Asbestos Litigation (Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas) See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding asbestos litigation. Grand Gulf - Related Agreements See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding Grand Gulf-related agreements, including the Unit Power Sales Agreement, the Availability Agreement, and the Reallocation Agreement. The following is an update to that discussion. As discussed in the Form 10-K, System Energy sells all of its share of capacity and energy from Grand Gulf to Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy New Orleans in accordance with specified percentages (Entergy Arkansas - 36%, Entergy Louisiana - 14%, Entergy Mississippi - 33%, and Entergy New Orleans - 17%) as ordered by the FERC under the Unit Power Sales Agreement. In August 2024 the LPSC approved a settlement with Entergy Louisiana to globally resolve all of the LPSC’s actual and potential claims in multiple docketed proceedings pending before the FERC and with System Energy’s past implementation of the Unit Power Sales Agreement. The settlement was filed for approval with the FERC in September 2024. The terms of the settlement include an agreement that, subject to the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, Entergy Louisiana will divest to Entergy Mississippi its 14% share of capacity and energy from Grand Gulf under the Unit Power Sales Agreement and its 2.43% share of capacity and energy from Entergy Arkansas under the MSS-4 replacement tariff. This divestiture will be effectuated initially through Entergy Mississippi’s purchases from Entergy Louisiana pursuant to a PPA governed by the MSS-4 replacement tariff. In October 2024 the proposed MSS-4 replacement PPA to effectuate this divestiture was filed for approval with the FERC. As discussed in Note 2 to the financial statements herein, in September 2024, Entergy Mississippi filed a notice of intent with the MPSC that relates to and seeks approval of the divestiture. Subject to the receipt of all required regulatory approvals, divestiture will be effective, and the MSS-4 replacement PPA will commence, on January 1, 2025. If the divestiture is approved by the FERC and the MPSC, then Entergy Mississippi will also assume any and all of Entergy Louisiana’s rights and obligations under the Availability Agreement and Reallocation Agreement and hold Entergy Louisiana harmless with respect thereto. See Note 2 to the financial statements herein for discussion of the System Energy settlement with the LPSC. Nelson Industrial Steam Company (Entergy Louisiana) See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy Louisiana’s Nelson Industrial Steam Company (NISCO) partnership. The following is an update to that discussion. In August 2024, Entergy Louisiana and its partners in the NISCO partnership entered into an agreement related to the wind up of the partnership, which resulted in the transfer of ownership of the non-operating facilities to Entergy Louisiana. The transaction was not material to Entergy Louisiana’s results of operations, cash flows, or financial condition.
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]	COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries are involved in a number of legal, regulatory, and tax proceedings before various courts, regulatory authorities, and governmental agencies in the ordinary course of business. While management is unable to predict with certainty the outcome of such proceedings, management does not believe that the ultimate resolution of these matters will have a material adverse effect on Entergy’s results of operations, cash flows, or financial condition, except as otherwise discussed in the Form 10-K or in this report. Entergy discusses regulatory proceedings in Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K and herein and discusses tax proceedings in Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K and Note 10 to the financial statements herein. Vidalia Purchased Power Agreement See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy Louisiana’s Vidalia purchased power agreement. Spent Nuclear Fuel Litigation See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy’s spent nuclear fuel litigation. The following is an update to that discussion. In August 2024 the U.S. Court of Federal Claims issued a final judgment in the amount of $177 million in favor of Northstar Vermont Yankee, LLC (previously Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee) and against the DOE in the final round Vermont Yankee damages case. Entergy, on behalf of Northstar as the current owner, requested payment from the U.S. Treasury in October 2024. Payment to Northstar from the U.S. Treasury is expected in fourth quarter 2024, at which time Northstar will transfer $127 million of the litigation proceeds to Entergy per the terms of the agreement for the disposition of Vermont Yankee. Nuclear Insurance See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on nuclear liability and property insurance associated with Entergy’s nuclear power plants. Non-Nuclear Property Insurance See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy’s non-nuclear property insurance program. Employment and Labor-related Proceedings See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy’s employment and labor-related proceedings. Asbestos Litigation (Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas) See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding asbestos litigation. Grand Gulf - Related Agreements See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding Grand Gulf-related agreements, including the Unit Power Sales Agreement, the Availability Agreement, and the Reallocation Agreement. The following is an update to that discussion. As discussed in the Form 10-K, System Energy sells all of its share of capacity and energy from Grand Gulf to Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy New Orleans in accordance with specified percentages (Entergy Arkansas - 36%, Entergy Louisiana - 14%, Entergy Mississippi - 33%, and Entergy New Orleans - 17%) as ordered by the FERC under the Unit Power Sales Agreement. In August 2024 the LPSC approved a settlement with Entergy Louisiana to globally resolve all of the LPSC’s actual and potential claims in multiple docketed proceedings pending before the FERC and with System Energy’s past implementation of the Unit Power Sales Agreement. The settlement was filed for approval with the FERC in September 2024. The terms of the settlement include an agreement that, subject to the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, Entergy Louisiana will divest to Entergy Mississippi its 14% share of capacity and energy from Grand Gulf under the Unit Power Sales Agreement and its 2.43% share of capacity and energy from Entergy Arkansas under the MSS-4 replacement tariff. This divestiture will be effectuated initially through Entergy Mississippi’s purchases from Entergy Louisiana pursuant to a PPA governed by the MSS-4 replacement tariff. In October 2024 the proposed MSS-4 replacement PPA to effectuate this divestiture was filed for approval with the FERC. As discussed in Note 2 to the financial statements herein, in September 2024, Entergy Mississippi filed a notice of intent with the MPSC that relates to and seeks approval of the divestiture. Subject to the receipt of all required regulatory approvals, divestiture will be effective, and the MSS-4 replacement PPA will commence, on January 1, 2025. If the divestiture is approved by the FERC and the MPSC, then Entergy Mississippi will also assume any and all of Entergy Louisiana’s rights and obligations under the Availability Agreement and Reallocation Agreement and hold Entergy Louisiana harmless with respect thereto. See Note 2 to the financial statements herein for discussion of the System Energy settlement with the LPSC. Nelson Industrial Steam Company (Entergy Louisiana) See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy Louisiana’s Nelson Industrial Steam Company (NISCO) partnership. The following is an update to that discussion. In August 2024, Entergy Louisiana and its partners in the NISCO partnership entered into an agreement related to the wind up of the partnership, which resulted in the transfer of ownership of the non-operating facilities to Entergy Louisiana. The transaction was not material to Entergy Louisiana’s results of operations, cash flows, or financial condition.
Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]	COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries are involved in a number of legal, regulatory, and tax proceedings before various courts, regulatory authorities, and governmental agencies in the ordinary course of business. While management is unable to predict with certainty the outcome of such proceedings, management does not believe that the ultimate resolution of these matters will have a material adverse effect on Entergy’s results of operations, cash flows, or financial condition, except as otherwise discussed in the Form 10-K or in this report. Entergy discusses regulatory proceedings in Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K and herein and discusses tax proceedings in Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K and Note 10 to the financial statements herein. Vidalia Purchased Power Agreement See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy Louisiana’s Vidalia purchased power agreement. Spent Nuclear Fuel Litigation See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy’s spent nuclear fuel litigation. The following is an update to that discussion. In August 2024 the U.S. Court of Federal Claims issued a final judgment in the amount of $177 million in favor of Northstar Vermont Yankee, LLC (previously Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee) and against the DOE in the final round Vermont Yankee damages case. Entergy, on behalf of Northstar as the current owner, requested payment from the U.S. Treasury in October 2024. Payment to Northstar from the U.S. Treasury is expected in fourth quarter 2024, at which time Northstar will transfer $127 million of the litigation proceeds to Entergy per the terms of the agreement for the disposition of Vermont Yankee. Nuclear Insurance See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on nuclear liability and property insurance associated with Entergy’s nuclear power plants. Non-Nuclear Property Insurance See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy’s non-nuclear property insurance program. Employment and Labor-related Proceedings See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy’s employment and labor-related proceedings. Asbestos Litigation (Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas) See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding asbestos litigation. Grand Gulf - Related Agreements See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding Grand Gulf-related agreements, including the Unit Power Sales Agreement, the Availability Agreement, and the Reallocation Agreement. The following is an update to that discussion. As discussed in the Form 10-K, System Energy sells all of its share of capacity and energy from Grand Gulf to Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy New Orleans in accordance with specified percentages (Entergy Arkansas - 36%, Entergy Louisiana - 14%, Entergy Mississippi - 33%, and Entergy New Orleans - 17%) as ordered by the FERC under the Unit Power Sales Agreement. In August 2024 the LPSC approved a settlement with Entergy Louisiana to globally resolve all of the LPSC’s actual and potential claims in multiple docketed proceedings pending before the FERC and with System Energy’s past implementation of the Unit Power Sales Agreement. The settlement was filed for approval with the FERC in September 2024. The terms of the settlement include an agreement that, subject to the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, Entergy Louisiana will divest to Entergy Mississippi its 14% share of capacity and energy from Grand Gulf under the Unit Power Sales Agreement and its 2.43% share of capacity and energy from Entergy Arkansas under the MSS-4 replacement tariff. This divestiture will be effectuated initially through Entergy Mississippi’s purchases from Entergy Louisiana pursuant to a PPA governed by the MSS-4 replacement tariff. In October 2024 the proposed MSS-4 replacement PPA to effectuate this divestiture was filed for approval with the FERC. As discussed in Note 2 to the financial statements herein, in September 2024, Entergy Mississippi filed a notice of intent with the MPSC that relates to and seeks approval of the divestiture. Subject to the receipt of all required regulatory approvals, divestiture will be effective, and the MSS-4 replacement PPA will commence, on January 1, 2025. If the divestiture is approved by the FERC and the MPSC, then Entergy Mississippi will also assume any and all of Entergy Louisiana’s rights and obligations under the Availability Agreement and Reallocation Agreement and hold Entergy Louisiana harmless with respect thereto. See Note 2 to the financial statements herein for discussion of the System Energy settlement with the LPSC. Nelson Industrial Steam Company (Entergy Louisiana) See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy Louisiana’s Nelson Industrial Steam Company (NISCO) partnership. The following is an update to that discussion. In August 2024, Entergy Louisiana and its partners in the NISCO partnership entered into an agreement related to the wind up of the partnership, which resulted in the transfer of ownership of the non-operating facilities to Entergy Louisiana. The transaction was not material to Entergy Louisiana’s results of operations, cash flows, or financial condition.
Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]	COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries are involved in a number of legal, regulatory, and tax proceedings before various courts, regulatory authorities, and governmental agencies in the ordinary course of business. While management is unable to predict with certainty the outcome of such proceedings, management does not believe that the ultimate resolution of these matters will have a material adverse effect on Entergy’s results of operations, cash flows, or financial condition, except as otherwise discussed in the Form 10-K or in this report. Entergy discusses regulatory proceedings in Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K and herein and discusses tax proceedings in Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K and Note 10 to the financial statements herein. Vidalia Purchased Power Agreement See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy Louisiana’s Vidalia purchased power agreement. Spent Nuclear Fuel Litigation See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy’s spent nuclear fuel litigation. The following is an update to that discussion. In August 2024 the U.S. Court of Federal Claims issued a final judgment in the amount of $177 million in favor of Northstar Vermont Yankee, LLC (previously Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee) and against the DOE in the final round Vermont Yankee damages case. Entergy, on behalf of Northstar as the current owner, requested payment from the U.S. Treasury in October 2024. Payment to Northstar from the U.S. Treasury is expected in fourth quarter 2024, at which time Northstar will transfer $127 million of the litigation proceeds to Entergy per the terms of the agreement for the disposition of Vermont Yankee. Nuclear Insurance See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on nuclear liability and property insurance associated with Entergy’s nuclear power plants. Non-Nuclear Property Insurance See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy’s non-nuclear property insurance program. Employment and Labor-related Proceedings See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy’s employment and labor-related proceedings. Asbestos Litigation (Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas) See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding asbestos litigation. Grand Gulf - Related Agreements See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding Grand Gulf-related agreements, including the Unit Power Sales Agreement, the Availability Agreement, and the Reallocation Agreement. The following is an update to that discussion. As discussed in the Form 10-K, System Energy sells all of its share of capacity and energy from Grand Gulf to Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy New Orleans in accordance with specified percentages (Entergy Arkansas - 36%, Entergy Louisiana - 14%, Entergy Mississippi - 33%, and Entergy New Orleans - 17%) as ordered by the FERC under the Unit Power Sales Agreement. In August 2024 the LPSC approved a settlement with Entergy Louisiana to globally resolve all of the LPSC’s actual and potential claims in multiple docketed proceedings pending before the FERC and with System Energy’s past implementation of the Unit Power Sales Agreement. The settlement was filed for approval with the FERC in September 2024. The terms of the settlement include an agreement that, subject to the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, Entergy Louisiana will divest to Entergy Mississippi its 14% share of capacity and energy from Grand Gulf under the Unit Power Sales Agreement and its 2.43% share of capacity and energy from Entergy Arkansas under the MSS-4 replacement tariff. This divestiture will be effectuated initially through Entergy Mississippi’s purchases from Entergy Louisiana pursuant to a PPA governed by the MSS-4 replacement tariff. In October 2024 the proposed MSS-4 replacement PPA to effectuate this divestiture was filed for approval with the FERC. As discussed in Note 2 to the financial statements herein, in September 2024, Entergy Mississippi filed a notice of intent with the MPSC that relates to and seeks approval of the divestiture. Subject to the receipt of all required regulatory approvals, divestiture will be effective, and the MSS-4 replacement PPA will commence, on January 1, 2025. If the divestiture is approved by the FERC and the MPSC, then Entergy Mississippi will also assume any and all of Entergy Louisiana’s rights and obligations under the Availability Agreement and Reallocation Agreement and hold Entergy Louisiana harmless with respect thereto. See Note 2 to the financial statements herein for discussion of the System Energy settlement with the LPSC. Nelson Industrial Steam Company (Entergy Louisiana) See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy Louisiana’s Nelson Industrial Steam Company (NISCO) partnership. The following is an update to that discussion. In August 2024, Entergy Louisiana and its partners in the NISCO partnership entered into an agreement related to the wind up of the partnership, which resulted in the transfer of ownership of the non-operating facilities to Entergy Louisiana. The transaction was not material to Entergy Louisiana’s results of operations, cash flows, or financial condition.
Entergy Texas [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]	COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries are involved in a number of legal, regulatory, and tax proceedings before various courts, regulatory authorities, and governmental agencies in the ordinary course of business. While management is unable to predict with certainty the outcome of such proceedings, management does not believe that the ultimate resolution of these matters will have a material adverse effect on Entergy’s results of operations, cash flows, or financial condition, except as otherwise discussed in the Form 10-K or in this report. Entergy discusses regulatory proceedings in Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K and herein and discusses tax proceedings in Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K and Note 10 to the financial statements herein. Vidalia Purchased Power Agreement See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy Louisiana’s Vidalia purchased power agreement. Spent Nuclear Fuel Litigation See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy’s spent nuclear fuel litigation. The following is an update to that discussion. In August 2024 the U.S. Court of Federal Claims issued a final judgment in the amount of $177 million in favor of Northstar Vermont Yankee, LLC (previously Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee) and against the DOE in the final round Vermont Yankee damages case. Entergy, on behalf of Northstar as the current owner, requested payment from the U.S. Treasury in October 2024. Payment to Northstar from the U.S. Treasury is expected in fourth quarter 2024, at which time Northstar will transfer $127 million of the litigation proceeds to Entergy per the terms of the agreement for the disposition of Vermont Yankee. Nuclear Insurance See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on nuclear liability and property insurance associated with Entergy’s nuclear power plants. Non-Nuclear Property Insurance See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy’s non-nuclear property insurance program. Employment and Labor-related Proceedings See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy’s employment and labor-related proceedings. Asbestos Litigation (Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas) See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding asbestos litigation. Grand Gulf - Related Agreements See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding Grand Gulf-related agreements, including the Unit Power Sales Agreement, the Availability Agreement, and the Reallocation Agreement. The following is an update to that discussion. As discussed in the Form 10-K, System Energy sells all of its share of capacity and energy from Grand Gulf to Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy New Orleans in accordance with specified percentages (Entergy Arkansas - 36%, Entergy Louisiana - 14%, Entergy Mississippi - 33%, and Entergy New Orleans - 17%) as ordered by the FERC under the Unit Power Sales Agreement. In August 2024 the LPSC approved a settlement with Entergy Louisiana to globally resolve all of the LPSC’s actual and potential claims in multiple docketed proceedings pending before the FERC and with System Energy’s past implementation of the Unit Power Sales Agreement. The settlement was filed for approval with the FERC in September 2024. The terms of the settlement include an agreement that, subject to the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, Entergy Louisiana will divest to Entergy Mississippi its 14% share of capacity and energy from Grand Gulf under the Unit Power Sales Agreement and its 2.43% share of capacity and energy from Entergy Arkansas under the MSS-4 replacement tariff. This divestiture will be effectuated initially through Entergy Mississippi’s purchases from Entergy Louisiana pursuant to a PPA governed by the MSS-4 replacement tariff. In October 2024 the proposed MSS-4 replacement PPA to effectuate this divestiture was filed for approval with the FERC. As discussed in Note 2 to the financial statements herein, in September 2024, Entergy Mississippi filed a notice of intent with the MPSC that relates to and seeks approval of the divestiture. Subject to the receipt of all required regulatory approvals, divestiture will be effective, and the MSS-4 replacement PPA will commence, on January 1, 2025. If the divestiture is approved by the FERC and the MPSC, then Entergy Mississippi will also assume any and all of Entergy Louisiana’s rights and obligations under the Availability Agreement and Reallocation Agreement and hold Entergy Louisiana harmless with respect thereto. See Note 2 to the financial statements herein for discussion of the System Energy settlement with the LPSC. Nelson Industrial Steam Company (Entergy Louisiana) See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy Louisiana’s Nelson Industrial Steam Company (NISCO) partnership. The following is an update to that discussion. In August 2024, Entergy Louisiana and its partners in the NISCO partnership entered into an agreement related to the wind up of the partnership, which resulted in the transfer of ownership of the non-operating facilities to Entergy Louisiana. The transaction was not material to Entergy Louisiana’s results of operations, cash flows, or financial condition.
System Energy [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]	COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries are involved in a number of legal, regulatory, and tax proceedings before various courts, regulatory authorities, and governmental agencies in the ordinary course of business. While management is unable to predict with certainty the outcome of such proceedings, management does not believe that the ultimate resolution of these matters will have a material adverse effect on Entergy’s results of operations, cash flows, or financial condition, except as otherwise discussed in the Form 10-K or in this report. Entergy discusses regulatory proceedings in Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K and herein and discusses tax proceedings in Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K and Note 10 to the financial statements herein. Vidalia Purchased Power Agreement See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy Louisiana’s Vidalia purchased power agreement. Spent Nuclear Fuel Litigation See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy’s spent nuclear fuel litigation. The following is an update to that discussion. In August 2024 the U.S. Court of Federal Claims issued a final judgment in the amount of $177 million in favor of Northstar Vermont Yankee, LLC (previously Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee) and against the DOE in the final round Vermont Yankee damages case. Entergy, on behalf of Northstar as the current owner, requested payment from the U.S. Treasury in October 2024. Payment to Northstar from the U.S. Treasury is expected in fourth quarter 2024, at which time Northstar will transfer $127 million of the litigation proceeds to Entergy per the terms of the agreement for the disposition of Vermont Yankee. Nuclear Insurance See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on nuclear liability and property insurance associated with Entergy’s nuclear power plants. Non-Nuclear Property Insurance See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy’s non-nuclear property insurance program. Employment and Labor-related Proceedings See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy’s employment and labor-related proceedings. Asbestos Litigation (Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas) See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding asbestos litigation. Grand Gulf - Related Agreements See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding Grand Gulf-related agreements, including the Unit Power Sales Agreement, the Availability Agreement, and the Reallocation Agreement. The following is an update to that discussion. As discussed in the Form 10-K, System Energy sells all of its share of capacity and energy from Grand Gulf to Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy New Orleans in accordance with specified percentages (Entergy Arkansas - 36%, Entergy Louisiana - 14%, Entergy Mississippi - 33%, and Entergy New Orleans - 17%) as ordered by the FERC under the Unit Power Sales Agreement. In August 2024 the LPSC approved a settlement with Entergy Louisiana to globally resolve all of the LPSC’s actual and potential claims in multiple docketed proceedings pending before the FERC and with System Energy’s past implementation of the Unit Power Sales Agreement. The settlement was filed for approval with the FERC in September 2024. The terms of the settlement include an agreement that, subject to the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, Entergy Louisiana will divest to Entergy Mississippi its 14% share of capacity and energy from Grand Gulf under the Unit Power Sales Agreement and its 2.43% share of capacity and energy from Entergy Arkansas under the MSS-4 replacement tariff. This divestiture will be effectuated initially through Entergy Mississippi’s purchases from Entergy Louisiana pursuant to a PPA governed by the MSS-4 replacement tariff. In October 2024 the proposed MSS-4 replacement PPA to effectuate this divestiture was filed for approval with the FERC. As discussed in Note 2 to the financial statements herein, in September 2024, Entergy Mississippi filed a notice of intent with the MPSC that relates to and seeks approval of the divestiture. Subject to the receipt of all required regulatory approvals, divestiture will be effective, and the MSS-4 replacement PPA will commence, on January 1, 2025. If the divestiture is approved by the FERC and the MPSC, then Entergy Mississippi will also assume any and all of Entergy Louisiana’s rights and obligations under the Availability Agreement and Reallocation Agreement and hold Entergy Louisiana harmless with respect thereto. See Note 2 to the financial statements herein for discussion of the System Energy settlement with the LPSC. Nelson Industrial Steam Company (Entergy Louisiana) See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy Louisiana’s Nelson Industrial Steam Company (NISCO) partnership. The following is an update to that discussion. In August 2024, Entergy Louisiana and its partners in the NISCO partnership entered into an agreement related to the wind up of the partnership, which resulted in the transfer of ownership of the non-operating facilities to Entergy Louisiana. The transaction was not material to Entergy Louisiana’s results of operations, cash flows, or financial condition.

Rate And Regulatory Matters

Rate And Regulatory Matters	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024
Public Utilities Disclosure [Text Block]	RATE AND REGULATORY MATTERS (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Regulatory Assets and Regulatory Liabilities See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding regulatory assets and regulatory liabilities in the Utility business presented on the balance sheets of Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries. The following are updates to that discussion. Fuel and purchased power cost recovery Entergy Arkansas Energy Cost Recovery Rider In March 2024, Entergy Arkansas filed its annual redetermination of its energy cost rate pursuant to the energy cost recovery rider, which reflected a decrease in the rate from $0.01883 per kWh to $0.00882 per kWh. Due to a change in law in the State of Arkansas, the annual redetermination included $9 million, recorded as a credit to fuel expense in first quarter 2024, for recovery attributed to net metering costs in 2023. The primary reason for the rate decrease is a large over-recovered balance as a result of lower natural gas prices in 2023. To mitigate the effect of projected increases in natural gas prices in 2024, Entergy Arkansas adjusted the over-recovered balance included in the March 2024 annual redetermination filing by $43.7 million. This adjustment is expected to reduce the rate change that will be reflected in the 2025 energy cost rate redetermination. The redetermined rate of $0.00882 per kWh became effective with the first billing cycle in April 2024 through the normal operation of the tariff. Entergy Mississippi In June 2024 the MPSC approved a joint stipulation agreement between Entergy Mississippi and the Mississippi Public Utilities Staff for Entergy Mississippi’s 2024 formula rate plan filing. The 2024 formula rate plan filing included the conclusion of the modified interim adjustments to Entergy Mississippi’s energy cost recovery rider and power management rider, which were approved in October 2022 and allowed Entergy Mississippi to recover certain under-collected fuel balances. The stipulation provided for Entergy Mississippi to reduce its net energy cost factor. See “ Retail Rate Proceedings - Filings with the MPSC (Entergy Mississippi) - Retail Rates - 2024 Formula Rate Plan Filing” below for further discussion of the 2024 formula rate plan filing and the joint stipulation agreement. Entergy Texas In September 2024, Entergy Texas filed an application with the PUCT to reconcile its fuel and purchased power costs for the period from April 2022 through March 2024. During the reconciliation period, Entergy Texas incurred approximately $1.6 billion in eligible fuel and purchased power expenses to generate and purchase electricity to serve its customers, net of certain revenues credited to such expenses and other adjustments. Entergy Texas’s cumulative under-recovery balance for the reconciliation period was approximately $30 million, including interest, which Entergy Texas requested authority to carry over as part of the cumulative fuel balance for the subsequent reconciliation period beginning April 2024. Retail Rate Proceedings See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding retail rate proceedings involving the Utility operating companies. The following are updates to that discussion. Filings with the APSC (Entergy Arkansas) Retail Rates 2024 Formula Rate Plan Filing In July 2024, Entergy Arkansas filed with the APSC its 2024 formula rate plan filing to set its formula rate for the 2025 calendar year. The filing contained an evaluation of Entergy Arkansas’s earnings for the 2025 projected year and a netting adjustment for the 2023 historical year. The filing showed that Entergy Arkansas’s earned rate of return on common equity for the 2025 projected year was 8.43% resulting in a revenue deficiency of $69.5 million. The earned rate of return on common equity for the 2023 historical year was 7.48% resulting in a $33.1 million netting adjustment. The total proposed revenue change for the 2025 projected year and 2023 historical year netting adjustment is $102.6 million. By operation of the formula rate plan, Entergy Arkansas’s recovery of the revenue requirement is subject to a four percent annual revenue constraint. Because Entergy Arkansas’s revenue requirement in this filing exceeded the constraint, the resulting increase was limited to $82.6 million. The APSC general staff and intervenors filed their errors and objections in October 2024, proposing certain adjustments, including the APSC general staff’s update to annual filing year revenues that increases the constraint to $86.8 million. Entergy Arkansas filed its rebuttal in October 2024, and later in October 2024 the parties submitted a joint issues list and stipulations setting forth the disputed issues and the noncontested issues. A hearing is scheduled for November 2024. Grand Gulf Credit Rider In June 2024, Entergy Arkansas filed with the APSC a tariff to provide retail customers a credit resulting from the terms of the settlement agreement between Entergy Arkansas, System Energy, additional named Entergy parties, and the APSC pertaining to System Energy’s billings for wholesale sales of energy and capacity from the Grand Gulf nuclear plant. See “ Complaints Against System Energy - System Energy Settlement with the APSC ” below and in the Form 10-K for discussion of the settlement. In July 2024 the APSC approved the tariff, under which Entergy Arkansas will refund to retail customers a total of $100.6 million. To date, Entergy Arkansas has refunded $92.3 million of the total through one-time bill credits during the August 2024 billing cycle. Filings with the LPSC (Entergy Louisiana) Retail Rates - Electric 2023 Entergy Louisiana Rate Case and Formula Rate Plan Extension Request As discussed in the Form 10-K, in August 2023, Entergy Louisiana filed an application for approval of a regulatory blueprint necessary for it to strengthen the electric grid for the State of Louisiana, which contains a dual-path request to update rates through either: (1) extension of Entergy Louisiana’s current formula rate plan (with certain modifications) for three years (the Rate Mitigation Proposal), which is Entergy Louisiana’s recommended path; or (2) implementation of rates resulting from a cost-of-service study (the Rate Case path). The application complies with Entergy Louisiana’s previous formula rate plan extension order requiring that for Entergy Louisiana to obtain another extension of its formula rate plan that included a rate reset, Entergy Louisiana would need to submit a full cost-of-service rate case. Entergy Louisiana’s filing supports the need to extend Entergy Louisiana’s formula rate plan with credit supportive mechanisms needed to facilitate investment in the distribution, transmission, and generation functions. A status conference was held in October 2023 at which a procedural schedule was adopted that included three technical conferences and a hearing in August 2024. In March 2024 the parties agreed to an eight-week extension of all deadlines to allow for continuation of settlement negotiations, and the ALJ issued an order with an amended procedural schedule. In July 2024 the parties agreed to extend further the procedural schedule to facilitate the continuation of settlement negotiations, with the hearing commencing in December 2024. In July 2024, Entergy Louisiana reached an agreement in principle with the LPSC staff and the intervenors in the proceeding and filed with the LPSC a joint motion to suspend the procedural schedule to allow for all parties to finalize a stipulated settlement agreement. In August 2024, Entergy Louisiana and the LPSC staff jointly filed a global stipulated settlement agreement for consideration by the LPSC with key terms as follows: • continuation of the formula rate plan for 2024-2026 (test years 2023-2025); • a base formula rate plan revenue increase of $120 million for test year 2023, effective for rates beginning September 2024; • a $140 million cumulative cap on base formula rate plan revenue increases, if needed, for test years 2024 and 2025, excluding outside the bandwidth items; • $184 million of customer rate credits to be given over two years, including increasing customer sharing of income tax benefits resulting from the 2016-2018 IRS audit, to resolve any remaining disputed issues stemming from formula rate plan test years prior to test year 2023, including but not limited to the investigation into Entergy Services costs billed to Entergy Louisiana. As discussed in Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K, a $38 million regulatory liability was recorded in 2023 in connection with the 2016-2018 IRS audit; • $75.5 million of customer rate credits, as provided for in the System Energy global settlement, to be credited over three years subject to and conditioned upon FERC approval of the System Energy global settlement. See “ Complaints Against System Energy – System Energy Settlement with the LPSC ” below for further details of the System Energy global settlement; • $5.8 million of customer rate credits provided for in the Entergy Louisiana formula rate plan global settlement agreement approved by the LPSC in November 2023 credited over one year. See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for the discussion of the November 2023 Entergy Louisiana formula rate plan global settlement agreement; • an increase in the allowed midpoint return on common equity from 9.5% to 9.7%, with a bandwidth of 40 basis points above and below the midpoint, for the extended term of the formula rate plan, except that for test year 2023 in which the authorized return on common equity shall have no bearing on the change in base formula rate plan revenue described above and, for test year 2024, any earnings above the authorized return on common equity shall be returned to customers through a credit; • an increase in nuclear depreciation rates by $15 million in each of the 2023, 2024, and 2025 test years outside of the formula rate plan bandwidth calculation; and • for the transmission recovery mechanism and the distribution recovery mechanism, no change to the existing floors, but the caps for both would be $350 million for test year 2023, $375 million for test year 2024, and $400 million for test year 2025. Transmission projects filed with the LPSC will be exempt from the transmission recovery mechanism cap. The global stipulated settlement agreement was unanimously approved by the LPSC in August 2024 and an order was issued by the LPSC in September 2024 reflecting the approval of the settlement. Based on the July 2024 agreement in principle, in second quarter 2024 Entergy Louisiana recorded expenses of $151 million ($111 million net-of-tax) primarily consisting of regulatory charges to reflect the effects of the agreement in principle. 2023 Formula Rate Plan Filing In August 2024, pursuant to the global stipulated settlement agreement, Entergy Louisiana filed its formula rate plan evaluation report for its 2023 calendar year operations. Consistent with the global stipulated settlement agreement, the filing reflected a 9.7% allowed return on common equity with a bandwidth of 40 basis points above and below the midpoint. For the 2023 test year, however, the bandwidth provisions of the formula rate plan are temporarily suspended and, pursuant to the terms of the global stipulated settlement agreement, Entergy Louisiana implemented the September 2024 formula rate plan rate adjustments effective with the first billing cycle of September 2024. Those adjustments include a $120 million increase in base rider formula rate plan revenue and a $101.8 million one-time incremental net decrease consistent with the terms of the global stipulated settlement. The formula rate plan rate adjustments reflected in the evaluation report also include a redetermination of the transmission recovery mechanism, the distribution recovery mechanism, the additional capacity mechanism, the tax adjustment mechanism, the MISO cost recovery mechanism, and other one-time adjustments. Pursuant to the terms of the global stipulated settlement agreement, the review of the 2023 evaluation report shall be limited to these mechanisms and conducted under an expedited procedural schedule that provides a process for the parties to file and pursue resolution of any disputed issues by January 2025, after which any remaining disputed issues will be submitted to the ALJ for a contested proceeding and, ultimately, resolution by the LPSC. Filings with the MPSC (Entergy Mississippi) Retail Rates 2024 Formula Rate Plan Filing In March 2024, Entergy Mississippi submitted its formula rate plan 2024 test year filing and 2023 look-back filing showing Entergy Mississippi’s earned return on rate base for the historical 2023 calendar year to be within the formula rate plan bandwidth and projected earned return for the 2024 calendar year to be below the formula rate plan bandwidth. The 2024 test year filing showed a $63.4 million rate increase was necessary to reset Entergy Mississippi’s earned return on rate base to the specified point of adjustment of 7.10%, within the formula rate plan bandwidth. The 2023 look-back filing compared actual 2023 results to the approved benchmark return on rate base and reflected no change in formula rate plan revenues. In accordance with the provisions of the formula rate plan, Entergy Mississippi implemented a $32.6 million interim rate increase, reflecting a cap equal to 2% of 2023 retail revenues, effective April 2024. In December 2014 the MPSC ordered Entergy Mississippi to file an updated depreciation study at least once every four years. Pursuant to this order and Entergy Mississippi’s filing cycle, Entergy Mississippi would have filed an updated depreciation report with its formula rate plan filing in 2023. However, in July 2022 the MPSC directed Entergy Mississippi to file its next depreciation study in connection with its 2024 formula rate plan filing notwithstanding the MPSC’s prior order. Accordingly, Entergy Mississippi filed a depreciation study in February 2024. The study showed a need for an increase in annual depreciation expense of $55.2 million. The calculated increase in annual depreciation expense was excluded from Entergy Mississippi’s 2024 formula rate plan revenue increase request because the MPSC had not yet approved the proposed depreciation rates. In June 2024, Entergy Mississippi and the Mississippi Public Utilities Staff entered into a joint stipulation that confirmed the 2024 test year filing, with the exception of immaterial adjustments to certain operation and maintenance expenses. After performance adjustments, the formula rate plan reflected an earned return on rate base of 6.08% for calendar year 2024, which resulted in a total revenue increase of $64.6 million for 2024. The joint stipulation also recommended approval of a revised customer charge of $31.82 per month for residential customers and $53.10 per month for general service customers. Pursuant to the stipulation, Entergy Mississippi’s 2023 look-back filing reflected an earned return on rate base of 6.81%, resulting in an increase of $0.3 million in the formula rate plan revenues for 2023. Finally, the stipulation recommended approval of Entergy Mississippi’s proposed depreciation rates with those rates to be implemented upon request and approval at a later date. In June 2024 the MPSC approved the joint stipulation with rates effective in July 2024. The approval also included a reduction to the energy cost factor, resulting in a net bill decrease for a typical residential customer using 1,000 kWh per month. Also in June 2024, Entergy Mississippi recorded regulatory credits of $7.3 million to reflect the difference between interim rates placed in effect in April 2024 and the rates reflected in the joint stipulation. In May 2024, Entergy Mississippi received approval from the MPSC for formula rate plan revisions that were necessary for Entergy Mississippi to comply with state legislation passed in January 2024. The legislation allows Entergy Mississippi to make interim rate adjustments to recover the non-fuel related annual ownership cost of certain facilities that directly or indirectly provide service to customers who own certain data processing center projects as specified in the legislation. Entergy Mississippi filed the first of its annual interim facilities rate adjustment reports in May 2024 to recover approximately $8.7 million of these costs over a six-month period with rates effective beginning in July 2024. Grand Gulf Capacity Filing In September 2024, Entergy Mississippi filed a notice of intent with the MPSC to implement revisions to its unit power cost recovery rider that would allow Entergy Mississippi to recover the first year of costs associated with the transfer of Entergy Louisiana’s interest in and purchases of Grand Gulf capacity and energy under the revised rider schedule, effective by January 1, 2025. This notice filing relates to the divestiture of Entergy Louisiana’s 14% share of Grand Gulf capacity and energy under the Unit Power Sales Agreement and 2.43% share of capacity and energy from Entergy Arkansas under the MSS-4 replacement tariff. This divestiture will be effectuated initially through Entergy Mississippi’s purchases from Entergy Louisiana pursuant to a PPA governed by the MSS-4 replacement tariff, a tariff governing the sales of energy and capacity among the Utility operating companies as described in the System Energy global settlement with the LPSC and Entergy Louisiana. See “ Complaints Against System Energy - System Energy Settlement with the LPSC ” below for further details of the System Energy global settlement with the LPSC. In October 2024, Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Mississippi filed the proposed MSS-4 replacement PPA with the FERC. The parties requested that the MPSC and the FERC issue orders accepting the PPA no later than December 2024. Filings with the City Council (Entergy New Orleans) Retail Rates 2024 Formula Rate Plan Filing In April 2024, Entergy New Orleans submitted to the City Council its formula rate plan 2023 test year filing. Without the requested rate change in 2024, the 2023 test year evaluation report produced an electric earned return on equity of 8.66% and a gas earned return on equity of 5.87% compared to the authorized return on equity for each of 9.35%. Entergy New Orleans sought approval of a $12.6 million rate increase based on the formula set by the City Council in the 2018 rate case and approved again by the City Council in 2023. The formula would result in an increase in authorized electric revenues of $7.0 million and an increase in authorized gas revenues of $5.6 million. Following City Council review, the City Council’s advisors issued a report in July 2024 seeking a reduction in Entergy New Orleans’s requested formula rate plan revenues in an aggregate amount of approximately $1.6 million for electric and gas together due to alleged errors. Effective with the first billing cycle of September 2024, Entergy New Orleans implemented rates reflecting an amount agreed upon by Entergy New Orleans and the City Council, per the approved process for formula rate plan implementation. The total formula rate plan increase implemented was $11.2 million, which includes an increase of $5.8 million in electric revenues and an increase of $5.4 million in gas revenues. Filings with the PUCT and Texas Cities (Entergy Texas) Retail Rates 2022 Base Rate Case As discussed in the Form 10-K, in August 2023 the PUCT issued an order severing issues related to electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the 2022 base rate case proceeding to a separate proceeding. In December 2023 the PUCT referred the separate proceeding to resolve the issues related to electric vehicle charging infrastructure to the State Office of Administrative Hearings. A hearing on the merits was held in April 2024. In June 2024 the ALJ with the State Office of Administrative Hearings issued a proposal for decision concluding that it is appropriate for a vertically integrated electric utility, and Entergy Texas specifically, to own vehicle-charging facilities or other transportation electrification and charging infrastructure and recommending that both of Entergy Texas’s proposed transportation electrification riders be approved. In October 2024 the PUCT issued an order concluding that it is appropriate for Entergy Texas to own transportation electrification and charging infrastructure, including charging stations, and approving both of Entergy Texas’s proposed transportation electrification riders with a limitation that Entergy Texas’s infrastructure rider be applied only to publicly-available charging infrastructure and Entergy Texas not recover any outstanding fees from customers not taking service under the rider. Distribution Cost Recovery Factor (DCRF) Rider In June 2024, Entergy Texas filed with the PUCT a request to set a new DCRF rider. The new rider was designed to collect from Entergy Texas’s retail customers approximately $40.3 million annually based on its capital invested in distribution between January 1, 2022 and March 31, 2024. In September 2024, the PUCT approved the DCRF rider, consistent with Entergy Texas’s as-filed request, and rates became effective with the first billing cycle in October 2024. In September 2024, Entergy Texas filed with the PUCT a request to amend its DCRF rider. The proposed rider is designed to collect from Entergy Texas’s retail customers approximately $48.9 million annually, or $8.6 million in incremental annual revenues beyond Entergy Texas’s currently effective DCRF rider based on its capital invested in distribution between April 1, 2024 and June 30, 2024. In October 2024 the PUCT staff filed a recommendation that the PUCT approve Entergy Texas’s as-filed application. A PUCT decision is expected in fourth quarter 2024. Transmission Cost Recovery Factor (TCRF) Rider In October 2024, Entergy Texas filed with the PUCT a request to set a new TCRF rider. The proposed rider is designed to collect from Entergy Texas’s retail customers approximately $9.7 million annually based on its capital invested in transmission between January 1, 2022 and June 30, 2024 and changes in other transmission charges. Entergy Texas requested that the PUCT issue a decision in fourth quarter 2024, unless a hearing on the merits is requested. Entergy Arkansas Opportunity Sales Proceeding See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of the Entergy Arkansas opportunity sales proceeding. As discussed in the Form 10-K, in September 2020, Entergy Arkansas filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas challenging the APSC’s denial of recovery of $135 million of payments to other Utility operating companies in December 2018 relating to off-system sales of electricity from 2002-2009, as ordered by the FERC. The complaint also involved a challenge to the $13.7 million, plus interest, of related refunds ordered by the APSC and paid by Entergy Arkansas in August 2020. The trial was held in February 2023. Following the trial, Entergy Arkansas filed a motion with the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit to expedite the appeal filed by Arkansas Electric Energy Consumers, Inc. The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit granted Entergy Arkansas’s request, and oral arguments were held in June 2023. In August 2023 the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed the order of the court denying Arkansas Electric Energy Consumers, Inc.’s motion to intervene. In March 2024 the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas issued a judgment in favor of the APSC and against Entergy Arkansas. In March 2024 Entergy Arkansas filed a notice of appeal and a motion to expedite oral arguments with the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and the court granted the motion to expedite. Briefing to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit concluded in July 2024 and oral arguments concluded in September 2024. The appeal is pending with the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. As a result of the adverse decision by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Entergy Arkansas concluded that it could no longer support the recognition of its $131.8 million regulatory asset reflecting the previously-expected recovery of a portion of the costs at issue in the opportunity sales proceeding and recorded a $131.8 million ($99.1 million net-of-tax) charge to earnings in first quarter 2024. MSS-4 Replacement Tariff – Net Operating Loss Carryforward Proceeding In January 2021, pursuant to section 205 of the Federal Power Act, Entergy Services filed an amendment to the MSS-4 replacement tariff, a tariff governing the sales of energy and capacity among the Utility operating companies, in order to provide for the inclusion of specified accumulated deferred income taxes, including net operating loss carryforward accumulated deferred income taxes (NOLC ADIT), in the rate for sales of energy among the Utility operating companies on a prospective basis. In March 2021, the FERC accepted the filing, subject to refund and hearing procedures. In October 2021 the LPSC filed a complaint with the FERC alleging that Entergy Services improperly excluded NOLC ADIT from MSS-4 replacement tariff rates in the period before March 20, 2021. The LPSC argued that sales from Entergy Louisiana to Entergy Texas and Entergy New Orleans were charged at rates lower than they otherwise should have been, and it accordingly seeks surcharges for the period prior to March 20, 2021. The FERC set the complaint for hearing procedures and subsequently the hearing for this complaint proceeding was consolidated with the hearing procedures for Entergy Services’ January 2021 NOLC ADIT filing. Testimony was filed by parties in 2023, and the hearing before a FERC ALJ was concluded in February 2024. In June 2024, the FERC ALJ issued an initial decision addressing three major issues: (1) whether Entergy Services’ proposed prospective inclusion and allocation of NOLC ADIT in MSS-4 replacement tariff rates using a modified with-and-without methodology is just and reasonable; (2) whether Entergy Services correctly calculated excess and deficient accumulated deferred income taxes in accordance with the terms of a prior settlement; and (3) whether NOLC ADIT should have been included in MSS-4 replacement tariff rates prior to the effective date of the January 2021 MSS-4 replacement tariff filing. With respect to issues (1) and (2), the presiding ALJ concluded that Entergy Services’ proposed methodology for allocating and including NOLC ADIT in MSS-4 replacement tariff rates was just and reasonable and that Entergy Services correctly performed the excess and deficient accumulated deferred income taxes calculations. With respect to issue (3), however, the presiding ALJ agreed with the LPSC that NOLC ADIT should have been included in MSS-4 replacement tariff rates since September 1, 2016, and as a result, the presiding ALJ ordered that Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Arkansas recalculate bills for the period of September 1, 2016 through November 11, 2023 with surcharges expected to be due to those operating companies from the purchasing operating companies, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and Entergy Louisiana (for some Entergy Arkansas sales). The presiding ALJ also ordered Entergy Services to pay the interest owed to Entergy Louisiana on these surcharges. The surcharge methodology that the presiding ALJ recommended in connection with issue (3) was not supported by any participant in the hearing. As part of their exceptions to the initial decision, all parties to the proceeding opposed the use of the ALJ’s methodology, except for the FERC trial staff, which took no position. During the hearing, the LPSC and the FERC trial staff advocated that the alleged tariff violation should be remedied by the application of Entergy Services’ January 2021 proposed methodology. All other parties, including the PUCT, the City Council, and Entergy Services, opposed any surcharges for the period prior to the March 20, 2021 effective date of the January 2021 filing. Entergy Services disputes the presiding ALJ's rulings on issue (3) and filed exceptions to these rulings in July 2024. The ALJ's initial decision is not binding on the FERC and is an interim step in the hearing process. No refunds will be owed in connection with this proceeding unless and until the FERC requires them in a final order. Complaints Against System Energy See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding pending complaints against System Energy. System Energy and the Unit Power Sales Agreement are currently the subject of several litigation proceedings at the FERC (or on appeal from the FERC to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit) , including challenges with respect to System Energy’s authorized return on equity and capital structure, renewal of its sale-leaseback arrangement, treatment of uncertain tax positions, a broader investigation of rates under the Unit Power Sales Agreement, and two prudence complaints, one challenging the extended power uprate completed at Grand Gulf in 2012 and the operation and management of Grand Gulf, particularly in the 2016-2020 time period, and the second challenging the operation and management of Grand Gulf in the 2021-2022 time period. S ettlements that resolve all significant aspects of these complaints have been reached with the MPSC, the APSC, and the City Council and approved by the FERC. A settlement has been reached with the LPSC and is pending FERC approval, as described in “ System Energy Settlement with the LPSC ” below. If the settlement with the LPSC is approved by the FERC, it would resolve all significant aspects of these pending complaints. The following are updates to the discussion in the Form 10-K. Return on Equity and Capital Structure Complaints As discussed in the Form 10-K, in March 2021 the FERC ALJ issued an initial decision in the proceeding initiated by the LPSC, the MPSC, the APSC, and the City Council against System Energy regarding the return on equity component of the Unit Power Sales Agreement. With regard to System Energy’s authorized return on equity, the ALJ determined that the existing return on equity of 10.94% is no longer just and reasonable, and that the replacement authorized return on equity, based on application of the FERC’s Opinion No. 569-A methodology, should be 9.32%. The ALJ further determined that System Energy should pay refunds for a fifteen-month refund period (January 2017-April 2018) based on the difference between the current return on equity and the replacement authorized return on equity. The ALJ determined that the April 2018 complaint concerning the authorized return on equity should be dismissed, and that no refunds for a second fifteen-month refund period should be due. With regard to System Energy’s capital structure, the ALJ determined that System Energy’s actual equity ratio is excessive and that the just and reasonable equity ratio is 48.15% equity, based on the average equity ratio of the proxy group used to evaluate the return on equity for the second complaint. The ALJ further determined that System Energy should pay refunds for a fifteen-month refund period (September 2018-December 2019) based on the difference between the actual equity ratio and the 48.15% equity ratio. If the ALJ’s initial decision is upheld, the estimated refund for this proceeding is approximately $11.6 million, which includes interest through September 30, 2024, and the estimated resulting annual rate reduction would be approximately $6.8 million. As a result of the settlement agreements with the MPSC, the APSC, and the City Council, the estimated refund and rate reduction only includes the portion related to Entergy Louisiana, whose settlement with the LPSC is pending FERC approval. See “ System Energy Settlement with the MPSC ” in the Form 10-K, see “ System Energy Settlement with the APSC ” below and in the Form 10-K, and see “ System Energy Settlement with the City Council ” below for discussion of the settlements. The estimated refund will continue to accrue interest until a final FERC decision is issued. The ALJ initial decision is an interim step in the FERC litigation process , and an ALJ’s determinations made in an initial decision are not control
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Public Utilities Disclosure [Text Block]	RATE AND REGULATORY MATTERS (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Regulatory Assets and Regulatory Liabilities See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding regulatory assets and regulatory liabilities in the Utility business presented on the balance sheets of Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries. The following are updates to that discussion. Fuel and purchased power cost recovery Entergy Arkansas Energy Cost Recovery Rider In March 2024, Entergy Arkansas filed its annual redetermination of its energy cost rate pursuant to the energy cost recovery rider, which reflected a decrease in the rate from $0.01883 per kWh to $0.00882 per kWh. Due to a change in law in the State of Arkansas, the annual redetermination included $9 million, recorded as a credit to fuel expense in first quarter 2024, for recovery attributed to net metering costs in 2023. The primary reason for the rate decrease is a large over-recovered balance as a result of lower natural gas prices in 2023. To mitigate the effect of projected increases in natural gas prices in 2024, Entergy Arkansas adjusted the over-recovered balance included in the March 2024 annual redetermination filing by $43.7 million. This adjustment is expected to reduce the rate change that will be reflected in the 2025 energy cost rate redetermination. The redetermined rate of $0.00882 per kWh became effective with the first billing cycle in April 2024 through the normal operation of the tariff. Entergy Mississippi In June 2024 the MPSC approved a joint stipulation agreement between Entergy Mississippi and the Mississippi Public Utilities Staff for Entergy Mississippi’s 2024 formula rate plan filing. The 2024 formula rate plan filing included the conclusion of the modified interim adjustments to Entergy Mississippi’s energy cost recovery rider and power management rider, which were approved in October 2022 and allowed Entergy Mississippi to recover certain under-collected fuel balances. The stipulation provided for Entergy Mississippi to reduce its net energy cost factor. See “ Retail Rate Proceedings - Filings with the MPSC (Entergy Mississippi) - Retail Rates - 2024 Formula Rate Plan Filing” below for further discussion of the 2024 formula rate plan filing and the joint stipulation agreement. Entergy Texas In September 2024, Entergy Texas filed an application with the PUCT to reconcile its fuel and purchased power costs for the period from April 2022 through March 2024. During the reconciliation period, Entergy Texas incurred approximately $1.6 billion in eligible fuel and purchased power expenses to generate and purchase electricity to serve its customers, net of certain revenues credited to such expenses and other adjustments. Entergy Texas’s cumulative under-recovery balance for the reconciliation period was approximately $30 million, including interest, which Entergy Texas requested authority to carry over as part of the cumulative fuel balance for the subsequent reconciliation period beginning April 2024. Retail Rate Proceedings See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding retail rate proceedings involving the Utility operating companies. The following are updates to that discussion. Filings with the APSC (Entergy Arkansas) Retail Rates 2024 Formula Rate Plan Filing In July 2024, Entergy Arkansas filed with the APSC its 2024 formula rate plan filing to set its formula rate for the 2025 calendar year. The filing contained an evaluation of Entergy Arkansas’s earnings for the 2025 projected year and a netting adjustment for the 2023 historical year. The filing showed that Entergy Arkansas’s earned rate of return on common equity for the 2025 projected year was 8.43% resulting in a revenue deficiency of $69.5 million. The earned rate of return on common equity for the 2023 historical year was 7.48% resulting in a $33.1 million netting adjustment. The total proposed revenue change for the 2025 projected year and 2023 historical year netting adjustment is $102.6 million. By operation of the formula rate plan, Entergy Arkansas’s recovery of the revenue requirement is subject to a four percent annual revenue constraint. Because Entergy Arkansas’s revenue requirement in this filing exceeded the constraint, the resulting increase was limited to $82.6 million. The APSC general staff and intervenors filed their errors and objections in October 2024, proposing certain adjustments, including the APSC general staff’s update to annual filing year revenues that increases the constraint to $86.8 million. Entergy Arkansas filed its rebuttal in October 2024, and later in October 2024 the parties submitted a joint issues list and stipulations setting forth the disputed issues and the noncontested issues. A hearing is scheduled for November 2024. Grand Gulf Credit Rider In June 2024, Entergy Arkansas filed with the APSC a tariff to provide retail customers a credit resulting from the terms of the settlement agreement between Entergy Arkansas, System Energy, additional named Entergy parties, and the APSC pertaining to System Energy’s billings for wholesale sales of energy and capacity from the Grand Gulf nuclear plant. See “ Complaints Against System Energy - System Energy Settlement with the APSC ” below and in the Form 10-K for discussion of the settlement. In July 2024 the APSC approved the tariff, under which Entergy Arkansas will refund to retail customers a total of $100.6 million. To date, Entergy Arkansas has refunded $92.3 million of the total through one-time bill credits during the August 2024 billing cycle. Filings with the LPSC (Entergy Louisiana) Retail Rates - Electric 2023 Entergy Louisiana Rate Case and Formula Rate Plan Extension Request As discussed in the Form 10-K, in August 2023, Entergy Louisiana filed an application for approval of a regulatory blueprint necessary for it to strengthen the electric grid for the State of Louisiana, which contains a dual-path request to update rates through either: (1) extension of Entergy Louisiana’s current formula rate plan (with certain modifications) for three years (the Rate Mitigation Proposal), which is Entergy Louisiana’s recommended path; or (2) implementation of rates resulting from a cost-of-service study (the Rate Case path). The application complies with Entergy Louisiana’s previous formula rate plan extension order requiring that for Entergy Louisiana to obtain another extension of its formula rate plan that included a rate reset, Entergy Louisiana would need to submit a full cost-of-service rate case. Entergy Louisiana’s filing supports the need to extend Entergy Louisiana’s formula rate plan with credit supportive mechanisms needed to facilitate investment in the distribution, transmission, and generation functions. A status conference was held in October 2023 at which a procedural schedule was adopted that included three technical conferences and a hearing in August 2024. In March 2024 the parties agreed to an eight-week extension of all deadlines to allow for continuation of settlement negotiations, and the ALJ issued an order with an amended procedural schedule. In July 2024 the parties agreed to extend further the procedural schedule to facilitate the continuation of settlement negotiations, with the hearing commencing in December 2024. In July 2024, Entergy Louisiana reached an agreement in principle with the LPSC staff and the intervenors in the proceeding and filed with the LPSC a joint motion to suspend the procedural schedule to allow for all parties to finalize a stipulated settlement agreement. In August 2024, Entergy Louisiana and the LPSC staff jointly filed a global stipulated settlement agreement for consideration by the LPSC with key terms as follows: • continuation of the formula rate plan for 2024-2026 (test years 2023-2025); • a base formula rate plan revenue increase of $120 million for test year 2023, effective for rates beginning September 2024; • a $140 million cumulative cap on base formula rate plan revenue increases, if needed, for test years 2024 and 2025, excluding outside the bandwidth items; • $184 million of customer rate credits to be given over two years, including increasing customer sharing of income tax benefits resulting from the 2016-2018 IRS audit, to resolve any remaining disputed issues stemming from formula rate plan test years prior to test year 2023, including but not limited to the investigation into Entergy Services costs billed to Entergy Louisiana. As discussed in Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K, a $38 million regulatory liability was recorded in 2023 in connection with the 2016-2018 IRS audit; • $75.5 million of customer rate credits, as provided for in the System Energy global settlement, to be credited over three years subject to and conditioned upon FERC approval of the System Energy global settlement. See “ Complaints Against System Energy – System Energy Settlement with the LPSC ” below for further details of the System Energy global settlement; • $5.8 million of customer rate credits provided for in the Entergy Louisiana formula rate plan global settlement agreement approved by the LPSC in November 2023 credited over one year. See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for the discussion of the November 2023 Entergy Louisiana formula rate plan global settlement agreement; • an increase in the allowed midpoint return on common equity from 9.5% to 9.7%, with a bandwidth of 40 basis points above and below the midpoint, for the extended term of the formula rate plan, except that for test year 2023 in which the authorized return on common equity shall have no bearing on the change in base formula rate plan revenue described above and, for test year 2024, any earnings above the authorized return on common equity shall be returned to customers through a credit; • an increase in nuclear depreciation rates by $15 million in each of the 2023, 2024, and 2025 test years outside of the formula rate plan bandwidth calculation; and • for the transmission recovery mechanism and the distribution recovery mechanism, no change to the existing floors, but the caps for both would be $350 million for test year 2023, $375 million for test year 2024, and $400 million for test year 2025. Transmission projects filed with the LPSC will be exempt from the transmission recovery mechanism cap. The global stipulated settlement agreement was unanimously approved by the LPSC in August 2024 and an order was issued by the LPSC in September 2024 reflecting the approval of the settlement. Based on the July 2024 agreement in principle, in second quarter 2024 Entergy Louisiana recorded expenses of $151 million ($111 million net-of-tax) primarily consisting of regulatory charges to reflect the effects of the agreement in principle. 2023 Formula Rate Plan Filing In August 2024, pursuant to the global stipulated settlement agreement, Entergy Louisiana filed its formula rate plan evaluation report for its 2023 calendar year operations. Consistent with the global stipulated settlement agreement, the filing reflected a 9.7% allowed return on common equity with a bandwidth of 40 basis points above and below the midpoint. For the 2023 test year, however, the bandwidth provisions of the formula rate plan are temporarily suspended and, pursuant to the terms of the global stipulated settlement agreement, Entergy Louisiana implemented the September 2024 formula rate plan rate adjustments effective with the first billing cycle of September 2024. Those adjustments include a $120 million increase in base rider formula rate plan revenue and a $101.8 million one-time incremental net decrease consistent with the terms of the global stipulated settlement. The formula rate plan rate adjustments reflected in the evaluation report also include a redetermination of the transmission recovery mechanism, the distribution recovery mechanism, the additional capacity mechanism, the tax adjustment mechanism, the MISO cost recovery mechanism, and other one-time adjustments. Pursuant to the terms of the global stipulated settlement agreement, the review of the 2023 evaluation report shall be limited to these mechanisms and conducted under an expedited procedural schedule that provides a process for the parties to file and pursue resolution of any disputed issues by January 2025, after which any remaining disputed issues will be submitted to the ALJ for a contested proceeding and, ultimately, resolution by the LPSC. Filings with the MPSC (Entergy Mississippi) Retail Rates 2024 Formula Rate Plan Filing In March 2024, Entergy Mississippi submitted its formula rate plan 2024 test year filing and 2023 look-back filing showing Entergy Mississippi’s earned return on rate base for the historical 2023 calendar year to be within the formula rate plan bandwidth and projected earned return for the 2024 calendar year to be below the formula rate plan bandwidth. The 2024 test year filing showed a $63.4 million rate increase was necessary to reset Entergy Mississippi’s earned return on rate base to the specified point of adjustment of 7.10%, within the formula rate plan bandwidth. The 2023 look-back filing compared actual 2023 results to the approved benchmark return on rate base and reflected no change in formula rate plan revenues. In accordance with the provisions of the formula rate plan, Entergy Mississippi implemented a $32.6 million interim rate increase, reflecting a cap equal to 2% of 2023 retail revenues, effective April 2024. In December 2014 the MPSC ordered Entergy Mississippi to file an updated depreciation study at least once every four years. Pursuant to this order and Entergy Mississippi’s filing cycle, Entergy Mississippi would have filed an updated depreciation report with its formula rate plan filing in 2023. However, in July 2022 the MPSC directed Entergy Mississippi to file its next depreciation study in connection with its 2024 formula rate plan filing notwithstanding the MPSC’s prior order. Accordingly, Entergy Mississippi filed a depreciation study in February 2024. The study showed a need for an increase in annual depreciation expense of $55.2 million. The calculated increase in annual depreciation expense was excluded from Entergy Mississippi’s 2024 formula rate plan revenue increase request because the MPSC had not yet approved the proposed depreciation rates. In June 2024, Entergy Mississippi and the Mississippi Public Utilities Staff entered into a joint stipulation that confirmed the 2024 test year filing, with the exception of immaterial adjustments to certain operation and maintenance expenses. After performance adjustments, the formula rate plan reflected an earned return on rate base of 6.08% for calendar year 2024, which resulted in a total revenue increase of $64.6 million for 2024. The joint stipulation also recommended approval of a revised customer charge of $31.82 per month for residential customers and $53.10 per month for general service customers. Pursuant to the stipulation, Entergy Mississippi’s 2023 look-back filing reflected an earned return on rate base of 6.81%, resulting in an increase of $0.3 million in the formula rate plan revenues for 2023. Finally, the stipulation recommended approval of Entergy Mississippi’s proposed depreciation rates with those rates to be implemented upon request and approval at a later date. In June 2024 the MPSC approved the joint stipulation with rates effective in July 2024. The approval also included a reduction to the energy cost factor, resulting in a net bill decrease for a typical residential customer using 1,000 kWh per month. Also in June 2024, Entergy Mississippi recorded regulatory credits of $7.3 million to reflect the difference between interim rates placed in effect in April 2024 and the rates reflected in the joint stipulation. In May 2024, Entergy Mississippi received approval from the MPSC for formula rate plan revisions that were necessary for Entergy Mississippi to comply with state legislation passed in January 2024. The legislation allows Entergy Mississippi to make interim rate adjustments to recover the non-fuel related annual ownership cost of certain facilities that directly or indirectly provide service to customers who own certain data processing center projects as specified in the legislation. Entergy Mississippi filed the first of its annual interim facilities rate adjustment reports in May 2024 to recover approximately $8.7 million of these costs over a six-month period with rates effective beginning in July 2024. Grand Gulf Capacity Filing In September 2024, Entergy Mississippi filed a notice of intent with the MPSC to implement revisions to its unit power cost recovery rider that would allow Entergy Mississippi to recover the first year of costs associated with the transfer of Entergy Louisiana’s interest in and purchases of Grand Gulf capacity and energy under the revised rider schedule, effective by January 1, 2025. This notice filing relates to the divestiture of Entergy Louisiana’s 14% share of Grand Gulf capacity and energy under the Unit Power Sales Agreement and 2.43% share of capacity and energy from Entergy Arkansas under the MSS-4 replacement tariff. This divestiture will be effectuated initially through Entergy Mississippi’s purchases from Entergy Louisiana pursuant to a PPA governed by the MSS-4 replacement tariff, a tariff governing the sales of energy and capacity among the Utility operating companies as described in the System Energy global settlement with the LPSC and Entergy Louisiana. See “ Complaints Against System Energy - System Energy Settlement with the LPSC ” below for further details of the System Energy global settlement with the LPSC. In October 2024, Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Mississippi filed the proposed MSS-4 replacement PPA with the FERC. The parties requested that the MPSC and the FERC issue orders accepting the PPA no later than December 2024. Filings with the City Council (Entergy New Orleans) Retail Rates 2024 Formula Rate Plan Filing In April 2024, Entergy New Orleans submitted to the City Council its formula rate plan 2023 test year filing. Without the requested rate change in 2024, the 2023 test year evaluation report produced an electric earned return on equity of 8.66% and a gas earned return on equity of 5.87% compared to the authorized return on equity for each of 9.35%. Entergy New Orleans sought approval of a $12.6 million rate increase based on the formula set by the City Council in the 2018 rate case and approved again by the City Council in 2023. The formula would result in an increase in authorized electric revenues of $7.0 million and an increase in authorized gas revenues of $5.6 million. Following City Council review, the City Council’s advisors issued a report in July 2024 seeking a reduction in Entergy New Orleans’s requested formula rate plan revenues in an aggregate amount of approximately $1.6 million for electric and gas together due to alleged errors. Effective with the first billing cycle of September 2024, Entergy New Orleans implemented rates reflecting an amount agreed upon by Entergy New Orleans and the City Council, per the approved process for formula rate plan implementation. The total formula rate plan increase implemented was $11.2 million, which includes an increase of $5.8 million in electric revenues and an increase of $5.4 million in gas revenues. Filings with the PUCT and Texas Cities (Entergy Texas) Retail Rates 2022 Base Rate Case As discussed in the Form 10-K, in August 2023 the PUCT issued an order severing issues related to electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the 2022 base rate case proceeding to a separate proceeding. In December 2023 the PUCT referred the separate proceeding to resolve the issues related to electric vehicle charging infrastructure to the State Office of Administrative Hearings. A hearing on the merits was held in April 2024. In June 2024 the ALJ with the State Office of Administrative Hearings issued a proposal for decision concluding that it is appropriate for a vertically integrated electric utility, and Entergy Texas specifically, to own vehicle-charging facilities or other transportation electrification and charging infrastructure and recommending that both of Entergy Texas’s proposed transportation electrification riders be approved. In October 2024 the PUCT issued an order concluding that it is appropriate for Entergy Texas to own transportation electrification and charging infrastructure, including charging stations, and approving both of Entergy Texas’s proposed transportation electrification riders with a limitation that Entergy Texas’s infrastructure rider be applied only to publicly-available charging infrastructure and Entergy Texas not recover any outstanding fees from customers not taking service under the rider. Distribution Cost Recovery Factor (DCRF) Rider In June 2024, Entergy Texas filed with the PUCT a request to set a new DCRF rider. The new rider was designed to collect from Entergy Texas’s retail customers approximately $40.3 million annually based on its capital invested in distribution between January 1, 2022 and March 31, 2024. In September 2024, the PUCT approved the DCRF rider, consistent with Entergy Texas’s as-filed request, and rates became effective with the first billing cycle in October 2024. In September 2024, Entergy Texas filed with the PUCT a request to amend its DCRF rider. The proposed rider is designed to collect from Entergy Texas’s retail customers approximately $48.9 million annually, or $8.6 million in incremental annual revenues beyond Entergy Texas’s currently effective DCRF rider based on its capital invested in distribution between April 1, 2024 and June 30, 2024. In October 2024 the PUCT staff filed a recommendation that the PUCT approve Entergy Texas’s as-filed application. A PUCT decision is expected in fourth quarter 2024. Transmission Cost Recovery Factor (TCRF) Rider In October 2024, Entergy Texas filed with the PUCT a request to set a new TCRF rider. The proposed rider is designed to collect from Entergy Texas’s retail customers approximately $9.7 million annually based on its capital invested in transmission between January 1, 2022 and June 30, 2024 and changes in other transmission charges. Entergy Texas requested that the PUCT issue a decision in fourth quarter 2024, unless a hearing on the merits is requested. Entergy Arkansas Opportunity Sales Proceeding See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of the Entergy Arkansas opportunity sales proceeding. As discussed in the Form 10-K, in September 2020, Entergy Arkansas filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas challenging the APSC’s denial of recovery of $135 million of payments to other Utility operating companies in December 2018 relating to off-system sales of electricity from 2002-2009, as ordered by the FERC. The complaint also involved a challenge to the $13.7 million, plus interest, of related refunds ordered by the APSC and paid by Entergy Arkansas in August 2020. The trial was held in February 2023. Following the trial, Entergy Arkansas filed a motion with the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit to expedite the appeal filed by Arkansas Electric Energy Consumers, Inc. The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit granted Entergy Arkansas’s request, and oral arguments were held in June 2023. In August 2023 the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed the order of the court denying Arkansas Electric Energy Consumers, Inc.’s motion to intervene. In March 2024 the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas issued a judgment in favor of the APSC and against Entergy Arkansas. In March 2024 Entergy Arkansas filed a notice of appeal and a motion to expedite oral arguments with the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and the court granted the motion to expedite. Briefing to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit concluded in July 2024 and oral arguments concluded in September 2024. The appeal is pending with the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. As a result of the adverse decision by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Entergy Arkansas concluded that it could no longer support the recognition of its $131.8 million regulatory asset reflecting the previously-expected recovery of a portion of the costs at issue in the opportunity sales proceeding and recorded a $131.8 million ($99.1 million net-of-tax) charge to earnings in first quarter 2024. MSS-4 Replacement Tariff – Net Operating Loss Carryforward Proceeding In January 2021, pursuant to section 205 of the Federal Power Act, Entergy Services filed an amendment to the MSS-4 replacement tariff, a tariff governing the sales of energy and capacity among the Utility operating companies, in order to provide for the inclusion of specified accumulated deferred income taxes, including net operating loss carryforward accumulated deferred income taxes (NOLC ADIT), in the rate for sales of energy among the Utility operating companies on a prospective basis. In March 2021, the FERC accepted the filing, subject to refund and hearing procedures. In October 2021 the LPSC filed a complaint with the FERC alleging that Entergy Services improperly excluded NOLC ADIT from MSS-4 replacement tariff rates in the period before March 20, 2021. The LPSC argued that sales from Entergy Louisiana to Entergy Texas and Entergy New Orleans were charged at rates lower than they otherwise should have been, and it accordingly seeks surcharges for the period prior to March 20, 2021. The FERC set the complaint for hearing procedures and subsequently the hearing for this complaint proceeding was consolidated with the hearing procedures for Entergy Services’ January 2021 NOLC ADIT filing. Testimony was filed by parties in 2023, and the hearing before a FERC ALJ was concluded in February 2024. In June 2024, the FERC ALJ issued an initial decision addressing three major issues: (1) whether Entergy Services’ proposed prospective inclusion and allocation of NOLC ADIT in MSS-4 replacement tariff rates using a modified with-and-without methodology is just and reasonable; (2) whether Entergy Services correctly calculated excess and deficient accumulated deferred income taxes in accordance with the terms of a prior settlement; and (3) whether NOLC ADIT should have been included in MSS-4 replacement tariff rates prior to the effective date of the January 2021 MSS-4 replacement tariff filing. With respect to issues (1) and (2), the presiding ALJ concluded that Entergy Services’ proposed methodology for allocating and including NOLC ADIT in MSS-4 replacement tariff rates was just and reasonable and that Entergy Services correctly performed the excess and deficient accumulated deferred income taxes calculations. With respect to issue (3), however, the presiding ALJ agreed with the LPSC that NOLC ADIT should have been included in MSS-4 replacement tariff rates since September 1, 2016, and as a result, the presiding ALJ ordered that Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Arkansas recalculate bills for the period of September 1, 2016 through November 11, 2023 with surcharges expected to be due to those operating companies from the purchasing operating companies, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and Entergy Louisiana (for some Entergy Arkansas sales). The presiding ALJ also ordered Entergy Services to pay the interest owed to Entergy Louisiana on these surcharges. The surcharge methodology that the presiding ALJ recommended in connection with issue (3) was not supported by any participant in the hearing. As part of their exceptions to the initial decision, all parties to the proceeding opposed the use of the ALJ’s methodology, except for the FERC trial staff, which took no position. During the hearing, the LPSC and the FERC trial staff advocated that the alleged tariff violation should be remedied by the application of Entergy Services’ January 2021 proposed methodology. All other parties, including the PUCT, the City Council, and Entergy Services, opposed any surcharges for the period prior to the March 20, 2021 effective date of the January 2021 filing. Entergy Services disputes the presiding ALJ's rulings on issue (3) and filed exceptions to these rulings in July 2024. The ALJ's initial decision is not binding on the FERC and is an interim step in the hearing process. No refunds will be owed in connection with this proceeding unless and until the FERC requires them in a final order. Complaints Against System Energy See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding pending complaints against System Energy. System Energy and the Unit Power Sales Agreement are currently the subject of several litigation proceedings at the FERC (or on appeal from the FERC to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit) , including challenges with respect to System Energy’s authorized return on equity and capital structure, renewal of its sale-leaseback arrangement, treatment of uncertain tax positions, a broader investigation of rates under the Unit Power Sales Agreement, and two prudence complaints, one challenging the extended power uprate completed at Grand Gulf in 2012 and the operation and management of Grand Gulf, particularly in the 2016-2020 time period, and the second challenging the operation and management of Grand Gulf in the 2021-2022 time period. S ettlements that resolve all significant aspects of these complaints have been reached with the MPSC, the APSC, and the City Council and approved by the FERC. A settlement has been reached with the LPSC and is pending FERC approval, as described in “ System Energy Settlement with the LPSC ” below. If the settlement with the LPSC is approved by the FERC, it would resolve all significant aspects of these pending complaints. The following are updates to the discussion in the Form 10-K. Return on Equity and Capital Structure Complaints As discussed in the Form 10-K, in March 2021 the FERC ALJ issued an initial decision in the proceeding initiated by the LPSC, the MPSC, the APSC, and the City Council against System Energy regarding the return on equity component of the Unit Power Sales Agreement. With regard to System Energy’s authorized return on equity, the ALJ determined that the existing return on equity of 10.94% is no longer just and reasonable, and that the replacement authorized return on equity, based on application of the FERC’s Opinion No. 569-A methodology, should be 9.32%. The ALJ further determined that System Energy should pay refunds for a fifteen-month refund period (January 2017-April 2018) based on the difference between the current return on equity and the replacement authorized return on equity. The ALJ determined that the April 2018 complaint concerning the authorized return on equity should be dismissed, and that no refunds for a second fifteen-month refund period should be due. With regard to System Energy’s capital structure, the ALJ determined that System Energy’s actual equity ratio is excessive and that the just and reasonable equity ratio is 48.15% equity, based on the average equity ratio of the proxy group used to evaluate the return on equity for the second complaint. The ALJ further determined that System Energy should pay refunds for a fifteen-month refund period (September 2018-December 2019) based on the difference between the actual equity ratio and the 48.15% equity ratio. If the ALJ’s initial decision is upheld, the estimated refund for this proceeding is approximately $11.6 million, which includes interest through September 30, 2024, and the estimated resulting annual rate reduction would be approximately $6.8 million. As a result of the settlement agreements with the MPSC, the APSC, and the City Council, the estimated refund and rate reduction only includes the portion related to Entergy Louisiana, whose settlement with the LPSC is pending FERC approval. See “ System Energy Settlement with the MPSC ” in the Form 10-K, see “ System Energy Settlement with the APSC ” below and in the Form 10-K, and see “ System Energy Settlement with the City Council ” below for discussion of the settlements. The estimated refund will continue to accrue interest until a final FERC decision is issued. The ALJ initial decision is an interim step in the FERC litigation process , and an ALJ’s determinations made in an initial decision are not control
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Public Utilities Disclosure [Text Block]	RATE AND REGULATORY MATTERS (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Regulatory Assets and Regulatory Liabilities See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding regulatory assets and regulatory liabilities in the Utility business presented on the balance sheets of Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries. The following are updates to that discussion. Fuel and purchased power cost recovery Entergy Arkansas Energy Cost Recovery Rider In March 2024, Entergy Arkansas filed its annual redetermination of its energy cost rate pursuant to the energy cost recovery rider, which reflected a decrease in the rate from $0.01883 per kWh to $0.00882 per kWh. Due to a change in law in the State of Arkansas, the annual redetermination included $9 million, recorded as a credit to fuel expense in first quarter 2024, for recovery attributed to net metering costs in 2023. The primary reason for the rate decrease is a large over-recovered balance as a result of lower natural gas prices in 2023. To mitigate the effect of projected increases in natural gas prices in 2024, Entergy Arkansas adjusted the over-recovered balance included in the March 2024 annual redetermination filing by $43.7 million. This adjustment is expected to reduce the rate change that will be reflected in the 2025 energy cost rate redetermination. The redetermined rate of $0.00882 per kWh became effective with the first billing cycle in April 2024 through the normal operation of the tariff. Entergy Mississippi In June 2024 the MPSC approved a joint stipulation agreement between Entergy Mississippi and the Mississippi Public Utilities Staff for Entergy Mississippi’s 2024 formula rate plan filing. The 2024 formula rate plan filing included the conclusion of the modified interim adjustments to Entergy Mississippi’s energy cost recovery rider and power management rider, which were approved in October 2022 and allowed Entergy Mississippi to recover certain under-collected fuel balances. The stipulation provided for Entergy Mississippi to reduce its net energy cost factor. See “ Retail Rate Proceedings - Filings with the MPSC (Entergy Mississippi) - Retail Rates - 2024 Formula Rate Plan Filing” below for further discussion of the 2024 formula rate plan filing and the joint stipulation agreement. Entergy Texas In September 2024, Entergy Texas filed an application with the PUCT to reconcile its fuel and purchased power costs for the period from April 2022 through March 2024. During the reconciliation period, Entergy Texas incurred approximately $1.6 billion in eligible fuel and purchased power expenses to generate and purchase electricity to serve its customers, net of certain revenues credited to such expenses and other adjustments. Entergy Texas’s cumulative under-recovery balance for the reconciliation period was approximately $30 million, including interest, which Entergy Texas requested authority to carry over as part of the cumulative fuel balance for the subsequent reconciliation period beginning April 2024. Retail Rate Proceedings See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding retail rate proceedings involving the Utility operating companies. The following are updates to that discussion. Filings with the APSC (Entergy Arkansas) Retail Rates 2024 Formula Rate Plan Filing In July 2024, Entergy Arkansas filed with the APSC its 2024 formula rate plan filing to set its formula rate for the 2025 calendar year. The filing contained an evaluation of Entergy Arkansas’s earnings for the 2025 projected year and a netting adjustment for the 2023 historical year. The filing showed that Entergy Arkansas’s earned rate of return on common equity for the 2025 projected year was 8.43% resulting in a revenue deficiency of $69.5 million. The earned rate of return on common equity for the 2023 historical year was 7.48% resulting in a $33.1 million netting adjustment. The total proposed revenue change for the 2025 projected year and 2023 historical year netting adjustment is $102.6 million. By operation of the formula rate plan, Entergy Arkansas’s recovery of the revenue requirement is subject to a four percent annual revenue constraint. Because Entergy Arkansas’s revenue requirement in this filing exceeded the constraint, the resulting increase was limited to $82.6 million. The APSC general staff and intervenors filed their errors and objections in October 2024, proposing certain adjustments, including the APSC general staff’s update to annual filing year revenues that increases the constraint to $86.8 million. Entergy Arkansas filed its rebuttal in October 2024, and later in October 2024 the parties submitted a joint issues list and stipulations setting forth the disputed issues and the noncontested issues. A hearing is scheduled for November 2024. Grand Gulf Credit Rider In June 2024, Entergy Arkansas filed with the APSC a tariff to provide retail customers a credit resulting from the terms of the settlement agreement between Entergy Arkansas, System Energy, additional named Entergy parties, and the APSC pertaining to System Energy’s billings for wholesale sales of energy and capacity from the Grand Gulf nuclear plant. See “ Complaints Against System Energy - System Energy Settlement with the APSC ” below and in the Form 10-K for discussion of the settlement. In July 2024 the APSC approved the tariff, under which Entergy Arkansas will refund to retail customers a total of $100.6 million. To date, Entergy Arkansas has refunded $92.3 million of the total through one-time bill credits during the August 2024 billing cycle. Filings with the LPSC (Entergy Louisiana) Retail Rates - Electric 2023 Entergy Louisiana Rate Case and Formula Rate Plan Extension Request As discussed in the Form 10-K, in August 2023, Entergy Louisiana filed an application for approval of a regulatory blueprint necessary for it to strengthen the electric grid for the State of Louisiana, which contains a dual-path request to update rates through either: (1) extension of Entergy Louisiana’s current formula rate plan (with certain modifications) for three years (the Rate Mitigation Proposal), which is Entergy Louisiana’s recommended path; or (2) implementation of rates resulting from a cost-of-service study (the Rate Case path). The application complies with Entergy Louisiana’s previous formula rate plan extension order requiring that for Entergy Louisiana to obtain another extension of its formula rate plan that included a rate reset, Entergy Louisiana would need to submit a full cost-of-service rate case. Entergy Louisiana’s filing supports the need to extend Entergy Louisiana’s formula rate plan with credit supportive mechanisms needed to facilitate investment in the distribution, transmission, and generation functions. A status conference was held in October 2023 at which a procedural schedule was adopted that included three technical conferences and a hearing in August 2024. In March 2024 the parties agreed to an eight-week extension of all deadlines to allow for continuation of settlement negotiations, and the ALJ issued an order with an amended procedural schedule. In July 2024 the parties agreed to extend further the procedural schedule to facilitate the continuation of settlement negotiations, with the hearing commencing in December 2024. In July 2024, Entergy Louisiana reached an agreement in principle with the LPSC staff and the intervenors in the proceeding and filed with the LPSC a joint motion to suspend the procedural schedule to allow for all parties to finalize a stipulated settlement agreement. In August 2024, Entergy Louisiana and the LPSC staff jointly filed a global stipulated settlement agreement for consideration by the LPSC with key terms as follows: • continuation of the formula rate plan for 2024-2026 (test years 2023-2025); • a base formula rate plan revenue increase of $120 million for test year 2023, effective for rates beginning September 2024; • a $140 million cumulative cap on base formula rate plan revenue increases, if needed, for test years 2024 and 2025, excluding outside the bandwidth items; • $184 million of customer rate credits to be given over two years, including increasing customer sharing of income tax benefits resulting from the 2016-2018 IRS audit, to resolve any remaining disputed issues stemming from formula rate plan test years prior to test year 2023, including but not limited to the investigation into Entergy Services costs billed to Entergy Louisiana. As discussed in Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K, a $38 million regulatory liability was recorded in 2023 in connection with the 2016-2018 IRS audit; • $75.5 million of customer rate credits, as provided for in the System Energy global settlement, to be credited over three years subject to and conditioned upon FERC approval of the System Energy global settlement. See “ Complaints Against System Energy – System Energy Settlement with the LPSC ” below for further details of the System Energy global settlement; • $5.8 million of customer rate credits provided for in the Entergy Louisiana formula rate plan global settlement agreement approved by the LPSC in November 2023 credited over one year. See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for the discussion of the November 2023 Entergy Louisiana formula rate plan global settlement agreement; • an increase in the allowed midpoint return on common equity from 9.5% to 9.7%, with a bandwidth of 40 basis points above and below the midpoint, for the extended term of the formula rate plan, except that for test year 2023 in which the authorized return on common equity shall have no bearing on the change in base formula rate plan revenue described above and, for test year 2024, any earnings above the authorized return on common equity shall be returned to customers through a credit; • an increase in nuclear depreciation rates by $15 million in each of the 2023, 2024, and 2025 test years outside of the formula rate plan bandwidth calculation; and • for the transmission recovery mechanism and the distribution recovery mechanism, no change to the existing floors, but the caps for both would be $350 million for test year 2023, $375 million for test year 2024, and $400 million for test year 2025. Transmission projects filed with the LPSC will be exempt from the transmission recovery mechanism cap. The global stipulated settlement agreement was unanimously approved by the LPSC in August 2024 and an order was issued by the LPSC in September 2024 reflecting the approval of the settlement. Based on the July 2024 agreement in principle, in second quarter 2024 Entergy Louisiana recorded expenses of $151 million ($111 million net-of-tax) primarily consisting of regulatory charges to reflect the effects of the agreement in principle. 2023 Formula Rate Plan Filing In August 2024, pursuant to the global stipulated settlement agreement, Entergy Louisiana filed its formula rate plan evaluation report for its 2023 calendar year operations. Consistent with the global stipulated settlement agreement, the filing reflected a 9.7% allowed return on common equity with a bandwidth of 40 basis points above and below the midpoint. For the 2023 test year, however, the bandwidth provisions of the formula rate plan are temporarily suspended and, pursuant to the terms of the global stipulated settlement agreement, Entergy Louisiana implemented the September 2024 formula rate plan rate adjustments effective with the first billing cycle of September 2024. Those adjustments include a $120 million increase in base rider formula rate plan revenue and a $101.8 million one-time incremental net decrease consistent with the terms of the global stipulated settlement. The formula rate plan rate adjustments reflected in the evaluation report also include a redetermination of the transmission recovery mechanism, the distribution recovery mechanism, the additional capacity mechanism, the tax adjustment mechanism, the MISO cost recovery mechanism, and other one-time adjustments. Pursuant to the terms of the global stipulated settlement agreement, the review of the 2023 evaluation report shall be limited to these mechanisms and conducted under an expedited procedural schedule that provides a process for the parties to file and pursue resolution of any disputed issues by January 2025, after which any remaining disputed issues will be submitted to the ALJ for a contested proceeding and, ultimately, resolution by the LPSC. Filings with the MPSC (Entergy Mississippi) Retail Rates 2024 Formula Rate Plan Filing In March 2024, Entergy Mississippi submitted its formula rate plan 2024 test year filing and 2023 look-back filing showing Entergy Mississippi’s earned return on rate base for the historical 2023 calendar year to be within the formula rate plan bandwidth and projected earned return for the 2024 calendar year to be below the formula rate plan bandwidth. The 2024 test year filing showed a $63.4 million rate increase was necessary to reset Entergy Mississippi’s earned return on rate base to the specified point of adjustment of 7.10%, within the formula rate plan bandwidth. The 2023 look-back filing compared actual 2023 results to the approved benchmark return on rate base and reflected no change in formula rate plan revenues. In accordance with the provisions of the formula rate plan, Entergy Mississippi implemented a $32.6 million interim rate increase, reflecting a cap equal to 2% of 2023 retail revenues, effective April 2024. In December 2014 the MPSC ordered Entergy Mississippi to file an updated depreciation study at least once every four years. Pursuant to this order and Entergy Mississippi’s filing cycle, Entergy Mississippi would have filed an updated depreciation report with its formula rate plan filing in 2023. However, in July 2022 the MPSC directed Entergy Mississippi to file its next depreciation study in connection with its 2024 formula rate plan filing notwithstanding the MPSC’s prior order. Accordingly, Entergy Mississippi filed a depreciation study in February 2024. The study showed a need for an increase in annual depreciation expense of $55.2 million. The calculated increase in annual depreciation expense was excluded from Entergy Mississippi’s 2024 formula rate plan revenue increase request because the MPSC had not yet approved the proposed depreciation rates. In June 2024, Entergy Mississippi and the Mississippi Public Utilities Staff entered into a joint stipulation that confirmed the 2024 test year filing, with the exception of immaterial adjustments to certain operation and maintenance expenses. After performance adjustments, the formula rate plan reflected an earned return on rate base of 6.08% for calendar year 2024, which resulted in a total revenue increase of $64.6 million for 2024. The joint stipulation also recommended approval of a revised customer charge of $31.82 per month for residential customers and $53.10 per month for general service customers. Pursuant to the stipulation, Entergy Mississippi’s 2023 look-back filing reflected an earned return on rate base of 6.81%, resulting in an increase of $0.3 million in the formula rate plan revenues for 2023. Finally, the stipulation recommended approval of Entergy Mississippi’s proposed depreciation rates with those rates to be implemented upon request and approval at a later date. In June 2024 the MPSC approved the joint stipulation with rates effective in July 2024. The approval also included a reduction to the energy cost factor, resulting in a net bill decrease for a typical residential customer using 1,000 kWh per month. Also in June 2024, Entergy Mississippi recorded regulatory credits of $7.3 million to reflect the difference between interim rates placed in effect in April 2024 and the rates reflected in the joint stipulation. In May 2024, Entergy Mississippi received approval from the MPSC for formula rate plan revisions that were necessary for Entergy Mississippi to comply with state legislation passed in January 2024. The legislation allows Entergy Mississippi to make interim rate adjustments to recover the non-fuel related annual ownership cost of certain facilities that directly or indirectly provide service to customers who own certain data processing center projects as specified in the legislation. Entergy Mississippi filed the first of its annual interim facilities rate adjustment reports in May 2024 to recover approximately $8.7 million of these costs over a six-month period with rates effective beginning in July 2024. Grand Gulf Capacity Filing In September 2024, Entergy Mississippi filed a notice of intent with the MPSC to implement revisions to its unit power cost recovery rider that would allow Entergy Mississippi to recover the first year of costs associated with the transfer of Entergy Louisiana’s interest in and purchases of Grand Gulf capacity and energy under the revised rider schedule, effective by January 1, 2025. This notice filing relates to the divestiture of Entergy Louisiana’s 14% share of Grand Gulf capacity and energy under the Unit Power Sales Agreement and 2.43% share of capacity and energy from Entergy Arkansas under the MSS-4 replacement tariff. This divestiture will be effectuated initially through Entergy Mississippi’s purchases from Entergy Louisiana pursuant to a PPA governed by the MSS-4 replacement tariff, a tariff governing the sales of energy and capacity among the Utility operating companies as described in the System Energy global settlement with the LPSC and Entergy Louisiana. See “ Complaints Against System Energy - System Energy Settlement with the LPSC ” below for further details of the System Energy global settlement with the LPSC. In October 2024, Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Mississippi filed the proposed MSS-4 replacement PPA with the FERC. The parties requested that the MPSC and the FERC issue orders accepting the PPA no later than December 2024. Filings with the City Council (Entergy New Orleans) Retail Rates 2024 Formula Rate Plan Filing In April 2024, Entergy New Orleans submitted to the City Council its formula rate plan 2023 test year filing. Without the requested rate change in 2024, the 2023 test year evaluation report produced an electric earned return on equity of 8.66% and a gas earned return on equity of 5.87% compared to the authorized return on equity for each of 9.35%. Entergy New Orleans sought approval of a $12.6 million rate increase based on the formula set by the City Council in the 2018 rate case and approved again by the City Council in 2023. The formula would result in an increase in authorized electric revenues of $7.0 million and an increase in authorized gas revenues of $5.6 million. Following City Council review, the City Council’s advisors issued a report in July 2024 seeking a reduction in Entergy New Orleans’s requested formula rate plan revenues in an aggregate amount of approximately $1.6 million for electric and gas together due to alleged errors. Effective with the first billing cycle of September 2024, Entergy New Orleans implemented rates reflecting an amount agreed upon by Entergy New Orleans and the City Council, per the approved process for formula rate plan implementation. The total formula rate plan increase implemented was $11.2 million, which includes an increase of $5.8 million in electric revenues and an increase of $5.4 million in gas revenues. Filings with the PUCT and Texas Cities (Entergy Texas) Retail Rates 2022 Base Rate Case As discussed in the Form 10-K, in August 2023 the PUCT issued an order severing issues related to electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the 2022 base rate case proceeding to a separate proceeding. In December 2023 the PUCT referred the separate proceeding to resolve the issues related to electric vehicle charging infrastructure to the State Office of Administrative Hearings. A hearing on the merits was held in April 2024. In June 2024 the ALJ with the State Office of Administrative Hearings issued a proposal for decision concluding that it is appropriate for a vertically integrated electric utility, and Entergy Texas specifically, to own vehicle-charging facilities or other transportation electrification and charging infrastructure and recommending that both of Entergy Texas’s proposed transportation electrification riders be approved. In October 2024 the PUCT issued an order concluding that it is appropriate for Entergy Texas to own transportation electrification and charging infrastructure, including charging stations, and approving both of Entergy Texas’s proposed transportation electrification riders with a limitation that Entergy Texas’s infrastructure rider be applied only to publicly-available charging infrastructure and Entergy Texas not recover any outstanding fees from customers not taking service under the rider. Distribution Cost Recovery Factor (DCRF) Rider In June 2024, Entergy Texas filed with the PUCT a request to set a new DCRF rider. The new rider was designed to collect from Entergy Texas’s retail customers approximately $40.3 million annually based on its capital invested in distribution between January 1, 2022 and March 31, 2024. In September 2024, the PUCT approved the DCRF rider, consistent with Entergy Texas’s as-filed request, and rates became effective with the first billing cycle in October 2024. In September 2024, Entergy Texas filed with the PUCT a request to amend its DCRF rider. The proposed rider is designed to collect from Entergy Texas’s retail customers approximately $48.9 million annually, or $8.6 million in incremental annual revenues beyond Entergy Texas’s currently effective DCRF rider based on its capital invested in distribution between April 1, 2024 and June 30, 2024. In October 2024 the PUCT staff filed a recommendation that the PUCT approve Entergy Texas’s as-filed application. A PUCT decision is expected in fourth quarter 2024. Transmission Cost Recovery Factor (TCRF) Rider In October 2024, Entergy Texas filed with the PUCT a request to set a new TCRF rider. The proposed rider is designed to collect from Entergy Texas’s retail customers approximately $9.7 million annually based on its capital invested in transmission between January 1, 2022 and June 30, 2024 and changes in other transmission charges. Entergy Texas requested that the PUCT issue a decision in fourth quarter 2024, unless a hearing on the merits is requested. Entergy Arkansas Opportunity Sales Proceeding See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of the Entergy Arkansas opportunity sales proceeding. As discussed in the Form 10-K, in September 2020, Entergy Arkansas filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas challenging the APSC’s denial of recovery of $135 million of payments to other Utility operating companies in December 2018 relating to off-system sales of electricity from 2002-2009, as ordered by the FERC. The complaint also involved a challenge to the $13.7 million, plus interest, of related refunds ordered by the APSC and paid by Entergy Arkansas in August 2020. The trial was held in February 2023. Following the trial, Entergy Arkansas filed a motion with the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit to expedite the appeal filed by Arkansas Electric Energy Consumers, Inc. The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit granted Entergy Arkansas’s request, and oral arguments were held in June 2023. In August 2023 the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed the order of the court denying Arkansas Electric Energy Consumers, Inc.’s motion to intervene. In March 2024 the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas issued a judgment in favor of the APSC and against Entergy Arkansas. In March 2024 Entergy Arkansas filed a notice of appeal and a motion to expedite oral arguments with the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and the court granted the motion to expedite. Briefing to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit concluded in July 2024 and oral arguments concluded in September 2024. The appeal is pending with the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. As a result of the adverse decision by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Entergy Arkansas concluded that it could no longer support the recognition of its $131.8 million regulatory asset reflecting the previously-expected recovery of a portion of the costs at issue in the opportunity sales proceeding and recorded a $131.8 million ($99.1 million net-of-tax) charge to earnings in first quarter 2024. MSS-4 Replacement Tariff – Net Operating Loss Carryforward Proceeding In January 2021, pursuant to section 205 of the Federal Power Act, Entergy Services filed an amendment to the MSS-4 replacement tariff, a tariff governing the sales of energy and capacity among the Utility operating companies, in order to provide for the inclusion of specified accumulated deferred income taxes, including net operating loss carryforward accumulated deferred income taxes (NOLC ADIT), in the rate for sales of energy among the Utility operating companies on a prospective basis. In March 2021, the FERC accepted the filing, subject to refund and hearing procedures. In October 2021 the LPSC filed a complaint with the FERC alleging that Entergy Services improperly excluded NOLC ADIT from MSS-4 replacement tariff rates in the period before March 20, 2021. The LPSC argued that sales from Entergy Louisiana to Entergy Texas and Entergy New Orleans were charged at rates lower than they otherwise should have been, and it accordingly seeks surcharges for the period prior to March 20, 2021. The FERC set the complaint for hearing procedures and subsequently the hearing for this complaint proceeding was consolidated with the hearing procedures for Entergy Services’ January 2021 NOLC ADIT filing. Testimony was filed by parties in 2023, and the hearing before a FERC ALJ was concluded in February 2024. In June 2024, the FERC ALJ issued an initial decision addressing three major issues: (1) whether Entergy Services’ proposed prospective inclusion and allocation of NOLC ADIT in MSS-4 replacement tariff rates using a modified with-and-without methodology is just and reasonable; (2) whether Entergy Services correctly calculated excess and deficient accumulated deferred income taxes in accordance with the terms of a prior settlement; and (3) whether NOLC ADIT should have been included in MSS-4 replacement tariff rates prior to the effective date of the January 2021 MSS-4 replacement tariff filing. With respect to issues (1) and (2), the presiding ALJ concluded that Entergy Services’ proposed methodology for allocating and including NOLC ADIT in MSS-4 replacement tariff rates was just and reasonable and that Entergy Services correctly performed the excess and deficient accumulated deferred income taxes calculations. With respect to issue (3), however, the presiding ALJ agreed with the LPSC that NOLC ADIT should have been included in MSS-4 replacement tariff rates since September 1, 2016, and as a result, the presiding ALJ ordered that Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Arkansas recalculate bills for the period of September 1, 2016 through November 11, 2023 with surcharges expected to be due to those operating companies from the purchasing operating companies, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and Entergy Louisiana (for some Entergy Arkansas sales). The presiding ALJ also ordered Entergy Services to pay the interest owed to Entergy Louisiana on these surcharges. The surcharge methodology that the presiding ALJ recommended in connection with issue (3) was not supported by any participant in the hearing. As part of their exceptions to the initial decision, all parties to the proceeding opposed the use of the ALJ’s methodology, except for the FERC trial staff, which took no position. During the hearing, the LPSC and the FERC trial staff advocated that the alleged tariff violation should be remedied by the application of Entergy Services’ January 2021 proposed methodology. All other parties, including the PUCT, the City Council, and Entergy Services, opposed any surcharges for the period prior to the March 20, 2021 effective date of the January 2021 filing. Entergy Services disputes the presiding ALJ's rulings on issue (3) and filed exceptions to these rulings in July 2024. The ALJ's initial decision is not binding on the FERC and is an interim step in the hearing process. No refunds will be owed in connection with this proceeding unless and until the FERC requires them in a final order. Complaints Against System Energy See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding pending complaints against System Energy. System Energy and the Unit Power Sales Agreement are currently the subject of several litigation proceedings at the FERC (or on appeal from the FERC to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit) , including challenges with respect to System Energy’s authorized return on equity and capital structure, renewal of its sale-leaseback arrangement, treatment of uncertain tax positions, a broader investigation of rates under the Unit Power Sales Agreement, and two prudence complaints, one challenging the extended power uprate completed at Grand Gulf in 2012 and the operation and management of Grand Gulf, particularly in the 2016-2020 time period, and the second challenging the operation and management of Grand Gulf in the 2021-2022 time period. S ettlements that resolve all significant aspects of these complaints have been reached with the MPSC, the APSC, and the City Council and approved by the FERC. A settlement has been reached with the LPSC and is pending FERC approval, as described in “ System Energy Settlement with the LPSC ” below. If the settlement with the LPSC is approved by the FERC, it would resolve all significant aspects of these pending complaints. The following are updates to the discussion in the Form 10-K. Return on Equity and Capital Structure Complaints As discussed in the Form 10-K, in March 2021 the FERC ALJ issued an initial decision in the proceeding initiated by the LPSC, the MPSC, the APSC, and the City Council against System Energy regarding the return on equity component of the Unit Power Sales Agreement. With regard to System Energy’s authorized return on equity, the ALJ determined that the existing return on equity of 10.94% is no longer just and reasonable, and that the replacement authorized return on equity, based on application of the FERC’s Opinion No. 569-A methodology, should be 9.32%. The ALJ further determined that System Energy should pay refunds for a fifteen-month refund period (January 2017-April 2018) based on the difference between the current return on equity and the replacement authorized return on equity. The ALJ determined that the April 2018 complaint concerning the authorized return on equity should be dismissed, and that no refunds for a second fifteen-month refund period should be due. With regard to System Energy’s capital structure, the ALJ determined that System Energy’s actual equity ratio is excessive and that the just and reasonable equity ratio is 48.15% equity, based on the average equity ratio of the proxy group used to evaluate the return on equity for the second complaint. The ALJ further determined that System Energy should pay refunds for a fifteen-month refund period (September 2018-December 2019) based on the difference between the actual equity ratio and the 48.15% equity ratio. If the ALJ’s initial decision is upheld, the estimated refund for this proceeding is approximately $11.6 million, which includes interest through September 30, 2024, and the estimated resulting annual rate reduction would be approximately $6.8 million. As a result of the settlement agreements with the MPSC, the APSC, and the City Council, the estimated refund and rate reduction only includes the portion related to Entergy Louisiana, whose settlement with the LPSC is pending FERC approval. See “ System Energy Settlement with the MPSC ” in the Form 10-K, see “ System Energy Settlement with the APSC ” below and in the Form 10-K, and see “ System Energy Settlement with the City Council ” below for discussion of the settlements. The estimated refund will continue to accrue interest until a final FERC decision is issued. The ALJ initial decision is an interim step in the FERC litigation process , and an ALJ’s determinations made in an initial decision are not control
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Public Utilities Disclosure [Text Block]	RATE AND REGULATORY MATTERS (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Regulatory Assets and Regulatory Liabilities See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding regulatory assets and regulatory liabilities in the Utility business presented on the balance sheets of Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries. The following are updates to that discussion. Fuel and purchased power cost recovery Entergy Arkansas Energy Cost Recovery Rider In March 2024, Entergy Arkansas filed its annual redetermination of its energy cost rate pursuant to the energy cost recovery rider, which reflected a decrease in the rate from $0.01883 per kWh to $0.00882 per kWh. Due to a change in law in the State of Arkansas, the annual redetermination included $9 million, recorded as a credit to fuel expense in first quarter 2024, for recovery attributed to net metering costs in 2023. The primary reason for the rate decrease is a large over-recovered balance as a result of lower natural gas prices in 2023. To mitigate the effect of projected increases in natural gas prices in 2024, Entergy Arkansas adjusted the over-recovered balance included in the March 2024 annual redetermination filing by $43.7 million. This adjustment is expected to reduce the rate change that will be reflected in the 2025 energy cost rate redetermination. The redetermined rate of $0.00882 per kWh became effective with the first billing cycle in April 2024 through the normal operation of the tariff. Entergy Mississippi In June 2024 the MPSC approved a joint stipulation agreement between Entergy Mississippi and the Mississippi Public Utilities Staff for Entergy Mississippi’s 2024 formula rate plan filing. The 2024 formula rate plan filing included the conclusion of the modified interim adjustments to Entergy Mississippi’s energy cost recovery rider and power management rider, which were approved in October 2022 and allowed Entergy Mississippi to recover certain under-collected fuel balances. The stipulation provided for Entergy Mississippi to reduce its net energy cost factor. See “ Retail Rate Proceedings - Filings with the MPSC (Entergy Mississippi) - Retail Rates - 2024 Formula Rate Plan Filing” below for further discussion of the 2024 formula rate plan filing and the joint stipulation agreement. Entergy Texas In September 2024, Entergy Texas filed an application with the PUCT to reconcile its fuel and purchased power costs for the period from April 2022 through March 2024. During the reconciliation period, Entergy Texas incurred approximately $1.6 billion in eligible fuel and purchased power expenses to generate and purchase electricity to serve its customers, net of certain revenues credited to such expenses and other adjustments. Entergy Texas’s cumulative under-recovery balance for the reconciliation period was approximately $30 million, including interest, which Entergy Texas requested authority to carry over as part of the cumulative fuel balance for the subsequent reconciliation period beginning April 2024. Retail Rate Proceedings See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding retail rate proceedings involving the Utility operating companies. The following are updates to that discussion. Filings with the APSC (Entergy Arkansas) Retail Rates 2024 Formula Rate Plan Filing In July 2024, Entergy Arkansas filed with the APSC its 2024 formula rate plan filing to set its formula rate for the 2025 calendar year. The filing contained an evaluation of Entergy Arkansas’s earnings for the 2025 projected year and a netting adjustment for the 2023 historical year. The filing showed that Entergy Arkansas’s earned rate of return on common equity for the 2025 projected year was 8.43% resulting in a revenue deficiency of $69.5 million. The earned rate of return on common equity for the 2023 historical year was 7.48% resulting in a $33.1 million netting adjustment. The total proposed revenue change for the 2025 projected year and 2023 historical year netting adjustment is $102.6 million. By operation of the formula rate plan, Entergy Arkansas’s recovery of the revenue requirement is subject to a four percent annual revenue constraint. Because Entergy Arkansas’s revenue requirement in this filing exceeded the constraint, the resulting increase was limited to $82.6 million. The APSC general staff and intervenors filed their errors and objections in October 2024, proposing certain adjustments, including the APSC general staff’s update to annual filing year revenues that increases the constraint to $86.8 million. Entergy Arkansas filed its rebuttal in October 2024, and later in October 2024 the parties submitted a joint issues list and stipulations setting forth the disputed issues and the noncontested issues. A hearing is scheduled for November 2024. Grand Gulf Credit Rider In June 2024, Entergy Arkansas filed with the APSC a tariff to provide retail customers a credit resulting from the terms of the settlement agreement between Entergy Arkansas, System Energy, additional named Entergy parties, and the APSC pertaining to System Energy’s billings for wholesale sales of energy and capacity from the Grand Gulf nuclear plant. See “ Complaints Against System Energy - System Energy Settlement with the APSC ” below and in the Form 10-K for discussion of the settlement. In July 2024 the APSC approved the tariff, under which Entergy Arkansas will refund to retail customers a total of $100.6 million. To date, Entergy Arkansas has refunded $92.3 million of the total through one-time bill credits during the August 2024 billing cycle. Filings with the LPSC (Entergy Louisiana) Retail Rates - Electric 2023 Entergy Louisiana Rate Case and Formula Rate Plan Extension Request As discussed in the Form 10-K, in August 2023, Entergy Louisiana filed an application for approval of a regulatory blueprint necessary for it to strengthen the electric grid for the State of Louisiana, which contains a dual-path request to update rates through either: (1) extension of Entergy Louisiana’s current formula rate plan (with certain modifications) for three years (the Rate Mitigation Proposal), which is Entergy Louisiana’s recommended path; or (2) implementation of rates resulting from a cost-of-service study (the Rate Case path). The application complies with Entergy Louisiana’s previous formula rate plan extension order requiring that for Entergy Louisiana to obtain another extension of its formula rate plan that included a rate reset, Entergy Louisiana would need to submit a full cost-of-service rate case. Entergy Louisiana’s filing supports the need to extend Entergy Louisiana’s formula rate plan with credit supportive mechanisms needed to facilitate investment in the distribution, transmission, and generation functions. A status conference was held in October 2023 at which a procedural schedule was adopted that included three technical conferences and a hearing in August 2024. In March 2024 the parties agreed to an eight-week extension of all deadlines to allow for continuation of settlement negotiations, and the ALJ issued an order with an amended procedural schedule. In July 2024 the parties agreed to extend further the procedural schedule to facilitate the continuation of settlement negotiations, with the hearing commencing in December 2024. In July 2024, Entergy Louisiana reached an agreement in principle with the LPSC staff and the intervenors in the proceeding and filed with the LPSC a joint motion to suspend the procedural schedule to allow for all parties to finalize a stipulated settlement agreement. In August 2024, Entergy Louisiana and the LPSC staff jointly filed a global stipulated settlement agreement for consideration by the LPSC with key terms as follows: • continuation of the formula rate plan for 2024-2026 (test years 2023-2025); • a base formula rate plan revenue increase of $120 million for test year 2023, effective for rates beginning September 2024; • a $140 million cumulative cap on base formula rate plan revenue increases, if needed, for test years 2024 and 2025, excluding outside the bandwidth items; • $184 million of customer rate credits to be given over two years, including increasing customer sharing of income tax benefits resulting from the 2016-2018 IRS audit, to resolve any remaining disputed issues stemming from formula rate plan test years prior to test year 2023, including but not limited to the investigation into Entergy Services costs billed to Entergy Louisiana. As discussed in Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K, a $38 million regulatory liability was recorded in 2023 in connection with the 2016-2018 IRS audit; • $75.5 million of customer rate credits, as provided for in the System Energy global settlement, to be credited over three years subject to and conditioned upon FERC approval of the System Energy global settlement. See “ Complaints Against System Energy – System Energy Settlement with the LPSC ” below for further details of the System Energy global settlement; • $5.8 million of customer rate credits provided for in the Entergy Louisiana formula rate plan global settlement agreement approved by the LPSC in November 2023 credited over one year. See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for the discussion of the November 2023 Entergy Louisiana formula rate plan global settlement agreement; • an increase in the allowed midpoint return on common equity from 9.5% to 9.7%, with a bandwidth of 40 basis points above and below the midpoint, for the extended term of the formula rate plan, except that for test year 2023 in which the authorized return on common equity shall have no bearing on the change in base formula rate plan revenue described above and, for test year 2024, any earnings above the authorized return on common equity shall be returned to customers through a credit; • an increase in nuclear depreciation rates by $15 million in each of the 2023, 2024, and 2025 test years outside of the formula rate plan bandwidth calculation; and • for the transmission recovery mechanism and the distribution recovery mechanism, no change to the existing floors, but the caps for both would be $350 million for test year 2023, $375 million for test year 2024, and $400 million for test year 2025. Transmission projects filed with the LPSC will be exempt from the transmission recovery mechanism cap. The global stipulated settlement agreement was unanimously approved by the LPSC in August 2024 and an order was issued by the LPSC in September 2024 reflecting the approval of the settlement. Based on the July 2024 agreement in principle, in second quarter 2024 Entergy Louisiana recorded expenses of $151 million ($111 million net-of-tax) primarily consisting of regulatory charges to reflect the effects of the agreement in principle. 2023 Formula Rate Plan Filing In August 2024, pursuant to the global stipulated settlement agreement, Entergy Louisiana filed its formula rate plan evaluation report for its 2023 calendar year operations. Consistent with the global stipulated settlement agreement, the filing reflected a 9.7% allowed return on common equity with a bandwidth of 40 basis points above and below the midpoint. For the 2023 test year, however, the bandwidth provisions of the formula rate plan are temporarily suspended and, pursuant to the terms of the global stipulated settlement agreement, Entergy Louisiana implemented the September 2024 formula rate plan rate adjustments effective with the first billing cycle of September 2024. Those adjustments include a $120 million increase in base rider formula rate plan revenue and a $101.8 million one-time incremental net decrease consistent with the terms of the global stipulated settlement. The formula rate plan rate adjustments reflected in the evaluation report also include a redetermination of the transmission recovery mechanism, the distribution recovery mechanism, the additional capacity mechanism, the tax adjustment mechanism, the MISO cost recovery mechanism, and other one-time adjustments. Pursuant to the terms of the global stipulated settlement agreement, the review of the 2023 evaluation report shall be limited to these mechanisms and conducted under an expedited procedural schedule that provides a process for the parties to file and pursue resolution of any disputed issues by January 2025, after which any remaining disputed issues will be submitted to the ALJ for a contested proceeding and, ultimately, resolution by the LPSC. Filings with the MPSC (Entergy Mississippi) Retail Rates 2024 Formula Rate Plan Filing In March 2024, Entergy Mississippi submitted its formula rate plan 2024 test year filing and 2023 look-back filing showing Entergy Mississippi’s earned return on rate base for the historical 2023 calendar year to be within the formula rate plan bandwidth and projected earned return for the 2024 calendar year to be below the formula rate plan bandwidth. The 2024 test year filing showed a $63.4 million rate increase was necessary to reset Entergy Mississippi’s earned return on rate base to the specified point of adjustment of 7.10%, within the formula rate plan bandwidth. The 2023 look-back filing compared actual 2023 results to the approved benchmark return on rate base and reflected no change in formula rate plan revenues. In accordance with the provisions of the formula rate plan, Entergy Mississippi implemented a $32.6 million interim rate increase, reflecting a cap equal to 2% of 2023 retail revenues, effective April 2024. In December 2014 the MPSC ordered Entergy Mississippi to file an updated depreciation study at least once every four years. Pursuant to this order and Entergy Mississippi’s filing cycle, Entergy Mississippi would have filed an updated depreciation report with its formula rate plan filing in 2023. However, in July 2022 the MPSC directed Entergy Mississippi to file its next depreciation study in connection with its 2024 formula rate plan filing notwithstanding the MPSC’s prior order. Accordingly, Entergy Mississippi filed a depreciation study in February 2024. The study showed a need for an increase in annual depreciation expense of $55.2 million. The calculated increase in annual depreciation expense was excluded from Entergy Mississippi’s 2024 formula rate plan revenue increase request because the MPSC had not yet approved the proposed depreciation rates. In June 2024, Entergy Mississippi and the Mississippi Public Utilities Staff entered into a joint stipulation that confirmed the 2024 test year filing, with the exception of immaterial adjustments to certain operation and maintenance expenses. After performance adjustments, the formula rate plan reflected an earned return on rate base of 6.08% for calendar year 2024, which resulted in a total revenue increase of $64.6 million for 2024. The joint stipulation also recommended approval of a revised customer charge of $31.82 per month for residential customers and $53.10 per month for general service customers. Pursuant to the stipulation, Entergy Mississippi’s 2023 look-back filing reflected an earned return on rate base of 6.81%, resulting in an increase of $0.3 million in the formula rate plan revenues for 2023. Finally, the stipulation recommended approval of Entergy Mississippi’s proposed depreciation rates with those rates to be implemented upon request and approval at a later date. In June 2024 the MPSC approved the joint stipulation with rates effective in July 2024. The approval also included a reduction to the energy cost factor, resulting in a net bill decrease for a typical residential customer using 1,000 kWh per month. Also in June 2024, Entergy Mississippi recorded regulatory credits of $7.3 million to reflect the difference between interim rates placed in effect in April 2024 and the rates reflected in the joint stipulation. In May 2024, Entergy Mississippi received approval from the MPSC for formula rate plan revisions that were necessary for Entergy Mississippi to comply with state legislation passed in January 2024. The legislation allows Entergy Mississippi to make interim rate adjustments to recover the non-fuel related annual ownership cost of certain facilities that directly or indirectly provide service to customers who own certain data processing center projects as specified in the legislation. Entergy Mississippi filed the first of its annual interim facilities rate adjustment reports in May 2024 to recover approximately $8.7 million of these costs over a six-month period with rates effective beginning in July 2024. Grand Gulf Capacity Filing In September 2024, Entergy Mississippi filed a notice of intent with the MPSC to implement revisions to its unit power cost recovery rider that would allow Entergy Mississippi to recover the first year of costs associated with the transfer of Entergy Louisiana’s interest in and purchases of Grand Gulf capacity and energy under the revised rider schedule, effective by January 1, 2025. This notice filing relates to the divestiture of Entergy Louisiana’s 14% share of Grand Gulf capacity and energy under the Unit Power Sales Agreement and 2.43% share of capacity and energy from Entergy Arkansas under the MSS-4 replacement tariff. This divestiture will be effectuated initially through Entergy Mississippi’s purchases from Entergy Louisiana pursuant to a PPA governed by the MSS-4 replacement tariff, a tariff governing the sales of energy and capacity among the Utility operating companies as described in the System Energy global settlement with the LPSC and Entergy Louisiana. See “ Complaints Against System Energy - System Energy Settlement with the LPSC ” below for further details of the System Energy global settlement with the LPSC. In October 2024, Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Mississippi filed the proposed MSS-4 replacement PPA with the FERC. The parties requested that the MPSC and the FERC issue orders accepting the PPA no later than December 2024. Filings with the City Council (Entergy New Orleans) Retail Rates 2024 Formula Rate Plan Filing In April 2024, Entergy New Orleans submitted to the City Council its formula rate plan 2023 test year filing. Without the requested rate change in 2024, the 2023 test year evaluation report produced an electric earned return on equity of 8.66% and a gas earned return on equity of 5.87% compared to the authorized return on equity for each of 9.35%. Entergy New Orleans sought approval of a $12.6 million rate increase based on the formula set by the City Council in the 2018 rate case and approved again by the City Council in 2023. The formula would result in an increase in authorized electric revenues of $7.0 million and an increase in authorized gas revenues of $5.6 million. Following City Council review, the City Council’s advisors issued a report in July 2024 seeking a reduction in Entergy New Orleans’s requested formula rate plan revenues in an aggregate amount of approximately $1.6 million for electric and gas together due to alleged errors. Effective with the first billing cycle of September 2024, Entergy New Orleans implemented rates reflecting an amount agreed upon by Entergy New Orleans and the City Council, per the approved process for formula rate plan implementation. The total formula rate plan increase implemented was $11.2 million, which includes an increase of $5.8 million in electric revenues and an increase of $5.4 million in gas revenues. Filings with the PUCT and Texas Cities (Entergy Texas) Retail Rates 2022 Base Rate Case As discussed in the Form 10-K, in August 2023 the PUCT issued an order severing issues related to electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the 2022 base rate case proceeding to a separate proceeding. In December 2023 the PUCT referred the separate proceeding to resolve the issues related to electric vehicle charging infrastructure to the State Office of Administrative Hearings. A hearing on the merits was held in April 2024. In June 2024 the ALJ with the State Office of Administrative Hearings issued a proposal for decision concluding that it is appropriate for a vertically integrated electric utility, and Entergy Texas specifically, to own vehicle-charging facilities or other transportation electrification and charging infrastructure and recommending that both of Entergy Texas’s proposed transportation electrification riders be approved. In October 2024 the PUCT issued an order concluding that it is appropriate for Entergy Texas to own transportation electrification and charging infrastructure, including charging stations, and approving both of Entergy Texas’s proposed transportation electrification riders with a limitation that Entergy Texas’s infrastructure rider be applied only to publicly-available charging infrastructure and Entergy Texas not recover any outstanding fees from customers not taking service under the rider. Distribution Cost Recovery Factor (DCRF) Rider In June 2024, Entergy Texas filed with the PUCT a request to set a new DCRF rider. The new rider was designed to collect from Entergy Texas’s retail customers approximately $40.3 million annually based on its capital invested in distribution between January 1, 2022 and March 31, 2024. In September 2024, the PUCT approved the DCRF rider, consistent with Entergy Texas’s as-filed request, and rates became effective with the first billing cycle in October 2024. In September 2024, Entergy Texas filed with the PUCT a request to amend its DCRF rider. The proposed rider is designed to collect from Entergy Texas’s retail customers approximately $48.9 million annually, or $8.6 million in incremental annual revenues beyond Entergy Texas’s currently effective DCRF rider based on its capital invested in distribution between April 1, 2024 and June 30, 2024. In October 2024 the PUCT staff filed a recommendation that the PUCT approve Entergy Texas’s as-filed application. A PUCT decision is expected in fourth quarter 2024. Transmission Cost Recovery Factor (TCRF) Rider In October 2024, Entergy Texas filed with the PUCT a request to set a new TCRF rider. The proposed rider is designed to collect from Entergy Texas’s retail customers approximately $9.7 million annually based on its capital invested in transmission between January 1, 2022 and June 30, 2024 and changes in other transmission charges. Entergy Texas requested that the PUCT issue a decision in fourth quarter 2024, unless a hearing on the merits is requested. Entergy Arkansas Opportunity Sales Proceeding See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of the Entergy Arkansas opportunity sales proceeding. As discussed in the Form 10-K, in September 2020, Entergy Arkansas filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas challenging the APSC’s denial of recovery of $135 million of payments to other Utility operating companies in December 2018 relating to off-system sales of electricity from 2002-2009, as ordered by the FERC. The complaint also involved a challenge to the $13.7 million, plus interest, of related refunds ordered by the APSC and paid by Entergy Arkansas in August 2020. The trial was held in February 2023. Following the trial, Entergy Arkansas filed a motion with the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit to expedite the appeal filed by Arkansas Electric Energy Consumers, Inc. The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit granted Entergy Arkansas’s request, and oral arguments were held in June 2023. In August 2023 the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed the order of the court denying Arkansas Electric Energy Consumers, Inc.’s motion to intervene. In March 2024 the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas issued a judgment in favor of the APSC and against Entergy Arkansas. In March 2024 Entergy Arkansas filed a notice of appeal and a motion to expedite oral arguments with the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and the court granted the motion to expedite. Briefing to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit concluded in July 2024 and oral arguments concluded in September 2024. The appeal is pending with the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. As a result of the adverse decision by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Entergy Arkansas concluded that it could no longer support the recognition of its $131.8 million regulatory asset reflecting the previously-expected recovery of a portion of the costs at issue in the opportunity sales proceeding and recorded a $131.8 million ($99.1 million net-of-tax) charge to earnings in first quarter 2024. MSS-4 Replacement Tariff – Net Operating Loss Carryforward Proceeding In January 2021, pursuant to section 205 of the Federal Power Act, Entergy Services filed an amendment to the MSS-4 replacement tariff, a tariff governing the sales of energy and capacity among the Utility operating companies, in order to provide for the inclusion of specified accumulated deferred income taxes, including net operating loss carryforward accumulated deferred income taxes (NOLC ADIT), in the rate for sales of energy among the Utility operating companies on a prospective basis. In March 2021, the FERC accepted the filing, subject to refund and hearing procedures. In October 2021 the LPSC filed a complaint with the FERC alleging that Entergy Services improperly excluded NOLC ADIT from MSS-4 replacement tariff rates in the period before March 20, 2021. The LPSC argued that sales from Entergy Louisiana to Entergy Texas and Entergy New Orleans were charged at rates lower than they otherwise should have been, and it accordingly seeks surcharges for the period prior to March 20, 2021. The FERC set the complaint for hearing procedures and subsequently the hearing for this complaint proceeding was consolidated with the hearing procedures for Entergy Services’ January 2021 NOLC ADIT filing. Testimony was filed by parties in 2023, and the hearing before a FERC ALJ was concluded in February 2024. In June 2024, the FERC ALJ issued an initial decision addressing three major issues: (1) whether Entergy Services’ proposed prospective inclusion and allocation of NOLC ADIT in MSS-4 replacement tariff rates using a modified with-and-without methodology is just and reasonable; (2) whether Entergy Services correctly calculated excess and deficient accumulated deferred income taxes in accordance with the terms of a prior settlement; and (3) whether NOLC ADIT should have been included in MSS-4 replacement tariff rates prior to the effective date of the January 2021 MSS-4 replacement tariff filing. With respect to issues (1) and (2), the presiding ALJ concluded that Entergy Services’ proposed methodology for allocating and including NOLC ADIT in MSS-4 replacement tariff rates was just and reasonable and that Entergy Services correctly performed the excess and deficient accumulated deferred income taxes calculations. With respect to issue (3), however, the presiding ALJ agreed with the LPSC that NOLC ADIT should have been included in MSS-4 replacement tariff rates since September 1, 2016, and as a result, the presiding ALJ ordered that Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Arkansas recalculate bills for the period of September 1, 2016 through November 11, 2023 with surcharges expected to be due to those operating companies from the purchasing operating companies, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and Entergy Louisiana (for some Entergy Arkansas sales). The presiding ALJ also ordered Entergy Services to pay the interest owed to Entergy Louisiana on these surcharges. The surcharge methodology that the presiding ALJ recommended in connection with issue (3) was not supported by any participant in the hearing. As part of their exceptions to the initial decision, all parties to the proceeding opposed the use of the ALJ’s methodology, except for the FERC trial staff, which took no position. During the hearing, the LPSC and the FERC trial staff advocated that the alleged tariff violation should be remedied by the application of Entergy Services’ January 2021 proposed methodology. All other parties, including the PUCT, the City Council, and Entergy Services, opposed any surcharges for the period prior to the March 20, 2021 effective date of the January 2021 filing. Entergy Services disputes the presiding ALJ's rulings on issue (3) and filed exceptions to these rulings in July 2024. The ALJ's initial decision is not binding on the FERC and is an interim step in the hearing process. No refunds will be owed in connection with this proceeding unless and until the FERC requires them in a final order. Complaints Against System Energy See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding pending complaints against System Energy. System Energy and the Unit Power Sales Agreement are currently the subject of several litigation proceedings at the FERC (or on appeal from the FERC to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit) , including challenges with respect to System Energy’s authorized return on equity and capital structure, renewal of its sale-leaseback arrangement, treatment of uncertain tax positions, a broader investigation of rates under the Unit Power Sales Agreement, and two prudence complaints, one challenging the extended power uprate completed at Grand Gulf in 2012 and the operation and management of Grand Gulf, particularly in the 2016-2020 time period, and the second challenging the operation and management of Grand Gulf in the 2021-2022 time period. S ettlements that resolve all significant aspects of these complaints have been reached with the MPSC, the APSC, and the City Council and approved by the FERC. A settlement has been reached with the LPSC and is pending FERC approval, as described in “ System Energy Settlement with the LPSC ” below. If the settlement with the LPSC is approved by the FERC, it would resolve all significant aspects of these pending complaints. The following are updates to the discussion in the Form 10-K. Return on Equity and Capital Structure Complaints As discussed in the Form 10-K, in March 2021 the FERC ALJ issued an initial decision in the proceeding initiated by the LPSC, the MPSC, the APSC, and the City Council against System Energy regarding the return on equity component of the Unit Power Sales Agreement. With regard to System Energy’s authorized return on equity, the ALJ determined that the existing return on equity of 10.94% is no longer just and reasonable, and that the replacement authorized return on equity, based on application of the FERC’s Opinion No. 569-A methodology, should be 9.32%. The ALJ further determined that System Energy should pay refunds for a fifteen-month refund period (January 2017-April 2018) based on the difference between the current return on equity and the replacement authorized return on equity. The ALJ determined that the April 2018 complaint concerning the authorized return on equity should be dismissed, and that no refunds for a second fifteen-month refund period should be due. With regard to System Energy’s capital structure, the ALJ determined that System Energy’s actual equity ratio is excessive and that the just and reasonable equity ratio is 48.15% equity, based on the average equity ratio of the proxy group used to evaluate the return on equity for the second complaint. The ALJ further determined that System Energy should pay refunds for a fifteen-month refund period (September 2018-December 2019) based on the difference between the actual equity ratio and the 48.15% equity ratio. If the ALJ’s initial decision is upheld, the estimated refund for this proceeding is approximately $11.6 million, which includes interest through September 30, 2024, and the estimated resulting annual rate reduction would be approximately $6.8 million. As a result of the settlement agreements with the MPSC, the APSC, and the City Council, the estimated refund and rate reduction only includes the portion related to Entergy Louisiana, whose settlement with the LPSC is pending FERC approval. See “ System Energy Settlement with the MPSC ” in the Form 10-K, see “ System Energy Settlement with the APSC ” below and in the Form 10-K, and see “ System Energy Settlement with the City Council ” below for discussion of the settlements. The estimated refund will continue to accrue interest until a final FERC decision is issued. The ALJ initial decision is an interim step in the FERC litigation process , and an ALJ’s determinations made in an initial decision are not control
Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Public Utilities Disclosure [Text Block]	RATE AND REGULATORY MATTERS (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Regulatory Assets and Regulatory Liabilities See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding regulatory assets and regulatory liabilities in the Utility business presented on the balance sheets of Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries. The following are updates to that discussion. Fuel and purchased power cost recovery Entergy Arkansas Energy Cost Recovery Rider In March 2024, Entergy Arkansas filed its annual redetermination of its energy cost rate pursuant to the energy cost recovery rider, which reflected a decrease in the rate from $0.01883 per kWh to $0.00882 per kWh. Due to a change in law in the State of Arkansas, the annual redetermination included $9 million, recorded as a credit to fuel expense in first quarter 2024, for recovery attributed to net metering costs in 2023. The primary reason for the rate decrease is a large over-recovered balance as a result of lower natural gas prices in 2023. To mitigate the effect of projected increases in natural gas prices in 2024, Entergy Arkansas adjusted the over-recovered balance included in the March 2024 annual redetermination filing by $43.7 million. This adjustment is expected to reduce the rate change that will be reflected in the 2025 energy cost rate redetermination. The redetermined rate of $0.00882 per kWh became effective with the first billing cycle in April 2024 through the normal operation of the tariff. Entergy Mississippi In June 2024 the MPSC approved a joint stipulation agreement between Entergy Mississippi and the Mississippi Public Utilities Staff for Entergy Mississippi’s 2024 formula rate plan filing. The 2024 formula rate plan filing included the conclusion of the modified interim adjustments to Entergy Mississippi’s energy cost recovery rider and power management rider, which were approved in October 2022 and allowed Entergy Mississippi to recover certain under-collected fuel balances. The stipulation provided for Entergy Mississippi to reduce its net energy cost factor. See “ Retail Rate Proceedings - Filings with the MPSC (Entergy Mississippi) - Retail Rates - 2024 Formula Rate Plan Filing” below for further discussion of the 2024 formula rate plan filing and the joint stipulation agreement. Entergy Texas In September 2024, Entergy Texas filed an application with the PUCT to reconcile its fuel and purchased power costs for the period from April 2022 through March 2024. During the reconciliation period, Entergy Texas incurred approximately $1.6 billion in eligible fuel and purchased power expenses to generate and purchase electricity to serve its customers, net of certain revenues credited to such expenses and other adjustments. Entergy Texas’s cumulative under-recovery balance for the reconciliation period was approximately $30 million, including interest, which Entergy Texas requested authority to carry over as part of the cumulative fuel balance for the subsequent reconciliation period beginning April 2024. Retail Rate Proceedings See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding retail rate proceedings involving the Utility operating companies. The following are updates to that discussion. Filings with the APSC (Entergy Arkansas) Retail Rates 2024 Formula Rate Plan Filing In July 2024, Entergy Arkansas filed with the APSC its 2024 formula rate plan filing to set its formula rate for the 2025 calendar year. The filing contained an evaluation of Entergy Arkansas’s earnings for the 2025 projected year and a netting adjustment for the 2023 historical year. The filing showed that Entergy Arkansas’s earned rate of return on common equity for the 2025 projected year was 8.43% resulting in a revenue deficiency of $69.5 million. The earned rate of return on common equity for the 2023 historical year was 7.48% resulting in a $33.1 million netting adjustment. The total proposed revenue change for the 2025 projected year and 2023 historical year netting adjustment is $102.6 million. By operation of the formula rate plan, Entergy Arkansas’s recovery of the revenue requirement is subject to a four percent annual revenue constraint. Because Entergy Arkansas’s revenue requirement in this filing exceeded the constraint, the resulting increase was limited to $82.6 million. The APSC general staff and intervenors filed their errors and objections in October 2024, proposing certain adjustments, including the APSC general staff’s update to annual filing year revenues that increases the constraint to $86.8 million. Entergy Arkansas filed its rebuttal in October 2024, and later in October 2024 the parties submitted a joint issues list and stipulations setting forth the disputed issues and the noncontested issues. A hearing is scheduled for November 2024. Grand Gulf Credit Rider In June 2024, Entergy Arkansas filed with the APSC a tariff to provide retail customers a credit resulting from the terms of the settlement agreement between Entergy Arkansas, System Energy, additional named Entergy parties, and the APSC pertaining to System Energy’s billings for wholesale sales of energy and capacity from the Grand Gulf nuclear plant. See “ Complaints Against System Energy - System Energy Settlement with the APSC ” below and in the Form 10-K for discussion of the settlement. In July 2024 the APSC approved the tariff, under which Entergy Arkansas will refund to retail customers a total of $100.6 million. To date, Entergy Arkansas has refunded $92.3 million of the total through one-time bill credits during the August 2024 billing cycle. Filings with the LPSC (Entergy Louisiana) Retail Rates - Electric 2023 Entergy Louisiana Rate Case and Formula Rate Plan Extension Request As discussed in the Form 10-K, in August 2023, Entergy Louisiana filed an application for approval of a regulatory blueprint necessary for it to strengthen the electric grid for the State of Louisiana, which contains a dual-path request to update rates through either: (1) extension of Entergy Louisiana’s current formula rate plan (with certain modifications) for three years (the Rate Mitigation Proposal), which is Entergy Louisiana’s recommended path; or (2) implementation of rates resulting from a cost-of-service study (the Rate Case path). The application complies with Entergy Louisiana’s previous formula rate plan extension order requiring that for Entergy Louisiana to obtain another extension of its formula rate plan that included a rate reset, Entergy Louisiana would need to submit a full cost-of-service rate case. Entergy Louisiana’s filing supports the need to extend Entergy Louisiana’s formula rate plan with credit supportive mechanisms needed to facilitate investment in the distribution, transmission, and generation functions. A status conference was held in October 2023 at which a procedural schedule was adopted that included three technical conferences and a hearing in August 2024. In March 2024 the parties agreed to an eight-week extension of all deadlines to allow for continuation of settlement negotiations, and the ALJ issued an order with an amended procedural schedule. In July 2024 the parties agreed to extend further the procedural schedule to facilitate the continuation of settlement negotiations, with the hearing commencing in December 2024. In July 2024, Entergy Louisiana reached an agreement in principle with the LPSC staff and the intervenors in the proceeding and filed with the LPSC a joint motion to suspend the procedural schedule to allow for all parties to finalize a stipulated settlement agreement. In August 2024, Entergy Louisiana and the LPSC staff jointly filed a global stipulated settlement agreement for consideration by the LPSC with key terms as follows: • continuation of the formula rate plan for 2024-2026 (test years 2023-2025); • a base formula rate plan revenue increase of $120 million for test year 2023, effective for rates beginning September 2024; • a $140 million cumulative cap on base formula rate plan revenue increases, if needed, for test years 2024 and 2025, excluding outside the bandwidth items; • $184 million of customer rate credits to be given over two years, including increasing customer sharing of income tax benefits resulting from the 2016-2018 IRS audit, to resolve any remaining disputed issues stemming from formula rate plan test years prior to test year 2023, including but not limited to the investigation into Entergy Services costs billed to Entergy Louisiana. As discussed in Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K, a $38 million regulatory liability was recorded in 2023 in connection with the 2016-2018 IRS audit; • $75.5 million of customer rate credits, as provided for in the System Energy global settlement, to be credited over three years subject to and conditioned upon FERC approval of the System Energy global settlement. See “ Complaints Against System Energy – System Energy Settlement with the LPSC ” below for further details of the System Energy global settlement; • $5.8 million of customer rate credits provided for in the Entergy Louisiana formula rate plan global settlement agreement approved by the LPSC in November 2023 credited over one year. See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for the discussion of the November 2023 Entergy Louisiana formula rate plan global settlement agreement; • an increase in the allowed midpoint return on common equity from 9.5% to 9.7%, with a bandwidth of 40 basis points above and below the midpoint, for the extended term of the formula rate plan, except that for test year 2023 in which the authorized return on common equity shall have no bearing on the change in base formula rate plan revenue described above and, for test year 2024, any earnings above the authorized return on common equity shall be returned to customers through a credit; • an increase in nuclear depreciation rates by $15 million in each of the 2023, 2024, and 2025 test years outside of the formula rate plan bandwidth calculation; and • for the transmission recovery mechanism and the distribution recovery mechanism, no change to the existing floors, but the caps for both would be $350 million for test year 2023, $375 million for test year 2024, and $400 million for test year 2025. Transmission projects filed with the LPSC will be exempt from the transmission recovery mechanism cap. The global stipulated settlement agreement was unanimously approved by the LPSC in August 2024 and an order was issued by the LPSC in September 2024 reflecting the approval of the settlement. Based on the July 2024 agreement in principle, in second quarter 2024 Entergy Louisiana recorded expenses of $151 million ($111 million net-of-tax) primarily consisting of regulatory charges to reflect the effects of the agreement in principle. 2023 Formula Rate Plan Filing In August 2024, pursuant to the global stipulated settlement agreement, Entergy Louisiana filed its formula rate plan evaluation report for its 2023 calendar year operations. Consistent with the global stipulated settlement agreement, the filing reflected a 9.7% allowed return on common equity with a bandwidth of 40 basis points above and below the midpoint. For the 2023 test year, however, the bandwidth provisions of the formula rate plan are temporarily suspended and, pursuant to the terms of the global stipulated settlement agreement, Entergy Louisiana implemented the September 2024 formula rate plan rate adjustments effective with the first billing cycle of September 2024. Those adjustments include a $120 million increase in base rider formula rate plan revenue and a $101.8 million one-time incremental net decrease consistent with the terms of the global stipulated settlement. The formula rate plan rate adjustments reflected in the evaluation report also include a redetermination of the transmission recovery mechanism, the distribution recovery mechanism, the additional capacity mechanism, the tax adjustment mechanism, the MISO cost recovery mechanism, and other one-time adjustments. Pursuant to the terms of the global stipulated settlement agreement, the review of the 2023 evaluation report shall be limited to these mechanisms and conducted under an expedited procedural schedule that provides a process for the parties to file and pursue resolution of any disputed issues by January 2025, after which any remaining disputed issues will be submitted to the ALJ for a contested proceeding and, ultimately, resolution by the LPSC. Filings with the MPSC (Entergy Mississippi) Retail Rates 2024 Formula Rate Plan Filing In March 2024, Entergy Mississippi submitted its formula rate plan 2024 test year filing and 2023 look-back filing showing Entergy Mississippi’s earned return on rate base for the historical 2023 calendar year to be within the formula rate plan bandwidth and projected earned return for the 2024 calendar year to be below the formula rate plan bandwidth. The 2024 test year filing showed a $63.4 million rate increase was necessary to reset Entergy Mississippi’s earned return on rate base to the specified point of adjustment of 7.10%, within the formula rate plan bandwidth. The 2023 look-back filing compared actual 2023 results to the approved benchmark return on rate base and reflected no change in formula rate plan revenues. In accordance with the provisions of the formula rate plan, Entergy Mississippi implemented a $32.6 million interim rate increase, reflecting a cap equal to 2% of 2023 retail revenues, effective April 2024. In December 2014 the MPSC ordered Entergy Mississippi to file an updated depreciation study at least once every four years. Pursuant to this order and Entergy Mississippi’s filing cycle, Entergy Mississippi would have filed an updated depreciation report with its formula rate plan filing in 2023. However, in July 2022 the MPSC directed Entergy Mississippi to file its next depreciation study in connection with its 2024 formula rate plan filing notwithstanding the MPSC’s prior order. Accordingly, Entergy Mississippi filed a depreciation study in February 2024. The study showed a need for an increase in annual depreciation expense of $55.2 million. The calculated increase in annual depreciation expense was excluded from Entergy Mississippi’s 2024 formula rate plan revenue increase request because the MPSC had not yet approved the proposed depreciation rates. In June 2024, Entergy Mississippi and the Mississippi Public Utilities Staff entered into a joint stipulation that confirmed the 2024 test year filing, with the exception of immaterial adjustments to certain operation and maintenance expenses. After performance adjustments, the formula rate plan reflected an earned return on rate base of 6.08% for calendar year 2024, which resulted in a total revenue increase of $64.6 million for 2024. The joint stipulation also recommended approval of a revised customer charge of $31.82 per month for residential customers and $53.10 per month for general service customers. Pursuant to the stipulation, Entergy Mississippi’s 2023 look-back filing reflected an earned return on rate base of 6.81%, resulting in an increase of $0.3 million in the formula rate plan revenues for 2023. Finally, the stipulation recommended approval of Entergy Mississippi’s proposed depreciation rates with those rates to be implemented upon request and approval at a later date. In June 2024 the MPSC approved the joint stipulation with rates effective in July 2024. The approval also included a reduction to the energy cost factor, resulting in a net bill decrease for a typical residential customer using 1,000 kWh per month. Also in June 2024, Entergy Mississippi recorded regulatory credits of $7.3 million to reflect the difference between interim rates placed in effect in April 2024 and the rates reflected in the joint stipulation. In May 2024, Entergy Mississippi received approval from the MPSC for formula rate plan revisions that were necessary for Entergy Mississippi to comply with state legislation passed in January 2024. The legislation allows Entergy Mississippi to make interim rate adjustments to recover the non-fuel related annual ownership cost of certain facilities that directly or indirectly provide service to customers who own certain data processing center projects as specified in the legislation. Entergy Mississippi filed the first of its annual interim facilities rate adjustment reports in May 2024 to recover approximately $8.7 million of these costs over a six-month period with rates effective beginning in July 2024. Grand Gulf Capacity Filing In September 2024, Entergy Mississippi filed a notice of intent with the MPSC to implement revisions to its unit power cost recovery rider that would allow Entergy Mississippi to recover the first year of costs associated with the transfer of Entergy Louisiana’s interest in and purchases of Grand Gulf capacity and energy under the revised rider schedule, effective by January 1, 2025. This notice filing relates to the divestiture of Entergy Louisiana’s 14% share of Grand Gulf capacity and energy under the Unit Power Sales Agreement and 2.43% share of capacity and energy from Entergy Arkansas under the MSS-4 replacement tariff. This divestiture will be effectuated initially through Entergy Mississippi’s purchases from Entergy Louisiana pursuant to a PPA governed by the MSS-4 replacement tariff, a tariff governing the sales of energy and capacity among the Utility operating companies as described in the System Energy global settlement with the LPSC and Entergy Louisiana. See “ Complaints Against System Energy - System Energy Settlement with the LPSC ” below for further details of the System Energy global settlement with the LPSC. In October 2024, Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Mississippi filed the proposed MSS-4 replacement PPA with the FERC. The parties requested that the MPSC and the FERC issue orders accepting the PPA no later than December 2024. Filings with the City Council (Entergy New Orleans) Retail Rates 2024 Formula Rate Plan Filing In April 2024, Entergy New Orleans submitted to the City Council its formula rate plan 2023 test year filing. Without the requested rate change in 2024, the 2023 test year evaluation report produced an electric earned return on equity of 8.66% and a gas earned return on equity of 5.87% compared to the authorized return on equity for each of 9.35%. Entergy New Orleans sought approval of a $12.6 million rate increase based on the formula set by the City Council in the 2018 rate case and approved again by the City Council in 2023. The formula would result in an increase in authorized electric revenues of $7.0 million and an increase in authorized gas revenues of $5.6 million. Following City Council review, the City Council’s advisors issued a report in July 2024 seeking a reduction in Entergy New Orleans’s requested formula rate plan revenues in an aggregate amount of approximately $1.6 million for electric and gas together due to alleged errors. Effective with the first billing cycle of September 2024, Entergy New Orleans implemented rates reflecting an amount agreed upon by Entergy New Orleans and the City Council, per the approved process for formula rate plan implementation. The total formula rate plan increase implemented was $11.2 million, which includes an increase of $5.8 million in electric revenues and an increase of $5.4 million in gas revenues. Filings with the PUCT and Texas Cities (Entergy Texas) Retail Rates 2022 Base Rate Case As discussed in the Form 10-K, in August 2023 the PUCT issued an order severing issues related to electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the 2022 base rate case proceeding to a separate proceeding. In December 2023 the PUCT referred the separate proceeding to resolve the issues related to electric vehicle charging infrastructure to the State Office of Administrative Hearings. A hearing on the merits was held in April 2024. In June 2024 the ALJ with the State Office of Administrative Hearings issued a proposal for decision concluding that it is appropriate for a vertically integrated electric utility, and Entergy Texas specifically, to own vehicle-charging facilities or other transportation electrification and charging infrastructure and recommending that both of Entergy Texas’s proposed transportation electrification riders be approved. In October 2024 the PUCT issued an order concluding that it is appropriate for Entergy Texas to own transportation electrification and charging infrastructure, including charging stations, and approving both of Entergy Texas’s proposed transportation electrification riders with a limitation that Entergy Texas’s infrastructure rider be applied only to publicly-available charging infrastructure and Entergy Texas not recover any outstanding fees from customers not taking service under the rider. Distribution Cost Recovery Factor (DCRF) Rider In June 2024, Entergy Texas filed with the PUCT a request to set a new DCRF rider. The new rider was designed to collect from Entergy Texas’s retail customers approximately $40.3 million annually based on its capital invested in distribution between January 1, 2022 and March 31, 2024. In September 2024, the PUCT approved the DCRF rider, consistent with Entergy Texas’s as-filed request, and rates became effective with the first billing cycle in October 2024. In September 2024, Entergy Texas filed with the PUCT a request to amend its DCRF rider. The proposed rider is designed to collect from Entergy Texas’s retail customers approximately $48.9 million annually, or $8.6 million in incremental annual revenues beyond Entergy Texas’s currently effective DCRF rider based on its capital invested in distribution between April 1, 2024 and June 30, 2024. In October 2024 the PUCT staff filed a recommendation that the PUCT approve Entergy Texas’s as-filed application. A PUCT decision is expected in fourth quarter 2024. Transmission Cost Recovery Factor (TCRF) Rider In October 2024, Entergy Texas filed with the PUCT a request to set a new TCRF rider. The proposed rider is designed to collect from Entergy Texas’s retail customers approximately $9.7 million annually based on its capital invested in transmission between January 1, 2022 and June 30, 2024 and changes in other transmission charges. Entergy Texas requested that the PUCT issue a decision in fourth quarter 2024, unless a hearing on the merits is requested. Entergy Arkansas Opportunity Sales Proceeding See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of the Entergy Arkansas opportunity sales proceeding. As discussed in the Form 10-K, in September 2020, Entergy Arkansas filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas challenging the APSC’s denial of recovery of $135 million of payments to other Utility operating companies in December 2018 relating to off-system sales of electricity from 2002-2009, as ordered by the FERC. The complaint also involved a challenge to the $13.7 million, plus interest, of related refunds ordered by the APSC and paid by Entergy Arkansas in August 2020. The trial was held in February 2023. Following the trial, Entergy Arkansas filed a motion with the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit to expedite the appeal filed by Arkansas Electric Energy Consumers, Inc. The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit granted Entergy Arkansas’s request, and oral arguments were held in June 2023. In August 2023 the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed the order of the court denying Arkansas Electric Energy Consumers, Inc.’s motion to intervene. In March 2024 the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas issued a judgment in favor of the APSC and against Entergy Arkansas. In March 2024 Entergy Arkansas filed a notice of appeal and a motion to expedite oral arguments with the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and the court granted the motion to expedite. Briefing to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit concluded in July 2024 and oral arguments concluded in September 2024. The appeal is pending with the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. As a result of the adverse decision by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Entergy Arkansas concluded that it could no longer support the recognition of its $131.8 million regulatory asset reflecting the previously-expected recovery of a portion of the costs at issue in the opportunity sales proceeding and recorded a $131.8 million ($99.1 million net-of-tax) charge to earnings in first quarter 2024. MSS-4 Replacement Tariff – Net Operating Loss Carryforward Proceeding In January 2021, pursuant to section 205 of the Federal Power Act, Entergy Services filed an amendment to the MSS-4 replacement tariff, a tariff governing the sales of energy and capacity among the Utility operating companies, in order to provide for the inclusion of specified accumulated deferred income taxes, including net operating loss carryforward accumulated deferred income taxes (NOLC ADIT), in the rate for sales of energy among the Utility operating companies on a prospective basis. In March 2021, the FERC accepted the filing, subject to refund and hearing procedures. In October 2021 the LPSC filed a complaint with the FERC alleging that Entergy Services improperly excluded NOLC ADIT from MSS-4 replacement tariff rates in the period before March 20, 2021. The LPSC argued that sales from Entergy Louisiana to Entergy Texas and Entergy New Orleans were charged at rates lower than they otherwise should have been, and it accordingly seeks surcharges for the period prior to March 20, 2021. The FERC set the complaint for hearing procedures and subsequently the hearing for this complaint proceeding was consolidated with the hearing procedures for Entergy Services’ January 2021 NOLC ADIT filing. Testimony was filed by parties in 2023, and the hearing before a FERC ALJ was concluded in February 2024. In June 2024, the FERC ALJ issued an initial decision addressing three major issues: (1) whether Entergy Services’ proposed prospective inclusion and allocation of NOLC ADIT in MSS-4 replacement tariff rates using a modified with-and-without methodology is just and reasonable; (2) whether Entergy Services correctly calculated excess and deficient accumulated deferred income taxes in accordance with the terms of a prior settlement; and (3) whether NOLC ADIT should have been included in MSS-4 replacement tariff rates prior to the effective date of the January 2021 MSS-4 replacement tariff filing. With respect to issues (1) and (2), the presiding ALJ concluded that Entergy Services’ proposed methodology for allocating and including NOLC ADIT in MSS-4 replacement tariff rates was just and reasonable and that Entergy Services correctly performed the excess and deficient accumulated deferred income taxes calculations. With respect to issue (3), however, the presiding ALJ agreed with the LPSC that NOLC ADIT should have been included in MSS-4 replacement tariff rates since September 1, 2016, and as a result, the presiding ALJ ordered that Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Arkansas recalculate bills for the period of September 1, 2016 through November 11, 2023 with surcharges expected to be due to those operating companies from the purchasing operating companies, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and Entergy Louisiana (for some Entergy Arkansas sales). The presiding ALJ also ordered Entergy Services to pay the interest owed to Entergy Louisiana on these surcharges. The surcharge methodology that the presiding ALJ recommended in connection with issue (3) was not supported by any participant in the hearing. As part of their exceptions to the initial decision, all parties to the proceeding opposed the use of the ALJ’s methodology, except for the FERC trial staff, which took no position. During the hearing, the LPSC and the FERC trial staff advocated that the alleged tariff violation should be remedied by the application of Entergy Services’ January 2021 proposed methodology. All other parties, including the PUCT, the City Council, and Entergy Services, opposed any surcharges for the period prior to the March 20, 2021 effective date of the January 2021 filing. Entergy Services disputes the presiding ALJ's rulings on issue (3) and filed exceptions to these rulings in July 2024. The ALJ's initial decision is not binding on the FERC and is an interim step in the hearing process. No refunds will be owed in connection with this proceeding unless and until the FERC requires them in a final order. Complaints Against System Energy See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding pending complaints against System Energy. System Energy and the Unit Power Sales Agreement are currently the subject of several litigation proceedings at the FERC (or on appeal from the FERC to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit) , including challenges with respect to System Energy’s authorized return on equity and capital structure, renewal of its sale-leaseback arrangement, treatment of uncertain tax positions, a broader investigation of rates under the Unit Power Sales Agreement, and two prudence complaints, one challenging the extended power uprate completed at Grand Gulf in 2012 and the operation and management of Grand Gulf, particularly in the 2016-2020 time period, and the second challenging the operation and management of Grand Gulf in the 2021-2022 time period. S ettlements that resolve all significant aspects of these complaints have been reached with the MPSC, the APSC, and the City Council and approved by the FERC. A settlement has been reached with the LPSC and is pending FERC approval, as described in “ System Energy Settlement with the LPSC ” below. If the settlement with the LPSC is approved by the FERC, it would resolve all significant aspects of these pending complaints. The following are updates to the discussion in the Form 10-K. Return on Equity and Capital Structure Complaints As discussed in the Form 10-K, in March 2021 the FERC ALJ issued an initial decision in the proceeding initiated by the LPSC, the MPSC, the APSC, and the City Council against System Energy regarding the return on equity component of the Unit Power Sales Agreement. With regard to System Energy’s authorized return on equity, the ALJ determined that the existing return on equity of 10.94% is no longer just and reasonable, and that the replacement authorized return on equity, based on application of the FERC’s Opinion No. 569-A methodology, should be 9.32%. The ALJ further determined that System Energy should pay refunds for a fifteen-month refund period (January 2017-April 2018) based on the difference between the current return on equity and the replacement authorized return on equity. The ALJ determined that the April 2018 complaint concerning the authorized return on equity should be dismissed, and that no refunds for a second fifteen-month refund period should be due. With regard to System Energy’s capital structure, the ALJ determined that System Energy’s actual equity ratio is excessive and that the just and reasonable equity ratio is 48.15% equity, based on the average equity ratio of the proxy group used to evaluate the return on equity for the second complaint. The ALJ further determined that System Energy should pay refunds for a fifteen-month refund period (September 2018-December 2019) based on the difference between the actual equity ratio and the 48.15% equity ratio. If the ALJ’s initial decision is upheld, the estimated refund for this proceeding is approximately $11.6 million, which includes interest through September 30, 2024, and the estimated resulting annual rate reduction would be approximately $6.8 million. As a result of the settlement agreements with the MPSC, the APSC, and the City Council, the estimated refund and rate reduction only includes the portion related to Entergy Louisiana, whose settlement with the LPSC is pending FERC approval. See “ System Energy Settlement with the MPSC ” in the Form 10-K, see “ System Energy Settlement with the APSC ” below and in the Form 10-K, and see “ System Energy Settlement with the City Council ” below for discussion of the settlements. The estimated refund will continue to accrue interest until a final FERC decision is issued. The ALJ initial decision is an interim step in the FERC litigation process , and an ALJ’s determinations made in an initial decision are not control
Entergy Texas [Member]
Public Utilities Disclosure [Text Block]	RATE AND REGULATORY MATTERS (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Regulatory Assets and Regulatory Liabilities See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding regulatory assets and regulatory liabilities in the Utility business presented on the balance sheets of Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries. The following are updates to that discussion. Fuel and purchased power cost recovery Entergy Arkansas Energy Cost Recovery Rider In March 2024, Entergy Arkansas filed its annual redetermination of its energy cost rate pursuant to the energy cost recovery rider, which reflected a decrease in the rate from $0.01883 per kWh to $0.00882 per kWh. Due to a change in law in the State of Arkansas, the annual redetermination included $9 million, recorded as a credit to fuel expense in first quarter 2024, for recovery attributed to net metering costs in 2023. The primary reason for the rate decrease is a large over-recovered balance as a result of lower natural gas prices in 2023. To mitigate the effect of projected increases in natural gas prices in 2024, Entergy Arkansas adjusted the over-recovered balance included in the March 2024 annual redetermination filing by $43.7 million. This adjustment is expected to reduce the rate change that will be reflected in the 2025 energy cost rate redetermination. The redetermined rate of $0.00882 per kWh became effective with the first billing cycle in April 2024 through the normal operation of the tariff. Entergy Mississippi In June 2024 the MPSC approved a joint stipulation agreement between Entergy Mississippi and the Mississippi Public Utilities Staff for Entergy Mississippi’s 2024 formula rate plan filing. The 2024 formula rate plan filing included the conclusion of the modified interim adjustments to Entergy Mississippi’s energy cost recovery rider and power management rider, which were approved in October 2022 and allowed Entergy Mississippi to recover certain under-collected fuel balances. The stipulation provided for Entergy Mississippi to reduce its net energy cost factor. See “ Retail Rate Proceedings - Filings with the MPSC (Entergy Mississippi) - Retail Rates - 2024 Formula Rate Plan Filing” below for further discussion of the 2024 formula rate plan filing and the joint stipulation agreement. Entergy Texas In September 2024, Entergy Texas filed an application with the PUCT to reconcile its fuel and purchased power costs for the period from April 2022 through March 2024. During the reconciliation period, Entergy Texas incurred approximately $1.6 billion in eligible fuel and purchased power expenses to generate and purchase electricity to serve its customers, net of certain revenues credited to such expenses and other adjustments. Entergy Texas’s cumulative under-recovery balance for the reconciliation period was approximately $30 million, including interest, which Entergy Texas requested authority to carry over as part of the cumulative fuel balance for the subsequent reconciliation period beginning April 2024. Retail Rate Proceedings See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding retail rate proceedings involving the Utility operating companies. The following are updates to that discussion. Filings with the APSC (Entergy Arkansas) Retail Rates 2024 Formula Rate Plan Filing In July 2024, Entergy Arkansas filed with the APSC its 2024 formula rate plan filing to set its formula rate for the 2025 calendar year. The filing contained an evaluation of Entergy Arkansas’s earnings for the 2025 projected year and a netting adjustment for the 2023 historical year. The filing showed that Entergy Arkansas’s earned rate of return on common equity for the 2025 projected year was 8.43% resulting in a revenue deficiency of $69.5 million. The earned rate of return on common equity for the 2023 historical year was 7.48% resulting in a $33.1 million netting adjustment. The total proposed revenue change for the 2025 projected year and 2023 historical year netting adjustment is $102.6 million. By operation of the formula rate plan, Entergy Arkansas’s recovery of the revenue requirement is subject to a four percent annual revenue constraint. Because Entergy Arkansas’s revenue requirement in this filing exceeded the constraint, the resulting increase was limited to $82.6 million. The APSC general staff and intervenors filed their errors and objections in October 2024, proposing certain adjustments, including the APSC general staff’s update to annual filing year revenues that increases the constraint to $86.8 million. Entergy Arkansas filed its rebuttal in October 2024, and later in October 2024 the parties submitted a joint issues list and stipulations setting forth the disputed issues and the noncontested issues. A hearing is scheduled for November 2024. Grand Gulf Credit Rider In June 2024, Entergy Arkansas filed with the APSC a tariff to provide retail customers a credit resulting from the terms of the settlement agreement between Entergy Arkansas, System Energy, additional named Entergy parties, and the APSC pertaining to System Energy’s billings for wholesale sales of energy and capacity from the Grand Gulf nuclear plant. See “ Complaints Against System Energy - System Energy Settlement with the APSC ” below and in the Form 10-K for discussion of the settlement. In July 2024 the APSC approved the tariff, under which Entergy Arkansas will refund to retail customers a total of $100.6 million. To date, Entergy Arkansas has refunded $92.3 million of the total through one-time bill credits during the August 2024 billing cycle. Filings with the LPSC (Entergy Louisiana) Retail Rates - Electric 2023 Entergy Louisiana Rate Case and Formula Rate Plan Extension Request As discussed in the Form 10-K, in August 2023, Entergy Louisiana filed an application for approval of a regulatory blueprint necessary for it to strengthen the electric grid for the State of Louisiana, which contains a dual-path request to update rates through either: (1) extension of Entergy Louisiana’s current formula rate plan (with certain modifications) for three years (the Rate Mitigation Proposal), which is Entergy Louisiana’s recommended path; or (2) implementation of rates resulting from a cost-of-service study (the Rate Case path). The application complies with Entergy Louisiana’s previous formula rate plan extension order requiring that for Entergy Louisiana to obtain another extension of its formula rate plan that included a rate reset, Entergy Louisiana would need to submit a full cost-of-service rate case. Entergy Louisiana’s filing supports the need to extend Entergy Louisiana’s formula rate plan with credit supportive mechanisms needed to facilitate investment in the distribution, transmission, and generation functions. A status conference was held in October 2023 at which a procedural schedule was adopted that included three technical conferences and a hearing in August 2024. In March 2024 the parties agreed to an eight-week extension of all deadlines to allow for continuation of settlement negotiations, and the ALJ issued an order with an amended procedural schedule. In July 2024 the parties agreed to extend further the procedural schedule to facilitate the continuation of settlement negotiations, with the hearing commencing in December 2024. In July 2024, Entergy Louisiana reached an agreement in principle with the LPSC staff and the intervenors in the proceeding and filed with the LPSC a joint motion to suspend the procedural schedule to allow for all parties to finalize a stipulated settlement agreement. In August 2024, Entergy Louisiana and the LPSC staff jointly filed a global stipulated settlement agreement for consideration by the LPSC with key terms as follows: • continuation of the formula rate plan for 2024-2026 (test years 2023-2025); • a base formula rate plan revenue increase of $120 million for test year 2023, effective for rates beginning September 2024; • a $140 million cumulative cap on base formula rate plan revenue increases, if needed, for test years 2024 and 2025, excluding outside the bandwidth items; • $184 million of customer rate credits to be given over two years, including increasing customer sharing of income tax benefits resulting from the 2016-2018 IRS audit, to resolve any remaining disputed issues stemming from formula rate plan test years prior to test year 2023, including but not limited to the investigation into Entergy Services costs billed to Entergy Louisiana. As discussed in Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K, a $38 million regulatory liability was recorded in 2023 in connection with the 2016-2018 IRS audit; • $75.5 million of customer rate credits, as provided for in the System Energy global settlement, to be credited over three years subject to and conditioned upon FERC approval of the System Energy global settlement. See “ Complaints Against System Energy – System Energy Settlement with the LPSC ” below for further details of the System Energy global settlement; • $5.8 million of customer rate credits provided for in the Entergy Louisiana formula rate plan global settlement agreement approved by the LPSC in November 2023 credited over one year. See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for the discussion of the November 2023 Entergy Louisiana formula rate plan global settlement agreement; • an increase in the allowed midpoint return on common equity from 9.5% to 9.7%, with a bandwidth of 40 basis points above and below the midpoint, for the extended term of the formula rate plan, except that for test year 2023 in which the authorized return on common equity shall have no bearing on the change in base formula rate plan revenue described above and, for test year 2024, any earnings above the authorized return on common equity shall be returned to customers through a credit; • an increase in nuclear depreciation rates by $15 million in each of the 2023, 2024, and 2025 test years outside of the formula rate plan bandwidth calculation; and • for the transmission recovery mechanism and the distribution recovery mechanism, no change to the existing floors, but the caps for both would be $350 million for test year 2023, $375 million for test year 2024, and $400 million for test year 2025. Transmission projects filed with the LPSC will be exempt from the transmission recovery mechanism cap. The global stipulated settlement agreement was unanimously approved by the LPSC in August 2024 and an order was issued by the LPSC in September 2024 reflecting the approval of the settlement. Based on the July 2024 agreement in principle, in second quarter 2024 Entergy Louisiana recorded expenses of $151 million ($111 million net-of-tax) primarily consisting of regulatory charges to reflect the effects of the agreement in principle. 2023 Formula Rate Plan Filing In August 2024, pursuant to the global stipulated settlement agreement, Entergy Louisiana filed its formula rate plan evaluation report for its 2023 calendar year operations. Consistent with the global stipulated settlement agreement, the filing reflected a 9.7% allowed return on common equity with a bandwidth of 40 basis points above and below the midpoint. For the 2023 test year, however, the bandwidth provisions of the formula rate plan are temporarily suspended and, pursuant to the terms of the global stipulated settlement agreement, Entergy Louisiana implemented the September 2024 formula rate plan rate adjustments effective with the first billing cycle of September 2024. Those adjustments include a $120 million increase in base rider formula rate plan revenue and a $101.8 million one-time incremental net decrease consistent with the terms of the global stipulated settlement. The formula rate plan rate adjustments reflected in the evaluation report also include a redetermination of the transmission recovery mechanism, the distribution recovery mechanism, the additional capacity mechanism, the tax adjustment mechanism, the MISO cost recovery mechanism, and other one-time adjustments. Pursuant to the terms of the global stipulated settlement agreement, the review of the 2023 evaluation report shall be limited to these mechanisms and conducted under an expedited procedural schedule that provides a process for the parties to file and pursue resolution of any disputed issues by January 2025, after which any remaining disputed issues will be submitted to the ALJ for a contested proceeding and, ultimately, resolution by the LPSC. Filings with the MPSC (Entergy Mississippi) Retail Rates 2024 Formula Rate Plan Filing In March 2024, Entergy Mississippi submitted its formula rate plan 2024 test year filing and 2023 look-back filing showing Entergy Mississippi’s earned return on rate base for the historical 2023 calendar year to be within the formula rate plan bandwidth and projected earned return for the 2024 calendar year to be below the formula rate plan bandwidth. The 2024 test year filing showed a $63.4 million rate increase was necessary to reset Entergy Mississippi’s earned return on rate base to the specified point of adjustment of 7.10%, within the formula rate plan bandwidth. The 2023 look-back filing compared actual 2023 results to the approved benchmark return on rate base and reflected no change in formula rate plan revenues. In accordance with the provisions of the formula rate plan, Entergy Mississippi implemented a $32.6 million interim rate increase, reflecting a cap equal to 2% of 2023 retail revenues, effective April 2024. In December 2014 the MPSC ordered Entergy Mississippi to file an updated depreciation study at least once every four years. Pursuant to this order and Entergy Mississippi’s filing cycle, Entergy Mississippi would have filed an updated depreciation report with its formula rate plan filing in 2023. However, in July 2022 the MPSC directed Entergy Mississippi to file its next depreciation study in connection with its 2024 formula rate plan filing notwithstanding the MPSC’s prior order. Accordingly, Entergy Mississippi filed a depreciation study in February 2024. The study showed a need for an increase in annual depreciation expense of $55.2 million. The calculated increase in annual depreciation expense was excluded from Entergy Mississippi’s 2024 formula rate plan revenue increase request because the MPSC had not yet approved the proposed depreciation rates. In June 2024, Entergy Mississippi and the Mississippi Public Utilities Staff entered into a joint stipulation that confirmed the 2024 test year filing, with the exception of immaterial adjustments to certain operation and maintenance expenses. After performance adjustments, the formula rate plan reflected an earned return on rate base of 6.08% for calendar year 2024, which resulted in a total revenue increase of $64.6 million for 2024. The joint stipulation also recommended approval of a revised customer charge of $31.82 per month for residential customers and $53.10 per month for general service customers. Pursuant to the stipulation, Entergy Mississippi’s 2023 look-back filing reflected an earned return on rate base of 6.81%, resulting in an increase of $0.3 million in the formula rate plan revenues for 2023. Finally, the stipulation recommended approval of Entergy Mississippi’s proposed depreciation rates with those rates to be implemented upon request and approval at a later date. In June 2024 the MPSC approved the joint stipulation with rates effective in July 2024. The approval also included a reduction to the energy cost factor, resulting in a net bill decrease for a typical residential customer using 1,000 kWh per month. Also in June 2024, Entergy Mississippi recorded regulatory credits of $7.3 million to reflect the difference between interim rates placed in effect in April 2024 and the rates reflected in the joint stipulation. In May 2024, Entergy Mississippi received approval from the MPSC for formula rate plan revisions that were necessary for Entergy Mississippi to comply with state legislation passed in January 2024. The legislation allows Entergy Mississippi to make interim rate adjustments to recover the non-fuel related annual ownership cost of certain facilities that directly or indirectly provide service to customers who own certain data processing center projects as specified in the legislation. Entergy Mississippi filed the first of its annual interim facilities rate adjustment reports in May 2024 to recover approximately $8.7 million of these costs over a six-month period with rates effective beginning in July 2024. Grand Gulf Capacity Filing In September 2024, Entergy Mississippi filed a notice of intent with the MPSC to implement revisions to its unit power cost recovery rider that would allow Entergy Mississippi to recover the first year of costs associated with the transfer of Entergy Louisiana’s interest in and purchases of Grand Gulf capacity and energy under the revised rider schedule, effective by January 1, 2025. This notice filing relates to the divestiture of Entergy Louisiana’s 14% share of Grand Gulf capacity and energy under the Unit Power Sales Agreement and 2.43% share of capacity and energy from Entergy Arkansas under the MSS-4 replacement tariff. This divestiture will be effectuated initially through Entergy Mississippi’s purchases from Entergy Louisiana pursuant to a PPA governed by the MSS-4 replacement tariff, a tariff governing the sales of energy and capacity among the Utility operating companies as described in the System Energy global settlement with the LPSC and Entergy Louisiana. See “ Complaints Against System Energy - System Energy Settlement with the LPSC ” below for further details of the System Energy global settlement with the LPSC. In October 2024, Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Mississippi filed the proposed MSS-4 replacement PPA with the FERC. The parties requested that the MPSC and the FERC issue orders accepting the PPA no later than December 2024. Filings with the City Council (Entergy New Orleans) Retail Rates 2024 Formula Rate Plan Filing In April 2024, Entergy New Orleans submitted to the City Council its formula rate plan 2023 test year filing. Without the requested rate change in 2024, the 2023 test year evaluation report produced an electric earned return on equity of 8.66% and a gas earned return on equity of 5.87% compared to the authorized return on equity for each of 9.35%. Entergy New Orleans sought approval of a $12.6 million rate increase based on the formula set by the City Council in the 2018 rate case and approved again by the City Council in 2023. The formula would result in an increase in authorized electric revenues of $7.0 million and an increase in authorized gas revenues of $5.6 million. Following City Council review, the City Council’s advisors issued a report in July 2024 seeking a reduction in Entergy New Orleans’s requested formula rate plan revenues in an aggregate amount of approximately $1.6 million for electric and gas together due to alleged errors. Effective with the first billing cycle of September 2024, Entergy New Orleans implemented rates reflecting an amount agreed upon by Entergy New Orleans and the City Council, per the approved process for formula rate plan implementation. The total formula rate plan increase implemented was $11.2 million, which includes an increase of $5.8 million in electric revenues and an increase of $5.4 million in gas revenues. Filings with the PUCT and Texas Cities (Entergy Texas) Retail Rates 2022 Base Rate Case As discussed in the Form 10-K, in August 2023 the PUCT issued an order severing issues related to electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the 2022 base rate case proceeding to a separate proceeding. In December 2023 the PUCT referred the separate proceeding to resolve the issues related to electric vehicle charging infrastructure to the State Office of Administrative Hearings. A hearing on the merits was held in April 2024. In June 2024 the ALJ with the State Office of Administrative Hearings issued a proposal for decision concluding that it is appropriate for a vertically integrated electric utility, and Entergy Texas specifically, to own vehicle-charging facilities or other transportation electrification and charging infrastructure and recommending that both of Entergy Texas’s proposed transportation electrification riders be approved. In October 2024 the PUCT issued an order concluding that it is appropriate for Entergy Texas to own transportation electrification and charging infrastructure, including charging stations, and approving both of Entergy Texas’s proposed transportation electrification riders with a limitation that Entergy Texas’s infrastructure rider be applied only to publicly-available charging infrastructure and Entergy Texas not recover any outstanding fees from customers not taking service under the rider. Distribution Cost Recovery Factor (DCRF) Rider In June 2024, Entergy Texas filed with the PUCT a request to set a new DCRF rider. The new rider was designed to collect from Entergy Texas’s retail customers approximately $40.3 million annually based on its capital invested in distribution between January 1, 2022 and March 31, 2024. In September 2024, the PUCT approved the DCRF rider, consistent with Entergy Texas’s as-filed request, and rates became effective with the first billing cycle in October 2024. In September 2024, Entergy Texas filed with the PUCT a request to amend its DCRF rider. The proposed rider is designed to collect from Entergy Texas’s retail customers approximately $48.9 million annually, or $8.6 million in incremental annual revenues beyond Entergy Texas’s currently effective DCRF rider based on its capital invested in distribution between April 1, 2024 and June 30, 2024. In October 2024 the PUCT staff filed a recommendation that the PUCT approve Entergy Texas’s as-filed application. A PUCT decision is expected in fourth quarter 2024. Transmission Cost Recovery Factor (TCRF) Rider In October 2024, Entergy Texas filed with the PUCT a request to set a new TCRF rider. The proposed rider is designed to collect from Entergy Texas’s retail customers approximately $9.7 million annually based on its capital invested in transmission between January 1, 2022 and June 30, 2024 and changes in other transmission charges. Entergy Texas requested that the PUCT issue a decision in fourth quarter 2024, unless a hearing on the merits is requested. Entergy Arkansas Opportunity Sales Proceeding See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of the Entergy Arkansas opportunity sales proceeding. As discussed in the Form 10-K, in September 2020, Entergy Arkansas filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas challenging the APSC’s denial of recovery of $135 million of payments to other Utility operating companies in December 2018 relating to off-system sales of electricity from 2002-2009, as ordered by the FERC. The complaint also involved a challenge to the $13.7 million, plus interest, of related refunds ordered by the APSC and paid by Entergy Arkansas in August 2020. The trial was held in February 2023. Following the trial, Entergy Arkansas filed a motion with the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit to expedite the appeal filed by Arkansas Electric Energy Consumers, Inc. The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit granted Entergy Arkansas’s request, and oral arguments were held in June 2023. In August 2023 the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed the order of the court denying Arkansas Electric Energy Consumers, Inc.’s motion to intervene. In March 2024 the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas issued a judgment in favor of the APSC and against Entergy Arkansas. In March 2024 Entergy Arkansas filed a notice of appeal and a motion to expedite oral arguments with the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and the court granted the motion to expedite. Briefing to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit concluded in July 2024 and oral arguments concluded in September 2024. The appeal is pending with the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. As a result of the adverse decision by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Entergy Arkansas concluded that it could no longer support the recognition of its $131.8 million regulatory asset reflecting the previously-expected recovery of a portion of the costs at issue in the opportunity sales proceeding and recorded a $131.8 million ($99.1 million net-of-tax) charge to earnings in first quarter 2024. MSS-4 Replacement Tariff – Net Operating Loss Carryforward Proceeding In January 2021, pursuant to section 205 of the Federal Power Act, Entergy Services filed an amendment to the MSS-4 replacement tariff, a tariff governing the sales of energy and capacity among the Utility operating companies, in order to provide for the inclusion of specified accumulated deferred income taxes, including net operating loss carryforward accumulated deferred income taxes (NOLC ADIT), in the rate for sales of energy among the Utility operating companies on a prospective basis. In March 2021, the FERC accepted the filing, subject to refund and hearing procedures. In October 2021 the LPSC filed a complaint with the FERC alleging that Entergy Services improperly excluded NOLC ADIT from MSS-4 replacement tariff rates in the period before March 20, 2021. The LPSC argued that sales from Entergy Louisiana to Entergy Texas and Entergy New Orleans were charged at rates lower than they otherwise should have been, and it accordingly seeks surcharges for the period prior to March 20, 2021. The FERC set the complaint for hearing procedures and subsequently the hearing for this complaint proceeding was consolidated with the hearing procedures for Entergy Services’ January 2021 NOLC ADIT filing. Testimony was filed by parties in 2023, and the hearing before a FERC ALJ was concluded in February 2024. In June 2024, the FERC ALJ issued an initial decision addressing three major issues: (1) whether Entergy Services’ proposed prospective inclusion and allocation of NOLC ADIT in MSS-4 replacement tariff rates using a modified with-and-without methodology is just and reasonable; (2) whether Entergy Services correctly calculated excess and deficient accumulated deferred income taxes in accordance with the terms of a prior settlement; and (3) whether NOLC ADIT should have been included in MSS-4 replacement tariff rates prior to the effective date of the January 2021 MSS-4 replacement tariff filing. With respect to issues (1) and (2), the presiding ALJ concluded that Entergy Services’ proposed methodology for allocating and including NOLC ADIT in MSS-4 replacement tariff rates was just and reasonable and that Entergy Services correctly performed the excess and deficient accumulated deferred income taxes calculations. With respect to issue (3), however, the presiding ALJ agreed with the LPSC that NOLC ADIT should have been included in MSS-4 replacement tariff rates since September 1, 2016, and as a result, the presiding ALJ ordered that Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Arkansas recalculate bills for the period of September 1, 2016 through November 11, 2023 with surcharges expected to be due to those operating companies from the purchasing operating companies, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and Entergy Louisiana (for some Entergy Arkansas sales). The presiding ALJ also ordered Entergy Services to pay the interest owed to Entergy Louisiana on these surcharges. The surcharge methodology that the presiding ALJ recommended in connection with issue (3) was not supported by any participant in the hearing. As part of their exceptions to the initial decision, all parties to the proceeding opposed the use of the ALJ’s methodology, except for the FERC trial staff, which took no position. During the hearing, the LPSC and the FERC trial staff advocated that the alleged tariff violation should be remedied by the application of Entergy Services’ January 2021 proposed methodology. All other parties, including the PUCT, the City Council, and Entergy Services, opposed any surcharges for the period prior to the March 20, 2021 effective date of the January 2021 filing. Entergy Services disputes the presiding ALJ's rulings on issue (3) and filed exceptions to these rulings in July 2024. The ALJ's initial decision is not binding on the FERC and is an interim step in the hearing process. No refunds will be owed in connection with this proceeding unless and until the FERC requires them in a final order. Complaints Against System Energy See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding pending complaints against System Energy. System Energy and the Unit Power Sales Agreement are currently the subject of several litigation proceedings at the FERC (or on appeal from the FERC to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit) , including challenges with respect to System Energy’s authorized return on equity and capital structure, renewal of its sale-leaseback arrangement, treatment of uncertain tax positions, a broader investigation of rates under the Unit Power Sales Agreement, and two prudence complaints, one challenging the extended power uprate completed at Grand Gulf in 2012 and the operation and management of Grand Gulf, particularly in the 2016-2020 time period, and the second challenging the operation and management of Grand Gulf in the 2021-2022 time period. S ettlements that resolve all significant aspects of these complaints have been reached with the MPSC, the APSC, and the City Council and approved by the FERC. A settlement has been reached with the LPSC and is pending FERC approval, as described in “ System Energy Settlement with the LPSC ” below. If the settlement with the LPSC is approved by the FERC, it would resolve all significant aspects of these pending complaints. The following are updates to the discussion in the Form 10-K. Return on Equity and Capital Structure Complaints As discussed in the Form 10-K, in March 2021 the FERC ALJ issued an initial decision in the proceeding initiated by the LPSC, the MPSC, the APSC, and the City Council against System Energy regarding the return on equity component of the Unit Power Sales Agreement. With regard to System Energy’s authorized return on equity, the ALJ determined that the existing return on equity of 10.94% is no longer just and reasonable, and that the replacement authorized return on equity, based on application of the FERC’s Opinion No. 569-A methodology, should be 9.32%. The ALJ further determined that System Energy should pay refunds for a fifteen-month refund period (January 2017-April 2018) based on the difference between the current return on equity and the replacement authorized return on equity. The ALJ determined that the April 2018 complaint concerning the authorized return on equity should be dismissed, and that no refunds for a second fifteen-month refund period should be due. With regard to System Energy’s capital structure, the ALJ determined that System Energy’s actual equity ratio is excessive and that the just and reasonable equity ratio is 48.15% equity, based on the average equity ratio of the proxy group used to evaluate the return on equity for the second complaint. The ALJ further determined that System Energy should pay refunds for a fifteen-month refund period (September 2018-December 2019) based on the difference between the actual equity ratio and the 48.15% equity ratio. If the ALJ’s initial decision is upheld, the estimated refund for this proceeding is approximately $11.6 million, which includes interest through September 30, 2024, and the estimated resulting annual rate reduction would be approximately $6.8 million. As a result of the settlement agreements with the MPSC, the APSC, and the City Council, the estimated refund and rate reduction only includes the portion related to Entergy Louisiana, whose settlement with the LPSC is pending FERC approval. See “ System Energy Settlement with the MPSC ” in the Form 10-K, see “ System Energy Settlement with the APSC ” below and in the Form 10-K, and see “ System Energy Settlement with the City Council ” below for discussion of the settlements. The estimated refund will continue to accrue interest until a final FERC decision is issued. The ALJ initial decision is an interim step in the FERC litigation process , and an ALJ’s determinations made in an initial decision are not control
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Public Utilities Disclosure [Text Block]	RATE AND REGULATORY MATTERS (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Regulatory Assets and Regulatory Liabilities See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding regulatory assets and regulatory liabilities in the Utility business presented on the balance sheets of Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries. The following are updates to that discussion. Fuel and purchased power cost recovery Entergy Arkansas Energy Cost Recovery Rider In March 2024, Entergy Arkansas filed its annual redetermination of its energy cost rate pursuant to the energy cost recovery rider, which reflected a decrease in the rate from $0.01883 per kWh to $0.00882 per kWh. Due to a change in law in the State of Arkansas, the annual redetermination included $9 million, recorded as a credit to fuel expense in first quarter 2024, for recovery attributed to net metering costs in 2023. The primary reason for the rate decrease is a large over-recovered balance as a result of lower natural gas prices in 2023. To mitigate the effect of projected increases in natural gas prices in 2024, Entergy Arkansas adjusted the over-recovered balance included in the March 2024 annual redetermination filing by $43.7 million. This adjustment is expected to reduce the rate change that will be reflected in the 2025 energy cost rate redetermination. The redetermined rate of $0.00882 per kWh became effective with the first billing cycle in April 2024 through the normal operation of the tariff. Entergy Mississippi In June 2024 the MPSC approved a joint stipulation agreement between Entergy Mississippi and the Mississippi Public Utilities Staff for Entergy Mississippi’s 2024 formula rate plan filing. The 2024 formula rate plan filing included the conclusion of the modified interim adjustments to Entergy Mississippi’s energy cost recovery rider and power management rider, which were approved in October 2022 and allowed Entergy Mississippi to recover certain under-collected fuel balances. The stipulation provided for Entergy Mississippi to reduce its net energy cost factor. See “ Retail Rate Proceedings - Filings with the MPSC (Entergy Mississippi) - Retail Rates - 2024 Formula Rate Plan Filing” below for further discussion of the 2024 formula rate plan filing and the joint stipulation agreement. Entergy Texas In September 2024, Entergy Texas filed an application with the PUCT to reconcile its fuel and purchased power costs for the period from April 2022 through March 2024. During the reconciliation period, Entergy Texas incurred approximately $1.6 billion in eligible fuel and purchased power expenses to generate and purchase electricity to serve its customers, net of certain revenues credited to such expenses and other adjustments. Entergy Texas’s cumulative under-recovery balance for the reconciliation period was approximately $30 million, including interest, which Entergy Texas requested authority to carry over as part of the cumulative fuel balance for the subsequent reconciliation period beginning April 2024. Retail Rate Proceedings See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding retail rate proceedings involving the Utility operating companies. The following are updates to that discussion. Filings with the APSC (Entergy Arkansas) Retail Rates 2024 Formula Rate Plan Filing In July 2024, Entergy Arkansas filed with the APSC its 2024 formula rate plan filing to set its formula rate for the 2025 calendar year. The filing contained an evaluation of Entergy Arkansas’s earnings for the 2025 projected year and a netting adjustment for the 2023 historical year. The filing showed that Entergy Arkansas’s earned rate of return on common equity for the 2025 projected year was 8.43% resulting in a revenue deficiency of $69.5 million. The earned rate of return on common equity for the 2023 historical year was 7.48% resulting in a $33.1 million netting adjustment. The total proposed revenue change for the 2025 projected year and 2023 historical year netting adjustment is $102.6 million. By operation of the formula rate plan, Entergy Arkansas’s recovery of the revenue requirement is subject to a four percent annual revenue constraint. Because Entergy Arkansas’s revenue requirement in this filing exceeded the constraint, the resulting increase was limited to $82.6 million. The APSC general staff and intervenors filed their errors and objections in October 2024, proposing certain adjustments, including the APSC general staff’s update to annual filing year revenues that increases the constraint to $86.8 million. Entergy Arkansas filed its rebuttal in October 2024, and later in October 2024 the parties submitted a joint issues list and stipulations setting forth the disputed issues and the noncontested issues. A hearing is scheduled for November 2024. Grand Gulf Credit Rider In June 2024, Entergy Arkansas filed with the APSC a tariff to provide retail customers a credit resulting from the terms of the settlement agreement between Entergy Arkansas, System Energy, additional named Entergy parties, and the APSC pertaining to System Energy’s billings for wholesale sales of energy and capacity from the Grand Gulf nuclear plant. See “ Complaints Against System Energy - System Energy Settlement with the APSC ” below and in the Form 10-K for discussion of the settlement. In July 2024 the APSC approved the tariff, under which Entergy Arkansas will refund to retail customers a total of $100.6 million. To date, Entergy Arkansas has refunded $92.3 million of the total through one-time bill credits during the August 2024 billing cycle. Filings with the LPSC (Entergy Louisiana) Retail Rates - Electric 2023 Entergy Louisiana Rate Case and Formula Rate Plan Extension Request As discussed in the Form 10-K, in August 2023, Entergy Louisiana filed an application for approval of a regulatory blueprint necessary for it to strengthen the electric grid for the State of Louisiana, which contains a dual-path request to update rates through either: (1) extension of Entergy Louisiana’s current formula rate plan (with certain modifications) for three years (the Rate Mitigation Proposal), which is Entergy Louisiana’s recommended path; or (2) implementation of rates resulting from a cost-of-service study (the Rate Case path). The application complies with Entergy Louisiana’s previous formula rate plan extension order requiring that for Entergy Louisiana to obtain another extension of its formula rate plan that included a rate reset, Entergy Louisiana would need to submit a full cost-of-service rate case. Entergy Louisiana’s filing supports the need to extend Entergy Louisiana’s formula rate plan with credit supportive mechanisms needed to facilitate investment in the distribution, transmission, and generation functions. A status conference was held in October 2023 at which a procedural schedule was adopted that included three technical conferences and a hearing in August 2024. In March 2024 the parties agreed to an eight-week extension of all deadlines to allow for continuation of settlement negotiations, and the ALJ issued an order with an amended procedural schedule. In July 2024 the parties agreed to extend further the procedural schedule to facilitate the continuation of settlement negotiations, with the hearing commencing in December 2024. In July 2024, Entergy Louisiana reached an agreement in principle with the LPSC staff and the intervenors in the proceeding and filed with the LPSC a joint motion to suspend the procedural schedule to allow for all parties to finalize a stipulated settlement agreement. In August 2024, Entergy Louisiana and the LPSC staff jointly filed a global stipulated settlement agreement for consideration by the LPSC with key terms as follows: • continuation of the formula rate plan for 2024-2026 (test years 2023-2025); • a base formula rate plan revenue increase of $120 million for test year 2023, effective for rates beginning September 2024; • a $140 million cumulative cap on base formula rate plan revenue increases, if needed, for test years 2024 and 2025, excluding outside the bandwidth items; • $184 million of customer rate credits to be given over two years, including increasing customer sharing of income tax benefits resulting from the 2016-2018 IRS audit, to resolve any remaining disputed issues stemming from formula rate plan test years prior to test year 2023, including but not limited to the investigation into Entergy Services costs billed to Entergy Louisiana. As discussed in Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K, a $38 million regulatory liability was recorded in 2023 in connection with the 2016-2018 IRS audit; • $75.5 million of customer rate credits, as provided for in the System Energy global settlement, to be credited over three years subject to and conditioned upon FERC approval of the System Energy global settlement. See “ Complaints Against System Energy – System Energy Settlement with the LPSC ” below for further details of the System Energy global settlement; • $5.8 million of customer rate credits provided for in the Entergy Louisiana formula rate plan global settlement agreement approved by the LPSC in November 2023 credited over one year. See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for the discussion of the November 2023 Entergy Louisiana formula rate plan global settlement agreement; • an increase in the allowed midpoint return on common equity from 9.5% to 9.7%, with a bandwidth of 40 basis points above and below the midpoint, for the extended term of the formula rate plan, except that for test year 2023 in which the authorized return on common equity shall have no bearing on the change in base formula rate plan revenue described above and, for test year 2024, any earnings above the authorized return on common equity shall be returned to customers through a credit; • an increase in nuclear depreciation rates by $15 million in each of the 2023, 2024, and 2025 test years outside of the formula rate plan bandwidth calculation; and • for the transmission recovery mechanism and the distribution recovery mechanism, no change to the existing floors, but the caps for both would be $350 million for test year 2023, $375 million for test year 2024, and $400 million for test year 2025. Transmission projects filed with the LPSC will be exempt from the transmission recovery mechanism cap. The global stipulated settlement agreement was unanimously approved by the LPSC in August 2024 and an order was issued by the LPSC in September 2024 reflecting the approval of the settlement. Based on the July 2024 agreement in principle, in second quarter 2024 Entergy Louisiana recorded expenses of $151 million ($111 million net-of-tax) primarily consisting of regulatory charges to reflect the effects of the agreement in principle. 2023 Formula Rate Plan Filing In August 2024, pursuant to the global stipulated settlement agreement, Entergy Louisiana filed its formula rate plan evaluation report for its 2023 calendar year operations. Consistent with the global stipulated settlement agreement, the filing reflected a 9.7% allowed return on common equity with a bandwidth of 40 basis points above and below the midpoint. For the 2023 test year, however, the bandwidth provisions of the formula rate plan are temporarily suspended and, pursuant to the terms of the global stipulated settlement agreement, Entergy Louisiana implemented the September 2024 formula rate plan rate adjustments effective with the first billing cycle of September 2024. Those adjustments include a $120 million increase in base rider formula rate plan revenue and a $101.8 million one-time incremental net decrease consistent with the terms of the global stipulated settlement. The formula rate plan rate adjustments reflected in the evaluation report also include a redetermination of the transmission recovery mechanism, the distribution recovery mechanism, the additional capacity mechanism, the tax adjustment mechanism, the MISO cost recovery mechanism, and other one-time adjustments. Pursuant to the terms of the global stipulated settlement agreement, the review of the 2023 evaluation report shall be limited to these mechanisms and conducted under an expedited procedural schedule that provides a process for the parties to file and pursue resolution of any disputed issues by January 2025, after which any remaining disputed issues will be submitted to the ALJ for a contested proceeding and, ultimately, resolution by the LPSC. Filings with the MPSC (Entergy Mississippi) Retail Rates 2024 Formula Rate Plan Filing In March 2024, Entergy Mississippi submitted its formula rate plan 2024 test year filing and 2023 look-back filing showing Entergy Mississippi’s earned return on rate base for the historical 2023 calendar year to be within the formula rate plan bandwidth and projected earned return for the 2024 calendar year to be below the formula rate plan bandwidth. The 2024 test year filing showed a $63.4 million rate increase was necessary to reset Entergy Mississippi’s earned return on rate base to the specified point of adjustment of 7.10%, within the formula rate plan bandwidth. The 2023 look-back filing compared actual 2023 results to the approved benchmark return on rate base and reflected no change in formula rate plan revenues. In accordance with the provisions of the formula rate plan, Entergy Mississippi implemented a $32.6 million interim rate increase, reflecting a cap equal to 2% of 2023 retail revenues, effective April 2024. In December 2014 the MPSC ordered Entergy Mississippi to file an updated depreciation study at least once every four years. Pursuant to this order and Entergy Mississippi’s filing cycle, Entergy Mississippi would have filed an updated depreciation report with its formula rate plan filing in 2023. However, in July 2022 the MPSC directed Entergy Mississippi to file its next depreciation study in connection with its 2024 formula rate plan filing notwithstanding the MPSC’s prior order. Accordingly, Entergy Mississippi filed a depreciation study in February 2024. The study showed a need for an increase in annual depreciation expense of $55.2 million. The calculated increase in annual depreciation expense was excluded from Entergy Mississippi’s 2024 formula rate plan revenue increase request because the MPSC had not yet approved the proposed depreciation rates. In June 2024, Entergy Mississippi and the Mississippi Public Utilities Staff entered into a joint stipulation that confirmed the 2024 test year filing, with the exception of immaterial adjustments to certain operation and maintenance expenses. After performance adjustments, the formula rate plan reflected an earned return on rate base of 6.08% for calendar year 2024, which resulted in a total revenue increase of $64.6 million for 2024. The joint stipulation also recommended approval of a revised customer charge of $31.82 per month for residential customers and $53.10 per month for general service customers. Pursuant to the stipulation, Entergy Mississippi’s 2023 look-back filing reflected an earned return on rate base of 6.81%, resulting in an increase of $0.3 million in the formula rate plan revenues for 2023. Finally, the stipulation recommended approval of Entergy Mississippi’s proposed depreciation rates with those rates to be implemented upon request and approval at a later date. In June 2024 the MPSC approved the joint stipulation with rates effective in July 2024. The approval also included a reduction to the energy cost factor, resulting in a net bill decrease for a typical residential customer using 1,000 kWh per month. Also in June 2024, Entergy Mississippi recorded regulatory credits of $7.3 million to reflect the difference between interim rates placed in effect in April 2024 and the rates reflected in the joint stipulation. In May 2024, Entergy Mississippi received approval from the MPSC for formula rate plan revisions that were necessary for Entergy Mississippi to comply with state legislation passed in January 2024. The legislation allows Entergy Mississippi to make interim rate adjustments to recover the non-fuel related annual ownership cost of certain facilities that directly or indirectly provide service to customers who own certain data processing center projects as specified in the legislation. Entergy Mississippi filed the first of its annual interim facilities rate adjustment reports in May 2024 to recover approximately $8.7 million of these costs over a six-month period with rates effective beginning in July 2024. Grand Gulf Capacity Filing In September 2024, Entergy Mississippi filed a notice of intent with the MPSC to implement revisions to its unit power cost recovery rider that would allow Entergy Mississippi to recover the first year of costs associated with the transfer of Entergy Louisiana’s interest in and purchases of Grand Gulf capacity and energy under the revised rider schedule, effective by January 1, 2025. This notice filing relates to the divestiture of Entergy Louisiana’s 14% share of Grand Gulf capacity and energy under the Unit Power Sales Agreement and 2.43% share of capacity and energy from Entergy Arkansas under the MSS-4 replacement tariff. This divestiture will be effectuated initially through Entergy Mississippi’s purchases from Entergy Louisiana pursuant to a PPA governed by the MSS-4 replacement tariff, a tariff governing the sales of energy and capacity among the Utility operating companies as described in the System Energy global settlement with the LPSC and Entergy Louisiana. See “ Complaints Against System Energy - System Energy Settlement with the LPSC ” below for further details of the System Energy global settlement with the LPSC. In October 2024, Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Mississippi filed the proposed MSS-4 replacement PPA with the FERC. The parties requested that the MPSC and the FERC issue orders accepting the PPA no later than December 2024. Filings with the City Council (Entergy New Orleans) Retail Rates 2024 Formula Rate Plan Filing In April 2024, Entergy New Orleans submitted to the City Council its formula rate plan 2023 test year filing. Without the requested rate change in 2024, the 2023 test year evaluation report produced an electric earned return on equity of 8.66% and a gas earned return on equity of 5.87% compared to the authorized return on equity for each of 9.35%. Entergy New Orleans sought approval of a $12.6 million rate increase based on the formula set by the City Council in the 2018 rate case and approved again by the City Council in 2023. The formula would result in an increase in authorized electric revenues of $7.0 million and an increase in authorized gas revenues of $5.6 million. Following City Council review, the City Council’s advisors issued a report in July 2024 seeking a reduction in Entergy New Orleans’s requested formula rate plan revenues in an aggregate amount of approximately $1.6 million for electric and gas together due to alleged errors. Effective with the first billing cycle of September 2024, Entergy New Orleans implemented rates reflecting an amount agreed upon by Entergy New Orleans and the City Council, per the approved process for formula rate plan implementation. The total formula rate plan increase implemented was $11.2 million, which includes an increase of $5.8 million in electric revenues and an increase of $5.4 million in gas revenues. Filings with the PUCT and Texas Cities (Entergy Texas) Retail Rates 2022 Base Rate Case As discussed in the Form 10-K, in August 2023 the PUCT issued an order severing issues related to electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the 2022 base rate case proceeding to a separate proceeding. In December 2023 the PUCT referred the separate proceeding to resolve the issues related to electric vehicle charging infrastructure to the State Office of Administrative Hearings. A hearing on the merits was held in April 2024. In June 2024 the ALJ with the State Office of Administrative Hearings issued a proposal for decision concluding that it is appropriate for a vertically integrated electric utility, and Entergy Texas specifically, to own vehicle-charging facilities or other transportation electrification and charging infrastructure and recommending that both of Entergy Texas’s proposed transportation electrification riders be approved. In October 2024 the PUCT issued an order concluding that it is appropriate for Entergy Texas to own transportation electrification and charging infrastructure, including charging stations, and approving both of Entergy Texas’s proposed transportation electrification riders with a limitation that Entergy Texas’s infrastructure rider be applied only to publicly-available charging infrastructure and Entergy Texas not recover any outstanding fees from customers not taking service under the rider. Distribution Cost Recovery Factor (DCRF) Rider In June 2024, Entergy Texas filed with the PUCT a request to set a new DCRF rider. The new rider was designed to collect from Entergy Texas’s retail customers approximately $40.3 million annually based on its capital invested in distribution between January 1, 2022 and March 31, 2024. In September 2024, the PUCT approved the DCRF rider, consistent with Entergy Texas’s as-filed request, and rates became effective with the first billing cycle in October 2024. In September 2024, Entergy Texas filed with the PUCT a request to amend its DCRF rider. The proposed rider is designed to collect from Entergy Texas’s retail customers approximately $48.9 million annually, or $8.6 million in incremental annual revenues beyond Entergy Texas’s currently effective DCRF rider based on its capital invested in distribution between April 1, 2024 and June 30, 2024. In October 2024 the PUCT staff filed a recommendation that the PUCT approve Entergy Texas’s as-filed application. A PUCT decision is expected in fourth quarter 2024. Transmission Cost Recovery Factor (TCRF) Rider In October 2024, Entergy Texas filed with the PUCT a request to set a new TCRF rider. The proposed rider is designed to collect from Entergy Texas’s retail customers approximately $9.7 million annually based on its capital invested in transmission between January 1, 2022 and June 30, 2024 and changes in other transmission charges. Entergy Texas requested that the PUCT issue a decision in fourth quarter 2024, unless a hearing on the merits is requested. Entergy Arkansas Opportunity Sales Proceeding See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of the Entergy Arkansas opportunity sales proceeding. As discussed in the Form 10-K, in September 2020, Entergy Arkansas filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas challenging the APSC’s denial of recovery of $135 million of payments to other Utility operating companies in December 2018 relating to off-system sales of electricity from 2002-2009, as ordered by the FERC. The complaint also involved a challenge to the $13.7 million, plus interest, of related refunds ordered by the APSC and paid by Entergy Arkansas in August 2020. The trial was held in February 2023. Following the trial, Entergy Arkansas filed a motion with the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit to expedite the appeal filed by Arkansas Electric Energy Consumers, Inc. The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit granted Entergy Arkansas’s request, and oral arguments were held in June 2023. In August 2023 the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed the order of the court denying Arkansas Electric Energy Consumers, Inc.’s motion to intervene. In March 2024 the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas issued a judgment in favor of the APSC and against Entergy Arkansas. In March 2024 Entergy Arkansas filed a notice of appeal and a motion to expedite oral arguments with the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and the court granted the motion to expedite. Briefing to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit concluded in July 2024 and oral arguments concluded in September 2024. The appeal is pending with the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. As a result of the adverse decision by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Entergy Arkansas concluded that it could no longer support the recognition of its $131.8 million regulatory asset reflecting the previously-expected recovery of a portion of the costs at issue in the opportunity sales proceeding and recorded a $131.8 million ($99.1 million net-of-tax) charge to earnings in first quarter 2024. MSS-4 Replacement Tariff – Net Operating Loss Carryforward Proceeding In January 2021, pursuant to section 205 of the Federal Power Act, Entergy Services filed an amendment to the MSS-4 replacement tariff, a tariff governing the sales of energy and capacity among the Utility operating companies, in order to provide for the inclusion of specified accumulated deferred income taxes, including net operating loss carryforward accumulated deferred income taxes (NOLC ADIT), in the rate for sales of energy among the Utility operating companies on a prospective basis. In March 2021, the FERC accepted the filing, subject to refund and hearing procedures. In October 2021 the LPSC filed a complaint with the FERC alleging that Entergy Services improperly excluded NOLC ADIT from MSS-4 replacement tariff rates in the period before March 20, 2021. The LPSC argued that sales from Entergy Louisiana to Entergy Texas and Entergy New Orleans were charged at rates lower than they otherwise should have been, and it accordingly seeks surcharges for the period prior to March 20, 2021. The FERC set the complaint for hearing procedures and subsequently the hearing for this complaint proceeding was consolidated with the hearing procedures for Entergy Services’ January 2021 NOLC ADIT filing. Testimony was filed by parties in 2023, and the hearing before a FERC ALJ was concluded in February 2024. In June 2024, the FERC ALJ issued an initial decision addressing three major issues: (1) whether Entergy Services’ proposed prospective inclusion and allocation of NOLC ADIT in MSS-4 replacement tariff rates using a modified with-and-without methodology is just and reasonable; (2) whether Entergy Services correctly calculated excess and deficient accumulated deferred income taxes in accordance with the terms of a prior settlement; and (3) whether NOLC ADIT should have been included in MSS-4 replacement tariff rates prior to the effective date of the January 2021 MSS-4 replacement tariff filing. With respect to issues (1) and (2), the presiding ALJ concluded that Entergy Services’ proposed methodology for allocating and including NOLC ADIT in MSS-4 replacement tariff rates was just and reasonable and that Entergy Services correctly performed the excess and deficient accumulated deferred income taxes calculations. With respect to issue (3), however, the presiding ALJ agreed with the LPSC that NOLC ADIT should have been included in MSS-4 replacement tariff rates since September 1, 2016, and as a result, the presiding ALJ ordered that Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Arkansas recalculate bills for the period of September 1, 2016 through November 11, 2023 with surcharges expected to be due to those operating companies from the purchasing operating companies, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and Entergy Louisiana (for some Entergy Arkansas sales). The presiding ALJ also ordered Entergy Services to pay the interest owed to Entergy Louisiana on these surcharges. The surcharge methodology that the presiding ALJ recommended in connection with issue (3) was not supported by any participant in the hearing. As part of their exceptions to the initial decision, all parties to the proceeding opposed the use of the ALJ’s methodology, except for the FERC trial staff, which took no position. During the hearing, the LPSC and the FERC trial staff advocated that the alleged tariff violation should be remedied by the application of Entergy Services’ January 2021 proposed methodology. All other parties, including the PUCT, the City Council, and Entergy Services, opposed any surcharges for the period prior to the March 20, 2021 effective date of the January 2021 filing. Entergy Services disputes the presiding ALJ's rulings on issue (3) and filed exceptions to these rulings in July 2024. The ALJ's initial decision is not binding on the FERC and is an interim step in the hearing process. No refunds will be owed in connection with this proceeding unless and until the FERC requires them in a final order. Complaints Against System Energy See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding pending complaints against System Energy. System Energy and the Unit Power Sales Agreement are currently the subject of several litigation proceedings at the FERC (or on appeal from the FERC to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit) , including challenges with respect to System Energy’s authorized return on equity and capital structure, renewal of its sale-leaseback arrangement, treatment of uncertain tax positions, a broader investigation of rates under the Unit Power Sales Agreement, and two prudence complaints, one challenging the extended power uprate completed at Grand Gulf in 2012 and the operation and management of Grand Gulf, particularly in the 2016-2020 time period, and the second challenging the operation and management of Grand Gulf in the 2021-2022 time period. S ettlements that resolve all significant aspects of these complaints have been reached with the MPSC, the APSC, and the City Council and approved by the FERC. A settlement has been reached with the LPSC and is pending FERC approval, as described in “ System Energy Settlement with the LPSC ” below. If the settlement with the LPSC is approved by the FERC, it would resolve all significant aspects of these pending complaints. The following are updates to the discussion in the Form 10-K. Return on Equity and Capital Structure Complaints As discussed in the Form 10-K, in March 2021 the FERC ALJ issued an initial decision in the proceeding initiated by the LPSC, the MPSC, the APSC, and the City Council against System Energy regarding the return on equity component of the Unit Power Sales Agreement. With regard to System Energy’s authorized return on equity, the ALJ determined that the existing return on equity of 10.94% is no longer just and reasonable, and that the replacement authorized return on equity, based on application of the FERC’s Opinion No. 569-A methodology, should be 9.32%. The ALJ further determined that System Energy should pay refunds for a fifteen-month refund period (January 2017-April 2018) based on the difference between the current return on equity and the replacement authorized return on equity. The ALJ determined that the April 2018 complaint concerning the authorized return on equity should be dismissed, and that no refunds for a second fifteen-month refund period should be due. With regard to System Energy’s capital structure, the ALJ determined that System Energy’s actual equity ratio is excessive and that the just and reasonable equity ratio is 48.15% equity, based on the average equity ratio of the proxy group used to evaluate the return on equity for the second complaint. The ALJ further determined that System Energy should pay refunds for a fifteen-month refund period (September 2018-December 2019) based on the difference between the actual equity ratio and the 48.15% equity ratio. If the ALJ’s initial decision is upheld, the estimated refund for this proceeding is approximately $11.6 million, which includes interest through September 30, 2024, and the estimated resulting annual rate reduction would be approximately $6.8 million. As a result of the settlement agreements with the MPSC, the APSC, and the City Council, the estimated refund and rate reduction only includes the portion related to Entergy Louisiana, whose settlement with the LPSC is pending FERC approval. See “ System Energy Settlement with the MPSC ” in the Form 10-K, see “ System Energy Settlement with the APSC ” below and in the Form 10-K, and see “ System Energy Settlement with the City Council ” below for discussion of the settlements. The estimated refund will continue to accrue interest until a final FERC decision is issued. The ALJ initial decision is an interim step in the FERC litigation process , and an ALJ’s determinations made in an initial decision are not control

Equity

Equity	9 Months Ended
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Equity [Text Block]	EQUITY (Entergy Corporation and Entergy Louisiana) Common Stock Earnings per Share The following tables present Entergy’s basic and diluted earnings per share calculations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included on the consolidated income statements: For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2024 2023 (Dollars In Thousands, Except Per Share Data; Shares in Millions) $/share $/share Consolidated net income $645,754 $669,714 Less: Preferred dividend requirements of subsidiaries and noncontrolling interests 814 2,959 Net income attributable to Entergy Corporation $644,940 $666,755 Basic shares and earnings per average common share 214.0 $3.01 211.5 $3.15 Average dilutive effect of: Stock options 0.3 — 0.2 — Other equity plans 0.7 (0.01) 0.5 (0.01) Equity forwards 0.7 (0.01) — — Diluted shares and earnings per average common shares 215.7 $2.99 212.2 $3.14 For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 2023 (Dollars In Thousands, Except Per Share Data; Shares in Millions) $/share $/share Consolidated net income $774,022 $1,374,026 Less: Preferred dividend requirements of subsidiaries and noncontrolling interests 4,879 5,092 Net income attributable to Entergy Corporation $769,143 $1,368,934 Basic shares and earnings per average common share 213.6 $3.60 211.4 $6.47 Average dilutive effect of: Stock options 0.3 — 0.3 (0.01) Other equity plans 0.5 (0.01) 0.5 (0.01) Equity forwards 0.3 (0.01) — — Diluted shares and earnings per average common shares 214.7 $3.58 212.2 $6.45 The number of stock options not included in the calculation of diluted common shares outstanding due to their antidilutive effect was 774,193 options for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 1,305,354 options for the three months ended September 30, 2023. The number of stock options not included in the calculation of diluted common shares outstanding due to their antidilutive effect was 1,238,878 options for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 1,138,384 options for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. Entergy’s stock options and other equity compensation plans are discussed in Note 5 to the financial statements herein and in Note 12 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K. Dividends declared per common share were $1.13 for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and $1.07 for the three months ended September 30, 2023. Dividends declared per common share were $3.39 for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and $3.21 for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. Equity Distribution Program See Note 7 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of Entergy Corporation’s at the market equity distribution program. The following are updates to that discussion. In May 2024, Entergy Corporation entered into an amendment to the equity distribution sales agreement for its at the market equity distribution program wherein it increased by an additional $1 billion the aggregate gross sales price authorized under the at the market equity distribution program from $2 billion to $3 billion and added additional agents, forward purchasers, and forward sellers. The aggregate number of shares of common stock sold under this sales agreement and under any forward sale agreement may not exceed an aggregate gross sales price of $3 billion. As of September 30, 2024, an aggregate gross sales price of approximately $2.6 billion has been sold under the at the market equity distribution program. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, there were no shares of common stock issued under the at the market equity distribution program. In March 2024, Entergy Corporation entered into two separate forward sale agreements for 284,922 shares and 1,160,415 shares of common stock, respectively. No amounts have been or will be recorded on Entergy’s balance sheet with respect to the equity offerings until settlements of the equity forward sale agreements occur. The forward sale agreements require Entergy Corporation to, at its election prior to May 30, 2025, either (i) physically settle the transactions by issuing the total of 284,922 shares and 1,160,415 shares, respectively, of its common stock to the forward counterparty in exchange for net proceeds at the then-applicable forward sale price specified by the applicable agreement (initially approximately $101.92 and $101.74 per share, respectively) or (ii) net settle the applicable transaction in whole or in part through the delivery or receipt of cash or shares. Each forward sale price is subject to adjustment on a daily basis based on a floating interest rate factor and will decrease by other fixed amounts specified in the applicable agreement. In connection with the forward sale agreements, the forward seller, or its affiliates, borrowed from third parties and sold 284,922 shares and 1,160,415 shares, respectively, of Entergy Corporation’s common stock. The gross sales price of these shares totaled approximately $29.3 million and $119.2 million, respectively. In connection with the sales of these shares, Entergy Corporation paid the forward seller fees of approximately $0.3 million and $1.2 million, respectively, which have not been deducted from the gross sales price. Entergy Corporation did not receive any proceeds from such sales of borrowed shares. In May 2024, Entergy Corporation entered into two separate forward sale agreements for 1,278,416 shares and 1,233,235 shares of common stock, respectively. No amounts have been or will be recorded on Entergy’s balance sheet with respect to the equity offerings until settlements of the equity forward sale agreements occur. The forward sale agreements require Entergy Corporation to, at its election prior to July 31, 2025, either (i) physically settle the transactions by issuing the total of 1,278,416 shares and 1,233,235 shares, respectively, of its common stock to the forward counterparty in exchange for net proceeds at the then-applicable forward sale price specified by the applicable agreement (initially approximately $110.32 and $107.93 per share, respectively) or (ii) net settle the applicable transaction in whole or in part through the delivery or receipt of cash or shares. Each forward sale price is subject to adjustment on a daily basis based on a floating interest rate factor and will decrease by other fixed amounts specified in the applicable agreement. In connection with the forward sale agreements, the forward seller, or its affiliates, borrowed from third parties and sold 1,278,416 shares and 1,233,235 shares, respectively, of Entergy Corporation’s common stock. The gross sales price of these shares totaled approximately $142.4 million and $134.4 million, respectively. In connection with the sales of these shares, Entergy Corporation paid the forward seller fees of approximately $1.4 million and $1.3 million, respectively, which have not been deducted from the gross sales price. Entergy Corporation did not receive any proceeds from such sales of borrowed shares. In June 2024, Entergy Corporation entered into a forward sale agreement for 1,070,003 shares of common stock. No amounts have been or will be recorded on Entergy’s balance sheet with respect to the equity offering until settlement of the equity forward sale agreement occurs. The forward sale agreement requires Entergy Corporation to, at its election prior to July 31, 2025, either (i) physically settle the transaction by issuing the total of 1,070,003 shares of its common stock to the forward counterparty in exchange for net proceeds at the then-applicable forward sale price specified by the agreement (initially approximately $106.12 per share) or (ii) net settle the transaction in whole or in part through the delivery or receipt of cash or shares. The forward sale price is subject to adjustment on a daily basis based on a floating interest rate factor and will decrease by other fixed amounts specified in the agreement. In connection with the forward sale agreement, the forward seller, or its affiliates, borrowed from third parties and sold 1,070,003 shares of Entergy Corporation’s common stock. The gross sales price of these shares totaled approximately $114.5 million. In connection with the sale of these shares, Entergy Corporation paid the forward seller fees of approximately $1.1 million which have not been deducted from the gross sales price. Entergy Corporation did not receive any proceeds from such sales of borrowed shares. In August 2024, Entergy Corporation entered into two separate forward sale agreements for 1,112,916 shares and 1,733,386 shares of common stock, respectively. No amounts have been or will be recorded on Entergy’s balance sheet with respect to the equity offerings until settlements of the equity forward sale agreements occur. The forward sale agreements require Entergy Corporation to, at its election prior to October 31, 2025, either (i) physically settle the transactions by issuing the total of 1,112,916 shares and 1,733,386 shares, respectively, of its common stock to the forward counterparty in exchange for net proceeds at the then-applicable forward sale price specified by the applicable agreement (initially approximately $114.93 and $117.45 per share, respectively) or (ii) net settle the applicable transaction in whole or in part through the delivery or receipt of cash or shares. Each forward sale price is subject to adjustment on a daily basis based on a floating interest rate factor and will decrease by other fixed amounts specified in the applicable agreement. In connection with the forward sale agreements, the forward seller, or its affiliates, borrowed from third parties and sold 1,112,916 shares and 1,733,386 shares, respectively, of Entergy Corporation’s common stock. The gross sales price of these shares totaled approximately $130.4 million and $205.5 million, respectively. In connection with the sales of these shares, Entergy Corporation paid the forward seller fees of approximately $1.3 million and $2.1 million, respectively, which have not been deducted from the gross sales price. Entergy Corporation did not receive any proceeds from such sales of borrowed shares. In September 2024, Entergy Corporation entered into two separate forward sale agreements for 1,534,535 shares and 444,378 shares of common stock, respectively. No amounts have been or will be recorded on Entergy’s balance sheet with respect to the equity offerings until settlements of the equity forward sale agreements occur. The forward sale agreements require Entergy Corporation to, at its election prior to October 31, 2025, either (i) physically settle the transactions by issuing the total of 1,534,535 shares and 444,378 shares, respectively, of its common stock to the forward counterparty in exchange for net proceeds at the then-applicable forward sale price specified by the applicable agreement (initially approximately $120.25 and $128.56 per share, respectively) or (ii) net settle the applicable transaction in whole or in part through the delivery or receipt of cash or shares. Each forward sale price is subject to adjustment on a daily basis based on a floating interest rate factor and will decrease by other fixed amounts specified in the applicable agreement. In connection with the forward sale agreements, the forward seller, or its affiliates, borrowed from third parties and sold 1,534,535 shares and 444,378 shares, respectively, of Entergy Corporation’s common stock. The gross sales price of these shares totaled approximately $186.3 million and $57.7 million, respectively. In connection with the sales of these shares, Entergy Corporation paid the forward seller fees of approximately $1.9 million and $0.6 million, respectively, which have not been deducted from the gross sales price. Entergy Corporation did not receive any proceeds from such sales of borrowed shares. Until settlement of the forward sale agreements occurs, earnings per share dilution resulting from the agreements, if any, is determined under the treasury stock method. Share dilution occurs when the average market price of Entergy Corporation’s common stock is higher than the average forward sales price. For the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, 1,742,868 shares and 468,302 shares, respectively, under current and then-outstanding forward sale agreements were not included in the calculation of diluted earnings per share because their effect would have been antidilutive. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, 1,582,454 and 468,302 shares, respectively, under current and then-outstanding forward sale agreements were not included in the calculation of diluted earnings per share because their effect would have been antidilutive. Treasury Stock During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, Entergy Corporation reissued 267,266 shares of its previously repurchased common stock to satisfy stock option exercises, vesting of shares of restricted stock, and other stock-based awards. Entergy Corporation did not repurchase any of its common stock during the nine months ended September 30, 2024. Retained Earnings On October 25, 2024, Entergy Corporation’s Board of Directors declared a common stock dividend of $1.20 per share, payable on December 2, 2024 to holders of record as of November 13, 2024. Comprehensive Income Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) is included in the equity section of the balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Louisiana. The following table presents changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) for Entergy for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Beginning balance, July 1, $80,361 ($193,019) Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (4,176) (2,434) Net other comprehensive loss for the period (4,176) (2,434) Ending balance, September 30, $76,185 ($195,453) The following table presents changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) for Entergy for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Beginning balance, January 1, ($162,460) ($191,754) Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) 238,645 (3,699) Net other comprehensive income (loss) for the period 238,645 (3,699) Ending balance, September 30, $76,185 ($195,453) The following table presents changes in accumulated other comprehensive income for Entergy Louisiana for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Beginning balance, July 1, $50,751 $52,811 Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (2,024) (1,829) Net other comprehensive loss for the period (2,024) (1,829) Ending balance, September 30, $48,727 $50,982 The following table presents changes in accumulated other comprehensive income for Entergy Louisiana for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Beginning balance, January 1, $54,798 $55,370 Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (6,071) (4,388) Net other comprehensive loss for the period (6,071) (4,388) Ending balance, September 30, $48,727 $50,982 Total reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (AOCI) for Entergy for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Amounts reclassified from AOCI Income Statement Location 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Pension and other postretirement benefit plans Amortization of prior service credit $3,473 $3,396 (a) Amortization of net gain 2,130 1,700 (a) Settlement loss — (1,919) (a) Total amortization and settlement loss 5,603 3,177 Income taxes (1,427) (743) Income taxes Total amortization and settlement loss (net of tax) $4,176 $2,434 Total reclassifications for the period (net of tax) $4,176 $2,434 (a) These accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) components are included in the computation of net periodic pension and other postretirement cost. See Note 6 to the financial statements herein for additional details. Total reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (AOCI) for Entergy for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Amounts reclassified from AOCI Income Statement Location 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Pension and other postretirement benefit plans Amortization of prior service credit $10,419 $10,191 (a) Amortization of net gain 5,167 4,994 (a) Settlement loss (316,974) (10,408) (a) Total amortization and settlement loss (301,388) 4,777 Income taxes 62,743 (1,078) Income taxes Total amortization and settlement loss (net of tax) ($238,645) $3,699 Total reclassifications for the period (net of tax) ($238,645) $3,699 (a) These accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) components are included in the computation of net periodic pension and other postretirement cost. See Note 6 to the financial statements herein for additional details. Total reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) for Entergy Louisiana for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Amounts reclassified from AOCI Income Statement Location 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Pension and other postretirement benefit plans Amortization of prior service credit $1,136 $951 (a) Amortization of net gain 1,634 1,574 (a) Settlement loss — (22) (a) Total amortization and settlement loss 2,770 2,503 Income taxes (746) (674) Income taxes Total amortization and settlement loss (net of tax) 2,024 1,829 Total reclassifications for the period (net of tax) $2,024 $1,829 (a) These accumulated other comprehensive income components are included in the computation of net periodic pension and other postretirement cost. See Note 6 to the financial statements herein for additional details. Total reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) for Entergy Louisiana for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Amounts reclassified from AOCI Income Statement Location 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Pension and other postretirement benefit plans Amortization of prior service credit $3,408 $2,853 (a) Amortization of net gain 4,900 4,703 (a) Settlement loss — (1,551) (a) Total amortization and settlement loss 8,308 6,005 Income taxes (2,237) (1,617) Income taxes Total amortization and settlement loss (net of tax) 6,071 4,388 Total reclassifications for the period (net of tax) $6,071 $4,388 (a) These accumulated other comprehensive income components are included in the computation of net periodic pension and other postretirement cost. See Note 6 to the financial statements herein for additional details.
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Equity [Text Block]	EQUITY (Entergy Corporation and Entergy Louisiana) Common Stock Earnings per Share The following tables present Entergy’s basic and diluted earnings per share calculations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included on the consolidated income statements: For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2024 2023 (Dollars In Thousands, Except Per Share Data; Shares in Millions) $/share $/share Consolidated net income $645,754 $669,714 Less: Preferred dividend requirements of subsidiaries and noncontrolling interests 814 2,959 Net income attributable to Entergy Corporation $644,940 $666,755 Basic shares and earnings per average common share 214.0 $3.01 211.5 $3.15 Average dilutive effect of: Stock options 0.3 — 0.2 — Other equity plans 0.7 (0.01) 0.5 (0.01) Equity forwards 0.7 (0.01) — — Diluted shares and earnings per average common shares 215.7 $2.99 212.2 $3.14 For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 2023 (Dollars In Thousands, Except Per Share Data; Shares in Millions) $/share $/share Consolidated net income $774,022 $1,374,026 Less: Preferred dividend requirements of subsidiaries and noncontrolling interests 4,879 5,092 Net income attributable to Entergy Corporation $769,143 $1,368,934 Basic shares and earnings per average common share 213.6 $3.60 211.4 $6.47 Average dilutive effect of: Stock options 0.3 — 0.3 (0.01) Other equity plans 0.5 (0.01) 0.5 (0.01) Equity forwards 0.3 (0.01) — — Diluted shares and earnings per average common shares 214.7 $3.58 212.2 $6.45 The number of stock options not included in the calculation of diluted common shares outstanding due to their antidilutive effect was 774,193 options for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 1,305,354 options for the three months ended September 30, 2023. The number of stock options not included in the calculation of diluted common shares outstanding due to their antidilutive effect was 1,238,878 options for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 1,138,384 options for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. Entergy’s stock options and other equity compensation plans are discussed in Note 5 to the financial statements herein and in Note 12 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K. Dividends declared per common share were $1.13 for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and $1.07 for the three months ended September 30, 2023. Dividends declared per common share were $3.39 for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and $3.21 for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. Equity Distribution Program See Note 7 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of Entergy Corporation’s at the market equity distribution program. The following are updates to that discussion. In May 2024, Entergy Corporation entered into an amendment to the equity distribution sales agreement for its at the market equity distribution program wherein it increased by an additional $1 billion the aggregate gross sales price authorized under the at the market equity distribution program from $2 billion to $3 billion and added additional agents, forward purchasers, and forward sellers. The aggregate number of shares of common stock sold under this sales agreement and under any forward sale agreement may not exceed an aggregate gross sales price of $3 billion. As of September 30, 2024, an aggregate gross sales price of approximately $2.6 billion has been sold under the at the market equity distribution program. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, there were no shares of common stock issued under the at the market equity distribution program. In March 2024, Entergy Corporation entered into two separate forward sale agreements for 284,922 shares and 1,160,415 shares of common stock, respectively. No amounts have been or will be recorded on Entergy’s balance sheet with respect to the equity offerings until settlements of the equity forward sale agreements occur. The forward sale agreements require Entergy Corporation to, at its election prior to May 30, 2025, either (i) physically settle the transactions by issuing the total of 284,922 shares and 1,160,415 shares, respectively, of its common stock to the forward counterparty in exchange for net proceeds at the then-applicable forward sale price specified by the applicable agreement (initially approximately $101.92 and $101.74 per share, respectively) or (ii) net settle the applicable transaction in whole or in part through the delivery or receipt of cash or shares. Each forward sale price is subject to adjustment on a daily basis based on a floating interest rate factor and will decrease by other fixed amounts specified in the applicable agreement. In connection with the forward sale agreements, the forward seller, or its affiliates, borrowed from third parties and sold 284,922 shares and 1,160,415 shares, respectively, of Entergy Corporation’s common stock. The gross sales price of these shares totaled approximately $29.3 million and $119.2 million, respectively. In connection with the sales of these shares, Entergy Corporation paid the forward seller fees of approximately $0.3 million and $1.2 million, respectively, which have not been deducted from the gross sales price. Entergy Corporation did not receive any proceeds from such sales of borrowed shares. In May 2024, Entergy Corporation entered into two separate forward sale agreements for 1,278,416 shares and 1,233,235 shares of common stock, respectively. No amounts have been or will be recorded on Entergy’s balance sheet with respect to the equity offerings until settlements of the equity forward sale agreements occur. The forward sale agreements require Entergy Corporation to, at its election prior to July 31, 2025, either (i) physically settle the transactions by issuing the total of 1,278,416 shares and 1,233,235 shares, respectively, of its common stock to the forward counterparty in exchange for net proceeds at the then-applicable forward sale price specified by the applicable agreement (initially approximately $110.32 and $107.93 per share, respectively) or (ii) net settle the applicable transaction in whole or in part through the delivery or receipt of cash or shares. Each forward sale price is subject to adjustment on a daily basis based on a floating interest rate factor and will decrease by other fixed amounts specified in the applicable agreement. In connection with the forward sale agreements, the forward seller, or its affiliates, borrowed from third parties and sold 1,278,416 shares and 1,233,235 shares, respectively, of Entergy Corporation’s common stock. The gross sales price of these shares totaled approximately $142.4 million and $134.4 million, respectively. In connection with the sales of these shares, Entergy Corporation paid the forward seller fees of approximately $1.4 million and $1.3 million, respectively, which have not been deducted from the gross sales price. Entergy Corporation did not receive any proceeds from such sales of borrowed shares. In June 2024, Entergy Corporation entered into a forward sale agreement for 1,070,003 shares of common stock. No amounts have been or will be recorded on Entergy’s balance sheet with respect to the equity offering until settlement of the equity forward sale agreement occurs. The forward sale agreement requires Entergy Corporation to, at its election prior to July 31, 2025, either (i) physically settle the transaction by issuing the total of 1,070,003 shares of its common stock to the forward counterparty in exchange for net proceeds at the then-applicable forward sale price specified by the agreement (initially approximately $106.12 per share) or (ii) net settle the transaction in whole or in part through the delivery or receipt of cash or shares. The forward sale price is subject to adjustment on a daily basis based on a floating interest rate factor and will decrease by other fixed amounts specified in the agreement. In connection with the forward sale agreement, the forward seller, or its affiliates, borrowed from third parties and sold 1,070,003 shares of Entergy Corporation’s common stock. The gross sales price of these shares totaled approximately $114.5 million. In connection with the sale of these shares, Entergy Corporation paid the forward seller fees of approximately $1.1 million which have not been deducted from the gross sales price. Entergy Corporation did not receive any proceeds from such sales of borrowed shares. In August 2024, Entergy Corporation entered into two separate forward sale agreements for 1,112,916 shares and 1,733,386 shares of common stock, respectively. No amounts have been or will be recorded on Entergy’s balance sheet with respect to the equity offerings until settlements of the equity forward sale agreements occur. The forward sale agreements require Entergy Corporation to, at its election prior to October 31, 2025, either (i) physically settle the transactions by issuing the total of 1,112,916 shares and 1,733,386 shares, respectively, of its common stock to the forward counterparty in exchange for net proceeds at the then-applicable forward sale price specified by the applicable agreement (initially approximately $114.93 and $117.45 per share, respectively) or (ii) net settle the applicable transaction in whole or in part through the delivery or receipt of cash or shares. Each forward sale price is subject to adjustment on a daily basis based on a floating interest rate factor and will decrease by other fixed amounts specified in the applicable agreement. In connection with the forward sale agreements, the forward seller, or its affiliates, borrowed from third parties and sold 1,112,916 shares and 1,733,386 shares, respectively, of Entergy Corporation’s common stock. The gross sales price of these shares totaled approximately $130.4 million and $205.5 million, respectively. In connection with the sales of these shares, Entergy Corporation paid the forward seller fees of approximately $1.3 million and $2.1 million, respectively, which have not been deducted from the gross sales price. Entergy Corporation did not receive any proceeds from such sales of borrowed shares. In September 2024, Entergy Corporation entered into two separate forward sale agreements for 1,534,535 shares and 444,378 shares of common stock, respectively. No amounts have been or will be recorded on Entergy’s balance sheet with respect to the equity offerings until settlements of the equity forward sale agreements occur. The forward sale agreements require Entergy Corporation to, at its election prior to October 31, 2025, either (i) physically settle the transactions by issuing the total of 1,534,535 shares and 444,378 shares, respectively, of its common stock to the forward counterparty in exchange for net proceeds at the then-applicable forward sale price specified by the applicable agreement (initially approximately $120.25 and $128.56 per share, respectively) or (ii) net settle the applicable transaction in whole or in part through the delivery or receipt of cash or shares. Each forward sale price is subject to adjustment on a daily basis based on a floating interest rate factor and will decrease by other fixed amounts specified in the applicable agreement. In connection with the forward sale agreements, the forward seller, or its affiliates, borrowed from third parties and sold 1,534,535 shares and 444,378 shares, respectively, of Entergy Corporation’s common stock. The gross sales price of these shares totaled approximately $186.3 million and $57.7 million, respectively. In connection with the sales of these shares, Entergy Corporation paid the forward seller fees of approximately $1.9 million and $0.6 million, respectively, which have not been deducted from the gross sales price. Entergy Corporation did not receive any proceeds from such sales of borrowed shares. Until settlement of the forward sale agreements occurs, earnings per share dilution resulting from the agreements, if any, is determined under the treasury stock method. Share dilution occurs when the average market price of Entergy Corporation’s common stock is higher than the average forward sales price. For the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, 1,742,868 shares and 468,302 shares, respectively, under current and then-outstanding forward sale agreements were not included in the calculation of diluted earnings per share because their effect would have been antidilutive. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, 1,582,454 and 468,302 shares, respectively, under current and then-outstanding forward sale agreements were not included in the calculation of diluted earnings per share because their effect would have been antidilutive. Treasury Stock During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, Entergy Corporation reissued 267,266 shares of its previously repurchased common stock to satisfy stock option exercises, vesting of shares of restricted stock, and other stock-based awards. Entergy Corporation did not repurchase any of its common stock during the nine months ended September 30, 2024. Retained Earnings On October 25, 2024, Entergy Corporation’s Board of Directors declared a common stock dividend of $1.20 per share, payable on December 2, 2024 to holders of record as of November 13, 2024. Comprehensive Income Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) is included in the equity section of the balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Louisiana. The following table presents changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) for Entergy for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Beginning balance, July 1, $80,361 ($193,019) Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (4,176) (2,434) Net other comprehensive loss for the period (4,176) (2,434) Ending balance, September 30, $76,185 ($195,453) The following table presents changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) for Entergy for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Beginning balance, January 1, ($162,460) ($191,754) Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) 238,645 (3,699) Net other comprehensive income (loss) for the period 238,645 (3,699) Ending balance, September 30, $76,185 ($195,453) The following table presents changes in accumulated other comprehensive income for Entergy Louisiana for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Beginning balance, July 1, $50,751 $52,811 Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (2,024) (1,829) Net other comprehensive loss for the period (2,024) (1,829) Ending balance, September 30, $48,727 $50,982 The following table presents changes in accumulated other comprehensive income for Entergy Louisiana for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Beginning balance, January 1, $54,798 $55,370 Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (6,071) (4,388) Net other comprehensive loss for the period (6,071) (4,388) Ending balance, September 30, $48,727 $50,982 Total reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (AOCI) for Entergy for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Amounts reclassified from AOCI Income Statement Location 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Pension and other postretirement benefit plans Amortization of prior service credit $3,473 $3,396 (a) Amortization of net gain 2,130 1,700 (a) Settlement loss — (1,919) (a) Total amortization and settlement loss 5,603 3,177 Income taxes (1,427) (743) Income taxes Total amortization and settlement loss (net of tax) $4,176 $2,434 Total reclassifications for the period (net of tax) $4,176 $2,434 (a) These accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) components are included in the computation of net periodic pension and other postretirement cost. See Note 6 to the financial statements herein for additional details. Total reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (AOCI) for Entergy for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Amounts reclassified from AOCI Income Statement Location 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Pension and other postretirement benefit plans Amortization of prior service credit $10,419 $10,191 (a) Amortization of net gain 5,167 4,994 (a) Settlement loss (316,974) (10,408) (a) Total amortization and settlement loss (301,388) 4,777 Income taxes 62,743 (1,078) Income taxes Total amortization and settlement loss (net of tax) ($238,645) $3,699 Total reclassifications for the period (net of tax) ($238,645) $3,699 (a) These accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) components are included in the computation of net periodic pension and other postretirement cost. See Note 6 to the financial statements herein for additional details. Total reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) for Entergy Louisiana for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Amounts reclassified from AOCI Income Statement Location 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Pension and other postretirement benefit plans Amortization of prior service credit $1,136 $951 (a) Amortization of net gain 1,634 1,574 (a) Settlement loss — (22) (a) Total amortization and settlement loss 2,770 2,503 Income taxes (746) (674) Income taxes Total amortization and settlement loss (net of tax) 2,024 1,829 Total reclassifications for the period (net of tax) $2,024 $1,829 (a) These accumulated other comprehensive income components are included in the computation of net periodic pension and other postretirement cost. See Note 6 to the financial statements herein for additional details. Total reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) for Entergy Louisiana for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Amounts reclassified from AOCI Income Statement Location 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Pension and other postretirement benefit plans Amortization of prior service credit $3,408 $2,853 (a) Amortization of net gain 4,900 4,703 (a) Settlement loss — (1,551) (a) Total amortization and settlement loss 8,308 6,005 Income taxes (2,237) (1,617) Income taxes Total amortization and settlement loss (net of tax) 6,071 4,388 Total reclassifications for the period (net of tax) $6,071 $4,388 (a) These accumulated other comprehensive income components are included in the computation of net periodic pension and other postretirement cost. See Note 6 to the financial statements herein for additional details.

Revolving Credit Facilities, Li

Revolving Credit Facilities, Lines Of Credit, Short-Term Borrowings, And Long-Term Debt	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024
Debt Disclosure [Text Block]	REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITIES, LINES OF CREDIT, SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS, AND LONG-TERM DEBT (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Entergy Corporation has in place a credit facility that has a borrowing capacity of $3 billion and expires in June 2029. The facility includes fronting commitments for the issuance of letters of credit against $20 million of the total borrowing capacity of the credit facility. The commitment fee is currently 0.225% of the undrawn commitment amount. Commitment fees and interest rates on loans under the credit facility can fluctuate depending on the senior unsecured debt ratings of Entergy Corporation. The estimated interest rate as of September 30, 2024 that would have been applied to outstanding borrowings under the facility was 6.45%. The following is a summary of the amounts outstanding and capacity available under the credit facility as of September 30, 2024: Capacity Borrowings Letters Capacity (In Millions) $3,000 $— $4 $2,996 Entergy Corporation’s credit facility includes a covenant requiring Entergy to maintain a consolidated debt ratio, as defined, of 65% or less of its total capitalization. Entergy is in compliance with this covenant. If Entergy fails to meet this ratio, or if Entergy Corporation or one of the Registrant Subsidiaries (except Entergy New Orleans and System Energy) defaults on other indebtedness or is in bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, an acceleration of the Entergy Corporation credit facility’s maturity date may occur. Entergy Corporation has a commercial paper program with a Board-approved program limit of $2 billion. As of September 30, 2024, Entergy Corporation had $1,122.4 million of commercial paper outstanding. The weighted-average interest rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was 5.64%. Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each had credit facilities available as of September 30, 2024 as follows: Company Expiration Amount of Interest Rate Amount Drawn Letters of Credit Entergy Arkansas April 2026 $25 million (b) 6.80% $— $— Entergy Arkansas June 2029 $300 million (c) 6.07% $— $— Entergy Louisiana June 2029 $400 million (c) 6.20% $— $— Entergy Mississippi June 2029 $300 million (c) 6.07% $— $— Entergy New Orleans June 2027 $25 million (c) 6.57% $— $— Entergy Texas June 2029 $300 million (c) 6.20% $— $1.1 million (a) The interest rate is the estimated interest rate as of September 30, 2024 that would have been applied to outstanding borrowings under the facility. (b) Borrowings under this Entergy Arkansas credit facility may be secured by a security interest in its accounts receivable at Entergy Arkansas’s option. (c) The credit facility includes fronting commitments for the issuance of letters of credit against a portion of the borrowing capacity of the facility as follows: $5 million for Entergy Arkansas; $15 million for Entergy Louisiana; $5 million for Entergy Mississippi; $10 million for Entergy New Orleans; and $30 million for Entergy Texas. The commitment fees on the credit facilities range from 0.075% to 0.375% of the undrawn commitment amount for Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy Texas, and of the entire facility amount for Entergy New Orleans. Each of the credit facilities requires the Registrant Subsidiary borrower to maintain a debt ratio, as defined, of 65% or less of its total capitalization. Each Registrant Subsidiary is in compliance with this covenant. In addition, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each has an uncommitted standby letter of credit facility as a means to post collateral to support its obligations to MISO and for other purposes. The following is a summary of the uncommitted standby letter of credit facilities as of September 30, 2024: Company Amount of Letter of Credit Fee Letters of Credit Entergy Arkansas $25 million 0.78% $11.9 million Entergy Louisiana $125 million 0.78% $19.7 million Entergy Mississippi $65 million 0.78% $33.1 million Entergy New Orleans $15 million 1.625% $0.5 million Entergy Texas $150 million 1.250% $86.4 million (a) As of September 30, 2024, letters of credit posted with MISO covered financial transmission rights exposure of $0.2 million for Entergy Louisiana, $0.9 million for Entergy Mississippi, and $0.8 million for Entergy Texas. See Note 8 to the financial statements herein for discussion of financial transmission rights. (b) As of September 30, 2024, the letters of credit issued for Entergy Mississippi include $31.8 million in MISO letters of credit and $1.3 million in non-MISO letters of credit outstanding under this facility. The short-term borrowings of the Registrant Subsidiaries are limited to amounts authorized by the FERC. Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas have FERC- authorized short-term borrowing limits effective through April 2025. The FERC-authorized short-term borrowing limit for System Energy is effective through March 2025. In addition to borrowings from commercial banks, these companies may also borrow from the Entergy system money pool and from other internal short-term borrowing arrangements. The money pool is an intercompany cash management program that makes possible intercompany borrowing and lending arrangements, and the money pool and the other internal borrowing arrangements are designed to reduce the Registrant Subsidiaries’ dependence on external short-term borrowings. Borrowings from internal and external short-term borrowings combined may not exceed the FERC-authorized limits. The following are the FERC-authorized limits for short-term borrowings and the outstanding short-term borrowings as of September 30, 2024 (aggregating both internal and external short-term borrowings) for the Registrant Subsidiaries: Authorized Borrowings (In Millions) Entergy Arkansas $250 $— Entergy Louisiana $450 $— Entergy Mississippi $200 $— Entergy New Orleans $150 $— Entergy Texas $200 $— System Energy $200 $— Vermont Yankee Credit Facility (Entergy Corporation) In January 2019, Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee was transferred to NorthStar and its credit facility was assumed by Entergy Assets Management Operations, LLC (formerly Vermont Yankee Asset Retirement, LLC), Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee’s parent company that remains an Entergy subsidiary after the transfer. The credit facility has a borrowing capacity of $139 million and expires in December 2024. The commitment fee is currently 0.20% of the undrawn commitment amount. As of September 30, 2024, $139 million in cash borrowings were outstanding under the credit facility. The weighted-average interest rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was 6.93% on the drawn portion of the facility. Variable Interest Entities (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy) See Note 17 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of the consolidation of the nuclear fuel company variable interest entities (VIEs). To finance the acquisition and ownership of nuclear fuel, the nuclear fuel company VIEs have credit facilities and three of the four VIEs also issue commercial paper, details of which follow as of September 30, 2024: Company Expiration Amount Weighted- Amount (Dollars in Millions) Entergy Arkansas VIE June 2027 $80 6.43% $38.5 Entergy Louisiana River Bend VIE June 2027 $105 6.43% $21.7 Entergy Louisiana Waterford VIE June 2027 $105 6.42% $26.8 System Energy VIE June 2027 $120 6.42% $90.0 (a) Includes letter of credit fees and bank fronting fees on commercial paper issuances by the nuclear fuel company VIEs for Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy. The nuclear fuel company VIE for Entergy Louisiana River Bend does not issue commercial paper, but borrows directly on its bank credit facility. The commitment fees on the credit facilities are 0.100% of the undrawn commitment amount for the Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy VIEs. Each credit facility requires the respective lessee of nuclear fuel (Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, or Entergy Corporation as guarantor for System Energy) to maintain a consolidated debt ratio, as defined, of 70% or less of its total capitalization. Each lessee and guarantor is in compliance with this covenant. The nuclear fuel company VIEs had notes payable that were included in debt on the respective balance sheets as of September 30, 2024 as follows: Company Description Amount Entergy Arkansas VIE 1.84% Series N due July 2026 $90 million Entergy Arkansas VIE 5.54% Series O due May 2029 $70 million Entergy Louisiana River Bend VIE 2.51% Series V due June 2027 $70 million Entergy Louisiana Waterford VIE 5.94% Series J due September 2026 $70 million System Energy VIE 2.05% Series K due September 2027 $90 million In accordance with regulatory treatment, interest on the nuclear fuel company VIEs’ credit facilities, commercial paper, and long-term notes payable is reported in fuel expense. As of September 30, 2024, Entergy Arkansas and Entergy Louisiana each has obtained financing authorization from the FERC that extends through April 2025 for issuances by its nuclear fuel company VIEs. System Energy has obtained financing authorization from the FERC that extends through March 2025 for issuances by its nuclear fuel company VIE. Debt Issuances and Retirements (Entergy Corporation) In May 2024, Entergy Corporation issued $1.2 billion of junior subordinated debentures due December 2054. Entergy Corporation will pay interest at an annual rate of 7.125% through November 2029. Commencing on December 1, 2029, the annual rate will equal the five-year treasury rate as of the most recent reset interest determination date plus 2.67%. Entergy Corporation used the proceeds to repay a portion of outstanding commercial paper and for general corporate purposes. (Entergy Arkansas) In May 2024, Entergy Arkansas issued $400 million of 5.45% Series mortgage bonds due June 2034 and $400 million of 5.75% Series mortgage bonds due June 2054. Entergy Arkansas used a portion of the proceeds, together with other funds, to repay, at maturity, its $375 million of 3.70% Series mortgage bonds due June 2024, to repay borrowings from the Entergy system money pool, to pay a portion of the purchase price of each of Driver Solar, Walnut Bend Solar, and West Memphis Solar, and for general corporate purposes. (Entergy Louisiana) In March 2024, Entergy Louisiana issued $500 million of 5.35% Series mortgage bonds due March 2034 and $700 million of 5.70% Series mortgage bonds due March 2054. Entergy Louisiana used a portion of the proceeds, together with other funds, to repay in March 2024 debt outstanding under its long-term revolving credit facility and to repay in April 2024, prior to maturity, its $400 million of 5.40% Series mortgage bonds due November 2024. Entergy Louisiana used the remaining proceeds, together with other funds, to repay, prior to maturity, its $1 billion of 0.95% Series mortgage bonds due October 2024, for capital expenditures, and for general corporate purposes. In August 2024, Entergy Louisiana issued $700 million of 5.15% Series mortgage bonds due September 2034. Entergy Louisiana used the proceeds, together with other funds, to repay in August 2024, prior to maturity, its $1 billion of 0.95% Series mortgage bonds due October 2024 and for general corporate purposes. (Entergy Mississippi) In May 2024, Entergy Mississippi issued $300 million of 5.85% Series mortgage bonds due June 2054. Entergy Mississippi used the proceeds, together with other funds, to repay in June 2024, prior to maturity, its $100 million of 3.75% Series mortgage bonds due July 2024, to repay debt incurred under its long-term revolving credit facility, to repay borrowings from the Entergy system money pool, and for general corporate purposes. (Entergy New Orleans) In April 2024, Entergy New Orleans entered into a bond purchase agreement related to the sale of $150 million of mortgage bonds to be issued in May 2024. In May 2024, Entergy New Orleans issued (1) $35 million of 6.25% Series mortgage bonds due June 2029, (2) $65 million of 6.41% Series mortgage bonds due June 2031, and (3) $50 million of 6.54% Series mortgage bonds due June 2034. Entergy New Orleans used the proceeds, together with other funds, to repay, at maturity, its $85 million unsecured term loan due June 2024 and for general corporate purposes. (Entergy Texas) In August 2024, Entergy Texas issued $350 million of 5.55% Series mortgage bonds due September 2054. Entergy Texas expects to use the proceeds, together with other funds, to finance the construction of the Orange County Advanced Power Station and for general corporate purposes. Fair Value The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of September 30, 2024 were as follows: Book Value Fair Value (In Thousands) Entergy $27,880,440 $26,113,062 Entergy Arkansas $5,135,751 $4,785,447 Entergy Louisiana $9,876,127 $9,185,690 Entergy Mississippi $2,426,893 $2,215,355 Entergy New Orleans $736,611 $712,343 Entergy Texas $3,561,402 $3,356,778 System Energy $809,585 $794,618 (a) Fair values were classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements herein. The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2023 were as follows: Book Value Fair Value (In Thousands) Entergy $25,107,896 $22,489,174 Entergy Arkansas $4,673,080 $4,166,941 Entergy Louisiana $9,420,689 $8,414,512 Entergy Mississippi $2,229,510 $1,969,334 Entergy New Orleans $677,450 $602,716 Entergy Texas $3,225,092 $2,936,130 System Energy $738,459 $696,168 (a) Fair values were classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements herein.
Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Debt Disclosure [Text Block]	REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITIES, LINES OF CREDIT, SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS, AND LONG-TERM DEBT (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Entergy Corporation has in place a credit facility that has a borrowing capacity of $3 billion and expires in June 2029. The facility includes fronting commitments for the issuance of letters of credit against $20 million of the total borrowing capacity of the credit facility. The commitment fee is currently 0.225% of the undrawn commitment amount. Commitment fees and interest rates on loans under the credit facility can fluctuate depending on the senior unsecured debt ratings of Entergy Corporation. The estimated interest rate as of September 30, 2024 that would have been applied to outstanding borrowings under the facility was 6.45%. The following is a summary of the amounts outstanding and capacity available under the credit facility as of September 30, 2024: Capacity Borrowings Letters Capacity (In Millions) $3,000 $— $4 $2,996 Entergy Corporation’s credit facility includes a covenant requiring Entergy to maintain a consolidated debt ratio, as defined, of 65% or less of its total capitalization. Entergy is in compliance with this covenant. If Entergy fails to meet this ratio, or if Entergy Corporation or one of the Registrant Subsidiaries (except Entergy New Orleans and System Energy) defaults on other indebtedness or is in bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, an acceleration of the Entergy Corporation credit facility’s maturity date may occur. Entergy Corporation has a commercial paper program with a Board-approved program limit of $2 billion. As of September 30, 2024, Entergy Corporation had $1,122.4 million of commercial paper outstanding. The weighted-average interest rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was 5.64%. Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each had credit facilities available as of September 30, 2024 as follows: Company Expiration Amount of Interest Rate Amount Drawn Letters of Credit Entergy Arkansas April 2026 $25 million (b) 6.80% $— $— Entergy Arkansas June 2029 $300 million (c) 6.07% $— $— Entergy Louisiana June 2029 $400 million (c) 6.20% $— $— Entergy Mississippi June 2029 $300 million (c) 6.07% $— $— Entergy New Orleans June 2027 $25 million (c) 6.57% $— $— Entergy Texas June 2029 $300 million (c) 6.20% $— $1.1 million (a) The interest rate is the estimated interest rate as of September 30, 2024 that would have been applied to outstanding borrowings under the facility. (b) Borrowings under this Entergy Arkansas credit facility may be secured by a security interest in its accounts receivable at Entergy Arkansas’s option. (c) The credit facility includes fronting commitments for the issuance of letters of credit against a portion of the borrowing capacity of the facility as follows: $5 million for Entergy Arkansas; $15 million for Entergy Louisiana; $5 million for Entergy Mississippi; $10 million for Entergy New Orleans; and $30 million for Entergy Texas. The commitment fees on the credit facilities range from 0.075% to 0.375% of the undrawn commitment amount for Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy Texas, and of the entire facility amount for Entergy New Orleans. Each of the credit facilities requires the Registrant Subsidiary borrower to maintain a debt ratio, as defined, of 65% or less of its total capitalization. Each Registrant Subsidiary is in compliance with this covenant. In addition, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each has an uncommitted standby letter of credit facility as a means to post collateral to support its obligations to MISO and for other purposes. The following is a summary of the uncommitted standby letter of credit facilities as of September 30, 2024: Company Amount of Letter of Credit Fee Letters of Credit Entergy Arkansas $25 million 0.78% $11.9 million Entergy Louisiana $125 million 0.78% $19.7 million Entergy Mississippi $65 million 0.78% $33.1 million Entergy New Orleans $15 million 1.625% $0.5 million Entergy Texas $150 million 1.250% $86.4 million (a) As of September 30, 2024, letters of credit posted with MISO covered financial transmission rights exposure of $0.2 million for Entergy Louisiana, $0.9 million for Entergy Mississippi, and $0.8 million for Entergy Texas. See Note 8 to the financial statements herein for discussion of financial transmission rights. (b) As of September 30, 2024, the letters of credit issued for Entergy Mississippi include $31.8 million in MISO letters of credit and $1.3 million in non-MISO letters of credit outstanding under this facility. The short-term borrowings of the Registrant Subsidiaries are limited to amounts authorized by the FERC. Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas have FERC- authorized short-term borrowing limits effective through April 2025. The FERC-authorized short-term borrowing limit for System Energy is effective through March 2025. In addition to borrowings from commercial banks, these companies may also borrow from the Entergy system money pool and from other internal short-term borrowing arrangements. The money pool is an intercompany cash management program that makes possible intercompany borrowing and lending arrangements, and the money pool and the other internal borrowing arrangements are designed to reduce the Registrant Subsidiaries’ dependence on external short-term borrowings. Borrowings from internal and external short-term borrowings combined may not exceed the FERC-authorized limits. The following are the FERC-authorized limits for short-term borrowings and the outstanding short-term borrowings as of September 30, 2024 (aggregating both internal and external short-term borrowings) for the Registrant Subsidiaries: Authorized Borrowings (In Millions) Entergy Arkansas $250 $— Entergy Louisiana $450 $— Entergy Mississippi $200 $— Entergy New Orleans $150 $— Entergy Texas $200 $— System Energy $200 $— Vermont Yankee Credit Facility (Entergy Corporation) In January 2019, Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee was transferred to NorthStar and its credit facility was assumed by Entergy Assets Management Operations, LLC (formerly Vermont Yankee Asset Retirement, LLC), Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee’s parent company that remains an Entergy subsidiary after the transfer. The credit facility has a borrowing capacity of $139 million and expires in December 2024. The commitment fee is currently 0.20% of the undrawn commitment amount. As of September 30, 2024, $139 million in cash borrowings were outstanding under the credit facility. The weighted-average interest rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was 6.93% on the drawn portion of the facility. Variable Interest Entities (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy) See Note 17 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of the consolidation of the nuclear fuel company variable interest entities (VIEs). To finance the acquisition and ownership of nuclear fuel, the nuclear fuel company VIEs have credit facilities and three of the four VIEs also issue commercial paper, details of which follow as of September 30, 2024: Company Expiration Amount Weighted- Amount (Dollars in Millions) Entergy Arkansas VIE June 2027 $80 6.43% $38.5 Entergy Louisiana River Bend VIE June 2027 $105 6.43% $21.7 Entergy Louisiana Waterford VIE June 2027 $105 6.42% $26.8 System Energy VIE June 2027 $120 6.42% $90.0 (a) Includes letter of credit fees and bank fronting fees on commercial paper issuances by the nuclear fuel company VIEs for Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy. The nuclear fuel company VIE for Entergy Louisiana River Bend does not issue commercial paper, but borrows directly on its bank credit facility. The commitment fees on the credit facilities are 0.100% of the undrawn commitment amount for the Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy VIEs. Each credit facility requires the respective lessee of nuclear fuel (Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, or Entergy Corporation as guarantor for System Energy) to maintain a consolidated debt ratio, as defined, of 70% or less of its total capitalization. Each lessee and guarantor is in compliance with this covenant. The nuclear fuel company VIEs had notes payable that were included in debt on the respective balance sheets as of September 30, 2024 as follows: Company Description Amount Entergy Arkansas VIE 1.84% Series N due July 2026 $90 million Entergy Arkansas VIE 5.54% Series O due May 2029 $70 million Entergy Louisiana River Bend VIE 2.51% Series V due June 2027 $70 million Entergy Louisiana Waterford VIE 5.94% Series J due September 2026 $70 million System Energy VIE 2.05% Series K due September 2027 $90 million In accordance with regulatory treatment, interest on the nuclear fuel company VIEs’ credit facilities, commercial paper, and long-term notes payable is reported in fuel expense. As of September 30, 2024, Entergy Arkansas and Entergy Louisiana each has obtained financing authorization from the FERC that extends through April 2025 for issuances by its nuclear fuel company VIEs. System Energy has obtained financing authorization from the FERC that extends through March 2025 for issuances by its nuclear fuel company VIE. Debt Issuances and Retirements (Entergy Corporation) In May 2024, Entergy Corporation issued $1.2 billion of junior subordinated debentures due December 2054. Entergy Corporation will pay interest at an annual rate of 7.125% through November 2029. Commencing on December 1, 2029, the annual rate will equal the five-year treasury rate as of the most recent reset interest determination date plus 2.67%. Entergy Corporation used the proceeds to repay a portion of outstanding commercial paper and for general corporate purposes. (Entergy Arkansas) In May 2024, Entergy Arkansas issued $400 million of 5.45% Series mortgage bonds due June 2034 and $400 million of 5.75% Series mortgage bonds due June 2054. Entergy Arkansas used a portion of the proceeds, together with other funds, to repay, at maturity, its $375 million of 3.70% Series mortgage bonds due June 2024, to repay borrowings from the Entergy system money pool, to pay a portion of the purchase price of each of Driver Solar, Walnut Bend Solar, and West Memphis Solar, and for general corporate purposes. (Entergy Louisiana) In March 2024, Entergy Louisiana issued $500 million of 5.35% Series mortgage bonds due March 2034 and $700 million of 5.70% Series mortgage bonds due March 2054. Entergy Louisiana used a portion of the proceeds, together with other funds, to repay in March 2024 debt outstanding under its long-term revolving credit facility and to repay in April 2024, prior to maturity, its $400 million of 5.40% Series mortgage bonds due November 2024. Entergy Louisiana used the remaining proceeds, together with other funds, to repay, prior to maturity, its $1 billion of 0.95% Series mortgage bonds due October 2024, for capital expenditures, and for general corporate purposes. In August 2024, Entergy Louisiana issued $700 million of 5.15% Series mortgage bonds due September 2034. Entergy Louisiana used the proceeds, together with other funds, to repay in August 2024, prior to maturity, its $1 billion of 0.95% Series mortgage bonds due October 2024 and for general corporate purposes. (Entergy Mississippi) In May 2024, Entergy Mississippi issued $300 million of 5.85% Series mortgage bonds due June 2054. Entergy Mississippi used the proceeds, together with other funds, to repay in June 2024, prior to maturity, its $100 million of 3.75% Series mortgage bonds due July 2024, to repay debt incurred under its long-term revolving credit facility, to repay borrowings from the Entergy system money pool, and for general corporate purposes. (Entergy New Orleans) In April 2024, Entergy New Orleans entered into a bond purchase agreement related to the sale of $150 million of mortgage bonds to be issued in May 2024. In May 2024, Entergy New Orleans issued (1) $35 million of 6.25% Series mortgage bonds due June 2029, (2) $65 million of 6.41% Series mortgage bonds due June 2031, and (3) $50 million of 6.54% Series mortgage bonds due June 2034. Entergy New Orleans used the proceeds, together with other funds, to repay, at maturity, its $85 million unsecured term loan due June 2024 and for general corporate purposes. (Entergy Texas) In August 2024, Entergy Texas issued $350 million of 5.55% Series mortgage bonds due September 2054. Entergy Texas expects to use the proceeds, together with other funds, to finance the construction of the Orange County Advanced Power Station and for general corporate purposes. Fair Value The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of September 30, 2024 were as follows: Book Value Fair Value (In Thousands) Entergy $27,880,440 $26,113,062 Entergy Arkansas $5,135,751 $4,785,447 Entergy Louisiana $9,876,127 $9,185,690 Entergy Mississippi $2,426,893 $2,215,355 Entergy New Orleans $736,611 $712,343 Entergy Texas $3,561,402 $3,356,778 System Energy $809,585 $794,618 (a) Fair values were classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements herein. The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2023 were as follows: Book Value Fair Value (In Thousands) Entergy $25,107,896 $22,489,174 Entergy Arkansas $4,673,080 $4,166,941 Entergy Louisiana $9,420,689 $8,414,512 Entergy Mississippi $2,229,510 $1,969,334 Entergy New Orleans $677,450 $602,716 Entergy Texas $3,225,092 $2,936,130 System Energy $738,459 $696,168 (a) Fair values were classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements herein.
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Debt Disclosure [Text Block]	REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITIES, LINES OF CREDIT, SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS, AND LONG-TERM DEBT (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Entergy Corporation has in place a credit facility that has a borrowing capacity of $3 billion and expires in June 2029. The facility includes fronting commitments for the issuance of letters of credit against $20 million of the total borrowing capacity of the credit facility. The commitment fee is currently 0.225% of the undrawn commitment amount. Commitment fees and interest rates on loans under the credit facility can fluctuate depending on the senior unsecured debt ratings of Entergy Corporation. The estimated interest rate as of September 30, 2024 that would have been applied to outstanding borrowings under the facility was 6.45%. The following is a summary of the amounts outstanding and capacity available under the credit facility as of September 30, 2024: Capacity Borrowings Letters Capacity (In Millions) $3,000 $— $4 $2,996 Entergy Corporation’s credit facility includes a covenant requiring Entergy to maintain a consolidated debt ratio, as defined, of 65% or less of its total capitalization. Entergy is in compliance with this covenant. If Entergy fails to meet this ratio, or if Entergy Corporation or one of the Registrant Subsidiaries (except Entergy New Orleans and System Energy) defaults on other indebtedness or is in bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, an acceleration of the Entergy Corporation credit facility’s maturity date may occur. Entergy Corporation has a commercial paper program with a Board-approved program limit of $2 billion. As of September 30, 2024, Entergy Corporation had $1,122.4 million of commercial paper outstanding. The weighted-average interest rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was 5.64%. Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each had credit facilities available as of September 30, 2024 as follows: Company Expiration Amount of Interest Rate Amount Drawn Letters of Credit Entergy Arkansas April 2026 $25 million (b) 6.80% $— $— Entergy Arkansas June 2029 $300 million (c) 6.07% $— $— Entergy Louisiana June 2029 $400 million (c) 6.20% $— $— Entergy Mississippi June 2029 $300 million (c) 6.07% $— $— Entergy New Orleans June 2027 $25 million (c) 6.57% $— $— Entergy Texas June 2029 $300 million (c) 6.20% $— $1.1 million (a) The interest rate is the estimated interest rate as of September 30, 2024 that would have been applied to outstanding borrowings under the facility. (b) Borrowings under this Entergy Arkansas credit facility may be secured by a security interest in its accounts receivable at Entergy Arkansas’s option. (c) The credit facility includes fronting commitments for the issuance of letters of credit against a portion of the borrowing capacity of the facility as follows: $5 million for Entergy Arkansas; $15 million for Entergy Louisiana; $5 million for Entergy Mississippi; $10 million for Entergy New Orleans; and $30 million for Entergy Texas. The commitment fees on the credit facilities range from 0.075% to 0.375% of the undrawn commitment amount for Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy Texas, and of the entire facility amount for Entergy New Orleans. Each of the credit facilities requires the Registrant Subsidiary borrower to maintain a debt ratio, as defined, of 65% or less of its total capitalization. Each Registrant Subsidiary is in compliance with this covenant. In addition, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each has an uncommitted standby letter of credit facility as a means to post collateral to support its obligations to MISO and for other purposes. The following is a summary of the uncommitted standby letter of credit facilities as of September 30, 2024: Company Amount of Letter of Credit Fee Letters of Credit Entergy Arkansas $25 million 0.78% $11.9 million Entergy Louisiana $125 million 0.78% $19.7 million Entergy Mississippi $65 million 0.78% $33.1 million Entergy New Orleans $15 million 1.625% $0.5 million Entergy Texas $150 million 1.250% $86.4 million (a) As of September 30, 2024, letters of credit posted with MISO covered financial transmission rights exposure of $0.2 million for Entergy Louisiana, $0.9 million for Entergy Mississippi, and $0.8 million for Entergy Texas. See Note 8 to the financial statements herein for discussion of financial transmission rights. (b) As of September 30, 2024, the letters of credit issued for Entergy Mississippi include $31.8 million in MISO letters of credit and $1.3 million in non-MISO letters of credit outstanding under this facility. The short-term borrowings of the Registrant Subsidiaries are limited to amounts authorized by the FERC. Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas have FERC- authorized short-term borrowing limits effective through April 2025. The FERC-authorized short-term borrowing limit for System Energy is effective through March 2025. In addition to borrowings from commercial banks, these companies may also borrow from the Entergy system money pool and from other internal short-term borrowing arrangements. The money pool is an intercompany cash management program that makes possible intercompany borrowing and lending arrangements, and the money pool and the other internal borrowing arrangements are designed to reduce the Registrant Subsidiaries’ dependence on external short-term borrowings. Borrowings from internal and external short-term borrowings combined may not exceed the FERC-authorized limits. The following are the FERC-authorized limits for short-term borrowings and the outstanding short-term borrowings as of September 30, 2024 (aggregating both internal and external short-term borrowings) for the Registrant Subsidiaries: Authorized Borrowings (In Millions) Entergy Arkansas $250 $— Entergy Louisiana $450 $— Entergy Mississippi $200 $— Entergy New Orleans $150 $— Entergy Texas $200 $— System Energy $200 $— Vermont Yankee Credit Facility (Entergy Corporation) In January 2019, Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee was transferred to NorthStar and its credit facility was assumed by Entergy Assets Management Operations, LLC (formerly Vermont Yankee Asset Retirement, LLC), Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee’s parent company that remains an Entergy subsidiary after the transfer. The credit facility has a borrowing capacity of $139 million and expires in December 2024. The commitment fee is currently 0.20% of the undrawn commitment amount. As of September 30, 2024, $139 million in cash borrowings were outstanding under the credit facility. The weighted-average interest rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was 6.93% on the drawn portion of the facility. Variable Interest Entities (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy) See Note 17 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of the consolidation of the nuclear fuel company variable interest entities (VIEs). To finance the acquisition and ownership of nuclear fuel, the nuclear fuel company VIEs have credit facilities and three of the four VIEs also issue commercial paper, details of which follow as of September 30, 2024: Company Expiration Amount Weighted- Amount (Dollars in Millions) Entergy Arkansas VIE June 2027 $80 6.43% $38.5 Entergy Louisiana River Bend VIE June 2027 $105 6.43% $21.7 Entergy Louisiana Waterford VIE June 2027 $105 6.42% $26.8 System Energy VIE June 2027 $120 6.42% $90.0 (a) Includes letter of credit fees and bank fronting fees on commercial paper issuances by the nuclear fuel company VIEs for Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy. The nuclear fuel company VIE for Entergy Louisiana River Bend does not issue commercial paper, but borrows directly on its bank credit facility. The commitment fees on the credit facilities are 0.100% of the undrawn commitment amount for the Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy VIEs. Each credit facility requires the respective lessee of nuclear fuel (Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, or Entergy Corporation as guarantor for System Energy) to maintain a consolidated debt ratio, as defined, of 70% or less of its total capitalization. Each lessee and guarantor is in compliance with this covenant. The nuclear fuel company VIEs had notes payable that were included in debt on the respective balance sheets as of September 30, 2024 as follows: Company Description Amount Entergy Arkansas VIE 1.84% Series N due July 2026 $90 million Entergy Arkansas VIE 5.54% Series O due May 2029 $70 million Entergy Louisiana River Bend VIE 2.51% Series V due June 2027 $70 million Entergy Louisiana Waterford VIE 5.94% Series J due September 2026 $70 million System Energy VIE 2.05% Series K due September 2027 $90 million In accordance with regulatory treatment, interest on the nuclear fuel company VIEs’ credit facilities, commercial paper, and long-term notes payable is reported in fuel expense. As of September 30, 2024, Entergy Arkansas and Entergy Louisiana each has obtained financing authorization from the FERC that extends through April 2025 for issuances by its nuclear fuel company VIEs. System Energy has obtained financing authorization from the FERC that extends through March 2025 for issuances by its nuclear fuel company VIE. Debt Issuances and Retirements (Entergy Corporation) In May 2024, Entergy Corporation issued $1.2 billion of junior subordinated debentures due December 2054. Entergy Corporation will pay interest at an annual rate of 7.125% through November 2029. Commencing on December 1, 2029, the annual rate will equal the five-year treasury rate as of the most recent reset interest determination date plus 2.67%. Entergy Corporation used the proceeds to repay a portion of outstanding commercial paper and for general corporate purposes. (Entergy Arkansas) In May 2024, Entergy Arkansas issued $400 million of 5.45% Series mortgage bonds due June 2034 and $400 million of 5.75% Series mortgage bonds due June 2054. Entergy Arkansas used a portion of the proceeds, together with other funds, to repay, at maturity, its $375 million of 3.70% Series mortgage bonds due June 2024, to repay borrowings from the Entergy system money pool, to pay a portion of the purchase price of each of Driver Solar, Walnut Bend Solar, and West Memphis Solar, and for general corporate purposes. (Entergy Louisiana) In March 2024, Entergy Louisiana issued $500 million of 5.35% Series mortgage bonds due March 2034 and $700 million of 5.70% Series mortgage bonds due March 2054. Entergy Louisiana used a portion of the proceeds, together with other funds, to repay in March 2024 debt outstanding under its long-term revolving credit facility and to repay in April 2024, prior to maturity, its $400 million of 5.40% Series mortgage bonds due November 2024. Entergy Louisiana used the remaining proceeds, together with other funds, to repay, prior to maturity, its $1 billion of 0.95% Series mortgage bonds due October 2024, for capital expenditures, and for general corporate purposes. In August 2024, Entergy Louisiana issued $700 million of 5.15% Series mortgage bonds due September 2034. Entergy Louisiana used the proceeds, together with other funds, to repay in August 2024, prior to maturity, its $1 billion of 0.95% Series mortgage bonds due October 2024 and for general corporate purposes. (Entergy Mississippi) In May 2024, Entergy Mississippi issued $300 million of 5.85% Series mortgage bonds due June 2054. Entergy Mississippi used the proceeds, together with other funds, to repay in June 2024, prior to maturity, its $100 million of 3.75% Series mortgage bonds due July 2024, to repay debt incurred under its long-term revolving credit facility, to repay borrowings from the Entergy system money pool, and for general corporate purposes. (Entergy New Orleans) In April 2024, Entergy New Orleans entered into a bond purchase agreement related to the sale of $150 million of mortgage bonds to be issued in May 2024. In May 2024, Entergy New Orleans issued (1) $35 million of 6.25% Series mortgage bonds due June 2029, (2) $65 million of 6.41% Series mortgage bonds due June 2031, and (3) $50 million of 6.54% Series mortgage bonds due June 2034. Entergy New Orleans used the proceeds, together with other funds, to repay, at maturity, its $85 million unsecured term loan due June 2024 and for general corporate purposes. (Entergy Texas) In August 2024, Entergy Texas issued $350 million of 5.55% Series mortgage bonds due September 2054. Entergy Texas expects to use the proceeds, together with other funds, to finance the construction of the Orange County Advanced Power Station and for general corporate purposes. Fair Value The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of September 30, 2024 were as follows: Book Value Fair Value (In Thousands) Entergy $27,880,440 $26,113,062 Entergy Arkansas $5,135,751 $4,785,447 Entergy Louisiana $9,876,127 $9,185,690 Entergy Mississippi $2,426,893 $2,215,355 Entergy New Orleans $736,611 $712,343 Entergy Texas $3,561,402 $3,356,778 System Energy $809,585 $794,618 (a) Fair values were classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements herein. The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2023 were as follows: Book Value Fair Value (In Thousands) Entergy $25,107,896 $22,489,174 Entergy Arkansas $4,673,080 $4,166,941 Entergy Louisiana $9,420,689 $8,414,512 Entergy Mississippi $2,229,510 $1,969,334 Entergy New Orleans $677,450 $602,716 Entergy Texas $3,225,092 $2,936,130 System Energy $738,459 $696,168 (a) Fair values were classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements herein.
Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Debt Disclosure [Text Block]	REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITIES, LINES OF CREDIT, SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS, AND LONG-TERM DEBT (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Entergy Corporation has in place a credit facility that has a borrowing capacity of $3 billion and expires in June 2029. The facility includes fronting commitments for the issuance of letters of credit against $20 million of the total borrowing capacity of the credit facility. The commitment fee is currently 0.225% of the undrawn commitment amount. Commitment fees and interest rates on loans under the credit facility can fluctuate depending on the senior unsecured debt ratings of Entergy Corporation. The estimated interest rate as of September 30, 2024 that would have been applied to outstanding borrowings under the facility was 6.45%. The following is a summary of the amounts outstanding and capacity available under the credit facility as of September 30, 2024: Capacity Borrowings Letters Capacity (In Millions) $3,000 $— $4 $2,996 Entergy Corporation’s credit facility includes a covenant requiring Entergy to maintain a consolidated debt ratio, as defined, of 65% or less of its total capitalization. Entergy is in compliance with this covenant. If Entergy fails to meet this ratio, or if Entergy Corporation or one of the Registrant Subsidiaries (except Entergy New Orleans and System Energy) defaults on other indebtedness or is in bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, an acceleration of the Entergy Corporation credit facility’s maturity date may occur. Entergy Corporation has a commercial paper program with a Board-approved program limit of $2 billion. As of September 30, 2024, Entergy Corporation had $1,122.4 million of commercial paper outstanding. The weighted-average interest rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was 5.64%. Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each had credit facilities available as of September 30, 2024 as follows: Company Expiration Amount of Interest Rate Amount Drawn Letters of Credit Entergy Arkansas April 2026 $25 million (b) 6.80% $— $— Entergy Arkansas June 2029 $300 million (c) 6.07% $— $— Entergy Louisiana June 2029 $400 million (c) 6.20% $— $— Entergy Mississippi June 2029 $300 million (c) 6.07% $— $— Entergy New Orleans June 2027 $25 million (c) 6.57% $— $— Entergy Texas June 2029 $300 million (c) 6.20% $— $1.1 million (a) The interest rate is the estimated interest rate as of September 30, 2024 that would have been applied to outstanding borrowings under the facility. (b) Borrowings under this Entergy Arkansas credit facility may be secured by a security interest in its accounts receivable at Entergy Arkansas’s option. (c) The credit facility includes fronting commitments for the issuance of letters of credit against a portion of the borrowing capacity of the facility as follows: $5 million for Entergy Arkansas; $15 million for Entergy Louisiana; $5 million for Entergy Mississippi; $10 million for Entergy New Orleans; and $30 million for Entergy Texas. The commitment fees on the credit facilities range from 0.075% to 0.375% of the undrawn commitment amount for Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy Texas, and of the entire facility amount for Entergy New Orleans. Each of the credit facilities requires the Registrant Subsidiary borrower to maintain a debt ratio, as defined, of 65% or less of its total capitalization. Each Registrant Subsidiary is in compliance with this covenant. In addition, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each has an uncommitted standby letter of credit facility as a means to post collateral to support its obligations to MISO and for other purposes. The following is a summary of the uncommitted standby letter of credit facilities as of September 30, 2024: Company Amount of Letter of Credit Fee Letters of Credit Entergy Arkansas $25 million 0.78% $11.9 million Entergy Louisiana $125 million 0.78% $19.7 million Entergy Mississippi $65 million 0.78% $33.1 million Entergy New Orleans $15 million 1.625% $0.5 million Entergy Texas $150 million 1.250% $86.4 million (a) As of September 30, 2024, letters of credit posted with MISO covered financial transmission rights exposure of $0.2 million for Entergy Louisiana, $0.9 million for Entergy Mississippi, and $0.8 million for Entergy Texas. See Note 8 to the financial statements herein for discussion of financial transmission rights. (b) As of September 30, 2024, the letters of credit issued for Entergy Mississippi include $31.8 million in MISO letters of credit and $1.3 million in non-MISO letters of credit outstanding under this facility. The short-term borrowings of the Registrant Subsidiaries are limited to amounts authorized by the FERC. Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas have FERC- authorized short-term borrowing limits effective through April 2025. The FERC-authorized short-term borrowing limit for System Energy is effective through March 2025. In addition to borrowings from commercial banks, these companies may also borrow from the Entergy system money pool and from other internal short-term borrowing arrangements. The money pool is an intercompany cash management program that makes possible intercompany borrowing and lending arrangements, and the money pool and the other internal borrowing arrangements are designed to reduce the Registrant Subsidiaries’ dependence on external short-term borrowings. Borrowings from internal and external short-term borrowings combined may not exceed the FERC-authorized limits. The following are the FERC-authorized limits for short-term borrowings and the outstanding short-term borrowings as of September 30, 2024 (aggregating both internal and external short-term borrowings) for the Registrant Subsidiaries: Authorized Borrowings (In Millions) Entergy Arkansas $250 $— Entergy Louisiana $450 $— Entergy Mississippi $200 $— Entergy New Orleans $150 $— Entergy Texas $200 $— System Energy $200 $— Vermont Yankee Credit Facility (Entergy Corporation) In January 2019, Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee was transferred to NorthStar and its credit facility was assumed by Entergy Assets Management Operations, LLC (formerly Vermont Yankee Asset Retirement, LLC), Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee’s parent company that remains an Entergy subsidiary after the transfer. The credit facility has a borrowing capacity of $139 million and expires in December 2024. The commitment fee is currently 0.20% of the undrawn commitment amount. As of September 30, 2024, $139 million in cash borrowings were outstanding under the credit facility. The weighted-average interest rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was 6.93% on the drawn portion of the facility. Variable Interest Entities (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy) See Note 17 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of the consolidation of the nuclear fuel company variable interest entities (VIEs). To finance the acquisition and ownership of nuclear fuel, the nuclear fuel company VIEs have credit facilities and three of the four VIEs also issue commercial paper, details of which follow as of September 30, 2024: Company Expiration Amount Weighted- Amount (Dollars in Millions) Entergy Arkansas VIE June 2027 $80 6.43% $38.5 Entergy Louisiana River Bend VIE June 2027 $105 6.43% $21.7 Entergy Louisiana Waterford VIE June 2027 $105 6.42% $26.8 System Energy VIE June 2027 $120 6.42% $90.0 (a) Includes letter of credit fees and bank fronting fees on commercial paper issuances by the nuclear fuel company VIEs for Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy. The nuclear fuel company VIE for Entergy Louisiana River Bend does not issue commercial paper, but borrows directly on its bank credit facility. The commitment fees on the credit facilities are 0.100% of the undrawn commitment amount for the Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy VIEs. Each credit facility requires the respective lessee of nuclear fuel (Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, or Entergy Corporation as guarantor for System Energy) to maintain a consolidated debt ratio, as defined, of 70% or less of its total capitalization. Each lessee and guarantor is in compliance with this covenant. The nuclear fuel company VIEs had notes payable that were included in debt on the respective balance sheets as of September 30, 2024 as follows: Company Description Amount Entergy Arkansas VIE 1.84% Series N due July 2026 $90 million Entergy Arkansas VIE 5.54% Series O due May 2029 $70 million Entergy Louisiana River Bend VIE 2.51% Series V due June 2027 $70 million Entergy Louisiana Waterford VIE 5.94% Series J due September 2026 $70 million System Energy VIE 2.05% Series K due September 2027 $90 million In accordance with regulatory treatment, interest on the nuclear fuel company VIEs’ credit facilities, commercial paper, and long-term notes payable is reported in fuel expense. As of September 30, 2024, Entergy Arkansas and Entergy Louisiana each has obtained financing authorization from the FERC that extends through April 2025 for issuances by its nuclear fuel company VIEs. System Energy has obtained financing authorization from the FERC that extends through March 2025 for issuances by its nuclear fuel company VIE. Debt Issuances and Retirements (Entergy Corporation) In May 2024, Entergy Corporation issued $1.2 billion of junior subordinated debentures due December 2054. Entergy Corporation will pay interest at an annual rate of 7.125% through November 2029. Commencing on December 1, 2029, the annual rate will equal the five-year treasury rate as of the most recent reset interest determination date plus 2.67%. Entergy Corporation used the proceeds to repay a portion of outstanding commercial paper and for general corporate purposes. (Entergy Arkansas) In May 2024, Entergy Arkansas issued $400 million of 5.45% Series mortgage bonds due June 2034 and $400 million of 5.75% Series mortgage bonds due June 2054. Entergy Arkansas used a portion of the proceeds, together with other funds, to repay, at maturity, its $375 million of 3.70% Series mortgage bonds due June 2024, to repay borrowings from the Entergy system money pool, to pay a portion of the purchase price of each of Driver Solar, Walnut Bend Solar, and West Memphis Solar, and for general corporate purposes. (Entergy Louisiana) In March 2024, Entergy Louisiana issued $500 million of 5.35% Series mortgage bonds due March 2034 and $700 million of 5.70% Series mortgage bonds due March 2054. Entergy Louisiana used a portion of the proceeds, together with other funds, to repay in March 2024 debt outstanding under its long-term revolving credit facility and to repay in April 2024, prior to maturity, its $400 million of 5.40% Series mortgage bonds due November 2024. Entergy Louisiana used the remaining proceeds, together with other funds, to repay, prior to maturity, its $1 billion of 0.95% Series mortgage bonds due October 2024, for capital expenditures, and for general corporate purposes. In August 2024, Entergy Louisiana issued $700 million of 5.15% Series mortgage bonds due September 2034. Entergy Louisiana used the proceeds, together with other funds, to repay in August 2024, prior to maturity, its $1 billion of 0.95% Series mortgage bonds due October 2024 and for general corporate purposes. (Entergy Mississippi) In May 2024, Entergy Mississippi issued $300 million of 5.85% Series mortgage bonds due June 2054. Entergy Mississippi used the proceeds, together with other funds, to repay in June 2024, prior to maturity, its $100 million of 3.75% Series mortgage bonds due July 2024, to repay debt incurred under its long-term revolving credit facility, to repay borrowings from the Entergy system money pool, and for general corporate purposes. (Entergy New Orleans) In April 2024, Entergy New Orleans entered into a bond purchase agreement related to the sale of $150 million of mortgage bonds to be issued in May 2024. In May 2024, Entergy New Orleans issued (1) $35 million of 6.25% Series mortgage bonds due June 2029, (2) $65 million of 6.41% Series mortgage bonds due June 2031, and (3) $50 million of 6.54% Series mortgage bonds due June 2034. Entergy New Orleans used the proceeds, together with other funds, to repay, at maturity, its $85 million unsecured term loan due June 2024 and for general corporate purposes. (Entergy Texas) In August 2024, Entergy Texas issued $350 million of 5.55% Series mortgage bonds due September 2054. Entergy Texas expects to use the proceeds, together with other funds, to finance the construction of the Orange County Advanced Power Station and for general corporate purposes. Fair Value The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of September 30, 2024 were as follows: Book Value Fair Value (In Thousands) Entergy $27,880,440 $26,113,062 Entergy Arkansas $5,135,751 $4,785,447 Entergy Louisiana $9,876,127 $9,185,690 Entergy Mississippi $2,426,893 $2,215,355 Entergy New Orleans $736,611 $712,343 Entergy Texas $3,561,402 $3,356,778 System Energy $809,585 $794,618 (a) Fair values were classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements herein. The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2023 were as follows: Book Value Fair Value (In Thousands) Entergy $25,107,896 $22,489,174 Entergy Arkansas $4,673,080 $4,166,941 Entergy Louisiana $9,420,689 $8,414,512 Entergy Mississippi $2,229,510 $1,969,334 Entergy New Orleans $677,450 $602,716 Entergy Texas $3,225,092 $2,936,130 System Energy $738,459 $696,168 (a) Fair values were classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements herein.
Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Debt Disclosure [Text Block]	REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITIES, LINES OF CREDIT, SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS, AND LONG-TERM DEBT (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Entergy Corporation has in place a credit facility that has a borrowing capacity of $3 billion and expires in June 2029. The facility includes fronting commitments for the issuance of letters of credit against $20 million of the total borrowing capacity of the credit facility. The commitment fee is currently 0.225% of the undrawn commitment amount. Commitment fees and interest rates on loans under the credit facility can fluctuate depending on the senior unsecured debt ratings of Entergy Corporation. The estimated interest rate as of September 30, 2024 that would have been applied to outstanding borrowings under the facility was 6.45%. The following is a summary of the amounts outstanding and capacity available under the credit facility as of September 30, 2024: Capacity Borrowings Letters Capacity (In Millions) $3,000 $— $4 $2,996 Entergy Corporation’s credit facility includes a covenant requiring Entergy to maintain a consolidated debt ratio, as defined, of 65% or less of its total capitalization. Entergy is in compliance with this covenant. If Entergy fails to meet this ratio, or if Entergy Corporation or one of the Registrant Subsidiaries (except Entergy New Orleans and System Energy) defaults on other indebtedness or is in bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, an acceleration of the Entergy Corporation credit facility’s maturity date may occur. Entergy Corporation has a commercial paper program with a Board-approved program limit of $2 billion. As of September 30, 2024, Entergy Corporation had $1,122.4 million of commercial paper outstanding. The weighted-average interest rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was 5.64%. Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each had credit facilities available as of September 30, 2024 as follows: Company Expiration Amount of Interest Rate Amount Drawn Letters of Credit Entergy Arkansas April 2026 $25 million (b) 6.80% $— $— Entergy Arkansas June 2029 $300 million (c) 6.07% $— $— Entergy Louisiana June 2029 $400 million (c) 6.20% $— $— Entergy Mississippi June 2029 $300 million (c) 6.07% $— $— Entergy New Orleans June 2027 $25 million (c) 6.57% $— $— Entergy Texas June 2029 $300 million (c) 6.20% $— $1.1 million (a) The interest rate is the estimated interest rate as of September 30, 2024 that would have been applied to outstanding borrowings under the facility. (b) Borrowings under this Entergy Arkansas credit facility may be secured by a security interest in its accounts receivable at Entergy Arkansas’s option. (c) The credit facility includes fronting commitments for the issuance of letters of credit against a portion of the borrowing capacity of the facility as follows: $5 million for Entergy Arkansas; $15 million for Entergy Louisiana; $5 million for Entergy Mississippi; $10 million for Entergy New Orleans; and $30 million for Entergy Texas. The commitment fees on the credit facilities range from 0.075% to 0.375% of the undrawn commitment amount for Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy Texas, and of the entire facility amount for Entergy New Orleans. Each of the credit facilities requires the Registrant Subsidiary borrower to maintain a debt ratio, as defined, of 65% or less of its total capitalization. Each Registrant Subsidiary is in compliance with this covenant. In addition, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each has an uncommitted standby letter of credit facility as a means to post collateral to support its obligations to MISO and for other purposes. The following is a summary of the uncommitted standby letter of credit facilities as of September 30, 2024: Company Amount of Letter of Credit Fee Letters of Credit Entergy Arkansas $25 million 0.78% $11.9 million Entergy Louisiana $125 million 0.78% $19.7 million Entergy Mississippi $65 million 0.78% $33.1 million Entergy New Orleans $15 million 1.625% $0.5 million Entergy Texas $150 million 1.250% $86.4 million (a) As of September 30, 2024, letters of credit posted with MISO covered financial transmission rights exposure of $0.2 million for Entergy Louisiana, $0.9 million for Entergy Mississippi, and $0.8 million for Entergy Texas. See Note 8 to the financial statements herein for discussion of financial transmission rights. (b) As of September 30, 2024, the letters of credit issued for Entergy Mississippi include $31.8 million in MISO letters of credit and $1.3 million in non-MISO letters of credit outstanding under this facility. The short-term borrowings of the Registrant Subsidiaries are limited to amounts authorized by the FERC. Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas have FERC- authorized short-term borrowing limits effective through April 2025. The FERC-authorized short-term borrowing limit for System Energy is effective through March 2025. In addition to borrowings from commercial banks, these companies may also borrow from the Entergy system money pool and from other internal short-term borrowing arrangements. The money pool is an intercompany cash management program that makes possible intercompany borrowing and lending arrangements, and the money pool and the other internal borrowing arrangements are designed to reduce the Registrant Subsidiaries’ dependence on external short-term borrowings. Borrowings from internal and external short-term borrowings combined may not exceed the FERC-authorized limits. The following are the FERC-authorized limits for short-term borrowings and the outstanding short-term borrowings as of September 30, 2024 (aggregating both internal and external short-term borrowings) for the Registrant Subsidiaries: Authorized Borrowings (In Millions) Entergy Arkansas $250 $— Entergy Louisiana $450 $— Entergy Mississippi $200 $— Entergy New Orleans $150 $— Entergy Texas $200 $— System Energy $200 $— Vermont Yankee Credit Facility (Entergy Corporation) In January 2019, Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee was transferred to NorthStar and its credit facility was assumed by Entergy Assets Management Operations, LLC (formerly Vermont Yankee Asset Retirement, LLC), Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee’s parent company that remains an Entergy subsidiary after the transfer. The credit facility has a borrowing capacity of $139 million and expires in December 2024. The commitment fee is currently 0.20% of the undrawn commitment amount. As of September 30, 2024, $139 million in cash borrowings were outstanding under the credit facility. The weighted-average interest rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was 6.93% on the drawn portion of the facility. Variable Interest Entities (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy) See Note 17 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of the consolidation of the nuclear fuel company variable interest entities (VIEs). To finance the acquisition and ownership of nuclear fuel, the nuclear fuel company VIEs have credit facilities and three of the four VIEs also issue commercial paper, details of which follow as of September 30, 2024: Company Expiration Amount Weighted- Amount (Dollars in Millions) Entergy Arkansas VIE June 2027 $80 6.43% $38.5 Entergy Louisiana River Bend VIE June 2027 $105 6.43% $21.7 Entergy Louisiana Waterford VIE June 2027 $105 6.42% $26.8 System Energy VIE June 2027 $120 6.42% $90.0 (a) Includes letter of credit fees and bank fronting fees on commercial paper issuances by the nuclear fuel company VIEs for Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy. The nuclear fuel company VIE for Entergy Louisiana River Bend does not issue commercial paper, but borrows directly on its bank credit facility. The commitment fees on the credit facilities are 0.100% of the undrawn commitment amount for the Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy VIEs. Each credit facility requires the respective lessee of nuclear fuel (Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, or Entergy Corporation as guarantor for System Energy) to maintain a consolidated debt ratio, as defined, of 70% or less of its total capitalization. Each lessee and guarantor is in compliance with this covenant. The nuclear fuel company VIEs had notes payable that were included in debt on the respective balance sheets as of September 30, 2024 as follows: Company Description Amount Entergy Arkansas VIE 1.84% Series N due July 2026 $90 million Entergy Arkansas VIE 5.54% Series O due May 2029 $70 million Entergy Louisiana River Bend VIE 2.51% Series V due June 2027 $70 million Entergy Louisiana Waterford VIE 5.94% Series J due September 2026 $70 million System Energy VIE 2.05% Series K due September 2027 $90 million In accordance with regulatory treatment, interest on the nuclear fuel company VIEs’ credit facilities, commercial paper, and long-term notes payable is reported in fuel expense. As of September 30, 2024, Entergy Arkansas and Entergy Louisiana each has obtained financing authorization from the FERC that extends through April 2025 for issuances by its nuclear fuel company VIEs. System Energy has obtained financing authorization from the FERC that extends through March 2025 for issuances by its nuclear fuel company VIE. Debt Issuances and Retirements (Entergy Corporation) In May 2024, Entergy Corporation issued $1.2 billion of junior subordinated debentures due December 2054. Entergy Corporation will pay interest at an annual rate of 7.125% through November 2029. Commencing on December 1, 2029, the annual rate will equal the five-year treasury rate as of the most recent reset interest determination date plus 2.67%. Entergy Corporation used the proceeds to repay a portion of outstanding commercial paper and for general corporate purposes. (Entergy Arkansas) In May 2024, Entergy Arkansas issued $400 million of 5.45% Series mortgage bonds due June 2034 and $400 million of 5.75% Series mortgage bonds due June 2054. Entergy Arkansas used a portion of the proceeds, together with other funds, to repay, at maturity, its $375 million of 3.70% Series mortgage bonds due June 2024, to repay borrowings from the Entergy system money pool, to pay a portion of the purchase price of each of Driver Solar, Walnut Bend Solar, and West Memphis Solar, and for general corporate purposes. (Entergy Louisiana) In March 2024, Entergy Louisiana issued $500 million of 5.35% Series mortgage bonds due March 2034 and $700 million of 5.70% Series mortgage bonds due March 2054. Entergy Louisiana used a portion of the proceeds, together with other funds, to repay in March 2024 debt outstanding under its long-term revolving credit facility and to repay in April 2024, prior to maturity, its $400 million of 5.40% Series mortgage bonds due November 2024. Entergy Louisiana used the remaining proceeds, together with other funds, to repay, prior to maturity, its $1 billion of 0.95% Series mortgage bonds due October 2024, for capital expenditures, and for general corporate purposes. In August 2024, Entergy Louisiana issued $700 million of 5.15% Series mortgage bonds due September 2034. Entergy Louisiana used the proceeds, together with other funds, to repay in August 2024, prior to maturity, its $1 billion of 0.95% Series mortgage bonds due October 2024 and for general corporate purposes. (Entergy Mississippi) In May 2024, Entergy Mississippi issued $300 million of 5.85% Series mortgage bonds due June 2054. Entergy Mississippi used the proceeds, together with other funds, to repay in June 2024, prior to maturity, its $100 million of 3.75% Series mortgage bonds due July 2024, to repay debt incurred under its long-term revolving credit facility, to repay borrowings from the Entergy system money pool, and for general corporate purposes. (Entergy New Orleans) In April 2024, Entergy New Orleans entered into a bond purchase agreement related to the sale of $150 million of mortgage bonds to be issued in May 2024. In May 2024, Entergy New Orleans issued (1) $35 million of 6.25% Series mortgage bonds due June 2029, (2) $65 million of 6.41% Series mortgage bonds due June 2031, and (3) $50 million of 6.54% Series mortgage bonds due June 2034. Entergy New Orleans used the proceeds, together with other funds, to repay, at maturity, its $85 million unsecured term loan due June 2024 and for general corporate purposes. (Entergy Texas) In August 2024, Entergy Texas issued $350 million of 5.55% Series mortgage bonds due September 2054. Entergy Texas expects to use the proceeds, together with other funds, to finance the construction of the Orange County Advanced Power Station and for general corporate purposes. Fair Value The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of September 30, 2024 were as follows: Book Value Fair Value (In Thousands) Entergy $27,880,440 $26,113,062 Entergy Arkansas $5,135,751 $4,785,447 Entergy Louisiana $9,876,127 $9,185,690 Entergy Mississippi $2,426,893 $2,215,355 Entergy New Orleans $736,611 $712,343 Entergy Texas $3,561,402 $3,356,778 System Energy $809,585 $794,618 (a) Fair values were classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements herein. The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2023 were as follows: Book Value Fair Value (In Thousands) Entergy $25,107,896 $22,489,174 Entergy Arkansas $4,673,080 $4,166,941 Entergy Louisiana $9,420,689 $8,414,512 Entergy Mississippi $2,229,510 $1,969,334 Entergy New Orleans $677,450 $602,716 Entergy Texas $3,225,092 $2,936,130 System Energy $738,459 $696,168 (a) Fair values were classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements herein.
Entergy Texas [Member]
Debt Disclosure [Text Block]	REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITIES, LINES OF CREDIT, SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS, AND LONG-TERM DEBT (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Entergy Corporation has in place a credit facility that has a borrowing capacity of $3 billion and expires in June 2029. The facility includes fronting commitments for the issuance of letters of credit against $20 million of the total borrowing capacity of the credit facility. The commitment fee is currently 0.225% of the undrawn commitment amount. Commitment fees and interest rates on loans under the credit facility can fluctuate depending on the senior unsecured debt ratings of Entergy Corporation. The estimated interest rate as of September 30, 2024 that would have been applied to outstanding borrowings under the facility was 6.45%. The following is a summary of the amounts outstanding and capacity available under the credit facility as of September 30, 2024: Capacity Borrowings Letters Capacity (In Millions) $3,000 $— $4 $2,996 Entergy Corporation’s credit facility includes a covenant requiring Entergy to maintain a consolidated debt ratio, as defined, of 65% or less of its total capitalization. Entergy is in compliance with this covenant. If Entergy fails to meet this ratio, or if Entergy Corporation or one of the Registrant Subsidiaries (except Entergy New Orleans and System Energy) defaults on other indebtedness or is in bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, an acceleration of the Entergy Corporation credit facility’s maturity date may occur. Entergy Corporation has a commercial paper program with a Board-approved program limit of $2 billion. As of September 30, 2024, Entergy Corporation had $1,122.4 million of commercial paper outstanding. The weighted-average interest rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was 5.64%. Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each had credit facilities available as of September 30, 2024 as follows: Company Expiration Amount of Interest Rate Amount Drawn Letters of Credit Entergy Arkansas April 2026 $25 million (b) 6.80% $— $— Entergy Arkansas June 2029 $300 million (c) 6.07% $— $— Entergy Louisiana June 2029 $400 million (c) 6.20% $— $— Entergy Mississippi June 2029 $300 million (c) 6.07% $— $— Entergy New Orleans June 2027 $25 million (c) 6.57% $— $— Entergy Texas June 2029 $300 million (c) 6.20% $— $1.1 million (a) The interest rate is the estimated interest rate as of September 30, 2024 that would have been applied to outstanding borrowings under the facility. (b) Borrowings under this Entergy Arkansas credit facility may be secured by a security interest in its accounts receivable at Entergy Arkansas’s option. (c) The credit facility includes fronting commitments for the issuance of letters of credit against a portion of the borrowing capacity of the facility as follows: $5 million for Entergy Arkansas; $15 million for Entergy Louisiana; $5 million for Entergy Mississippi; $10 million for Entergy New Orleans; and $30 million for Entergy Texas. The commitment fees on the credit facilities range from 0.075% to 0.375% of the undrawn commitment amount for Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy Texas, and of the entire facility amount for Entergy New Orleans. Each of the credit facilities requires the Registrant Subsidiary borrower to maintain a debt ratio, as defined, of 65% or less of its total capitalization. Each Registrant Subsidiary is in compliance with this covenant. In addition, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each has an uncommitted standby letter of credit facility as a means to post collateral to support its obligations to MISO and for other purposes. The following is a summary of the uncommitted standby letter of credit facilities as of September 30, 2024: Company Amount of Letter of Credit Fee Letters of Credit Entergy Arkansas $25 million 0.78% $11.9 million Entergy Louisiana $125 million 0.78% $19.7 million Entergy Mississippi $65 million 0.78% $33.1 million Entergy New Orleans $15 million 1.625% $0.5 million Entergy Texas $150 million 1.250% $86.4 million (a) As of September 30, 2024, letters of credit posted with MISO covered financial transmission rights exposure of $0.2 million for Entergy Louisiana, $0.9 million for Entergy Mississippi, and $0.8 million for Entergy Texas. See Note 8 to the financial statements herein for discussion of financial transmission rights. (b) As of September 30, 2024, the letters of credit issued for Entergy Mississippi include $31.8 million in MISO letters of credit and $1.3 million in non-MISO letters of credit outstanding under this facility. The short-term borrowings of the Registrant Subsidiaries are limited to amounts authorized by the FERC. Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas have FERC- authorized short-term borrowing limits effective through April 2025. The FERC-authorized short-term borrowing limit for System Energy is effective through March 2025. In addition to borrowings from commercial banks, these companies may also borrow from the Entergy system money pool and from other internal short-term borrowing arrangements. The money pool is an intercompany cash management program that makes possible intercompany borrowing and lending arrangements, and the money pool and the other internal borrowing arrangements are designed to reduce the Registrant Subsidiaries’ dependence on external short-term borrowings. Borrowings from internal and external short-term borrowings combined may not exceed the FERC-authorized limits. The following are the FERC-authorized limits for short-term borrowings and the outstanding short-term borrowings as of September 30, 2024 (aggregating both internal and external short-term borrowings) for the Registrant Subsidiaries: Authorized Borrowings (In Millions) Entergy Arkansas $250 $— Entergy Louisiana $450 $— Entergy Mississippi $200 $— Entergy New Orleans $150 $— Entergy Texas $200 $— System Energy $200 $— Vermont Yankee Credit Facility (Entergy Corporation) In January 2019, Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee was transferred to NorthStar and its credit facility was assumed by Entergy Assets Management Operations, LLC (formerly Vermont Yankee Asset Retirement, LLC), Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee’s parent company that remains an Entergy subsidiary after the transfer. The credit facility has a borrowing capacity of $139 million and expires in December 2024. The commitment fee is currently 0.20% of the undrawn commitment amount. As of September 30, 2024, $139 million in cash borrowings were outstanding under the credit facility. The weighted-average interest rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was 6.93% on the drawn portion of the facility. Variable Interest Entities (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy) See Note 17 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of the consolidation of the nuclear fuel company variable interest entities (VIEs). To finance the acquisition and ownership of nuclear fuel, the nuclear fuel company VIEs have credit facilities and three of the four VIEs also issue commercial paper, details of which follow as of September 30, 2024: Company Expiration Amount Weighted- Amount (Dollars in Millions) Entergy Arkansas VIE June 2027 $80 6.43% $38.5 Entergy Louisiana River Bend VIE June 2027 $105 6.43% $21.7 Entergy Louisiana Waterford VIE June 2027 $105 6.42% $26.8 System Energy VIE June 2027 $120 6.42% $90.0 (a) Includes letter of credit fees and bank fronting fees on commercial paper issuances by the nuclear fuel company VIEs for Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy. The nuclear fuel company VIE for Entergy Louisiana River Bend does not issue commercial paper, but borrows directly on its bank credit facility. The commitment fees on the credit facilities are 0.100% of the undrawn commitment amount for the Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy VIEs. Each credit facility requires the respective lessee of nuclear fuel (Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, or Entergy Corporation as guarantor for System Energy) to maintain a consolidated debt ratio, as defined, of 70% or less of its total capitalization. Each lessee and guarantor is in compliance with this covenant. The nuclear fuel company VIEs had notes payable that were included in debt on the respective balance sheets as of September 30, 2024 as follows: Company Description Amount Entergy Arkansas VIE 1.84% Series N due July 2026 $90 million Entergy Arkansas VIE 5.54% Series O due May 2029 $70 million Entergy Louisiana River Bend VIE 2.51% Series V due June 2027 $70 million Entergy Louisiana Waterford VIE 5.94% Series J due September 2026 $70 million System Energy VIE 2.05% Series K due September 2027 $90 million In accordance with regulatory treatment, interest on the nuclear fuel company VIEs’ credit facilities, commercial paper, and long-term notes payable is reported in fuel expense. As of September 30, 2024, Entergy Arkansas and Entergy Louisiana each has obtained financing authorization from the FERC that extends through April 2025 for issuances by its nuclear fuel company VIEs. System Energy has obtained financing authorization from the FERC that extends through March 2025 for issuances by its nuclear fuel company VIE. Debt Issuances and Retirements (Entergy Corporation) In May 2024, Entergy Corporation issued $1.2 billion of junior subordinated debentures due December 2054. Entergy Corporation will pay interest at an annual rate of 7.125% through November 2029. Commencing on December 1, 2029, the annual rate will equal the five-year treasury rate as of the most recent reset interest determination date plus 2.67%. Entergy Corporation used the proceeds to repay a portion of outstanding commercial paper and for general corporate purposes. (Entergy Arkansas) In May 2024, Entergy Arkansas issued $400 million of 5.45% Series mortgage bonds due June 2034 and $400 million of 5.75% Series mortgage bonds due June 2054. Entergy Arkansas used a portion of the proceeds, together with other funds, to repay, at maturity, its $375 million of 3.70% Series mortgage bonds due June 2024, to repay borrowings from the Entergy system money pool, to pay a portion of the purchase price of each of Driver Solar, Walnut Bend Solar, and West Memphis Solar, and for general corporate purposes. (Entergy Louisiana) In March 2024, Entergy Louisiana issued $500 million of 5.35% Series mortgage bonds due March 2034 and $700 million of 5.70% Series mortgage bonds due March 2054. Entergy Louisiana used a portion of the proceeds, together with other funds, to repay in March 2024 debt outstanding under its long-term revolving credit facility and to repay in April 2024, prior to maturity, its $400 million of 5.40% Series mortgage bonds due November 2024. Entergy Louisiana used the remaining proceeds, together with other funds, to repay, prior to maturity, its $1 billion of 0.95% Series mortgage bonds due October 2024, for capital expenditures, and for general corporate purposes. In August 2024, Entergy Louisiana issued $700 million of 5.15% Series mortgage bonds due September 2034. Entergy Louisiana used the proceeds, together with other funds, to repay in August 2024, prior to maturity, its $1 billion of 0.95% Series mortgage bonds due October 2024 and for general corporate purposes. (Entergy Mississippi) In May 2024, Entergy Mississippi issued $300 million of 5.85% Series mortgage bonds due June 2054. Entergy Mississippi used the proceeds, together with other funds, to repay in June 2024, prior to maturity, its $100 million of 3.75% Series mortgage bonds due July 2024, to repay debt incurred under its long-term revolving credit facility, to repay borrowings from the Entergy system money pool, and for general corporate purposes. (Entergy New Orleans) In April 2024, Entergy New Orleans entered into a bond purchase agreement related to the sale of $150 million of mortgage bonds to be issued in May 2024. In May 2024, Entergy New Orleans issued (1) $35 million of 6.25% Series mortgage bonds due June 2029, (2) $65 million of 6.41% Series mortgage bonds due June 2031, and (3) $50 million of 6.54% Series mortgage bonds due June 2034. Entergy New Orleans used the proceeds, together with other funds, to repay, at maturity, its $85 million unsecured term loan due June 2024 and for general corporate purposes. (Entergy Texas) In August 2024, Entergy Texas issued $350 million of 5.55% Series mortgage bonds due September 2054. Entergy Texas expects to use the proceeds, together with other funds, to finance the construction of the Orange County Advanced Power Station and for general corporate purposes. Fair Value The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of September 30, 2024 were as follows: Book Value Fair Value (In Thousands) Entergy $27,880,440 $26,113,062 Entergy Arkansas $5,135,751 $4,785,447 Entergy Louisiana $9,876,127 $9,185,690 Entergy Mississippi $2,426,893 $2,215,355 Entergy New Orleans $736,611 $712,343 Entergy Texas $3,561,402 $3,356,778 System Energy $809,585 $794,618 (a) Fair values were classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements herein. The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2023 were as follows: Book Value Fair Value (In Thousands) Entergy $25,107,896 $22,489,174 Entergy Arkansas $4,673,080 $4,166,941 Entergy Louisiana $9,420,689 $8,414,512 Entergy Mississippi $2,229,510 $1,969,334 Entergy New Orleans $677,450 $602,716 Entergy Texas $3,225,092 $2,936,130 System Energy $738,459 $696,168 (a) Fair values were classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements herein.
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Debt Disclosure [Text Block]	REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITIES, LINES OF CREDIT, SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS, AND LONG-TERM DEBT (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Entergy Corporation has in place a credit facility that has a borrowing capacity of $3 billion and expires in June 2029. The facility includes fronting commitments for the issuance of letters of credit against $20 million of the total borrowing capacity of the credit facility. The commitment fee is currently 0.225% of the undrawn commitment amount. Commitment fees and interest rates on loans under the credit facility can fluctuate depending on the senior unsecured debt ratings of Entergy Corporation. The estimated interest rate as of September 30, 2024 that would have been applied to outstanding borrowings under the facility was 6.45%. The following is a summary of the amounts outstanding and capacity available under the credit facility as of September 30, 2024: Capacity Borrowings Letters Capacity (In Millions) $3,000 $— $4 $2,996 Entergy Corporation’s credit facility includes a covenant requiring Entergy to maintain a consolidated debt ratio, as defined, of 65% or less of its total capitalization. Entergy is in compliance with this covenant. If Entergy fails to meet this ratio, or if Entergy Corporation or one of the Registrant Subsidiaries (except Entergy New Orleans and System Energy) defaults on other indebtedness or is in bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, an acceleration of the Entergy Corporation credit facility’s maturity date may occur. Entergy Corporation has a commercial paper program with a Board-approved program limit of $2 billion. As of September 30, 2024, Entergy Corporation had $1,122.4 million of commercial paper outstanding. The weighted-average interest rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was 5.64%. Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each had credit facilities available as of September 30, 2024 as follows: Company Expiration Amount of Interest Rate Amount Drawn Letters of Credit Entergy Arkansas April 2026 $25 million (b) 6.80% $— $— Entergy Arkansas June 2029 $300 million (c) 6.07% $— $— Entergy Louisiana June 2029 $400 million (c) 6.20% $— $— Entergy Mississippi June 2029 $300 million (c) 6.07% $— $— Entergy New Orleans June 2027 $25 million (c) 6.57% $— $— Entergy Texas June 2029 $300 million (c) 6.20% $— $1.1 million (a) The interest rate is the estimated interest rate as of September 30, 2024 that would have been applied to outstanding borrowings under the facility. (b) Borrowings under this Entergy Arkansas credit facility may be secured by a security interest in its accounts receivable at Entergy Arkansas’s option. (c) The credit facility includes fronting commitments for the issuance of letters of credit against a portion of the borrowing capacity of the facility as follows: $5 million for Entergy Arkansas; $15 million for Entergy Louisiana; $5 million for Entergy Mississippi; $10 million for Entergy New Orleans; and $30 million for Entergy Texas. The commitment fees on the credit facilities range from 0.075% to 0.375% of the undrawn commitment amount for Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy Texas, and of the entire facility amount for Entergy New Orleans. Each of the credit facilities requires the Registrant Subsidiary borrower to maintain a debt ratio, as defined, of 65% or less of its total capitalization. Each Registrant Subsidiary is in compliance with this covenant. In addition, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each has an uncommitted standby letter of credit facility as a means to post collateral to support its obligations to MISO and for other purposes. The following is a summary of the uncommitted standby letter of credit facilities as of September 30, 2024: Company Amount of Letter of Credit Fee Letters of Credit Entergy Arkansas $25 million 0.78% $11.9 million Entergy Louisiana $125 million 0.78% $19.7 million Entergy Mississippi $65 million 0.78% $33.1 million Entergy New Orleans $15 million 1.625% $0.5 million Entergy Texas $150 million 1.250% $86.4 million (a) As of September 30, 2024, letters of credit posted with MISO covered financial transmission rights exposure of $0.2 million for Entergy Louisiana, $0.9 million for Entergy Mississippi, and $0.8 million for Entergy Texas. See Note 8 to the financial statements herein for discussion of financial transmission rights. (b) As of September 30, 2024, the letters of credit issued for Entergy Mississippi include $31.8 million in MISO letters of credit and $1.3 million in non-MISO letters of credit outstanding under this facility. The short-term borrowings of the Registrant Subsidiaries are limited to amounts authorized by the FERC. Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas have FERC- authorized short-term borrowing limits effective through April 2025. The FERC-authorized short-term borrowing limit for System Energy is effective through March 2025. In addition to borrowings from commercial banks, these companies may also borrow from the Entergy system money pool and from other internal short-term borrowing arrangements. The money pool is an intercompany cash management program that makes possible intercompany borrowing and lending arrangements, and the money pool and the other internal borrowing arrangements are designed to reduce the Registrant Subsidiaries’ dependence on external short-term borrowings. Borrowings from internal and external short-term borrowings combined may not exceed the FERC-authorized limits. The following are the FERC-authorized limits for short-term borrowings and the outstanding short-term borrowings as of September 30, 2024 (aggregating both internal and external short-term borrowings) for the Registrant Subsidiaries: Authorized Borrowings (In Millions) Entergy Arkansas $250 $— Entergy Louisiana $450 $— Entergy Mississippi $200 $— Entergy New Orleans $150 $— Entergy Texas $200 $— System Energy $200 $— Vermont Yankee Credit Facility (Entergy Corporation) In January 2019, Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee was transferred to NorthStar and its credit facility was assumed by Entergy Assets Management Operations, LLC (formerly Vermont Yankee Asset Retirement, LLC), Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee’s parent company that remains an Entergy subsidiary after the transfer. The credit facility has a borrowing capacity of $139 million and expires in December 2024. The commitment fee is currently 0.20% of the undrawn commitment amount. As of September 30, 2024, $139 million in cash borrowings were outstanding under the credit facility. The weighted-average interest rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was 6.93% on the drawn portion of the facility. Variable Interest Entities (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy) See Note 17 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of the consolidation of the nuclear fuel company variable interest entities (VIEs). To finance the acquisition and ownership of nuclear fuel, the nuclear fuel company VIEs have credit facilities and three of the four VIEs also issue commercial paper, details of which follow as of September 30, 2024: Company Expiration Amount Weighted- Amount (Dollars in Millions) Entergy Arkansas VIE June 2027 $80 6.43% $38.5 Entergy Louisiana River Bend VIE June 2027 $105 6.43% $21.7 Entergy Louisiana Waterford VIE June 2027 $105 6.42% $26.8 System Energy VIE June 2027 $120 6.42% $90.0 (a) Includes letter of credit fees and bank fronting fees on commercial paper issuances by the nuclear fuel company VIEs for Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy. The nuclear fuel company VIE for Entergy Louisiana River Bend does not issue commercial paper, but borrows directly on its bank credit facility. The commitment fees on the credit facilities are 0.100% of the undrawn commitment amount for the Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy VIEs. Each credit facility requires the respective lessee of nuclear fuel (Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, or Entergy Corporation as guarantor for System Energy) to maintain a consolidated debt ratio, as defined, of 70% or less of its total capitalization. Each lessee and guarantor is in compliance with this covenant. The nuclear fuel company VIEs had notes payable that were included in debt on the respective balance sheets as of September 30, 2024 as follows: Company Description Amount Entergy Arkansas VIE 1.84% Series N due July 2026 $90 million Entergy Arkansas VIE 5.54% Series O due May 2029 $70 million Entergy Louisiana River Bend VIE 2.51% Series V due June 2027 $70 million Entergy Louisiana Waterford VIE 5.94% Series J due September 2026 $70 million System Energy VIE 2.05% Series K due September 2027 $90 million In accordance with regulatory treatment, interest on the nuclear fuel company VIEs’ credit facilities, commercial paper, and long-term notes payable is reported in fuel expense. As of September 30, 2024, Entergy Arkansas and Entergy Louisiana each has obtained financing authorization from the FERC that extends through April 2025 for issuances by its nuclear fuel company VIEs. System Energy has obtained financing authorization from the FERC that extends through March 2025 for issuances by its nuclear fuel company VIE. Debt Issuances and Retirements (Entergy Corporation) In May 2024, Entergy Corporation issued $1.2 billion of junior subordinated debentures due December 2054. Entergy Corporation will pay interest at an annual rate of 7.125% through November 2029. Commencing on December 1, 2029, the annual rate will equal the five-year treasury rate as of the most recent reset interest determination date plus 2.67%. Entergy Corporation used the proceeds to repay a portion of outstanding commercial paper and for general corporate purposes. (Entergy Arkansas) In May 2024, Entergy Arkansas issued $400 million of 5.45% Series mortgage bonds due June 2034 and $400 million of 5.75% Series mortgage bonds due June 2054. Entergy Arkansas used a portion of the proceeds, together with other funds, to repay, at maturity, its $375 million of 3.70% Series mortgage bonds due June 2024, to repay borrowings from the Entergy system money pool, to pay a portion of the purchase price of each of Driver Solar, Walnut Bend Solar, and West Memphis Solar, and for general corporate purposes. (Entergy Louisiana) In March 2024, Entergy Louisiana issued $500 million of 5.35% Series mortgage bonds due March 2034 and $700 million of 5.70% Series mortgage bonds due March 2054. Entergy Louisiana used a portion of the proceeds, together with other funds, to repay in March 2024 debt outstanding under its long-term revolving credit facility and to repay in April 2024, prior to maturity, its $400 million of 5.40% Series mortgage bonds due November 2024. Entergy Louisiana used the remaining proceeds, together with other funds, to repay, prior to maturity, its $1 billion of 0.95% Series mortgage bonds due October 2024, for capital expenditures, and for general corporate purposes. In August 2024, Entergy Louisiana issued $700 million of 5.15% Series mortgage bonds due September 2034. Entergy Louisiana used the proceeds, together with other funds, to repay in August 2024, prior to maturity, its $1 billion of 0.95% Series mortgage bonds due October 2024 and for general corporate purposes. (Entergy Mississippi) In May 2024, Entergy Mississippi issued $300 million of 5.85% Series mortgage bonds due June 2054. Entergy Mississippi used the proceeds, together with other funds, to repay in June 2024, prior to maturity, its $100 million of 3.75% Series mortgage bonds due July 2024, to repay debt incurred under its long-term revolving credit facility, to repay borrowings from the Entergy system money pool, and for general corporate purposes. (Entergy New Orleans) In April 2024, Entergy New Orleans entered into a bond purchase agreement related to the sale of $150 million of mortgage bonds to be issued in May 2024. In May 2024, Entergy New Orleans issued (1) $35 million of 6.25% Series mortgage bonds due June 2029, (2) $65 million of 6.41% Series mortgage bonds due June 2031, and (3) $50 million of 6.54% Series mortgage bonds due June 2034. Entergy New Orleans used the proceeds, together with other funds, to repay, at maturity, its $85 million unsecured term loan due June 2024 and for general corporate purposes. (Entergy Texas) In August 2024, Entergy Texas issued $350 million of 5.55% Series mortgage bonds due September 2054. Entergy Texas expects to use the proceeds, together with other funds, to finance the construction of the Orange County Advanced Power Station and for general corporate purposes. Fair Value The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of September 30, 2024 were as follows: Book Value Fair Value (In Thousands) Entergy $27,880,440 $26,113,062 Entergy Arkansas $5,135,751 $4,785,447 Entergy Louisiana $9,876,127 $9,185,690 Entergy Mississippi $2,426,893 $2,215,355 Entergy New Orleans $736,611 $712,343 Entergy Texas $3,561,402 $3,356,778 System Energy $809,585 $794,618 (a) Fair values were classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements herein. The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2023 were as follows: Book Value Fair Value (In Thousands) Entergy $25,107,896 $22,489,174 Entergy Arkansas $4,673,080 $4,166,941 Entergy Louisiana $9,420,689 $8,414,512 Entergy Mississippi $2,229,510 $1,969,334 Entergy New Orleans $677,450 $602,716 Entergy Texas $3,225,092 $2,936,130 System Energy $738,459 $696,168 (a) Fair values were classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements herein.

Stock-Based Compensation

Stock-Based Compensation	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Text Block]	STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (Entergy Corporation) Entergy grants stock and stock-based awards, which are described more fully in Note 12 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K. Awards under Entergy’s plans generally vest over three years. Stock Options In January 2024 the Board approved and Entergy granted long-term incentive awards in the form of options on 352,199 shares of its common stock under the 2019 Omnibus Incentive Plan with a fair value of $18.61 per option. As of September 30, 2024, there were options on 1,996,989 shares of common stock outstanding with a weighted-average exercise price of $106.73. The intrinsic value, which has no effect on net income, of the outstanding stock options is calculated by the positive difference between the weighted-average exercise price of the stock options granted and Entergy Corporation’s common stock price as of September 30, 2024. The aggregate intrinsic value of the stock options outstanding as of September 30, 2024 was $49.7 million. The following table includes financial information for stock options for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Compensation expense included in Entergy’s consolidated net income $0.8 $1.1 Tax benefit recognized in Entergy’s consolidated net income $0.2 $0.3 Compensation cost capitalized as part of fixed assets and materials and supplies $0.4 $0.5 The following table includes financial information for stock options for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Compensation expense included in Entergy’s consolidated net income $3.0 $3.2 Tax benefit recognized in Entergy’s consolidated net income $0.8 $0.9 Compensation cost capitalized as part of fixed assets and materials and supplies $1.4 $1.6 Other Equity Awards In January 2024 the Board approved and Entergy granted long-term incentive awards in the form of 409,947 restricted stock awards and 158,176 performance units under the 2019 Omnibus Incentive Plan. The restricted stock awards were made effective on January 25, 2024 and were valued at $99.08 per share, which was the closing price of Entergy Corporation’s common stock on that date. Shares of restricted stock have the same dividend and voting rights as other common stock, are considered issued and outstanding shares of Entergy upon vesting, and are expensed ratably over the three-year vesting period. One-third of the restricted stock awards and accrued dividends will vest upon each anniversary of the grant date. The performance units represent the value of, and are settled with, one share of Entergy Corporation common stock at the end of the three-year performance period, plus dividends accrued during the performance period on the number of performance units earned. To emphasize the importance of environmental stewardship, specifically of carbon-free generation and resilience, an environmental achievement measure was selected as one of the performance measures for the 2024-2026 performance period. Performance will be based eighty percent on relative total shareholder return and twenty percent on the environmental achievement measure. The performance units were granted on January 25, 2024 and eighty percent were valued at $124.65 per share based on various factors, primarily market conditions; and twenty percent were valued at $99.08 per share, the closing price of Entergy Corporation’s common stock on that date. Performance units have the same dividend and voting rights as other common stock and are considered issued and outstanding shares of Entergy upon vesting, and are expensed ratably over the three-year vesting period, and compensation cost for the portion of the award based on the selected environmental achievement measure will be adjusted based on the number of units that ultimately vest. See Note 12 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a description of the Long-Term Performance Unit Program. The following table includes financial information for other outstanding equity awards for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Compensation expense included in Entergy’s consolidated net income $9.6 $9.3 Tax benefit recognized in Entergy’s consolidated net income $2.4 $2.4 Compensation cost capitalized as part of fixed assets and materials and supplies $4.6 $4.2 The following table includes financial information for other outstanding equity awards for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Compensation expense included in Entergy’s consolidated net income $29.3 $27.1 Tax benefit recognized in Entergy’s consolidated net income $7.4 $7.0 Compensation cost capitalized as part of fixed assets and materials and supplies $13.7 $11.8

Retirement And Other Postretire

Retirement And Other Postretirement Benefits	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024
Retirement Benefits [Text Block]	RETIREMENT AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Components of Qualified Net Pension Cost Entergy’s qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $23,358 $25,302 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 56,631 73,850 Expected return on assets (76,557) (96,775) Recognized net loss 14,322 20,204 Settlement charges — 6,914 Net pension cost $17,754 $29,495 Entergy’s qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $70,104 $76,346 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 193,218 223,584 Expected return on assets (262,043) (290,660) Recognized net loss 44,296 63,858 Settlement charges 325,253 152,588 Net pension cost $370,828 $225,716 The Registrant Subsidiaries’ qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $4,101 $5,550 $1,284 $441 $963 $1,380 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 13,218 13,962 3,522 1,569 2,832 3,375 Expected return on assets (18,156) (19,446) (5,112) (2,202) (4,077) (4,602) Recognized net loss 5,745 2,601 1,140 471 393 1,155 Net pension cost $4,908 $2,667 $834 $279 $111 $1,308 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $4,566 $6,175 $1,431 $492 $1,074 $1,430 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 13,813 14,896 3,797 1,667 3,138 3,419 Expected return on assets (17,639) (18,892) (4,830) (2,206) (4,147) (4,392) Recognized net loss 5,438 4,748 1,545 456 1,008 1,204 Settlement charges 558 561 345 248 632 228 Net pension cost $6,736 $7,488 $2,288 $657 $1,705 $1,889 The Registrant Subsidiaries’ qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $12,300 $16,652 $3,852 $1,321 $2,886 $4,147 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 39,652 41,884 10,564 4,707 8,494 10,152 Expected return on assets (54,466) (58,340) (15,338) (6,609) (12,231) (13,883) Recognized net loss 17,237 7,805 3,420 1,411 1,179 3,482 Settlement charges — — — — — 611 Net pension cost $14,723 $8,001 $2,498 $830 $328 $4,509 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $13,976 $18,654 $4,369 $1,470 $3,271 $4,342 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 42,010 45,219 11,551 5,051 9,542 10,382 Expected return on assets (53,593) (56,891) (14,349) (6,783) (12,322) (13,431) Recognized net loss 18,170 14,704 4,937 1,453 3,057 3,939 Settlement charges 24,516 38,791 12,088 1,948 10,902 5,518 Net pension cost $45,079 $60,477 $18,596 $3,139 $14,450 $10,750 Non-Qualified Net Pension Cost Entergy recognized $2.7 million and $21.8 million in pension cost for its non-qualified pension plans for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, respectively. For the third quarter of 2024, there were no settlement charges related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plan. Included in the pension cost for non-qualified pension plans for the third quarter of 2023 were settlement charges of $18 million related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plans. Entergy recognized $8.2 million and $39.8 million in pension cost for its non-qualified pension plans for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, there were no settlement charges related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plan. Included in the pension cost for non-qualified pension plans for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 were settlement charges of $27.3 million related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plans. The Registrant Subsidiaries recognized the following pension cost for their current and former employees for their non-qualified pension plans for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023: Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) 2024 $68 $51 $83 $31 $62 2023 $63 $24 $85 $33 $63 The Registrant Subsidiaries recognized the following pension cost for their current and former employees for their non-qualified pension plans for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) 2024 $204 $153 $249 $93 $186 2023 $575 $76 $724 $99 $190 For the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, there were no settlement charges for the Registrant Subsidiaries related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plan. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, there were no settlement charges for the Registrant Subsidiaries related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plan. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, there were settlement charges of $379 thousand and $453 thousand for Entergy Arkansas and Entergy Mississippi, respectively, included in the non-qualified pension costs above related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plan. Components of Net Other Postretirement Benefits Cost (Income) Entergy’s other postretirement benefits income, including amounts capitalized, for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $3,126 $3,664 Interest cost on accumulated postretirement benefit obligation (APBO) 9,852 10,568 Expected return on assets (10,569) (9,183) Amortization of prior service credit (5,720) (5,640) Recognized net gain (2,761) (2,862) Net other postretirement benefits income ($6,072) ($3,453) Entergy’s other postretirement benefits income, including amounts capitalized, for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $9,378 $10,992 Interest cost on APBO 29,556 31,704 Expected return on assets (31,707) (27,549) Amortization of prior service credit (17,160) (16,920) Recognized net gain (8,283) (8,586) Net other postretirement benefits income ($18,216) ($10,359) The Registrant Subsidiaries’ other postretirement benefits (income) cost, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $642 $700 $184 $51 $168 $175 Interest cost on APBO 1,833 1,999 486 253 603 398 Expected return on assets (4,384) — (1,372) (1,479) (2,539) (728) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 524 (1,136) (239) (229) (1,093) (73) Recognized net (gain) loss — (1,738) 15 19 148 — Net other postretirement benefits income ($1,385) ($175) ($926) ($1,385) ($2,713) ($228) 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $741 $845 $220 $59 $202 $189 Interest cost on APBO 2,001 2,233 543 290 649 432 Expected return on assets (3,778) — (1,179) (1,316) (2,194) (634) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 524 (951) (239) (229) (1,093) (73) Recognized net (gain) loss 43 (1,764) 21 117 229 — Net other postretirement benefits (income) cost ($469) $363 ($634) ($1,079) ($2,207) ($86) The Registrant Subsidiaries’ other postretirement benefits (income) cost, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $1,926 $2,100 $552 $153 $504 $525 Interest cost on APBO 5,499 5,997 1,458 759 1,809 1,194 Expected return on assets (13,152) — (4,116) (4,437) (7,617) (2,184) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 1,572 (3,408) (717) (687) (3,279) (219) Recognized net (gain) loss — (5,214) 45 57 444 — Net other postretirement benefits income ($4,155) ($525) ($2,778) ($4,155) ($8,139) ($684) 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $2,223 $2,535 $660 $177 $606 $567 Interest cost on APBO 6,003 6,699 1,629 870 1,947 1,296 Expected return on assets (11,334) — (3,537) (3,948) (6,582) (1,902) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 1,572 (2,853) (717) (687) (3,279) (219) Recognized net (gain) loss 129 (5,292) 63 351 687 — Net other postretirement benefits (income) cost ($1,407) $1,089 ($1,902) ($3,237) ($6,621) ($258) Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Entergy and Entergy Louisiana reclassified the following costs out of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (before taxes and including amounts capitalized) for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023: 2024 Qualified Other Non-Qualified Total (In Thousands) Entergy Amortization of prior service credit (cost) $— $3,513 ($40) $3,473 Amortization of net gain (loss) (405) 2,615 (80) 2,130 ($405) $6,128 ($120) $5,603 Entergy Louisiana Amortization of prior service credit $— $1,136 $— $1,136 Amortization of net gain (loss) (104) 1,738 — 1,634 ($104) $2,874 $— $2,770 2023 Qualified Other Non-Qualified Total (In Thousands) Entergy Amortization of prior service credit (cost) $— $3,509 ($113) $3,396 Amortization of net gain (loss) (1,064) 2,898 (134) 1,700 Settlement loss (490) — (1,429) (1,919) ($1,554) $6,407 ($1,676) $3,177 Entergy Louisiana Amortization of prior service credit $— $951 $— $951 Amortization of net gain (loss) (190) 1,764 — 1,574 Settlement loss (22) — — (22) ($212) $2,715 $— $2,503 Entergy and Entergy Louisiana reclassified the following costs out of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (before taxes and including amounts capitalized) for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: 2024 Qualified Other Non-Qualified Total (In Thousands) Entergy Amortization of prior service credit (cost) $— $10,539 ($120) $10,419 Amortization of net gain (loss) (2,438) 7,845 (240) 5,167 Settlement loss (316,974) — — (316,974) ($319,412) $18,384 ($360) ($301,388) Entergy Louisiana Amortization of prior service credit $— $3,408 $— $3,408 Amortization of net gain (loss) (312) 5,214 (2) 4,900 ($312) $8,622 ($2) $8,308 2023 Qualified Other Non-Qualified Total (In Thousands) Entergy Amortization of prior service credit (cost) $— $10,529 ($338) $10,191 Amortization of net gain (loss) (3,208) 8,693 (491) 4,994 Settlement loss (7,446) — (2,962) (10,408) ($10,654) $19,222 ($3,791) $4,777 Entergy Louisiana Amortization of prior service credit $— $2,853 $— $2,853 Amortization of net gain (loss) (588) 5,292 (1) 4,703 Settlement loss (1,551) — — (1,551) ($2,139) $8,145 ($1) $6,005 Accounting for Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits In accordance with accounting standards, the other components of net benefit cost are required to be presented in the income statement separately from the service cost component and outside a subtotal of income from operations and are presented by Entergy in miscellaneous - net in other income. Qualified Pension Settlement Costs In May 2024, Entergy Corporation entered into a commitment agreement by and between Entergy Corporation, Newport Trust Company, LLC, as independent fiduciary of Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan II for Non-Bargaining Employees, Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan II for Bargaining Employees, Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan III, and Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan IV for Bargaining Employees (the Pension Plans), and the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife), under which the Pension Plans purchased a nonparticipating single premium group annuity contract from MetLife to settle approximately $1.157 billion of benefit liabilities of the Pension Plans. The group annuity contract primarily covers a population that includes approximately 3,400 non-utility business retirees, joint annuitants, beneficiaries, and alternate payees who commenced benefit payments from the Pension Plans on or before March 1, 2024 (Transferred Participants). MetLife irrevocably guarantees and assumes the sole obligation to make future monthly pension benefit payments to the Transferred Participants as provided under its group annuity contract, with direct payments that began September 1, 2024. The aggregate amount of each Transferred Participant’s payment under the group annuity contract will be equal to the amount of each individual’s payment under the Pension Plans. The purchase of the group annuity contract was funded directly by assets of the Pension Plans. The transferred pension liability required no additional funding prior to transfer, as the liability was fully funded. As a result of the transaction, Entergy recognized a one-time non-cash pension settlement charge in the second quarter of 2024 of $325 million, of which $8 million was recorded at Utility, as described below, and $317 million was recorded at Parent & Other. The $317 million settlement charge at Parent & Other is reflected in Miscellaneous - net in Other income (deductions) on the consolidated income statements. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, lump sum benefit payments from the Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Bargaining Employees and the Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Non-Bargaining Employees exceeded the sum of the Plans’ 2023 service and interest cost, resulting in settlement costs. Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy each participate in one or both of the Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Bargaining Employees and the Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Non-Bargaining Employees and incurred settlement costs. In accordance with accounting standards, settlement accounting requires immediate recognition of the portion of previously unrecognized losses associated with the settled portion of the plan’s pension liability. Similar to other pension costs, the settlement costs were included with employee labor costs and charged to expense and capital in the same manner that labor costs were charged. Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy New Orleans each received regulatory approval to defer the expense portion of the settlement costs, with future amortization of the deferred settlement expense over the period in which the expense otherwise would be recorded had the immediate recognition not occurred. In September 2020, Entergy Texas elected to establish a reserve, in accordance with PUCT regulations, to track the surplus or deficit in the annual amount of actuarially determined pension and other postretirement benefits chargeable to Entergy Texas’s expense. The reserve amounts recorded are evaluated in each rate case filed by Entergy Texas and an amortization period is determined at that time. See Note 11 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for further discussion of pension and other postretirement benefits costs. Employer Contributions Based on current assumptions, Entergy expects to contribute $270 million to its qualified pension plans in 2024. As of September 30, 2024, Entergy had contributed $164.3 million to its pension plans. Based on current assumptions, the Registrant Subsidiaries expect to contribute the following to qualified pension plans for their current and former employees in 2024: Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Expected 2024 pension contributions $55,112 $48,401 $14,980 $4,931 $8,272 $16,650 Pension contributions made through September 2024 $33,560 $29,375 $9,820 $2,643 $4,782 $9,994 Remaining estimated pension contributions to be made in 2024 $21,552 $19,026 $5,160 $2,288 $3,490 $6,656
Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Retirement Benefits [Text Block]	RETIREMENT AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Components of Qualified Net Pension Cost Entergy’s qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $23,358 $25,302 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 56,631 73,850 Expected return on assets (76,557) (96,775) Recognized net loss 14,322 20,204 Settlement charges — 6,914 Net pension cost $17,754 $29,495 Entergy’s qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $70,104 $76,346 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 193,218 223,584 Expected return on assets (262,043) (290,660) Recognized net loss 44,296 63,858 Settlement charges 325,253 152,588 Net pension cost $370,828 $225,716 The Registrant Subsidiaries’ qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $4,101 $5,550 $1,284 $441 $963 $1,380 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 13,218 13,962 3,522 1,569 2,832 3,375 Expected return on assets (18,156) (19,446) (5,112) (2,202) (4,077) (4,602) Recognized net loss 5,745 2,601 1,140 471 393 1,155 Net pension cost $4,908 $2,667 $834 $279 $111 $1,308 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $4,566 $6,175 $1,431 $492 $1,074 $1,430 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 13,813 14,896 3,797 1,667 3,138 3,419 Expected return on assets (17,639) (18,892) (4,830) (2,206) (4,147) (4,392) Recognized net loss 5,438 4,748 1,545 456 1,008 1,204 Settlement charges 558 561 345 248 632 228 Net pension cost $6,736 $7,488 $2,288 $657 $1,705 $1,889 The Registrant Subsidiaries’ qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $12,300 $16,652 $3,852 $1,321 $2,886 $4,147 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 39,652 41,884 10,564 4,707 8,494 10,152 Expected return on assets (54,466) (58,340) (15,338) (6,609) (12,231) (13,883) Recognized net loss 17,237 7,805 3,420 1,411 1,179 3,482 Settlement charges — — — — — 611 Net pension cost $14,723 $8,001 $2,498 $830 $328 $4,509 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $13,976 $18,654 $4,369 $1,470 $3,271 $4,342 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 42,010 45,219 11,551 5,051 9,542 10,382 Expected return on assets (53,593) (56,891) (14,349) (6,783) (12,322) (13,431) Recognized net loss 18,170 14,704 4,937 1,453 3,057 3,939 Settlement charges 24,516 38,791 12,088 1,948 10,902 5,518 Net pension cost $45,079 $60,477 $18,596 $3,139 $14,450 $10,750 Non-Qualified Net Pension Cost Entergy recognized $2.7 million and $21.8 million in pension cost for its non-qualified pension plans for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, respectively. For the third quarter of 2024, there were no settlement charges related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plan. Included in the pension cost for non-qualified pension plans for the third quarter of 2023 were settlement charges of $18 million related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plans. Entergy recognized $8.2 million and $39.8 million in pension cost for its non-qualified pension plans for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, there were no settlement charges related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plan. Included in the pension cost for non-qualified pension plans for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 were settlement charges of $27.3 million related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plans. The Registrant Subsidiaries recognized the following pension cost for their current and former employees for their non-qualified pension plans for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023: Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) 2024 $68 $51 $83 $31 $62 2023 $63 $24 $85 $33 $63 The Registrant Subsidiaries recognized the following pension cost for their current and former employees for their non-qualified pension plans for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) 2024 $204 $153 $249 $93 $186 2023 $575 $76 $724 $99 $190 For the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, there were no settlement charges for the Registrant Subsidiaries related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plan. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, there were no settlement charges for the Registrant Subsidiaries related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plan. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, there were settlement charges of $379 thousand and $453 thousand for Entergy Arkansas and Entergy Mississippi, respectively, included in the non-qualified pension costs above related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plan. Components of Net Other Postretirement Benefits Cost (Income) Entergy’s other postretirement benefits income, including amounts capitalized, for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $3,126 $3,664 Interest cost on accumulated postretirement benefit obligation (APBO) 9,852 10,568 Expected return on assets (10,569) (9,183) Amortization of prior service credit (5,720) (5,640) Recognized net gain (2,761) (2,862) Net other postretirement benefits income ($6,072) ($3,453) Entergy’s other postretirement benefits income, including amounts capitalized, for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $9,378 $10,992 Interest cost on APBO 29,556 31,704 Expected return on assets (31,707) (27,549) Amortization of prior service credit (17,160) (16,920) Recognized net gain (8,283) (8,586) Net other postretirement benefits income ($18,216) ($10,359) The Registrant Subsidiaries’ other postretirement benefits (income) cost, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $642 $700 $184 $51 $168 $175 Interest cost on APBO 1,833 1,999 486 253 603 398 Expected return on assets (4,384) — (1,372) (1,479) (2,539) (728) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 524 (1,136) (239) (229) (1,093) (73) Recognized net (gain) loss — (1,738) 15 19 148 — Net other postretirement benefits income ($1,385) ($175) ($926) ($1,385) ($2,713) ($228) 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $741 $845 $220 $59 $202 $189 Interest cost on APBO 2,001 2,233 543 290 649 432 Expected return on assets (3,778) — (1,179) (1,316) (2,194) (634) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 524 (951) (239) (229) (1,093) (73) Recognized net (gain) loss 43 (1,764) 21 117 229 — Net other postretirement benefits (income) cost ($469) $363 ($634) ($1,079) ($2,207) ($86) The Registrant Subsidiaries’ other postretirement benefits (income) cost, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $1,926 $2,100 $552 $153 $504 $525 Interest cost on APBO 5,499 5,997 1,458 759 1,809 1,194 Expected return on assets (13,152) — (4,116) (4,437) (7,617) (2,184) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 1,572 (3,408) (717) (687) (3,279) (219) Recognized net (gain) loss — (5,214) 45 57 444 — Net other postretirement benefits income ($4,155) ($525) ($2,778) ($4,155) ($8,139) ($684) 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $2,223 $2,535 $660 $177 $606 $567 Interest cost on APBO 6,003 6,699 1,629 870 1,947 1,296 Expected return on assets (11,334) — (3,537) (3,948) (6,582) (1,902) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 1,572 (2,853) (717) (687) (3,279) (219) Recognized net (gain) loss 129 (5,292) 63 351 687 — Net other postretirement benefits (income) cost ($1,407) $1,089 ($1,902) ($3,237) ($6,621) ($258) Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Entergy and Entergy Louisiana reclassified the following costs out of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (before taxes and including amounts capitalized) for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023: 2024 Qualified Other Non-Qualified Total (In Thousands) Entergy Amortization of prior service credit (cost) $— $3,513 ($40) $3,473 Amortization of net gain (loss) (405) 2,615 (80) 2,130 ($405) $6,128 ($120) $5,603 Entergy Louisiana Amortization of prior service credit $— $1,136 $— $1,136 Amortization of net gain (loss) (104) 1,738 — 1,634 ($104) $2,874 $— $2,770 2023 Qualified Other Non-Qualified Total (In Thousands) Entergy Amortization of prior service credit (cost) $— $3,509 ($113) $3,396 Amortization of net gain (loss) (1,064) 2,898 (134) 1,700 Settlement loss (490) — (1,429) (1,919) ($1,554) $6,407 ($1,676) $3,177 Entergy Louisiana Amortization of prior service credit $— $951 $— $951 Amortization of net gain (loss) (190) 1,764 — 1,574 Settlement loss (22) — — (22) ($212) $2,715 $— $2,503 Entergy and Entergy Louisiana reclassified the following costs out of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (before taxes and including amounts capitalized) for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: 2024 Qualified Other Non-Qualified Total (In Thousands) Entergy Amortization of prior service credit (cost) $— $10,539 ($120) $10,419 Amortization of net gain (loss) (2,438) 7,845 (240) 5,167 Settlement loss (316,974) — — (316,974) ($319,412) $18,384 ($360) ($301,388) Entergy Louisiana Amortization of prior service credit $— $3,408 $— $3,408 Amortization of net gain (loss) (312) 5,214 (2) 4,900 ($312) $8,622 ($2) $8,308 2023 Qualified Other Non-Qualified Total (In Thousands) Entergy Amortization of prior service credit (cost) $— $10,529 ($338) $10,191 Amortization of net gain (loss) (3,208) 8,693 (491) 4,994 Settlement loss (7,446) — (2,962) (10,408) ($10,654) $19,222 ($3,791) $4,777 Entergy Louisiana Amortization of prior service credit $— $2,853 $— $2,853 Amortization of net gain (loss) (588) 5,292 (1) 4,703 Settlement loss (1,551) — — (1,551) ($2,139) $8,145 ($1) $6,005 Accounting for Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits In accordance with accounting standards, the other components of net benefit cost are required to be presented in the income statement separately from the service cost component and outside a subtotal of income from operations and are presented by Entergy in miscellaneous - net in other income. Qualified Pension Settlement Costs In May 2024, Entergy Corporation entered into a commitment agreement by and between Entergy Corporation, Newport Trust Company, LLC, as independent fiduciary of Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan II for Non-Bargaining Employees, Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan II for Bargaining Employees, Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan III, and Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan IV for Bargaining Employees (the Pension Plans), and the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife), under which the Pension Plans purchased a nonparticipating single premium group annuity contract from MetLife to settle approximately $1.157 billion of benefit liabilities of the Pension Plans. The group annuity contract primarily covers a population that includes approximately 3,400 non-utility business retirees, joint annuitants, beneficiaries, and alternate payees who commenced benefit payments from the Pension Plans on or before March 1, 2024 (Transferred Participants). MetLife irrevocably guarantees and assumes the sole obligation to make future monthly pension benefit payments to the Transferred Participants as provided under its group annuity contract, with direct payments that began September 1, 2024. The aggregate amount of each Transferred Participant’s payment under the group annuity contract will be equal to the amount of each individual’s payment under the Pension Plans. The purchase of the group annuity contract was funded directly by assets of the Pension Plans. The transferred pension liability required no additional funding prior to transfer, as the liability was fully funded. As a result of the transaction, Entergy recognized a one-time non-cash pension settlement charge in the second quarter of 2024 of $325 million, of which $8 million was recorded at Utility, as described below, and $317 million was recorded at Parent & Other. The $317 million settlement charge at Parent & Other is reflected in Miscellaneous - net in Other income (deductions) on the consolidated income statements. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, lump sum benefit payments from the Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Bargaining Employees and the Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Non-Bargaining Employees exceeded the sum of the Plans’ 2023 service and interest cost, resulting in settlement costs. Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy each participate in one or both of the Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Bargaining Employees and the Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Non-Bargaining Employees and incurred settlement costs. In accordance with accounting standards, settlement accounting requires immediate recognition of the portion of previously unrecognized losses associated with the settled portion of the plan’s pension liability. Similar to other pension costs, the settlement costs were included with employee labor costs and charged to expense and capital in the same manner that labor costs were charged. Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy New Orleans each received regulatory approval to defer the expense portion of the settlement costs, with future amortization of the deferred settlement expense over the period in which the expense otherwise would be recorded had the immediate recognition not occurred. In September 2020, Entergy Texas elected to establish a reserve, in accordance with PUCT regulations, to track the surplus or deficit in the annual amount of actuarially determined pension and other postretirement benefits chargeable to Entergy Texas’s expense. The reserve amounts recorded are evaluated in each rate case filed by Entergy Texas and an amortization period is determined at that time. See Note 11 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for further discussion of pension and other postretirement benefits costs. Employer Contributions Based on current assumptions, Entergy expects to contribute $270 million to its qualified pension plans in 2024. As of September 30, 2024, Entergy had contributed $164.3 million to its pension plans. Based on current assumptions, the Registrant Subsidiaries expect to contribute the following to qualified pension plans for their current and former employees in 2024: Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Expected 2024 pension contributions $55,112 $48,401 $14,980 $4,931 $8,272 $16,650 Pension contributions made through September 2024 $33,560 $29,375 $9,820 $2,643 $4,782 $9,994 Remaining estimated pension contributions to be made in 2024 $21,552 $19,026 $5,160 $2,288 $3,490 $6,656
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Retirement Benefits [Text Block]	RETIREMENT AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Components of Qualified Net Pension Cost Entergy’s qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $23,358 $25,302 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 56,631 73,850 Expected return on assets (76,557) (96,775) Recognized net loss 14,322 20,204 Settlement charges — 6,914 Net pension cost $17,754 $29,495 Entergy’s qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $70,104 $76,346 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 193,218 223,584 Expected return on assets (262,043) (290,660) Recognized net loss 44,296 63,858 Settlement charges 325,253 152,588 Net pension cost $370,828 $225,716 The Registrant Subsidiaries’ qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $4,101 $5,550 $1,284 $441 $963 $1,380 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 13,218 13,962 3,522 1,569 2,832 3,375 Expected return on assets (18,156) (19,446) (5,112) (2,202) (4,077) (4,602) Recognized net loss 5,745 2,601 1,140 471 393 1,155 Net pension cost $4,908 $2,667 $834 $279 $111 $1,308 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $4,566 $6,175 $1,431 $492 $1,074 $1,430 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 13,813 14,896 3,797 1,667 3,138 3,419 Expected return on assets (17,639) (18,892) (4,830) (2,206) (4,147) (4,392) Recognized net loss 5,438 4,748 1,545 456 1,008 1,204 Settlement charges 558 561 345 248 632 228 Net pension cost $6,736 $7,488 $2,288 $657 $1,705 $1,889 The Registrant Subsidiaries’ qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $12,300 $16,652 $3,852 $1,321 $2,886 $4,147 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 39,652 41,884 10,564 4,707 8,494 10,152 Expected return on assets (54,466) (58,340) (15,338) (6,609) (12,231) (13,883) Recognized net loss 17,237 7,805 3,420 1,411 1,179 3,482 Settlement charges — — — — — 611 Net pension cost $14,723 $8,001 $2,498 $830 $328 $4,509 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $13,976 $18,654 $4,369 $1,470 $3,271 $4,342 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 42,010 45,219 11,551 5,051 9,542 10,382 Expected return on assets (53,593) (56,891) (14,349) (6,783) (12,322) (13,431) Recognized net loss 18,170 14,704 4,937 1,453 3,057 3,939 Settlement charges 24,516 38,791 12,088 1,948 10,902 5,518 Net pension cost $45,079 $60,477 $18,596 $3,139 $14,450 $10,750 Non-Qualified Net Pension Cost Entergy recognized $2.7 million and $21.8 million in pension cost for its non-qualified pension plans for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, respectively. For the third quarter of 2024, there were no settlement charges related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plan. Included in the pension cost for non-qualified pension plans for the third quarter of 2023 were settlement charges of $18 million related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plans. Entergy recognized $8.2 million and $39.8 million in pension cost for its non-qualified pension plans for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, there were no settlement charges related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plan. Included in the pension cost for non-qualified pension plans for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 were settlement charges of $27.3 million related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plans. The Registrant Subsidiaries recognized the following pension cost for their current and former employees for their non-qualified pension plans for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023: Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) 2024 $68 $51 $83 $31 $62 2023 $63 $24 $85 $33 $63 The Registrant Subsidiaries recognized the following pension cost for their current and former employees for their non-qualified pension plans for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) 2024 $204 $153 $249 $93 $186 2023 $575 $76 $724 $99 $190 For the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, there were no settlement charges for the Registrant Subsidiaries related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plan. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, there were no settlement charges for the Registrant Subsidiaries related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plan. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, there were settlement charges of $379 thousand and $453 thousand for Entergy Arkansas and Entergy Mississippi, respectively, included in the non-qualified pension costs above related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plan. Components of Net Other Postretirement Benefits Cost (Income) Entergy’s other postretirement benefits income, including amounts capitalized, for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $3,126 $3,664 Interest cost on accumulated postretirement benefit obligation (APBO) 9,852 10,568 Expected return on assets (10,569) (9,183) Amortization of prior service credit (5,720) (5,640) Recognized net gain (2,761) (2,862) Net other postretirement benefits income ($6,072) ($3,453) Entergy’s other postretirement benefits income, including amounts capitalized, for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $9,378 $10,992 Interest cost on APBO 29,556 31,704 Expected return on assets (31,707) (27,549) Amortization of prior service credit (17,160) (16,920) Recognized net gain (8,283) (8,586) Net other postretirement benefits income ($18,216) ($10,359) The Registrant Subsidiaries’ other postretirement benefits (income) cost, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $642 $700 $184 $51 $168 $175 Interest cost on APBO 1,833 1,999 486 253 603 398 Expected return on assets (4,384) — (1,372) (1,479) (2,539) (728) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 524 (1,136) (239) (229) (1,093) (73) Recognized net (gain) loss — (1,738) 15 19 148 — Net other postretirement benefits income ($1,385) ($175) ($926) ($1,385) ($2,713) ($228) 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $741 $845 $220 $59 $202 $189 Interest cost on APBO 2,001 2,233 543 290 649 432 Expected return on assets (3,778) — (1,179) (1,316) (2,194) (634) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 524 (951) (239) (229) (1,093) (73) Recognized net (gain) loss 43 (1,764) 21 117 229 — Net other postretirement benefits (income) cost ($469) $363 ($634) ($1,079) ($2,207) ($86) The Registrant Subsidiaries’ other postretirement benefits (income) cost, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $1,926 $2,100 $552 $153 $504 $525 Interest cost on APBO 5,499 5,997 1,458 759 1,809 1,194 Expected return on assets (13,152) — (4,116) (4,437) (7,617) (2,184) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 1,572 (3,408) (717) (687) (3,279) (219) Recognized net (gain) loss — (5,214) 45 57 444 — Net other postretirement benefits income ($4,155) ($525) ($2,778) ($4,155) ($8,139) ($684) 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $2,223 $2,535 $660 $177 $606 $567 Interest cost on APBO 6,003 6,699 1,629 870 1,947 1,296 Expected return on assets (11,334) — (3,537) (3,948) (6,582) (1,902) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 1,572 (2,853) (717) (687) (3,279) (219) Recognized net (gain) loss 129 (5,292) 63 351 687 — Net other postretirement benefits (income) cost ($1,407) $1,089 ($1,902) ($3,237) ($6,621) ($258) Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Entergy and Entergy Louisiana reclassified the following costs out of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (before taxes and including amounts capitalized) for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023: 2024 Qualified Other Non-Qualified Total (In Thousands) Entergy Amortization of prior service credit (cost) $— $3,513 ($40) $3,473 Amortization of net gain (loss) (405) 2,615 (80) 2,130 ($405) $6,128 ($120) $5,603 Entergy Louisiana Amortization of prior service credit $— $1,136 $— $1,136 Amortization of net gain (loss) (104) 1,738 — 1,634 ($104) $2,874 $— $2,770 2023 Qualified Other Non-Qualified Total (In Thousands) Entergy Amortization of prior service credit (cost) $— $3,509 ($113) $3,396 Amortization of net gain (loss) (1,064) 2,898 (134) 1,700 Settlement loss (490) — (1,429) (1,919) ($1,554) $6,407 ($1,676) $3,177 Entergy Louisiana Amortization of prior service credit $— $951 $— $951 Amortization of net gain (loss) (190) 1,764 — 1,574 Settlement loss (22) — — (22) ($212) $2,715 $— $2,503 Entergy and Entergy Louisiana reclassified the following costs out of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (before taxes and including amounts capitalized) for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: 2024 Qualified Other Non-Qualified Total (In Thousands) Entergy Amortization of prior service credit (cost) $— $10,539 ($120) $10,419 Amortization of net gain (loss) (2,438) 7,845 (240) 5,167 Settlement loss (316,974) — — (316,974) ($319,412) $18,384 ($360) ($301,388) Entergy Louisiana Amortization of prior service credit $— $3,408 $— $3,408 Amortization of net gain (loss) (312) 5,214 (2) 4,900 ($312) $8,622 ($2) $8,308 2023 Qualified Other Non-Qualified Total (In Thousands) Entergy Amortization of prior service credit (cost) $— $10,529 ($338) $10,191 Amortization of net gain (loss) (3,208) 8,693 (491) 4,994 Settlement loss (7,446) — (2,962) (10,408) ($10,654) $19,222 ($3,791) $4,777 Entergy Louisiana Amortization of prior service credit $— $2,853 $— $2,853 Amortization of net gain (loss) (588) 5,292 (1) 4,703 Settlement loss (1,551) — — (1,551) ($2,139) $8,145 ($1) $6,005 Accounting for Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits In accordance with accounting standards, the other components of net benefit cost are required to be presented in the income statement separately from the service cost component and outside a subtotal of income from operations and are presented by Entergy in miscellaneous - net in other income. Qualified Pension Settlement Costs In May 2024, Entergy Corporation entered into a commitment agreement by and between Entergy Corporation, Newport Trust Company, LLC, as independent fiduciary of Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan II for Non-Bargaining Employees, Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan II for Bargaining Employees, Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan III, and Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan IV for Bargaining Employees (the Pension Plans), and the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife), under which the Pension Plans purchased a nonparticipating single premium group annuity contract from MetLife to settle approximately $1.157 billion of benefit liabilities of the Pension Plans. The group annuity contract primarily covers a population that includes approximately 3,400 non-utility business retirees, joint annuitants, beneficiaries, and alternate payees who commenced benefit payments from the Pension Plans on or before March 1, 2024 (Transferred Participants). MetLife irrevocably guarantees and assumes the sole obligation to make future monthly pension benefit payments to the Transferred Participants as provided under its group annuity contract, with direct payments that began September 1, 2024. The aggregate amount of each Transferred Participant’s payment under the group annuity contract will be equal to the amount of each individual’s payment under the Pension Plans. The purchase of the group annuity contract was funded directly by assets of the Pension Plans. The transferred pension liability required no additional funding prior to transfer, as the liability was fully funded. As a result of the transaction, Entergy recognized a one-time non-cash pension settlement charge in the second quarter of 2024 of $325 million, of which $8 million was recorded at Utility, as described below, and $317 million was recorded at Parent & Other. The $317 million settlement charge at Parent & Other is reflected in Miscellaneous - net in Other income (deductions) on the consolidated income statements. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, lump sum benefit payments from the Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Bargaining Employees and the Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Non-Bargaining Employees exceeded the sum of the Plans’ 2023 service and interest cost, resulting in settlement costs. Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy each participate in one or both of the Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Bargaining Employees and the Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Non-Bargaining Employees and incurred settlement costs. In accordance with accounting standards, settlement accounting requires immediate recognition of the portion of previously unrecognized losses associated with the settled portion of the plan’s pension liability. Similar to other pension costs, the settlement costs were included with employee labor costs and charged to expense and capital in the same manner that labor costs were charged. Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy New Orleans each received regulatory approval to defer the expense portion of the settlement costs, with future amortization of the deferred settlement expense over the period in which the expense otherwise would be recorded had the immediate recognition not occurred. In September 2020, Entergy Texas elected to establish a reserve, in accordance with PUCT regulations, to track the surplus or deficit in the annual amount of actuarially determined pension and other postretirement benefits chargeable to Entergy Texas’s expense. The reserve amounts recorded are evaluated in each rate case filed by Entergy Texas and an amortization period is determined at that time. See Note 11 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for further discussion of pension and other postretirement benefits costs. Employer Contributions Based on current assumptions, Entergy expects to contribute $270 million to its qualified pension plans in 2024. As of September 30, 2024, Entergy had contributed $164.3 million to its pension plans. Based on current assumptions, the Registrant Subsidiaries expect to contribute the following to qualified pension plans for their current and former employees in 2024: Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Expected 2024 pension contributions $55,112 $48,401 $14,980 $4,931 $8,272 $16,650 Pension contributions made through September 2024 $33,560 $29,375 $9,820 $2,643 $4,782 $9,994 Remaining estimated pension contributions to be made in 2024 $21,552 $19,026 $5,160 $2,288 $3,490 $6,656
Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Retirement Benefits [Text Block]	RETIREMENT AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Components of Qualified Net Pension Cost Entergy’s qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $23,358 $25,302 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 56,631 73,850 Expected return on assets (76,557) (96,775) Recognized net loss 14,322 20,204 Settlement charges — 6,914 Net pension cost $17,754 $29,495 Entergy’s qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $70,104 $76,346 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 193,218 223,584 Expected return on assets (262,043) (290,660) Recognized net loss 44,296 63,858 Settlement charges 325,253 152,588 Net pension cost $370,828 $225,716 The Registrant Subsidiaries’ qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $4,101 $5,550 $1,284 $441 $963 $1,380 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 13,218 13,962 3,522 1,569 2,832 3,375 Expected return on assets (18,156) (19,446) (5,112) (2,202) (4,077) (4,602) Recognized net loss 5,745 2,601 1,140 471 393 1,155 Net pension cost $4,908 $2,667 $834 $279 $111 $1,308 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $4,566 $6,175 $1,431 $492 $1,074 $1,430 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 13,813 14,896 3,797 1,667 3,138 3,419 Expected return on assets (17,639) (18,892) (4,830) (2,206) (4,147) (4,392) Recognized net loss 5,438 4,748 1,545 456 1,008 1,204 Settlement charges 558 561 345 248 632 228 Net pension cost $6,736 $7,488 $2,288 $657 $1,705 $1,889 The Registrant Subsidiaries’ qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $12,300 $16,652 $3,852 $1,321 $2,886 $4,147 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 39,652 41,884 10,564 4,707 8,494 10,152 Expected return on assets (54,466) (58,340) (15,338) (6,609) (12,231) (13,883) Recognized net loss 17,237 7,805 3,420 1,411 1,179 3,482 Settlement charges — — — — — 611 Net pension cost $14,723 $8,001 $2,498 $830 $328 $4,509 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $13,976 $18,654 $4,369 $1,470 $3,271 $4,342 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 42,010 45,219 11,551 5,051 9,542 10,382 Expected return on assets (53,593) (56,891) (14,349) (6,783) (12,322) (13,431) Recognized net loss 18,170 14,704 4,937 1,453 3,057 3,939 Settlement charges 24,516 38,791 12,088 1,948 10,902 5,518 Net pension cost $45,079 $60,477 $18,596 $3,139 $14,450 $10,750 Non-Qualified Net Pension Cost Entergy recognized $2.7 million and $21.8 million in pension cost for its non-qualified pension plans for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, respectively. For the third quarter of 2024, there were no settlement charges related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plan. Included in the pension cost for non-qualified pension plans for the third quarter of 2023 were settlement charges of $18 million related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plans. Entergy recognized $8.2 million and $39.8 million in pension cost for its non-qualified pension plans for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, there were no settlement charges related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plan. Included in the pension cost for non-qualified pension plans for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 were settlement charges of $27.3 million related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plans. The Registrant Subsidiaries recognized the following pension cost for their current and former employees for their non-qualified pension plans for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023: Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) 2024 $68 $51 $83 $31 $62 2023 $63 $24 $85 $33 $63 The Registrant Subsidiaries recognized the following pension cost for their current and former employees for their non-qualified pension plans for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) 2024 $204 $153 $249 $93 $186 2023 $575 $76 $724 $99 $190 For the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, there were no settlement charges for the Registrant Subsidiaries related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plan. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, there were no settlement charges for the Registrant Subsidiaries related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plan. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, there were settlement charges of $379 thousand and $453 thousand for Entergy Arkansas and Entergy Mississippi, respectively, included in the non-qualified pension costs above related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plan. Components of Net Other Postretirement Benefits Cost (Income) Entergy’s other postretirement benefits income, including amounts capitalized, for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $3,126 $3,664 Interest cost on accumulated postretirement benefit obligation (APBO) 9,852 10,568 Expected return on assets (10,569) (9,183) Amortization of prior service credit (5,720) (5,640) Recognized net gain (2,761) (2,862) Net other postretirement benefits income ($6,072) ($3,453) Entergy’s other postretirement benefits income, including amounts capitalized, for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $9,378 $10,992 Interest cost on APBO 29,556 31,704 Expected return on assets (31,707) (27,549) Amortization of prior service credit (17,160) (16,920) Recognized net gain (8,283) (8,586) Net other postretirement benefits income ($18,216) ($10,359) The Registrant Subsidiaries’ other postretirement benefits (income) cost, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $642 $700 $184 $51 $168 $175 Interest cost on APBO 1,833 1,999 486 253 603 398 Expected return on assets (4,384) — (1,372) (1,479) (2,539) (728) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 524 (1,136) (239) (229) (1,093) (73) Recognized net (gain) loss — (1,738) 15 19 148 — Net other postretirement benefits income ($1,385) ($175) ($926) ($1,385) ($2,713) ($228) 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $741 $845 $220 $59 $202 $189 Interest cost on APBO 2,001 2,233 543 290 649 432 Expected return on assets (3,778) — (1,179) (1,316) (2,194) (634) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 524 (951) (239) (229) (1,093) (73) Recognized net (gain) loss 43 (1,764) 21 117 229 — Net other postretirement benefits (income) cost ($469) $363 ($634) ($1,079) ($2,207) ($86) The Registrant Subsidiaries’ other postretirement benefits (income) cost, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $1,926 $2,100 $552 $153 $504 $525 Interest cost on APBO 5,499 5,997 1,458 759 1,809 1,194 Expected return on assets (13,152) — (4,116) (4,437) (7,617) (2,184) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 1,572 (3,408) (717) (687) (3,279) (219) Recognized net (gain) loss — (5,214) 45 57 444 — Net other postretirement benefits income ($4,155) ($525) ($2,778) ($4,155) ($8,139) ($684) 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $2,223 $2,535 $660 $177 $606 $567 Interest cost on APBO 6,003 6,699 1,629 870 1,947 1,296 Expected return on assets (11,334) — (3,537) (3,948) (6,582) (1,902) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 1,572 (2,853) (717) (687) (3,279) (219) Recognized net (gain) loss 129 (5,292) 63 351 687 — Net other postretirement benefits (income) cost ($1,407) $1,089 ($1,902) ($3,237) ($6,621) ($258) Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Entergy and Entergy Louisiana reclassified the following costs out of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (before taxes and including amounts capitalized) for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023: 2024 Qualified Other Non-Qualified Total (In Thousands) Entergy Amortization of prior service credit (cost) $— $3,513 ($40) $3,473 Amortization of net gain (loss) (405) 2,615 (80) 2,130 ($405) $6,128 ($120) $5,603 Entergy Louisiana Amortization of prior service credit $— $1,136 $— $1,136 Amortization of net gain (loss) (104) 1,738 — 1,634 ($104) $2,874 $— $2,770 2023 Qualified Other Non-Qualified Total (In Thousands) Entergy Amortization of prior service credit (cost) $— $3,509 ($113) $3,396 Amortization of net gain (loss) (1,064) 2,898 (134) 1,700 Settlement loss (490) — (1,429) (1,919) ($1,554) $6,407 ($1,676) $3,177 Entergy Louisiana Amortization of prior service credit $— $951 $— $951 Amortization of net gain (loss) (190) 1,764 — 1,574 Settlement loss (22) — — (22) ($212) $2,715 $— $2,503 Entergy and Entergy Louisiana reclassified the following costs out of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (before taxes and including amounts capitalized) for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: 2024 Qualified Other Non-Qualified Total (In Thousands) Entergy Amortization of prior service credit (cost) $— $10,539 ($120) $10,419 Amortization of net gain (loss) (2,438) 7,845 (240) 5,167 Settlement loss (316,974) — — (316,974) ($319,412) $18,384 ($360) ($301,388) Entergy Louisiana Amortization of prior service credit $— $3,408 $— $3,408 Amortization of net gain (loss) (312) 5,214 (2) 4,900 ($312) $8,622 ($2) $8,308 2023 Qualified Other Non-Qualified Total (In Thousands) Entergy Amortization of prior service credit (cost) $— $10,529 ($338) $10,191 Amortization of net gain (loss) (3,208) 8,693 (491) 4,994 Settlement loss (7,446) — (2,962) (10,408) ($10,654) $19,222 ($3,791) $4,777 Entergy Louisiana Amortization of prior service credit $— $2,853 $— $2,853 Amortization of net gain (loss) (588) 5,292 (1) 4,703 Settlement loss (1,551) — — (1,551) ($2,139) $8,145 ($1) $6,005 Accounting for Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits In accordance with accounting standards, the other components of net benefit cost are required to be presented in the income statement separately from the service cost component and outside a subtotal of income from operations and are presented by Entergy in miscellaneous - net in other income. Qualified Pension Settlement Costs In May 2024, Entergy Corporation entered into a commitment agreement by and between Entergy Corporation, Newport Trust Company, LLC, as independent fiduciary of Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan II for Non-Bargaining Employees, Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan II for Bargaining Employees, Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan III, and Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan IV for Bargaining Employees (the Pension Plans), and the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife), under which the Pension Plans purchased a nonparticipating single premium group annuity contract from MetLife to settle approximately $1.157 billion of benefit liabilities of the Pension Plans. The group annuity contract primarily covers a population that includes approximately 3,400 non-utility business retirees, joint annuitants, beneficiaries, and alternate payees who commenced benefit payments from the Pension Plans on or before March 1, 2024 (Transferred Participants). MetLife irrevocably guarantees and assumes the sole obligation to make future monthly pension benefit payments to the Transferred Participants as provided under its group annuity contract, with direct payments that began September 1, 2024. The aggregate amount of each Transferred Participant’s payment under the group annuity contract will be equal to the amount of each individual’s payment under the Pension Plans. The purchase of the group annuity contract was funded directly by assets of the Pension Plans. The transferred pension liability required no additional funding prior to transfer, as the liability was fully funded. As a result of the transaction, Entergy recognized a one-time non-cash pension settlement charge in the second quarter of 2024 of $325 million, of which $8 million was recorded at Utility, as described below, and $317 million was recorded at Parent & Other. The $317 million settlement charge at Parent & Other is reflected in Miscellaneous - net in Other income (deductions) on the consolidated income statements. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, lump sum benefit payments from the Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Bargaining Employees and the Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Non-Bargaining Employees exceeded the sum of the Plans’ 2023 service and interest cost, resulting in settlement costs. Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy each participate in one or both of the Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Bargaining Employees and the Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Non-Bargaining Employees and incurred settlement costs. In accordance with accounting standards, settlement accounting requires immediate recognition of the portion of previously unrecognized losses associated with the settled portion of the plan’s pension liability. Similar to other pension costs, the settlement costs were included with employee labor costs and charged to expense and capital in the same manner that labor costs were charged. Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy New Orleans each received regulatory approval to defer the expense portion of the settlement costs, with future amortization of the deferred settlement expense over the period in which the expense otherwise would be recorded had the immediate recognition not occurred. In September 2020, Entergy Texas elected to establish a reserve, in accordance with PUCT regulations, to track the surplus or deficit in the annual amount of actuarially determined pension and other postretirement benefits chargeable to Entergy Texas’s expense. The reserve amounts recorded are evaluated in each rate case filed by Entergy Texas and an amortization period is determined at that time. See Note 11 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for further discussion of pension and other postretirement benefits costs. Employer Contributions Based on current assumptions, Entergy expects to contribute $270 million to its qualified pension plans in 2024. As of September 30, 2024, Entergy had contributed $164.3 million to its pension plans. Based on current assumptions, the Registrant Subsidiaries expect to contribute the following to qualified pension plans for their current and former employees in 2024: Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Expected 2024 pension contributions $55,112 $48,401 $14,980 $4,931 $8,272 $16,650 Pension contributions made through September 2024 $33,560 $29,375 $9,820 $2,643 $4,782 $9,994 Remaining estimated pension contributions to be made in 2024 $21,552 $19,026 $5,160 $2,288 $3,490 $6,656
Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Retirement Benefits [Text Block]	RETIREMENT AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Components of Qualified Net Pension Cost Entergy’s qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $23,358 $25,302 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 56,631 73,850 Expected return on assets (76,557) (96,775) Recognized net loss 14,322 20,204 Settlement charges — 6,914 Net pension cost $17,754 $29,495 Entergy’s qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $70,104 $76,346 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 193,218 223,584 Expected return on assets (262,043) (290,660) Recognized net loss 44,296 63,858 Settlement charges 325,253 152,588 Net pension cost $370,828 $225,716 The Registrant Subsidiaries’ qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $4,101 $5,550 $1,284 $441 $963 $1,380 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 13,218 13,962 3,522 1,569 2,832 3,375 Expected return on assets (18,156) (19,446) (5,112) (2,202) (4,077) (4,602) Recognized net loss 5,745 2,601 1,140 471 393 1,155 Net pension cost $4,908 $2,667 $834 $279 $111 $1,308 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $4,566 $6,175 $1,431 $492 $1,074 $1,430 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 13,813 14,896 3,797 1,667 3,138 3,419 Expected return on assets (17,639) (18,892) (4,830) (2,206) (4,147) (4,392) Recognized net loss 5,438 4,748 1,545 456 1,008 1,204 Settlement charges 558 561 345 248 632 228 Net pension cost $6,736 $7,488 $2,288 $657 $1,705 $1,889 The Registrant Subsidiaries’ qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $12,300 $16,652 $3,852 $1,321 $2,886 $4,147 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 39,652 41,884 10,564 4,707 8,494 10,152 Expected return on assets (54,466) (58,340) (15,338) (6,609) (12,231) (13,883) Recognized net loss 17,237 7,805 3,420 1,411 1,179 3,482 Settlement charges — — — — — 611 Net pension cost $14,723 $8,001 $2,498 $830 $328 $4,509 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $13,976 $18,654 $4,369 $1,470 $3,271 $4,342 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 42,010 45,219 11,551 5,051 9,542 10,382 Expected return on assets (53,593) (56,891) (14,349) (6,783) (12,322) (13,431) Recognized net loss 18,170 14,704 4,937 1,453 3,057 3,939 Settlement charges 24,516 38,791 12,088 1,948 10,902 5,518 Net pension cost $45,079 $60,477 $18,596 $3,139 $14,450 $10,750 Non-Qualified Net Pension Cost Entergy recognized $2.7 million and $21.8 million in pension cost for its non-qualified pension plans for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, respectively. For the third quarter of 2024, there were no settlement charges related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plan. Included in the pension cost for non-qualified pension plans for the third quarter of 2023 were settlement charges of $18 million related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plans. Entergy recognized $8.2 million and $39.8 million in pension cost for its non-qualified pension plans for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, there were no settlement charges related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plan. Included in the pension cost for non-qualified pension plans for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 were settlement charges of $27.3 million related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plans. The Registrant Subsidiaries recognized the following pension cost for their current and former employees for their non-qualified pension plans for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023: Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) 2024 $68 $51 $83 $31 $62 2023 $63 $24 $85 $33 $63 The Registrant Subsidiaries recognized the following pension cost for their current and former employees for their non-qualified pension plans for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) 2024 $204 $153 $249 $93 $186 2023 $575 $76 $724 $99 $190 For the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, there were no settlement charges for the Registrant Subsidiaries related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plan. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, there were no settlement charges for the Registrant Subsidiaries related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plan. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, there were settlement charges of $379 thousand and $453 thousand for Entergy Arkansas and Entergy Mississippi, respectively, included in the non-qualified pension costs above related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plan. Components of Net Other Postretirement Benefits Cost (Income) Entergy’s other postretirement benefits income, including amounts capitalized, for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $3,126 $3,664 Interest cost on accumulated postretirement benefit obligation (APBO) 9,852 10,568 Expected return on assets (10,569) (9,183) Amortization of prior service credit (5,720) (5,640) Recognized net gain (2,761) (2,862) Net other postretirement benefits income ($6,072) ($3,453) Entergy’s other postretirement benefits income, including amounts capitalized, for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $9,378 $10,992 Interest cost on APBO 29,556 31,704 Expected return on assets (31,707) (27,549) Amortization of prior service credit (17,160) (16,920) Recognized net gain (8,283) (8,586) Net other postretirement benefits income ($18,216) ($10,359) The Registrant Subsidiaries’ other postretirement benefits (income) cost, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $642 $700 $184 $51 $168 $175 Interest cost on APBO 1,833 1,999 486 253 603 398 Expected return on assets (4,384) — (1,372) (1,479) (2,539) (728) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 524 (1,136) (239) (229) (1,093) (73) Recognized net (gain) loss — (1,738) 15 19 148 — Net other postretirement benefits income ($1,385) ($175) ($926) ($1,385) ($2,713) ($228) 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $741 $845 $220 $59 $202 $189 Interest cost on APBO 2,001 2,233 543 290 649 432 Expected return on assets (3,778) — (1,179) (1,316) (2,194) (634) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 524 (951) (239) (229) (1,093) (73) Recognized net (gain) loss 43 (1,764) 21 117 229 — Net other postretirement benefits (income) cost ($469) $363 ($634) ($1,079) ($2,207) ($86) The Registrant Subsidiaries’ other postretirement benefits (income) cost, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $1,926 $2,100 $552 $153 $504 $525 Interest cost on APBO 5,499 5,997 1,458 759 1,809 1,194 Expected return on assets (13,152) — (4,116) (4,437) (7,617) (2,184) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 1,572 (3,408) (717) (687) (3,279) (219) Recognized net (gain) loss — (5,214) 45 57 444 — Net other postretirement benefits income ($4,155) ($525) ($2,778) ($4,155) ($8,139) ($684) 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $2,223 $2,535 $660 $177 $606 $567 Interest cost on APBO 6,003 6,699 1,629 870 1,947 1,296 Expected return on assets (11,334) — (3,537) (3,948) (6,582) (1,902) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 1,572 (2,853) (717) (687) (3,279) (219) Recognized net (gain) loss 129 (5,292) 63 351 687 — Net other postretirement benefits (income) cost ($1,407) $1,089 ($1,902) ($3,237) ($6,621) ($258) Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Entergy and Entergy Louisiana reclassified the following costs out of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (before taxes and including amounts capitalized) for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023: 2024 Qualified Other Non-Qualified Total (In Thousands) Entergy Amortization of prior service credit (cost) $— $3,513 ($40) $3,473 Amortization of net gain (loss) (405) 2,615 (80) 2,130 ($405) $6,128 ($120) $5,603 Entergy Louisiana Amortization of prior service credit $— $1,136 $— $1,136 Amortization of net gain (loss) (104) 1,738 — 1,634 ($104) $2,874 $— $2,770 2023 Qualified Other Non-Qualified Total (In Thousands) Entergy Amortization of prior service credit (cost) $— $3,509 ($113) $3,396 Amortization of net gain (loss) (1,064) 2,898 (134) 1,700 Settlement loss (490) — (1,429) (1,919) ($1,554) $6,407 ($1,676) $3,177 Entergy Louisiana Amortization of prior service credit $— $951 $— $951 Amortization of net gain (loss) (190) 1,764 — 1,574 Settlement loss (22) — — (22) ($212) $2,715 $— $2,503 Entergy and Entergy Louisiana reclassified the following costs out of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (before taxes and including amounts capitalized) for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: 2024 Qualified Other Non-Qualified Total (In Thousands) Entergy Amortization of prior service credit (cost) $— $10,539 ($120) $10,419 Amortization of net gain (loss) (2,438) 7,845 (240) 5,167 Settlement loss (316,974) — — (316,974) ($319,412) $18,384 ($360) ($301,388) Entergy Louisiana Amortization of prior service credit $— $3,408 $— $3,408 Amortization of net gain (loss) (312) 5,214 (2) 4,900 ($312) $8,622 ($2) $8,308 2023 Qualified Other Non-Qualified Total (In Thousands) Entergy Amortization of prior service credit (cost) $— $10,529 ($338) $10,191 Amortization of net gain (loss) (3,208) 8,693 (491) 4,994 Settlement loss (7,446) — (2,962) (10,408) ($10,654) $19,222 ($3,791) $4,777 Entergy Louisiana Amortization of prior service credit $— $2,853 $— $2,853 Amortization of net gain (loss) (588) 5,292 (1) 4,703 Settlement loss (1,551) — — (1,551) ($2,139) $8,145 ($1) $6,005 Accounting for Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits In accordance with accounting standards, the other components of net benefit cost are required to be presented in the income statement separately from the service cost component and outside a subtotal of income from operations and are presented by Entergy in miscellaneous - net in other income. Qualified Pension Settlement Costs In May 2024, Entergy Corporation entered into a commitment agreement by and between Entergy Corporation, Newport Trust Company, LLC, as independent fiduciary of Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan II for Non-Bargaining Employees, Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan II for Bargaining Employees, Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan III, and Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan IV for Bargaining Employees (the Pension Plans), and the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife), under which the Pension Plans purchased a nonparticipating single premium group annuity contract from MetLife to settle approximately $1.157 billion of benefit liabilities of the Pension Plans. The group annuity contract primarily covers a population that includes approximately 3,400 non-utility business retirees, joint annuitants, beneficiaries, and alternate payees who commenced benefit payments from the Pension Plans on or before March 1, 2024 (Transferred Participants). MetLife irrevocably guarantees and assumes the sole obligation to make future monthly pension benefit payments to the Transferred Participants as provided under its group annuity contract, with direct payments that began September 1, 2024. The aggregate amount of each Transferred Participant’s payment under the group annuity contract will be equal to the amount of each individual’s payment under the Pension Plans. The purchase of the group annuity contract was funded directly by assets of the Pension Plans. The transferred pension liability required no additional funding prior to transfer, as the liability was fully funded. As a result of the transaction, Entergy recognized a one-time non-cash pension settlement charge in the second quarter of 2024 of $325 million, of which $8 million was recorded at Utility, as described below, and $317 million was recorded at Parent & Other. The $317 million settlement charge at Parent & Other is reflected in Miscellaneous - net in Other income (deductions) on the consolidated income statements. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, lump sum benefit payments from the Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Bargaining Employees and the Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Non-Bargaining Employees exceeded the sum of the Plans’ 2023 service and interest cost, resulting in settlement costs. Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy each participate in one or both of the Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Bargaining Employees and the Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Non-Bargaining Employees and incurred settlement costs. In accordance with accounting standards, settlement accounting requires immediate recognition of the portion of previously unrecognized losses associated with the settled portion of the plan’s pension liability. Similar to other pension costs, the settlement costs were included with employee labor costs and charged to expense and capital in the same manner that labor costs were charged. Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy New Orleans each received regulatory approval to defer the expense portion of the settlement costs, with future amortization of the deferred settlement expense over the period in which the expense otherwise would be recorded had the immediate recognition not occurred. In September 2020, Entergy Texas elected to establish a reserve, in accordance with PUCT regulations, to track the surplus or deficit in the annual amount of actuarially determined pension and other postretirement benefits chargeable to Entergy Texas’s expense. The reserve amounts recorded are evaluated in each rate case filed by Entergy Texas and an amortization period is determined at that time. See Note 11 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for further discussion of pension and other postretirement benefits costs. Employer Contributions Based on current assumptions, Entergy expects to contribute $270 million to its qualified pension plans in 2024. As of September 30, 2024, Entergy had contributed $164.3 million to its pension plans. Based on current assumptions, the Registrant Subsidiaries expect to contribute the following to qualified pension plans for their current and former employees in 2024: Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Expected 2024 pension contributions $55,112 $48,401 $14,980 $4,931 $8,272 $16,650 Pension contributions made through September 2024 $33,560 $29,375 $9,820 $2,643 $4,782 $9,994 Remaining estimated pension contributions to be made in 2024 $21,552 $19,026 $5,160 $2,288 $3,490 $6,656
Entergy Texas [Member]
Retirement Benefits [Text Block]	RETIREMENT AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Components of Qualified Net Pension Cost Entergy’s qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $23,358 $25,302 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 56,631 73,850 Expected return on assets (76,557) (96,775) Recognized net loss 14,322 20,204 Settlement charges — 6,914 Net pension cost $17,754 $29,495 Entergy’s qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $70,104 $76,346 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 193,218 223,584 Expected return on assets (262,043) (290,660) Recognized net loss 44,296 63,858 Settlement charges 325,253 152,588 Net pension cost $370,828 $225,716 The Registrant Subsidiaries’ qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $4,101 $5,550 $1,284 $441 $963 $1,380 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 13,218 13,962 3,522 1,569 2,832 3,375 Expected return on assets (18,156) (19,446) (5,112) (2,202) (4,077) (4,602) Recognized net loss 5,745 2,601 1,140 471 393 1,155 Net pension cost $4,908 $2,667 $834 $279 $111 $1,308 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $4,566 $6,175 $1,431 $492 $1,074 $1,430 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 13,813 14,896 3,797 1,667 3,138 3,419 Expected return on assets (17,639) (18,892) (4,830) (2,206) (4,147) (4,392) Recognized net loss 5,438 4,748 1,545 456 1,008 1,204 Settlement charges 558 561 345 248 632 228 Net pension cost $6,736 $7,488 $2,288 $657 $1,705 $1,889 The Registrant Subsidiaries’ qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $12,300 $16,652 $3,852 $1,321 $2,886 $4,147 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 39,652 41,884 10,564 4,707 8,494 10,152 Expected return on assets (54,466) (58,340) (15,338) (6,609) (12,231) (13,883) Recognized net loss 17,237 7,805 3,420 1,411 1,179 3,482 Settlement charges — — — — — 611 Net pension cost $14,723 $8,001 $2,498 $830 $328 $4,509 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $13,976 $18,654 $4,369 $1,470 $3,271 $4,342 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 42,010 45,219 11,551 5,051 9,542 10,382 Expected return on assets (53,593) (56,891) (14,349) (6,783) (12,322) (13,431) Recognized net loss 18,170 14,704 4,937 1,453 3,057 3,939 Settlement charges 24,516 38,791 12,088 1,948 10,902 5,518 Net pension cost $45,079 $60,477 $18,596 $3,139 $14,450 $10,750 Non-Qualified Net Pension Cost Entergy recognized $2.7 million and $21.8 million in pension cost for its non-qualified pension plans for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, respectively. For the third quarter of 2024, there were no settlement charges related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plan. Included in the pension cost for non-qualified pension plans for the third quarter of 2023 were settlement charges of $18 million related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plans. Entergy recognized $8.2 million and $39.8 million in pension cost for its non-qualified pension plans for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, there were no settlement charges related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plan. Included in the pension cost for non-qualified pension plans for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 were settlement charges of $27.3 million related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plans. The Registrant Subsidiaries recognized the following pension cost for their current and former employees for their non-qualified pension plans for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023: Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) 2024 $68 $51 $83 $31 $62 2023 $63 $24 $85 $33 $63 The Registrant Subsidiaries recognized the following pension cost for their current and former employees for their non-qualified pension plans for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) 2024 $204 $153 $249 $93 $186 2023 $575 $76 $724 $99 $190 For the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, there were no settlement charges for the Registrant Subsidiaries related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plan. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, there were no settlement charges for the Registrant Subsidiaries related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plan. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, there were settlement charges of $379 thousand and $453 thousand for Entergy Arkansas and Entergy Mississippi, respectively, included in the non-qualified pension costs above related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plan. Components of Net Other Postretirement Benefits Cost (Income) Entergy’s other postretirement benefits income, including amounts capitalized, for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $3,126 $3,664 Interest cost on accumulated postretirement benefit obligation (APBO) 9,852 10,568 Expected return on assets (10,569) (9,183) Amortization of prior service credit (5,720) (5,640) Recognized net gain (2,761) (2,862) Net other postretirement benefits income ($6,072) ($3,453) Entergy’s other postretirement benefits income, including amounts capitalized, for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $9,378 $10,992 Interest cost on APBO 29,556 31,704 Expected return on assets (31,707) (27,549) Amortization of prior service credit (17,160) (16,920) Recognized net gain (8,283) (8,586) Net other postretirement benefits income ($18,216) ($10,359) The Registrant Subsidiaries’ other postretirement benefits (income) cost, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $642 $700 $184 $51 $168 $175 Interest cost on APBO 1,833 1,999 486 253 603 398 Expected return on assets (4,384) — (1,372) (1,479) (2,539) (728) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 524 (1,136) (239) (229) (1,093) (73) Recognized net (gain) loss — (1,738) 15 19 148 — Net other postretirement benefits income ($1,385) ($175) ($926) ($1,385) ($2,713) ($228) 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $741 $845 $220 $59 $202 $189 Interest cost on APBO 2,001 2,233 543 290 649 432 Expected return on assets (3,778) — (1,179) (1,316) (2,194) (634) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 524 (951) (239) (229) (1,093) (73) Recognized net (gain) loss 43 (1,764) 21 117 229 — Net other postretirement benefits (income) cost ($469) $363 ($634) ($1,079) ($2,207) ($86) The Registrant Subsidiaries’ other postretirement benefits (income) cost, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $1,926 $2,100 $552 $153 $504 $525 Interest cost on APBO 5,499 5,997 1,458 759 1,809 1,194 Expected return on assets (13,152) — (4,116) (4,437) (7,617) (2,184) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 1,572 (3,408) (717) (687) (3,279) (219) Recognized net (gain) loss — (5,214) 45 57 444 — Net other postretirement benefits income ($4,155) ($525) ($2,778) ($4,155) ($8,139) ($684) 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $2,223 $2,535 $660 $177 $606 $567 Interest cost on APBO 6,003 6,699 1,629 870 1,947 1,296 Expected return on assets (11,334) — (3,537) (3,948) (6,582) (1,902) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 1,572 (2,853) (717) (687) (3,279) (219) Recognized net (gain) loss 129 (5,292) 63 351 687 — Net other postretirement benefits (income) cost ($1,407) $1,089 ($1,902) ($3,237) ($6,621) ($258) Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Entergy and Entergy Louisiana reclassified the following costs out of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (before taxes and including amounts capitalized) for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023: 2024 Qualified Other Non-Qualified Total (In Thousands) Entergy Amortization of prior service credit (cost) $— $3,513 ($40) $3,473 Amortization of net gain (loss) (405) 2,615 (80) 2,130 ($405) $6,128 ($120) $5,603 Entergy Louisiana Amortization of prior service credit $— $1,136 $— $1,136 Amortization of net gain (loss) (104) 1,738 — 1,634 ($104) $2,874 $— $2,770 2023 Qualified Other Non-Qualified Total (In Thousands) Entergy Amortization of prior service credit (cost) $— $3,509 ($113) $3,396 Amortization of net gain (loss) (1,064) 2,898 (134) 1,700 Settlement loss (490) — (1,429) (1,919) ($1,554) $6,407 ($1,676) $3,177 Entergy Louisiana Amortization of prior service credit $— $951 $— $951 Amortization of net gain (loss) (190) 1,764 — 1,574 Settlement loss (22) — — (22) ($212) $2,715 $— $2,503 Entergy and Entergy Louisiana reclassified the following costs out of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (before taxes and including amounts capitalized) for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: 2024 Qualified Other Non-Qualified Total (In Thousands) Entergy Amortization of prior service credit (cost) $— $10,539 ($120) $10,419 Amortization of net gain (loss) (2,438) 7,845 (240) 5,167 Settlement loss (316,974) — — (316,974) ($319,412) $18,384 ($360) ($301,388) Entergy Louisiana Amortization of prior service credit $— $3,408 $— $3,408 Amortization of net gain (loss) (312) 5,214 (2) 4,900 ($312) $8,622 ($2) $8,308 2023 Qualified Other Non-Qualified Total (In Thousands) Entergy Amortization of prior service credit (cost) $— $10,529 ($338) $10,191 Amortization of net gain (loss) (3,208) 8,693 (491) 4,994 Settlement loss (7,446) — (2,962) (10,408) ($10,654) $19,222 ($3,791) $4,777 Entergy Louisiana Amortization of prior service credit $— $2,853 $— $2,853 Amortization of net gain (loss) (588) 5,292 (1) 4,703 Settlement loss (1,551) — — (1,551) ($2,139) $8,145 ($1) $6,005 Accounting for Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits In accordance with accounting standards, the other components of net benefit cost are required to be presented in the income statement separately from the service cost component and outside a subtotal of income from operations and are presented by Entergy in miscellaneous - net in other income. Qualified Pension Settlement Costs In May 2024, Entergy Corporation entered into a commitment agreement by and between Entergy Corporation, Newport Trust Company, LLC, as independent fiduciary of Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan II for Non-Bargaining Employees, Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan II for Bargaining Employees, Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan III, and Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan IV for Bargaining Employees (the Pension Plans), and the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife), under which the Pension Plans purchased a nonparticipating single premium group annuity contract from MetLife to settle approximately $1.157 billion of benefit liabilities of the Pension Plans. The group annuity contract primarily covers a population that includes approximately 3,400 non-utility business retirees, joint annuitants, beneficiaries, and alternate payees who commenced benefit payments from the Pension Plans on or before March 1, 2024 (Transferred Participants). MetLife irrevocably guarantees and assumes the sole obligation to make future monthly pension benefit payments to the Transferred Participants as provided under its group annuity contract, with direct payments that began September 1, 2024. The aggregate amount of each Transferred Participant’s payment under the group annuity contract will be equal to the amount of each individual’s payment under the Pension Plans. The purchase of the group annuity contract was funded directly by assets of the Pension Plans. The transferred pension liability required no additional funding prior to transfer, as the liability was fully funded. As a result of the transaction, Entergy recognized a one-time non-cash pension settlement charge in the second quarter of 2024 of $325 million, of which $8 million was recorded at Utility, as described below, and $317 million was recorded at Parent & Other. The $317 million settlement charge at Parent & Other is reflected in Miscellaneous - net in Other income (deductions) on the consolidated income statements. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, lump sum benefit payments from the Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Bargaining Employees and the Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Non-Bargaining Employees exceeded the sum of the Plans’ 2023 service and interest cost, resulting in settlement costs. Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy each participate in one or both of the Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Bargaining Employees and the Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Non-Bargaining Employees and incurred settlement costs. In accordance with accounting standards, settlement accounting requires immediate recognition of the portion of previously unrecognized losses associated with the settled portion of the plan’s pension liability. Similar to other pension costs, the settlement costs were included with employee labor costs and charged to expense and capital in the same manner that labor costs were charged. Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy New Orleans each received regulatory approval to defer the expense portion of the settlement costs, with future amortization of the deferred settlement expense over the period in which the expense otherwise would be recorded had the immediate recognition not occurred. In September 2020, Entergy Texas elected to establish a reserve, in accordance with PUCT regulations, to track the surplus or deficit in the annual amount of actuarially determined pension and other postretirement benefits chargeable to Entergy Texas’s expense. The reserve amounts recorded are evaluated in each rate case filed by Entergy Texas and an amortization period is determined at that time. See Note 11 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for further discussion of pension and other postretirement benefits costs. Employer Contributions Based on current assumptions, Entergy expects to contribute $270 million to its qualified pension plans in 2024. As of September 30, 2024, Entergy had contributed $164.3 million to its pension plans. Based on current assumptions, the Registrant Subsidiaries expect to contribute the following to qualified pension plans for their current and former employees in 2024: Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Expected 2024 pension contributions $55,112 $48,401 $14,980 $4,931 $8,272 $16,650 Pension contributions made through September 2024 $33,560 $29,375 $9,820 $2,643 $4,782 $9,994 Remaining estimated pension contributions to be made in 2024 $21,552 $19,026 $5,160 $2,288 $3,490 $6,656
System Energy [Member]
Retirement Benefits [Text Block]	RETIREMENT AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Components of Qualified Net Pension Cost Entergy’s qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $23,358 $25,302 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 56,631 73,850 Expected return on assets (76,557) (96,775) Recognized net loss 14,322 20,204 Settlement charges — 6,914 Net pension cost $17,754 $29,495 Entergy’s qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $70,104 $76,346 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 193,218 223,584 Expected return on assets (262,043) (290,660) Recognized net loss 44,296 63,858 Settlement charges 325,253 152,588 Net pension cost $370,828 $225,716 The Registrant Subsidiaries’ qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $4,101 $5,550 $1,284 $441 $963 $1,380 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 13,218 13,962 3,522 1,569 2,832 3,375 Expected return on assets (18,156) (19,446) (5,112) (2,202) (4,077) (4,602) Recognized net loss 5,745 2,601 1,140 471 393 1,155 Net pension cost $4,908 $2,667 $834 $279 $111 $1,308 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $4,566 $6,175 $1,431 $492 $1,074 $1,430 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 13,813 14,896 3,797 1,667 3,138 3,419 Expected return on assets (17,639) (18,892) (4,830) (2,206) (4,147) (4,392) Recognized net loss 5,438 4,748 1,545 456 1,008 1,204 Settlement charges 558 561 345 248 632 228 Net pension cost $6,736 $7,488 $2,288 $657 $1,705 $1,889 The Registrant Subsidiaries’ qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $12,300 $16,652 $3,852 $1,321 $2,886 $4,147 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 39,652 41,884 10,564 4,707 8,494 10,152 Expected return on assets (54,466) (58,340) (15,338) (6,609) (12,231) (13,883) Recognized net loss 17,237 7,805 3,420 1,411 1,179 3,482 Settlement charges — — — — — 611 Net pension cost $14,723 $8,001 $2,498 $830 $328 $4,509 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $13,976 $18,654 $4,369 $1,470 $3,271 $4,342 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 42,010 45,219 11,551 5,051 9,542 10,382 Expected return on assets (53,593) (56,891) (14,349) (6,783) (12,322) (13,431) Recognized net loss 18,170 14,704 4,937 1,453 3,057 3,939 Settlement charges 24,516 38,791 12,088 1,948 10,902 5,518 Net pension cost $45,079 $60,477 $18,596 $3,139 $14,450 $10,750 Non-Qualified Net Pension Cost Entergy recognized $2.7 million and $21.8 million in pension cost for its non-qualified pension plans for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, respectively. For the third quarter of 2024, there were no settlement charges related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plan. Included in the pension cost for non-qualified pension plans for the third quarter of 2023 were settlement charges of $18 million related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plans. Entergy recognized $8.2 million and $39.8 million in pension cost for its non-qualified pension plans for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, there were no settlement charges related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plan. Included in the pension cost for non-qualified pension plans for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 were settlement charges of $27.3 million related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plans. The Registrant Subsidiaries recognized the following pension cost for their current and former employees for their non-qualified pension plans for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023: Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) 2024 $68 $51 $83 $31 $62 2023 $63 $24 $85 $33 $63 The Registrant Subsidiaries recognized the following pension cost for their current and former employees for their non-qualified pension plans for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) 2024 $204 $153 $249 $93 $186 2023 $575 $76 $724 $99 $190 For the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, there were no settlement charges for the Registrant Subsidiaries related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plan. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, there were no settlement charges for the Registrant Subsidiaries related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plan. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, there were settlement charges of $379 thousand and $453 thousand for Entergy Arkansas and Entergy Mississippi, respectively, included in the non-qualified pension costs above related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plan. Components of Net Other Postretirement Benefits Cost (Income) Entergy’s other postretirement benefits income, including amounts capitalized, for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $3,126 $3,664 Interest cost on accumulated postretirement benefit obligation (APBO) 9,852 10,568 Expected return on assets (10,569) (9,183) Amortization of prior service credit (5,720) (5,640) Recognized net gain (2,761) (2,862) Net other postretirement benefits income ($6,072) ($3,453) Entergy’s other postretirement benefits income, including amounts capitalized, for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $9,378 $10,992 Interest cost on APBO 29,556 31,704 Expected return on assets (31,707) (27,549) Amortization of prior service credit (17,160) (16,920) Recognized net gain (8,283) (8,586) Net other postretirement benefits income ($18,216) ($10,359) The Registrant Subsidiaries’ other postretirement benefits (income) cost, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $642 $700 $184 $51 $168 $175 Interest cost on APBO 1,833 1,999 486 253 603 398 Expected return on assets (4,384) — (1,372) (1,479) (2,539) (728) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 524 (1,136) (239) (229) (1,093) (73) Recognized net (gain) loss — (1,738) 15 19 148 — Net other postretirement benefits income ($1,385) ($175) ($926) ($1,385) ($2,713) ($228) 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $741 $845 $220 $59 $202 $189 Interest cost on APBO 2,001 2,233 543 290 649 432 Expected return on assets (3,778) — (1,179) (1,316) (2,194) (634) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 524 (951) (239) (229) (1,093) (73) Recognized net (gain) loss 43 (1,764) 21 117 229 — Net other postretirement benefits (income) cost ($469) $363 ($634) ($1,079) ($2,207) ($86) The Registrant Subsidiaries’ other postretirement benefits (income) cost, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $1,926 $2,100 $552 $153 $504 $525 Interest cost on APBO 5,499 5,997 1,458 759 1,809 1,194 Expected return on assets (13,152) — (4,116) (4,437) (7,617) (2,184) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 1,572 (3,408) (717) (687) (3,279) (219) Recognized net (gain) loss — (5,214) 45 57 444 — Net other postretirement benefits income ($4,155) ($525) ($2,778) ($4,155) ($8,139) ($684) 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $2,223 $2,535 $660 $177 $606 $567 Interest cost on APBO 6,003 6,699 1,629 870 1,947 1,296 Expected return on assets (11,334) — (3,537) (3,948) (6,582) (1,902) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 1,572 (2,853) (717) (687) (3,279) (219) Recognized net (gain) loss 129 (5,292) 63 351 687 — Net other postretirement benefits (income) cost ($1,407) $1,089 ($1,902) ($3,237) ($6,621) ($258) Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Entergy and Entergy Louisiana reclassified the following costs out of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (before taxes and including amounts capitalized) for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023: 2024 Qualified Other Non-Qualified Total (In Thousands) Entergy Amortization of prior service credit (cost) $— $3,513 ($40) $3,473 Amortization of net gain (loss) (405) 2,615 (80) 2,130 ($405) $6,128 ($120) $5,603 Entergy Louisiana Amortization of prior service credit $— $1,136 $— $1,136 Amortization of net gain (loss) (104) 1,738 — 1,634 ($104) $2,874 $— $2,770 2023 Qualified Other Non-Qualified Total (In Thousands) Entergy Amortization of prior service credit (cost) $— $3,509 ($113) $3,396 Amortization of net gain (loss) (1,064) 2,898 (134) 1,700 Settlement loss (490) — (1,429) (1,919) ($1,554) $6,407 ($1,676) $3,177 Entergy Louisiana Amortization of prior service credit $— $951 $— $951 Amortization of net gain (loss) (190) 1,764 — 1,574 Settlement loss (22) — — (22) ($212) $2,715 $— $2,503 Entergy and Entergy Louisiana reclassified the following costs out of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (before taxes and including amounts capitalized) for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: 2024 Qualified Other Non-Qualified Total (In Thousands) Entergy Amortization of prior service credit (cost) $— $10,539 ($120) $10,419 Amortization of net gain (loss) (2,438) 7,845 (240) 5,167 Settlement loss (316,974) — — (316,974) ($319,412) $18,384 ($360) ($301,388) Entergy Louisiana Amortization of prior service credit $— $3,408 $— $3,408 Amortization of net gain (loss) (312) 5,214 (2) 4,900 ($312) $8,622 ($2) $8,308 2023 Qualified Other Non-Qualified Total (In Thousands) Entergy Amortization of prior service credit (cost) $— $10,529 ($338) $10,191 Amortization of net gain (loss) (3,208) 8,693 (491) 4,994 Settlement loss (7,446) — (2,962) (10,408) ($10,654) $19,222 ($3,791) $4,777 Entergy Louisiana Amortization of prior service credit $— $2,853 $— $2,853 Amortization of net gain (loss) (588) 5,292 (1) 4,703 Settlement loss (1,551) — — (1,551) ($2,139) $8,145 ($1) $6,005 Accounting for Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits In accordance with accounting standards, the other components of net benefit cost are required to be presented in the income statement separately from the service cost component and outside a subtotal of income from operations and are presented by Entergy in miscellaneous - net in other income. Qualified Pension Settlement Costs In May 2024, Entergy Corporation entered into a commitment agreement by and between Entergy Corporation, Newport Trust Company, LLC, as independent fiduciary of Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan II for Non-Bargaining Employees, Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan II for Bargaining Employees, Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan III, and Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan IV for Bargaining Employees (the Pension Plans), and the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife), under which the Pension Plans purchased a nonparticipating single premium group annuity contract from MetLife to settle approximately $1.157 billion of benefit liabilities of the Pension Plans. The group annuity contract primarily covers a population that includes approximately 3,400 non-utility business retirees, joint annuitants, beneficiaries, and alternate payees who commenced benefit payments from the Pension Plans on or before March 1, 2024 (Transferred Participants). MetLife irrevocably guarantees and assumes the sole obligation to make future monthly pension benefit payments to the Transferred Participants as provided under its group annuity contract, with direct payments that began September 1, 2024. The aggregate amount of each Transferred Participant’s payment under the group annuity contract will be equal to the amount of each individual’s payment under the Pension Plans. The purchase of the group annuity contract was funded directly by assets of the Pension Plans. The transferred pension liability required no additional funding prior to transfer, as the liability was fully funded. As a result of the transaction, Entergy recognized a one-time non-cash pension settlement charge in the second quarter of 2024 of $325 million, of which $8 million was recorded at Utility, as described below, and $317 million was recorded at Parent & Other. The $317 million settlement charge at Parent & Other is reflected in Miscellaneous - net in Other income (deductions) on the consolidated income statements. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, lump sum benefit payments from the Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Bargaining Employees and the Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Non-Bargaining Employees exceeded the sum of the Plans’ 2023 service and interest cost, resulting in settlement costs. Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy each participate in one or both of the Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Bargaining Employees and the Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Non-Bargaining Employees and incurred settlement costs. In accordance with accounting standards, settlement accounting requires immediate recognition of the portion of previously unrecognized losses associated with the settled portion of the plan’s pension liability. Similar to other pension costs, the settlement costs were included with employee labor costs and charged to expense and capital in the same manner that labor costs were charged. Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy New Orleans each received regulatory approval to defer the expense portion of the settlement costs, with future amortization of the deferred settlement expense over the period in which the expense otherwise would be recorded had the immediate recognition not occurred. In September 2020, Entergy Texas elected to establish a reserve, in accordance with PUCT regulations, to track the surplus or deficit in the annual amount of actuarially determined pension and other postretirement benefits chargeable to Entergy Texas’s expense. The reserve amounts recorded are evaluated in each rate case filed by Entergy Texas and an amortization period is determined at that time. See Note 11 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for further discussion of pension and other postretirement benefits costs. Employer Contributions Based on current assumptions, Entergy expects to contribute $270 million to its qualified pension plans in 2024. As of September 30, 2024, Entergy had contributed $164.3 million to its pension plans. Based on current assumptions, the Registrant Subsidiaries expect to contribute the following to qualified pension plans for their current and former employees in 2024: Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Expected 2024 pension contributions $55,112 $48,401 $14,980 $4,931 $8,272 $16,650 Pension contributions made through September 2024 $33,560 $29,375 $9,820 $2,643 $4,782 $9,994 Remaining estimated pension contributions to be made in 2024 $21,552 $19,026 $5,160 $2,288 $3,490 $6,656

Business Segment Information

Business Segment Information	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]	BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Entergy has a single reportable segment, Utility, which includes the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electric power in portions of Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas, and Louisiana, including the City of New Orleans; and operation of a small natural gas distribution business in portions of Louisiana. The Utility segment reflects management’s primary basis of organization with a predominant focus on its utility operations in the Gulf South. Parent & Other includes the parent company, Entergy Corporation, and other business activity, including Entergy’s non-utility operations business which owns interests in non-nuclear power plants that sell the electric power produced by those plants to wholesale customers and also provides decommissioning services to nuclear power plants owned by non-affiliated entities in the United States. Entergy’s segment financial information for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023 was as follows: Utility Parent & Other Eliminations Consolidated (In Thousands) 2024 Operating revenues $3,370,138 $18,985 ($23) $3,389,100 Income taxes $237,225 ($21,750) $— $215,475 Consolidated net income (loss) $786,862 ($63,526) ($77,582) $645,754 2023 Operating revenues $3,559,240 $36,302 ($20) $3,595,522 Income taxes $225,989 $1,008 $— $226,997 Consolidated net income (loss) $754,036 ($3,304) ($81,018) $669,714 Entergy’s segment financial information for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 was as follows: Utility Parent & Other Eliminations Consolidated (In Thousands) 2024 Operating revenues $9,083,715 $53,687 ($54) $9,137,348 Income taxes $384,790 ($114,687) $— $270,103 Consolidated net income (loss) $1,426,161 ($416,111) ($236,028) $774,022 Total assets as of September 30, 2024 $68,708,628 $833,783 ($5,080,362) $64,462,049 2023 Operating revenues $9,325,977 $96,661 ($31) $9,422,607 Income taxes $304,352 ($21,534) $— $282,818 Consolidated net income (loss) $1,666,701 ($74,257) ($218,418) $1,374,026 Total assets as of December 31, 2023 $63,887,038 $836,598 ($5,020,240) $59,703,396 Eliminations are primarily intersegment activity. All of Entergy’s goodwill is related to the Utility segment. Registrant Subsidiaries Each of the Registrant Subsidiaries has one reportable segment, which is an integrated utility business, except for System Energy, which is an electricity generation business. Each of the Registrant Subsidiaries’ operations are managed on an integrated basis by that company because of the substantial effect of cost-based rates and regulatory oversight on the business process, cost structures, and operating results. Management allocates resources and assesses financial performance on a consolidated basis.
Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]	BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Entergy has a single reportable segment, Utility, which includes the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electric power in portions of Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas, and Louisiana, including the City of New Orleans; and operation of a small natural gas distribution business in portions of Louisiana. The Utility segment reflects management’s primary basis of organization with a predominant focus on its utility operations in the Gulf South. Parent & Other includes the parent company, Entergy Corporation, and other business activity, including Entergy’s non-utility operations business which owns interests in non-nuclear power plants that sell the electric power produced by those plants to wholesale customers and also provides decommissioning services to nuclear power plants owned by non-affiliated entities in the United States. Entergy’s segment financial information for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023 was as follows: Utility Parent & Other Eliminations Consolidated (In Thousands) 2024 Operating revenues $3,370,138 $18,985 ($23) $3,389,100 Income taxes $237,225 ($21,750) $— $215,475 Consolidated net income (loss) $786,862 ($63,526) ($77,582) $645,754 2023 Operating revenues $3,559,240 $36,302 ($20) $3,595,522 Income taxes $225,989 $1,008 $— $226,997 Consolidated net income (loss) $754,036 ($3,304) ($81,018) $669,714 Entergy’s segment financial information for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 was as follows: Utility Parent & Other Eliminations Consolidated (In Thousands) 2024 Operating revenues $9,083,715 $53,687 ($54) $9,137,348 Income taxes $384,790 ($114,687) $— $270,103 Consolidated net income (loss) $1,426,161 ($416,111) ($236,028) $774,022 Total assets as of September 30, 2024 $68,708,628 $833,783 ($5,080,362) $64,462,049 2023 Operating revenues $9,325,977 $96,661 ($31) $9,422,607 Income taxes $304,352 ($21,534) $— $282,818 Consolidated net income (loss) $1,666,701 ($74,257) ($218,418) $1,374,026 Total assets as of December 31, 2023 $63,887,038 $836,598 ($5,020,240) $59,703,396 Eliminations are primarily intersegment activity. All of Entergy’s goodwill is related to the Utility segment. Registrant Subsidiaries Each of the Registrant Subsidiaries has one reportable segment, which is an integrated utility business, except for System Energy, which is an electricity generation business. Each of the Registrant Subsidiaries’ operations are managed on an integrated basis by that company because of the substantial effect of cost-based rates and regulatory oversight on the business process, cost structures, and operating results. Management allocates resources and assesses financial performance on a consolidated basis.
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]	BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Entergy has a single reportable segment, Utility, which includes the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electric power in portions of Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas, and Louisiana, including the City of New Orleans; and operation of a small natural gas distribution business in portions of Louisiana. The Utility segment reflects management’s primary basis of organization with a predominant focus on its utility operations in the Gulf South. Parent & Other includes the parent company, Entergy Corporation, and other business activity, including Entergy’s non-utility operations business which owns interests in non-nuclear power plants that sell the electric power produced by those plants to wholesale customers and also provides decommissioning services to nuclear power plants owned by non-affiliated entities in the United States. Entergy’s segment financial information for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023 was as follows: Utility Parent & Other Eliminations Consolidated (In Thousands) 2024 Operating revenues $3,370,138 $18,985 ($23) $3,389,100 Income taxes $237,225 ($21,750) $— $215,475 Consolidated net income (loss) $786,862 ($63,526) ($77,582) $645,754 2023 Operating revenues $3,559,240 $36,302 ($20) $3,595,522 Income taxes $225,989 $1,008 $— $226,997 Consolidated net income (loss) $754,036 ($3,304) ($81,018) $669,714 Entergy’s segment financial information for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 was as follows: Utility Parent & Other Eliminations Consolidated (In Thousands) 2024 Operating revenues $9,083,715 $53,687 ($54) $9,137,348 Income taxes $384,790 ($114,687) $— $270,103 Consolidated net income (loss) $1,426,161 ($416,111) ($236,028) $774,022 Total assets as of September 30, 2024 $68,708,628 $833,783 ($5,080,362) $64,462,049 2023 Operating revenues $9,325,977 $96,661 ($31) $9,422,607 Income taxes $304,352 ($21,534) $— $282,818 Consolidated net income (loss) $1,666,701 ($74,257) ($218,418) $1,374,026 Total assets as of December 31, 2023 $63,887,038 $836,598 ($5,020,240) $59,703,396 Eliminations are primarily intersegment activity. All of Entergy’s goodwill is related to the Utility segment. Registrant Subsidiaries Each of the Registrant Subsidiaries has one reportable segment, which is an integrated utility business, except for System Energy, which is an electricity generation business. Each of the Registrant Subsidiaries’ operations are managed on an integrated basis by that company because of the substantial effect of cost-based rates and regulatory oversight on the business process, cost structures, and operating results. Management allocates resources and assesses financial performance on a consolidated basis.
Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]	BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Entergy has a single reportable segment, Utility, which includes the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electric power in portions of Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas, and Louisiana, including the City of New Orleans; and operation of a small natural gas distribution business in portions of Louisiana. The Utility segment reflects management’s primary basis of organization with a predominant focus on its utility operations in the Gulf South. Parent & Other includes the parent company, Entergy Corporation, and other business activity, including Entergy’s non-utility operations business which owns interests in non-nuclear power plants that sell the electric power produced by those plants to wholesale customers and also provides decommissioning services to nuclear power plants owned by non-affiliated entities in the United States. Entergy’s segment financial information for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023 was as follows: Utility Parent & Other Eliminations Consolidated (In Thousands) 2024 Operating revenues $3,370,138 $18,985 ($23) $3,389,100 Income taxes $237,225 ($21,750) $— $215,475 Consolidated net income (loss) $786,862 ($63,526) ($77,582) $645,754 2023 Operating revenues $3,559,240 $36,302 ($20) $3,595,522 Income taxes $225,989 $1,008 $— $226,997 Consolidated net income (loss) $754,036 ($3,304) ($81,018) $669,714 Entergy’s segment financial information for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 was as follows: Utility Parent & Other Eliminations Consolidated (In Thousands) 2024 Operating revenues $9,083,715 $53,687 ($54) $9,137,348 Income taxes $384,790 ($114,687) $— $270,103 Consolidated net income (loss) $1,426,161 ($416,111) ($236,028) $774,022 Total assets as of September 30, 2024 $68,708,628 $833,783 ($5,080,362) $64,462,049 2023 Operating revenues $9,325,977 $96,661 ($31) $9,422,607 Income taxes $304,352 ($21,534) $— $282,818 Consolidated net income (loss) $1,666,701 ($74,257) ($218,418) $1,374,026 Total assets as of December 31, 2023 $63,887,038 $836,598 ($5,020,240) $59,703,396 Eliminations are primarily intersegment activity. All of Entergy’s goodwill is related to the Utility segment. Registrant Subsidiaries Each of the Registrant Subsidiaries has one reportable segment, which is an integrated utility business, except for System Energy, which is an electricity generation business. Each of the Registrant Subsidiaries’ operations are managed on an integrated basis by that company because of the substantial effect of cost-based rates and regulatory oversight on the business process, cost structures, and operating results. Management allocates resources and assesses financial performance on a consolidated basis.
Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]	BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Entergy has a single reportable segment, Utility, which includes the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electric power in portions of Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas, and Louisiana, including the City of New Orleans; and operation of a small natural gas distribution business in portions of Louisiana. The Utility segment reflects management’s primary basis of organization with a predominant focus on its utility operations in the Gulf South. Parent & Other includes the parent company, Entergy Corporation, and other business activity, including Entergy’s non-utility operations business which owns interests in non-nuclear power plants that sell the electric power produced by those plants to wholesale customers and also provides decommissioning services to nuclear power plants owned by non-affiliated entities in the United States. Entergy’s segment financial information for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023 was as follows: Utility Parent & Other Eliminations Consolidated (In Thousands) 2024 Operating revenues $3,370,138 $18,985 ($23) $3,389,100 Income taxes $237,225 ($21,750) $— $215,475 Consolidated net income (loss) $786,862 ($63,526) ($77,582) $645,754 2023 Operating revenues $3,559,240 $36,302 ($20) $3,595,522 Income taxes $225,989 $1,008 $— $226,997 Consolidated net income (loss) $754,036 ($3,304) ($81,018) $669,714 Entergy’s segment financial information for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 was as follows: Utility Parent & Other Eliminations Consolidated (In Thousands) 2024 Operating revenues $9,083,715 $53,687 ($54) $9,137,348 Income taxes $384,790 ($114,687) $— $270,103 Consolidated net income (loss) $1,426,161 ($416,111) ($236,028) $774,022 Total assets as of September 30, 2024 $68,708,628 $833,783 ($5,080,362) $64,462,049 2023 Operating revenues $9,325,977 $96,661 ($31) $9,422,607 Income taxes $304,352 ($21,534) $— $282,818 Consolidated net income (loss) $1,666,701 ($74,257) ($218,418) $1,374,026 Total assets as of December 31, 2023 $63,887,038 $836,598 ($5,020,240) $59,703,396 Eliminations are primarily intersegment activity. All of Entergy’s goodwill is related to the Utility segment. Registrant Subsidiaries Each of the Registrant Subsidiaries has one reportable segment, which is an integrated utility business, except for System Energy, which is an electricity generation business. Each of the Registrant Subsidiaries’ operations are managed on an integrated basis by that company because of the substantial effect of cost-based rates and regulatory oversight on the business process, cost structures, and operating results. Management allocates resources and assesses financial performance on a consolidated basis.
Entergy Texas [Member]
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]	BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Entergy has a single reportable segment, Utility, which includes the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electric power in portions of Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas, and Louisiana, including the City of New Orleans; and operation of a small natural gas distribution business in portions of Louisiana. The Utility segment reflects management’s primary basis of organization with a predominant focus on its utility operations in the Gulf South. Parent & Other includes the parent company, Entergy Corporation, and other business activity, including Entergy’s non-utility operations business which owns interests in non-nuclear power plants that sell the electric power produced by those plants to wholesale customers and also provides decommissioning services to nuclear power plants owned by non-affiliated entities in the United States. Entergy’s segment financial information for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023 was as follows: Utility Parent & Other Eliminations Consolidated (In Thousands) 2024 Operating revenues $3,370,138 $18,985 ($23) $3,389,100 Income taxes $237,225 ($21,750) $— $215,475 Consolidated net income (loss) $786,862 ($63,526) ($77,582) $645,754 2023 Operating revenues $3,559,240 $36,302 ($20) $3,595,522 Income taxes $225,989 $1,008 $— $226,997 Consolidated net income (loss) $754,036 ($3,304) ($81,018) $669,714 Entergy’s segment financial information for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 was as follows: Utility Parent & Other Eliminations Consolidated (In Thousands) 2024 Operating revenues $9,083,715 $53,687 ($54) $9,137,348 Income taxes $384,790 ($114,687) $— $270,103 Consolidated net income (loss) $1,426,161 ($416,111) ($236,028) $774,022 Total assets as of September 30, 2024 $68,708,628 $833,783 ($5,080,362) $64,462,049 2023 Operating revenues $9,325,977 $96,661 ($31) $9,422,607 Income taxes $304,352 ($21,534) $— $282,818 Consolidated net income (loss) $1,666,701 ($74,257) ($218,418) $1,374,026 Total assets as of December 31, 2023 $63,887,038 $836,598 ($5,020,240) $59,703,396 Eliminations are primarily intersegment activity. All of Entergy’s goodwill is related to the Utility segment. Registrant Subsidiaries Each of the Registrant Subsidiaries has one reportable segment, which is an integrated utility business, except for System Energy, which is an electricity generation business. Each of the Registrant Subsidiaries’ operations are managed on an integrated basis by that company because of the substantial effect of cost-based rates and regulatory oversight on the business process, cost structures, and operating results. Management allocates resources and assesses financial performance on a consolidated basis.
System Energy [Member]
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]	BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Entergy has a single reportable segment, Utility, which includes the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electric power in portions of Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas, and Louisiana, including the City of New Orleans; and operation of a small natural gas distribution business in portions of Louisiana. The Utility segment reflects management’s primary basis of organization with a predominant focus on its utility operations in the Gulf South. Parent & Other includes the parent company, Entergy Corporation, and other business activity, including Entergy’s non-utility operations business which owns interests in non-nuclear power plants that sell the electric power produced by those plants to wholesale customers and also provides decommissioning services to nuclear power plants owned by non-affiliated entities in the United States. Entergy’s segment financial information for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023 was as follows: Utility Parent & Other Eliminations Consolidated (In Thousands) 2024 Operating revenues $3,370,138 $18,985 ($23) $3,389,100 Income taxes $237,225 ($21,750) $— $215,475 Consolidated net income (loss) $786,862 ($63,526) ($77,582) $645,754 2023 Operating revenues $3,559,240 $36,302 ($20) $3,595,522 Income taxes $225,989 $1,008 $— $226,997 Consolidated net income (loss) $754,036 ($3,304) ($81,018) $669,714 Entergy’s segment financial information for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 was as follows: Utility Parent & Other Eliminations Consolidated (In Thousands) 2024 Operating revenues $9,083,715 $53,687 ($54) $9,137,348 Income taxes $384,790 ($114,687) $— $270,103 Consolidated net income (loss) $1,426,161 ($416,111) ($236,028) $774,022 Total assets as of September 30, 2024 $68,708,628 $833,783 ($5,080,362) $64,462,049 2023 Operating revenues $9,325,977 $96,661 ($31) $9,422,607 Income taxes $304,352 ($21,534) $— $282,818 Consolidated net income (loss) $1,666,701 ($74,257) ($218,418) $1,374,026 Total assets as of December 31, 2023 $63,887,038 $836,598 ($5,020,240) $59,703,396 Eliminations are primarily intersegment activity. All of Entergy’s goodwill is related to the Utility segment. Registrant Subsidiaries Each of the Registrant Subsidiaries has one reportable segment, which is an integrated utility business, except for System Energy, which is an electricity generation business. Each of the Registrant Subsidiaries’ operations are managed on an integrated basis by that company because of the substantial effect of cost-based rates and regulatory oversight on the business process, cost structures, and operating results. Management allocates resources and assesses financial performance on a consolidated basis.

Risk Management And Fair Values

Risk Management And Fair Values	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Text Block]	RISK MANAGEMENT AND FAIR VALUES (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Market Risk In the normal course of business, Entergy is exposed to a number of market risks. Market risk is the potential loss that Entergy may incur as a result of changes in the market or fair value of a particular commodity or instrument. All financial and commodity-related instruments, including derivatives, are subject to market risk including commodity price risk, equity price, and interest rate risk. Entergy uses derivatives primarily to mitigate commodity price risk, particularly power price and fuel price risk. The Utility has limited exposure to the effects of market risk because it operates primarily under cost-based rate regulation. To the extent approved by their retail regulators, the Utility operating companies use commodity and financial instruments to hedge the exposure to price volatility inherent in their purchased power, fuel, and gas purchased for resale costs, that are recovered from customers. Entergy’s exposure to market risk is determined by a number of factors, including the size, term, composition, and diversification of positions held, as well as market volatility and liquidity. For instruments such as options, the time period during which the option may be exercised and the relationship between the current market price of the underlying instrument and the option’s contractual strike or exercise price also affects the level of market risk. A significant factor influencing the overall level of market risk to which Entergy is exposed is its use of hedging techniques to mitigate such risk. Hedging instruments and volumes are chosen based on ability to mitigate risk associated with future energy and capacity prices; however, other considerations are factored into hedge product and volume decisions including corporate liquidity, corporate credit ratings, counterparty credit risk, hedging costs, firm settlement risk, and product availability in the marketplace. Entergy manages market risk by actively monitoring compliance with stated risk management policies as well as monitoring the effectiveness of its hedging policies and strategies. Entergy’s risk management policies limit the amount of total net exposure and rolling net exposure during the stated periods. These policies, including related risk limits, are regularly assessed to ensure their appropriateness given Entergy’s objectives. Derivatives Entergy designates a significant portion of its derivative instruments as normal purchase/normal sale transactions due to their physical settlement provisions, including power purchase and sales agreements, fuel purchase agreements, and capacity contracts. Certain derivative instruments do not qualify for designation as normal purchase/normal sale transactions due to their financial settlement provisions. See further discussion below regarding the accounting for these derivative instruments. Entergy manages fuel price volatility for its Louisiana jurisdictions (Entergy Louisiana and Entergy New Orleans) and Entergy Mississippi through the purchase of natural gas swaps and options that financially settle against either the average Henry Hub Gas Daily prices or the NYMEX Henry Hub. These swaps and options are marked-to-market through fuel expense with offsetting regulatory assets or liabilities. All benefits or costs of the program are recorded in fuel costs. The notional volumes of these swaps are based on a portion of projected annual exposure to gas price volatility for electric generation at Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Mississippi and projected winter purchases for gas distribution at Entergy New Orleans. The maximum length of time over which Entergy has executed natural gas swaps and options as of September 30, 2024 is 6 months for Entergy Mississippi. The total volume of natural gas swaps and options outstanding as of September 30, 2024 is 8,607,900 MMBtu for Entergy and Entergy Mississippi. As of September 30, 2024, Entergy Louisiana and Entergy New Orleans had no outstanding natural gas swaps or options. Credit support for these natural gas swaps and options is covered by master agreements that do not require Entergy to provide collateral based on mark-to-market value, but do carry adequate assurance language that may lead to requests for collateral. During the second quarter 2024, Entergy participated in the annual financial transmission rights auction process for the MISO planning year of June 1, 2024 through May 31, 2025. Financial transmission rights are derivative instruments that represent economic hedges of future congestion charges that will be incurred in serving Entergy’s customer load. They are not designated as hedging instruments. Entergy initially records financial transmission rights at their estimated fair value and subsequently adjusts the carrying value to their estimated fair value at the end of each accounting period prior to settlement. Unrealized gains or losses on financial transmission rights held by the non-utility operations are included in operating revenues. The Utility operating companies recognize regulatory liabilities or assets for unrealized gains or losses on financial transmission rights. The total volume of financial transmission rights outstanding as of September 30, 2024 is 94,828 GWh for Entergy, including 22,829 GWh for Entergy Arkansas, 39,940 GWh for Entergy Louisiana, 14,199 GWh for Entergy Mississippi, 3,937 GWh for Entergy New Orleans, and 13,720 GWh for Entergy Texas. Credit support for financial transmission rights held by the Utility operating companies is covered by cash and/or letters of credit issued by each Utility operating company as required by MISO. Credit support for financial transmission rights held by Entergy’s non-utility operations business is covered by cash. No cash or letters of credit were required to be posted for financial transmission rights exposure for the non-utility operations business as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023. Letters of credit posted with MISO covered the financial transmission rights exposure for Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy Texas as of September 30, 2024 and for Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy Texas as of December 31, 2023. The fair values of Entergy’s derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are shown in the table below. Certain investments, including those not designated as hedging instruments, are subject to master netting agreements and are presented in the balance sheet on a net basis in accordance with accounting guidance for derivatives and hedging. Instrument Balance Sheet Location Gross Fair Value (a) Offsetting Position (b) Net Fair Value (c) (d) (In Millions) 2024 Assets: Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $31 ($1) $ 30 Liabilities: Natural gas swaps and options Other current liabilities $1 $— $ 1 Financial transmission rights Other current liabilities ($1) $1 $ — 2023 Assets: Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $21 $— $ 21 Liabilities: Natural gas swaps and options Other current liabilities $11 $— $ 11 (a) Represents the gross amounts of recognized assets/liabilities (b) Represents the netting of fair value balances with the same counterparty (c) Represents the net amounts of assets/liabilities presented on the Entergy Corporation and Subsidiaries’ Consolidated Balance Sheets (d) Excludes letters of credit each in the amount of $2 million posted as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 The effects of Entergy’s derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the consolidated income statements for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Instrument Income Statement Amount of gain (loss) (In Millions) 2024 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale (a) ($1) Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense (b) $ 33 2023 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale (a) ($6) Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense (b) $ 48 The effects of Entergy’s derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the consolidated income statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Instrument Income Statement Amount of gain (loss) (In Millions) 2024 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale (a) ($7) Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense (b) $ 133 2023 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale (a) ($44) Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense (b) $ 96 (a) Due to regulatory treatment, the natural gas swaps and options are marked-to-market through fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as fuel expenses when the swaps and options are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms. (b) Due to regulatory treatment, the changes in the estimated fair value of financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are recorded through purchased power expense and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as purchased power expense when the financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms. The fair values of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ balance sheets as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are shown in the tables below. Certain investments, including those not designated as hedging instruments, are subject to master netting agreements and are presented in the balance sheet on a net basis in accordance with accounting guidance for derivatives and hedging. Instrument Balance Sheet Location Gross Fair Value (a) Offsetting Position (b) Net Fair Value (c) (d) Registrant (In Millions) 2024 Assets: Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $13.0 $— $ 13.0 Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $12.5 ($0.9) $ 11.6 Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $2.0 $— $ 2.0 Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $4.0 $— $ 4.0 Entergy Texas Liabilities: Natural gas swaps Other current liabilities $0.5 $— $ 0.5 Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Other current liabilities ($0.6) $0.9 $ 0.3 Entergy Mississippi 2023 Assets: Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $6.0 $— $ 6.0 Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $9.8 $— $ 9.8 Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $1.4 $— $ 1.4 Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $1.1 $— $ 1.1 Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $2.7 ($0.3) $ 2.4 Entergy Texas Liabilities: Natural gas swaps and options Other current liabilities $0.4 $— $ 0.4 Entergy Louisiana Natural gas swaps Other current liabilities $10.1 $— $ 10.1 Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Other current liabilities $0.6 $— $ 0.6 Entergy New Orleans (a) Represents the gross amounts of recognized assets/liabilities (b) Represents the netting of fair value balances with the same counterparty (c) Represents the net amounts of assets/liabilities presented on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ balance sheets (d) As of September 30, 2024, letters of credit posted with MISO covered financial transmission rights exposure of $0.2 million for Entergy Louisiana, $0.9 million for Entergy Mississippi, and $0.8 million for Entergy Texas. As of December 31, 2023, letters of credit posted with MISO covered financial transmission rights exposure of $1.2 million for Entergy Arkansas, $0.5 million for Entergy Louisiana, $0.3 million for Entergy Mississippi, and $0.1 million for Entergy Texas. The effects of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ income statements for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Instrument Income Statement Location Amount of gain Registrant (In Millions) 2024 Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale $ 0.9 (a) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 12.5 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 14.1 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 2.0 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 1.2 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 3.4 (b) Entergy Texas 2023 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($1.7) (a) Entergy Louisiana Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($4.4) (a) Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($0.4) (a) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 10.2 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 18.3 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 6.6 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 2.4 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 10.4 (b) Entergy Texas The effects of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ income statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Instrument Income Statement Location Amount of gain Registrant (In Millions) 2024 Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale $ 6.2 (a) Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale $ 0.5 (a) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 51.4 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 55.3 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 5.1 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 5.6 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 15.5 (b) Entergy Texas 2023 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($7.5) (a) Entergy Louisiana Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($34.1) (a) Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($2.5) (a) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 18.2 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 46.7 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 11.1 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 4.8 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 14.5 (b) Entergy Texas (a) Due to regulatory treatment, the natural gas swaps and options are marked-to-market through fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as fuel expenses when the swaps and options are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms. (b) Due to regulatory treatment, the changes in the estimated fair value of financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are recorded through purchased power expense and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as purchased power expense when the financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms. Fair Values The estimated fair values of Entergy’s financial instruments and derivatives are determined using historical prices, bid prices, market quotes, and financial modeling. Considerable judgment is required in developing the estimates of fair value. Therefore, estimates are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that Entergy could realize in a current market exchange. Gains or losses realized on financial instruments are reflected in future rates and therefore do not affect net income. Entergy considers the carrying amounts of most financial instruments classified as current assets and liabilities to be a reasonable estimate of their fair value because of the short maturity of these instruments. Accounting standards define fair value as an exit price, or the price that would be received to sell an asset or the amount that would be paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between knowledgeable market participants at the date of measurement. Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries use assumptions or market input data that market participants would use in pricing assets or liabilities at fair value. The inputs can be readily observable, corroborated by market data, or generally unobservable. Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries endeavor to use the best available information to determine fair value. Accounting standards establish a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value. The hierarchy establishes the highest priority for unadjusted market quotes in an active market for the identical asset or liability and the lowest priority for unobservable inputs. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are: • Level 1 - Level 1 inputs are unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the entity has the ability to access at the measurement date. Active markets are those in which transactions for the asset or liability occur in sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis. Level 1 primarily consists of individually owned common stocks, cash equivalents (temporary cash investments, securitization recovery trust account, and escrow accounts), debt instruments, and gas swaps traded on exchanges with active markets. Cash equivalents includes all unrestricted highly liquid debt instruments with an original or remaining maturity of three months or less at the date of purchase. • Level 2 - Level 2 inputs are inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are, either directly or indirectly, observable for the asset or liability at the measurement date. Assets are valued based on prices derived by independent third parties that use inputs such as benchmark yields, reported trades, broker/dealer quotes, and issuer spreads. Prices are reviewed and can be challenged with the independent parties and/or overridden by Entergy if it is believed such would be more reflective of fair value. Level 2 inputs include the following: – quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; – quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in inactive markets; – inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability; or – inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means. Level 2 consists primarily of individually-owned debt instruments and gas swaps and options valued using observable inputs. • Level 3 - Level 3 inputs are pricing inputs that are generally less observable or unobservable from objective sources. These inputs are used with internally developed methodologies to produce management’s best estimate of fair value for the asset or liability. Level 3 consists primarily of financial transmission rights. The values of financial transmission rights are based on unobservable inputs, including estimates of congestion costs in MISO between applicable generation and load pricing nodes based on the 50th percentile of historical prices. They are classified as Level 3 assets and liabilities. The valuations of these assets and liabilities are performed by the Office of Corporate Risk Oversight. The values are calculated internally and verified against the data published by MISO. Entergy’s Accounting group reviews these valuations for reasonableness, with the assistance of others within the organization with knowledge of the various inputs and assumptions used in the valuation. The Office of Corporate Risk Oversight reports to the Vice President and Treasurer. The Accounting group reports to the Chief Accounting Officer. The following tables set forth, by level within the fair value hierarchy, Entergy’s assets and liabilities that are accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023. The assessment of the significance of a particular input to a fair value measurement requires judgment and may affect placement within the fair value hierarchy levels. 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $1,321 $— $— $1,321 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 43 — — 43 Debt securities 796 1,255 — 2,051 Common trusts (b) 3,448 Securitization recovery trust account 11 — — 11 Storm reserve escrow accounts 336 — — 336 Financial transmission rights — — 30 30 $2,507 $1,255 $30 $7,240 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $1 $— $— $1 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $61 $— $— $61 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 24 — — 24 Debt securities 611 1,159 — 1,770 Common trusts (b) 3,070 Securitization recovery trust account 8 — — 8 Storm reserve escrow accounts 323 — — 323 Financial transmission rights — — 21 21 $1,027 $1,159 $21 $5,277 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $11 $— $— $11 (a) The decommissioning trust funds hold equity and fixed income securities. Equity securities are invested to approximate the returns of major market indices. Fixed income securities are held in various governmental and corporate securities. See Note 9 to the financial statements herein for additional information on the investment portfolios. (b) Common trust funds are not publicly quoted and are valued by the fund administrators using net asset value as a practical expedient. Accordingly, these funds are not assigned a level in the fair value table. The fund administrator of these investments allows daily trading at the net asset value and trades settle at a later date. The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Balance as of July 1, $48 $40 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 15 40 Settlements (33) (48) Balance as of September 30, $30 $32 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Balance as of January 1, $20 $19 Issuances of financial transmission rights 53 42 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 90 67 Settlements (133) (96) Balance as of September 30, $30 $32 The fair values of the Level 3 financial transmission rights are based on unobservable inputs calculated internally and verified against historical pricing data published by MISO. The following tables set forth, by level within the fair value hierarchy, the Registrant Subsidiaries’ assets and liabilities that are accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023. The assessment of the significance of a particular input to a fair value measurement requires judgment and may affect placement within the fair value hierarchy levels. Entergy Arkansas 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $632.9 $— $— $632.9 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 15.4 — — 15.4 Debt securities 191.8 405.7 — 597.5 Common trusts (b) 988.9 Financial transmission rights — — 13.0 13.0 $840.1 $405.7 $13.0 $2,247.7 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $3.1 $— $— $3.1 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 6.4 — — 6.4 Debt securities 129.9 367.0 — 496.9 Common trusts (b) 910.7 Financial transmission rights — — 6.0 6.0 $139.4 $367.0 $6.0 $1,423.1 Entergy Louisiana 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $100.8 $— $— $100.8 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 21.7 — — 21.7 Debt securities 303.8 573.8 — 877.6 Common trusts (b) 1,515.5 Storm reserve escrow account 253.7 — — 253.7 Financial transmission rights — — 11.6 11.6 $680.0 $573.8 $11.6 $2,780.9 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $0.5 $— $— $0.5 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 14.6 — — 14.6 Debt securities 271.7 516.4 — 788.1 Common trusts (b) 1,304.7 Storm reserve escrow account 243.8 — — 243.8 Financial transmission rights — — 9.8 9.8 $530.6 $516.4 $9.8 $2,361.5 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $0.4 $— $— $0.4 Entergy Mississippi 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $36.4 $— $— $36.4 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $0.5 $— $— $0.5 Financial transmission rights — — 0.3 0.3 $0.5 $— $0.3 $0.8 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $6.6 $— $— $6.6 Storm reserve escrow account 0.7 — — 0.7 Financial transmission rights — — 1.4 1.4 $7.3 $— $1.4 $8.7 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $10.1 $— $— $10.1 Entergy New Orleans 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $34.4 $— $— $34.4 Securitization recovery trust account 1.6 — — 1.6 Storm reserve escrow account 82.7 — — 82.7 Financial transmission rights — — 2.0 2.0 $118.7 $— $2.0 $120.7 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Securitization recovery trust account $2.4 $— $— $2.4 Storm reserve escrow account 78.7 — — 78.7 Financial transmission rights — — 1.1 1.1 $81.1 $— $1.1 $82.2 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $0.6 $— $— $0.6 Entergy Texas 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets : Temporary cash investments $353.4 $— $— $353.4 Securitization recovery trust account 9.7 — — 9.7 Financial transmission rights — — 4.0 4.0 $363.1 $— $4.0 $367.1 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets : Temporary cash investments $20.5 $— $— $20.5 Securitization recovery trust account 5.2 — — 5.2 Financial transmission rights — — 2.4 2.4 $25.7 $— $2.4 $28.1 System Energy 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $77.6 $— $— $77.6 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 5.5 — — 5.5 Debt securities 300.4 275.5 — 575.9 Common trusts (b) 943.9 $383.5 $275.5 $— $1,602.9 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities $2.7 $— $— $2.7 Debt securities 209.5 275.7 — 485.2 Common trusts (b) 854.4 $212.2 $275.7 $— $1,342.3 (a) The decommissioning trust funds hold equity and fixed income securities. Equity securities are invested to approximate the returns of major market indices. Fixed income securities are held in various governmental and corporate securities. See Note 9 to the financial statements herein for additional information on the investment portfolios. (b) Common trust funds are not publicly quoted and are valued by the fund administrators using net asset value as a practical expedient. Accordingly, these funds are not assigned a level in the fair value table. The fund administrator of these investments allows daily trading at the net asset value and trades settle at a later date. The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets (liabilities) for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the three months ended September 30, 2024. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of July 1, $16.1 $19.8 $3.6 $2.6 $6.6 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 9.4 5.9 (1.9) 0.6 0.8 Settlements (12.5) (14.1) (2.0) (1.2) (3.4) Balance as of September 30, $13.0 $11.6 ($0.3) $2.0 $4.0 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the three months ended September 30, 2023. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of July 1, $19.6 $16.7 $1.2 $1.5 $1.2 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 2.2 16.3 6.5 2.2 12.5 Settlements (10.2) (18.3) (6.6) (2.4) (10.4) Balance as of September 30, $11.6 $14.7 $1.1 $1.3 $3.3 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets (liabilities) for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of January 1, $6.0 $9.8 $1.3 $1.1 $2.4 Issuances of financial transmission rights 17.6 21.6 3.9 2.8 7.2 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 40.8 35.5 (0.4) 3.7 9.9 Settlements (51.4) (55.3) (5.1) (5.6) (15.5) Balance as of September 30, $13.0 $11.6 ($0.3) $2.0 $4.0 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of January 1, $10.3 $7.3 $0.6 $0.8 $0.1 Issuances of financial transmission rights 20.6 18.1 1.4 1.4 0.2 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset (1.1) 36.0 10.2 3.9 17.5 Settlements (18.2) (46.7) (11.1) (4.8) (14.5) Balance as of September 30, $11.6 $14.7 $1.1 $1.3 $3.3
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Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Text Block]	RISK MANAGEMENT AND FAIR VALUES (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Market Risk In the normal course of business, Entergy is exposed to a number of market risks. Market risk is the potential loss that Entergy may incur as a result of changes in the market or fair value of a particular commodity or instrument. All financial and commodity-related instruments, including derivatives, are subject to market risk including commodity price risk, equity price, and interest rate risk. Entergy uses derivatives primarily to mitigate commodity price risk, particularly power price and fuel price risk. The Utility has limited exposure to the effects of market risk because it operates primarily under cost-based rate regulation. To the extent approved by their retail regulators, the Utility operating companies use commodity and financial instruments to hedge the exposure to price volatility inherent in their purchased power, fuel, and gas purchased for resale costs, that are recovered from customers. Entergy’s exposure to market risk is determined by a number of factors, including the size, term, composition, and diversification of positions held, as well as market volatility and liquidity. For instruments such as options, the time period during which the option may be exercised and the relationship between the current market price of the underlying instrument and the option’s contractual strike or exercise price also affects the level of market risk. A significant factor influencing the overall level of market risk to which Entergy is exposed is its use of hedging techniques to mitigate such risk. Hedging instruments and volumes are chosen based on ability to mitigate risk associated with future energy and capacity prices; however, other considerations are factored into hedge product and volume decisions including corporate liquidity, corporate credit ratings, counterparty credit risk, hedging costs, firm settlement risk, and product availability in the marketplace. Entergy manages market risk by actively monitoring compliance with stated risk management policies as well as monitoring the effectiveness of its hedging policies and strategies. Entergy’s risk management policies limit the amount of total net exposure and rolling net exposure during the stated periods. These policies, including related risk limits, are regularly assessed to ensure their appropriateness given Entergy’s objectives. Derivatives Entergy designates a significant portion of its derivative instruments as normal purchase/normal sale transactions due to their physical settlement provisions, including power purchase and sales agreements, fuel purchase agreements, and capacity contracts. Certain derivative instruments do not qualify for designation as normal purchase/normal sale transactions due to their financial settlement provisions. See further discussion below regarding the accounting for these derivative instruments. Entergy manages fuel price volatility for its Louisiana jurisdictions (Entergy Louisiana and Entergy New Orleans) and Entergy Mississippi through the purchase of natural gas swaps and options that financially settle against either the average Henry Hub Gas Daily prices or the NYMEX Henry Hub. These swaps and options are marked-to-market through fuel expense with offsetting regulatory assets or liabilities. All benefits or costs of the program are recorded in fuel costs. The notional volumes of these swaps are based on a portion of projected annual exposure to gas price volatility for electric generation at Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Mississippi and projected winter purchases for gas distribution at Entergy New Orleans. The maximum length of time over which Entergy has executed natural gas swaps and options as of September 30, 2024 is 6 months for Entergy Mississippi. The total volume of natural gas swaps and options outstanding as of September 30, 2024 is 8,607,900 MMBtu for Entergy and Entergy Mississippi. As of September 30, 2024, Entergy Louisiana and Entergy New Orleans had no outstanding natural gas swaps or options. Credit support for these natural gas swaps and options is covered by master agreements that do not require Entergy to provide collateral based on mark-to-market value, but do carry adequate assurance language that may lead to requests for collateral. During the second quarter 2024, Entergy participated in the annual financial transmission rights auction process for the MISO planning year of June 1, 2024 through May 31, 2025. Financial transmission rights are derivative instruments that represent economic hedges of future congestion charges that will be incurred in serving Entergy’s customer load. They are not designated as hedging instruments. Entergy initially records financial transmission rights at their estimated fair value and subsequently adjusts the carrying value to their estimated fair value at the end of each accounting period prior to settlement. Unrealized gains or losses on financial transmission rights held by the non-utility operations are included in operating revenues. The Utility operating companies recognize regulatory liabilities or assets for unrealized gains or losses on financial transmission rights. The total volume of financial transmission rights outstanding as of September 30, 2024 is 94,828 GWh for Entergy, including 22,829 GWh for Entergy Arkansas, 39,940 GWh for Entergy Louisiana, 14,199 GWh for Entergy Mississippi, 3,937 GWh for Entergy New Orleans, and 13,720 GWh for Entergy Texas. Credit support for financial transmission rights held by the Utility operating companies is covered by cash and/or letters of credit issued by each Utility operating company as required by MISO. Credit support for financial transmission rights held by Entergy’s non-utility operations business is covered by cash. No cash or letters of credit were required to be posted for financial transmission rights exposure for the non-utility operations business as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023. Letters of credit posted with MISO covered the financial transmission rights exposure for Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy Texas as of September 30, 2024 and for Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy Texas as of December 31, 2023. The fair values of Entergy’s derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are shown in the table below. Certain investments, including those not designated as hedging instruments, are subject to master netting agreements and are presented in the balance sheet on a net basis in accordance with accounting guidance for derivatives and hedging. Instrument Balance Sheet Location Gross Fair Value (a) Offsetting Position (b) Net Fair Value (c) (d) (In Millions) 2024 Assets: Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $31 ($1) $ 30 Liabilities: Natural gas swaps and options Other current liabilities $1 $— $ 1 Financial transmission rights Other current liabilities ($1) $1 $ — 2023 Assets: Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $21 $— $ 21 Liabilities: Natural gas swaps and options Other current liabilities $11 $— $ 11 (a) Represents the gross amounts of recognized assets/liabilities (b) Represents the netting of fair value balances with the same counterparty (c) Represents the net amounts of assets/liabilities presented on the Entergy Corporation and Subsidiaries’ Consolidated Balance Sheets (d) Excludes letters of credit each in the amount of $2 million posted as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 The effects of Entergy’s derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the consolidated income statements for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Instrument Income Statement Amount of gain (loss) (In Millions) 2024 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale (a) ($1) Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense (b) $ 33 2023 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale (a) ($6) Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense (b) $ 48 The effects of Entergy’s derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the consolidated income statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Instrument Income Statement Amount of gain (loss) (In Millions) 2024 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale (a) ($7) Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense (b) $ 133 2023 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale (a) ($44) Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense (b) $ 96 (a) Due to regulatory treatment, the natural gas swaps and options are marked-to-market through fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as fuel expenses when the swaps and options are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms. (b) Due to regulatory treatment, the changes in the estimated fair value of financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are recorded through purchased power expense and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as purchased power expense when the financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms. The fair values of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ balance sheets as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are shown in the tables below. Certain investments, including those not designated as hedging instruments, are subject to master netting agreements and are presented in the balance sheet on a net basis in accordance with accounting guidance for derivatives and hedging. Instrument Balance Sheet Location Gross Fair Value (a) Offsetting Position (b) Net Fair Value (c) (d) Registrant (In Millions) 2024 Assets: Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $13.0 $— $ 13.0 Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $12.5 ($0.9) $ 11.6 Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $2.0 $— $ 2.0 Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $4.0 $— $ 4.0 Entergy Texas Liabilities: Natural gas swaps Other current liabilities $0.5 $— $ 0.5 Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Other current liabilities ($0.6) $0.9 $ 0.3 Entergy Mississippi 2023 Assets: Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $6.0 $— $ 6.0 Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $9.8 $— $ 9.8 Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $1.4 $— $ 1.4 Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $1.1 $— $ 1.1 Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $2.7 ($0.3) $ 2.4 Entergy Texas Liabilities: Natural gas swaps and options Other current liabilities $0.4 $— $ 0.4 Entergy Louisiana Natural gas swaps Other current liabilities $10.1 $— $ 10.1 Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Other current liabilities $0.6 $— $ 0.6 Entergy New Orleans (a) Represents the gross amounts of recognized assets/liabilities (b) Represents the netting of fair value balances with the same counterparty (c) Represents the net amounts of assets/liabilities presented on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ balance sheets (d) As of September 30, 2024, letters of credit posted with MISO covered financial transmission rights exposure of $0.2 million for Entergy Louisiana, $0.9 million for Entergy Mississippi, and $0.8 million for Entergy Texas. As of December 31, 2023, letters of credit posted with MISO covered financial transmission rights exposure of $1.2 million for Entergy Arkansas, $0.5 million for Entergy Louisiana, $0.3 million for Entergy Mississippi, and $0.1 million for Entergy Texas. The effects of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ income statements for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Instrument Income Statement Location Amount of gain Registrant (In Millions) 2024 Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale $ 0.9 (a) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 12.5 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 14.1 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 2.0 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 1.2 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 3.4 (b) Entergy Texas 2023 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($1.7) (a) Entergy Louisiana Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($4.4) (a) Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($0.4) (a) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 10.2 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 18.3 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 6.6 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 2.4 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 10.4 (b) Entergy Texas The effects of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ income statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Instrument Income Statement Location Amount of gain Registrant (In Millions) 2024 Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale $ 6.2 (a) Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale $ 0.5 (a) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 51.4 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 55.3 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 5.1 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 5.6 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 15.5 (b) Entergy Texas 2023 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($7.5) (a) Entergy Louisiana Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($34.1) (a) Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($2.5) (a) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 18.2 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 46.7 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 11.1 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 4.8 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 14.5 (b) Entergy Texas (a) Due to regulatory treatment, the natural gas swaps and options are marked-to-market through fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as fuel expenses when the swaps and options are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms. (b) Due to regulatory treatment, the changes in the estimated fair value of financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are recorded through purchased power expense and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as purchased power expense when the financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms. Fair Values The estimated fair values of Entergy’s financial instruments and derivatives are determined using historical prices, bid prices, market quotes, and financial modeling. Considerable judgment is required in developing the estimates of fair value. Therefore, estimates are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that Entergy could realize in a current market exchange. Gains or losses realized on financial instruments are reflected in future rates and therefore do not affect net income. Entergy considers the carrying amounts of most financial instruments classified as current assets and liabilities to be a reasonable estimate of their fair value because of the short maturity of these instruments. Accounting standards define fair value as an exit price, or the price that would be received to sell an asset or the amount that would be paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between knowledgeable market participants at the date of measurement. Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries use assumptions or market input data that market participants would use in pricing assets or liabilities at fair value. The inputs can be readily observable, corroborated by market data, or generally unobservable. Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries endeavor to use the best available information to determine fair value. Accounting standards establish a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value. The hierarchy establishes the highest priority for unadjusted market quotes in an active market for the identical asset or liability and the lowest priority for unobservable inputs. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are: • Level 1 - Level 1 inputs are unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the entity has the ability to access at the measurement date. Active markets are those in which transactions for the asset or liability occur in sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis. Level 1 primarily consists of individually owned common stocks, cash equivalents (temporary cash investments, securitization recovery trust account, and escrow accounts), debt instruments, and gas swaps traded on exchanges with active markets. Cash equivalents includes all unrestricted highly liquid debt instruments with an original or remaining maturity of three months or less at the date of purchase. • Level 2 - Level 2 inputs are inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are, either directly or indirectly, observable for the asset or liability at the measurement date. Assets are valued based on prices derived by independent third parties that use inputs such as benchmark yields, reported trades, broker/dealer quotes, and issuer spreads. Prices are reviewed and can be challenged with the independent parties and/or overridden by Entergy if it is believed such would be more reflective of fair value. Level 2 inputs include the following: – quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; – quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in inactive markets; – inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability; or – inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means. Level 2 consists primarily of individually-owned debt instruments and gas swaps and options valued using observable inputs. • Level 3 - Level 3 inputs are pricing inputs that are generally less observable or unobservable from objective sources. These inputs are used with internally developed methodologies to produce management’s best estimate of fair value for the asset or liability. Level 3 consists primarily of financial transmission rights. The values of financial transmission rights are based on unobservable inputs, including estimates of congestion costs in MISO between applicable generation and load pricing nodes based on the 50th percentile of historical prices. They are classified as Level 3 assets and liabilities. The valuations of these assets and liabilities are performed by the Office of Corporate Risk Oversight. The values are calculated internally and verified against the data published by MISO. Entergy’s Accounting group reviews these valuations for reasonableness, with the assistance of others within the organization with knowledge of the various inputs and assumptions used in the valuation. The Office of Corporate Risk Oversight reports to the Vice President and Treasurer. The Accounting group reports to the Chief Accounting Officer. The following tables set forth, by level within the fair value hierarchy, Entergy’s assets and liabilities that are accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023. The assessment of the significance of a particular input to a fair value measurement requires judgment and may affect placement within the fair value hierarchy levels. 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $1,321 $— $— $1,321 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 43 — — 43 Debt securities 796 1,255 — 2,051 Common trusts (b) 3,448 Securitization recovery trust account 11 — — 11 Storm reserve escrow accounts 336 — — 336 Financial transmission rights — — 30 30 $2,507 $1,255 $30 $7,240 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $1 $— $— $1 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $61 $— $— $61 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 24 — — 24 Debt securities 611 1,159 — 1,770 Common trusts (b) 3,070 Securitization recovery trust account 8 — — 8 Storm reserve escrow accounts 323 — — 323 Financial transmission rights — — 21 21 $1,027 $1,159 $21 $5,277 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $11 $— $— $11 (a) The decommissioning trust funds hold equity and fixed income securities. Equity securities are invested to approximate the returns of major market indices. Fixed income securities are held in various governmental and corporate securities. See Note 9 to the financial statements herein for additional information on the investment portfolios. (b) Common trust funds are not publicly quoted and are valued by the fund administrators using net asset value as a practical expedient. Accordingly, these funds are not assigned a level in the fair value table. The fund administrator of these investments allows daily trading at the net asset value and trades settle at a later date. The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Balance as of July 1, $48 $40 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 15 40 Settlements (33) (48) Balance as of September 30, $30 $32 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Balance as of January 1, $20 $19 Issuances of financial transmission rights 53 42 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 90 67 Settlements (133) (96) Balance as of September 30, $30 $32 The fair values of the Level 3 financial transmission rights are based on unobservable inputs calculated internally and verified against historical pricing data published by MISO. The following tables set forth, by level within the fair value hierarchy, the Registrant Subsidiaries’ assets and liabilities that are accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023. The assessment of the significance of a particular input to a fair value measurement requires judgment and may affect placement within the fair value hierarchy levels. Entergy Arkansas 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $632.9 $— $— $632.9 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 15.4 — — 15.4 Debt securities 191.8 405.7 — 597.5 Common trusts (b) 988.9 Financial transmission rights — — 13.0 13.0 $840.1 $405.7 $13.0 $2,247.7 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $3.1 $— $— $3.1 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 6.4 — — 6.4 Debt securities 129.9 367.0 — 496.9 Common trusts (b) 910.7 Financial transmission rights — — 6.0 6.0 $139.4 $367.0 $6.0 $1,423.1 Entergy Louisiana 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $100.8 $— $— $100.8 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 21.7 — — 21.7 Debt securities 303.8 573.8 — 877.6 Common trusts (b) 1,515.5 Storm reserve escrow account 253.7 — — 253.7 Financial transmission rights — — 11.6 11.6 $680.0 $573.8 $11.6 $2,780.9 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $0.5 $— $— $0.5 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 14.6 — — 14.6 Debt securities 271.7 516.4 — 788.1 Common trusts (b) 1,304.7 Storm reserve escrow account 243.8 — — 243.8 Financial transmission rights — — 9.8 9.8 $530.6 $516.4 $9.8 $2,361.5 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $0.4 $— $— $0.4 Entergy Mississippi 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $36.4 $— $— $36.4 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $0.5 $— $— $0.5 Financial transmission rights — — 0.3 0.3 $0.5 $— $0.3 $0.8 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $6.6 $— $— $6.6 Storm reserve escrow account 0.7 — — 0.7 Financial transmission rights — — 1.4 1.4 $7.3 $— $1.4 $8.7 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $10.1 $— $— $10.1 Entergy New Orleans 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $34.4 $— $— $34.4 Securitization recovery trust account 1.6 — — 1.6 Storm reserve escrow account 82.7 — — 82.7 Financial transmission rights — — 2.0 2.0 $118.7 $— $2.0 $120.7 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Securitization recovery trust account $2.4 $— $— $2.4 Storm reserve escrow account 78.7 — — 78.7 Financial transmission rights — — 1.1 1.1 $81.1 $— $1.1 $82.2 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $0.6 $— $— $0.6 Entergy Texas 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets : Temporary cash investments $353.4 $— $— $353.4 Securitization recovery trust account 9.7 — — 9.7 Financial transmission rights — — 4.0 4.0 $363.1 $— $4.0 $367.1 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets : Temporary cash investments $20.5 $— $— $20.5 Securitization recovery trust account 5.2 — — 5.2 Financial transmission rights — — 2.4 2.4 $25.7 $— $2.4 $28.1 System Energy 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $77.6 $— $— $77.6 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 5.5 — — 5.5 Debt securities 300.4 275.5 — 575.9 Common trusts (b) 943.9 $383.5 $275.5 $— $1,602.9 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities $2.7 $— $— $2.7 Debt securities 209.5 275.7 — 485.2 Common trusts (b) 854.4 $212.2 $275.7 $— $1,342.3 (a) The decommissioning trust funds hold equity and fixed income securities. Equity securities are invested to approximate the returns of major market indices. Fixed income securities are held in various governmental and corporate securities. See Note 9 to the financial statements herein for additional information on the investment portfolios. (b) Common trust funds are not publicly quoted and are valued by the fund administrators using net asset value as a practical expedient. Accordingly, these funds are not assigned a level in the fair value table. The fund administrator of these investments allows daily trading at the net asset value and trades settle at a later date. The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets (liabilities) for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the three months ended September 30, 2024. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of July 1, $16.1 $19.8 $3.6 $2.6 $6.6 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 9.4 5.9 (1.9) 0.6 0.8 Settlements (12.5) (14.1) (2.0) (1.2) (3.4) Balance as of September 30, $13.0 $11.6 ($0.3) $2.0 $4.0 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the three months ended September 30, 2023. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of July 1, $19.6 $16.7 $1.2 $1.5 $1.2 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 2.2 16.3 6.5 2.2 12.5 Settlements (10.2) (18.3) (6.6) (2.4) (10.4) Balance as of September 30, $11.6 $14.7 $1.1 $1.3 $3.3 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets (liabilities) for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of January 1, $6.0 $9.8 $1.3 $1.1 $2.4 Issuances of financial transmission rights 17.6 21.6 3.9 2.8 7.2 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 40.8 35.5 (0.4) 3.7 9.9 Settlements (51.4) (55.3) (5.1) (5.6) (15.5) Balance as of September 30, $13.0 $11.6 ($0.3) $2.0 $4.0 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of January 1, $10.3 $7.3 $0.6 $0.8 $0.1 Issuances of financial transmission rights 20.6 18.1 1.4 1.4 0.2 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset (1.1) 36.0 10.2 3.9 17.5 Settlements (18.2) (46.7) (11.1) (4.8) (14.5) Balance as of September 30, $11.6 $14.7 $1.1 $1.3 $3.3
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Text Block]	RISK MANAGEMENT AND FAIR VALUES (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Market Risk In the normal course of business, Entergy is exposed to a number of market risks. Market risk is the potential loss that Entergy may incur as a result of changes in the market or fair value of a particular commodity or instrument. All financial and commodity-related instruments, including derivatives, are subject to market risk including commodity price risk, equity price, and interest rate risk. Entergy uses derivatives primarily to mitigate commodity price risk, particularly power price and fuel price risk. The Utility has limited exposure to the effects of market risk because it operates primarily under cost-based rate regulation. To the extent approved by their retail regulators, the Utility operating companies use commodity and financial instruments to hedge the exposure to price volatility inherent in their purchased power, fuel, and gas purchased for resale costs, that are recovered from customers. Entergy’s exposure to market risk is determined by a number of factors, including the size, term, composition, and diversification of positions held, as well as market volatility and liquidity. For instruments such as options, the time period during which the option may be exercised and the relationship between the current market price of the underlying instrument and the option’s contractual strike or exercise price also affects the level of market risk. A significant factor influencing the overall level of market risk to which Entergy is exposed is its use of hedging techniques to mitigate such risk. Hedging instruments and volumes are chosen based on ability to mitigate risk associated with future energy and capacity prices; however, other considerations are factored into hedge product and volume decisions including corporate liquidity, corporate credit ratings, counterparty credit risk, hedging costs, firm settlement risk, and product availability in the marketplace. Entergy manages market risk by actively monitoring compliance with stated risk management policies as well as monitoring the effectiveness of its hedging policies and strategies. Entergy’s risk management policies limit the amount of total net exposure and rolling net exposure during the stated periods. These policies, including related risk limits, are regularly assessed to ensure their appropriateness given Entergy’s objectives. Derivatives Entergy designates a significant portion of its derivative instruments as normal purchase/normal sale transactions due to their physical settlement provisions, including power purchase and sales agreements, fuel purchase agreements, and capacity contracts. Certain derivative instruments do not qualify for designation as normal purchase/normal sale transactions due to their financial settlement provisions. See further discussion below regarding the accounting for these derivative instruments. Entergy manages fuel price volatility for its Louisiana jurisdictions (Entergy Louisiana and Entergy New Orleans) and Entergy Mississippi through the purchase of natural gas swaps and options that financially settle against either the average Henry Hub Gas Daily prices or the NYMEX Henry Hub. These swaps and options are marked-to-market through fuel expense with offsetting regulatory assets or liabilities. All benefits or costs of the program are recorded in fuel costs. The notional volumes of these swaps are based on a portion of projected annual exposure to gas price volatility for electric generation at Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Mississippi and projected winter purchases for gas distribution at Entergy New Orleans. The maximum length of time over which Entergy has executed natural gas swaps and options as of September 30, 2024 is 6 months for Entergy Mississippi. The total volume of natural gas swaps and options outstanding as of September 30, 2024 is 8,607,900 MMBtu for Entergy and Entergy Mississippi. As of September 30, 2024, Entergy Louisiana and Entergy New Orleans had no outstanding natural gas swaps or options. Credit support for these natural gas swaps and options is covered by master agreements that do not require Entergy to provide collateral based on mark-to-market value, but do carry adequate assurance language that may lead to requests for collateral. During the second quarter 2024, Entergy participated in the annual financial transmission rights auction process for the MISO planning year of June 1, 2024 through May 31, 2025. Financial transmission rights are derivative instruments that represent economic hedges of future congestion charges that will be incurred in serving Entergy’s customer load. They are not designated as hedging instruments. Entergy initially records financial transmission rights at their estimated fair value and subsequently adjusts the carrying value to their estimated fair value at the end of each accounting period prior to settlement. Unrealized gains or losses on financial transmission rights held by the non-utility operations are included in operating revenues. The Utility operating companies recognize regulatory liabilities or assets for unrealized gains or losses on financial transmission rights. The total volume of financial transmission rights outstanding as of September 30, 2024 is 94,828 GWh for Entergy, including 22,829 GWh for Entergy Arkansas, 39,940 GWh for Entergy Louisiana, 14,199 GWh for Entergy Mississippi, 3,937 GWh for Entergy New Orleans, and 13,720 GWh for Entergy Texas. Credit support for financial transmission rights held by the Utility operating companies is covered by cash and/or letters of credit issued by each Utility operating company as required by MISO. Credit support for financial transmission rights held by Entergy’s non-utility operations business is covered by cash. No cash or letters of credit were required to be posted for financial transmission rights exposure for the non-utility operations business as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023. Letters of credit posted with MISO covered the financial transmission rights exposure for Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy Texas as of September 30, 2024 and for Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy Texas as of December 31, 2023. The fair values of Entergy’s derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are shown in the table below. Certain investments, including those not designated as hedging instruments, are subject to master netting agreements and are presented in the balance sheet on a net basis in accordance with accounting guidance for derivatives and hedging. Instrument Balance Sheet Location Gross Fair Value (a) Offsetting Position (b) Net Fair Value (c) (d) (In Millions) 2024 Assets: Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $31 ($1) $ 30 Liabilities: Natural gas swaps and options Other current liabilities $1 $— $ 1 Financial transmission rights Other current liabilities ($1) $1 $ — 2023 Assets: Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $21 $— $ 21 Liabilities: Natural gas swaps and options Other current liabilities $11 $— $ 11 (a) Represents the gross amounts of recognized assets/liabilities (b) Represents the netting of fair value balances with the same counterparty (c) Represents the net amounts of assets/liabilities presented on the Entergy Corporation and Subsidiaries’ Consolidated Balance Sheets (d) Excludes letters of credit each in the amount of $2 million posted as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 The effects of Entergy’s derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the consolidated income statements for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Instrument Income Statement Amount of gain (loss) (In Millions) 2024 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale (a) ($1) Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense (b) $ 33 2023 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale (a) ($6) Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense (b) $ 48 The effects of Entergy’s derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the consolidated income statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Instrument Income Statement Amount of gain (loss) (In Millions) 2024 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale (a) ($7) Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense (b) $ 133 2023 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale (a) ($44) Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense (b) $ 96 (a) Due to regulatory treatment, the natural gas swaps and options are marked-to-market through fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as fuel expenses when the swaps and options are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms. (b) Due to regulatory treatment, the changes in the estimated fair value of financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are recorded through purchased power expense and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as purchased power expense when the financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms. The fair values of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ balance sheets as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are shown in the tables below. Certain investments, including those not designated as hedging instruments, are subject to master netting agreements and are presented in the balance sheet on a net basis in accordance with accounting guidance for derivatives and hedging. Instrument Balance Sheet Location Gross Fair Value (a) Offsetting Position (b) Net Fair Value (c) (d) Registrant (In Millions) 2024 Assets: Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $13.0 $— $ 13.0 Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $12.5 ($0.9) $ 11.6 Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $2.0 $— $ 2.0 Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $4.0 $— $ 4.0 Entergy Texas Liabilities: Natural gas swaps Other current liabilities $0.5 $— $ 0.5 Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Other current liabilities ($0.6) $0.9 $ 0.3 Entergy Mississippi 2023 Assets: Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $6.0 $— $ 6.0 Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $9.8 $— $ 9.8 Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $1.4 $— $ 1.4 Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $1.1 $— $ 1.1 Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $2.7 ($0.3) $ 2.4 Entergy Texas Liabilities: Natural gas swaps and options Other current liabilities $0.4 $— $ 0.4 Entergy Louisiana Natural gas swaps Other current liabilities $10.1 $— $ 10.1 Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Other current liabilities $0.6 $— $ 0.6 Entergy New Orleans (a) Represents the gross amounts of recognized assets/liabilities (b) Represents the netting of fair value balances with the same counterparty (c) Represents the net amounts of assets/liabilities presented on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ balance sheets (d) As of September 30, 2024, letters of credit posted with MISO covered financial transmission rights exposure of $0.2 million for Entergy Louisiana, $0.9 million for Entergy Mississippi, and $0.8 million for Entergy Texas. As of December 31, 2023, letters of credit posted with MISO covered financial transmission rights exposure of $1.2 million for Entergy Arkansas, $0.5 million for Entergy Louisiana, $0.3 million for Entergy Mississippi, and $0.1 million for Entergy Texas. The effects of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ income statements for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Instrument Income Statement Location Amount of gain Registrant (In Millions) 2024 Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale $ 0.9 (a) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 12.5 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 14.1 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 2.0 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 1.2 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 3.4 (b) Entergy Texas 2023 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($1.7) (a) Entergy Louisiana Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($4.4) (a) Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($0.4) (a) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 10.2 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 18.3 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 6.6 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 2.4 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 10.4 (b) Entergy Texas The effects of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ income statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Instrument Income Statement Location Amount of gain Registrant (In Millions) 2024 Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale $ 6.2 (a) Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale $ 0.5 (a) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 51.4 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 55.3 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 5.1 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 5.6 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 15.5 (b) Entergy Texas 2023 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($7.5) (a) Entergy Louisiana Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($34.1) (a) Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($2.5) (a) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 18.2 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 46.7 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 11.1 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 4.8 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 14.5 (b) Entergy Texas (a) Due to regulatory treatment, the natural gas swaps and options are marked-to-market through fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as fuel expenses when the swaps and options are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms. (b) Due to regulatory treatment, the changes in the estimated fair value of financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are recorded through purchased power expense and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as purchased power expense when the financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms. Fair Values The estimated fair values of Entergy’s financial instruments and derivatives are determined using historical prices, bid prices, market quotes, and financial modeling. Considerable judgment is required in developing the estimates of fair value. Therefore, estimates are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that Entergy could realize in a current market exchange. Gains or losses realized on financial instruments are reflected in future rates and therefore do not affect net income. Entergy considers the carrying amounts of most financial instruments classified as current assets and liabilities to be a reasonable estimate of their fair value because of the short maturity of these instruments. Accounting standards define fair value as an exit price, or the price that would be received to sell an asset or the amount that would be paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between knowledgeable market participants at the date of measurement. Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries use assumptions or market input data that market participants would use in pricing assets or liabilities at fair value. The inputs can be readily observable, corroborated by market data, or generally unobservable. Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries endeavor to use the best available information to determine fair value. Accounting standards establish a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value. The hierarchy establishes the highest priority for unadjusted market quotes in an active market for the identical asset or liability and the lowest priority for unobservable inputs. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are: • Level 1 - Level 1 inputs are unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the entity has the ability to access at the measurement date. Active markets are those in which transactions for the asset or liability occur in sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis. Level 1 primarily consists of individually owned common stocks, cash equivalents (temporary cash investments, securitization recovery trust account, and escrow accounts), debt instruments, and gas swaps traded on exchanges with active markets. Cash equivalents includes all unrestricted highly liquid debt instruments with an original or remaining maturity of three months or less at the date of purchase. • Level 2 - Level 2 inputs are inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are, either directly or indirectly, observable for the asset or liability at the measurement date. Assets are valued based on prices derived by independent third parties that use inputs such as benchmark yields, reported trades, broker/dealer quotes, and issuer spreads. Prices are reviewed and can be challenged with the independent parties and/or overridden by Entergy if it is believed such would be more reflective of fair value. Level 2 inputs include the following: – quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; – quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in inactive markets; – inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability; or – inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means. Level 2 consists primarily of individually-owned debt instruments and gas swaps and options valued using observable inputs. • Level 3 - Level 3 inputs are pricing inputs that are generally less observable or unobservable from objective sources. These inputs are used with internally developed methodologies to produce management’s best estimate of fair value for the asset or liability. Level 3 consists primarily of financial transmission rights. The values of financial transmission rights are based on unobservable inputs, including estimates of congestion costs in MISO between applicable generation and load pricing nodes based on the 50th percentile of historical prices. They are classified as Level 3 assets and liabilities. The valuations of these assets and liabilities are performed by the Office of Corporate Risk Oversight. The values are calculated internally and verified against the data published by MISO. Entergy’s Accounting group reviews these valuations for reasonableness, with the assistance of others within the organization with knowledge of the various inputs and assumptions used in the valuation. The Office of Corporate Risk Oversight reports to the Vice President and Treasurer. The Accounting group reports to the Chief Accounting Officer. The following tables set forth, by level within the fair value hierarchy, Entergy’s assets and liabilities that are accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023. The assessment of the significance of a particular input to a fair value measurement requires judgment and may affect placement within the fair value hierarchy levels. 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $1,321 $— $— $1,321 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 43 — — 43 Debt securities 796 1,255 — 2,051 Common trusts (b) 3,448 Securitization recovery trust account 11 — — 11 Storm reserve escrow accounts 336 — — 336 Financial transmission rights — — 30 30 $2,507 $1,255 $30 $7,240 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $1 $— $— $1 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $61 $— $— $61 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 24 — — 24 Debt securities 611 1,159 — 1,770 Common trusts (b) 3,070 Securitization recovery trust account 8 — — 8 Storm reserve escrow accounts 323 — — 323 Financial transmission rights — — 21 21 $1,027 $1,159 $21 $5,277 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $11 $— $— $11 (a) The decommissioning trust funds hold equity and fixed income securities. Equity securities are invested to approximate the returns of major market indices. Fixed income securities are held in various governmental and corporate securities. See Note 9 to the financial statements herein for additional information on the investment portfolios. (b) Common trust funds are not publicly quoted and are valued by the fund administrators using net asset value as a practical expedient. Accordingly, these funds are not assigned a level in the fair value table. The fund administrator of these investments allows daily trading at the net asset value and trades settle at a later date. The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Balance as of July 1, $48 $40 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 15 40 Settlements (33) (48) Balance as of September 30, $30 $32 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Balance as of January 1, $20 $19 Issuances of financial transmission rights 53 42 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 90 67 Settlements (133) (96) Balance as of September 30, $30 $32 The fair values of the Level 3 financial transmission rights are based on unobservable inputs calculated internally and verified against historical pricing data published by MISO. The following tables set forth, by level within the fair value hierarchy, the Registrant Subsidiaries’ assets and liabilities that are accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023. The assessment of the significance of a particular input to a fair value measurement requires judgment and may affect placement within the fair value hierarchy levels. Entergy Arkansas 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $632.9 $— $— $632.9 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 15.4 — — 15.4 Debt securities 191.8 405.7 — 597.5 Common trusts (b) 988.9 Financial transmission rights — — 13.0 13.0 $840.1 $405.7 $13.0 $2,247.7 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $3.1 $— $— $3.1 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 6.4 — — 6.4 Debt securities 129.9 367.0 — 496.9 Common trusts (b) 910.7 Financial transmission rights — — 6.0 6.0 $139.4 $367.0 $6.0 $1,423.1 Entergy Louisiana 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $100.8 $— $— $100.8 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 21.7 — — 21.7 Debt securities 303.8 573.8 — 877.6 Common trusts (b) 1,515.5 Storm reserve escrow account 253.7 — — 253.7 Financial transmission rights — — 11.6 11.6 $680.0 $573.8 $11.6 $2,780.9 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $0.5 $— $— $0.5 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 14.6 — — 14.6 Debt securities 271.7 516.4 — 788.1 Common trusts (b) 1,304.7 Storm reserve escrow account 243.8 — — 243.8 Financial transmission rights — — 9.8 9.8 $530.6 $516.4 $9.8 $2,361.5 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $0.4 $— $— $0.4 Entergy Mississippi 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $36.4 $— $— $36.4 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $0.5 $— $— $0.5 Financial transmission rights — — 0.3 0.3 $0.5 $— $0.3 $0.8 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $6.6 $— $— $6.6 Storm reserve escrow account 0.7 — — 0.7 Financial transmission rights — — 1.4 1.4 $7.3 $— $1.4 $8.7 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $10.1 $— $— $10.1 Entergy New Orleans 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $34.4 $— $— $34.4 Securitization recovery trust account 1.6 — — 1.6 Storm reserve escrow account 82.7 — — 82.7 Financial transmission rights — — 2.0 2.0 $118.7 $— $2.0 $120.7 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Securitization recovery trust account $2.4 $— $— $2.4 Storm reserve escrow account 78.7 — — 78.7 Financial transmission rights — — 1.1 1.1 $81.1 $— $1.1 $82.2 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $0.6 $— $— $0.6 Entergy Texas 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets : Temporary cash investments $353.4 $— $— $353.4 Securitization recovery trust account 9.7 — — 9.7 Financial transmission rights — — 4.0 4.0 $363.1 $— $4.0 $367.1 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets : Temporary cash investments $20.5 $— $— $20.5 Securitization recovery trust account 5.2 — — 5.2 Financial transmission rights — — 2.4 2.4 $25.7 $— $2.4 $28.1 System Energy 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $77.6 $— $— $77.6 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 5.5 — — 5.5 Debt securities 300.4 275.5 — 575.9 Common trusts (b) 943.9 $383.5 $275.5 $— $1,602.9 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities $2.7 $— $— $2.7 Debt securities 209.5 275.7 — 485.2 Common trusts (b) 854.4 $212.2 $275.7 $— $1,342.3 (a) The decommissioning trust funds hold equity and fixed income securities. Equity securities are invested to approximate the returns of major market indices. Fixed income securities are held in various governmental and corporate securities. See Note 9 to the financial statements herein for additional information on the investment portfolios. (b) Common trust funds are not publicly quoted and are valued by the fund administrators using net asset value as a practical expedient. Accordingly, these funds are not assigned a level in the fair value table. The fund administrator of these investments allows daily trading at the net asset value and trades settle at a later date. The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets (liabilities) for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the three months ended September 30, 2024. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of July 1, $16.1 $19.8 $3.6 $2.6 $6.6 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 9.4 5.9 (1.9) 0.6 0.8 Settlements (12.5) (14.1) (2.0) (1.2) (3.4) Balance as of September 30, $13.0 $11.6 ($0.3) $2.0 $4.0 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the three months ended September 30, 2023. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of July 1, $19.6 $16.7 $1.2 $1.5 $1.2 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 2.2 16.3 6.5 2.2 12.5 Settlements (10.2) (18.3) (6.6) (2.4) (10.4) Balance as of September 30, $11.6 $14.7 $1.1 $1.3 $3.3 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets (liabilities) for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of January 1, $6.0 $9.8 $1.3 $1.1 $2.4 Issuances of financial transmission rights 17.6 21.6 3.9 2.8 7.2 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 40.8 35.5 (0.4) 3.7 9.9 Settlements (51.4) (55.3) (5.1) (5.6) (15.5) Balance as of September 30, $13.0 $11.6 ($0.3) $2.0 $4.0 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of January 1, $10.3 $7.3 $0.6 $0.8 $0.1 Issuances of financial transmission rights 20.6 18.1 1.4 1.4 0.2 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset (1.1) 36.0 10.2 3.9 17.5 Settlements (18.2) (46.7) (11.1) (4.8) (14.5) Balance as of September 30, $11.6 $14.7 $1.1 $1.3 $3.3
Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Text Block]	RISK MANAGEMENT AND FAIR VALUES (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Market Risk In the normal course of business, Entergy is exposed to a number of market risks. Market risk is the potential loss that Entergy may incur as a result of changes in the market or fair value of a particular commodity or instrument. All financial and commodity-related instruments, including derivatives, are subject to market risk including commodity price risk, equity price, and interest rate risk. Entergy uses derivatives primarily to mitigate commodity price risk, particularly power price and fuel price risk. The Utility has limited exposure to the effects of market risk because it operates primarily under cost-based rate regulation. To the extent approved by their retail regulators, the Utility operating companies use commodity and financial instruments to hedge the exposure to price volatility inherent in their purchased power, fuel, and gas purchased for resale costs, that are recovered from customers. Entergy’s exposure to market risk is determined by a number of factors, including the size, term, composition, and diversification of positions held, as well as market volatility and liquidity. For instruments such as options, the time period during which the option may be exercised and the relationship between the current market price of the underlying instrument and the option’s contractual strike or exercise price also affects the level of market risk. A significant factor influencing the overall level of market risk to which Entergy is exposed is its use of hedging techniques to mitigate such risk. Hedging instruments and volumes are chosen based on ability to mitigate risk associated with future energy and capacity prices; however, other considerations are factored into hedge product and volume decisions including corporate liquidity, corporate credit ratings, counterparty credit risk, hedging costs, firm settlement risk, and product availability in the marketplace. Entergy manages market risk by actively monitoring compliance with stated risk management policies as well as monitoring the effectiveness of its hedging policies and strategies. Entergy’s risk management policies limit the amount of total net exposure and rolling net exposure during the stated periods. These policies, including related risk limits, are regularly assessed to ensure their appropriateness given Entergy’s objectives. Derivatives Entergy designates a significant portion of its derivative instruments as normal purchase/normal sale transactions due to their physical settlement provisions, including power purchase and sales agreements, fuel purchase agreements, and capacity contracts. Certain derivative instruments do not qualify for designation as normal purchase/normal sale transactions due to their financial settlement provisions. See further discussion below regarding the accounting for these derivative instruments. Entergy manages fuel price volatility for its Louisiana jurisdictions (Entergy Louisiana and Entergy New Orleans) and Entergy Mississippi through the purchase of natural gas swaps and options that financially settle against either the average Henry Hub Gas Daily prices or the NYMEX Henry Hub. These swaps and options are marked-to-market through fuel expense with offsetting regulatory assets or liabilities. All benefits or costs of the program are recorded in fuel costs. The notional volumes of these swaps are based on a portion of projected annual exposure to gas price volatility for electric generation at Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Mississippi and projected winter purchases for gas distribution at Entergy New Orleans. The maximum length of time over which Entergy has executed natural gas swaps and options as of September 30, 2024 is 6 months for Entergy Mississippi. The total volume of natural gas swaps and options outstanding as of September 30, 2024 is 8,607,900 MMBtu for Entergy and Entergy Mississippi. As of September 30, 2024, Entergy Louisiana and Entergy New Orleans had no outstanding natural gas swaps or options. Credit support for these natural gas swaps and options is covered by master agreements that do not require Entergy to provide collateral based on mark-to-market value, but do carry adequate assurance language that may lead to requests for collateral. During the second quarter 2024, Entergy participated in the annual financial transmission rights auction process for the MISO planning year of June 1, 2024 through May 31, 2025. Financial transmission rights are derivative instruments that represent economic hedges of future congestion charges that will be incurred in serving Entergy’s customer load. They are not designated as hedging instruments. Entergy initially records financial transmission rights at their estimated fair value and subsequently adjusts the carrying value to their estimated fair value at the end of each accounting period prior to settlement. Unrealized gains or losses on financial transmission rights held by the non-utility operations are included in operating revenues. The Utility operating companies recognize regulatory liabilities or assets for unrealized gains or losses on financial transmission rights. The total volume of financial transmission rights outstanding as of September 30, 2024 is 94,828 GWh for Entergy, including 22,829 GWh for Entergy Arkansas, 39,940 GWh for Entergy Louisiana, 14,199 GWh for Entergy Mississippi, 3,937 GWh for Entergy New Orleans, and 13,720 GWh for Entergy Texas. Credit support for financial transmission rights held by the Utility operating companies is covered by cash and/or letters of credit issued by each Utility operating company as required by MISO. Credit support for financial transmission rights held by Entergy’s non-utility operations business is covered by cash. No cash or letters of credit were required to be posted for financial transmission rights exposure for the non-utility operations business as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023. Letters of credit posted with MISO covered the financial transmission rights exposure for Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy Texas as of September 30, 2024 and for Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy Texas as of December 31, 2023. The fair values of Entergy’s derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are shown in the table below. Certain investments, including those not designated as hedging instruments, are subject to master netting agreements and are presented in the balance sheet on a net basis in accordance with accounting guidance for derivatives and hedging. Instrument Balance Sheet Location Gross Fair Value (a) Offsetting Position (b) Net Fair Value (c) (d) (In Millions) 2024 Assets: Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $31 ($1) $ 30 Liabilities: Natural gas swaps and options Other current liabilities $1 $— $ 1 Financial transmission rights Other current liabilities ($1) $1 $ — 2023 Assets: Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $21 $— $ 21 Liabilities: Natural gas swaps and options Other current liabilities $11 $— $ 11 (a) Represents the gross amounts of recognized assets/liabilities (b) Represents the netting of fair value balances with the same counterparty (c) Represents the net amounts of assets/liabilities presented on the Entergy Corporation and Subsidiaries’ Consolidated Balance Sheets (d) Excludes letters of credit each in the amount of $2 million posted as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 The effects of Entergy’s derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the consolidated income statements for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Instrument Income Statement Amount of gain (loss) (In Millions) 2024 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale (a) ($1) Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense (b) $ 33 2023 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale (a) ($6) Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense (b) $ 48 The effects of Entergy’s derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the consolidated income statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Instrument Income Statement Amount of gain (loss) (In Millions) 2024 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale (a) ($7) Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense (b) $ 133 2023 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale (a) ($44) Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense (b) $ 96 (a) Due to regulatory treatment, the natural gas swaps and options are marked-to-market through fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as fuel expenses when the swaps and options are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms. (b) Due to regulatory treatment, the changes in the estimated fair value of financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are recorded through purchased power expense and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as purchased power expense when the financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms. The fair values of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ balance sheets as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are shown in the tables below. Certain investments, including those not designated as hedging instruments, are subject to master netting agreements and are presented in the balance sheet on a net basis in accordance with accounting guidance for derivatives and hedging. Instrument Balance Sheet Location Gross Fair Value (a) Offsetting Position (b) Net Fair Value (c) (d) Registrant (In Millions) 2024 Assets: Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $13.0 $— $ 13.0 Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $12.5 ($0.9) $ 11.6 Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $2.0 $— $ 2.0 Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $4.0 $— $ 4.0 Entergy Texas Liabilities: Natural gas swaps Other current liabilities $0.5 $— $ 0.5 Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Other current liabilities ($0.6) $0.9 $ 0.3 Entergy Mississippi 2023 Assets: Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $6.0 $— $ 6.0 Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $9.8 $— $ 9.8 Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $1.4 $— $ 1.4 Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $1.1 $— $ 1.1 Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $2.7 ($0.3) $ 2.4 Entergy Texas Liabilities: Natural gas swaps and options Other current liabilities $0.4 $— $ 0.4 Entergy Louisiana Natural gas swaps Other current liabilities $10.1 $— $ 10.1 Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Other current liabilities $0.6 $— $ 0.6 Entergy New Orleans (a) Represents the gross amounts of recognized assets/liabilities (b) Represents the netting of fair value balances with the same counterparty (c) Represents the net amounts of assets/liabilities presented on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ balance sheets (d) As of September 30, 2024, letters of credit posted with MISO covered financial transmission rights exposure of $0.2 million for Entergy Louisiana, $0.9 million for Entergy Mississippi, and $0.8 million for Entergy Texas. As of December 31, 2023, letters of credit posted with MISO covered financial transmission rights exposure of $1.2 million for Entergy Arkansas, $0.5 million for Entergy Louisiana, $0.3 million for Entergy Mississippi, and $0.1 million for Entergy Texas. The effects of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ income statements for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Instrument Income Statement Location Amount of gain Registrant (In Millions) 2024 Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale $ 0.9 (a) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 12.5 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 14.1 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 2.0 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 1.2 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 3.4 (b) Entergy Texas 2023 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($1.7) (a) Entergy Louisiana Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($4.4) (a) Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($0.4) (a) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 10.2 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 18.3 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 6.6 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 2.4 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 10.4 (b) Entergy Texas The effects of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ income statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Instrument Income Statement Location Amount of gain Registrant (In Millions) 2024 Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale $ 6.2 (a) Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale $ 0.5 (a) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 51.4 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 55.3 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 5.1 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 5.6 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 15.5 (b) Entergy Texas 2023 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($7.5) (a) Entergy Louisiana Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($34.1) (a) Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($2.5) (a) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 18.2 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 46.7 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 11.1 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 4.8 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 14.5 (b) Entergy Texas (a) Due to regulatory treatment, the natural gas swaps and options are marked-to-market through fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as fuel expenses when the swaps and options are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms. (b) Due to regulatory treatment, the changes in the estimated fair value of financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are recorded through purchased power expense and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as purchased power expense when the financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms. Fair Values The estimated fair values of Entergy’s financial instruments and derivatives are determined using historical prices, bid prices, market quotes, and financial modeling. Considerable judgment is required in developing the estimates of fair value. Therefore, estimates are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that Entergy could realize in a current market exchange. Gains or losses realized on financial instruments are reflected in future rates and therefore do not affect net income. Entergy considers the carrying amounts of most financial instruments classified as current assets and liabilities to be a reasonable estimate of their fair value because of the short maturity of these instruments. Accounting standards define fair value as an exit price, or the price that would be received to sell an asset or the amount that would be paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between knowledgeable market participants at the date of measurement. Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries use assumptions or market input data that market participants would use in pricing assets or liabilities at fair value. The inputs can be readily observable, corroborated by market data, or generally unobservable. Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries endeavor to use the best available information to determine fair value. Accounting standards establish a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value. The hierarchy establishes the highest priority for unadjusted market quotes in an active market for the identical asset or liability and the lowest priority for unobservable inputs. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are: • Level 1 - Level 1 inputs are unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the entity has the ability to access at the measurement date. Active markets are those in which transactions for the asset or liability occur in sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis. Level 1 primarily consists of individually owned common stocks, cash equivalents (temporary cash investments, securitization recovery trust account, and escrow accounts), debt instruments, and gas swaps traded on exchanges with active markets. Cash equivalents includes all unrestricted highly liquid debt instruments with an original or remaining maturity of three months or less at the date of purchase. • Level 2 - Level 2 inputs are inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are, either directly or indirectly, observable for the asset or liability at the measurement date. Assets are valued based on prices derived by independent third parties that use inputs such as benchmark yields, reported trades, broker/dealer quotes, and issuer spreads. Prices are reviewed and can be challenged with the independent parties and/or overridden by Entergy if it is believed such would be more reflective of fair value. Level 2 inputs include the following: – quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; – quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in inactive markets; – inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability; or – inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means. Level 2 consists primarily of individually-owned debt instruments and gas swaps and options valued using observable inputs. • Level 3 - Level 3 inputs are pricing inputs that are generally less observable or unobservable from objective sources. These inputs are used with internally developed methodologies to produce management’s best estimate of fair value for the asset or liability. Level 3 consists primarily of financial transmission rights. The values of financial transmission rights are based on unobservable inputs, including estimates of congestion costs in MISO between applicable generation and load pricing nodes based on the 50th percentile of historical prices. They are classified as Level 3 assets and liabilities. The valuations of these assets and liabilities are performed by the Office of Corporate Risk Oversight. The values are calculated internally and verified against the data published by MISO. Entergy’s Accounting group reviews these valuations for reasonableness, with the assistance of others within the organization with knowledge of the various inputs and assumptions used in the valuation. The Office of Corporate Risk Oversight reports to the Vice President and Treasurer. The Accounting group reports to the Chief Accounting Officer. The following tables set forth, by level within the fair value hierarchy, Entergy’s assets and liabilities that are accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023. The assessment of the significance of a particular input to a fair value measurement requires judgment and may affect placement within the fair value hierarchy levels. 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $1,321 $— $— $1,321 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 43 — — 43 Debt securities 796 1,255 — 2,051 Common trusts (b) 3,448 Securitization recovery trust account 11 — — 11 Storm reserve escrow accounts 336 — — 336 Financial transmission rights — — 30 30 $2,507 $1,255 $30 $7,240 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $1 $— $— $1 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $61 $— $— $61 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 24 — — 24 Debt securities 611 1,159 — 1,770 Common trusts (b) 3,070 Securitization recovery trust account 8 — — 8 Storm reserve escrow accounts 323 — — 323 Financial transmission rights — — 21 21 $1,027 $1,159 $21 $5,277 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $11 $— $— $11 (a) The decommissioning trust funds hold equity and fixed income securities. Equity securities are invested to approximate the returns of major market indices. Fixed income securities are held in various governmental and corporate securities. See Note 9 to the financial statements herein for additional information on the investment portfolios. (b) Common trust funds are not publicly quoted and are valued by the fund administrators using net asset value as a practical expedient. Accordingly, these funds are not assigned a level in the fair value table. The fund administrator of these investments allows daily trading at the net asset value and trades settle at a later date. The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Balance as of July 1, $48 $40 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 15 40 Settlements (33) (48) Balance as of September 30, $30 $32 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Balance as of January 1, $20 $19 Issuances of financial transmission rights 53 42 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 90 67 Settlements (133) (96) Balance as of September 30, $30 $32 The fair values of the Level 3 financial transmission rights are based on unobservable inputs calculated internally and verified against historical pricing data published by MISO. The following tables set forth, by level within the fair value hierarchy, the Registrant Subsidiaries’ assets and liabilities that are accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023. The assessment of the significance of a particular input to a fair value measurement requires judgment and may affect placement within the fair value hierarchy levels. Entergy Arkansas 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $632.9 $— $— $632.9 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 15.4 — — 15.4 Debt securities 191.8 405.7 — 597.5 Common trusts (b) 988.9 Financial transmission rights — — 13.0 13.0 $840.1 $405.7 $13.0 $2,247.7 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $3.1 $— $— $3.1 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 6.4 — — 6.4 Debt securities 129.9 367.0 — 496.9 Common trusts (b) 910.7 Financial transmission rights — — 6.0 6.0 $139.4 $367.0 $6.0 $1,423.1 Entergy Louisiana 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $100.8 $— $— $100.8 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 21.7 — — 21.7 Debt securities 303.8 573.8 — 877.6 Common trusts (b) 1,515.5 Storm reserve escrow account 253.7 — — 253.7 Financial transmission rights — — 11.6 11.6 $680.0 $573.8 $11.6 $2,780.9 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $0.5 $— $— $0.5 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 14.6 — — 14.6 Debt securities 271.7 516.4 — 788.1 Common trusts (b) 1,304.7 Storm reserve escrow account 243.8 — — 243.8 Financial transmission rights — — 9.8 9.8 $530.6 $516.4 $9.8 $2,361.5 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $0.4 $— $— $0.4 Entergy Mississippi 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $36.4 $— $— $36.4 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $0.5 $— $— $0.5 Financial transmission rights — — 0.3 0.3 $0.5 $— $0.3 $0.8 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $6.6 $— $— $6.6 Storm reserve escrow account 0.7 — — 0.7 Financial transmission rights — — 1.4 1.4 $7.3 $— $1.4 $8.7 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $10.1 $— $— $10.1 Entergy New Orleans 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $34.4 $— $— $34.4 Securitization recovery trust account 1.6 — — 1.6 Storm reserve escrow account 82.7 — — 82.7 Financial transmission rights — — 2.0 2.0 $118.7 $— $2.0 $120.7 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Securitization recovery trust account $2.4 $— $— $2.4 Storm reserve escrow account 78.7 — — 78.7 Financial transmission rights — — 1.1 1.1 $81.1 $— $1.1 $82.2 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $0.6 $— $— $0.6 Entergy Texas 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets : Temporary cash investments $353.4 $— $— $353.4 Securitization recovery trust account 9.7 — — 9.7 Financial transmission rights — — 4.0 4.0 $363.1 $— $4.0 $367.1 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets : Temporary cash investments $20.5 $— $— $20.5 Securitization recovery trust account 5.2 — — 5.2 Financial transmission rights — — 2.4 2.4 $25.7 $— $2.4 $28.1 System Energy 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $77.6 $— $— $77.6 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 5.5 — — 5.5 Debt securities 300.4 275.5 — 575.9 Common trusts (b) 943.9 $383.5 $275.5 $— $1,602.9 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities $2.7 $— $— $2.7 Debt securities 209.5 275.7 — 485.2 Common trusts (b) 854.4 $212.2 $275.7 $— $1,342.3 (a) The decommissioning trust funds hold equity and fixed income securities. Equity securities are invested to approximate the returns of major market indices. Fixed income securities are held in various governmental and corporate securities. See Note 9 to the financial statements herein for additional information on the investment portfolios. (b) Common trust funds are not publicly quoted and are valued by the fund administrators using net asset value as a practical expedient. Accordingly, these funds are not assigned a level in the fair value table. The fund administrator of these investments allows daily trading at the net asset value and trades settle at a later date. The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets (liabilities) for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the three months ended September 30, 2024. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of July 1, $16.1 $19.8 $3.6 $2.6 $6.6 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 9.4 5.9 (1.9) 0.6 0.8 Settlements (12.5) (14.1) (2.0) (1.2) (3.4) Balance as of September 30, $13.0 $11.6 ($0.3) $2.0 $4.0 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the three months ended September 30, 2023. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of July 1, $19.6 $16.7 $1.2 $1.5 $1.2 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 2.2 16.3 6.5 2.2 12.5 Settlements (10.2) (18.3) (6.6) (2.4) (10.4) Balance as of September 30, $11.6 $14.7 $1.1 $1.3 $3.3 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets (liabilities) for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of January 1, $6.0 $9.8 $1.3 $1.1 $2.4 Issuances of financial transmission rights 17.6 21.6 3.9 2.8 7.2 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 40.8 35.5 (0.4) 3.7 9.9 Settlements (51.4) (55.3) (5.1) (5.6) (15.5) Balance as of September 30, $13.0 $11.6 ($0.3) $2.0 $4.0 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of January 1, $10.3 $7.3 $0.6 $0.8 $0.1 Issuances of financial transmission rights 20.6 18.1 1.4 1.4 0.2 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset (1.1) 36.0 10.2 3.9 17.5 Settlements (18.2) (46.7) (11.1) (4.8) (14.5) Balance as of September 30, $11.6 $14.7 $1.1 $1.3 $3.3
Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Text Block]	RISK MANAGEMENT AND FAIR VALUES (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Market Risk In the normal course of business, Entergy is exposed to a number of market risks. Market risk is the potential loss that Entergy may incur as a result of changes in the market or fair value of a particular commodity or instrument. All financial and commodity-related instruments, including derivatives, are subject to market risk including commodity price risk, equity price, and interest rate risk. Entergy uses derivatives primarily to mitigate commodity price risk, particularly power price and fuel price risk. The Utility has limited exposure to the effects of market risk because it operates primarily under cost-based rate regulation. To the extent approved by their retail regulators, the Utility operating companies use commodity and financial instruments to hedge the exposure to price volatility inherent in their purchased power, fuel, and gas purchased for resale costs, that are recovered from customers. Entergy’s exposure to market risk is determined by a number of factors, including the size, term, composition, and diversification of positions held, as well as market volatility and liquidity. For instruments such as options, the time period during which the option may be exercised and the relationship between the current market price of the underlying instrument and the option’s contractual strike or exercise price also affects the level of market risk. A significant factor influencing the overall level of market risk to which Entergy is exposed is its use of hedging techniques to mitigate such risk. Hedging instruments and volumes are chosen based on ability to mitigate risk associated with future energy and capacity prices; however, other considerations are factored into hedge product and volume decisions including corporate liquidity, corporate credit ratings, counterparty credit risk, hedging costs, firm settlement risk, and product availability in the marketplace. Entergy manages market risk by actively monitoring compliance with stated risk management policies as well as monitoring the effectiveness of its hedging policies and strategies. Entergy’s risk management policies limit the amount of total net exposure and rolling net exposure during the stated periods. These policies, including related risk limits, are regularly assessed to ensure their appropriateness given Entergy’s objectives. Derivatives Entergy designates a significant portion of its derivative instruments as normal purchase/normal sale transactions due to their physical settlement provisions, including power purchase and sales agreements, fuel purchase agreements, and capacity contracts. Certain derivative instruments do not qualify for designation as normal purchase/normal sale transactions due to their financial settlement provisions. See further discussion below regarding the accounting for these derivative instruments. Entergy manages fuel price volatility for its Louisiana jurisdictions (Entergy Louisiana and Entergy New Orleans) and Entergy Mississippi through the purchase of natural gas swaps and options that financially settle against either the average Henry Hub Gas Daily prices or the NYMEX Henry Hub. These swaps and options are marked-to-market through fuel expense with offsetting regulatory assets or liabilities. All benefits or costs of the program are recorded in fuel costs. The notional volumes of these swaps are based on a portion of projected annual exposure to gas price volatility for electric generation at Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Mississippi and projected winter purchases for gas distribution at Entergy New Orleans. The maximum length of time over which Entergy has executed natural gas swaps and options as of September 30, 2024 is 6 months for Entergy Mississippi. The total volume of natural gas swaps and options outstanding as of September 30, 2024 is 8,607,900 MMBtu for Entergy and Entergy Mississippi. As of September 30, 2024, Entergy Louisiana and Entergy New Orleans had no outstanding natural gas swaps or options. Credit support for these natural gas swaps and options is covered by master agreements that do not require Entergy to provide collateral based on mark-to-market value, but do carry adequate assurance language that may lead to requests for collateral. During the second quarter 2024, Entergy participated in the annual financial transmission rights auction process for the MISO planning year of June 1, 2024 through May 31, 2025. Financial transmission rights are derivative instruments that represent economic hedges of future congestion charges that will be incurred in serving Entergy’s customer load. They are not designated as hedging instruments. Entergy initially records financial transmission rights at their estimated fair value and subsequently adjusts the carrying value to their estimated fair value at the end of each accounting period prior to settlement. Unrealized gains or losses on financial transmission rights held by the non-utility operations are included in operating revenues. The Utility operating companies recognize regulatory liabilities or assets for unrealized gains or losses on financial transmission rights. The total volume of financial transmission rights outstanding as of September 30, 2024 is 94,828 GWh for Entergy, including 22,829 GWh for Entergy Arkansas, 39,940 GWh for Entergy Louisiana, 14,199 GWh for Entergy Mississippi, 3,937 GWh for Entergy New Orleans, and 13,720 GWh for Entergy Texas. Credit support for financial transmission rights held by the Utility operating companies is covered by cash and/or letters of credit issued by each Utility operating company as required by MISO. Credit support for financial transmission rights held by Entergy’s non-utility operations business is covered by cash. No cash or letters of credit were required to be posted for financial transmission rights exposure for the non-utility operations business as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023. Letters of credit posted with MISO covered the financial transmission rights exposure for Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy Texas as of September 30, 2024 and for Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy Texas as of December 31, 2023. The fair values of Entergy’s derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are shown in the table below. Certain investments, including those not designated as hedging instruments, are subject to master netting agreements and are presented in the balance sheet on a net basis in accordance with accounting guidance for derivatives and hedging. Instrument Balance Sheet Location Gross Fair Value (a) Offsetting Position (b) Net Fair Value (c) (d) (In Millions) 2024 Assets: Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $31 ($1) $ 30 Liabilities: Natural gas swaps and options Other current liabilities $1 $— $ 1 Financial transmission rights Other current liabilities ($1) $1 $ — 2023 Assets: Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $21 $— $ 21 Liabilities: Natural gas swaps and options Other current liabilities $11 $— $ 11 (a) Represents the gross amounts of recognized assets/liabilities (b) Represents the netting of fair value balances with the same counterparty (c) Represents the net amounts of assets/liabilities presented on the Entergy Corporation and Subsidiaries’ Consolidated Balance Sheets (d) Excludes letters of credit each in the amount of $2 million posted as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 The effects of Entergy’s derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the consolidated income statements for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Instrument Income Statement Amount of gain (loss) (In Millions) 2024 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale (a) ($1) Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense (b) $ 33 2023 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale (a) ($6) Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense (b) $ 48 The effects of Entergy’s derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the consolidated income statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Instrument Income Statement Amount of gain (loss) (In Millions) 2024 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale (a) ($7) Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense (b) $ 133 2023 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale (a) ($44) Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense (b) $ 96 (a) Due to regulatory treatment, the natural gas swaps and options are marked-to-market through fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as fuel expenses when the swaps and options are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms. (b) Due to regulatory treatment, the changes in the estimated fair value of financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are recorded through purchased power expense and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as purchased power expense when the financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms. The fair values of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ balance sheets as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are shown in the tables below. Certain investments, including those not designated as hedging instruments, are subject to master netting agreements and are presented in the balance sheet on a net basis in accordance with accounting guidance for derivatives and hedging. Instrument Balance Sheet Location Gross Fair Value (a) Offsetting Position (b) Net Fair Value (c) (d) Registrant (In Millions) 2024 Assets: Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $13.0 $— $ 13.0 Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $12.5 ($0.9) $ 11.6 Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $2.0 $— $ 2.0 Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $4.0 $— $ 4.0 Entergy Texas Liabilities: Natural gas swaps Other current liabilities $0.5 $— $ 0.5 Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Other current liabilities ($0.6) $0.9 $ 0.3 Entergy Mississippi 2023 Assets: Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $6.0 $— $ 6.0 Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $9.8 $— $ 9.8 Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $1.4 $— $ 1.4 Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $1.1 $— $ 1.1 Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $2.7 ($0.3) $ 2.4 Entergy Texas Liabilities: Natural gas swaps and options Other current liabilities $0.4 $— $ 0.4 Entergy Louisiana Natural gas swaps Other current liabilities $10.1 $— $ 10.1 Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Other current liabilities $0.6 $— $ 0.6 Entergy New Orleans (a) Represents the gross amounts of recognized assets/liabilities (b) Represents the netting of fair value balances with the same counterparty (c) Represents the net amounts of assets/liabilities presented on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ balance sheets (d) As of September 30, 2024, letters of credit posted with MISO covered financial transmission rights exposure of $0.2 million for Entergy Louisiana, $0.9 million for Entergy Mississippi, and $0.8 million for Entergy Texas. As of December 31, 2023, letters of credit posted with MISO covered financial transmission rights exposure of $1.2 million for Entergy Arkansas, $0.5 million for Entergy Louisiana, $0.3 million for Entergy Mississippi, and $0.1 million for Entergy Texas. The effects of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ income statements for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Instrument Income Statement Location Amount of gain Registrant (In Millions) 2024 Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale $ 0.9 (a) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 12.5 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 14.1 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 2.0 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 1.2 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 3.4 (b) Entergy Texas 2023 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($1.7) (a) Entergy Louisiana Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($4.4) (a) Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($0.4) (a) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 10.2 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 18.3 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 6.6 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 2.4 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 10.4 (b) Entergy Texas The effects of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ income statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Instrument Income Statement Location Amount of gain Registrant (In Millions) 2024 Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale $ 6.2 (a) Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale $ 0.5 (a) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 51.4 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 55.3 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 5.1 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 5.6 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 15.5 (b) Entergy Texas 2023 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($7.5) (a) Entergy Louisiana Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($34.1) (a) Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($2.5) (a) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 18.2 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 46.7 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 11.1 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 4.8 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 14.5 (b) Entergy Texas (a) Due to regulatory treatment, the natural gas swaps and options are marked-to-market through fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as fuel expenses when the swaps and options are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms. (b) Due to regulatory treatment, the changes in the estimated fair value of financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are recorded through purchased power expense and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as purchased power expense when the financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms. Fair Values The estimated fair values of Entergy’s financial instruments and derivatives are determined using historical prices, bid prices, market quotes, and financial modeling. Considerable judgment is required in developing the estimates of fair value. Therefore, estimates are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that Entergy could realize in a current market exchange. Gains or losses realized on financial instruments are reflected in future rates and therefore do not affect net income. Entergy considers the carrying amounts of most financial instruments classified as current assets and liabilities to be a reasonable estimate of their fair value because of the short maturity of these instruments. Accounting standards define fair value as an exit price, or the price that would be received to sell an asset or the amount that would be paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between knowledgeable market participants at the date of measurement. Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries use assumptions or market input data that market participants would use in pricing assets or liabilities at fair value. The inputs can be readily observable, corroborated by market data, or generally unobservable. Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries endeavor to use the best available information to determine fair value. Accounting standards establish a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value. The hierarchy establishes the highest priority for unadjusted market quotes in an active market for the identical asset or liability and the lowest priority for unobservable inputs. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are: • Level 1 - Level 1 inputs are unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the entity has the ability to access at the measurement date. Active markets are those in which transactions for the asset or liability occur in sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis. Level 1 primarily consists of individually owned common stocks, cash equivalents (temporary cash investments, securitization recovery trust account, and escrow accounts), debt instruments, and gas swaps traded on exchanges with active markets. Cash equivalents includes all unrestricted highly liquid debt instruments with an original or remaining maturity of three months or less at the date of purchase. • Level 2 - Level 2 inputs are inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are, either directly or indirectly, observable for the asset or liability at the measurement date. Assets are valued based on prices derived by independent third parties that use inputs such as benchmark yields, reported trades, broker/dealer quotes, and issuer spreads. Prices are reviewed and can be challenged with the independent parties and/or overridden by Entergy if it is believed such would be more reflective of fair value. Level 2 inputs include the following: – quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; – quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in inactive markets; – inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability; or – inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means. Level 2 consists primarily of individually-owned debt instruments and gas swaps and options valued using observable inputs. • Level 3 - Level 3 inputs are pricing inputs that are generally less observable or unobservable from objective sources. These inputs are used with internally developed methodologies to produce management’s best estimate of fair value for the asset or liability. Level 3 consists primarily of financial transmission rights. The values of financial transmission rights are based on unobservable inputs, including estimates of congestion costs in MISO between applicable generation and load pricing nodes based on the 50th percentile of historical prices. They are classified as Level 3 assets and liabilities. The valuations of these assets and liabilities are performed by the Office of Corporate Risk Oversight. The values are calculated internally and verified against the data published by MISO. Entergy’s Accounting group reviews these valuations for reasonableness, with the assistance of others within the organization with knowledge of the various inputs and assumptions used in the valuation. The Office of Corporate Risk Oversight reports to the Vice President and Treasurer. The Accounting group reports to the Chief Accounting Officer. The following tables set forth, by level within the fair value hierarchy, Entergy’s assets and liabilities that are accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023. The assessment of the significance of a particular input to a fair value measurement requires judgment and may affect placement within the fair value hierarchy levels. 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $1,321 $— $— $1,321 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 43 — — 43 Debt securities 796 1,255 — 2,051 Common trusts (b) 3,448 Securitization recovery trust account 11 — — 11 Storm reserve escrow accounts 336 — — 336 Financial transmission rights — — 30 30 $2,507 $1,255 $30 $7,240 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $1 $— $— $1 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $61 $— $— $61 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 24 — — 24 Debt securities 611 1,159 — 1,770 Common trusts (b) 3,070 Securitization recovery trust account 8 — — 8 Storm reserve escrow accounts 323 — — 323 Financial transmission rights — — 21 21 $1,027 $1,159 $21 $5,277 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $11 $— $— $11 (a) The decommissioning trust funds hold equity and fixed income securities. Equity securities are invested to approximate the returns of major market indices. Fixed income securities are held in various governmental and corporate securities. See Note 9 to the financial statements herein for additional information on the investment portfolios. (b) Common trust funds are not publicly quoted and are valued by the fund administrators using net asset value as a practical expedient. Accordingly, these funds are not assigned a level in the fair value table. The fund administrator of these investments allows daily trading at the net asset value and trades settle at a later date. The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Balance as of July 1, $48 $40 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 15 40 Settlements (33) (48) Balance as of September 30, $30 $32 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Balance as of January 1, $20 $19 Issuances of financial transmission rights 53 42 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 90 67 Settlements (133) (96) Balance as of September 30, $30 $32 The fair values of the Level 3 financial transmission rights are based on unobservable inputs calculated internally and verified against historical pricing data published by MISO. The following tables set forth, by level within the fair value hierarchy, the Registrant Subsidiaries’ assets and liabilities that are accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023. The assessment of the significance of a particular input to a fair value measurement requires judgment and may affect placement within the fair value hierarchy levels. Entergy Arkansas 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $632.9 $— $— $632.9 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 15.4 — — 15.4 Debt securities 191.8 405.7 — 597.5 Common trusts (b) 988.9 Financial transmission rights — — 13.0 13.0 $840.1 $405.7 $13.0 $2,247.7 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $3.1 $— $— $3.1 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 6.4 — — 6.4 Debt securities 129.9 367.0 — 496.9 Common trusts (b) 910.7 Financial transmission rights — — 6.0 6.0 $139.4 $367.0 $6.0 $1,423.1 Entergy Louisiana 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $100.8 $— $— $100.8 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 21.7 — — 21.7 Debt securities 303.8 573.8 — 877.6 Common trusts (b) 1,515.5 Storm reserve escrow account 253.7 — — 253.7 Financial transmission rights — — 11.6 11.6 $680.0 $573.8 $11.6 $2,780.9 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $0.5 $— $— $0.5 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 14.6 — — 14.6 Debt securities 271.7 516.4 — 788.1 Common trusts (b) 1,304.7 Storm reserve escrow account 243.8 — — 243.8 Financial transmission rights — — 9.8 9.8 $530.6 $516.4 $9.8 $2,361.5 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $0.4 $— $— $0.4 Entergy Mississippi 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $36.4 $— $— $36.4 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $0.5 $— $— $0.5 Financial transmission rights — — 0.3 0.3 $0.5 $— $0.3 $0.8 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $6.6 $— $— $6.6 Storm reserve escrow account 0.7 — — 0.7 Financial transmission rights — — 1.4 1.4 $7.3 $— $1.4 $8.7 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $10.1 $— $— $10.1 Entergy New Orleans 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $34.4 $— $— $34.4 Securitization recovery trust account 1.6 — — 1.6 Storm reserve escrow account 82.7 — — 82.7 Financial transmission rights — — 2.0 2.0 $118.7 $— $2.0 $120.7 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Securitization recovery trust account $2.4 $— $— $2.4 Storm reserve escrow account 78.7 — — 78.7 Financial transmission rights — — 1.1 1.1 $81.1 $— $1.1 $82.2 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $0.6 $— $— $0.6 Entergy Texas 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets : Temporary cash investments $353.4 $— $— $353.4 Securitization recovery trust account 9.7 — — 9.7 Financial transmission rights — — 4.0 4.0 $363.1 $— $4.0 $367.1 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets : Temporary cash investments $20.5 $— $— $20.5 Securitization recovery trust account 5.2 — — 5.2 Financial transmission rights — — 2.4 2.4 $25.7 $— $2.4 $28.1 System Energy 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $77.6 $— $— $77.6 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 5.5 — — 5.5 Debt securities 300.4 275.5 — 575.9 Common trusts (b) 943.9 $383.5 $275.5 $— $1,602.9 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities $2.7 $— $— $2.7 Debt securities 209.5 275.7 — 485.2 Common trusts (b) 854.4 $212.2 $275.7 $— $1,342.3 (a) The decommissioning trust funds hold equity and fixed income securities. Equity securities are invested to approximate the returns of major market indices. Fixed income securities are held in various governmental and corporate securities. See Note 9 to the financial statements herein for additional information on the investment portfolios. (b) Common trust funds are not publicly quoted and are valued by the fund administrators using net asset value as a practical expedient. Accordingly, these funds are not assigned a level in the fair value table. The fund administrator of these investments allows daily trading at the net asset value and trades settle at a later date. The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets (liabilities) for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the three months ended September 30, 2024. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of July 1, $16.1 $19.8 $3.6 $2.6 $6.6 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 9.4 5.9 (1.9) 0.6 0.8 Settlements (12.5) (14.1) (2.0) (1.2) (3.4) Balance as of September 30, $13.0 $11.6 ($0.3) $2.0 $4.0 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the three months ended September 30, 2023. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of July 1, $19.6 $16.7 $1.2 $1.5 $1.2 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 2.2 16.3 6.5 2.2 12.5 Settlements (10.2) (18.3) (6.6) (2.4) (10.4) Balance as of September 30, $11.6 $14.7 $1.1 $1.3 $3.3 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets (liabilities) for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of January 1, $6.0 $9.8 $1.3 $1.1 $2.4 Issuances of financial transmission rights 17.6 21.6 3.9 2.8 7.2 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 40.8 35.5 (0.4) 3.7 9.9 Settlements (51.4) (55.3) (5.1) (5.6) (15.5) Balance as of September 30, $13.0 $11.6 ($0.3) $2.0 $4.0 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of January 1, $10.3 $7.3 $0.6 $0.8 $0.1 Issuances of financial transmission rights 20.6 18.1 1.4 1.4 0.2 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset (1.1) 36.0 10.2 3.9 17.5 Settlements (18.2) (46.7) (11.1) (4.8) (14.5) Balance as of September 30, $11.6 $14.7 $1.1 $1.3 $3.3
Entergy Texas [Member]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Text Block]	RISK MANAGEMENT AND FAIR VALUES (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Market Risk In the normal course of business, Entergy is exposed to a number of market risks. Market risk is the potential loss that Entergy may incur as a result of changes in the market or fair value of a particular commodity or instrument. All financial and commodity-related instruments, including derivatives, are subject to market risk including commodity price risk, equity price, and interest rate risk. Entergy uses derivatives primarily to mitigate commodity price risk, particularly power price and fuel price risk. The Utility has limited exposure to the effects of market risk because it operates primarily under cost-based rate regulation. To the extent approved by their retail regulators, the Utility operating companies use commodity and financial instruments to hedge the exposure to price volatility inherent in their purchased power, fuel, and gas purchased for resale costs, that are recovered from customers. Entergy’s exposure to market risk is determined by a number of factors, including the size, term, composition, and diversification of positions held, as well as market volatility and liquidity. For instruments such as options, the time period during which the option may be exercised and the relationship between the current market price of the underlying instrument and the option’s contractual strike or exercise price also affects the level of market risk. A significant factor influencing the overall level of market risk to which Entergy is exposed is its use of hedging techniques to mitigate such risk. Hedging instruments and volumes are chosen based on ability to mitigate risk associated with future energy and capacity prices; however, other considerations are factored into hedge product and volume decisions including corporate liquidity, corporate credit ratings, counterparty credit risk, hedging costs, firm settlement risk, and product availability in the marketplace. Entergy manages market risk by actively monitoring compliance with stated risk management policies as well as monitoring the effectiveness of its hedging policies and strategies. Entergy’s risk management policies limit the amount of total net exposure and rolling net exposure during the stated periods. These policies, including related risk limits, are regularly assessed to ensure their appropriateness given Entergy’s objectives. Derivatives Entergy designates a significant portion of its derivative instruments as normal purchase/normal sale transactions due to their physical settlement provisions, including power purchase and sales agreements, fuel purchase agreements, and capacity contracts. Certain derivative instruments do not qualify for designation as normal purchase/normal sale transactions due to their financial settlement provisions. See further discussion below regarding the accounting for these derivative instruments. Entergy manages fuel price volatility for its Louisiana jurisdictions (Entergy Louisiana and Entergy New Orleans) and Entergy Mississippi through the purchase of natural gas swaps and options that financially settle against either the average Henry Hub Gas Daily prices or the NYMEX Henry Hub. These swaps and options are marked-to-market through fuel expense with offsetting regulatory assets or liabilities. All benefits or costs of the program are recorded in fuel costs. The notional volumes of these swaps are based on a portion of projected annual exposure to gas price volatility for electric generation at Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Mississippi and projected winter purchases for gas distribution at Entergy New Orleans. The maximum length of time over which Entergy has executed natural gas swaps and options as of September 30, 2024 is 6 months for Entergy Mississippi. The total volume of natural gas swaps and options outstanding as of September 30, 2024 is 8,607,900 MMBtu for Entergy and Entergy Mississippi. As of September 30, 2024, Entergy Louisiana and Entergy New Orleans had no outstanding natural gas swaps or options. Credit support for these natural gas swaps and options is covered by master agreements that do not require Entergy to provide collateral based on mark-to-market value, but do carry adequate assurance language that may lead to requests for collateral. During the second quarter 2024, Entergy participated in the annual financial transmission rights auction process for the MISO planning year of June 1, 2024 through May 31, 2025. Financial transmission rights are derivative instruments that represent economic hedges of future congestion charges that will be incurred in serving Entergy’s customer load. They are not designated as hedging instruments. Entergy initially records financial transmission rights at their estimated fair value and subsequently adjusts the carrying value to their estimated fair value at the end of each accounting period prior to settlement. Unrealized gains or losses on financial transmission rights held by the non-utility operations are included in operating revenues. The Utility operating companies recognize regulatory liabilities or assets for unrealized gains or losses on financial transmission rights. The total volume of financial transmission rights outstanding as of September 30, 2024 is 94,828 GWh for Entergy, including 22,829 GWh for Entergy Arkansas, 39,940 GWh for Entergy Louisiana, 14,199 GWh for Entergy Mississippi, 3,937 GWh for Entergy New Orleans, and 13,720 GWh for Entergy Texas. Credit support for financial transmission rights held by the Utility operating companies is covered by cash and/or letters of credit issued by each Utility operating company as required by MISO. Credit support for financial transmission rights held by Entergy’s non-utility operations business is covered by cash. No cash or letters of credit were required to be posted for financial transmission rights exposure for the non-utility operations business as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023. Letters of credit posted with MISO covered the financial transmission rights exposure for Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy Texas as of September 30, 2024 and for Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy Texas as of December 31, 2023. The fair values of Entergy’s derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are shown in the table below. Certain investments, including those not designated as hedging instruments, are subject to master netting agreements and are presented in the balance sheet on a net basis in accordance with accounting guidance for derivatives and hedging. Instrument Balance Sheet Location Gross Fair Value (a) Offsetting Position (b) Net Fair Value (c) (d) (In Millions) 2024 Assets: Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $31 ($1) $ 30 Liabilities: Natural gas swaps and options Other current liabilities $1 $— $ 1 Financial transmission rights Other current liabilities ($1) $1 $ — 2023 Assets: Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $21 $— $ 21 Liabilities: Natural gas swaps and options Other current liabilities $11 $— $ 11 (a) Represents the gross amounts of recognized assets/liabilities (b) Represents the netting of fair value balances with the same counterparty (c) Represents the net amounts of assets/liabilities presented on the Entergy Corporation and Subsidiaries’ Consolidated Balance Sheets (d) Excludes letters of credit each in the amount of $2 million posted as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 The effects of Entergy’s derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the consolidated income statements for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Instrument Income Statement Amount of gain (loss) (In Millions) 2024 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale (a) ($1) Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense (b) $ 33 2023 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale (a) ($6) Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense (b) $ 48 The effects of Entergy’s derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the consolidated income statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Instrument Income Statement Amount of gain (loss) (In Millions) 2024 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale (a) ($7) Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense (b) $ 133 2023 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale (a) ($44) Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense (b) $ 96 (a) Due to regulatory treatment, the natural gas swaps and options are marked-to-market through fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as fuel expenses when the swaps and options are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms. (b) Due to regulatory treatment, the changes in the estimated fair value of financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are recorded through purchased power expense and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as purchased power expense when the financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms. The fair values of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ balance sheets as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are shown in the tables below. Certain investments, including those not designated as hedging instruments, are subject to master netting agreements and are presented in the balance sheet on a net basis in accordance with accounting guidance for derivatives and hedging. Instrument Balance Sheet Location Gross Fair Value (a) Offsetting Position (b) Net Fair Value (c) (d) Registrant (In Millions) 2024 Assets: Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $13.0 $— $ 13.0 Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $12.5 ($0.9) $ 11.6 Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $2.0 $— $ 2.0 Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $4.0 $— $ 4.0 Entergy Texas Liabilities: Natural gas swaps Other current liabilities $0.5 $— $ 0.5 Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Other current liabilities ($0.6) $0.9 $ 0.3 Entergy Mississippi 2023 Assets: Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $6.0 $— $ 6.0 Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $9.8 $— $ 9.8 Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $1.4 $— $ 1.4 Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $1.1 $— $ 1.1 Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $2.7 ($0.3) $ 2.4 Entergy Texas Liabilities: Natural gas swaps and options Other current liabilities $0.4 $— $ 0.4 Entergy Louisiana Natural gas swaps Other current liabilities $10.1 $— $ 10.1 Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Other current liabilities $0.6 $— $ 0.6 Entergy New Orleans (a) Represents the gross amounts of recognized assets/liabilities (b) Represents the netting of fair value balances with the same counterparty (c) Represents the net amounts of assets/liabilities presented on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ balance sheets (d) As of September 30, 2024, letters of credit posted with MISO covered financial transmission rights exposure of $0.2 million for Entergy Louisiana, $0.9 million for Entergy Mississippi, and $0.8 million for Entergy Texas. As of December 31, 2023, letters of credit posted with MISO covered financial transmission rights exposure of $1.2 million for Entergy Arkansas, $0.5 million for Entergy Louisiana, $0.3 million for Entergy Mississippi, and $0.1 million for Entergy Texas. The effects of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ income statements for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Instrument Income Statement Location Amount of gain Registrant (In Millions) 2024 Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale $ 0.9 (a) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 12.5 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 14.1 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 2.0 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 1.2 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 3.4 (b) Entergy Texas 2023 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($1.7) (a) Entergy Louisiana Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($4.4) (a) Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($0.4) (a) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 10.2 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 18.3 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 6.6 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 2.4 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 10.4 (b) Entergy Texas The effects of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ income statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Instrument Income Statement Location Amount of gain Registrant (In Millions) 2024 Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale $ 6.2 (a) Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale $ 0.5 (a) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 51.4 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 55.3 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 5.1 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 5.6 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 15.5 (b) Entergy Texas 2023 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($7.5) (a) Entergy Louisiana Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($34.1) (a) Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($2.5) (a) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 18.2 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 46.7 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 11.1 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 4.8 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 14.5 (b) Entergy Texas (a) Due to regulatory treatment, the natural gas swaps and options are marked-to-market through fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as fuel expenses when the swaps and options are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms. (b) Due to regulatory treatment, the changes in the estimated fair value of financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are recorded through purchased power expense and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as purchased power expense when the financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms. Fair Values The estimated fair values of Entergy’s financial instruments and derivatives are determined using historical prices, bid prices, market quotes, and financial modeling. Considerable judgment is required in developing the estimates of fair value. Therefore, estimates are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that Entergy could realize in a current market exchange. Gains or losses realized on financial instruments are reflected in future rates and therefore do not affect net income. Entergy considers the carrying amounts of most financial instruments classified as current assets and liabilities to be a reasonable estimate of their fair value because of the short maturity of these instruments. Accounting standards define fair value as an exit price, or the price that would be received to sell an asset or the amount that would be paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between knowledgeable market participants at the date of measurement. Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries use assumptions or market input data that market participants would use in pricing assets or liabilities at fair value. The inputs can be readily observable, corroborated by market data, or generally unobservable. Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries endeavor to use the best available information to determine fair value. Accounting standards establish a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value. The hierarchy establishes the highest priority for unadjusted market quotes in an active market for the identical asset or liability and the lowest priority for unobservable inputs. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are: • Level 1 - Level 1 inputs are unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the entity has the ability to access at the measurement date. Active markets are those in which transactions for the asset or liability occur in sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis. Level 1 primarily consists of individually owned common stocks, cash equivalents (temporary cash investments, securitization recovery trust account, and escrow accounts), debt instruments, and gas swaps traded on exchanges with active markets. Cash equivalents includes all unrestricted highly liquid debt instruments with an original or remaining maturity of three months or less at the date of purchase. • Level 2 - Level 2 inputs are inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are, either directly or indirectly, observable for the asset or liability at the measurement date. Assets are valued based on prices derived by independent third parties that use inputs such as benchmark yields, reported trades, broker/dealer quotes, and issuer spreads. Prices are reviewed and can be challenged with the independent parties and/or overridden by Entergy if it is believed such would be more reflective of fair value. Level 2 inputs include the following: – quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; – quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in inactive markets; – inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability; or – inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means. Level 2 consists primarily of individually-owned debt instruments and gas swaps and options valued using observable inputs. • Level 3 - Level 3 inputs are pricing inputs that are generally less observable or unobservable from objective sources. These inputs are used with internally developed methodologies to produce management’s best estimate of fair value for the asset or liability. Level 3 consists primarily of financial transmission rights. The values of financial transmission rights are based on unobservable inputs, including estimates of congestion costs in MISO between applicable generation and load pricing nodes based on the 50th percentile of historical prices. They are classified as Level 3 assets and liabilities. The valuations of these assets and liabilities are performed by the Office of Corporate Risk Oversight. The values are calculated internally and verified against the data published by MISO. Entergy’s Accounting group reviews these valuations for reasonableness, with the assistance of others within the organization with knowledge of the various inputs and assumptions used in the valuation. The Office of Corporate Risk Oversight reports to the Vice President and Treasurer. The Accounting group reports to the Chief Accounting Officer. The following tables set forth, by level within the fair value hierarchy, Entergy’s assets and liabilities that are accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023. The assessment of the significance of a particular input to a fair value measurement requires judgment and may affect placement within the fair value hierarchy levels. 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $1,321 $— $— $1,321 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 43 — — 43 Debt securities 796 1,255 — 2,051 Common trusts (b) 3,448 Securitization recovery trust account 11 — — 11 Storm reserve escrow accounts 336 — — 336 Financial transmission rights — — 30 30 $2,507 $1,255 $30 $7,240 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $1 $— $— $1 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $61 $— $— $61 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 24 — — 24 Debt securities 611 1,159 — 1,770 Common trusts (b) 3,070 Securitization recovery trust account 8 — — 8 Storm reserve escrow accounts 323 — — 323 Financial transmission rights — — 21 21 $1,027 $1,159 $21 $5,277 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $11 $— $— $11 (a) The decommissioning trust funds hold equity and fixed income securities. Equity securities are invested to approximate the returns of major market indices. Fixed income securities are held in various governmental and corporate securities. See Note 9 to the financial statements herein for additional information on the investment portfolios. (b) Common trust funds are not publicly quoted and are valued by the fund administrators using net asset value as a practical expedient. Accordingly, these funds are not assigned a level in the fair value table. The fund administrator of these investments allows daily trading at the net asset value and trades settle at a later date. The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Balance as of July 1, $48 $40 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 15 40 Settlements (33) (48) Balance as of September 30, $30 $32 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Balance as of January 1, $20 $19 Issuances of financial transmission rights 53 42 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 90 67 Settlements (133) (96) Balance as of September 30, $30 $32 The fair values of the Level 3 financial transmission rights are based on unobservable inputs calculated internally and verified against historical pricing data published by MISO. The following tables set forth, by level within the fair value hierarchy, the Registrant Subsidiaries’ assets and liabilities that are accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023. The assessment of the significance of a particular input to a fair value measurement requires judgment and may affect placement within the fair value hierarchy levels. Entergy Arkansas 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $632.9 $— $— $632.9 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 15.4 — — 15.4 Debt securities 191.8 405.7 — 597.5 Common trusts (b) 988.9 Financial transmission rights — — 13.0 13.0 $840.1 $405.7 $13.0 $2,247.7 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $3.1 $— $— $3.1 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 6.4 — — 6.4 Debt securities 129.9 367.0 — 496.9 Common trusts (b) 910.7 Financial transmission rights — — 6.0 6.0 $139.4 $367.0 $6.0 $1,423.1 Entergy Louisiana 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $100.8 $— $— $100.8 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 21.7 — — 21.7 Debt securities 303.8 573.8 — 877.6 Common trusts (b) 1,515.5 Storm reserve escrow account 253.7 — — 253.7 Financial transmission rights — — 11.6 11.6 $680.0 $573.8 $11.6 $2,780.9 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $0.5 $— $— $0.5 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 14.6 — — 14.6 Debt securities 271.7 516.4 — 788.1 Common trusts (b) 1,304.7 Storm reserve escrow account 243.8 — — 243.8 Financial transmission rights — — 9.8 9.8 $530.6 $516.4 $9.8 $2,361.5 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $0.4 $— $— $0.4 Entergy Mississippi 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $36.4 $— $— $36.4 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $0.5 $— $— $0.5 Financial transmission rights — — 0.3 0.3 $0.5 $— $0.3 $0.8 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $6.6 $— $— $6.6 Storm reserve escrow account 0.7 — — 0.7 Financial transmission rights — — 1.4 1.4 $7.3 $— $1.4 $8.7 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $10.1 $— $— $10.1 Entergy New Orleans 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $34.4 $— $— $34.4 Securitization recovery trust account 1.6 — — 1.6 Storm reserve escrow account 82.7 — — 82.7 Financial transmission rights — — 2.0 2.0 $118.7 $— $2.0 $120.7 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Securitization recovery trust account $2.4 $— $— $2.4 Storm reserve escrow account 78.7 — — 78.7 Financial transmission rights — — 1.1 1.1 $81.1 $— $1.1 $82.2 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $0.6 $— $— $0.6 Entergy Texas 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets : Temporary cash investments $353.4 $— $— $353.4 Securitization recovery trust account 9.7 — — 9.7 Financial transmission rights — — 4.0 4.0 $363.1 $— $4.0 $367.1 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets : Temporary cash investments $20.5 $— $— $20.5 Securitization recovery trust account 5.2 — — 5.2 Financial transmission rights — — 2.4 2.4 $25.7 $— $2.4 $28.1 System Energy 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $77.6 $— $— $77.6 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 5.5 — — 5.5 Debt securities 300.4 275.5 — 575.9 Common trusts (b) 943.9 $383.5 $275.5 $— $1,602.9 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities $2.7 $— $— $2.7 Debt securities 209.5 275.7 — 485.2 Common trusts (b) 854.4 $212.2 $275.7 $— $1,342.3 (a) The decommissioning trust funds hold equity and fixed income securities. Equity securities are invested to approximate the returns of major market indices. Fixed income securities are held in various governmental and corporate securities. See Note 9 to the financial statements herein for additional information on the investment portfolios. (b) Common trust funds are not publicly quoted and are valued by the fund administrators using net asset value as a practical expedient. Accordingly, these funds are not assigned a level in the fair value table. The fund administrator of these investments allows daily trading at the net asset value and trades settle at a later date. The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets (liabilities) for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the three months ended September 30, 2024. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of July 1, $16.1 $19.8 $3.6 $2.6 $6.6 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 9.4 5.9 (1.9) 0.6 0.8 Settlements (12.5) (14.1) (2.0) (1.2) (3.4) Balance as of September 30, $13.0 $11.6 ($0.3) $2.0 $4.0 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the three months ended September 30, 2023. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of July 1, $19.6 $16.7 $1.2 $1.5 $1.2 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 2.2 16.3 6.5 2.2 12.5 Settlements (10.2) (18.3) (6.6) (2.4) (10.4) Balance as of September 30, $11.6 $14.7 $1.1 $1.3 $3.3 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets (liabilities) for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of January 1, $6.0 $9.8 $1.3 $1.1 $2.4 Issuances of financial transmission rights 17.6 21.6 3.9 2.8 7.2 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 40.8 35.5 (0.4) 3.7 9.9 Settlements (51.4) (55.3) (5.1) (5.6) (15.5) Balance as of September 30, $13.0 $11.6 ($0.3) $2.0 $4.0 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of January 1, $10.3 $7.3 $0.6 $0.8 $0.1 Issuances of financial transmission rights 20.6 18.1 1.4 1.4 0.2 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset (1.1) 36.0 10.2 3.9 17.5 Settlements (18.2) (46.7) (11.1) (4.8) (14.5) Balance as of September 30, $11.6 $14.7 $1.1 $1.3 $3.3
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Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Text Block]	RISK MANAGEMENT AND FAIR VALUES (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Market Risk In the normal course of business, Entergy is exposed to a number of market risks. Market risk is the potential loss that Entergy may incur as a result of changes in the market or fair value of a particular commodity or instrument. All financial and commodity-related instruments, including derivatives, are subject to market risk including commodity price risk, equity price, and interest rate risk. Entergy uses derivatives primarily to mitigate commodity price risk, particularly power price and fuel price risk. The Utility has limited exposure to the effects of market risk because it operates primarily under cost-based rate regulation. To the extent approved by their retail regulators, the Utility operating companies use commodity and financial instruments to hedge the exposure to price volatility inherent in their purchased power, fuel, and gas purchased for resale costs, that are recovered from customers. Entergy’s exposure to market risk is determined by a number of factors, including the size, term, composition, and diversification of positions held, as well as market volatility and liquidity. For instruments such as options, the time period during which the option may be exercised and the relationship between the current market price of the underlying instrument and the option’s contractual strike or exercise price also affects the level of market risk. A significant factor influencing the overall level of market risk to which Entergy is exposed is its use of hedging techniques to mitigate such risk. Hedging instruments and volumes are chosen based on ability to mitigate risk associated with future energy and capacity prices; however, other considerations are factored into hedge product and volume decisions including corporate liquidity, corporate credit ratings, counterparty credit risk, hedging costs, firm settlement risk, and product availability in the marketplace. Entergy manages market risk by actively monitoring compliance with stated risk management policies as well as monitoring the effectiveness of its hedging policies and strategies. Entergy’s risk management policies limit the amount of total net exposure and rolling net exposure during the stated periods. These policies, including related risk limits, are regularly assessed to ensure their appropriateness given Entergy’s objectives. Derivatives Entergy designates a significant portion of its derivative instruments as normal purchase/normal sale transactions due to their physical settlement provisions, including power purchase and sales agreements, fuel purchase agreements, and capacity contracts. Certain derivative instruments do not qualify for designation as normal purchase/normal sale transactions due to their financial settlement provisions. See further discussion below regarding the accounting for these derivative instruments. Entergy manages fuel price volatility for its Louisiana jurisdictions (Entergy Louisiana and Entergy New Orleans) and Entergy Mississippi through the purchase of natural gas swaps and options that financially settle against either the average Henry Hub Gas Daily prices or the NYMEX Henry Hub. These swaps and options are marked-to-market through fuel expense with offsetting regulatory assets or liabilities. All benefits or costs of the program are recorded in fuel costs. The notional volumes of these swaps are based on a portion of projected annual exposure to gas price volatility for electric generation at Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Mississippi and projected winter purchases for gas distribution at Entergy New Orleans. The maximum length of time over which Entergy has executed natural gas swaps and options as of September 30, 2024 is 6 months for Entergy Mississippi. The total volume of natural gas swaps and options outstanding as of September 30, 2024 is 8,607,900 MMBtu for Entergy and Entergy Mississippi. As of September 30, 2024, Entergy Louisiana and Entergy New Orleans had no outstanding natural gas swaps or options. Credit support for these natural gas swaps and options is covered by master agreements that do not require Entergy to provide collateral based on mark-to-market value, but do carry adequate assurance language that may lead to requests for collateral. During the second quarter 2024, Entergy participated in the annual financial transmission rights auction process for the MISO planning year of June 1, 2024 through May 31, 2025. Financial transmission rights are derivative instruments that represent economic hedges of future congestion charges that will be incurred in serving Entergy’s customer load. They are not designated as hedging instruments. Entergy initially records financial transmission rights at their estimated fair value and subsequently adjusts the carrying value to their estimated fair value at the end of each accounting period prior to settlement. Unrealized gains or losses on financial transmission rights held by the non-utility operations are included in operating revenues. The Utility operating companies recognize regulatory liabilities or assets for unrealized gains or losses on financial transmission rights. The total volume of financial transmission rights outstanding as of September 30, 2024 is 94,828 GWh for Entergy, including 22,829 GWh for Entergy Arkansas, 39,940 GWh for Entergy Louisiana, 14,199 GWh for Entergy Mississippi, 3,937 GWh for Entergy New Orleans, and 13,720 GWh for Entergy Texas. Credit support for financial transmission rights held by the Utility operating companies is covered by cash and/or letters of credit issued by each Utility operating company as required by MISO. Credit support for financial transmission rights held by Entergy’s non-utility operations business is covered by cash. No cash or letters of credit were required to be posted for financial transmission rights exposure for the non-utility operations business as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023. Letters of credit posted with MISO covered the financial transmission rights exposure for Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy Texas as of September 30, 2024 and for Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy Texas as of December 31, 2023. The fair values of Entergy’s derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are shown in the table below. Certain investments, including those not designated as hedging instruments, are subject to master netting agreements and are presented in the balance sheet on a net basis in accordance with accounting guidance for derivatives and hedging. Instrument Balance Sheet Location Gross Fair Value (a) Offsetting Position (b) Net Fair Value (c) (d) (In Millions) 2024 Assets: Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $31 ($1) $ 30 Liabilities: Natural gas swaps and options Other current liabilities $1 $— $ 1 Financial transmission rights Other current liabilities ($1) $1 $ — 2023 Assets: Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $21 $— $ 21 Liabilities: Natural gas swaps and options Other current liabilities $11 $— $ 11 (a) Represents the gross amounts of recognized assets/liabilities (b) Represents the netting of fair value balances with the same counterparty (c) Represents the net amounts of assets/liabilities presented on the Entergy Corporation and Subsidiaries’ Consolidated Balance Sheets (d) Excludes letters of credit each in the amount of $2 million posted as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 The effects of Entergy’s derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the consolidated income statements for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Instrument Income Statement Amount of gain (loss) (In Millions) 2024 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale (a) ($1) Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense (b) $ 33 2023 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale (a) ($6) Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense (b) $ 48 The effects of Entergy’s derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the consolidated income statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Instrument Income Statement Amount of gain (loss) (In Millions) 2024 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale (a) ($7) Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense (b) $ 133 2023 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale (a) ($44) Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense (b) $ 96 (a) Due to regulatory treatment, the natural gas swaps and options are marked-to-market through fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as fuel expenses when the swaps and options are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms. (b) Due to regulatory treatment, the changes in the estimated fair value of financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are recorded through purchased power expense and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as purchased power expense when the financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms. The fair values of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ balance sheets as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are shown in the tables below. Certain investments, including those not designated as hedging instruments, are subject to master netting agreements and are presented in the balance sheet on a net basis in accordance with accounting guidance for derivatives and hedging. Instrument Balance Sheet Location Gross Fair Value (a) Offsetting Position (b) Net Fair Value (c) (d) Registrant (In Millions) 2024 Assets: Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $13.0 $— $ 13.0 Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $12.5 ($0.9) $ 11.6 Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $2.0 $— $ 2.0 Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $4.0 $— $ 4.0 Entergy Texas Liabilities: Natural gas swaps Other current liabilities $0.5 $— $ 0.5 Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Other current liabilities ($0.6) $0.9 $ 0.3 Entergy Mississippi 2023 Assets: Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $6.0 $— $ 6.0 Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $9.8 $— $ 9.8 Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $1.4 $— $ 1.4 Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $1.1 $— $ 1.1 Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $2.7 ($0.3) $ 2.4 Entergy Texas Liabilities: Natural gas swaps and options Other current liabilities $0.4 $— $ 0.4 Entergy Louisiana Natural gas swaps Other current liabilities $10.1 $— $ 10.1 Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Other current liabilities $0.6 $— $ 0.6 Entergy New Orleans (a) Represents the gross amounts of recognized assets/liabilities (b) Represents the netting of fair value balances with the same counterparty (c) Represents the net amounts of assets/liabilities presented on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ balance sheets (d) As of September 30, 2024, letters of credit posted with MISO covered financial transmission rights exposure of $0.2 million for Entergy Louisiana, $0.9 million for Entergy Mississippi, and $0.8 million for Entergy Texas. As of December 31, 2023, letters of credit posted with MISO covered financial transmission rights exposure of $1.2 million for Entergy Arkansas, $0.5 million for Entergy Louisiana, $0.3 million for Entergy Mississippi, and $0.1 million for Entergy Texas. The effects of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ income statements for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Instrument Income Statement Location Amount of gain Registrant (In Millions) 2024 Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale $ 0.9 (a) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 12.5 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 14.1 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 2.0 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 1.2 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 3.4 (b) Entergy Texas 2023 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($1.7) (a) Entergy Louisiana Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($4.4) (a) Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($0.4) (a) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 10.2 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 18.3 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 6.6 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 2.4 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 10.4 (b) Entergy Texas The effects of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ income statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Instrument Income Statement Location Amount of gain Registrant (In Millions) 2024 Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale $ 6.2 (a) Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale $ 0.5 (a) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 51.4 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 55.3 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 5.1 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 5.6 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 15.5 (b) Entergy Texas 2023 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($7.5) (a) Entergy Louisiana Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($34.1) (a) Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($2.5) (a) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 18.2 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 46.7 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 11.1 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 4.8 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 14.5 (b) Entergy Texas (a) Due to regulatory treatment, the natural gas swaps and options are marked-to-market through fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as fuel expenses when the swaps and options are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms. (b) Due to regulatory treatment, the changes in the estimated fair value of financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are recorded through purchased power expense and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as purchased power expense when the financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms. Fair Values The estimated fair values of Entergy’s financial instruments and derivatives are determined using historical prices, bid prices, market quotes, and financial modeling. Considerable judgment is required in developing the estimates of fair value. Therefore, estimates are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that Entergy could realize in a current market exchange. Gains or losses realized on financial instruments are reflected in future rates and therefore do not affect net income. Entergy considers the carrying amounts of most financial instruments classified as current assets and liabilities to be a reasonable estimate of their fair value because of the short maturity of these instruments. Accounting standards define fair value as an exit price, or the price that would be received to sell an asset or the amount that would be paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between knowledgeable market participants at the date of measurement. Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries use assumptions or market input data that market participants would use in pricing assets or liabilities at fair value. The inputs can be readily observable, corroborated by market data, or generally unobservable. Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries endeavor to use the best available information to determine fair value. Accounting standards establish a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value. The hierarchy establishes the highest priority for unadjusted market quotes in an active market for the identical asset or liability and the lowest priority for unobservable inputs. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are: • Level 1 - Level 1 inputs are unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the entity has the ability to access at the measurement date. Active markets are those in which transactions for the asset or liability occur in sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis. Level 1 primarily consists of individually owned common stocks, cash equivalents (temporary cash investments, securitization recovery trust account, and escrow accounts), debt instruments, and gas swaps traded on exchanges with active markets. Cash equivalents includes all unrestricted highly liquid debt instruments with an original or remaining maturity of three months or less at the date of purchase. • Level 2 - Level 2 inputs are inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are, either directly or indirectly, observable for the asset or liability at the measurement date. Assets are valued based on prices derived by independent third parties that use inputs such as benchmark yields, reported trades, broker/dealer quotes, and issuer spreads. Prices are reviewed and can be challenged with the independent parties and/or overridden by Entergy if it is believed such would be more reflective of fair value. Level 2 inputs include the following: – quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; – quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in inactive markets; – inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability; or – inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means. Level 2 consists primarily of individually-owned debt instruments and gas swaps and options valued using observable inputs. • Level 3 - Level 3 inputs are pricing inputs that are generally less observable or unobservable from objective sources. These inputs are used with internally developed methodologies to produce management’s best estimate of fair value for the asset or liability. Level 3 consists primarily of financial transmission rights. The values of financial transmission rights are based on unobservable inputs, including estimates of congestion costs in MISO between applicable generation and load pricing nodes based on the 50th percentile of historical prices. They are classified as Level 3 assets and liabilities. The valuations of these assets and liabilities are performed by the Office of Corporate Risk Oversight. The values are calculated internally and verified against the data published by MISO. Entergy’s Accounting group reviews these valuations for reasonableness, with the assistance of others within the organization with knowledge of the various inputs and assumptions used in the valuation. The Office of Corporate Risk Oversight reports to the Vice President and Treasurer. The Accounting group reports to the Chief Accounting Officer. The following tables set forth, by level within the fair value hierarchy, Entergy’s assets and liabilities that are accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023. The assessment of the significance of a particular input to a fair value measurement requires judgment and may affect placement within the fair value hierarchy levels. 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $1,321 $— $— $1,321 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 43 — — 43 Debt securities 796 1,255 — 2,051 Common trusts (b) 3,448 Securitization recovery trust account 11 — — 11 Storm reserve escrow accounts 336 — — 336 Financial transmission rights — — 30 30 $2,507 $1,255 $30 $7,240 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $1 $— $— $1 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $61 $— $— $61 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 24 — — 24 Debt securities 611 1,159 — 1,770 Common trusts (b) 3,070 Securitization recovery trust account 8 — — 8 Storm reserve escrow accounts 323 — — 323 Financial transmission rights — — 21 21 $1,027 $1,159 $21 $5,277 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $11 $— $— $11 (a) The decommissioning trust funds hold equity and fixed income securities. Equity securities are invested to approximate the returns of major market indices. Fixed income securities are held in various governmental and corporate securities. See Note 9 to the financial statements herein for additional information on the investment portfolios. (b) Common trust funds are not publicly quoted and are valued by the fund administrators using net asset value as a practical expedient. Accordingly, these funds are not assigned a level in the fair value table. The fund administrator of these investments allows daily trading at the net asset value and trades settle at a later date. The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Balance as of July 1, $48 $40 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 15 40 Settlements (33) (48) Balance as of September 30, $30 $32 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Balance as of January 1, $20 $19 Issuances of financial transmission rights 53 42 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 90 67 Settlements (133) (96) Balance as of September 30, $30 $32 The fair values of the Level 3 financial transmission rights are based on unobservable inputs calculated internally and verified against historical pricing data published by MISO. The following tables set forth, by level within the fair value hierarchy, the Registrant Subsidiaries’ assets and liabilities that are accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023. The assessment of the significance of a particular input to a fair value measurement requires judgment and may affect placement within the fair value hierarchy levels. Entergy Arkansas 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $632.9 $— $— $632.9 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 15.4 — — 15.4 Debt securities 191.8 405.7 — 597.5 Common trusts (b) 988.9 Financial transmission rights — — 13.0 13.0 $840.1 $405.7 $13.0 $2,247.7 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $3.1 $— $— $3.1 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 6.4 — — 6.4 Debt securities 129.9 367.0 — 496.9 Common trusts (b) 910.7 Financial transmission rights — — 6.0 6.0 $139.4 $367.0 $6.0 $1,423.1 Entergy Louisiana 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $100.8 $— $— $100.8 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 21.7 — — 21.7 Debt securities 303.8 573.8 — 877.6 Common trusts (b) 1,515.5 Storm reserve escrow account 253.7 — — 253.7 Financial transmission rights — — 11.6 11.6 $680.0 $573.8 $11.6 $2,780.9 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $0.5 $— $— $0.5 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 14.6 — — 14.6 Debt securities 271.7 516.4 — 788.1 Common trusts (b) 1,304.7 Storm reserve escrow account 243.8 — — 243.8 Financial transmission rights — — 9.8 9.8 $530.6 $516.4 $9.8 $2,361.5 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $0.4 $— $— $0.4 Entergy Mississippi 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $36.4 $— $— $36.4 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $0.5 $— $— $0.5 Financial transmission rights — — 0.3 0.3 $0.5 $— $0.3 $0.8 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $6.6 $— $— $6.6 Storm reserve escrow account 0.7 — — 0.7 Financial transmission rights — — 1.4 1.4 $7.3 $— $1.4 $8.7 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $10.1 $— $— $10.1 Entergy New Orleans 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $34.4 $— $— $34.4 Securitization recovery trust account 1.6 — — 1.6 Storm reserve escrow account 82.7 — — 82.7 Financial transmission rights — — 2.0 2.0 $118.7 $— $2.0 $120.7 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Securitization recovery trust account $2.4 $— $— $2.4 Storm reserve escrow account 78.7 — — 78.7 Financial transmission rights — — 1.1 1.1 $81.1 $— $1.1 $82.2 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $0.6 $— $— $0.6 Entergy Texas 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets : Temporary cash investments $353.4 $— $— $353.4 Securitization recovery trust account 9.7 — — 9.7 Financial transmission rights — — 4.0 4.0 $363.1 $— $4.0 $367.1 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets : Temporary cash investments $20.5 $— $— $20.5 Securitization recovery trust account 5.2 — — 5.2 Financial transmission rights — — 2.4 2.4 $25.7 $— $2.4 $28.1 System Energy 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $77.6 $— $— $77.6 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 5.5 — — 5.5 Debt securities 300.4 275.5 — 575.9 Common trusts (b) 943.9 $383.5 $275.5 $— $1,602.9 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities $2.7 $— $— $2.7 Debt securities 209.5 275.7 — 485.2 Common trusts (b) 854.4 $212.2 $275.7 $— $1,342.3 (a) The decommissioning trust funds hold equity and fixed income securities. Equity securities are invested to approximate the returns of major market indices. Fixed income securities are held in various governmental and corporate securities. See Note 9 to the financial statements herein for additional information on the investment portfolios. (b) Common trust funds are not publicly quoted and are valued by the fund administrators using net asset value as a practical expedient. Accordingly, these funds are not assigned a level in the fair value table. The fund administrator of these investments allows daily trading at the net asset value and trades settle at a later date. The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets (liabilities) for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the three months ended September 30, 2024. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of July 1, $16.1 $19.8 $3.6 $2.6 $6.6 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 9.4 5.9 (1.9) 0.6 0.8 Settlements (12.5) (14.1) (2.0) (1.2) (3.4) Balance as of September 30, $13.0 $11.6 ($0.3) $2.0 $4.0 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the three months ended September 30, 2023. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of July 1, $19.6 $16.7 $1.2 $1.5 $1.2 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 2.2 16.3 6.5 2.2 12.5 Settlements (10.2) (18.3) (6.6) (2.4) (10.4) Balance as of September 30, $11.6 $14.7 $1.1 $1.3 $3.3 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets (liabilities) for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of January 1, $6.0 $9.8 $1.3 $1.1 $2.4 Issuances of financial transmission rights 17.6 21.6 3.9 2.8 7.2 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 40.8 35.5 (0.4) 3.7 9.9 Settlements (51.4) (55.3) (5.1) (5.6) (15.5) Balance as of September 30, $13.0 $11.6 ($0.3) $2.0 $4.0 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of January 1, $10.3 $7.3 $0.6 $0.8 $0.1 Issuances of financial transmission rights 20.6 18.1 1.4 1.4 0.2 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset (1.1) 36.0 10.2 3.9 17.5 Settlements (18.2) (46.7) (11.1) (4.8) (14.5) Balance as of September 30, $11.6 $14.7 $1.1 $1.3 $3.3

Decommissioning Trust Funds

Decommissioning Trust Funds	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024
Decommissioning Trust Fund [Text Block]	DECOMMISSIONING TRUST FUNDS (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy) The NRC requires certain of the Utility operating companies and System Energy to maintain nuclear decommissioning trusts to fund the costs of decommissioning ANO 1, ANO 2, River Bend, Waterford 3, and Grand Gulf. Entergy’s nuclear decommissioning trust funds invest in equity securities, fixed-rate debt securities, and cash and cash equivalents. Entergy records decommissioning trust funds on the balance sheet at their fair value. Because of the ability of the Registrant Subsidiaries to recover decommissioning costs in rates and in accordance with the regulatory treatment for decommissioning trust funds, for unrealized gains/(losses) on investment securities, the Registrant Subsidiaries record an offsetting amount in other regulatory liabilities/assets. For the 30% interest in River Bend formerly owned by Cajun, Entergy Louisiana records an offsetting amount in other deferred credits for the unrealized trust earnings not currently expected to be needed to decommission the plant. Generally, Entergy records gains and losses on its debt and equity securities using the specific identification method to determine the cost basis of its securities. The unrealized gains/(losses) recognized during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 on equity securities still held as of September 30, 2024 were $185 million and $549 million, respectively. The equity securities are generally held in funds that are designed to approximate or somewhat exceed the return of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. A relatively small percentage of the equity securities are held in funds intended to replicate the return of the Wilshire 4500 Index or the Russell 3000 Index. The debt securities are generally held in individual government and credit issuances. The available-for-sale securities held as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are summarized as follows: Fair Total Total (In Millions) 2024 Debt Securities $2,051 $36 $94 2023 Debt Securities $1,770 $19 $134 As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, there were no deferred taxes on unrealized gains/(losses). The amortized cost of available-for-sale debt securities was $2,108 million as of September 30, 2024 and $1,885 million as of December 31, 2023. As of September 30, 2024, available-for-sale debt securities had an average coupon rate of approximately 3.68%, an average duration of approximately 6.46 years, and an average maturity of approximately 10.84 years. The fair value and gross unrealized losses of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by length of time that the securities had been in a continuous loss position, were as follows as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023: September 30, 2024 December 31, 2023 Fair Gross Fair Gross (In Millions) Less than 12 months $105 $1 $134 $6 More than 12 months 871 93 999 128 Total $976 $94 $1,133 $134 The fair value of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by contractual maturities, as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 were as follows: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Less than 1 year $52 $82 1 year - 5 years 627 517 5 years - 10 years 604 504 10 years - 15 years 138 121 15 years - 20 years 209 179 20 years+ 421 367 Total $2,051 $1,770 During the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, proceeds from the dispositions of available-for-sale debt securities amounted to $173 million and $226 million, respectively. During the three months ended September 30, 2024, there were gross gains of $3 million and gross losses of $5 million related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. During the three months ended September 30, 2023, there were no gross gains and gross losses of $11 million related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, proceeds from the dispositions of available-for-sale debt securities amounted to $504 million and $486 million, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, there were gross gains of $3 million and $1 million, respectively, and gross losses of $26 million and $28 million, respectively, related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. Entergy Arkansas Entergy Arkansas holds equity securities and available-for-sale debt securities in nuclear decommissioning trust accounts. The available-for-sale securities held as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are summarized as follows: Fair Total Total (In Millions) 2024 Debt Securities $597.5 $7.5 $42.3 2023 Debt Securities $496.9 $2.4 $53.6 The amortized cost of available-for-sale debt securities was $632.3 million as of September 30, 2024 and $548.1 million as of December 31, 2023. As of September 30, 2024, the available-for-sale debt securities had an average coupon rate of approximately 3.09%, an average duration of approximately 6.45 years, and an average maturity of approximately 8.47 years. The unrealized gains/(losses) recognized during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 on equity securities still held as of September 30, 2024 were $50.7 million and $156.3 million, respectively. The equity securities are generally held in funds that are designed to approximate the return of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. A relatively small percentage of the equity securities are held in funds intended to replicate the return of the Wilshire 4500 Index. The fair value and gross unrealized losses of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by length of time that the securities had been in a continuous loss position, were as follows as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023: September 30, 2024 December 31, 2023 Fair Gross Fair Gross (In Millions) Less than 12 months $17.5 $0.2 $22.5 $0.4 More than 12 months 376.5 42.1 403.4 53.2 Total $394.0 $42.3 $425.9 $53.6 The fair value of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by contractual maturities, as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 were as follows: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Less than 1 year $42.5 $45.3 1 year - 5 years 156.2 132.2 5 years - 10 years 248.5 205.7 10 years - 15 years 38.4 39.9 15 years - 20 years 63.8 49.6 20 years+ 48.1 24.2 Total $597.5 $496.9 During the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, proceeds from the dispositions of available-for-sale debt securities amounted to $4.2 million and $1.8 million, respectively. During the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, there were no gross gains in either period and gross losses of $0.3 million and $0.1 million, respectively, related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, proceeds from the dispositions of available-for-sale debt securities amounted to $22.1 million and $18.4 million, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, there were gross gains of $0.1 million and gross losses of $1.2 million related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, there were no gross gains and gross losses of $1.8 million related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. Entergy Louisiana Entergy Louisiana holds equity securities and available-for-sale debt securities in nuclear decommissioning trust accounts. The available-for-sale securities held as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are summarized as follows: Fair Total Total (In Millions) 2024 Debt Securities $877.6 $16.6 $25.0 2023 Debt Securities $788.1 $11.7 $37.4 The amortized cost of available-for-sale debt securities was $886 million as of September 30, 2024 and $813.9 million as of December 31, 2023. As of September 30, 2024, the available-for-sale debt securities had an average coupon rate of approximately 4.16%, an average duration of approximately 6.51 years, and an average maturity of approximately 13.10 years. The unrealized gains/(losses) recognized during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 on equity securities still held as of September 30, 2024 were $86.1 million and $251.5 million, respectively. The equity securities are generally held in funds that are designed to approximate the return of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. A relatively small percentage of the equity securities are held in funds intended to replicate the return of the Wilshire 4500 Index. The fair value and gross unrealized losses of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by length of time that the securities had been in a continuous loss position, were as follows as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023: September 30, 2024 December 31, 2023 Fair Gross Fair Gross (In Millions) Less than 12 months $48.1 $0.1 $69.8 $0.9 More than 12 months 299.6 24.9 356.1 36.5 Total $347.7 $25.0 $425.9 $37.4 The fair value of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by contractual maturities, as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 were as follows: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Less than 1 year $7.1 $31.4 1 year - 5 years 215.0 181.6 5 years - 10 years 199.3 170.0 10 years - 15 years 86.1 70.2 15 years - 20 years 95.3 90.2 20 years+ 274.8 244.7 Total $877.6 $788.1 During the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, proceeds from the dispositions of available-for-sale securities amounted to $51.9 million and $148.1 million, respectively. During the three months ended September 30, 2024, there were gross gains of $0.5 million and gross losses of $1.5 million related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. During the three months ended September 30, 2023, there were no gross gains and gross losses of $8.6 million related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, proceeds from the dispositions of available-for-sale securities amounted to $162.8 million and $280.7 million, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, there were gross gains of $0.7 million and $0.5 million, respectively, and gross losses of $9.2 million and $17.6 million, respectively, related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. System Energy System Energy holds equity securities and available-for-sale debt securities in nuclear decommissioning trust accounts. The available-for-sale securities held as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are summarized as follows: Fair Total Total (In Millions) 2024 Debt Securities $575.9 $12.3 $26.6 2023 Debt Securities $485.2 $4.5 $42.5 The amortized cost of available-for-sale debt securities was $590.1 million as of September 30, 2024 and $523.2 million as of December 31, 2023. As of September 30, 2024, the available-for-sale debt securities had an average coupon rate of approximately 3.56%, an average duration of approximately 6.41 years, and an average maturity of approximately 9.83 years. The unrealized gains/(losses) recognized during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 on equity securities still held as of September 30, 2024 were $48.3 million and $141.6 million, respectively. The equity securities are generally held in funds that are designed to approximate the return of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. A relatively small percentage of the equity securities are held in funds intended to replicate the return of the Wilshire 4500 Index. The fair value and gross unrealized losses of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by length of time that the securities had been in a continuous loss position, were as follows as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023: September 30, 2024 December 31, 2023 Fair Gross Fair Gross (In Millions) Less than 12 months $39.9 $0.2 $42.1 $4.5 More than 12 months 194.8 26.4 239.1 38.0 Total $234.7 $26.6 $281.2 $42.5 The fair value of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by contractual maturities, as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 were as follows: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Less than 1 year $2.7 $5.3 1 year - 5 years 255.6 203.4 5 years - 10 years 156.4 128.6 10 years - 15 years 13.1 10.7 15 years - 20 years 49.9 38.8 20 years+ 98.2 98.4 Total $575.9 $485.2 During the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, proceeds from the dispositions of available-for-sale debt securities amounted to $117.3 million and $76.2 million, respectively. During the three months ended September 30, 2024, there were gross gains of $2.2 million and gross losses of $3.3 million related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. During the three months ended September 30, 2023, there were no gross gains and gross losses of $2.7 million related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, proceeds from the dispositions of available-for-sale debt securities amounted to $318.8 million and $187.3 million, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, there were gross gains of $2.4 million and gross losses of $15.2 million related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, there were no gross gains and gross losses of $9.1 million, respectively, related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings.
Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Decommissioning Trust Fund [Text Block]	DECOMMISSIONING TRUST FUNDS (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy) The NRC requires certain of the Utility operating companies and System Energy to maintain nuclear decommissioning trusts to fund the costs of decommissioning ANO 1, ANO 2, River Bend, Waterford 3, and Grand Gulf. Entergy’s nuclear decommissioning trust funds invest in equity securities, fixed-rate debt securities, and cash and cash equivalents. Entergy records decommissioning trust funds on the balance sheet at their fair value. Because of the ability of the Registrant Subsidiaries to recover decommissioning costs in rates and in accordance with the regulatory treatment for decommissioning trust funds, for unrealized gains/(losses) on investment securities, the Registrant Subsidiaries record an offsetting amount in other regulatory liabilities/assets. For the 30% interest in River Bend formerly owned by Cajun, Entergy Louisiana records an offsetting amount in other deferred credits for the unrealized trust earnings not currently expected to be needed to decommission the plant. Generally, Entergy records gains and losses on its debt and equity securities using the specific identification method to determine the cost basis of its securities. The unrealized gains/(losses) recognized during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 on equity securities still held as of September 30, 2024 were $185 million and $549 million, respectively. The equity securities are generally held in funds that are designed to approximate or somewhat exceed the return of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. A relatively small percentage of the equity securities are held in funds intended to replicate the return of the Wilshire 4500 Index or the Russell 3000 Index. The debt securities are generally held in individual government and credit issuances. The available-for-sale securities held as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are summarized as follows: Fair Total Total (In Millions) 2024 Debt Securities $2,051 $36 $94 2023 Debt Securities $1,770 $19 $134 As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, there were no deferred taxes on unrealized gains/(losses). The amortized cost of available-for-sale debt securities was $2,108 million as of September 30, 2024 and $1,885 million as of December 31, 2023. As of September 30, 2024, available-for-sale debt securities had an average coupon rate of approximately 3.68%, an average duration of approximately 6.46 years, and an average maturity of approximately 10.84 years. The fair value and gross unrealized losses of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by length of time that the securities had been in a continuous loss position, were as follows as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023: September 30, 2024 December 31, 2023 Fair Gross Fair Gross (In Millions) Less than 12 months $105 $1 $134 $6 More than 12 months 871 93 999 128 Total $976 $94 $1,133 $134 The fair value of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by contractual maturities, as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 were as follows: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Less than 1 year $52 $82 1 year - 5 years 627 517 5 years - 10 years 604 504 10 years - 15 years 138 121 15 years - 20 years 209 179 20 years+ 421 367 Total $2,051 $1,770 During the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, proceeds from the dispositions of available-for-sale debt securities amounted to $173 million and $226 million, respectively. During the three months ended September 30, 2024, there were gross gains of $3 million and gross losses of $5 million related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. During the three months ended September 30, 2023, there were no gross gains and gross losses of $11 million related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, proceeds from the dispositions of available-for-sale debt securities amounted to $504 million and $486 million, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, there were gross gains of $3 million and $1 million, respectively, and gross losses of $26 million and $28 million, respectively, related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. Entergy Arkansas Entergy Arkansas holds equity securities and available-for-sale debt securities in nuclear decommissioning trust accounts. The available-for-sale securities held as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are summarized as follows: Fair Total Total (In Millions) 2024 Debt Securities $597.5 $7.5 $42.3 2023 Debt Securities $496.9 $2.4 $53.6 The amortized cost of available-for-sale debt securities was $632.3 million as of September 30, 2024 and $548.1 million as of December 31, 2023. As of September 30, 2024, the available-for-sale debt securities had an average coupon rate of approximately 3.09%, an average duration of approximately 6.45 years, and an average maturity of approximately 8.47 years. The unrealized gains/(losses) recognized during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 on equity securities still held as of September 30, 2024 were $50.7 million and $156.3 million, respectively. The equity securities are generally held in funds that are designed to approximate the return of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. A relatively small percentage of the equity securities are held in funds intended to replicate the return of the Wilshire 4500 Index. The fair value and gross unrealized losses of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by length of time that the securities had been in a continuous loss position, were as follows as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023: September 30, 2024 December 31, 2023 Fair Gross Fair Gross (In Millions) Less than 12 months $17.5 $0.2 $22.5 $0.4 More than 12 months 376.5 42.1 403.4 53.2 Total $394.0 $42.3 $425.9 $53.6 The fair value of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by contractual maturities, as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 were as follows: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Less than 1 year $42.5 $45.3 1 year - 5 years 156.2 132.2 5 years - 10 years 248.5 205.7 10 years - 15 years 38.4 39.9 15 years - 20 years 63.8 49.6 20 years+ 48.1 24.2 Total $597.5 $496.9 During the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, proceeds from the dispositions of available-for-sale debt securities amounted to $4.2 million and $1.8 million, respectively. During the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, there were no gross gains in either period and gross losses of $0.3 million and $0.1 million, respectively, related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, proceeds from the dispositions of available-for-sale debt securities amounted to $22.1 million and $18.4 million, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, there were gross gains of $0.1 million and gross losses of $1.2 million related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, there were no gross gains and gross losses of $1.8 million related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. Entergy Louisiana Entergy Louisiana holds equity securities and available-for-sale debt securities in nuclear decommissioning trust accounts. The available-for-sale securities held as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are summarized as follows: Fair Total Total (In Millions) 2024 Debt Securities $877.6 $16.6 $25.0 2023 Debt Securities $788.1 $11.7 $37.4 The amortized cost of available-for-sale debt securities was $886 million as of September 30, 2024 and $813.9 million as of December 31, 2023. As of September 30, 2024, the available-for-sale debt securities had an average coupon rate of approximately 4.16%, an average duration of approximately 6.51 years, and an average maturity of approximately 13.10 years. The unrealized gains/(losses) recognized during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 on equity securities still held as of September 30, 2024 were $86.1 million and $251.5 million, respectively. The equity securities are generally held in funds that are designed to approximate the return of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. A relatively small percentage of the equity securities are held in funds intended to replicate the return of the Wilshire 4500 Index. The fair value and gross unrealized losses of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by length of time that the securities had been in a continuous loss position, were as follows as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023: September 30, 2024 December 31, 2023 Fair Gross Fair Gross (In Millions) Less than 12 months $48.1 $0.1 $69.8 $0.9 More than 12 months 299.6 24.9 356.1 36.5 Total $347.7 $25.0 $425.9 $37.4 The fair value of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by contractual maturities, as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 were as follows: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Less than 1 year $7.1 $31.4 1 year - 5 years 215.0 181.6 5 years - 10 years 199.3 170.0 10 years - 15 years 86.1 70.2 15 years - 20 years 95.3 90.2 20 years+ 274.8 244.7 Total $877.6 $788.1 During the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, proceeds from the dispositions of available-for-sale securities amounted to $51.9 million and $148.1 million, respectively. During the three months ended September 30, 2024, there were gross gains of $0.5 million and gross losses of $1.5 million related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. During the three months ended September 30, 2023, there were no gross gains and gross losses of $8.6 million related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, proceeds from the dispositions of available-for-sale securities amounted to $162.8 million and $280.7 million, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, there were gross gains of $0.7 million and $0.5 million, respectively, and gross losses of $9.2 million and $17.6 million, respectively, related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. System Energy System Energy holds equity securities and available-for-sale debt securities in nuclear decommissioning trust accounts. The available-for-sale securities held as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are summarized as follows: Fair Total Total (In Millions) 2024 Debt Securities $575.9 $12.3 $26.6 2023 Debt Securities $485.2 $4.5 $42.5 The amortized cost of available-for-sale debt securities was $590.1 million as of September 30, 2024 and $523.2 million as of December 31, 2023. As of September 30, 2024, the available-for-sale debt securities had an average coupon rate of approximately 3.56%, an average duration of approximately 6.41 years, and an average maturity of approximately 9.83 years. The unrealized gains/(losses) recognized during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 on equity securities still held as of September 30, 2024 were $48.3 million and $141.6 million, respectively. The equity securities are generally held in funds that are designed to approximate the return of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. A relatively small percentage of the equity securities are held in funds intended to replicate the return of the Wilshire 4500 Index. The fair value and gross unrealized losses of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by length of time that the securities had been in a continuous loss position, were as follows as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023: September 30, 2024 December 31, 2023 Fair Gross Fair Gross (In Millions) Less than 12 months $39.9 $0.2 $42.1 $4.5 More than 12 months 194.8 26.4 239.1 38.0 Total $234.7 $26.6 $281.2 $42.5 The fair value of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by contractual maturities, as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 were as follows: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Less than 1 year $2.7 $5.3 1 year - 5 years 255.6 203.4 5 years - 10 years 156.4 128.6 10 years - 15 years 13.1 10.7 15 years - 20 years 49.9 38.8 20 years+ 98.2 98.4 Total $575.9 $485.2 During the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, proceeds from the dispositions of available-for-sale debt securities amounted to $117.3 million and $76.2 million, respectively. During the three months ended September 30, 2024, there were gross gains of $2.2 million and gross losses of $3.3 million related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. During the three months ended September 30, 2023, there were no gross gains and gross losses of $2.7 million related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, proceeds from the dispositions of available-for-sale debt securities amounted to $318.8 million and $187.3 million, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, there were gross gains of $2.4 million and gross losses of $15.2 million related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, there were no gross gains and gross losses of $9.1 million, respectively, related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings.
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Decommissioning Trust Fund [Text Block]	DECOMMISSIONING TRUST FUNDS (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy) The NRC requires certain of the Utility operating companies and System Energy to maintain nuclear decommissioning trusts to fund the costs of decommissioning ANO 1, ANO 2, River Bend, Waterford 3, and Grand Gulf. Entergy’s nuclear decommissioning trust funds invest in equity securities, fixed-rate debt securities, and cash and cash equivalents. Entergy records decommissioning trust funds on the balance sheet at their fair value. Because of the ability of the Registrant Subsidiaries to recover decommissioning costs in rates and in accordance with the regulatory treatment for decommissioning trust funds, for unrealized gains/(losses) on investment securities, the Registrant Subsidiaries record an offsetting amount in other regulatory liabilities/assets. For the 30% interest in River Bend formerly owned by Cajun, Entergy Louisiana records an offsetting amount in other deferred credits for the unrealized trust earnings not currently expected to be needed to decommission the plant. Generally, Entergy records gains and losses on its debt and equity securities using the specific identification method to determine the cost basis of its securities. The unrealized gains/(losses) recognized during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 on equity securities still held as of September 30, 2024 were $185 million and $549 million, respectively. The equity securities are generally held in funds that are designed to approximate or somewhat exceed the return of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. A relatively small percentage of the equity securities are held in funds intended to replicate the return of the Wilshire 4500 Index or the Russell 3000 Index. The debt securities are generally held in individual government and credit issuances. The available-for-sale securities held as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are summarized as follows: Fair Total Total (In Millions) 2024 Debt Securities $2,051 $36 $94 2023 Debt Securities $1,770 $19 $134 As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, there were no deferred taxes on unrealized gains/(losses). The amortized cost of available-for-sale debt securities was $2,108 million as of September 30, 2024 and $1,885 million as of December 31, 2023. As of September 30, 2024, available-for-sale debt securities had an average coupon rate of approximately 3.68%, an average duration of approximately 6.46 years, and an average maturity of approximately 10.84 years. The fair value and gross unrealized losses of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by length of time that the securities had been in a continuous loss position, were as follows as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023: September 30, 2024 December 31, 2023 Fair Gross Fair Gross (In Millions) Less than 12 months $105 $1 $134 $6 More than 12 months 871 93 999 128 Total $976 $94 $1,133 $134 The fair value of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by contractual maturities, as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 were as follows: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Less than 1 year $52 $82 1 year - 5 years 627 517 5 years - 10 years 604 504 10 years - 15 years 138 121 15 years - 20 years 209 179 20 years+ 421 367 Total $2,051 $1,770 During the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, proceeds from the dispositions of available-for-sale debt securities amounted to $173 million and $226 million, respectively. During the three months ended September 30, 2024, there were gross gains of $3 million and gross losses of $5 million related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. During the three months ended September 30, 2023, there were no gross gains and gross losses of $11 million related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, proceeds from the dispositions of available-for-sale debt securities amounted to $504 million and $486 million, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, there were gross gains of $3 million and $1 million, respectively, and gross losses of $26 million and $28 million, respectively, related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. Entergy Arkansas Entergy Arkansas holds equity securities and available-for-sale debt securities in nuclear decommissioning trust accounts. The available-for-sale securities held as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are summarized as follows: Fair Total Total (In Millions) 2024 Debt Securities $597.5 $7.5 $42.3 2023 Debt Securities $496.9 $2.4 $53.6 The amortized cost of available-for-sale debt securities was $632.3 million as of September 30, 2024 and $548.1 million as of December 31, 2023. As of September 30, 2024, the available-for-sale debt securities had an average coupon rate of approximately 3.09%, an average duration of approximately 6.45 years, and an average maturity of approximately 8.47 years. The unrealized gains/(losses) recognized during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 on equity securities still held as of September 30, 2024 were $50.7 million and $156.3 million, respectively. The equity securities are generally held in funds that are designed to approximate the return of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. A relatively small percentage of the equity securities are held in funds intended to replicate the return of the Wilshire 4500 Index. The fair value and gross unrealized losses of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by length of time that the securities had been in a continuous loss position, were as follows as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023: September 30, 2024 December 31, 2023 Fair Gross Fair Gross (In Millions) Less than 12 months $17.5 $0.2 $22.5 $0.4 More than 12 months 376.5 42.1 403.4 53.2 Total $394.0 $42.3 $425.9 $53.6 The fair value of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by contractual maturities, as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 were as follows: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Less than 1 year $42.5 $45.3 1 year - 5 years 156.2 132.2 5 years - 10 years 248.5 205.7 10 years - 15 years 38.4 39.9 15 years - 20 years 63.8 49.6 20 years+ 48.1 24.2 Total $597.5 $496.9 During the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, proceeds from the dispositions of available-for-sale debt securities amounted to $4.2 million and $1.8 million, respectively. During the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, there were no gross gains in either period and gross losses of $0.3 million and $0.1 million, respectively, related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, proceeds from the dispositions of available-for-sale debt securities amounted to $22.1 million and $18.4 million, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, there were gross gains of $0.1 million and gross losses of $1.2 million related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, there were no gross gains and gross losses of $1.8 million related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. Entergy Louisiana Entergy Louisiana holds equity securities and available-for-sale debt securities in nuclear decommissioning trust accounts. The available-for-sale securities held as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are summarized as follows: Fair Total Total (In Millions) 2024 Debt Securities $877.6 $16.6 $25.0 2023 Debt Securities $788.1 $11.7 $37.4 The amortized cost of available-for-sale debt securities was $886 million as of September 30, 2024 and $813.9 million as of December 31, 2023. As of September 30, 2024, the available-for-sale debt securities had an average coupon rate of approximately 4.16%, an average duration of approximately 6.51 years, and an average maturity of approximately 13.10 years. The unrealized gains/(losses) recognized during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 on equity securities still held as of September 30, 2024 were $86.1 million and $251.5 million, respectively. The equity securities are generally held in funds that are designed to approximate the return of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. A relatively small percentage of the equity securities are held in funds intended to replicate the return of the Wilshire 4500 Index. The fair value and gross unrealized losses of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by length of time that the securities had been in a continuous loss position, were as follows as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023: September 30, 2024 December 31, 2023 Fair Gross Fair Gross (In Millions) Less than 12 months $48.1 $0.1 $69.8 $0.9 More than 12 months 299.6 24.9 356.1 36.5 Total $347.7 $25.0 $425.9 $37.4 The fair value of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by contractual maturities, as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 were as follows: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Less than 1 year $7.1 $31.4 1 year - 5 years 215.0 181.6 5 years - 10 years 199.3 170.0 10 years - 15 years 86.1 70.2 15 years - 20 years 95.3 90.2 20 years+ 274.8 244.7 Total $877.6 $788.1 During the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, proceeds from the dispositions of available-for-sale securities amounted to $51.9 million and $148.1 million, respectively. During the three months ended September 30, 2024, there were gross gains of $0.5 million and gross losses of $1.5 million related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. During the three months ended September 30, 2023, there were no gross gains and gross losses of $8.6 million related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, proceeds from the dispositions of available-for-sale securities amounted to $162.8 million and $280.7 million, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, there were gross gains of $0.7 million and $0.5 million, respectively, and gross losses of $9.2 million and $17.6 million, respectively, related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. System Energy System Energy holds equity securities and available-for-sale debt securities in nuclear decommissioning trust accounts. The available-for-sale securities held as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are summarized as follows: Fair Total Total (In Millions) 2024 Debt Securities $575.9 $12.3 $26.6 2023 Debt Securities $485.2 $4.5 $42.5 The amortized cost of available-for-sale debt securities was $590.1 million as of September 30, 2024 and $523.2 million as of December 31, 2023. As of September 30, 2024, the available-for-sale debt securities had an average coupon rate of approximately 3.56%, an average duration of approximately 6.41 years, and an average maturity of approximately 9.83 years. The unrealized gains/(losses) recognized during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 on equity securities still held as of September 30, 2024 were $48.3 million and $141.6 million, respectively. The equity securities are generally held in funds that are designed to approximate the return of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. A relatively small percentage of the equity securities are held in funds intended to replicate the return of the Wilshire 4500 Index. The fair value and gross unrealized losses of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by length of time that the securities had been in a continuous loss position, were as follows as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023: September 30, 2024 December 31, 2023 Fair Gross Fair Gross (In Millions) Less than 12 months $39.9 $0.2 $42.1 $4.5 More than 12 months 194.8 26.4 239.1 38.0 Total $234.7 $26.6 $281.2 $42.5 The fair value of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by contractual maturities, as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 were as follows: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Less than 1 year $2.7 $5.3 1 year - 5 years 255.6 203.4 5 years - 10 years 156.4 128.6 10 years - 15 years 13.1 10.7 15 years - 20 years 49.9 38.8 20 years+ 98.2 98.4 Total $575.9 $485.2 During the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, proceeds from the dispositions of available-for-sale debt securities amounted to $117.3 million and $76.2 million, respectively. During the three months ended September 30, 2024, there were gross gains of $2.2 million and gross losses of $3.3 million related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. During the three months ended September 30, 2023, there were no gross gains and gross losses of $2.7 million related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, proceeds from the dispositions of available-for-sale debt securities amounted to $318.8 million and $187.3 million, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, there were gross gains of $2.4 million and gross losses of $15.2 million related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, there were no gross gains and gross losses of $9.1 million, respectively, related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings.
System Energy [Member]
Decommissioning Trust Fund [Text Block]	DECOMMISSIONING TRUST FUNDS (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy) The NRC requires certain of the Utility operating companies and System Energy to maintain nuclear decommissioning trusts to fund the costs of decommissioning ANO 1, ANO 2, River Bend, Waterford 3, and Grand Gulf. Entergy’s nuclear decommissioning trust funds invest in equity securities, fixed-rate debt securities, and cash and cash equivalents. Entergy records decommissioning trust funds on the balance sheet at their fair value. Because of the ability of the Registrant Subsidiaries to recover decommissioning costs in rates and in accordance with the regulatory treatment for decommissioning trust funds, for unrealized gains/(losses) on investment securities, the Registrant Subsidiaries record an offsetting amount in other regulatory liabilities/assets. For the 30% interest in River Bend formerly owned by Cajun, Entergy Louisiana records an offsetting amount in other deferred credits for the unrealized trust earnings not currently expected to be needed to decommission the plant. Generally, Entergy records gains and losses on its debt and equity securities using the specific identification method to determine the cost basis of its securities. The unrealized gains/(losses) recognized during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 on equity securities still held as of September 30, 2024 were $185 million and $549 million, respectively. The equity securities are generally held in funds that are designed to approximate or somewhat exceed the return of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. A relatively small percentage of the equity securities are held in funds intended to replicate the return of the Wilshire 4500 Index or the Russell 3000 Index. The debt securities are generally held in individual government and credit issuances. The available-for-sale securities held as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are summarized as follows: Fair Total Total (In Millions) 2024 Debt Securities $2,051 $36 $94 2023 Debt Securities $1,770 $19 $134 As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, there were no deferred taxes on unrealized gains/(losses). The amortized cost of available-for-sale debt securities was $2,108 million as of September 30, 2024 and $1,885 million as of December 31, 2023. As of September 30, 2024, available-for-sale debt securities had an average coupon rate of approximately 3.68%, an average duration of approximately 6.46 years, and an average maturity of approximately 10.84 years. The fair value and gross unrealized losses of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by length of time that the securities had been in a continuous loss position, were as follows as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023: September 30, 2024 December 31, 2023 Fair Gross Fair Gross (In Millions) Less than 12 months $105 $1 $134 $6 More than 12 months 871 93 999 128 Total $976 $94 $1,133 $134 The fair value of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by contractual maturities, as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 were as follows: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Less than 1 year $52 $82 1 year - 5 years 627 517 5 years - 10 years 604 504 10 years - 15 years 138 121 15 years - 20 years 209 179 20 years+ 421 367 Total $2,051 $1,770 During the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, proceeds from the dispositions of available-for-sale debt securities amounted to $173 million and $226 million, respectively. During the three months ended September 30, 2024, there were gross gains of $3 million and gross losses of $5 million related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. During the three months ended September 30, 2023, there were no gross gains and gross losses of $11 million related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, proceeds from the dispositions of available-for-sale debt securities amounted to $504 million and $486 million, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, there were gross gains of $3 million and $1 million, respectively, and gross losses of $26 million and $28 million, respectively, related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. Entergy Arkansas Entergy Arkansas holds equity securities and available-for-sale debt securities in nuclear decommissioning trust accounts. The available-for-sale securities held as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are summarized as follows: Fair Total Total (In Millions) 2024 Debt Securities $597.5 $7.5 $42.3 2023 Debt Securities $496.9 $2.4 $53.6 The amortized cost of available-for-sale debt securities was $632.3 million as of September 30, 2024 and $548.1 million as of December 31, 2023. As of September 30, 2024, the available-for-sale debt securities had an average coupon rate of approximately 3.09%, an average duration of approximately 6.45 years, and an average maturity of approximately 8.47 years. The unrealized gains/(losses) recognized during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 on equity securities still held as of September 30, 2024 were $50.7 million and $156.3 million, respectively. The equity securities are generally held in funds that are designed to approximate the return of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. A relatively small percentage of the equity securities are held in funds intended to replicate the return of the Wilshire 4500 Index. The fair value and gross unrealized losses of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by length of time that the securities had been in a continuous loss position, were as follows as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023: September 30, 2024 December 31, 2023 Fair Gross Fair Gross (In Millions) Less than 12 months $17.5 $0.2 $22.5 $0.4 More than 12 months 376.5 42.1 403.4 53.2 Total $394.0 $42.3 $425.9 $53.6 The fair value of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by contractual maturities, as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 were as follows: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Less than 1 year $42.5 $45.3 1 year - 5 years 156.2 132.2 5 years - 10 years 248.5 205.7 10 years - 15 years 38.4 39.9 15 years - 20 years 63.8 49.6 20 years+ 48.1 24.2 Total $597.5 $496.9 During the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, proceeds from the dispositions of available-for-sale debt securities amounted to $4.2 million and $1.8 million, respectively. During the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, there were no gross gains in either period and gross losses of $0.3 million and $0.1 million, respectively, related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, proceeds from the dispositions of available-for-sale debt securities amounted to $22.1 million and $18.4 million, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, there were gross gains of $0.1 million and gross losses of $1.2 million related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, there were no gross gains and gross losses of $1.8 million related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. Entergy Louisiana Entergy Louisiana holds equity securities and available-for-sale debt securities in nuclear decommissioning trust accounts. The available-for-sale securities held as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are summarized as follows: Fair Total Total (In Millions) 2024 Debt Securities $877.6 $16.6 $25.0 2023 Debt Securities $788.1 $11.7 $37.4 The amortized cost of available-for-sale debt securities was $886 million as of September 30, 2024 and $813.9 million as of December 31, 2023. As of September 30, 2024, the available-for-sale debt securities had an average coupon rate of approximately 4.16%, an average duration of approximately 6.51 years, and an average maturity of approximately 13.10 years. The unrealized gains/(losses) recognized during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 on equity securities still held as of September 30, 2024 were $86.1 million and $251.5 million, respectively. The equity securities are generally held in funds that are designed to approximate the return of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. A relatively small percentage of the equity securities are held in funds intended to replicate the return of the Wilshire 4500 Index. The fair value and gross unrealized losses of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by length of time that the securities had been in a continuous loss position, were as follows as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023: September 30, 2024 December 31, 2023 Fair Gross Fair Gross (In Millions) Less than 12 months $48.1 $0.1 $69.8 $0.9 More than 12 months 299.6 24.9 356.1 36.5 Total $347.7 $25.0 $425.9 $37.4 The fair value of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by contractual maturities, as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 were as follows: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Less than 1 year $7.1 $31.4 1 year - 5 years 215.0 181.6 5 years - 10 years 199.3 170.0 10 years - 15 years 86.1 70.2 15 years - 20 years 95.3 90.2 20 years+ 274.8 244.7 Total $877.6 $788.1 During the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, proceeds from the dispositions of available-for-sale securities amounted to $51.9 million and $148.1 million, respectively. During the three months ended September 30, 2024, there were gross gains of $0.5 million and gross losses of $1.5 million related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. During the three months ended September 30, 2023, there were no gross gains and gross losses of $8.6 million related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, proceeds from the dispositions of available-for-sale securities amounted to $162.8 million and $280.7 million, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, there were gross gains of $0.7 million and $0.5 million, respectively, and gross losses of $9.2 million and $17.6 million, respectively, related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. System Energy System Energy holds equity securities and available-for-sale debt securities in nuclear decommissioning trust accounts. The available-for-sale securities held as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are summarized as follows: Fair Total Total (In Millions) 2024 Debt Securities $575.9 $12.3 $26.6 2023 Debt Securities $485.2 $4.5 $42.5 The amortized cost of available-for-sale debt securities was $590.1 million as of September 30, 2024 and $523.2 million as of December 31, 2023. As of September 30, 2024, the available-for-sale debt securities had an average coupon rate of approximately 3.56%, an average duration of approximately 6.41 years, and an average maturity of approximately 9.83 years. The unrealized gains/(losses) recognized during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 on equity securities still held as of September 30, 2024 were $48.3 million and $141.6 million, respectively. The equity securities are generally held in funds that are designed to approximate the return of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. A relatively small percentage of the equity securities are held in funds intended to replicate the return of the Wilshire 4500 Index. The fair value and gross unrealized losses of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by length of time that the securities had been in a continuous loss position, were as follows as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023: September 30, 2024 December 31, 2023 Fair Gross Fair Gross (In Millions) Less than 12 months $39.9 $0.2 $42.1 $4.5 More than 12 months 194.8 26.4 239.1 38.0 Total $234.7 $26.6 $281.2 $42.5 The fair value of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by contractual maturities, as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 were as follows: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Less than 1 year $2.7 $5.3 1 year - 5 years 255.6 203.4 5 years - 10 years 156.4 128.6 10 years - 15 years 13.1 10.7 15 years - 20 years 49.9 38.8 20 years+ 98.2 98.4 Total $575.9 $485.2 During the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, proceeds from the dispositions of available-for-sale debt securities amounted to $117.3 million and $76.2 million, respectively. During the three months ended September 30, 2024, there were gross gains of $2.2 million and gross losses of $3.3 million related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. During the three months ended September 30, 2023, there were no gross gains and gross losses of $2.7 million related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, proceeds from the dispositions of available-for-sale debt securities amounted to $318.8 million and $187.3 million, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, there were gross gains of $2.4 million and gross losses of $15.2 million related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings. During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, there were no gross gains and gross losses of $9.1 million, respectively, related to available-for-sale debt securities reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings.

Income Taxes

Income Taxes	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]	INCOME TAXES (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) See “ Income Tax Audits ” and “ Other Tax Matters ” in Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of income tax audits, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and other income tax matters involving Entergy. The following are updates to that discussion. Income Tax Audits 2016-2018 IRS Audit As discussed in Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K, in November 2023 the IRS completed its examination of the 2016 through 2018 tax years and issued a Revenue Agent Report for each federal filer under audit. Based on prior regulatory agreements and general rate-making principles, in fourth quarter 2023 Entergy New Orleans recorded a regulatory liability and associated regulatory charge of $60 million ($44 million net-of-tax). In April 2024, Entergy New Orleans and the City Council entered into a settlement in principle whereby Entergy New Orleans agreed to share with customers $138 million of income tax benefits from the resolution of the 2016–2018 IRS audit. Based on this settlement in principle, in first quarter 2024 Entergy New Orleans increased the associated regulatory liability from $60 million to $138 million and recorded a corresponding $78 million regulatory charge ($57 million net-of-tax). The settlement in principle requires that the regulatory liability be amortized over 25 years with the unamortized balance included in rate base and the amortization treated as a reduction to Entergy New Orleans’s retail revenue requirement. In May 2024 the City Council approved the settlement. State Income Tax Audits In the third quarter 2024, Entergy and the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration resolved the terms of the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration’s outstanding tax assessments related to the examination of the 2014 through 2018 tax years. The agreement resulted in a payment of tax of approximately $8 million by Entergy. As a result of the income tax audit adjustments and the reversal of a provision for uncertain tax positions, Entergy Arkansas recorded a net reduction in income tax expense of approximately $18 million, which was offset by approximately $9 million of income tax expense recorded by other Entergy subsidiaries, resulting in a net reduction in income tax expense for Entergy of $9 million. Arkansas Corporate Income Tax Rate Change In June 2024, Arkansas Act 1 of the Second Extraordinary Session reduced the Arkansas corporate income tax rate from 4.8% to 4.3%, which is retroactively effective as of January 1, 2024. As a result of the rate reduction, Entergy Arkansas accrued a regulatory liability for income taxes of approximately $31 million in the second quarter of 2024. The regulatory liability includes a tax gross-up related to the treatment of income taxes in the retail and wholesale ratemaking formulas and is expected to be included in future rate mechanisms.
Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]	INCOME TAXES (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) See “ Income Tax Audits ” and “ Other Tax Matters ” in Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of income tax audits, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and other income tax matters involving Entergy. The following are updates to that discussion. Income Tax Audits 2016-2018 IRS Audit As discussed in Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K, in November 2023 the IRS completed its examination of the 2016 through 2018 tax years and issued a Revenue Agent Report for each federal filer under audit. Based on prior regulatory agreements and general rate-making principles, in fourth quarter 2023 Entergy New Orleans recorded a regulatory liability and associated regulatory charge of $60 million ($44 million net-of-tax). In April 2024, Entergy New Orleans and the City Council entered into a settlement in principle whereby Entergy New Orleans agreed to share with customers $138 million of income tax benefits from the resolution of the 2016–2018 IRS audit. Based on this settlement in principle, in first quarter 2024 Entergy New Orleans increased the associated regulatory liability from $60 million to $138 million and recorded a corresponding $78 million regulatory charge ($57 million net-of-tax). The settlement in principle requires that the regulatory liability be amortized over 25 years with the unamortized balance included in rate base and the amortization treated as a reduction to Entergy New Orleans’s retail revenue requirement. In May 2024 the City Council approved the settlement. State Income Tax Audits In the third quarter 2024, Entergy and the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration resolved the terms of the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration’s outstanding tax assessments related to the examination of the 2014 through 2018 tax years. The agreement resulted in a payment of tax of approximately $8 million by Entergy. As a result of the income tax audit adjustments and the reversal of a provision for uncertain tax positions, Entergy Arkansas recorded a net reduction in income tax expense of approximately $18 million, which was offset by approximately $9 million of income tax expense recorded by other Entergy subsidiaries, resulting in a net reduction in income tax expense for Entergy of $9 million. Arkansas Corporate Income Tax Rate Change In June 2024, Arkansas Act 1 of the Second Extraordinary Session reduced the Arkansas corporate income tax rate from 4.8% to 4.3%, which is retroactively effective as of January 1, 2024. As a result of the rate reduction, Entergy Arkansas accrued a regulatory liability for income taxes of approximately $31 million in the second quarter of 2024. The regulatory liability includes a tax gross-up related to the treatment of income taxes in the retail and wholesale ratemaking formulas and is expected to be included in future rate mechanisms.
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]	INCOME TAXES (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) See “ Income Tax Audits ” and “ Other Tax Matters ” in Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of income tax audits, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and other income tax matters involving Entergy. The following are updates to that discussion. Income Tax Audits 2016-2018 IRS Audit As discussed in Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K, in November 2023 the IRS completed its examination of the 2016 through 2018 tax years and issued a Revenue Agent Report for each federal filer under audit. Based on prior regulatory agreements and general rate-making principles, in fourth quarter 2023 Entergy New Orleans recorded a regulatory liability and associated regulatory charge of $60 million ($44 million net-of-tax). In April 2024, Entergy New Orleans and the City Council entered into a settlement in principle whereby Entergy New Orleans agreed to share with customers $138 million of income tax benefits from the resolution of the 2016–2018 IRS audit. Based on this settlement in principle, in first quarter 2024 Entergy New Orleans increased the associated regulatory liability from $60 million to $138 million and recorded a corresponding $78 million regulatory charge ($57 million net-of-tax). The settlement in principle requires that the regulatory liability be amortized over 25 years with the unamortized balance included in rate base and the amortization treated as a reduction to Entergy New Orleans’s retail revenue requirement. In May 2024 the City Council approved the settlement. State Income Tax Audits In the third quarter 2024, Entergy and the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration resolved the terms of the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration’s outstanding tax assessments related to the examination of the 2014 through 2018 tax years. The agreement resulted in a payment of tax of approximately $8 million by Entergy. As a result of the income tax audit adjustments and the reversal of a provision for uncertain tax positions, Entergy Arkansas recorded a net reduction in income tax expense of approximately $18 million, which was offset by approximately $9 million of income tax expense recorded by other Entergy subsidiaries, resulting in a net reduction in income tax expense for Entergy of $9 million. Arkansas Corporate Income Tax Rate Change In June 2024, Arkansas Act 1 of the Second Extraordinary Session reduced the Arkansas corporate income tax rate from 4.8% to 4.3%, which is retroactively effective as of January 1, 2024. As a result of the rate reduction, Entergy Arkansas accrued a regulatory liability for income taxes of approximately $31 million in the second quarter of 2024. The regulatory liability includes a tax gross-up related to the treatment of income taxes in the retail and wholesale ratemaking formulas and is expected to be included in future rate mechanisms.
Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]	INCOME TAXES (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) See “ Income Tax Audits ” and “ Other Tax Matters ” in Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of income tax audits, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and other income tax matters involving Entergy. The following are updates to that discussion. Income Tax Audits 2016-2018 IRS Audit As discussed in Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K, in November 2023 the IRS completed its examination of the 2016 through 2018 tax years and issued a Revenue Agent Report for each federal filer under audit. Based on prior regulatory agreements and general rate-making principles, in fourth quarter 2023 Entergy New Orleans recorded a regulatory liability and associated regulatory charge of $60 million ($44 million net-of-tax). In April 2024, Entergy New Orleans and the City Council entered into a settlement in principle whereby Entergy New Orleans agreed to share with customers $138 million of income tax benefits from the resolution of the 2016–2018 IRS audit. Based on this settlement in principle, in first quarter 2024 Entergy New Orleans increased the associated regulatory liability from $60 million to $138 million and recorded a corresponding $78 million regulatory charge ($57 million net-of-tax). The settlement in principle requires that the regulatory liability be amortized over 25 years with the unamortized balance included in rate base and the amortization treated as a reduction to Entergy New Orleans’s retail revenue requirement. In May 2024 the City Council approved the settlement. State Income Tax Audits In the third quarter 2024, Entergy and the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration resolved the terms of the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration’s outstanding tax assessments related to the examination of the 2014 through 2018 tax years. The agreement resulted in a payment of tax of approximately $8 million by Entergy. As a result of the income tax audit adjustments and the reversal of a provision for uncertain tax positions, Entergy Arkansas recorded a net reduction in income tax expense of approximately $18 million, which was offset by approximately $9 million of income tax expense recorded by other Entergy subsidiaries, resulting in a net reduction in income tax expense for Entergy of $9 million. Arkansas Corporate Income Tax Rate Change In June 2024, Arkansas Act 1 of the Second Extraordinary Session reduced the Arkansas corporate income tax rate from 4.8% to 4.3%, which is retroactively effective as of January 1, 2024. As a result of the rate reduction, Entergy Arkansas accrued a regulatory liability for income taxes of approximately $31 million in the second quarter of 2024. The regulatory liability includes a tax gross-up related to the treatment of income taxes in the retail and wholesale ratemaking formulas and is expected to be included in future rate mechanisms.
Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]	INCOME TAXES (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) See “ Income Tax Audits ” and “ Other Tax Matters ” in Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of income tax audits, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and other income tax matters involving Entergy. The following are updates to that discussion. Income Tax Audits 2016-2018 IRS Audit As discussed in Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K, in November 2023 the IRS completed its examination of the 2016 through 2018 tax years and issued a Revenue Agent Report for each federal filer under audit. Based on prior regulatory agreements and general rate-making principles, in fourth quarter 2023 Entergy New Orleans recorded a regulatory liability and associated regulatory charge of $60 million ($44 million net-of-tax). In April 2024, Entergy New Orleans and the City Council entered into a settlement in principle whereby Entergy New Orleans agreed to share with customers $138 million of income tax benefits from the resolution of the 2016–2018 IRS audit. Based on this settlement in principle, in first quarter 2024 Entergy New Orleans increased the associated regulatory liability from $60 million to $138 million and recorded a corresponding $78 million regulatory charge ($57 million net-of-tax). The settlement in principle requires that the regulatory liability be amortized over 25 years with the unamortized balance included in rate base and the amortization treated as a reduction to Entergy New Orleans’s retail revenue requirement. In May 2024 the City Council approved the settlement. State Income Tax Audits In the third quarter 2024, Entergy and the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration resolved the terms of the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration’s outstanding tax assessments related to the examination of the 2014 through 2018 tax years. The agreement resulted in a payment of tax of approximately $8 million by Entergy. As a result of the income tax audit adjustments and the reversal of a provision for uncertain tax positions, Entergy Arkansas recorded a net reduction in income tax expense of approximately $18 million, which was offset by approximately $9 million of income tax expense recorded by other Entergy subsidiaries, resulting in a net reduction in income tax expense for Entergy of $9 million. Arkansas Corporate Income Tax Rate Change In June 2024, Arkansas Act 1 of the Second Extraordinary Session reduced the Arkansas corporate income tax rate from 4.8% to 4.3%, which is retroactively effective as of January 1, 2024. As a result of the rate reduction, Entergy Arkansas accrued a regulatory liability for income taxes of approximately $31 million in the second quarter of 2024. The regulatory liability includes a tax gross-up related to the treatment of income taxes in the retail and wholesale ratemaking formulas and is expected to be included in future rate mechanisms.
Entergy Texas [Member]
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]	INCOME TAXES (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) See “ Income Tax Audits ” and “ Other Tax Matters ” in Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of income tax audits, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and other income tax matters involving Entergy. The following are updates to that discussion. Income Tax Audits 2016-2018 IRS Audit As discussed in Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K, in November 2023 the IRS completed its examination of the 2016 through 2018 tax years and issued a Revenue Agent Report for each federal filer under audit. Based on prior regulatory agreements and general rate-making principles, in fourth quarter 2023 Entergy New Orleans recorded a regulatory liability and associated regulatory charge of $60 million ($44 million net-of-tax). In April 2024, Entergy New Orleans and the City Council entered into a settlement in principle whereby Entergy New Orleans agreed to share with customers $138 million of income tax benefits from the resolution of the 2016–2018 IRS audit. Based on this settlement in principle, in first quarter 2024 Entergy New Orleans increased the associated regulatory liability from $60 million to $138 million and recorded a corresponding $78 million regulatory charge ($57 million net-of-tax). The settlement in principle requires that the regulatory liability be amortized over 25 years with the unamortized balance included in rate base and the amortization treated as a reduction to Entergy New Orleans’s retail revenue requirement. In May 2024 the City Council approved the settlement. State Income Tax Audits In the third quarter 2024, Entergy and the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration resolved the terms of the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration’s outstanding tax assessments related to the examination of the 2014 through 2018 tax years. The agreement resulted in a payment of tax of approximately $8 million by Entergy. As a result of the income tax audit adjustments and the reversal of a provision for uncertain tax positions, Entergy Arkansas recorded a net reduction in income tax expense of approximately $18 million, which was offset by approximately $9 million of income tax expense recorded by other Entergy subsidiaries, resulting in a net reduction in income tax expense for Entergy of $9 million. Arkansas Corporate Income Tax Rate Change In June 2024, Arkansas Act 1 of the Second Extraordinary Session reduced the Arkansas corporate income tax rate from 4.8% to 4.3%, which is retroactively effective as of January 1, 2024. As a result of the rate reduction, Entergy Arkansas accrued a regulatory liability for income taxes of approximately $31 million in the second quarter of 2024. The regulatory liability includes a tax gross-up related to the treatment of income taxes in the retail and wholesale ratemaking formulas and is expected to be included in future rate mechanisms.
System Energy [Member]
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]	INCOME TAXES (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) See “ Income Tax Audits ” and “ Other Tax Matters ” in Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of income tax audits, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and other income tax matters involving Entergy. The following are updates to that discussion. Income Tax Audits 2016-2018 IRS Audit As discussed in Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K, in November 2023 the IRS completed its examination of the 2016 through 2018 tax years and issued a Revenue Agent Report for each federal filer under audit. Based on prior regulatory agreements and general rate-making principles, in fourth quarter 2023 Entergy New Orleans recorded a regulatory liability and associated regulatory charge of $60 million ($44 million net-of-tax). In April 2024, Entergy New Orleans and the City Council entered into a settlement in principle whereby Entergy New Orleans agreed to share with customers $138 million of income tax benefits from the resolution of the 2016–2018 IRS audit. Based on this settlement in principle, in first quarter 2024 Entergy New Orleans increased the associated regulatory liability from $60 million to $138 million and recorded a corresponding $78 million regulatory charge ($57 million net-of-tax). The settlement in principle requires that the regulatory liability be amortized over 25 years with the unamortized balance included in rate base and the amortization treated as a reduction to Entergy New Orleans’s retail revenue requirement. In May 2024 the City Council approved the settlement. State Income Tax Audits In the third quarter 2024, Entergy and the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration resolved the terms of the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration’s outstanding tax assessments related to the examination of the 2014 through 2018 tax years. The agreement resulted in a payment of tax of approximately $8 million by Entergy. As a result of the income tax audit adjustments and the reversal of a provision for uncertain tax positions, Entergy Arkansas recorded a net reduction in income tax expense of approximately $18 million, which was offset by approximately $9 million of income tax expense recorded by other Entergy subsidiaries, resulting in a net reduction in income tax expense for Entergy of $9 million. Arkansas Corporate Income Tax Rate Change In June 2024, Arkansas Act 1 of the Second Extraordinary Session reduced the Arkansas corporate income tax rate from 4.8% to 4.3%, which is retroactively effective as of January 1, 2024. As a result of the rate reduction, Entergy Arkansas accrued a regulatory liability for income taxes of approximately $31 million in the second quarter of 2024. The regulatory liability includes a tax gross-up related to the treatment of income taxes in the retail and wholesale ratemaking formulas and is expected to be included in future rate mechanisms.

Variable Interest Entities

Variable Interest Entities	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024
Variable Interest Entity Disclosure [Text Block]	VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) See Note 17 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of variable interest entities (VIEs). See Note 4 to the financial statements herein for details of the nuclear fuel companies’ credit facilities, commercial paper borrowings, and long-term debt. See Note 6 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of noncontrolling interests. Restoration Law Trust I (the storm trust I), a trust consolidated by Entergy Louisiana, is a VIE and Entergy Louisiana is the primary beneficiary. As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the primary asset held by the storm trust I was $2.9 billion and $3 billion, respectively, of outstanding Entergy Finance Company preferred membership interests, which is reflected as an investment in affiliate preferred membership interests on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy Louisiana. The LURC’s 1% beneficial interest in the storm trust I is recorded as noncontrolling interest on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Louisiana, with balances of $30.4 million as of September 30, 2024 and $30.5 million as of December 31, 2023. Restoration Law Trust II (the storm trust II), a trust consolidated by Entergy Louisiana, is a VIE and Entergy Louisiana is the primary beneficiary. As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the primary asset held by the storm trust II was $1.4 billion and $1.5 billion, respectively, of outstanding Entergy Finance Company preferred membership interests, which is reflected as an investment in affiliate preferred membership interests on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy Louisiana. The LURC’s 1% beneficial interest in the storm trust II is recorded as noncontrolling interest on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Louisiana, with balances of $15.1 million as of September 30, 2024 and $14.6 million as of December 31, 2023. System Energy is considered to hold a variable interest in the lessor from which it leases an undivided interest in the Grand Gulf nuclear plant. System Energy is the lessee under this arrangement, which is described in more detail in Note 5 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K. System Energy made payments under this arrangement, including interest, of $17.2 million in each of the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and the nine months ended September 30, 2023. AR Searcy Partnership, LLC is a tax equity partnership that qualifies as a VIE, which Entergy Arkansas is required to consolidate as it is the primary beneficiary. As of September 30, 2024, AR Searcy Partnership, LLC recorded assets equal to $131.6 million, primarily consisting of property, plant, and equipment, and the carrying value of Entergy Arkansas’s ownership interest in the partnership was approximately $112.8 million. As of December 31, 2023, AR Searcy Partnership, LLC recorded assets equal to $134 million, primarily consisting of property, plant, and equipment, and the carrying value of Entergy Arkansas’s ownership interest in the partnership was approximately $111.2 million. The tax equity investor’s ownership interest is recorded as noncontrolling interest on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Arkansas. MS Sunflower Partnership, LLC is a tax equity partnership that qualifies as a VIE, which Entergy Mississippi is required to consolidate as it is the primary beneficiary. As of September 30, 2024, MS Sunflower Partnership, LLC recorded assets equal to $165.8 million, primarily consisting of property, plant, and equipment, and the carrying value of Entergy Mississippi’s ownership interest in the partnership was approximately $131.9 million. As of December 31, 2023, MS Sunflower Partnership, LLC recorded assets equal to $163.2 million, primarily consisting of property, plant, and equipment, and the carrying value of Entergy Mississippi’s ownership interest in the partnership was approximately $128.4 million. The tax equity investor’s ownership interest is recorded as noncontrolling interest on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Mississippi.
Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Variable Interest Entity Disclosure [Text Block]	VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) See Note 17 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of variable interest entities (VIEs). See Note 4 to the financial statements herein for details of the nuclear fuel companies’ credit facilities, commercial paper borrowings, and long-term debt. See Note 6 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of noncontrolling interests. Restoration Law Trust I (the storm trust I), a trust consolidated by Entergy Louisiana, is a VIE and Entergy Louisiana is the primary beneficiary. As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the primary asset held by the storm trust I was $2.9 billion and $3 billion, respectively, of outstanding Entergy Finance Company preferred membership interests, which is reflected as an investment in affiliate preferred membership interests on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy Louisiana. The LURC’s 1% beneficial interest in the storm trust I is recorded as noncontrolling interest on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Louisiana, with balances of $30.4 million as of September 30, 2024 and $30.5 million as of December 31, 2023. Restoration Law Trust II (the storm trust II), a trust consolidated by Entergy Louisiana, is a VIE and Entergy Louisiana is the primary beneficiary. As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the primary asset held by the storm trust II was $1.4 billion and $1.5 billion, respectively, of outstanding Entergy Finance Company preferred membership interests, which is reflected as an investment in affiliate preferred membership interests on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy Louisiana. The LURC’s 1% beneficial interest in the storm trust II is recorded as noncontrolling interest on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Louisiana, with balances of $15.1 million as of September 30, 2024 and $14.6 million as of December 31, 2023. System Energy is considered to hold a variable interest in the lessor from which it leases an undivided interest in the Grand Gulf nuclear plant. System Energy is the lessee under this arrangement, which is described in more detail in Note 5 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K. System Energy made payments under this arrangement, including interest, of $17.2 million in each of the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and the nine months ended September 30, 2023. AR Searcy Partnership, LLC is a tax equity partnership that qualifies as a VIE, which Entergy Arkansas is required to consolidate as it is the primary beneficiary. As of September 30, 2024, AR Searcy Partnership, LLC recorded assets equal to $131.6 million, primarily consisting of property, plant, and equipment, and the carrying value of Entergy Arkansas’s ownership interest in the partnership was approximately $112.8 million. As of December 31, 2023, AR Searcy Partnership, LLC recorded assets equal to $134 million, primarily consisting of property, plant, and equipment, and the carrying value of Entergy Arkansas’s ownership interest in the partnership was approximately $111.2 million. The tax equity investor’s ownership interest is recorded as noncontrolling interest on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Arkansas. MS Sunflower Partnership, LLC is a tax equity partnership that qualifies as a VIE, which Entergy Mississippi is required to consolidate as it is the primary beneficiary. As of September 30, 2024, MS Sunflower Partnership, LLC recorded assets equal to $165.8 million, primarily consisting of property, plant, and equipment, and the carrying value of Entergy Mississippi’s ownership interest in the partnership was approximately $131.9 million. As of December 31, 2023, MS Sunflower Partnership, LLC recorded assets equal to $163.2 million, primarily consisting of property, plant, and equipment, and the carrying value of Entergy Mississippi’s ownership interest in the partnership was approximately $128.4 million. The tax equity investor’s ownership interest is recorded as noncontrolling interest on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Mississippi.
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Variable Interest Entity Disclosure [Text Block]	VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) See Note 17 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of variable interest entities (VIEs). See Note 4 to the financial statements herein for details of the nuclear fuel companies’ credit facilities, commercial paper borrowings, and long-term debt. See Note 6 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of noncontrolling interests. Restoration Law Trust I (the storm trust I), a trust consolidated by Entergy Louisiana, is a VIE and Entergy Louisiana is the primary beneficiary. As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the primary asset held by the storm trust I was $2.9 billion and $3 billion, respectively, of outstanding Entergy Finance Company preferred membership interests, which is reflected as an investment in affiliate preferred membership interests on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy Louisiana. The LURC’s 1% beneficial interest in the storm trust I is recorded as noncontrolling interest on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Louisiana, with balances of $30.4 million as of September 30, 2024 and $30.5 million as of December 31, 2023. Restoration Law Trust II (the storm trust II), a trust consolidated by Entergy Louisiana, is a VIE and Entergy Louisiana is the primary beneficiary. As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the primary asset held by the storm trust II was $1.4 billion and $1.5 billion, respectively, of outstanding Entergy Finance Company preferred membership interests, which is reflected as an investment in affiliate preferred membership interests on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy Louisiana. The LURC’s 1% beneficial interest in the storm trust II is recorded as noncontrolling interest on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Louisiana, with balances of $15.1 million as of September 30, 2024 and $14.6 million as of December 31, 2023. System Energy is considered to hold a variable interest in the lessor from which it leases an undivided interest in the Grand Gulf nuclear plant. System Energy is the lessee under this arrangement, which is described in more detail in Note 5 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K. System Energy made payments under this arrangement, including interest, of $17.2 million in each of the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and the nine months ended September 30, 2023. AR Searcy Partnership, LLC is a tax equity partnership that qualifies as a VIE, which Entergy Arkansas is required to consolidate as it is the primary beneficiary. As of September 30, 2024, AR Searcy Partnership, LLC recorded assets equal to $131.6 million, primarily consisting of property, plant, and equipment, and the carrying value of Entergy Arkansas’s ownership interest in the partnership was approximately $112.8 million. As of December 31, 2023, AR Searcy Partnership, LLC recorded assets equal to $134 million, primarily consisting of property, plant, and equipment, and the carrying value of Entergy Arkansas’s ownership interest in the partnership was approximately $111.2 million. The tax equity investor’s ownership interest is recorded as noncontrolling interest on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Arkansas. MS Sunflower Partnership, LLC is a tax equity partnership that qualifies as a VIE, which Entergy Mississippi is required to consolidate as it is the primary beneficiary. As of September 30, 2024, MS Sunflower Partnership, LLC recorded assets equal to $165.8 million, primarily consisting of property, plant, and equipment, and the carrying value of Entergy Mississippi’s ownership interest in the partnership was approximately $131.9 million. As of December 31, 2023, MS Sunflower Partnership, LLC recorded assets equal to $163.2 million, primarily consisting of property, plant, and equipment, and the carrying value of Entergy Mississippi’s ownership interest in the partnership was approximately $128.4 million. The tax equity investor’s ownership interest is recorded as noncontrolling interest on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Mississippi.
Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Variable Interest Entity Disclosure [Text Block]	VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) See Note 17 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of variable interest entities (VIEs). See Note 4 to the financial statements herein for details of the nuclear fuel companies’ credit facilities, commercial paper borrowings, and long-term debt. See Note 6 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of noncontrolling interests. Restoration Law Trust I (the storm trust I), a trust consolidated by Entergy Louisiana, is a VIE and Entergy Louisiana is the primary beneficiary. As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the primary asset held by the storm trust I was $2.9 billion and $3 billion, respectively, of outstanding Entergy Finance Company preferred membership interests, which is reflected as an investment in affiliate preferred membership interests on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy Louisiana. The LURC’s 1% beneficial interest in the storm trust I is recorded as noncontrolling interest on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Louisiana, with balances of $30.4 million as of September 30, 2024 and $30.5 million as of December 31, 2023. Restoration Law Trust II (the storm trust II), a trust consolidated by Entergy Louisiana, is a VIE and Entergy Louisiana is the primary beneficiary. As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the primary asset held by the storm trust II was $1.4 billion and $1.5 billion, respectively, of outstanding Entergy Finance Company preferred membership interests, which is reflected as an investment in affiliate preferred membership interests on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy Louisiana. The LURC’s 1% beneficial interest in the storm trust II is recorded as noncontrolling interest on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Louisiana, with balances of $15.1 million as of September 30, 2024 and $14.6 million as of December 31, 2023. System Energy is considered to hold a variable interest in the lessor from which it leases an undivided interest in the Grand Gulf nuclear plant. System Energy is the lessee under this arrangement, which is described in more detail in Note 5 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K. System Energy made payments under this arrangement, including interest, of $17.2 million in each of the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and the nine months ended September 30, 2023. AR Searcy Partnership, LLC is a tax equity partnership that qualifies as a VIE, which Entergy Arkansas is required to consolidate as it is the primary beneficiary. As of September 30, 2024, AR Searcy Partnership, LLC recorded assets equal to $131.6 million, primarily consisting of property, plant, and equipment, and the carrying value of Entergy Arkansas’s ownership interest in the partnership was approximately $112.8 million. As of December 31, 2023, AR Searcy Partnership, LLC recorded assets equal to $134 million, primarily consisting of property, plant, and equipment, and the carrying value of Entergy Arkansas’s ownership interest in the partnership was approximately $111.2 million. The tax equity investor’s ownership interest is recorded as noncontrolling interest on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Arkansas. MS Sunflower Partnership, LLC is a tax equity partnership that qualifies as a VIE, which Entergy Mississippi is required to consolidate as it is the primary beneficiary. As of September 30, 2024, MS Sunflower Partnership, LLC recorded assets equal to $165.8 million, primarily consisting of property, plant, and equipment, and the carrying value of Entergy Mississippi’s ownership interest in the partnership was approximately $131.9 million. As of December 31, 2023, MS Sunflower Partnership, LLC recorded assets equal to $163.2 million, primarily consisting of property, plant, and equipment, and the carrying value of Entergy Mississippi’s ownership interest in the partnership was approximately $128.4 million. The tax equity investor’s ownership interest is recorded as noncontrolling interest on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Mississippi.
Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Variable Interest Entity Disclosure [Text Block]	VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) See Note 17 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of variable interest entities (VIEs). See Note 4 to the financial statements herein for details of the nuclear fuel companies’ credit facilities, commercial paper borrowings, and long-term debt. See Note 6 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of noncontrolling interests. Restoration Law Trust I (the storm trust I), a trust consolidated by Entergy Louisiana, is a VIE and Entergy Louisiana is the primary beneficiary. As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the primary asset held by the storm trust I was $2.9 billion and $3 billion, respectively, of outstanding Entergy Finance Company preferred membership interests, which is reflected as an investment in affiliate preferred membership interests on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy Louisiana. The LURC’s 1% beneficial interest in the storm trust I is recorded as noncontrolling interest on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Louisiana, with balances of $30.4 million as of September 30, 2024 and $30.5 million as of December 31, 2023. Restoration Law Trust II (the storm trust II), a trust consolidated by Entergy Louisiana, is a VIE and Entergy Louisiana is the primary beneficiary. As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the primary asset held by the storm trust II was $1.4 billion and $1.5 billion, respectively, of outstanding Entergy Finance Company preferred membership interests, which is reflected as an investment in affiliate preferred membership interests on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy Louisiana. The LURC’s 1% beneficial interest in the storm trust II is recorded as noncontrolling interest on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Louisiana, with balances of $15.1 million as of September 30, 2024 and $14.6 million as of December 31, 2023. System Energy is considered to hold a variable interest in the lessor from which it leases an undivided interest in the Grand Gulf nuclear plant. System Energy is the lessee under this arrangement, which is described in more detail in Note 5 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K. System Energy made payments under this arrangement, including interest, of $17.2 million in each of the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and the nine months ended September 30, 2023. AR Searcy Partnership, LLC is a tax equity partnership that qualifies as a VIE, which Entergy Arkansas is required to consolidate as it is the primary beneficiary. As of September 30, 2024, AR Searcy Partnership, LLC recorded assets equal to $131.6 million, primarily consisting of property, plant, and equipment, and the carrying value of Entergy Arkansas’s ownership interest in the partnership was approximately $112.8 million. As of December 31, 2023, AR Searcy Partnership, LLC recorded assets equal to $134 million, primarily consisting of property, plant, and equipment, and the carrying value of Entergy Arkansas’s ownership interest in the partnership was approximately $111.2 million. The tax equity investor’s ownership interest is recorded as noncontrolling interest on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Arkansas. MS Sunflower Partnership, LLC is a tax equity partnership that qualifies as a VIE, which Entergy Mississippi is required to consolidate as it is the primary beneficiary. As of September 30, 2024, MS Sunflower Partnership, LLC recorded assets equal to $165.8 million, primarily consisting of property, plant, and equipment, and the carrying value of Entergy Mississippi’s ownership interest in the partnership was approximately $131.9 million. As of December 31, 2023, MS Sunflower Partnership, LLC recorded assets equal to $163.2 million, primarily consisting of property, plant, and equipment, and the carrying value of Entergy Mississippi’s ownership interest in the partnership was approximately $128.4 million. The tax equity investor’s ownership interest is recorded as noncontrolling interest on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Mississippi.
Entergy Texas [Member]
Variable Interest Entity Disclosure [Text Block]	VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) See Note 17 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of variable interest entities (VIEs). See Note 4 to the financial statements herein for details of the nuclear fuel companies’ credit facilities, commercial paper borrowings, and long-term debt. See Note 6 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of noncontrolling interests. Restoration Law Trust I (the storm trust I), a trust consolidated by Entergy Louisiana, is a VIE and Entergy Louisiana is the primary beneficiary. As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the primary asset held by the storm trust I was $2.9 billion and $3 billion, respectively, of outstanding Entergy Finance Company preferred membership interests, which is reflected as an investment in affiliate preferred membership interests on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy Louisiana. The LURC’s 1% beneficial interest in the storm trust I is recorded as noncontrolling interest on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Louisiana, with balances of $30.4 million as of September 30, 2024 and $30.5 million as of December 31, 2023. Restoration Law Trust II (the storm trust II), a trust consolidated by Entergy Louisiana, is a VIE and Entergy Louisiana is the primary beneficiary. As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the primary asset held by the storm trust II was $1.4 billion and $1.5 billion, respectively, of outstanding Entergy Finance Company preferred membership interests, which is reflected as an investment in affiliate preferred membership interests on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy Louisiana. The LURC’s 1% beneficial interest in the storm trust II is recorded as noncontrolling interest on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Louisiana, with balances of $15.1 million as of September 30, 2024 and $14.6 million as of December 31, 2023. System Energy is considered to hold a variable interest in the lessor from which it leases an undivided interest in the Grand Gulf nuclear plant. System Energy is the lessee under this arrangement, which is described in more detail in Note 5 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K. System Energy made payments under this arrangement, including interest, of $17.2 million in each of the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and the nine months ended September 30, 2023. AR Searcy Partnership, LLC is a tax equity partnership that qualifies as a VIE, which Entergy Arkansas is required to consolidate as it is the primary beneficiary. As of September 30, 2024, AR Searcy Partnership, LLC recorded assets equal to $131.6 million, primarily consisting of property, plant, and equipment, and the carrying value of Entergy Arkansas’s ownership interest in the partnership was approximately $112.8 million. As of December 31, 2023, AR Searcy Partnership, LLC recorded assets equal to $134 million, primarily consisting of property, plant, and equipment, and the carrying value of Entergy Arkansas’s ownership interest in the partnership was approximately $111.2 million. The tax equity investor’s ownership interest is recorded as noncontrolling interest on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Arkansas. MS Sunflower Partnership, LLC is a tax equity partnership that qualifies as a VIE, which Entergy Mississippi is required to consolidate as it is the primary beneficiary. As of September 30, 2024, MS Sunflower Partnership, LLC recorded assets equal to $165.8 million, primarily consisting of property, plant, and equipment, and the carrying value of Entergy Mississippi’s ownership interest in the partnership was approximately $131.9 million. As of December 31, 2023, MS Sunflower Partnership, LLC recorded assets equal to $163.2 million, primarily consisting of property, plant, and equipment, and the carrying value of Entergy Mississippi’s ownership interest in the partnership was approximately $128.4 million. The tax equity investor’s ownership interest is recorded as noncontrolling interest on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Mississippi.
System Energy [Member]
Variable Interest Entity Disclosure [Text Block]	VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) See Note 17 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of variable interest entities (VIEs). See Note 4 to the financial statements herein for details of the nuclear fuel companies’ credit facilities, commercial paper borrowings, and long-term debt. See Note 6 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of noncontrolling interests. Restoration Law Trust I (the storm trust I), a trust consolidated by Entergy Louisiana, is a VIE and Entergy Louisiana is the primary beneficiary. As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the primary asset held by the storm trust I was $2.9 billion and $3 billion, respectively, of outstanding Entergy Finance Company preferred membership interests, which is reflected as an investment in affiliate preferred membership interests on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy Louisiana. The LURC’s 1% beneficial interest in the storm trust I is recorded as noncontrolling interest on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Louisiana, with balances of $30.4 million as of September 30, 2024 and $30.5 million as of December 31, 2023. Restoration Law Trust II (the storm trust II), a trust consolidated by Entergy Louisiana, is a VIE and Entergy Louisiana is the primary beneficiary. As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the primary asset held by the storm trust II was $1.4 billion and $1.5 billion, respectively, of outstanding Entergy Finance Company preferred membership interests, which is reflected as an investment in affiliate preferred membership interests on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy Louisiana. The LURC’s 1% beneficial interest in the storm trust II is recorded as noncontrolling interest on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Louisiana, with balances of $15.1 million as of September 30, 2024 and $14.6 million as of December 31, 2023. System Energy is considered to hold a variable interest in the lessor from which it leases an undivided interest in the Grand Gulf nuclear plant. System Energy is the lessee under this arrangement, which is described in more detail in Note 5 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K. System Energy made payments under this arrangement, including interest, of $17.2 million in each of the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and the nine months ended September 30, 2023. AR Searcy Partnership, LLC is a tax equity partnership that qualifies as a VIE, which Entergy Arkansas is required to consolidate as it is the primary beneficiary. As of September 30, 2024, AR Searcy Partnership, LLC recorded assets equal to $131.6 million, primarily consisting of property, plant, and equipment, and the carrying value of Entergy Arkansas’s ownership interest in the partnership was approximately $112.8 million. As of December 31, 2023, AR Searcy Partnership, LLC recorded assets equal to $134 million, primarily consisting of property, plant, and equipment, and the carrying value of Entergy Arkansas’s ownership interest in the partnership was approximately $111.2 million. The tax equity investor’s ownership interest is recorded as noncontrolling interest on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Arkansas. MS Sunflower Partnership, LLC is a tax equity partnership that qualifies as a VIE, which Entergy Mississippi is required to consolidate as it is the primary beneficiary. As of September 30, 2024, MS Sunflower Partnership, LLC recorded assets equal to $165.8 million, primarily consisting of property, plant, and equipment, and the carrying value of Entergy Mississippi’s ownership interest in the partnership was approximately $131.9 million. As of December 31, 2023, MS Sunflower Partnership, LLC recorded assets equal to $163.2 million, primarily consisting of property, plant, and equipment, and the carrying value of Entergy Mississippi’s ownership interest in the partnership was approximately $128.4 million. The tax equity investor’s ownership interest is recorded as noncontrolling interest on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Mississippi.

Revenue Recognition

Revenue Recognition	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Text Block]	REVENUE (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Operating Revenues See Note 19 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of revenue recognition. Entergy’s total revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Utility: Residential $1,468,705 $1,602,496 Commercial 855,823 884,585 Industrial 870,576 797,982 Governmental 71,482 73,846 Total billed retail 3,266,586 3,358,909 Sales for resale (a) 69,288 86,505 Other electric revenues (b) (11,217) 66,211 Revenues from contracts with customers 3,324,657 3,511,625 Other Utility revenues (c) 13,163 15,310 Electric revenues 3,337,820 3,526,935 Natural gas revenues 32,318 32,305 Other revenues (d) 18,962 36,282 Total operating revenues $3,389,100 $3,595,522 Entergy’s total revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Utility: Residential $3,548,881 $3,595,378 Commercial 2,260,956 2,291,673 Industrial 2,412,254 2,411,882 Governmental 202,655 204,999 Total billed retail 8,424,746 8,503,932 Sales for resale (a) 202,871 262,714 Other electric revenues (b) 282,631 358,000 Revenues from contracts with customers 8,910,248 9,124,646 Other Utility revenues (c) 40,125 70,942 Electric revenues 8,950,373 9,195,588 Natural gas revenues 133,342 130,389 Other revenues (d) 53,633 96,630 Total operating revenues $9,137,348 $9,422,607 The Utility operating companies’ total revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $325,128 $514,131 $227,867 $106,079 $295,500 Commercial 169,242 319,065 170,093 64,957 132,466 Industrial 183,636 475,890 52,802 8,148 150,100 Governmental 5,117 21,868 15,495 21,763 7,239 Total billed retail 683,123 1,330,954 466,257 200,947 585,305 Sales for resale (a) 48,078 86,563 25,995 8,627 6,189 Other electric revenues (b) (71,403) 40,413 13,362 2,273 5,480 Revenues from contracts with customers 659,798 1,457,930 505,614 211,847 596,974 Other revenues (c) 2,350 6,697 2,557 1,816 24 Electric revenues 662,148 1,464,627 508,171 213,663 596,998 Natural gas revenues — 13,466 — 18,852 — Total operating revenues $662,148 $1,478,093 $508,171 $232,515 $596,998 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $346,454 $547,485 $257,241 $120,311 $331,005 Commercial 183,352 313,112 184,164 69,927 134,030 Industrial 194,284 393,172 58,253 9,163 143,110 Governmental 5,895 20,936 17,226 22,358 7,431 Total billed retail 729,985 1,274,705 516,884 221,759 615,576 Sales for resale (a) 73,081 95,257 17,403 13,007 3,426 Other electric revenues (b) 25,922 43,094 2,086 (1,474) (2,074) Revenues from contracts with customers 828,988 1,413,056 536,373 233,292 616,928 Other revenues (c) 2,671 8,542 2,442 1,988 (333) Electric revenues 831,659 1,421,598 538,815 235,280 616,595 Natural gas revenues — 13,269 — 19,036 — Total operating revenues $831,659 $1,434,867 $538,815 $254,316 $616,595 The Utility operating companies’ total revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $805,702 $1,213,133 $569,533 $245,598 $714,915 Commercial 443,499 841,630 444,584 175,542 355,701 Industrial 471,829 1,355,907 148,409 22,727 413,382 Governmental 14,250 64,912 42,886 59,284 21,323 Total billed retail 1,735,280 3,475,582 1,205,412 503,151 1,505,321 Sales for resale (a) 130,885 250,114 95,188 29,702 11,111 Other electric revenues (b) 19,672 153,028 57,878 11,865 44,215 Revenues from contracts with customers 1,885,837 3,878,724 1,358,478 544,718 1,560,647 Other revenues (c) 7,154 20,140 7,443 4,550 (81) Electric revenues 1,892,991 3,898,864 1,365,921 549,268 1,560,566 Natural gas revenues — 57,793 — 75,549 — Total operating revenues $1,892,991 $3,956,657 $1,365,921 $624,817 $1,560,566 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $790,760 $1,242,378 $589,630 $252,412 $720,198 Commercial 445,279 844,655 460,836 180,091 360,812 Industrial 479,337 1,310,121 164,406 24,138 433,880 Governmental 15,500 63,417 46,080 58,052 21,950 Total billed retail 1,730,876 3,460,571 1,260,952 514,693 1,536,840 Sales for resale (a) 187,365 258,741 82,219 48,992 7,857 Other electric revenues (b) 105,446 161,033 45,926 4,611 45,011 Revenues from contracts with customers 2,023,687 3,880,345 1,389,097 568,296 1,589,708 Other revenues (c) 7,068 52,914 7,276 4,895 (1,177) Electric revenues 2,030,755 3,933,259 1,396,373 573,191 1,588,531 Natural gas revenues — 52,428 — 77,961 — Total operating revenues 2,030,755 3,985,687 1,396,373 651,152 1,588,531 (a) Sales for resale includes day-ahead sales of energy in a market administered by an ISO. These sales represent financially binding commitments for the sale of physical energy the next day. These sales are adjusted to actual power generated and delivered in the real time market. Given the short duration of these transactions, Entergy does not consider them to be derivatives subject to fair value adjustments and includes them as part of customer revenues. (b) Other electric revenues consist primarily of transmission and ancillary services provided to participants of an ISO-administered market, unbilled revenue, and certain customer credits as directed by regulators. (c) Other Utility revenues include the equity component of carrying costs related to securitization, occasional sales of inventory, alternative revenue programs, provisions for revenue subject to refund, and late fees. (d) Other revenues include the sale of electric power and capacity to wholesale customers, day-ahead sales of energy in a market administered by an ISO, and operation and management services fees. Allowance for doubtful accounts The allowance for doubtful accounts reflects Entergy’s best estimate of expected losses on its accounts receivable balances. Due to the essential nature of utility services, Entergy has historically experienced a low rate of default on its accounts receivables. The following tables set forth a reconciliation of changes in the allowance for doubtful accounts for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of December 31, 2023 $25.9 $7.2 $6.1 $3.3 $7.8 $1.5 Provisions 28.0 5.5 10.4 4.0 3.4 4.7 Write-offs (58.4) (14.4) (19.2) (9.5) (8.6) (6.7) Recoveries 26.6 6.8 8.4 4.9 4.3 2.2 Balance as of September 30, 2024 $22.1 $5.1 $5.7 $2.7 $6.9 $1.7 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of December 31, 2022 $30.9 $6.5 $7.6 $2.5 $11.9 $2.4 Provisions 29.3 5.4 12.2 3.8 3.6 4.3 Write-offs (64.9) (16.5) (25.9) (5.7) (8.6) (8.2) Recoveries 32.5 10.2 13.7 2.4 2.3 3.9 Balance as of September 30, 2023 $27.8 $5.6 $7.6 $3.0 $9.2 $2.4 The allowance is calculated as the historical rate of customer write-offs multiplied by the current accounts receivable balance, taking into account the length of time the receivable balances have been outstanding. The rate of customer write-offs has historically experienced minimal variation, although general economic conditions can affect the rate of customer write-offs. Management monitors the current condition of individual customer accounts to manage collections and ensure bad debt expense is recorded in a timely manner.
Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Text Block]	REVENUE (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Operating Revenues See Note 19 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of revenue recognition. Entergy’s total revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Utility: Residential $1,468,705 $1,602,496 Commercial 855,823 884,585 Industrial 870,576 797,982 Governmental 71,482 73,846 Total billed retail 3,266,586 3,358,909 Sales for resale (a) 69,288 86,505 Other electric revenues (b) (11,217) 66,211 Revenues from contracts with customers 3,324,657 3,511,625 Other Utility revenues (c) 13,163 15,310 Electric revenues 3,337,820 3,526,935 Natural gas revenues 32,318 32,305 Other revenues (d) 18,962 36,282 Total operating revenues $3,389,100 $3,595,522 Entergy’s total revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Utility: Residential $3,548,881 $3,595,378 Commercial 2,260,956 2,291,673 Industrial 2,412,254 2,411,882 Governmental 202,655 204,999 Total billed retail 8,424,746 8,503,932 Sales for resale (a) 202,871 262,714 Other electric revenues (b) 282,631 358,000 Revenues from contracts with customers 8,910,248 9,124,646 Other Utility revenues (c) 40,125 70,942 Electric revenues 8,950,373 9,195,588 Natural gas revenues 133,342 130,389 Other revenues (d) 53,633 96,630 Total operating revenues $9,137,348 $9,422,607 The Utility operating companies’ total revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $325,128 $514,131 $227,867 $106,079 $295,500 Commercial 169,242 319,065 170,093 64,957 132,466 Industrial 183,636 475,890 52,802 8,148 150,100 Governmental 5,117 21,868 15,495 21,763 7,239 Total billed retail 683,123 1,330,954 466,257 200,947 585,305 Sales for resale (a) 48,078 86,563 25,995 8,627 6,189 Other electric revenues (b) (71,403) 40,413 13,362 2,273 5,480 Revenues from contracts with customers 659,798 1,457,930 505,614 211,847 596,974 Other revenues (c) 2,350 6,697 2,557 1,816 24 Electric revenues 662,148 1,464,627 508,171 213,663 596,998 Natural gas revenues — 13,466 — 18,852 — Total operating revenues $662,148 $1,478,093 $508,171 $232,515 $596,998 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $346,454 $547,485 $257,241 $120,311 $331,005 Commercial 183,352 313,112 184,164 69,927 134,030 Industrial 194,284 393,172 58,253 9,163 143,110 Governmental 5,895 20,936 17,226 22,358 7,431 Total billed retail 729,985 1,274,705 516,884 221,759 615,576 Sales for resale (a) 73,081 95,257 17,403 13,007 3,426 Other electric revenues (b) 25,922 43,094 2,086 (1,474) (2,074) Revenues from contracts with customers 828,988 1,413,056 536,373 233,292 616,928 Other revenues (c) 2,671 8,542 2,442 1,988 (333) Electric revenues 831,659 1,421,598 538,815 235,280 616,595 Natural gas revenues — 13,269 — 19,036 — Total operating revenues $831,659 $1,434,867 $538,815 $254,316 $616,595 The Utility operating companies’ total revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $805,702 $1,213,133 $569,533 $245,598 $714,915 Commercial 443,499 841,630 444,584 175,542 355,701 Industrial 471,829 1,355,907 148,409 22,727 413,382 Governmental 14,250 64,912 42,886 59,284 21,323 Total billed retail 1,735,280 3,475,582 1,205,412 503,151 1,505,321 Sales for resale (a) 130,885 250,114 95,188 29,702 11,111 Other electric revenues (b) 19,672 153,028 57,878 11,865 44,215 Revenues from contracts with customers 1,885,837 3,878,724 1,358,478 544,718 1,560,647 Other revenues (c) 7,154 20,140 7,443 4,550 (81) Electric revenues 1,892,991 3,898,864 1,365,921 549,268 1,560,566 Natural gas revenues — 57,793 — 75,549 — Total operating revenues $1,892,991 $3,956,657 $1,365,921 $624,817 $1,560,566 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $790,760 $1,242,378 $589,630 $252,412 $720,198 Commercial 445,279 844,655 460,836 180,091 360,812 Industrial 479,337 1,310,121 164,406 24,138 433,880 Governmental 15,500 63,417 46,080 58,052 21,950 Total billed retail 1,730,876 3,460,571 1,260,952 514,693 1,536,840 Sales for resale (a) 187,365 258,741 82,219 48,992 7,857 Other electric revenues (b) 105,446 161,033 45,926 4,611 45,011 Revenues from contracts with customers 2,023,687 3,880,345 1,389,097 568,296 1,589,708 Other revenues (c) 7,068 52,914 7,276 4,895 (1,177) Electric revenues 2,030,755 3,933,259 1,396,373 573,191 1,588,531 Natural gas revenues — 52,428 — 77,961 — Total operating revenues 2,030,755 3,985,687 1,396,373 651,152 1,588,531 (a) Sales for resale includes day-ahead sales of energy in a market administered by an ISO. These sales represent financially binding commitments for the sale of physical energy the next day. These sales are adjusted to actual power generated and delivered in the real time market. Given the short duration of these transactions, Entergy does not consider them to be derivatives subject to fair value adjustments and includes them as part of customer revenues. (b) Other electric revenues consist primarily of transmission and ancillary services provided to participants of an ISO-administered market, unbilled revenue, and certain customer credits as directed by regulators. (c) Other Utility revenues include the equity component of carrying costs related to securitization, occasional sales of inventory, alternative revenue programs, provisions for revenue subject to refund, and late fees. (d) Other revenues include the sale of electric power and capacity to wholesale customers, day-ahead sales of energy in a market administered by an ISO, and operation and management services fees. Allowance for doubtful accounts The allowance for doubtful accounts reflects Entergy’s best estimate of expected losses on its accounts receivable balances. Due to the essential nature of utility services, Entergy has historically experienced a low rate of default on its accounts receivables. The following tables set forth a reconciliation of changes in the allowance for doubtful accounts for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of December 31, 2023 $25.9 $7.2 $6.1 $3.3 $7.8 $1.5 Provisions 28.0 5.5 10.4 4.0 3.4 4.7 Write-offs (58.4) (14.4) (19.2) (9.5) (8.6) (6.7) Recoveries 26.6 6.8 8.4 4.9 4.3 2.2 Balance as of September 30, 2024 $22.1 $5.1 $5.7 $2.7 $6.9 $1.7 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of December 31, 2022 $30.9 $6.5 $7.6 $2.5 $11.9 $2.4 Provisions 29.3 5.4 12.2 3.8 3.6 4.3 Write-offs (64.9) (16.5) (25.9) (5.7) (8.6) (8.2) Recoveries 32.5 10.2 13.7 2.4 2.3 3.9 Balance as of September 30, 2023 $27.8 $5.6 $7.6 $3.0 $9.2 $2.4 The allowance is calculated as the historical rate of customer write-offs multiplied by the current accounts receivable balance, taking into account the length of time the receivable balances have been outstanding. The rate of customer write-offs has historically experienced minimal variation, although general economic conditions can affect the rate of customer write-offs. Management monitors the current condition of individual customer accounts to manage collections and ensure bad debt expense is recorded in a timely manner.
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Text Block]	REVENUE (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Operating Revenues See Note 19 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of revenue recognition. Entergy’s total revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Utility: Residential $1,468,705 $1,602,496 Commercial 855,823 884,585 Industrial 870,576 797,982 Governmental 71,482 73,846 Total billed retail 3,266,586 3,358,909 Sales for resale (a) 69,288 86,505 Other electric revenues (b) (11,217) 66,211 Revenues from contracts with customers 3,324,657 3,511,625 Other Utility revenues (c) 13,163 15,310 Electric revenues 3,337,820 3,526,935 Natural gas revenues 32,318 32,305 Other revenues (d) 18,962 36,282 Total operating revenues $3,389,100 $3,595,522 Entergy’s total revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Utility: Residential $3,548,881 $3,595,378 Commercial 2,260,956 2,291,673 Industrial 2,412,254 2,411,882 Governmental 202,655 204,999 Total billed retail 8,424,746 8,503,932 Sales for resale (a) 202,871 262,714 Other electric revenues (b) 282,631 358,000 Revenues from contracts with customers 8,910,248 9,124,646 Other Utility revenues (c) 40,125 70,942 Electric revenues 8,950,373 9,195,588 Natural gas revenues 133,342 130,389 Other revenues (d) 53,633 96,630 Total operating revenues $9,137,348 $9,422,607 The Utility operating companies’ total revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $325,128 $514,131 $227,867 $106,079 $295,500 Commercial 169,242 319,065 170,093 64,957 132,466 Industrial 183,636 475,890 52,802 8,148 150,100 Governmental 5,117 21,868 15,495 21,763 7,239 Total billed retail 683,123 1,330,954 466,257 200,947 585,305 Sales for resale (a) 48,078 86,563 25,995 8,627 6,189 Other electric revenues (b) (71,403) 40,413 13,362 2,273 5,480 Revenues from contracts with customers 659,798 1,457,930 505,614 211,847 596,974 Other revenues (c) 2,350 6,697 2,557 1,816 24 Electric revenues 662,148 1,464,627 508,171 213,663 596,998 Natural gas revenues — 13,466 — 18,852 — Total operating revenues $662,148 $1,478,093 $508,171 $232,515 $596,998 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $346,454 $547,485 $257,241 $120,311 $331,005 Commercial 183,352 313,112 184,164 69,927 134,030 Industrial 194,284 393,172 58,253 9,163 143,110 Governmental 5,895 20,936 17,226 22,358 7,431 Total billed retail 729,985 1,274,705 516,884 221,759 615,576 Sales for resale (a) 73,081 95,257 17,403 13,007 3,426 Other electric revenues (b) 25,922 43,094 2,086 (1,474) (2,074) Revenues from contracts with customers 828,988 1,413,056 536,373 233,292 616,928 Other revenues (c) 2,671 8,542 2,442 1,988 (333) Electric revenues 831,659 1,421,598 538,815 235,280 616,595 Natural gas revenues — 13,269 — 19,036 — Total operating revenues $831,659 $1,434,867 $538,815 $254,316 $616,595 The Utility operating companies’ total revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $805,702 $1,213,133 $569,533 $245,598 $714,915 Commercial 443,499 841,630 444,584 175,542 355,701 Industrial 471,829 1,355,907 148,409 22,727 413,382 Governmental 14,250 64,912 42,886 59,284 21,323 Total billed retail 1,735,280 3,475,582 1,205,412 503,151 1,505,321 Sales for resale (a) 130,885 250,114 95,188 29,702 11,111 Other electric revenues (b) 19,672 153,028 57,878 11,865 44,215 Revenues from contracts with customers 1,885,837 3,878,724 1,358,478 544,718 1,560,647 Other revenues (c) 7,154 20,140 7,443 4,550 (81) Electric revenues 1,892,991 3,898,864 1,365,921 549,268 1,560,566 Natural gas revenues — 57,793 — 75,549 — Total operating revenues $1,892,991 $3,956,657 $1,365,921 $624,817 $1,560,566 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $790,760 $1,242,378 $589,630 $252,412 $720,198 Commercial 445,279 844,655 460,836 180,091 360,812 Industrial 479,337 1,310,121 164,406 24,138 433,880 Governmental 15,500 63,417 46,080 58,052 21,950 Total billed retail 1,730,876 3,460,571 1,260,952 514,693 1,536,840 Sales for resale (a) 187,365 258,741 82,219 48,992 7,857 Other electric revenues (b) 105,446 161,033 45,926 4,611 45,011 Revenues from contracts with customers 2,023,687 3,880,345 1,389,097 568,296 1,589,708 Other revenues (c) 7,068 52,914 7,276 4,895 (1,177) Electric revenues 2,030,755 3,933,259 1,396,373 573,191 1,588,531 Natural gas revenues — 52,428 — 77,961 — Total operating revenues 2,030,755 3,985,687 1,396,373 651,152 1,588,531 (a) Sales for resale includes day-ahead sales of energy in a market administered by an ISO. These sales represent financially binding commitments for the sale of physical energy the next day. These sales are adjusted to actual power generated and delivered in the real time market. Given the short duration of these transactions, Entergy does not consider them to be derivatives subject to fair value adjustments and includes them as part of customer revenues. (b) Other electric revenues consist primarily of transmission and ancillary services provided to participants of an ISO-administered market, unbilled revenue, and certain customer credits as directed by regulators. (c) Other Utility revenues include the equity component of carrying costs related to securitization, occasional sales of inventory, alternative revenue programs, provisions for revenue subject to refund, and late fees. (d) Other revenues include the sale of electric power and capacity to wholesale customers, day-ahead sales of energy in a market administered by an ISO, and operation and management services fees. Allowance for doubtful accounts The allowance for doubtful accounts reflects Entergy’s best estimate of expected losses on its accounts receivable balances. Due to the essential nature of utility services, Entergy has historically experienced a low rate of default on its accounts receivables. The following tables set forth a reconciliation of changes in the allowance for doubtful accounts for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of December 31, 2023 $25.9 $7.2 $6.1 $3.3 $7.8 $1.5 Provisions 28.0 5.5 10.4 4.0 3.4 4.7 Write-offs (58.4) (14.4) (19.2) (9.5) (8.6) (6.7) Recoveries 26.6 6.8 8.4 4.9 4.3 2.2 Balance as of September 30, 2024 $22.1 $5.1 $5.7 $2.7 $6.9 $1.7 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of December 31, 2022 $30.9 $6.5 $7.6 $2.5 $11.9 $2.4 Provisions 29.3 5.4 12.2 3.8 3.6 4.3 Write-offs (64.9) (16.5) (25.9) (5.7) (8.6) (8.2) Recoveries 32.5 10.2 13.7 2.4 2.3 3.9 Balance as of September 30, 2023 $27.8 $5.6 $7.6 $3.0 $9.2 $2.4 The allowance is calculated as the historical rate of customer write-offs multiplied by the current accounts receivable balance, taking into account the length of time the receivable balances have been outstanding. The rate of customer write-offs has historically experienced minimal variation, although general economic conditions can affect the rate of customer write-offs. Management monitors the current condition of individual customer accounts to manage collections and ensure bad debt expense is recorded in a timely manner.
Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Text Block]	REVENUE (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Operating Revenues See Note 19 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of revenue recognition. Entergy’s total revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Utility: Residential $1,468,705 $1,602,496 Commercial 855,823 884,585 Industrial 870,576 797,982 Governmental 71,482 73,846 Total billed retail 3,266,586 3,358,909 Sales for resale (a) 69,288 86,505 Other electric revenues (b) (11,217) 66,211 Revenues from contracts with customers 3,324,657 3,511,625 Other Utility revenues (c) 13,163 15,310 Electric revenues 3,337,820 3,526,935 Natural gas revenues 32,318 32,305 Other revenues (d) 18,962 36,282 Total operating revenues $3,389,100 $3,595,522 Entergy’s total revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Utility: Residential $3,548,881 $3,595,378 Commercial 2,260,956 2,291,673 Industrial 2,412,254 2,411,882 Governmental 202,655 204,999 Total billed retail 8,424,746 8,503,932 Sales for resale (a) 202,871 262,714 Other electric revenues (b) 282,631 358,000 Revenues from contracts with customers 8,910,248 9,124,646 Other Utility revenues (c) 40,125 70,942 Electric revenues 8,950,373 9,195,588 Natural gas revenues 133,342 130,389 Other revenues (d) 53,633 96,630 Total operating revenues $9,137,348 $9,422,607 The Utility operating companies’ total revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $325,128 $514,131 $227,867 $106,079 $295,500 Commercial 169,242 319,065 170,093 64,957 132,466 Industrial 183,636 475,890 52,802 8,148 150,100 Governmental 5,117 21,868 15,495 21,763 7,239 Total billed retail 683,123 1,330,954 466,257 200,947 585,305 Sales for resale (a) 48,078 86,563 25,995 8,627 6,189 Other electric revenues (b) (71,403) 40,413 13,362 2,273 5,480 Revenues from contracts with customers 659,798 1,457,930 505,614 211,847 596,974 Other revenues (c) 2,350 6,697 2,557 1,816 24 Electric revenues 662,148 1,464,627 508,171 213,663 596,998 Natural gas revenues — 13,466 — 18,852 — Total operating revenues $662,148 $1,478,093 $508,171 $232,515 $596,998 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $346,454 $547,485 $257,241 $120,311 $331,005 Commercial 183,352 313,112 184,164 69,927 134,030 Industrial 194,284 393,172 58,253 9,163 143,110 Governmental 5,895 20,936 17,226 22,358 7,431 Total billed retail 729,985 1,274,705 516,884 221,759 615,576 Sales for resale (a) 73,081 95,257 17,403 13,007 3,426 Other electric revenues (b) 25,922 43,094 2,086 (1,474) (2,074) Revenues from contracts with customers 828,988 1,413,056 536,373 233,292 616,928 Other revenues (c) 2,671 8,542 2,442 1,988 (333) Electric revenues 831,659 1,421,598 538,815 235,280 616,595 Natural gas revenues — 13,269 — 19,036 — Total operating revenues $831,659 $1,434,867 $538,815 $254,316 $616,595 The Utility operating companies’ total revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $805,702 $1,213,133 $569,533 $245,598 $714,915 Commercial 443,499 841,630 444,584 175,542 355,701 Industrial 471,829 1,355,907 148,409 22,727 413,382 Governmental 14,250 64,912 42,886 59,284 21,323 Total billed retail 1,735,280 3,475,582 1,205,412 503,151 1,505,321 Sales for resale (a) 130,885 250,114 95,188 29,702 11,111 Other electric revenues (b) 19,672 153,028 57,878 11,865 44,215 Revenues from contracts with customers 1,885,837 3,878,724 1,358,478 544,718 1,560,647 Other revenues (c) 7,154 20,140 7,443 4,550 (81) Electric revenues 1,892,991 3,898,864 1,365,921 549,268 1,560,566 Natural gas revenues — 57,793 — 75,549 — Total operating revenues $1,892,991 $3,956,657 $1,365,921 $624,817 $1,560,566 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $790,760 $1,242,378 $589,630 $252,412 $720,198 Commercial 445,279 844,655 460,836 180,091 360,812 Industrial 479,337 1,310,121 164,406 24,138 433,880 Governmental 15,500 63,417 46,080 58,052 21,950 Total billed retail 1,730,876 3,460,571 1,260,952 514,693 1,536,840 Sales for resale (a) 187,365 258,741 82,219 48,992 7,857 Other electric revenues (b) 105,446 161,033 45,926 4,611 45,011 Revenues from contracts with customers 2,023,687 3,880,345 1,389,097 568,296 1,589,708 Other revenues (c) 7,068 52,914 7,276 4,895 (1,177) Electric revenues 2,030,755 3,933,259 1,396,373 573,191 1,588,531 Natural gas revenues — 52,428 — 77,961 — Total operating revenues 2,030,755 3,985,687 1,396,373 651,152 1,588,531 (a) Sales for resale includes day-ahead sales of energy in a market administered by an ISO. These sales represent financially binding commitments for the sale of physical energy the next day. These sales are adjusted to actual power generated and delivered in the real time market. Given the short duration of these transactions, Entergy does not consider them to be derivatives subject to fair value adjustments and includes them as part of customer revenues. (b) Other electric revenues consist primarily of transmission and ancillary services provided to participants of an ISO-administered market, unbilled revenue, and certain customer credits as directed by regulators. (c) Other Utility revenues include the equity component of carrying costs related to securitization, occasional sales of inventory, alternative revenue programs, provisions for revenue subject to refund, and late fees. (d) Other revenues include the sale of electric power and capacity to wholesale customers, day-ahead sales of energy in a market administered by an ISO, and operation and management services fees. Allowance for doubtful accounts The allowance for doubtful accounts reflects Entergy’s best estimate of expected losses on its accounts receivable balances. Due to the essential nature of utility services, Entergy has historically experienced a low rate of default on its accounts receivables. The following tables set forth a reconciliation of changes in the allowance for doubtful accounts for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of December 31, 2023 $25.9 $7.2 $6.1 $3.3 $7.8 $1.5 Provisions 28.0 5.5 10.4 4.0 3.4 4.7 Write-offs (58.4) (14.4) (19.2) (9.5) (8.6) (6.7) Recoveries 26.6 6.8 8.4 4.9 4.3 2.2 Balance as of September 30, 2024 $22.1 $5.1 $5.7 $2.7 $6.9 $1.7 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of December 31, 2022 $30.9 $6.5 $7.6 $2.5 $11.9 $2.4 Provisions 29.3 5.4 12.2 3.8 3.6 4.3 Write-offs (64.9) (16.5) (25.9) (5.7) (8.6) (8.2) Recoveries 32.5 10.2 13.7 2.4 2.3 3.9 Balance as of September 30, 2023 $27.8 $5.6 $7.6 $3.0 $9.2 $2.4 The allowance is calculated as the historical rate of customer write-offs multiplied by the current accounts receivable balance, taking into account the length of time the receivable balances have been outstanding. The rate of customer write-offs has historically experienced minimal variation, although general economic conditions can affect the rate of customer write-offs. Management monitors the current condition of individual customer accounts to manage collections and ensure bad debt expense is recorded in a timely manner.
Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Text Block]	REVENUE (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Operating Revenues See Note 19 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of revenue recognition. Entergy’s total revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Utility: Residential $1,468,705 $1,602,496 Commercial 855,823 884,585 Industrial 870,576 797,982 Governmental 71,482 73,846 Total billed retail 3,266,586 3,358,909 Sales for resale (a) 69,288 86,505 Other electric revenues (b) (11,217) 66,211 Revenues from contracts with customers 3,324,657 3,511,625 Other Utility revenues (c) 13,163 15,310 Electric revenues 3,337,820 3,526,935 Natural gas revenues 32,318 32,305 Other revenues (d) 18,962 36,282 Total operating revenues $3,389,100 $3,595,522 Entergy’s total revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Utility: Residential $3,548,881 $3,595,378 Commercial 2,260,956 2,291,673 Industrial 2,412,254 2,411,882 Governmental 202,655 204,999 Total billed retail 8,424,746 8,503,932 Sales for resale (a) 202,871 262,714 Other electric revenues (b) 282,631 358,000 Revenues from contracts with customers 8,910,248 9,124,646 Other Utility revenues (c) 40,125 70,942 Electric revenues 8,950,373 9,195,588 Natural gas revenues 133,342 130,389 Other revenues (d) 53,633 96,630 Total operating revenues $9,137,348 $9,422,607 The Utility operating companies’ total revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $325,128 $514,131 $227,867 $106,079 $295,500 Commercial 169,242 319,065 170,093 64,957 132,466 Industrial 183,636 475,890 52,802 8,148 150,100 Governmental 5,117 21,868 15,495 21,763 7,239 Total billed retail 683,123 1,330,954 466,257 200,947 585,305 Sales for resale (a) 48,078 86,563 25,995 8,627 6,189 Other electric revenues (b) (71,403) 40,413 13,362 2,273 5,480 Revenues from contracts with customers 659,798 1,457,930 505,614 211,847 596,974 Other revenues (c) 2,350 6,697 2,557 1,816 24 Electric revenues 662,148 1,464,627 508,171 213,663 596,998 Natural gas revenues — 13,466 — 18,852 — Total operating revenues $662,148 $1,478,093 $508,171 $232,515 $596,998 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $346,454 $547,485 $257,241 $120,311 $331,005 Commercial 183,352 313,112 184,164 69,927 134,030 Industrial 194,284 393,172 58,253 9,163 143,110 Governmental 5,895 20,936 17,226 22,358 7,431 Total billed retail 729,985 1,274,705 516,884 221,759 615,576 Sales for resale (a) 73,081 95,257 17,403 13,007 3,426 Other electric revenues (b) 25,922 43,094 2,086 (1,474) (2,074) Revenues from contracts with customers 828,988 1,413,056 536,373 233,292 616,928 Other revenues (c) 2,671 8,542 2,442 1,988 (333) Electric revenues 831,659 1,421,598 538,815 235,280 616,595 Natural gas revenues — 13,269 — 19,036 — Total operating revenues $831,659 $1,434,867 $538,815 $254,316 $616,595 The Utility operating companies’ total revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $805,702 $1,213,133 $569,533 $245,598 $714,915 Commercial 443,499 841,630 444,584 175,542 355,701 Industrial 471,829 1,355,907 148,409 22,727 413,382 Governmental 14,250 64,912 42,886 59,284 21,323 Total billed retail 1,735,280 3,475,582 1,205,412 503,151 1,505,321 Sales for resale (a) 130,885 250,114 95,188 29,702 11,111 Other electric revenues (b) 19,672 153,028 57,878 11,865 44,215 Revenues from contracts with customers 1,885,837 3,878,724 1,358,478 544,718 1,560,647 Other revenues (c) 7,154 20,140 7,443 4,550 (81) Electric revenues 1,892,991 3,898,864 1,365,921 549,268 1,560,566 Natural gas revenues — 57,793 — 75,549 — Total operating revenues $1,892,991 $3,956,657 $1,365,921 $624,817 $1,560,566 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $790,760 $1,242,378 $589,630 $252,412 $720,198 Commercial 445,279 844,655 460,836 180,091 360,812 Industrial 479,337 1,310,121 164,406 24,138 433,880 Governmental 15,500 63,417 46,080 58,052 21,950 Total billed retail 1,730,876 3,460,571 1,260,952 514,693 1,536,840 Sales for resale (a) 187,365 258,741 82,219 48,992 7,857 Other electric revenues (b) 105,446 161,033 45,926 4,611 45,011 Revenues from contracts with customers 2,023,687 3,880,345 1,389,097 568,296 1,589,708 Other revenues (c) 7,068 52,914 7,276 4,895 (1,177) Electric revenues 2,030,755 3,933,259 1,396,373 573,191 1,588,531 Natural gas revenues — 52,428 — 77,961 — Total operating revenues 2,030,755 3,985,687 1,396,373 651,152 1,588,531 (a) Sales for resale includes day-ahead sales of energy in a market administered by an ISO. These sales represent financially binding commitments for the sale of physical energy the next day. These sales are adjusted to actual power generated and delivered in the real time market. Given the short duration of these transactions, Entergy does not consider them to be derivatives subject to fair value adjustments and includes them as part of customer revenues. (b) Other electric revenues consist primarily of transmission and ancillary services provided to participants of an ISO-administered market, unbilled revenue, and certain customer credits as directed by regulators. (c) Other Utility revenues include the equity component of carrying costs related to securitization, occasional sales of inventory, alternative revenue programs, provisions for revenue subject to refund, and late fees. (d) Other revenues include the sale of electric power and capacity to wholesale customers, day-ahead sales of energy in a market administered by an ISO, and operation and management services fees. Allowance for doubtful accounts The allowance for doubtful accounts reflects Entergy’s best estimate of expected losses on its accounts receivable balances. Due to the essential nature of utility services, Entergy has historically experienced a low rate of default on its accounts receivables. The following tables set forth a reconciliation of changes in the allowance for doubtful accounts for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of December 31, 2023 $25.9 $7.2 $6.1 $3.3 $7.8 $1.5 Provisions 28.0 5.5 10.4 4.0 3.4 4.7 Write-offs (58.4) (14.4) (19.2) (9.5) (8.6) (6.7) Recoveries 26.6 6.8 8.4 4.9 4.3 2.2 Balance as of September 30, 2024 $22.1 $5.1 $5.7 $2.7 $6.9 $1.7 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of December 31, 2022 $30.9 $6.5 $7.6 $2.5 $11.9 $2.4 Provisions 29.3 5.4 12.2 3.8 3.6 4.3 Write-offs (64.9) (16.5) (25.9) (5.7) (8.6) (8.2) Recoveries 32.5 10.2 13.7 2.4 2.3 3.9 Balance as of September 30, 2023 $27.8 $5.6 $7.6 $3.0 $9.2 $2.4 The allowance is calculated as the historical rate of customer write-offs multiplied by the current accounts receivable balance, taking into account the length of time the receivable balances have been outstanding. The rate of customer write-offs has historically experienced minimal variation, although general economic conditions can affect the rate of customer write-offs. Management monitors the current condition of individual customer accounts to manage collections and ensure bad debt expense is recorded in a timely manner.
Entergy Texas [Member]
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Text Block]	REVENUE (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Operating Revenues See Note 19 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of revenue recognition. Entergy’s total revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Utility: Residential $1,468,705 $1,602,496 Commercial 855,823 884,585 Industrial 870,576 797,982 Governmental 71,482 73,846 Total billed retail 3,266,586 3,358,909 Sales for resale (a) 69,288 86,505 Other electric revenues (b) (11,217) 66,211 Revenues from contracts with customers 3,324,657 3,511,625 Other Utility revenues (c) 13,163 15,310 Electric revenues 3,337,820 3,526,935 Natural gas revenues 32,318 32,305 Other revenues (d) 18,962 36,282 Total operating revenues $3,389,100 $3,595,522 Entergy’s total revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Utility: Residential $3,548,881 $3,595,378 Commercial 2,260,956 2,291,673 Industrial 2,412,254 2,411,882 Governmental 202,655 204,999 Total billed retail 8,424,746 8,503,932 Sales for resale (a) 202,871 262,714 Other electric revenues (b) 282,631 358,000 Revenues from contracts with customers 8,910,248 9,124,646 Other Utility revenues (c) 40,125 70,942 Electric revenues 8,950,373 9,195,588 Natural gas revenues 133,342 130,389 Other revenues (d) 53,633 96,630 Total operating revenues $9,137,348 $9,422,607 The Utility operating companies’ total revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $325,128 $514,131 $227,867 $106,079 $295,500 Commercial 169,242 319,065 170,093 64,957 132,466 Industrial 183,636 475,890 52,802 8,148 150,100 Governmental 5,117 21,868 15,495 21,763 7,239 Total billed retail 683,123 1,330,954 466,257 200,947 585,305 Sales for resale (a) 48,078 86,563 25,995 8,627 6,189 Other electric revenues (b) (71,403) 40,413 13,362 2,273 5,480 Revenues from contracts with customers 659,798 1,457,930 505,614 211,847 596,974 Other revenues (c) 2,350 6,697 2,557 1,816 24 Electric revenues 662,148 1,464,627 508,171 213,663 596,998 Natural gas revenues — 13,466 — 18,852 — Total operating revenues $662,148 $1,478,093 $508,171 $232,515 $596,998 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $346,454 $547,485 $257,241 $120,311 $331,005 Commercial 183,352 313,112 184,164 69,927 134,030 Industrial 194,284 393,172 58,253 9,163 143,110 Governmental 5,895 20,936 17,226 22,358 7,431 Total billed retail 729,985 1,274,705 516,884 221,759 615,576 Sales for resale (a) 73,081 95,257 17,403 13,007 3,426 Other electric revenues (b) 25,922 43,094 2,086 (1,474) (2,074) Revenues from contracts with customers 828,988 1,413,056 536,373 233,292 616,928 Other revenues (c) 2,671 8,542 2,442 1,988 (333) Electric revenues 831,659 1,421,598 538,815 235,280 616,595 Natural gas revenues — 13,269 — 19,036 — Total operating revenues $831,659 $1,434,867 $538,815 $254,316 $616,595 The Utility operating companies’ total revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $805,702 $1,213,133 $569,533 $245,598 $714,915 Commercial 443,499 841,630 444,584 175,542 355,701 Industrial 471,829 1,355,907 148,409 22,727 413,382 Governmental 14,250 64,912 42,886 59,284 21,323 Total billed retail 1,735,280 3,475,582 1,205,412 503,151 1,505,321 Sales for resale (a) 130,885 250,114 95,188 29,702 11,111 Other electric revenues (b) 19,672 153,028 57,878 11,865 44,215 Revenues from contracts with customers 1,885,837 3,878,724 1,358,478 544,718 1,560,647 Other revenues (c) 7,154 20,140 7,443 4,550 (81) Electric revenues 1,892,991 3,898,864 1,365,921 549,268 1,560,566 Natural gas revenues — 57,793 — 75,549 — Total operating revenues $1,892,991 $3,956,657 $1,365,921 $624,817 $1,560,566 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $790,760 $1,242,378 $589,630 $252,412 $720,198 Commercial 445,279 844,655 460,836 180,091 360,812 Industrial 479,337 1,310,121 164,406 24,138 433,880 Governmental 15,500 63,417 46,080 58,052 21,950 Total billed retail 1,730,876 3,460,571 1,260,952 514,693 1,536,840 Sales for resale (a) 187,365 258,741 82,219 48,992 7,857 Other electric revenues (b) 105,446 161,033 45,926 4,611 45,011 Revenues from contracts with customers 2,023,687 3,880,345 1,389,097 568,296 1,589,708 Other revenues (c) 7,068 52,914 7,276 4,895 (1,177) Electric revenues 2,030,755 3,933,259 1,396,373 573,191 1,588,531 Natural gas revenues — 52,428 — 77,961 — Total operating revenues 2,030,755 3,985,687 1,396,373 651,152 1,588,531 (a) Sales for resale includes day-ahead sales of energy in a market administered by an ISO. These sales represent financially binding commitments for the sale of physical energy the next day. These sales are adjusted to actual power generated and delivered in the real time market. Given the short duration of these transactions, Entergy does not consider them to be derivatives subject to fair value adjustments and includes them as part of customer revenues. (b) Other electric revenues consist primarily of transmission and ancillary services provided to participants of an ISO-administered market, unbilled revenue, and certain customer credits as directed by regulators. (c) Other Utility revenues include the equity component of carrying costs related to securitization, occasional sales of inventory, alternative revenue programs, provisions for revenue subject to refund, and late fees. (d) Other revenues include the sale of electric power and capacity to wholesale customers, day-ahead sales of energy in a market administered by an ISO, and operation and management services fees. Allowance for doubtful accounts The allowance for doubtful accounts reflects Entergy’s best estimate of expected losses on its accounts receivable balances. Due to the essential nature of utility services, Entergy has historically experienced a low rate of default on its accounts receivables. The following tables set forth a reconciliation of changes in the allowance for doubtful accounts for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of December 31, 2023 $25.9 $7.2 $6.1 $3.3 $7.8 $1.5 Provisions 28.0 5.5 10.4 4.0 3.4 4.7 Write-offs (58.4) (14.4) (19.2) (9.5) (8.6) (6.7) Recoveries 26.6 6.8 8.4 4.9 4.3 2.2 Balance as of September 30, 2024 $22.1 $5.1 $5.7 $2.7 $6.9 $1.7 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of December 31, 2022 $30.9 $6.5 $7.6 $2.5 $11.9 $2.4 Provisions 29.3 5.4 12.2 3.8 3.6 4.3 Write-offs (64.9) (16.5) (25.9) (5.7) (8.6) (8.2) Recoveries 32.5 10.2 13.7 2.4 2.3 3.9 Balance as of September 30, 2023 $27.8 $5.6 $7.6 $3.0 $9.2 $2.4 The allowance is calculated as the historical rate of customer write-offs multiplied by the current accounts receivable balance, taking into account the length of time the receivable balances have been outstanding. The rate of customer write-offs has historically experienced minimal variation, although general economic conditions can affect the rate of customer write-offs. Management monitors the current condition of individual customer accounts to manage collections and ensure bad debt expense is recorded in a timely manner.
System Energy [Member]
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Text Block]	REVENUE (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) Operating Revenues See Note 19 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of revenue recognition. Entergy’s total revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Utility: Residential $1,468,705 $1,602,496 Commercial 855,823 884,585 Industrial 870,576 797,982 Governmental 71,482 73,846 Total billed retail 3,266,586 3,358,909 Sales for resale (a) 69,288 86,505 Other electric revenues (b) (11,217) 66,211 Revenues from contracts with customers 3,324,657 3,511,625 Other Utility revenues (c) 13,163 15,310 Electric revenues 3,337,820 3,526,935 Natural gas revenues 32,318 32,305 Other revenues (d) 18,962 36,282 Total operating revenues $3,389,100 $3,595,522 Entergy’s total revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Utility: Residential $3,548,881 $3,595,378 Commercial 2,260,956 2,291,673 Industrial 2,412,254 2,411,882 Governmental 202,655 204,999 Total billed retail 8,424,746 8,503,932 Sales for resale (a) 202,871 262,714 Other electric revenues (b) 282,631 358,000 Revenues from contracts with customers 8,910,248 9,124,646 Other Utility revenues (c) 40,125 70,942 Electric revenues 8,950,373 9,195,588 Natural gas revenues 133,342 130,389 Other revenues (d) 53,633 96,630 Total operating revenues $9,137,348 $9,422,607 The Utility operating companies’ total revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $325,128 $514,131 $227,867 $106,079 $295,500 Commercial 169,242 319,065 170,093 64,957 132,466 Industrial 183,636 475,890 52,802 8,148 150,100 Governmental 5,117 21,868 15,495 21,763 7,239 Total billed retail 683,123 1,330,954 466,257 200,947 585,305 Sales for resale (a) 48,078 86,563 25,995 8,627 6,189 Other electric revenues (b) (71,403) 40,413 13,362 2,273 5,480 Revenues from contracts with customers 659,798 1,457,930 505,614 211,847 596,974 Other revenues (c) 2,350 6,697 2,557 1,816 24 Electric revenues 662,148 1,464,627 508,171 213,663 596,998 Natural gas revenues — 13,466 — 18,852 — Total operating revenues $662,148 $1,478,093 $508,171 $232,515 $596,998 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $346,454 $547,485 $257,241 $120,311 $331,005 Commercial 183,352 313,112 184,164 69,927 134,030 Industrial 194,284 393,172 58,253 9,163 143,110 Governmental 5,895 20,936 17,226 22,358 7,431 Total billed retail 729,985 1,274,705 516,884 221,759 615,576 Sales for resale (a) 73,081 95,257 17,403 13,007 3,426 Other electric revenues (b) 25,922 43,094 2,086 (1,474) (2,074) Revenues from contracts with customers 828,988 1,413,056 536,373 233,292 616,928 Other revenues (c) 2,671 8,542 2,442 1,988 (333) Electric revenues 831,659 1,421,598 538,815 235,280 616,595 Natural gas revenues — 13,269 — 19,036 — Total operating revenues $831,659 $1,434,867 $538,815 $254,316 $616,595 The Utility operating companies’ total revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $805,702 $1,213,133 $569,533 $245,598 $714,915 Commercial 443,499 841,630 444,584 175,542 355,701 Industrial 471,829 1,355,907 148,409 22,727 413,382 Governmental 14,250 64,912 42,886 59,284 21,323 Total billed retail 1,735,280 3,475,582 1,205,412 503,151 1,505,321 Sales for resale (a) 130,885 250,114 95,188 29,702 11,111 Other electric revenues (b) 19,672 153,028 57,878 11,865 44,215 Revenues from contracts with customers 1,885,837 3,878,724 1,358,478 544,718 1,560,647 Other revenues (c) 7,154 20,140 7,443 4,550 (81) Electric revenues 1,892,991 3,898,864 1,365,921 549,268 1,560,566 Natural gas revenues — 57,793 — 75,549 — Total operating revenues $1,892,991 $3,956,657 $1,365,921 $624,817 $1,560,566 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $790,760 $1,242,378 $589,630 $252,412 $720,198 Commercial 445,279 844,655 460,836 180,091 360,812 Industrial 479,337 1,310,121 164,406 24,138 433,880 Governmental 15,500 63,417 46,080 58,052 21,950 Total billed retail 1,730,876 3,460,571 1,260,952 514,693 1,536,840 Sales for resale (a) 187,365 258,741 82,219 48,992 7,857 Other electric revenues (b) 105,446 161,033 45,926 4,611 45,011 Revenues from contracts with customers 2,023,687 3,880,345 1,389,097 568,296 1,589,708 Other revenues (c) 7,068 52,914 7,276 4,895 (1,177) Electric revenues 2,030,755 3,933,259 1,396,373 573,191 1,588,531 Natural gas revenues — 52,428 — 77,961 — Total operating revenues 2,030,755 3,985,687 1,396,373 651,152 1,588,531 (a) Sales for resale includes day-ahead sales of energy in a market administered by an ISO. These sales represent financially binding commitments for the sale of physical energy the next day. These sales are adjusted to actual power generated and delivered in the real time market. Given the short duration of these transactions, Entergy does not consider them to be derivatives subject to fair value adjustments and includes them as part of customer revenues. (b) Other electric revenues consist primarily of transmission and ancillary services provided to participants of an ISO-administered market, unbilled revenue, and certain customer credits as directed by regulators. (c) Other Utility revenues include the equity component of carrying costs related to securitization, occasional sales of inventory, alternative revenue programs, provisions for revenue subject to refund, and late fees. (d) Other revenues include the sale of electric power and capacity to wholesale customers, day-ahead sales of energy in a market administered by an ISO, and operation and management services fees. Allowance for doubtful accounts The allowance for doubtful accounts reflects Entergy’s best estimate of expected losses on its accounts receivable balances. Due to the essential nature of utility services, Entergy has historically experienced a low rate of default on its accounts receivables. The following tables set forth a reconciliation of changes in the allowance for doubtful accounts for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of December 31, 2023 $25.9 $7.2 $6.1 $3.3 $7.8 $1.5 Provisions 28.0 5.5 10.4 4.0 3.4 4.7 Write-offs (58.4) (14.4) (19.2) (9.5) (8.6) (6.7) Recoveries 26.6 6.8 8.4 4.9 4.3 2.2 Balance as of September 30, 2024 $22.1 $5.1 $5.7 $2.7 $6.9 $1.7 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of December 31, 2022 $30.9 $6.5 $7.6 $2.5 $11.9 $2.4 Provisions 29.3 5.4 12.2 3.8 3.6 4.3 Write-offs (64.9) (16.5) (25.9) (5.7) (8.6) (8.2) Recoveries 32.5 10.2 13.7 2.4 2.3 3.9 Balance as of September 30, 2023 $27.8 $5.6 $7.6 $3.0 $9.2 $2.4 The allowance is calculated as the historical rate of customer write-offs multiplied by the current accounts receivable balance, taking into account the length of time the receivable balances have been outstanding. The rate of customer write-offs has historically experienced minimal variation, although general economic conditions can affect the rate of customer write-offs. Management monitors the current condition of individual customer accounts to manage collections and ensure bad debt expense is recorded in a timely manner.

Asset Retirement Obligations

Asset Retirement Obligations	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024
Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Text Block]	ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) See Note 9 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of asset retirement obligations. The following are updates to that discussion. In first quarter 2024, Entergy Arkansas recorded a revision to its estimated decommissioning cost liabilities for ANO 1 and 2 as a result of a revised decommissioning cost study. The revised estimates resulted in a $14.4 million decrease in its decommissioning cost liabilities, along with corresponding decreases in the related asset retirement cost assets that will be depreciated over the remaining useful lives of the units. In first quarter 2024, Entergy Mississippi recorded an asset retirement obligation to reflect decommissioning costs related to an obligation under the Sunflower Solar facility’s land lease agreements to remove the electrical system and return the land to its normal condition. This estimate resulted in the establishment of a $10 million decommissioning cost liability, along with the establishment of a related asset retirement cost asset that will be depreciated over the remaining initial lease term. See Note 14 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of Entergy Mississippi’s purchase of the Sunflower Solar facility. In second quarter 2024, revisions were recorded to the estimated decommissioning cost liabilities for White Bluff and Independence as a result of the EPA rule that was finalized in May 2024 establishing management standards for legacy coal combustion residuals (CCR) surface impoundments (i.e., inactive surface impoundments at inactive power plants) and establishing a new class of units referred to as CCR management units (CCRMUs) (i.e., non-containerized CCR located at a regulated CCR facility). Entergy does not have any legacy impoundments; however, the definition of CCR management units includes on-site areas where CCR was beneficially used. This is contrary to the previous CCR rule which exempted beneficial uses that met certain criteria. Under this expanded rule, all facilities must identify and delineate any CCRMU greater than one ton and submit a facility evaluation report by February 2026. Any potential requirements for corrective action or operational changes under the various CCR rules continue to be assessed. Given the complexity and recency of the EPA guidance, Entergy is still evaluating the level of work that will ultimately be required to comply with the rule. Based on initial estimates of multiple possible remediation scenarios, Entergy Arkansas and Entergy Mississippi recorded increases of $31 million and $9 million, respectively, in their decommissioning cost liabilities, along with corresponding increases in the related asset retirement cost assets that will be depreciated over the remaining useful lives of the units. Entergy will continue to update the asset retirement obligation as the requirements of the revised CCR rule are clarified. In third quarter 2024, Entergy Arkansas recorded asset retirement obligations to reflect decommissioning costs related to obligations to remove the electrical systems and return the land to its normal condition under the respective land lease agreements for the Walnut Bend Solar facility and the Driver Solar facility. This estimate resulted in the establishment of a decommissioning cost liability of $14.1 million for the Walnut Bend Solar facility and of $40.1 million for the Driver Solar facility, along with the establishment of related asset retirement cost assets that will be depreciated over the remaining initial lease terms, respectively. See Note 14 to the financial statements herein for discussion of Entergy Arkansas’s purchase of the Walnut Bend Solar facility and the Driver Solar facility. In third quarter 2024, Entergy Louisiana and its partners in the Nelson Industrial Steam Company (NISCO) partnership entered into an agreement related to the wind up of the partnership, which resulted in the transfer of ownership of the non-operating facilities to Entergy Louisiana. As a result of the agreement, Entergy Louisiana recognized an asset retirement obligation of $19.4 million associated with the ash landfill area. See Note 1 to the financial statements herein and Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for additional discussion of the NISCO partnership.
Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Text Block]	ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) See Note 9 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of asset retirement obligations. The following are updates to that discussion. In first quarter 2024, Entergy Arkansas recorded a revision to its estimated decommissioning cost liabilities for ANO 1 and 2 as a result of a revised decommissioning cost study. The revised estimates resulted in a $14.4 million decrease in its decommissioning cost liabilities, along with corresponding decreases in the related asset retirement cost assets that will be depreciated over the remaining useful lives of the units. In first quarter 2024, Entergy Mississippi recorded an asset retirement obligation to reflect decommissioning costs related to an obligation under the Sunflower Solar facility’s land lease agreements to remove the electrical system and return the land to its normal condition. This estimate resulted in the establishment of a $10 million decommissioning cost liability, along with the establishment of a related asset retirement cost asset that will be depreciated over the remaining initial lease term. See Note 14 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of Entergy Mississippi’s purchase of the Sunflower Solar facility. In second quarter 2024, revisions were recorded to the estimated decommissioning cost liabilities for White Bluff and Independence as a result of the EPA rule that was finalized in May 2024 establishing management standards for legacy coal combustion residuals (CCR) surface impoundments (i.e., inactive surface impoundments at inactive power plants) and establishing a new class of units referred to as CCR management units (CCRMUs) (i.e., non-containerized CCR located at a regulated CCR facility). Entergy does not have any legacy impoundments; however, the definition of CCR management units includes on-site areas where CCR was beneficially used. This is contrary to the previous CCR rule which exempted beneficial uses that met certain criteria. Under this expanded rule, all facilities must identify and delineate any CCRMU greater than one ton and submit a facility evaluation report by February 2026. Any potential requirements for corrective action or operational changes under the various CCR rules continue to be assessed. Given the complexity and recency of the EPA guidance, Entergy is still evaluating the level of work that will ultimately be required to comply with the rule. Based on initial estimates of multiple possible remediation scenarios, Entergy Arkansas and Entergy Mississippi recorded increases of $31 million and $9 million, respectively, in their decommissioning cost liabilities, along with corresponding increases in the related asset retirement cost assets that will be depreciated over the remaining useful lives of the units. Entergy will continue to update the asset retirement obligation as the requirements of the revised CCR rule are clarified. In third quarter 2024, Entergy Arkansas recorded asset retirement obligations to reflect decommissioning costs related to obligations to remove the electrical systems and return the land to its normal condition under the respective land lease agreements for the Walnut Bend Solar facility and the Driver Solar facility. This estimate resulted in the establishment of a decommissioning cost liability of $14.1 million for the Walnut Bend Solar facility and of $40.1 million for the Driver Solar facility, along with the establishment of related asset retirement cost assets that will be depreciated over the remaining initial lease terms, respectively. See Note 14 to the financial statements herein for discussion of Entergy Arkansas’s purchase of the Walnut Bend Solar facility and the Driver Solar facility. In third quarter 2024, Entergy Louisiana and its partners in the Nelson Industrial Steam Company (NISCO) partnership entered into an agreement related to the wind up of the partnership, which resulted in the transfer of ownership of the non-operating facilities to Entergy Louisiana. As a result of the agreement, Entergy Louisiana recognized an asset retirement obligation of $19.4 million associated with the ash landfill area. See Note 1 to the financial statements herein and Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for additional discussion of the NISCO partnership.
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Text Block]	ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) See Note 9 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of asset retirement obligations. The following are updates to that discussion. In first quarter 2024, Entergy Arkansas recorded a revision to its estimated decommissioning cost liabilities for ANO 1 and 2 as a result of a revised decommissioning cost study. The revised estimates resulted in a $14.4 million decrease in its decommissioning cost liabilities, along with corresponding decreases in the related asset retirement cost assets that will be depreciated over the remaining useful lives of the units. In first quarter 2024, Entergy Mississippi recorded an asset retirement obligation to reflect decommissioning costs related to an obligation under the Sunflower Solar facility’s land lease agreements to remove the electrical system and return the land to its normal condition. This estimate resulted in the establishment of a $10 million decommissioning cost liability, along with the establishment of a related asset retirement cost asset that will be depreciated over the remaining initial lease term. See Note 14 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of Entergy Mississippi’s purchase of the Sunflower Solar facility. In second quarter 2024, revisions were recorded to the estimated decommissioning cost liabilities for White Bluff and Independence as a result of the EPA rule that was finalized in May 2024 establishing management standards for legacy coal combustion residuals (CCR) surface impoundments (i.e., inactive surface impoundments at inactive power plants) and establishing a new class of units referred to as CCR management units (CCRMUs) (i.e., non-containerized CCR located at a regulated CCR facility). Entergy does not have any legacy impoundments; however, the definition of CCR management units includes on-site areas where CCR was beneficially used. This is contrary to the previous CCR rule which exempted beneficial uses that met certain criteria. Under this expanded rule, all facilities must identify and delineate any CCRMU greater than one ton and submit a facility evaluation report by February 2026. Any potential requirements for corrective action or operational changes under the various CCR rules continue to be assessed. Given the complexity and recency of the EPA guidance, Entergy is still evaluating the level of work that will ultimately be required to comply with the rule. Based on initial estimates of multiple possible remediation scenarios, Entergy Arkansas and Entergy Mississippi recorded increases of $31 million and $9 million, respectively, in their decommissioning cost liabilities, along with corresponding increases in the related asset retirement cost assets that will be depreciated over the remaining useful lives of the units. Entergy will continue to update the asset retirement obligation as the requirements of the revised CCR rule are clarified. In third quarter 2024, Entergy Arkansas recorded asset retirement obligations to reflect decommissioning costs related to obligations to remove the electrical systems and return the land to its normal condition under the respective land lease agreements for the Walnut Bend Solar facility and the Driver Solar facility. This estimate resulted in the establishment of a decommissioning cost liability of $14.1 million for the Walnut Bend Solar facility and of $40.1 million for the Driver Solar facility, along with the establishment of related asset retirement cost assets that will be depreciated over the remaining initial lease terms, respectively. See Note 14 to the financial statements herein for discussion of Entergy Arkansas’s purchase of the Walnut Bend Solar facility and the Driver Solar facility. In third quarter 2024, Entergy Louisiana and its partners in the Nelson Industrial Steam Company (NISCO) partnership entered into an agreement related to the wind up of the partnership, which resulted in the transfer of ownership of the non-operating facilities to Entergy Louisiana. As a result of the agreement, Entergy Louisiana recognized an asset retirement obligation of $19.4 million associated with the ash landfill area. See Note 1 to the financial statements herein and Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for additional discussion of the NISCO partnership.
Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Text Block]	ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) See Note 9 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of asset retirement obligations. The following are updates to that discussion. In first quarter 2024, Entergy Arkansas recorded a revision to its estimated decommissioning cost liabilities for ANO 1 and 2 as a result of a revised decommissioning cost study. The revised estimates resulted in a $14.4 million decrease in its decommissioning cost liabilities, along with corresponding decreases in the related asset retirement cost assets that will be depreciated over the remaining useful lives of the units. In first quarter 2024, Entergy Mississippi recorded an asset retirement obligation to reflect decommissioning costs related to an obligation under the Sunflower Solar facility’s land lease agreements to remove the electrical system and return the land to its normal condition. This estimate resulted in the establishment of a $10 million decommissioning cost liability, along with the establishment of a related asset retirement cost asset that will be depreciated over the remaining initial lease term. See Note 14 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of Entergy Mississippi’s purchase of the Sunflower Solar facility. In second quarter 2024, revisions were recorded to the estimated decommissioning cost liabilities for White Bluff and Independence as a result of the EPA rule that was finalized in May 2024 establishing management standards for legacy coal combustion residuals (CCR) surface impoundments (i.e., inactive surface impoundments at inactive power plants) and establishing a new class of units referred to as CCR management units (CCRMUs) (i.e., non-containerized CCR located at a regulated CCR facility). Entergy does not have any legacy impoundments; however, the definition of CCR management units includes on-site areas where CCR was beneficially used. This is contrary to the previous CCR rule which exempted beneficial uses that met certain criteria. Under this expanded rule, all facilities must identify and delineate any CCRMU greater than one ton and submit a facility evaluation report by February 2026. Any potential requirements for corrective action or operational changes under the various CCR rules continue to be assessed. Given the complexity and recency of the EPA guidance, Entergy is still evaluating the level of work that will ultimately be required to comply with the rule. Based on initial estimates of multiple possible remediation scenarios, Entergy Arkansas and Entergy Mississippi recorded increases of $31 million and $9 million, respectively, in their decommissioning cost liabilities, along with corresponding increases in the related asset retirement cost assets that will be depreciated over the remaining useful lives of the units. Entergy will continue to update the asset retirement obligation as the requirements of the revised CCR rule are clarified. In third quarter 2024, Entergy Arkansas recorded asset retirement obligations to reflect decommissioning costs related to obligations to remove the electrical systems and return the land to its normal condition under the respective land lease agreements for the Walnut Bend Solar facility and the Driver Solar facility. This estimate resulted in the establishment of a decommissioning cost liability of $14.1 million for the Walnut Bend Solar facility and of $40.1 million for the Driver Solar facility, along with the establishment of related asset retirement cost assets that will be depreciated over the remaining initial lease terms, respectively. See Note 14 to the financial statements herein for discussion of Entergy Arkansas’s purchase of the Walnut Bend Solar facility and the Driver Solar facility. In third quarter 2024, Entergy Louisiana and its partners in the Nelson Industrial Steam Company (NISCO) partnership entered into an agreement related to the wind up of the partnership, which resulted in the transfer of ownership of the non-operating facilities to Entergy Louisiana. As a result of the agreement, Entergy Louisiana recognized an asset retirement obligation of $19.4 million associated with the ash landfill area. See Note 1 to the financial statements herein and Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for additional discussion of the NISCO partnership.
Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Text Block]	ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) See Note 9 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of asset retirement obligations. The following are updates to that discussion. In first quarter 2024, Entergy Arkansas recorded a revision to its estimated decommissioning cost liabilities for ANO 1 and 2 as a result of a revised decommissioning cost study. The revised estimates resulted in a $14.4 million decrease in its decommissioning cost liabilities, along with corresponding decreases in the related asset retirement cost assets that will be depreciated over the remaining useful lives of the units. In first quarter 2024, Entergy Mississippi recorded an asset retirement obligation to reflect decommissioning costs related to an obligation under the Sunflower Solar facility’s land lease agreements to remove the electrical system and return the land to its normal condition. This estimate resulted in the establishment of a $10 million decommissioning cost liability, along with the establishment of a related asset retirement cost asset that will be depreciated over the remaining initial lease term. See Note 14 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of Entergy Mississippi’s purchase of the Sunflower Solar facility. In second quarter 2024, revisions were recorded to the estimated decommissioning cost liabilities for White Bluff and Independence as a result of the EPA rule that was finalized in May 2024 establishing management standards for legacy coal combustion residuals (CCR) surface impoundments (i.e., inactive surface impoundments at inactive power plants) and establishing a new class of units referred to as CCR management units (CCRMUs) (i.e., non-containerized CCR located at a regulated CCR facility). Entergy does not have any legacy impoundments; however, the definition of CCR management units includes on-site areas where CCR was beneficially used. This is contrary to the previous CCR rule which exempted beneficial uses that met certain criteria. Under this expanded rule, all facilities must identify and delineate any CCRMU greater than one ton and submit a facility evaluation report by February 2026. Any potential requirements for corrective action or operational changes under the various CCR rules continue to be assessed. Given the complexity and recency of the EPA guidance, Entergy is still evaluating the level of work that will ultimately be required to comply with the rule. Based on initial estimates of multiple possible remediation scenarios, Entergy Arkansas and Entergy Mississippi recorded increases of $31 million and $9 million, respectively, in their decommissioning cost liabilities, along with corresponding increases in the related asset retirement cost assets that will be depreciated over the remaining useful lives of the units. Entergy will continue to update the asset retirement obligation as the requirements of the revised CCR rule are clarified. In third quarter 2024, Entergy Arkansas recorded asset retirement obligations to reflect decommissioning costs related to obligations to remove the electrical systems and return the land to its normal condition under the respective land lease agreements for the Walnut Bend Solar facility and the Driver Solar facility. This estimate resulted in the establishment of a decommissioning cost liability of $14.1 million for the Walnut Bend Solar facility and of $40.1 million for the Driver Solar facility, along with the establishment of related asset retirement cost assets that will be depreciated over the remaining initial lease terms, respectively. See Note 14 to the financial statements herein for discussion of Entergy Arkansas’s purchase of the Walnut Bend Solar facility and the Driver Solar facility. In third quarter 2024, Entergy Louisiana and its partners in the Nelson Industrial Steam Company (NISCO) partnership entered into an agreement related to the wind up of the partnership, which resulted in the transfer of ownership of the non-operating facilities to Entergy Louisiana. As a result of the agreement, Entergy Louisiana recognized an asset retirement obligation of $19.4 million associated with the ash landfill area. See Note 1 to the financial statements herein and Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for additional discussion of the NISCO partnership.
Entergy Texas [Member]
Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Text Block]	ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) See Note 9 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of asset retirement obligations. The following are updates to that discussion. In first quarter 2024, Entergy Arkansas recorded a revision to its estimated decommissioning cost liabilities for ANO 1 and 2 as a result of a revised decommissioning cost study. The revised estimates resulted in a $14.4 million decrease in its decommissioning cost liabilities, along with corresponding decreases in the related asset retirement cost assets that will be depreciated over the remaining useful lives of the units. In first quarter 2024, Entergy Mississippi recorded an asset retirement obligation to reflect decommissioning costs related to an obligation under the Sunflower Solar facility’s land lease agreements to remove the electrical system and return the land to its normal condition. This estimate resulted in the establishment of a $10 million decommissioning cost liability, along with the establishment of a related asset retirement cost asset that will be depreciated over the remaining initial lease term. See Note 14 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of Entergy Mississippi’s purchase of the Sunflower Solar facility. In second quarter 2024, revisions were recorded to the estimated decommissioning cost liabilities for White Bluff and Independence as a result of the EPA rule that was finalized in May 2024 establishing management standards for legacy coal combustion residuals (CCR) surface impoundments (i.e., inactive surface impoundments at inactive power plants) and establishing a new class of units referred to as CCR management units (CCRMUs) (i.e., non-containerized CCR located at a regulated CCR facility). Entergy does not have any legacy impoundments; however, the definition of CCR management units includes on-site areas where CCR was beneficially used. This is contrary to the previous CCR rule which exempted beneficial uses that met certain criteria. Under this expanded rule, all facilities must identify and delineate any CCRMU greater than one ton and submit a facility evaluation report by February 2026. Any potential requirements for corrective action or operational changes under the various CCR rules continue to be assessed. Given the complexity and recency of the EPA guidance, Entergy is still evaluating the level of work that will ultimately be required to comply with the rule. Based on initial estimates of multiple possible remediation scenarios, Entergy Arkansas and Entergy Mississippi recorded increases of $31 million and $9 million, respectively, in their decommissioning cost liabilities, along with corresponding increases in the related asset retirement cost assets that will be depreciated over the remaining useful lives of the units. Entergy will continue to update the asset retirement obligation as the requirements of the revised CCR rule are clarified. In third quarter 2024, Entergy Arkansas recorded asset retirement obligations to reflect decommissioning costs related to obligations to remove the electrical systems and return the land to its normal condition under the respective land lease agreements for the Walnut Bend Solar facility and the Driver Solar facility. This estimate resulted in the establishment of a decommissioning cost liability of $14.1 million for the Walnut Bend Solar facility and of $40.1 million for the Driver Solar facility, along with the establishment of related asset retirement cost assets that will be depreciated over the remaining initial lease terms, respectively. See Note 14 to the financial statements herein for discussion of Entergy Arkansas’s purchase of the Walnut Bend Solar facility and the Driver Solar facility. In third quarter 2024, Entergy Louisiana and its partners in the Nelson Industrial Steam Company (NISCO) partnership entered into an agreement related to the wind up of the partnership, which resulted in the transfer of ownership of the non-operating facilities to Entergy Louisiana. As a result of the agreement, Entergy Louisiana recognized an asset retirement obligation of $19.4 million associated with the ash landfill area. See Note 1 to the financial statements herein and Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for additional discussion of the NISCO partnership.
System Energy [Member]
Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Text Block]	ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy) See Note 9 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of asset retirement obligations. The following are updates to that discussion. In first quarter 2024, Entergy Arkansas recorded a revision to its estimated decommissioning cost liabilities for ANO 1 and 2 as a result of a revised decommissioning cost study. The revised estimates resulted in a $14.4 million decrease in its decommissioning cost liabilities, along with corresponding decreases in the related asset retirement cost assets that will be depreciated over the remaining useful lives of the units. In first quarter 2024, Entergy Mississippi recorded an asset retirement obligation to reflect decommissioning costs related to an obligation under the Sunflower Solar facility’s land lease agreements to remove the electrical system and return the land to its normal condition. This estimate resulted in the establishment of a $10 million decommissioning cost liability, along with the establishment of a related asset retirement cost asset that will be depreciated over the remaining initial lease term. See Note 14 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of Entergy Mississippi’s purchase of the Sunflower Solar facility. In second quarter 2024, revisions were recorded to the estimated decommissioning cost liabilities for White Bluff and Independence as a result of the EPA rule that was finalized in May 2024 establishing management standards for legacy coal combustion residuals (CCR) surface impoundments (i.e., inactive surface impoundments at inactive power plants) and establishing a new class of units referred to as CCR management units (CCRMUs) (i.e., non-containerized CCR located at a regulated CCR facility). Entergy does not have any legacy impoundments; however, the definition of CCR management units includes on-site areas where CCR was beneficially used. This is contrary to the previous CCR rule which exempted beneficial uses that met certain criteria. Under this expanded rule, all facilities must identify and delineate any CCRMU greater than one ton and submit a facility evaluation report by February 2026. Any potential requirements for corrective action or operational changes under the various CCR rules continue to be assessed. Given the complexity and recency of the EPA guidance, Entergy is still evaluating the level of work that will ultimately be required to comply with the rule. Based on initial estimates of multiple possible remediation scenarios, Entergy Arkansas and Entergy Mississippi recorded increases of $31 million and $9 million, respectively, in their decommissioning cost liabilities, along with corresponding increases in the related asset retirement cost assets that will be depreciated over the remaining useful lives of the units. Entergy will continue to update the asset retirement obligation as the requirements of the revised CCR rule are clarified. In third quarter 2024, Entergy Arkansas recorded asset retirement obligations to reflect decommissioning costs related to obligations to remove the electrical systems and return the land to its normal condition under the respective land lease agreements for the Walnut Bend Solar facility and the Driver Solar facility. This estimate resulted in the establishment of a decommissioning cost liability of $14.1 million for the Walnut Bend Solar facility and of $40.1 million for the Driver Solar facility, along with the establishment of related asset retirement cost assets that will be depreciated over the remaining initial lease terms, respectively. See Note 14 to the financial statements herein for discussion of Entergy Arkansas’s purchase of the Walnut Bend Solar facility and the Driver Solar facility. In third quarter 2024, Entergy Louisiana and its partners in the Nelson Industrial Steam Company (NISCO) partnership entered into an agreement related to the wind up of the partnership, which resulted in the transfer of ownership of the non-operating facilities to Entergy Louisiana. As a result of the agreement, Entergy Louisiana recognized an asset retirement obligation of $19.4 million associated with the ash landfill area. See Note 1 to the financial statements herein and Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for additional discussion of the NISCO partnership.

Business Combinations and Asset

Business Combinations and Asset Acquisitions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024
Asset Acquisition [Line Items]
Asset Acquisition [Text Block]	ACQUISITIONS (Entergy Corporation and Entergy Arkansas) Acquisitions Walnut Bend Solar In June 2020, Entergy Arkansas signed a build-own-transfer agreement for the purchase of an approximately 100 MW to-be-constructed solar photovoltaic energy facility, Walnut Bend Solar facility, to be sited on approximately 1,000 acres in Lee County, Arkansas. Acquisition of the Walnut Bend Solar facility was initially approved by the APSC in July 2021. The agreement was amended by the parties in February 2023, and the revised agreement was approved by the APSC in July 2023. In February 2024, Entergy Arkansas made an initial payment of approximately $170 million to acquire the facility. Substantial completion was achieved and commercial operation commenced in September 2024, at which time Entergy Arkansas made a substantial completion payment of approximately $16 million for acquisition of the facility. West Memphis Solar In September 2020, Entergy Arkansas signed a build-own-transfer agreement for the purchase of an approximately 180 MW to-be-constructed solar photovoltaic energy facility, West Memphis Solar facility, to be sited on approximately 1,500 acres in Crittenden County, Arkansas. Acquisition of the West Memphis Solar facility was initially approved by the APSC in October 2021. In March 2022 the counterparty to the build-own-transfer agreement notified Entergy Arkansas that it was seeking changes to certain terms of the agreement, including both cost and schedule. Entergy Arkansas filed a supplemental application with the APSC in January 2023 for a change in the transmission route and updates to the cost and schedule, which was approved by the APSC in March 2023. In August 2024, Entergy Arkansas made an initial payment of approximately $48 million to acquire the facility. The project will commence commercial operation once testing is completed and the project has achieved substantial completion. Entergy Arkansas expects the project to commence commercial operation in November 2024, at which time a substantial completion payment of approximately $200 million is expected. Driver Solar In August 2022, Entergy Arkansas signed a build-own-transfer agreement for the purchase of an approximately 250 MW to-be-constructed solar photovoltaic energy facility, Driver Solar facility, to be sited near Osceola, Arkansas. Acquisition of the Driver Solar facility was approved by the APSC in August 2022. In August 2024, Entergy Arkansas made an initial payment of approximately $308 million to acquire the facility. The project will commence commercial operation once testing is completed and the project has achieved substantial completion. Entergy Arkansas currently expects the project to commence commercial operation by the end of 2024, at which time a substantial completion payment of approximately $100 million is expected.
Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Asset Acquisition [Line Items]
Asset Acquisition [Text Block]	ACQUISITIONS (Entergy Corporation and Entergy Arkansas) Acquisitions Walnut Bend Solar In June 2020, Entergy Arkansas signed a build-own-transfer agreement for the purchase of an approximately 100 MW to-be-constructed solar photovoltaic energy facility, Walnut Bend Solar facility, to be sited on approximately 1,000 acres in Lee County, Arkansas. Acquisition of the Walnut Bend Solar facility was initially approved by the APSC in July 2021. The agreement was amended by the parties in February 2023, and the revised agreement was approved by the APSC in July 2023. In February 2024, Entergy Arkansas made an initial payment of approximately $170 million to acquire the facility. Substantial completion was achieved and commercial operation commenced in September 2024, at which time Entergy Arkansas made a substantial completion payment of approximately $16 million for acquisition of the facility. West Memphis Solar In September 2020, Entergy Arkansas signed a build-own-transfer agreement for the purchase of an approximately 180 MW to-be-constructed solar photovoltaic energy facility, West Memphis Solar facility, to be sited on approximately 1,500 acres in Crittenden County, Arkansas. Acquisition of the West Memphis Solar facility was initially approved by the APSC in October 2021. In March 2022 the counterparty to the build-own-transfer agreement notified Entergy Arkansas that it was seeking changes to certain terms of the agreement, including both cost and schedule. Entergy Arkansas filed a supplemental application with the APSC in January 2023 for a change in the transmission route and updates to the cost and schedule, which was approved by the APSC in March 2023. In August 2024, Entergy Arkansas made an initial payment of approximately $48 million to acquire the facility. The project will commence commercial operation once testing is completed and the project has achieved substantial completion. Entergy Arkansas expects the project to commence commercial operation in November 2024, at which time a substantial completion payment of approximately $200 million is expected. Driver Solar In August 2022, Entergy Arkansas signed a build-own-transfer agreement for the purchase of an approximately 250 MW to-be-constructed solar photovoltaic energy facility, Driver Solar facility, to be sited near Osceola, Arkansas. Acquisition of the Driver Solar facility was approved by the APSC in August 2022. In August 2024, Entergy Arkansas made an initial payment of approximately $308 million to acquire the facility. The project will commence commercial operation once testing is completed and the project has achieved substantial completion. Entergy Arkansas currently expects the project to commence commercial operation by the end of 2024, at which time a substantial completion payment of approximately $100 million is expected.

Insider Trading Arrangements

Insider Trading Arrangements	3 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024 shares
Trading Arrangements, by Individual
Material Terms of Trading Arrangement	During the three months ended September 30, 2024, the following directors or officers of Entergy or the Registrant Subsidiaries adopted, modified, or terminated a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as each term is defined in Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K: Name and Title Action Date of Action Type of Trading Arrangement Aggregate Number of Shares to be Purchased or Sold Expiration Date Deanna D. Rodriguez, Chair of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Entergy New Orleans, LLC Adopted 09/09/2024 Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement Up to 3,044 shares to be sold (c) 12/08/2025 (a) Each trading arrangement marked as a Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense of Rule 10b5-1(c). (b) Except as indicated by footnote, each trading arrangement permitted or permits transactions through and including the earlier to occur of (a) the completion of all purchases or sales or (b) the expiration date listed in the table. Each trading arrangement marked as a “Rule 10b5-1 Plan” only permitted or only permits transactions upon expiration of the applicable mandatory cooling-off period under Rule 10b5-1(c), as amended. (c) This trading arrangement provides for the sale of up to 3,044 shares upon the exercise of outstanding options. Other than those disclosed above, no director or officer of Entergy or any of the Registrant Subsidiaries adopted, modified, or terminated a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” during the three months ended September 30, 2024.
Non-Rule 10b5-1 Arrangement Adopted	false
Rule 10b5-1 Arrangement Terminated	false
Non-Rule 10b5-1 Arrangement Terminated	false
Deanna D. Rodriguez [Member]
Trading Arrangements, by Individual
Name	Deanna D. Rodriguez
Title	Chair of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Entergy New Orleans, LLC
Rule 10b5-1 Arrangement Adopted	true
Adoption Date	09/09/2024
Aggregate Available	3,044

Equity (Tables)

Equity (Tables)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024
Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Table Text Block]	The following tables present Entergy’s basic and diluted earnings per share calculations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included on the consolidated income statements: For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2024 2023 (Dollars In Thousands, Except Per Share Data; Shares in Millions) $/share $/share Consolidated net income $645,754 $669,714 Less: Preferred dividend requirements of subsidiaries and noncontrolling interests 814 2,959 Net income attributable to Entergy Corporation $644,940 $666,755 Basic shares and earnings per average common share 214.0 $3.01 211.5 $3.15 Average dilutive effect of: Stock options 0.3 — 0.2 — Other equity plans 0.7 (0.01) 0.5 (0.01) Equity forwards 0.7 (0.01) — — Diluted shares and earnings per average common shares 215.7 $2.99 212.2 $3.14 For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 2023 (Dollars In Thousands, Except Per Share Data; Shares in Millions) $/share $/share Consolidated net income $774,022 $1,374,026 Less: Preferred dividend requirements of subsidiaries and noncontrolling interests 4,879 5,092 Net income attributable to Entergy Corporation $769,143 $1,368,934 Basic shares and earnings per average common share 213.6 $3.60 211.4 $6.47 Average dilutive effect of: Stock options 0.3 — 0.3 (0.01) Other equity plans 0.5 (0.01) 0.5 (0.01) Equity forwards 0.3 (0.01) — — Diluted shares and earnings per average common shares 214.7 $3.58 212.2 $6.45 The number of stock options not included in the calculation of diluted common shares outstanding due to their antidilutive effect was 774,193 options for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 1,305,354 options for the three months ended September 30, 2023. The number of stock options not included in the calculation of diluted common shares outstanding due to their antidilutive effect was 1,238,878 options for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 1,138,384 options for the nine months ended September 30, 2023.
Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Table Text Block]	The following table presents changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) for Entergy for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Beginning balance, July 1, $80,361 ($193,019) Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (4,176) (2,434) Net other comprehensive loss for the period (4,176) (2,434) Ending balance, September 30, $76,185 ($195,453) The following table presents changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) for Entergy for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Beginning balance, January 1, ($162,460) ($191,754) Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) 238,645 (3,699) Net other comprehensive income (loss) for the period 238,645 (3,699) Ending balance, September 30, $76,185 ($195,453)
Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Table Text Block]	Total reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (AOCI) for Entergy for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Amounts reclassified from AOCI Income Statement Location 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Pension and other postretirement benefit plans Amortization of prior service credit $3,473 $3,396 (a) Amortization of net gain 2,130 1,700 (a) Settlement loss — (1,919) (a) Total amortization and settlement loss 5,603 3,177 Income taxes (1,427) (743) Income taxes Total amortization and settlement loss (net of tax) $4,176 $2,434 Total reclassifications for the period (net of tax) $4,176 $2,434 (a) These accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) components are included in the computation of net periodic pension and other postretirement cost. See Note 6 to the financial statements herein for additional details. Total reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (AOCI) for Entergy for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Amounts reclassified from AOCI Income Statement Location 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Pension and other postretirement benefit plans Amortization of prior service credit $10,419 $10,191 (a) Amortization of net gain 5,167 4,994 (a) Settlement loss (316,974) (10,408) (a) Total amortization and settlement loss (301,388) 4,777 Income taxes 62,743 (1,078) Income taxes Total amortization and settlement loss (net of tax) ($238,645) $3,699 Total reclassifications for the period (net of tax) ($238,645) $3,699 (a) These accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) components are included in the computation of net periodic pension and other postretirement cost. See Note 6 to the financial statements herein for additional details.
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Table Text Block]	The following table presents changes in accumulated other comprehensive income for Entergy Louisiana for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Beginning balance, July 1, $50,751 $52,811 Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (2,024) (1,829) Net other comprehensive loss for the period (2,024) (1,829) Ending balance, September 30, $48,727 $50,982 The following table presents changes in accumulated other comprehensive income for Entergy Louisiana for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Beginning balance, January 1, $54,798 $55,370 Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (6,071) (4,388) Net other comprehensive loss for the period (6,071) (4,388) Ending balance, September 30, $48,727 $50,982
Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Table Text Block]	Total reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) for Entergy Louisiana for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Amounts reclassified from AOCI Income Statement Location 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Pension and other postretirement benefit plans Amortization of prior service credit $1,136 $951 (a) Amortization of net gain 1,634 1,574 (a) Settlement loss — (22) (a) Total amortization and settlement loss 2,770 2,503 Income taxes (746) (674) Income taxes Total amortization and settlement loss (net of tax) 2,024 1,829 Total reclassifications for the period (net of tax) $2,024 $1,829 (a) These accumulated other comprehensive income components are included in the computation of net periodic pension and other postretirement cost. See Note 6 to the financial statements herein for additional details. Total reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) for Entergy Louisiana for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Amounts reclassified from AOCI Income Statement Location 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Pension and other postretirement benefit plans Amortization of prior service credit $3,408 $2,853 (a) Amortization of net gain 4,900 4,703 (a) Settlement loss — (1,551) (a) Total amortization and settlement loss 8,308 6,005 Income taxes (2,237) (1,617) Income taxes Total amortization and settlement loss (net of tax) 6,071 4,388 Total reclassifications for the period (net of tax) $6,071 $4,388 (a) These accumulated other comprehensive income components are included in the computation of net periodic pension and other postretirement cost. See Note 6 to the financial statements herein for additional details.

Revolving Credit Facilities, _2

Revolving Credit Facilities, Lines Of Credit, Short-Term Borrowings, And Long-Term Debt (Tables)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024
Schedule of Line of Credit Facilities [Table Text Block]	The following is a summary of the amounts outstanding and capacity available under the credit facility as of September 30, 2024: Capacity Borrowings Letters Capacity (In Millions) $3,000 $— $4 $2,996
Schedule of Long-Term Debt Instruments [Table Text Block]	The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of September 30, 2024 were as follows: Book Value Fair Value (In Thousands) Entergy $27,880,440 $26,113,062 Entergy Arkansas $5,135,751 $4,785,447 Entergy Louisiana $9,876,127 $9,185,690 Entergy Mississippi $2,426,893 $2,215,355 Entergy New Orleans $736,611 $712,343 Entergy Texas $3,561,402 $3,356,778 System Energy $809,585 $794,618 (a) Fair values were classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements herein. The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2023 were as follows: Book Value Fair Value (In Thousands) Entergy $25,107,896 $22,489,174 Entergy Arkansas $4,673,080 $4,166,941 Entergy Louisiana $9,420,689 $8,414,512 Entergy Mississippi $2,229,510 $1,969,334 Entergy New Orleans $677,450 $602,716 Entergy Texas $3,225,092 $2,936,130 System Energy $738,459 $696,168 (a) Fair values were classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements herein.
Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Schedule of Line of Credit Facilities [Table Text Block]	Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each had credit facilities available as of September 30, 2024 as follows: Company Expiration Amount of Interest Rate Amount Drawn Letters of Credit Entergy Arkansas April 2026 $25 million (b) 6.80% $— $— Entergy Arkansas June 2029 $300 million (c) 6.07% $— $— Entergy Louisiana June 2029 $400 million (c) 6.20% $— $— Entergy Mississippi June 2029 $300 million (c) 6.07% $— $— Entergy New Orleans June 2027 $25 million (c) 6.57% $— $— Entergy Texas June 2029 $300 million (c) 6.20% $— $1.1 million (a) The interest rate is the estimated interest rate as of September 30, 2024 that would have been applied to outstanding borrowings under the facility. (b) Borrowings under this Entergy Arkansas credit facility may be secured by a security interest in its accounts receivable at Entergy Arkansas’s option. (c) The credit facility includes fronting commitments for the issuance of letters of credit against a portion of the borrowing capacity of the facility as follows: $5 million for Entergy Arkansas; $15 million for Entergy Louisiana; $5 million for Entergy Mississippi; $10 million for Entergy New Orleans; and $30 million for Entergy Texas.
Schedule of uncommitted standby letter of credit facilities [Table Text Block]	The following is a summary of the uncommitted standby letter of credit facilities as of September 30, 2024: Company Amount of Letter of Credit Fee Letters of Credit Entergy Arkansas $25 million 0.78% $11.9 million Entergy Louisiana $125 million 0.78% $19.7 million Entergy Mississippi $65 million 0.78% $33.1 million Entergy New Orleans $15 million 1.625% $0.5 million Entergy Texas $150 million 1.250% $86.4 million (a) As of September 30, 2024, letters of credit posted with MISO covered financial transmission rights exposure of $0.2 million for Entergy Louisiana, $0.9 million for Entergy Mississippi, and $0.8 million for Entergy Texas. See Note 8 to the financial statements herein for discussion of financial transmission rights. (b) As of September 30, 2024, the letters of credit issued for Entergy Mississippi include $31.8 million in MISO letters of credit and $1.3 million in non-MISO letters of credit outstanding under this facility.
Schedule of Short-Term Debt [Table Text Block]	The following are the FERC-authorized limits for short-term borrowings and the outstanding short-term borrowings as of September 30, 2024 (aggregating both internal and external short-term borrowings) for the Registrant Subsidiaries: Authorized Borrowings (In Millions) Entergy Arkansas $250 $— Entergy Louisiana $450 $— Entergy Mississippi $200 $— Entergy New Orleans $150 $— Entergy Texas $200 $— System Energy $200 $—
Schedule of nuclear fuel company VIE credit facilities [Table Text Block]	To finance the acquisition and ownership of nuclear fuel, the nuclear fuel company VIEs have credit facilities and three of the four VIEs also issue commercial paper, details of which follow as of September 30, 2024: Company Expiration Amount Weighted- Amount (Dollars in Millions) Entergy Arkansas VIE June 2027 $80 6.43% $38.5 Entergy Louisiana River Bend VIE June 2027 $105 6.43% $21.7 Entergy Louisiana Waterford VIE June 2027 $105 6.42% $26.8 System Energy VIE June 2027 $120 6.42% $90.0 (a) Includes letter of credit fees and bank fronting fees on commercial paper issuances by the nuclear fuel company VIEs for Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy. The nuclear fuel company VIE for Entergy Louisiana River Bend does not issue commercial paper, but borrows directly on its bank credit facility.
Schedule of nuclear fuel company VIE notes payable [Table Text Block]	The nuclear fuel company VIEs had notes payable that were included in debt on the respective balance sheets as of September 30, 2024 as follows: Company Description Amount Entergy Arkansas VIE 1.84% Series N due July 2026 $90 million Entergy Arkansas VIE 5.54% Series O due May 2029 $70 million Entergy Louisiana River Bend VIE 2.51% Series V due June 2027 $70 million Entergy Louisiana Waterford VIE 5.94% Series J due September 2026 $70 million System Energy VIE 2.05% Series K due September 2027 $90 million
Schedule of Long-Term Debt Instruments [Table Text Block]	The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of September 30, 2024 were as follows: Book Value Fair Value (In Thousands) Entergy $27,880,440 $26,113,062 Entergy Arkansas $5,135,751 $4,785,447 Entergy Louisiana $9,876,127 $9,185,690 Entergy Mississippi $2,426,893 $2,215,355 Entergy New Orleans $736,611 $712,343 Entergy Texas $3,561,402 $3,356,778 System Energy $809,585 $794,618 (a) Fair values were classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements herein. The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2023 were as follows: Book Value Fair Value (In Thousands) Entergy $25,107,896 $22,489,174 Entergy Arkansas $4,673,080 $4,166,941 Entergy Louisiana $9,420,689 $8,414,512 Entergy Mississippi $2,229,510 $1,969,334 Entergy New Orleans $677,450 $602,716 Entergy Texas $3,225,092 $2,936,130 System Energy $738,459 $696,168 (a) Fair values were classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements herein.
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Schedule of Line of Credit Facilities [Table Text Block]	Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each had credit facilities available as of September 30, 2024 as follows: Company Expiration Amount of Interest Rate Amount Drawn Letters of Credit Entergy Arkansas April 2026 $25 million (b) 6.80% $— $— Entergy Arkansas June 2029 $300 million (c) 6.07% $— $— Entergy Louisiana June 2029 $400 million (c) 6.20% $— $— Entergy Mississippi June 2029 $300 million (c) 6.07% $— $— Entergy New Orleans June 2027 $25 million (c) 6.57% $— $— Entergy Texas June 2029 $300 million (c) 6.20% $— $1.1 million (a) The interest rate is the estimated interest rate as of September 30, 2024 that would have been applied to outstanding borrowings under the facility. (b) Borrowings under this Entergy Arkansas credit facility may be secured by a security interest in its accounts receivable at Entergy Arkansas’s option. (c) The credit facility includes fronting commitments for the issuance of letters of credit against a portion of the borrowing capacity of the facility as follows: $5 million for Entergy Arkansas; $15 million for Entergy Louisiana; $5 million for Entergy Mississippi; $10 million for Entergy New Orleans; and $30 million for Entergy Texas.
Schedule of uncommitted standby letter of credit facilities [Table Text Block]	The following is a summary of the uncommitted standby letter of credit facilities as of September 30, 2024: Company Amount of Letter of Credit Fee Letters of Credit Entergy Arkansas $25 million 0.78% $11.9 million Entergy Louisiana $125 million 0.78% $19.7 million Entergy Mississippi $65 million 0.78% $33.1 million Entergy New Orleans $15 million 1.625% $0.5 million Entergy Texas $150 million 1.250% $86.4 million (a) As of September 30, 2024, letters of credit posted with MISO covered financial transmission rights exposure of $0.2 million for Entergy Louisiana, $0.9 million for Entergy Mississippi, and $0.8 million for Entergy Texas. See Note 8 to the financial statements herein for discussion of financial transmission rights. (b) As of September 30, 2024, the letters of credit issued for Entergy Mississippi include $31.8 million in MISO letters of credit and $1.3 million in non-MISO letters of credit outstanding under this facility.
Schedule of Short-Term Debt [Table Text Block]	The following are the FERC-authorized limits for short-term borrowings and the outstanding short-term borrowings as of September 30, 2024 (aggregating both internal and external short-term borrowings) for the Registrant Subsidiaries: Authorized Borrowings (In Millions) Entergy Arkansas $250 $— Entergy Louisiana $450 $— Entergy Mississippi $200 $— Entergy New Orleans $150 $— Entergy Texas $200 $— System Energy $200 $—
Schedule of nuclear fuel company VIE credit facilities [Table Text Block]	To finance the acquisition and ownership of nuclear fuel, the nuclear fuel company VIEs have credit facilities and three of the four VIEs also issue commercial paper, details of which follow as of September 30, 2024: Company Expiration Amount Weighted- Amount (Dollars in Millions) Entergy Arkansas VIE June 2027 $80 6.43% $38.5 Entergy Louisiana River Bend VIE June 2027 $105 6.43% $21.7 Entergy Louisiana Waterford VIE June 2027 $105 6.42% $26.8 System Energy VIE June 2027 $120 6.42% $90.0 (a) Includes letter of credit fees and bank fronting fees on commercial paper issuances by the nuclear fuel company VIEs for Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy. The nuclear fuel company VIE for Entergy Louisiana River Bend does not issue commercial paper, but borrows directly on its bank credit facility.
Schedule of nuclear fuel company VIE notes payable [Table Text Block]	The nuclear fuel company VIEs had notes payable that were included in debt on the respective balance sheets as of September 30, 2024 as follows: Company Description Amount Entergy Arkansas VIE 1.84% Series N due July 2026 $90 million Entergy Arkansas VIE 5.54% Series O due May 2029 $70 million Entergy Louisiana River Bend VIE 2.51% Series V due June 2027 $70 million Entergy Louisiana Waterford VIE 5.94% Series J due September 2026 $70 million System Energy VIE 2.05% Series K due September 2027 $90 million
Schedule of Long-Term Debt Instruments [Table Text Block]	The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of September 30, 2024 were as follows: Book Value Fair Value (In Thousands) Entergy $27,880,440 $26,113,062 Entergy Arkansas $5,135,751 $4,785,447 Entergy Louisiana $9,876,127 $9,185,690 Entergy Mississippi $2,426,893 $2,215,355 Entergy New Orleans $736,611 $712,343 Entergy Texas $3,561,402 $3,356,778 System Energy $809,585 $794,618 (a) Fair values were classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements herein. The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2023 were as follows: Book Value Fair Value (In Thousands) Entergy $25,107,896 $22,489,174 Entergy Arkansas $4,673,080 $4,166,941 Entergy Louisiana $9,420,689 $8,414,512 Entergy Mississippi $2,229,510 $1,969,334 Entergy New Orleans $677,450 $602,716 Entergy Texas $3,225,092 $2,936,130 System Energy $738,459 $696,168 (a) Fair values were classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements herein.
Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Schedule of Line of Credit Facilities [Table Text Block]	Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each had credit facilities available as of September 30, 2024 as follows: Company Expiration Amount of Interest Rate Amount Drawn Letters of Credit Entergy Arkansas April 2026 $25 million (b) 6.80% $— $— Entergy Arkansas June 2029 $300 million (c) 6.07% $— $— Entergy Louisiana June 2029 $400 million (c) 6.20% $— $— Entergy Mississippi June 2029 $300 million (c) 6.07% $— $— Entergy New Orleans June 2027 $25 million (c) 6.57% $— $— Entergy Texas June 2029 $300 million (c) 6.20% $— $1.1 million (a) The interest rate is the estimated interest rate as of September 30, 2024 that would have been applied to outstanding borrowings under the facility. (b) Borrowings under this Entergy Arkansas credit facility may be secured by a security interest in its accounts receivable at Entergy Arkansas’s option. (c) The credit facility includes fronting commitments for the issuance of letters of credit against a portion of the borrowing capacity of the facility as follows: $5 million for Entergy Arkansas; $15 million for Entergy Louisiana; $5 million for Entergy Mississippi; $10 million for Entergy New Orleans; and $30 million for Entergy Texas.
Schedule of uncommitted standby letter of credit facilities [Table Text Block]	The following is a summary of the uncommitted standby letter of credit facilities as of September 30, 2024: Company Amount of Letter of Credit Fee Letters of Credit Entergy Arkansas $25 million 0.78% $11.9 million Entergy Louisiana $125 million 0.78% $19.7 million Entergy Mississippi $65 million 0.78% $33.1 million Entergy New Orleans $15 million 1.625% $0.5 million Entergy Texas $150 million 1.250% $86.4 million (a) As of September 30, 2024, letters of credit posted with MISO covered financial transmission rights exposure of $0.2 million for Entergy Louisiana, $0.9 million for Entergy Mississippi, and $0.8 million for Entergy Texas. See Note 8 to the financial statements herein for discussion of financial transmission rights. (b) As of September 30, 2024, the letters of credit issued for Entergy Mississippi include $31.8 million in MISO letters of credit and $1.3 million in non-MISO letters of credit outstanding under this facility.
Schedule of Short-Term Debt [Table Text Block]	The following are the FERC-authorized limits for short-term borrowings and the outstanding short-term borrowings as of September 30, 2024 (aggregating both internal and external short-term borrowings) for the Registrant Subsidiaries: Authorized Borrowings (In Millions) Entergy Arkansas $250 $— Entergy Louisiana $450 $— Entergy Mississippi $200 $— Entergy New Orleans $150 $— Entergy Texas $200 $— System Energy $200 $—
Schedule of Long-Term Debt Instruments [Table Text Block]	The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of September 30, 2024 were as follows: Book Value Fair Value (In Thousands) Entergy $27,880,440 $26,113,062 Entergy Arkansas $5,135,751 $4,785,447 Entergy Louisiana $9,876,127 $9,185,690 Entergy Mississippi $2,426,893 $2,215,355 Entergy New Orleans $736,611 $712,343 Entergy Texas $3,561,402 $3,356,778 System Energy $809,585 $794,618 (a) Fair values were classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements herein. The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2023 were as follows: Book Value Fair Value (In Thousands) Entergy $25,107,896 $22,489,174 Entergy Arkansas $4,673,080 $4,166,941 Entergy Louisiana $9,420,689 $8,414,512 Entergy Mississippi $2,229,510 $1,969,334 Entergy New Orleans $677,450 $602,716 Entergy Texas $3,225,092 $2,936,130 System Energy $738,459 $696,168 (a) Fair values were classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements herein.
Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Schedule of Line of Credit Facilities [Table Text Block]	Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each had credit facilities available as of September 30, 2024 as follows: Company Expiration Amount of Interest Rate Amount Drawn Letters of Credit Entergy Arkansas April 2026 $25 million (b) 6.80% $— $— Entergy Arkansas June 2029 $300 million (c) 6.07% $— $— Entergy Louisiana June 2029 $400 million (c) 6.20% $— $— Entergy Mississippi June 2029 $300 million (c) 6.07% $— $— Entergy New Orleans June 2027 $25 million (c) 6.57% $— $— Entergy Texas June 2029 $300 million (c) 6.20% $— $1.1 million (a) The interest rate is the estimated interest rate as of September 30, 2024 that would have been applied to outstanding borrowings under the facility. (b) Borrowings under this Entergy Arkansas credit facility may be secured by a security interest in its accounts receivable at Entergy Arkansas’s option. (c) The credit facility includes fronting commitments for the issuance of letters of credit against a portion of the borrowing capacity of the facility as follows: $5 million for Entergy Arkansas; $15 million for Entergy Louisiana; $5 million for Entergy Mississippi; $10 million for Entergy New Orleans; and $30 million for Entergy Texas.
Schedule of uncommitted standby letter of credit facilities [Table Text Block]	The following is a summary of the uncommitted standby letter of credit facilities as of September 30, 2024: Company Amount of Letter of Credit Fee Letters of Credit Entergy Arkansas $25 million 0.78% $11.9 million Entergy Louisiana $125 million 0.78% $19.7 million Entergy Mississippi $65 million 0.78% $33.1 million Entergy New Orleans $15 million 1.625% $0.5 million Entergy Texas $150 million 1.250% $86.4 million (a) As of September 30, 2024, letters of credit posted with MISO covered financial transmission rights exposure of $0.2 million for Entergy Louisiana, $0.9 million for Entergy Mississippi, and $0.8 million for Entergy Texas. See Note 8 to the financial statements herein for discussion of financial transmission rights. (b) As of September 30, 2024, the letters of credit issued for Entergy Mississippi include $31.8 million in MISO letters of credit and $1.3 million in non-MISO letters of credit outstanding under this facility.
Schedule of Short-Term Debt [Table Text Block]	The following are the FERC-authorized limits for short-term borrowings and the outstanding short-term borrowings as of September 30, 2024 (aggregating both internal and external short-term borrowings) for the Registrant Subsidiaries: Authorized Borrowings (In Millions) Entergy Arkansas $250 $— Entergy Louisiana $450 $— Entergy Mississippi $200 $— Entergy New Orleans $150 $— Entergy Texas $200 $— System Energy $200 $—
Schedule of Long-Term Debt Instruments [Table Text Block]	The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of September 30, 2024 were as follows: Book Value Fair Value (In Thousands) Entergy $27,880,440 $26,113,062 Entergy Arkansas $5,135,751 $4,785,447 Entergy Louisiana $9,876,127 $9,185,690 Entergy Mississippi $2,426,893 $2,215,355 Entergy New Orleans $736,611 $712,343 Entergy Texas $3,561,402 $3,356,778 System Energy $809,585 $794,618 (a) Fair values were classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements herein. The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2023 were as follows: Book Value Fair Value (In Thousands) Entergy $25,107,896 $22,489,174 Entergy Arkansas $4,673,080 $4,166,941 Entergy Louisiana $9,420,689 $8,414,512 Entergy Mississippi $2,229,510 $1,969,334 Entergy New Orleans $677,450 $602,716 Entergy Texas $3,225,092 $2,936,130 System Energy $738,459 $696,168 (a) Fair values were classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements herein.
Entergy Texas [Member]
Schedule of Line of Credit Facilities [Table Text Block]	Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each had credit facilities available as of September 30, 2024 as follows: Company Expiration Amount of Interest Rate Amount Drawn Letters of Credit Entergy Arkansas April 2026 $25 million (b) 6.80% $— $— Entergy Arkansas June 2029 $300 million (c) 6.07% $— $— Entergy Louisiana June 2029 $400 million (c) 6.20% $— $— Entergy Mississippi June 2029 $300 million (c) 6.07% $— $— Entergy New Orleans June 2027 $25 million (c) 6.57% $— $— Entergy Texas June 2029 $300 million (c) 6.20% $— $1.1 million (a) The interest rate is the estimated interest rate as of September 30, 2024 that would have been applied to outstanding borrowings under the facility. (b) Borrowings under this Entergy Arkansas credit facility may be secured by a security interest in its accounts receivable at Entergy Arkansas’s option. (c) The credit facility includes fronting commitments for the issuance of letters of credit against a portion of the borrowing capacity of the facility as follows: $5 million for Entergy Arkansas; $15 million for Entergy Louisiana; $5 million for Entergy Mississippi; $10 million for Entergy New Orleans; and $30 million for Entergy Texas.
Schedule of uncommitted standby letter of credit facilities [Table Text Block]	The following is a summary of the uncommitted standby letter of credit facilities as of September 30, 2024: Company Amount of Letter of Credit Fee Letters of Credit Entergy Arkansas $25 million 0.78% $11.9 million Entergy Louisiana $125 million 0.78% $19.7 million Entergy Mississippi $65 million 0.78% $33.1 million Entergy New Orleans $15 million 1.625% $0.5 million Entergy Texas $150 million 1.250% $86.4 million (a) As of September 30, 2024, letters of credit posted with MISO covered financial transmission rights exposure of $0.2 million for Entergy Louisiana, $0.9 million for Entergy Mississippi, and $0.8 million for Entergy Texas. See Note 8 to the financial statements herein for discussion of financial transmission rights. (b) As of September 30, 2024, the letters of credit issued for Entergy Mississippi include $31.8 million in MISO letters of credit and $1.3 million in non-MISO letters of credit outstanding under this facility.
Schedule of Short-Term Debt [Table Text Block]	The following are the FERC-authorized limits for short-term borrowings and the outstanding short-term borrowings as of September 30, 2024 (aggregating both internal and external short-term borrowings) for the Registrant Subsidiaries: Authorized Borrowings (In Millions) Entergy Arkansas $250 $— Entergy Louisiana $450 $— Entergy Mississippi $200 $— Entergy New Orleans $150 $— Entergy Texas $200 $— System Energy $200 $—
Schedule of Long-Term Debt Instruments [Table Text Block]	The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of September 30, 2024 were as follows: Book Value Fair Value (In Thousands) Entergy $27,880,440 $26,113,062 Entergy Arkansas $5,135,751 $4,785,447 Entergy Louisiana $9,876,127 $9,185,690 Entergy Mississippi $2,426,893 $2,215,355 Entergy New Orleans $736,611 $712,343 Entergy Texas $3,561,402 $3,356,778 System Energy $809,585 $794,618 (a) Fair values were classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements herein. The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2023 were as follows: Book Value Fair Value (In Thousands) Entergy $25,107,896 $22,489,174 Entergy Arkansas $4,673,080 $4,166,941 Entergy Louisiana $9,420,689 $8,414,512 Entergy Mississippi $2,229,510 $1,969,334 Entergy New Orleans $677,450 $602,716 Entergy Texas $3,225,092 $2,936,130 System Energy $738,459 $696,168 (a) Fair values were classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements herein.
System Energy [Member]
Schedule of Short-Term Debt [Table Text Block]	The following are the FERC-authorized limits for short-term borrowings and the outstanding short-term borrowings as of September 30, 2024 (aggregating both internal and external short-term borrowings) for the Registrant Subsidiaries: Authorized Borrowings (In Millions) Entergy Arkansas $250 $— Entergy Louisiana $450 $— Entergy Mississippi $200 $— Entergy New Orleans $150 $— Entergy Texas $200 $— System Energy $200 $—
Schedule of nuclear fuel company VIE credit facilities [Table Text Block]	To finance the acquisition and ownership of nuclear fuel, the nuclear fuel company VIEs have credit facilities and three of the four VIEs also issue commercial paper, details of which follow as of September 30, 2024: Company Expiration Amount Weighted- Amount (Dollars in Millions) Entergy Arkansas VIE June 2027 $80 6.43% $38.5 Entergy Louisiana River Bend VIE June 2027 $105 6.43% $21.7 Entergy Louisiana Waterford VIE June 2027 $105 6.42% $26.8 System Energy VIE June 2027 $120 6.42% $90.0 (a) Includes letter of credit fees and bank fronting fees on commercial paper issuances by the nuclear fuel company VIEs for Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy. The nuclear fuel company VIE for Entergy Louisiana River Bend does not issue commercial paper, but borrows directly on its bank credit facility.
Schedule of nuclear fuel company VIE notes payable [Table Text Block]	The nuclear fuel company VIEs had notes payable that were included in debt on the respective balance sheets as of September 30, 2024 as follows: Company Description Amount Entergy Arkansas VIE 1.84% Series N due July 2026 $90 million Entergy Arkansas VIE 5.54% Series O due May 2029 $70 million Entergy Louisiana River Bend VIE 2.51% Series V due June 2027 $70 million Entergy Louisiana Waterford VIE 5.94% Series J due September 2026 $70 million System Energy VIE 2.05% Series K due September 2027 $90 million
Schedule of Long-Term Debt Instruments [Table Text Block]	The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of September 30, 2024 were as follows: Book Value Fair Value (In Thousands) Entergy $27,880,440 $26,113,062 Entergy Arkansas $5,135,751 $4,785,447 Entergy Louisiana $9,876,127 $9,185,690 Entergy Mississippi $2,426,893 $2,215,355 Entergy New Orleans $736,611 $712,343 Entergy Texas $3,561,402 $3,356,778 System Energy $809,585 $794,618 (a) Fair values were classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements herein. The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2023 were as follows: Book Value Fair Value (In Thousands) Entergy $25,107,896 $22,489,174 Entergy Arkansas $4,673,080 $4,166,941 Entergy Louisiana $9,420,689 $8,414,512 Entergy Mississippi $2,229,510 $1,969,334 Entergy New Orleans $677,450 $602,716 Entergy Texas $3,225,092 $2,936,130 System Energy $738,459 $696,168 (a) Fair values were classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements herein.

Stock-Based Compensation (Table

Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024
Employee Stock Option
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Expensed and Capitalized, Amount [Line Items]
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Expensed and Capitalized, Amount [Table Text Block]	The following table includes financial information for stock options for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Compensation expense included in Entergy’s consolidated net income $0.8 $1.1 Tax benefit recognized in Entergy’s consolidated net income $0.2 $0.3 Compensation cost capitalized as part of fixed assets and materials and supplies $0.4 $0.5 The following table includes financial information for stock options for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Compensation expense included in Entergy’s consolidated net income $3.0 $3.2 Tax benefit recognized in Entergy’s consolidated net income $0.8 $0.9 Compensation cost capitalized as part of fixed assets and materials and supplies $1.4 $1.6
Other Equity Awards [Member]
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Expensed and Capitalized, Amount [Line Items]
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Expensed and Capitalized, Amount [Table Text Block]	The following table includes financial information for other outstanding equity awards for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Compensation expense included in Entergy’s consolidated net income $9.6 $9.3 Tax benefit recognized in Entergy’s consolidated net income $2.4 $2.4 Compensation cost capitalized as part of fixed assets and materials and supplies $4.6 $4.2 The following table includes financial information for other outstanding equity awards for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Compensation expense included in Entergy’s consolidated net income $29.3 $27.1 Tax benefit recognized in Entergy’s consolidated net income $7.4 $7.0 Compensation cost capitalized as part of fixed assets and materials and supplies $13.7 $11.8

Retirement And Other Postreti_2

Retirement And Other Postretirement Benefits (Tables)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Schedule of reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income [Table Text Block]	Entergy and Entergy Louisiana reclassified the following costs out of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (before taxes and including amounts capitalized) for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023: 2024 Qualified Other Non-Qualified Total (In Thousands) Entergy Amortization of prior service credit (cost) $— $3,513 ($40) $3,473 Amortization of net gain (loss) (405) 2,615 (80) 2,130 ($405) $6,128 ($120) $5,603 Entergy Louisiana Amortization of prior service credit $— $1,136 $— $1,136 Amortization of net gain (loss) (104) 1,738 — 1,634 ($104) $2,874 $— $2,770 2023 Qualified Other Non-Qualified Total (In Thousands) Entergy Amortization of prior service credit (cost) $— $3,509 ($113) $3,396 Amortization of net gain (loss) (1,064) 2,898 (134) 1,700 Settlement loss (490) — (1,429) (1,919) ($1,554) $6,407 ($1,676) $3,177 Entergy Louisiana Amortization of prior service credit $— $951 $— $951 Amortization of net gain (loss) (190) 1,764 — 1,574 Settlement loss (22) — — (22) ($212) $2,715 $— $2,503 Entergy and Entergy Louisiana reclassified the following costs out of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (before taxes and including amounts capitalized) for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: 2024 Qualified Other Non-Qualified Total (In Thousands) Entergy Amortization of prior service credit (cost) $— $10,539 ($120) $10,419 Amortization of net gain (loss) (2,438) 7,845 (240) 5,167 Settlement loss (316,974) — — (316,974) ($319,412) $18,384 ($360) ($301,388) Entergy Louisiana Amortization of prior service credit $— $3,408 $— $3,408 Amortization of net gain (loss) (312) 5,214 (2) 4,900 ($312) $8,622 ($2) $8,308 2023 Qualified Other Non-Qualified Total (In Thousands) Entergy Amortization of prior service credit (cost) $— $10,529 ($338) $10,191 Amortization of net gain (loss) (3,208) 8,693 (491) 4,994 Settlement loss (7,446) — (2,962) (10,408) ($10,654) $19,222 ($3,791) $4,777 Entergy Louisiana Amortization of prior service credit $— $2,853 $— $2,853 Amortization of net gain (loss) (588) 5,292 (1) 4,703 Settlement loss (1,551) — — (1,551) ($2,139) $8,145 ($1) $6,005
Pension Plan [Member] | Qualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]	Entergy’s qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $23,358 $25,302 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 56,631 73,850 Expected return on assets (76,557) (96,775) Recognized net loss 14,322 20,204 Settlement charges — 6,914 Net pension cost $17,754 $29,495 Entergy’s qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $70,104 $76,346 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 193,218 223,584 Expected return on assets (262,043) (290,660) Recognized net loss 44,296 63,858 Settlement charges 325,253 152,588 Net pension cost $370,828 $225,716
Other Postretirement Benefits Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]	Entergy’s other postretirement benefits income, including amounts capitalized, for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $3,126 $3,664 Interest cost on accumulated postretirement benefit obligation (APBO) 9,852 10,568 Expected return on assets (10,569) (9,183) Amortization of prior service credit (5,720) (5,640) Recognized net gain (2,761) (2,862) Net other postretirement benefits income ($6,072) ($3,453) Entergy’s other postretirement benefits income, including amounts capitalized, for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $9,378 $10,992 Interest cost on APBO 29,556 31,704 Expected return on assets (31,707) (27,549) Amortization of prior service credit (17,160) (16,920) Recognized net gain (8,283) (8,586) Net other postretirement benefits income ($18,216) ($10,359)
Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Pension Plan [Member] | Qualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]	The Registrant Subsidiaries’ qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $4,101 $5,550 $1,284 $441 $963 $1,380 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 13,218 13,962 3,522 1,569 2,832 3,375 Expected return on assets (18,156) (19,446) (5,112) (2,202) (4,077) (4,602) Recognized net loss 5,745 2,601 1,140 471 393 1,155 Net pension cost $4,908 $2,667 $834 $279 $111 $1,308 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $4,566 $6,175 $1,431 $492 $1,074 $1,430 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 13,813 14,896 3,797 1,667 3,138 3,419 Expected return on assets (17,639) (18,892) (4,830) (2,206) (4,147) (4,392) Recognized net loss 5,438 4,748 1,545 456 1,008 1,204 Settlement charges 558 561 345 248 632 228 Net pension cost $6,736 $7,488 $2,288 $657 $1,705 $1,889 The Registrant Subsidiaries’ qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $12,300 $16,652 $3,852 $1,321 $2,886 $4,147 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 39,652 41,884 10,564 4,707 8,494 10,152 Expected return on assets (54,466) (58,340) (15,338) (6,609) (12,231) (13,883) Recognized net loss 17,237 7,805 3,420 1,411 1,179 3,482 Settlement charges — — — — — 611 Net pension cost $14,723 $8,001 $2,498 $830 $328 $4,509 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $13,976 $18,654 $4,369 $1,470 $3,271 $4,342 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 42,010 45,219 11,551 5,051 9,542 10,382 Expected return on assets (53,593) (56,891) (14,349) (6,783) (12,322) (13,431) Recognized net loss 18,170 14,704 4,937 1,453 3,057 3,939 Settlement charges 24,516 38,791 12,088 1,948 10,902 5,518 Net pension cost $45,079 $60,477 $18,596 $3,139 $14,450 $10,750
Schedule of Expected Benefit Payments [Table Text Block]	Based on current assumptions, the Registrant Subsidiaries expect to contribute the following to qualified pension plans for their current and former employees in 2024: Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Expected 2024 pension contributions $55,112 $48,401 $14,980 $4,931 $8,272 $16,650 Pension contributions made through September 2024 $33,560 $29,375 $9,820 $2,643 $4,782 $9,994 Remaining estimated pension contributions to be made in 2024 $21,552 $19,026 $5,160 $2,288 $3,490 $6,656
Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Pension Plan [Member] | Nonqualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]	The Registrant Subsidiaries recognized the following pension cost for their current and former employees for their non-qualified pension plans for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023: Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) 2024 $68 $51 $83 $31 $62 2023 $63 $24 $85 $33 $63 The Registrant Subsidiaries recognized the following pension cost for their current and former employees for their non-qualified pension plans for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) 2024 $204 $153 $249 $93 $186 2023 $575 $76 $724 $99 $190
Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Other Postretirement Benefits Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]	The Registrant Subsidiaries’ other postretirement benefits (income) cost, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $642 $700 $184 $51 $168 $175 Interest cost on APBO 1,833 1,999 486 253 603 398 Expected return on assets (4,384) — (1,372) (1,479) (2,539) (728) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 524 (1,136) (239) (229) (1,093) (73) Recognized net (gain) loss — (1,738) 15 19 148 — Net other postretirement benefits income ($1,385) ($175) ($926) ($1,385) ($2,713) ($228) 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $741 $845 $220 $59 $202 $189 Interest cost on APBO 2,001 2,233 543 290 649 432 Expected return on assets (3,778) — (1,179) (1,316) (2,194) (634) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 524 (951) (239) (229) (1,093) (73) Recognized net (gain) loss 43 (1,764) 21 117 229 — Net other postretirement benefits (income) cost ($469) $363 ($634) ($1,079) ($2,207) ($86) The Registrant Subsidiaries’ other postretirement benefits (income) cost, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $1,926 $2,100 $552 $153 $504 $525 Interest cost on APBO 5,499 5,997 1,458 759 1,809 1,194 Expected return on assets (13,152) — (4,116) (4,437) (7,617) (2,184) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 1,572 (3,408) (717) (687) (3,279) (219) Recognized net (gain) loss — (5,214) 45 57 444 — Net other postretirement benefits income ($4,155) ($525) ($2,778) ($4,155) ($8,139) ($684) 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $2,223 $2,535 $660 $177 $606 $567 Interest cost on APBO 6,003 6,699 1,629 870 1,947 1,296 Expected return on assets (11,334) — (3,537) (3,948) (6,582) (1,902) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 1,572 (2,853) (717) (687) (3,279) (219) Recognized net (gain) loss 129 (5,292) 63 351 687 — Net other postretirement benefits (income) cost ($1,407) $1,089 ($1,902) ($3,237) ($6,621) ($258)
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Schedule of reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income [Table Text Block]	Entergy and Entergy Louisiana reclassified the following costs out of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (before taxes and including amounts capitalized) for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023: 2024 Qualified Other Non-Qualified Total (In Thousands) Entergy Amortization of prior service credit (cost) $— $3,513 ($40) $3,473 Amortization of net gain (loss) (405) 2,615 (80) 2,130 ($405) $6,128 ($120) $5,603 Entergy Louisiana Amortization of prior service credit $— $1,136 $— $1,136 Amortization of net gain (loss) (104) 1,738 — 1,634 ($104) $2,874 $— $2,770 2023 Qualified Other Non-Qualified Total (In Thousands) Entergy Amortization of prior service credit (cost) $— $3,509 ($113) $3,396 Amortization of net gain (loss) (1,064) 2,898 (134) 1,700 Settlement loss (490) — (1,429) (1,919) ($1,554) $6,407 ($1,676) $3,177 Entergy Louisiana Amortization of prior service credit $— $951 $— $951 Amortization of net gain (loss) (190) 1,764 — 1,574 Settlement loss (22) — — (22) ($212) $2,715 $— $2,503 Entergy and Entergy Louisiana reclassified the following costs out of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (before taxes and including amounts capitalized) for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: 2024 Qualified Other Non-Qualified Total (In Thousands) Entergy Amortization of prior service credit (cost) $— $10,539 ($120) $10,419 Amortization of net gain (loss) (2,438) 7,845 (240) 5,167 Settlement loss (316,974) — — (316,974) ($319,412) $18,384 ($360) ($301,388) Entergy Louisiana Amortization of prior service credit $— $3,408 $— $3,408 Amortization of net gain (loss) (312) 5,214 (2) 4,900 ($312) $8,622 ($2) $8,308 2023 Qualified Other Non-Qualified Total (In Thousands) Entergy Amortization of prior service credit (cost) $— $10,529 ($338) $10,191 Amortization of net gain (loss) (3,208) 8,693 (491) 4,994 Settlement loss (7,446) — (2,962) (10,408) ($10,654) $19,222 ($3,791) $4,777 Entergy Louisiana Amortization of prior service credit $— $2,853 $— $2,853 Amortization of net gain (loss) (588) 5,292 (1) 4,703 Settlement loss (1,551) — — (1,551) ($2,139) $8,145 ($1) $6,005
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Pension Plan [Member] | Qualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]	The Registrant Subsidiaries’ qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $4,101 $5,550 $1,284 $441 $963 $1,380 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 13,218 13,962 3,522 1,569 2,832 3,375 Expected return on assets (18,156) (19,446) (5,112) (2,202) (4,077) (4,602) Recognized net loss 5,745 2,601 1,140 471 393 1,155 Net pension cost $4,908 $2,667 $834 $279 $111 $1,308 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $4,566 $6,175 $1,431 $492 $1,074 $1,430 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 13,813 14,896 3,797 1,667 3,138 3,419 Expected return on assets (17,639) (18,892) (4,830) (2,206) (4,147) (4,392) Recognized net loss 5,438 4,748 1,545 456 1,008 1,204 Settlement charges 558 561 345 248 632 228 Net pension cost $6,736 $7,488 $2,288 $657 $1,705 $1,889 The Registrant Subsidiaries’ qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $12,300 $16,652 $3,852 $1,321 $2,886 $4,147 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 39,652 41,884 10,564 4,707 8,494 10,152 Expected return on assets (54,466) (58,340) (15,338) (6,609) (12,231) (13,883) Recognized net loss 17,237 7,805 3,420 1,411 1,179 3,482 Settlement charges — — — — — 611 Net pension cost $14,723 $8,001 $2,498 $830 $328 $4,509 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $13,976 $18,654 $4,369 $1,470 $3,271 $4,342 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 42,010 45,219 11,551 5,051 9,542 10,382 Expected return on assets (53,593) (56,891) (14,349) (6,783) (12,322) (13,431) Recognized net loss 18,170 14,704 4,937 1,453 3,057 3,939 Settlement charges 24,516 38,791 12,088 1,948 10,902 5,518 Net pension cost $45,079 $60,477 $18,596 $3,139 $14,450 $10,750
Schedule of Expected Benefit Payments [Table Text Block]	Based on current assumptions, the Registrant Subsidiaries expect to contribute the following to qualified pension plans for their current and former employees in 2024: Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Expected 2024 pension contributions $55,112 $48,401 $14,980 $4,931 $8,272 $16,650 Pension contributions made through September 2024 $33,560 $29,375 $9,820 $2,643 $4,782 $9,994 Remaining estimated pension contributions to be made in 2024 $21,552 $19,026 $5,160 $2,288 $3,490 $6,656
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Pension Plan [Member] | Nonqualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]	The Registrant Subsidiaries recognized the following pension cost for their current and former employees for their non-qualified pension plans for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023: Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) 2024 $68 $51 $83 $31 $62 2023 $63 $24 $85 $33 $63 The Registrant Subsidiaries recognized the following pension cost for their current and former employees for their non-qualified pension plans for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) 2024 $204 $153 $249 $93 $186 2023 $575 $76 $724 $99 $190
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Other Postretirement Benefits Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]	The Registrant Subsidiaries’ other postretirement benefits (income) cost, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $642 $700 $184 $51 $168 $175 Interest cost on APBO 1,833 1,999 486 253 603 398 Expected return on assets (4,384) — (1,372) (1,479) (2,539) (728) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 524 (1,136) (239) (229) (1,093) (73) Recognized net (gain) loss — (1,738) 15 19 148 — Net other postretirement benefits income ($1,385) ($175) ($926) ($1,385) ($2,713) ($228) 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $741 $845 $220 $59 $202 $189 Interest cost on APBO 2,001 2,233 543 290 649 432 Expected return on assets (3,778) — (1,179) (1,316) (2,194) (634) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 524 (951) (239) (229) (1,093) (73) Recognized net (gain) loss 43 (1,764) 21 117 229 — Net other postretirement benefits (income) cost ($469) $363 ($634) ($1,079) ($2,207) ($86) The Registrant Subsidiaries’ other postretirement benefits (income) cost, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $1,926 $2,100 $552 $153 $504 $525 Interest cost on APBO 5,499 5,997 1,458 759 1,809 1,194 Expected return on assets (13,152) — (4,116) (4,437) (7,617) (2,184) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 1,572 (3,408) (717) (687) (3,279) (219) Recognized net (gain) loss — (5,214) 45 57 444 — Net other postretirement benefits income ($4,155) ($525) ($2,778) ($4,155) ($8,139) ($684) 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $2,223 $2,535 $660 $177 $606 $567 Interest cost on APBO 6,003 6,699 1,629 870 1,947 1,296 Expected return on assets (11,334) — (3,537) (3,948) (6,582) (1,902) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 1,572 (2,853) (717) (687) (3,279) (219) Recognized net (gain) loss 129 (5,292) 63 351 687 — Net other postretirement benefits (income) cost ($1,407) $1,089 ($1,902) ($3,237) ($6,621) ($258)
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Pension Plan [Member] | Qualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]	The Registrant Subsidiaries’ qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $4,101 $5,550 $1,284 $441 $963 $1,380 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 13,218 13,962 3,522 1,569 2,832 3,375 Expected return on assets (18,156) (19,446) (5,112) (2,202) (4,077) (4,602) Recognized net loss 5,745 2,601 1,140 471 393 1,155 Net pension cost $4,908 $2,667 $834 $279 $111 $1,308 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $4,566 $6,175 $1,431 $492 $1,074 $1,430 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 13,813 14,896 3,797 1,667 3,138 3,419 Expected return on assets (17,639) (18,892) (4,830) (2,206) (4,147) (4,392) Recognized net loss 5,438 4,748 1,545 456 1,008 1,204 Settlement charges 558 561 345 248 632 228 Net pension cost $6,736 $7,488 $2,288 $657 $1,705 $1,889 The Registrant Subsidiaries’ qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $12,300 $16,652 $3,852 $1,321 $2,886 $4,147 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 39,652 41,884 10,564 4,707 8,494 10,152 Expected return on assets (54,466) (58,340) (15,338) (6,609) (12,231) (13,883) Recognized net loss 17,237 7,805 3,420 1,411 1,179 3,482 Settlement charges — — — — — 611 Net pension cost $14,723 $8,001 $2,498 $830 $328 $4,509 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $13,976 $18,654 $4,369 $1,470 $3,271 $4,342 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 42,010 45,219 11,551 5,051 9,542 10,382 Expected return on assets (53,593) (56,891) (14,349) (6,783) (12,322) (13,431) Recognized net loss 18,170 14,704 4,937 1,453 3,057 3,939 Settlement charges 24,516 38,791 12,088 1,948 10,902 5,518 Net pension cost $45,079 $60,477 $18,596 $3,139 $14,450 $10,750
Schedule of Expected Benefit Payments [Table Text Block]	Based on current assumptions, the Registrant Subsidiaries expect to contribute the following to qualified pension plans for their current and former employees in 2024: Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Expected 2024 pension contributions $55,112 $48,401 $14,980 $4,931 $8,272 $16,650 Pension contributions made through September 2024 $33,560 $29,375 $9,820 $2,643 $4,782 $9,994 Remaining estimated pension contributions to be made in 2024 $21,552 $19,026 $5,160 $2,288 $3,490 $6,656
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Pension Plan [Member] | Nonqualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]	The Registrant Subsidiaries recognized the following pension cost for their current and former employees for their non-qualified pension plans for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023: Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) 2024 $68 $51 $83 $31 $62 2023 $63 $24 $85 $33 $63 The Registrant Subsidiaries recognized the following pension cost for their current and former employees for their non-qualified pension plans for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) 2024 $204 $153 $249 $93 $186 2023 $575 $76 $724 $99 $190
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Other Postretirement Benefits Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]	The Registrant Subsidiaries’ other postretirement benefits (income) cost, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $642 $700 $184 $51 $168 $175 Interest cost on APBO 1,833 1,999 486 253 603 398 Expected return on assets (4,384) — (1,372) (1,479) (2,539) (728) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 524 (1,136) (239) (229) (1,093) (73) Recognized net (gain) loss — (1,738) 15 19 148 — Net other postretirement benefits income ($1,385) ($175) ($926) ($1,385) ($2,713) ($228) 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $741 $845 $220 $59 $202 $189 Interest cost on APBO 2,001 2,233 543 290 649 432 Expected return on assets (3,778) — (1,179) (1,316) (2,194) (634) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 524 (951) (239) (229) (1,093) (73) Recognized net (gain) loss 43 (1,764) 21 117 229 — Net other postretirement benefits (income) cost ($469) $363 ($634) ($1,079) ($2,207) ($86) The Registrant Subsidiaries’ other postretirement benefits (income) cost, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $1,926 $2,100 $552 $153 $504 $525 Interest cost on APBO 5,499 5,997 1,458 759 1,809 1,194 Expected return on assets (13,152) — (4,116) (4,437) (7,617) (2,184) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 1,572 (3,408) (717) (687) (3,279) (219) Recognized net (gain) loss — (5,214) 45 57 444 — Net other postretirement benefits income ($4,155) ($525) ($2,778) ($4,155) ($8,139) ($684) 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $2,223 $2,535 $660 $177 $606 $567 Interest cost on APBO 6,003 6,699 1,629 870 1,947 1,296 Expected return on assets (11,334) — (3,537) (3,948) (6,582) (1,902) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 1,572 (2,853) (717) (687) (3,279) (219) Recognized net (gain) loss 129 (5,292) 63 351 687 — Net other postretirement benefits (income) cost ($1,407) $1,089 ($1,902) ($3,237) ($6,621) ($258)
Entergy New Orleans [Member] | Pension Plan [Member] | Qualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]	The Registrant Subsidiaries’ qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $4,101 $5,550 $1,284 $441 $963 $1,380 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 13,218 13,962 3,522 1,569 2,832 3,375 Expected return on assets (18,156) (19,446) (5,112) (2,202) (4,077) (4,602) Recognized net loss 5,745 2,601 1,140 471 393 1,155 Net pension cost $4,908 $2,667 $834 $279 $111 $1,308 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $4,566 $6,175 $1,431 $492 $1,074 $1,430 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 13,813 14,896 3,797 1,667 3,138 3,419 Expected return on assets (17,639) (18,892) (4,830) (2,206) (4,147) (4,392) Recognized net loss 5,438 4,748 1,545 456 1,008 1,204 Settlement charges 558 561 345 248 632 228 Net pension cost $6,736 $7,488 $2,288 $657 $1,705 $1,889 The Registrant Subsidiaries’ qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $12,300 $16,652 $3,852 $1,321 $2,886 $4,147 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 39,652 41,884 10,564 4,707 8,494 10,152 Expected return on assets (54,466) (58,340) (15,338) (6,609) (12,231) (13,883) Recognized net loss 17,237 7,805 3,420 1,411 1,179 3,482 Settlement charges — — — — — 611 Net pension cost $14,723 $8,001 $2,498 $830 $328 $4,509 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $13,976 $18,654 $4,369 $1,470 $3,271 $4,342 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 42,010 45,219 11,551 5,051 9,542 10,382 Expected return on assets (53,593) (56,891) (14,349) (6,783) (12,322) (13,431) Recognized net loss 18,170 14,704 4,937 1,453 3,057 3,939 Settlement charges 24,516 38,791 12,088 1,948 10,902 5,518 Net pension cost $45,079 $60,477 $18,596 $3,139 $14,450 $10,750
Schedule of Expected Benefit Payments [Table Text Block]	Based on current assumptions, the Registrant Subsidiaries expect to contribute the following to qualified pension plans for their current and former employees in 2024: Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Expected 2024 pension contributions $55,112 $48,401 $14,980 $4,931 $8,272 $16,650 Pension contributions made through September 2024 $33,560 $29,375 $9,820 $2,643 $4,782 $9,994 Remaining estimated pension contributions to be made in 2024 $21,552 $19,026 $5,160 $2,288 $3,490 $6,656
Entergy New Orleans [Member] | Pension Plan [Member] | Nonqualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]	The Registrant Subsidiaries recognized the following pension cost for their current and former employees for their non-qualified pension plans for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023: Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) 2024 $68 $51 $83 $31 $62 2023 $63 $24 $85 $33 $63 The Registrant Subsidiaries recognized the following pension cost for their current and former employees for their non-qualified pension plans for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) 2024 $204 $153 $249 $93 $186 2023 $575 $76 $724 $99 $190
Entergy New Orleans [Member] | Other Postretirement Benefits Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]	The Registrant Subsidiaries’ other postretirement benefits (income) cost, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $642 $700 $184 $51 $168 $175 Interest cost on APBO 1,833 1,999 486 253 603 398 Expected return on assets (4,384) — (1,372) (1,479) (2,539) (728) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 524 (1,136) (239) (229) (1,093) (73) Recognized net (gain) loss — (1,738) 15 19 148 — Net other postretirement benefits income ($1,385) ($175) ($926) ($1,385) ($2,713) ($228) 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $741 $845 $220 $59 $202 $189 Interest cost on APBO 2,001 2,233 543 290 649 432 Expected return on assets (3,778) — (1,179) (1,316) (2,194) (634) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 524 (951) (239) (229) (1,093) (73) Recognized net (gain) loss 43 (1,764) 21 117 229 — Net other postretirement benefits (income) cost ($469) $363 ($634) ($1,079) ($2,207) ($86) The Registrant Subsidiaries’ other postretirement benefits (income) cost, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $1,926 $2,100 $552 $153 $504 $525 Interest cost on APBO 5,499 5,997 1,458 759 1,809 1,194 Expected return on assets (13,152) — (4,116) (4,437) (7,617) (2,184) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 1,572 (3,408) (717) (687) (3,279) (219) Recognized net (gain) loss — (5,214) 45 57 444 — Net other postretirement benefits income ($4,155) ($525) ($2,778) ($4,155) ($8,139) ($684) 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $2,223 $2,535 $660 $177 $606 $567 Interest cost on APBO 6,003 6,699 1,629 870 1,947 1,296 Expected return on assets (11,334) — (3,537) (3,948) (6,582) (1,902) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 1,572 (2,853) (717) (687) (3,279) (219) Recognized net (gain) loss 129 (5,292) 63 351 687 — Net other postretirement benefits (income) cost ($1,407) $1,089 ($1,902) ($3,237) ($6,621) ($258)
Entergy Texas [Member] | Pension Plan [Member] | Qualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]	The Registrant Subsidiaries’ qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $4,101 $5,550 $1,284 $441 $963 $1,380 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 13,218 13,962 3,522 1,569 2,832 3,375 Expected return on assets (18,156) (19,446) (5,112) (2,202) (4,077) (4,602) Recognized net loss 5,745 2,601 1,140 471 393 1,155 Net pension cost $4,908 $2,667 $834 $279 $111 $1,308 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $4,566 $6,175 $1,431 $492 $1,074 $1,430 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 13,813 14,896 3,797 1,667 3,138 3,419 Expected return on assets (17,639) (18,892) (4,830) (2,206) (4,147) (4,392) Recognized net loss 5,438 4,748 1,545 456 1,008 1,204 Settlement charges 558 561 345 248 632 228 Net pension cost $6,736 $7,488 $2,288 $657 $1,705 $1,889 The Registrant Subsidiaries’ qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $12,300 $16,652 $3,852 $1,321 $2,886 $4,147 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 39,652 41,884 10,564 4,707 8,494 10,152 Expected return on assets (54,466) (58,340) (15,338) (6,609) (12,231) (13,883) Recognized net loss 17,237 7,805 3,420 1,411 1,179 3,482 Settlement charges — — — — — 611 Net pension cost $14,723 $8,001 $2,498 $830 $328 $4,509 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $13,976 $18,654 $4,369 $1,470 $3,271 $4,342 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 42,010 45,219 11,551 5,051 9,542 10,382 Expected return on assets (53,593) (56,891) (14,349) (6,783) (12,322) (13,431) Recognized net loss 18,170 14,704 4,937 1,453 3,057 3,939 Settlement charges 24,516 38,791 12,088 1,948 10,902 5,518 Net pension cost $45,079 $60,477 $18,596 $3,139 $14,450 $10,750
Schedule of Expected Benefit Payments [Table Text Block]	Based on current assumptions, the Registrant Subsidiaries expect to contribute the following to qualified pension plans for their current and former employees in 2024: Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Expected 2024 pension contributions $55,112 $48,401 $14,980 $4,931 $8,272 $16,650 Pension contributions made through September 2024 $33,560 $29,375 $9,820 $2,643 $4,782 $9,994 Remaining estimated pension contributions to be made in 2024 $21,552 $19,026 $5,160 $2,288 $3,490 $6,656
Entergy Texas [Member] | Pension Plan [Member] | Nonqualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]	The Registrant Subsidiaries recognized the following pension cost for their current and former employees for their non-qualified pension plans for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023: Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) 2024 $68 $51 $83 $31 $62 2023 $63 $24 $85 $33 $63 The Registrant Subsidiaries recognized the following pension cost for their current and former employees for their non-qualified pension plans for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) 2024 $204 $153 $249 $93 $186 2023 $575 $76 $724 $99 $190
Entergy Texas [Member] | Other Postretirement Benefits Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]	The Registrant Subsidiaries’ other postretirement benefits (income) cost, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $642 $700 $184 $51 $168 $175 Interest cost on APBO 1,833 1,999 486 253 603 398 Expected return on assets (4,384) — (1,372) (1,479) (2,539) (728) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 524 (1,136) (239) (229) (1,093) (73) Recognized net (gain) loss — (1,738) 15 19 148 — Net other postretirement benefits income ($1,385) ($175) ($926) ($1,385) ($2,713) ($228) 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $741 $845 $220 $59 $202 $189 Interest cost on APBO 2,001 2,233 543 290 649 432 Expected return on assets (3,778) — (1,179) (1,316) (2,194) (634) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 524 (951) (239) (229) (1,093) (73) Recognized net (gain) loss 43 (1,764) 21 117 229 — Net other postretirement benefits (income) cost ($469) $363 ($634) ($1,079) ($2,207) ($86) The Registrant Subsidiaries’ other postretirement benefits (income) cost, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $1,926 $2,100 $552 $153 $504 $525 Interest cost on APBO 5,499 5,997 1,458 759 1,809 1,194 Expected return on assets (13,152) — (4,116) (4,437) (7,617) (2,184) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 1,572 (3,408) (717) (687) (3,279) (219) Recognized net (gain) loss — (5,214) 45 57 444 — Net other postretirement benefits income ($4,155) ($525) ($2,778) ($4,155) ($8,139) ($684) 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $2,223 $2,535 $660 $177 $606 $567 Interest cost on APBO 6,003 6,699 1,629 870 1,947 1,296 Expected return on assets (11,334) — (3,537) (3,948) (6,582) (1,902) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 1,572 (2,853) (717) (687) (3,279) (219) Recognized net (gain) loss 129 (5,292) 63 351 687 — Net other postretirement benefits (income) cost ($1,407) $1,089 ($1,902) ($3,237) ($6,621) ($258)
System Energy [Member] | Pension Plan [Member] | Qualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]	The Registrant Subsidiaries’ qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $4,101 $5,550 $1,284 $441 $963 $1,380 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 13,218 13,962 3,522 1,569 2,832 3,375 Expected return on assets (18,156) (19,446) (5,112) (2,202) (4,077) (4,602) Recognized net loss 5,745 2,601 1,140 471 393 1,155 Net pension cost $4,908 $2,667 $834 $279 $111 $1,308 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $4,566 $6,175 $1,431 $492 $1,074 $1,430 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 13,813 14,896 3,797 1,667 3,138 3,419 Expected return on assets (17,639) (18,892) (4,830) (2,206) (4,147) (4,392) Recognized net loss 5,438 4,748 1,545 456 1,008 1,204 Settlement charges 558 561 345 248 632 228 Net pension cost $6,736 $7,488 $2,288 $657 $1,705 $1,889 The Registrant Subsidiaries’ qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $12,300 $16,652 $3,852 $1,321 $2,886 $4,147 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 39,652 41,884 10,564 4,707 8,494 10,152 Expected return on assets (54,466) (58,340) (15,338) (6,609) (12,231) (13,883) Recognized net loss 17,237 7,805 3,420 1,411 1,179 3,482 Settlement charges — — — — — 611 Net pension cost $14,723 $8,001 $2,498 $830 $328 $4,509 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $13,976 $18,654 $4,369 $1,470 $3,271 $4,342 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 42,010 45,219 11,551 5,051 9,542 10,382 Expected return on assets (53,593) (56,891) (14,349) (6,783) (12,322) (13,431) Recognized net loss 18,170 14,704 4,937 1,453 3,057 3,939 Settlement charges 24,516 38,791 12,088 1,948 10,902 5,518 Net pension cost $45,079 $60,477 $18,596 $3,139 $14,450 $10,750
Schedule of Expected Benefit Payments [Table Text Block]	Based on current assumptions, the Registrant Subsidiaries expect to contribute the following to qualified pension plans for their current and former employees in 2024: Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Expected 2024 pension contributions $55,112 $48,401 $14,980 $4,931 $8,272 $16,650 Pension contributions made through September 2024 $33,560 $29,375 $9,820 $2,643 $4,782 $9,994 Remaining estimated pension contributions to be made in 2024 $21,552 $19,026 $5,160 $2,288 $3,490 $6,656
System Energy [Member] | Other Postretirement Benefits Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]	The Registrant Subsidiaries’ other postretirement benefits (income) cost, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $642 $700 $184 $51 $168 $175 Interest cost on APBO 1,833 1,999 486 253 603 398 Expected return on assets (4,384) — (1,372) (1,479) (2,539) (728) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 524 (1,136) (239) (229) (1,093) (73) Recognized net (gain) loss — (1,738) 15 19 148 — Net other postretirement benefits income ($1,385) ($175) ($926) ($1,385) ($2,713) ($228) 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $741 $845 $220 $59 $202 $189 Interest cost on APBO 2,001 2,233 543 290 649 432 Expected return on assets (3,778) — (1,179) (1,316) (2,194) (634) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 524 (951) (239) (229) (1,093) (73) Recognized net (gain) loss 43 (1,764) 21 117 229 — Net other postretirement benefits (income) cost ($469) $363 ($634) ($1,079) ($2,207) ($86) The Registrant Subsidiaries’ other postretirement benefits (income) cost, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, included the following components: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $1,926 $2,100 $552 $153 $504 $525 Interest cost on APBO 5,499 5,997 1,458 759 1,809 1,194 Expected return on assets (13,152) — (4,116) (4,437) (7,617) (2,184) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 1,572 (3,408) (717) (687) (3,279) (219) Recognized net (gain) loss — (5,214) 45 57 444 — Net other postretirement benefits income ($4,155) ($525) ($2,778) ($4,155) ($8,139) ($684) 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy System (In Thousands) Service cost - benefits earned during the period $2,223 $2,535 $660 $177 $606 $567 Interest cost on APBO 6,003 6,699 1,629 870 1,947 1,296 Expected return on assets (11,334) — (3,537) (3,948) (6,582) (1,902) Amortization of prior service cost (credit) 1,572 (2,853) (717) (687) (3,279) (219) Recognized net (gain) loss 129 (5,292) 63 351 687 — Net other postretirement benefits (income) cost ($1,407) $1,089 ($1,902) ($3,237) ($6,621) ($258)

Business Segment Information (T

Business Segment Information (Tables)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024
Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]	Entergy’s segment financial information for the third quarters of 2024 and 2023 was as follows: Utility Parent & Other Eliminations Consolidated (In Thousands) 2024 Operating revenues $3,370,138 $18,985 ($23) $3,389,100 Income taxes $237,225 ($21,750) $— $215,475 Consolidated net income (loss) $786,862 ($63,526) ($77,582) $645,754 2023 Operating revenues $3,559,240 $36,302 ($20) $3,595,522 Income taxes $225,989 $1,008 $— $226,997 Consolidated net income (loss) $754,036 ($3,304) ($81,018) $669,714 Entergy’s segment financial information for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 was as follows: Utility Parent & Other Eliminations Consolidated (In Thousands) 2024 Operating revenues $9,083,715 $53,687 ($54) $9,137,348 Income taxes $384,790 ($114,687) $— $270,103 Consolidated net income (loss) $1,426,161 ($416,111) ($236,028) $774,022 Total assets as of September 30, 2024 $68,708,628 $833,783 ($5,080,362) $64,462,049 2023 Operating revenues $9,325,977 $96,661 ($31) $9,422,607 Income taxes $304,352 ($21,534) $— $282,818 Consolidated net income (loss) $1,666,701 ($74,257) ($218,418) $1,374,026 Total assets as of December 31, 2023 $63,887,038 $836,598 ($5,020,240) $59,703,396 Eliminations are primarily intersegment activity. All of Entergy’s goodwill is related to the Utility segment.

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Risk Management And Fair Values (Tables)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024
Schedule of Derivatives Instruments Statements of Financial Performance and Financial Position, Location [Table Text Block]	The fair values of Entergy’s derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are shown in the table below. Certain investments, including those not designated as hedging instruments, are subject to master netting agreements and are presented in the balance sheet on a net basis in accordance with accounting guidance for derivatives and hedging. Instrument Balance Sheet Location Gross Fair Value (a) Offsetting Position (b) Net Fair Value (c) (d) (In Millions) 2024 Assets: Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $31 ($1) $ 30 Liabilities: Natural gas swaps and options Other current liabilities $1 $— $ 1 Financial transmission rights Other current liabilities ($1) $1 $ — 2023 Assets: Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $21 $— $ 21 Liabilities: Natural gas swaps and options Other current liabilities $11 $— $ 11 (a) Represents the gross amounts of recognized assets/liabilities (b) Represents the netting of fair value balances with the same counterparty (c) Represents the net amounts of assets/liabilities presented on the Entergy Corporation and Subsidiaries’ Consolidated Balance Sheets (d) Excludes letters of credit each in the amount of $2 million posted as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments [Table Text Block]	The effects of Entergy’s derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the consolidated income statements for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Instrument Income Statement Amount of gain (loss) (In Millions) 2024 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale (a) ($1) Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense (b) $ 33 2023 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale (a) ($6) Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense (b) $ 48 The effects of Entergy’s derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the consolidated income statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Instrument Income Statement Amount of gain (loss) (In Millions) 2024 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale (a) ($7) Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense (b) $ 133 2023 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale (a) ($44) Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense (b) $ 96 (a) Due to regulatory treatment, the natural gas swaps and options are marked-to-market through fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as fuel expenses when the swaps and options are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms. (b) Due to regulatory treatment, the changes in the estimated fair value of financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are recorded through purchased power expense and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as purchased power expense when the financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms.
Schedule of Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Table Text Block]	The following tables set forth, by level within the fair value hierarchy, Entergy’s assets and liabilities that are accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023. The assessment of the significance of a particular input to a fair value measurement requires judgment and may affect placement within the fair value hierarchy levels. 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $1,321 $— $— $1,321 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 43 — — 43 Debt securities 796 1,255 — 2,051 Common trusts (b) 3,448 Securitization recovery trust account 11 — — 11 Storm reserve escrow accounts 336 — — 336 Financial transmission rights — — 30 30 $2,507 $1,255 $30 $7,240 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $1 $— $— $1 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $61 $— $— $61 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 24 — — 24 Debt securities 611 1,159 — 1,770 Common trusts (b) 3,070 Securitization recovery trust account 8 — — 8 Storm reserve escrow accounts 323 — — 323 Financial transmission rights — — 21 21 $1,027 $1,159 $21 $5,277 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $11 $— $— $11 (a) The decommissioning trust funds hold equity and fixed income securities. Equity securities are invested to approximate the returns of major market indices. Fixed income securities are held in various governmental and corporate securities. See Note 9 to the financial statements herein for additional information on the investment portfolios. (b) Common trust funds are not publicly quoted and are valued by the fund administrators using net asset value as a practical expedient. Accordingly, these funds are not assigned a level in the fair value table. The fund administrator of these investments allows daily trading at the net asset value and trades settle at a later date.
Schedule of Fair Value, Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Table Text Block]	The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Balance as of July 1, $48 $40 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 15 40 Settlements (33) (48) Balance as of September 30, $30 $32 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Balance as of January 1, $20 $19 Issuances of financial transmission rights 53 42 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 90 67 Settlements (133) (96) Balance as of September 30, $30 $32
Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Schedule of Derivatives Instruments Statements of Financial Performance and Financial Position, Location [Table Text Block]	The fair values of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ balance sheets as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are shown in the tables below. Certain investments, including those not designated as hedging instruments, are subject to master netting agreements and are presented in the balance sheet on a net basis in accordance with accounting guidance for derivatives and hedging. Instrument Balance Sheet Location Gross Fair Value (a) Offsetting Position (b) Net Fair Value (c) (d) Registrant (In Millions) 2024 Assets: Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $13.0 $— $ 13.0 Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $12.5 ($0.9) $ 11.6 Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $2.0 $— $ 2.0 Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $4.0 $— $ 4.0 Entergy Texas Liabilities: Natural gas swaps Other current liabilities $0.5 $— $ 0.5 Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Other current liabilities ($0.6) $0.9 $ 0.3 Entergy Mississippi 2023 Assets: Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $6.0 $— $ 6.0 Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $9.8 $— $ 9.8 Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $1.4 $— $ 1.4 Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $1.1 $— $ 1.1 Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $2.7 ($0.3) $ 2.4 Entergy Texas Liabilities: Natural gas swaps and options Other current liabilities $0.4 $— $ 0.4 Entergy Louisiana Natural gas swaps Other current liabilities $10.1 $— $ 10.1 Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Other current liabilities $0.6 $— $ 0.6 Entergy New Orleans (a) Represents the gross amounts of recognized assets/liabilities (b) Represents the netting of fair value balances with the same counterparty (c) Represents the net amounts of assets/liabilities presented on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ balance sheets (d) As of September 30, 2024, letters of credit posted with MISO covered financial transmission rights exposure of $0.2 million for Entergy Louisiana, $0.9 million for Entergy Mississippi, and $0.8 million for Entergy Texas. As of December 31, 2023, letters of credit posted with MISO covered financial transmission rights exposure of $1.2 million for Entergy Arkansas, $0.5 million for Entergy Louisiana, $0.3 million for Entergy Mississippi, and $0.1 million for Entergy Texas.
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments [Table Text Block]	The effects of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ income statements for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Instrument Income Statement Location Amount of gain Registrant (In Millions) 2024 Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale $ 0.9 (a) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 12.5 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 14.1 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 2.0 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 1.2 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 3.4 (b) Entergy Texas 2023 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($1.7) (a) Entergy Louisiana Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($4.4) (a) Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($0.4) (a) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 10.2 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 18.3 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 6.6 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 2.4 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 10.4 (b) Entergy Texas The effects of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ income statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Instrument Income Statement Location Amount of gain Registrant (In Millions) 2024 Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale $ 6.2 (a) Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale $ 0.5 (a) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 51.4 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 55.3 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 5.1 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 5.6 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 15.5 (b) Entergy Texas 2023 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($7.5) (a) Entergy Louisiana Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($34.1) (a) Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($2.5) (a) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 18.2 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 46.7 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 11.1 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 4.8 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 14.5 (b) Entergy Texas (a) Due to regulatory treatment, the natural gas swaps and options are marked-to-market through fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as fuel expenses when the swaps and options are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms. (b) Due to regulatory treatment, the changes in the estimated fair value of financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are recorded through purchased power expense and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as purchased power expense when the financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms.
Schedule of Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Table Text Block]	The following tables set forth, by level within the fair value hierarchy, the Registrant Subsidiaries’ assets and liabilities that are accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023. The assessment of the significance of a particular input to a fair value measurement requires judgment and may affect placement within the fair value hierarchy levels. Entergy Arkansas 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $632.9 $— $— $632.9 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 15.4 — — 15.4 Debt securities 191.8 405.7 — 597.5 Common trusts (b) 988.9 Financial transmission rights — — 13.0 13.0 $840.1 $405.7 $13.0 $2,247.7 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $3.1 $— $— $3.1 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 6.4 — — 6.4 Debt securities 129.9 367.0 — 496.9 Common trusts (b) 910.7 Financial transmission rights — — 6.0 6.0 $139.4 $367.0 $6.0 $1,423.1
Schedule of Fair Value, Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Table Text Block]	The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets (liabilities) for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the three months ended September 30, 2024. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of July 1, $16.1 $19.8 $3.6 $2.6 $6.6 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 9.4 5.9 (1.9) 0.6 0.8 Settlements (12.5) (14.1) (2.0) (1.2) (3.4) Balance as of September 30, $13.0 $11.6 ($0.3) $2.0 $4.0 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the three months ended September 30, 2023. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of July 1, $19.6 $16.7 $1.2 $1.5 $1.2 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 2.2 16.3 6.5 2.2 12.5 Settlements (10.2) (18.3) (6.6) (2.4) (10.4) Balance as of September 30, $11.6 $14.7 $1.1 $1.3 $3.3 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets (liabilities) for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of January 1, $6.0 $9.8 $1.3 $1.1 $2.4 Issuances of financial transmission rights 17.6 21.6 3.9 2.8 7.2 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 40.8 35.5 (0.4) 3.7 9.9 Settlements (51.4) (55.3) (5.1) (5.6) (15.5) Balance as of September 30, $13.0 $11.6 ($0.3) $2.0 $4.0 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of January 1, $10.3 $7.3 $0.6 $0.8 $0.1 Issuances of financial transmission rights 20.6 18.1 1.4 1.4 0.2 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset (1.1) 36.0 10.2 3.9 17.5 Settlements (18.2) (46.7) (11.1) (4.8) (14.5) Balance as of September 30, $11.6 $14.7 $1.1 $1.3 $3.3
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Schedule of Derivatives Instruments Statements of Financial Performance and Financial Position, Location [Table Text Block]	The fair values of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ balance sheets as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are shown in the tables below. Certain investments, including those not designated as hedging instruments, are subject to master netting agreements and are presented in the balance sheet on a net basis in accordance with accounting guidance for derivatives and hedging. Instrument Balance Sheet Location Gross Fair Value (a) Offsetting Position (b) Net Fair Value (c) (d) Registrant (In Millions) 2024 Assets: Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $13.0 $— $ 13.0 Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $12.5 ($0.9) $ 11.6 Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $2.0 $— $ 2.0 Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $4.0 $— $ 4.0 Entergy Texas Liabilities: Natural gas swaps Other current liabilities $0.5 $— $ 0.5 Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Other current liabilities ($0.6) $0.9 $ 0.3 Entergy Mississippi 2023 Assets: Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $6.0 $— $ 6.0 Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $9.8 $— $ 9.8 Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $1.4 $— $ 1.4 Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $1.1 $— $ 1.1 Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $2.7 ($0.3) $ 2.4 Entergy Texas Liabilities: Natural gas swaps and options Other current liabilities $0.4 $— $ 0.4 Entergy Louisiana Natural gas swaps Other current liabilities $10.1 $— $ 10.1 Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Other current liabilities $0.6 $— $ 0.6 Entergy New Orleans (a) Represents the gross amounts of recognized assets/liabilities (b) Represents the netting of fair value balances with the same counterparty (c) Represents the net amounts of assets/liabilities presented on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ balance sheets (d) As of September 30, 2024, letters of credit posted with MISO covered financial transmission rights exposure of $0.2 million for Entergy Louisiana, $0.9 million for Entergy Mississippi, and $0.8 million for Entergy Texas. As of December 31, 2023, letters of credit posted with MISO covered financial transmission rights exposure of $1.2 million for Entergy Arkansas, $0.5 million for Entergy Louisiana, $0.3 million for Entergy Mississippi, and $0.1 million for Entergy Texas.
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments [Table Text Block]	The effects of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ income statements for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Instrument Income Statement Location Amount of gain Registrant (In Millions) 2024 Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale $ 0.9 (a) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 12.5 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 14.1 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 2.0 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 1.2 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 3.4 (b) Entergy Texas 2023 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($1.7) (a) Entergy Louisiana Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($4.4) (a) Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($0.4) (a) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 10.2 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 18.3 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 6.6 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 2.4 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 10.4 (b) Entergy Texas The effects of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ income statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Instrument Income Statement Location Amount of gain Registrant (In Millions) 2024 Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale $ 6.2 (a) Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale $ 0.5 (a) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 51.4 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 55.3 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 5.1 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 5.6 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 15.5 (b) Entergy Texas 2023 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($7.5) (a) Entergy Louisiana Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($34.1) (a) Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($2.5) (a) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 18.2 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 46.7 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 11.1 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 4.8 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 14.5 (b) Entergy Texas (a) Due to regulatory treatment, the natural gas swaps and options are marked-to-market through fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as fuel expenses when the swaps and options are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms. (b) Due to regulatory treatment, the changes in the estimated fair value of financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are recorded through purchased power expense and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as purchased power expense when the financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms.
Schedule of Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Table Text Block]	Entergy Louisiana 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $100.8 $— $— $100.8 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 21.7 — — 21.7 Debt securities 303.8 573.8 — 877.6 Common trusts (b) 1,515.5 Storm reserve escrow account 253.7 — — 253.7 Financial transmission rights — — 11.6 11.6 $680.0 $573.8 $11.6 $2,780.9 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $0.5 $— $— $0.5 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 14.6 — — 14.6 Debt securities 271.7 516.4 — 788.1 Common trusts (b) 1,304.7 Storm reserve escrow account 243.8 — — 243.8 Financial transmission rights — — 9.8 9.8 $530.6 $516.4 $9.8 $2,361.5 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $0.4 $— $— $0.4
Schedule of Fair Value, Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Table Text Block]	The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets (liabilities) for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the three months ended September 30, 2024. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of July 1, $16.1 $19.8 $3.6 $2.6 $6.6 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 9.4 5.9 (1.9) 0.6 0.8 Settlements (12.5) (14.1) (2.0) (1.2) (3.4) Balance as of September 30, $13.0 $11.6 ($0.3) $2.0 $4.0 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the three months ended September 30, 2023. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of July 1, $19.6 $16.7 $1.2 $1.5 $1.2 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 2.2 16.3 6.5 2.2 12.5 Settlements (10.2) (18.3) (6.6) (2.4) (10.4) Balance as of September 30, $11.6 $14.7 $1.1 $1.3 $3.3 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets (liabilities) for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of January 1, $6.0 $9.8 $1.3 $1.1 $2.4 Issuances of financial transmission rights 17.6 21.6 3.9 2.8 7.2 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 40.8 35.5 (0.4) 3.7 9.9 Settlements (51.4) (55.3) (5.1) (5.6) (15.5) Balance as of September 30, $13.0 $11.6 ($0.3) $2.0 $4.0 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of January 1, $10.3 $7.3 $0.6 $0.8 $0.1 Issuances of financial transmission rights 20.6 18.1 1.4 1.4 0.2 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset (1.1) 36.0 10.2 3.9 17.5 Settlements (18.2) (46.7) (11.1) (4.8) (14.5) Balance as of September 30, $11.6 $14.7 $1.1 $1.3 $3.3
Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Schedule of Derivatives Instruments Statements of Financial Performance and Financial Position, Location [Table Text Block]	The fair values of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ balance sheets as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are shown in the tables below. Certain investments, including those not designated as hedging instruments, are subject to master netting agreements and are presented in the balance sheet on a net basis in accordance with accounting guidance for derivatives and hedging. Instrument Balance Sheet Location Gross Fair Value (a) Offsetting Position (b) Net Fair Value (c) (d) Registrant (In Millions) 2024 Assets: Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $13.0 $— $ 13.0 Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $12.5 ($0.9) $ 11.6 Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $2.0 $— $ 2.0 Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $4.0 $— $ 4.0 Entergy Texas Liabilities: Natural gas swaps Other current liabilities $0.5 $— $ 0.5 Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Other current liabilities ($0.6) $0.9 $ 0.3 Entergy Mississippi 2023 Assets: Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $6.0 $— $ 6.0 Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $9.8 $— $ 9.8 Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $1.4 $— $ 1.4 Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $1.1 $— $ 1.1 Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $2.7 ($0.3) $ 2.4 Entergy Texas Liabilities: Natural gas swaps and options Other current liabilities $0.4 $— $ 0.4 Entergy Louisiana Natural gas swaps Other current liabilities $10.1 $— $ 10.1 Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Other current liabilities $0.6 $— $ 0.6 Entergy New Orleans (a) Represents the gross amounts of recognized assets/liabilities (b) Represents the netting of fair value balances with the same counterparty (c) Represents the net amounts of assets/liabilities presented on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ balance sheets (d) As of September 30, 2024, letters of credit posted with MISO covered financial transmission rights exposure of $0.2 million for Entergy Louisiana, $0.9 million for Entergy Mississippi, and $0.8 million for Entergy Texas. As of December 31, 2023, letters of credit posted with MISO covered financial transmission rights exposure of $1.2 million for Entergy Arkansas, $0.5 million for Entergy Louisiana, $0.3 million for Entergy Mississippi, and $0.1 million for Entergy Texas.
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments [Table Text Block]	The effects of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ income statements for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Instrument Income Statement Location Amount of gain Registrant (In Millions) 2024 Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale $ 0.9 (a) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 12.5 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 14.1 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 2.0 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 1.2 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 3.4 (b) Entergy Texas 2023 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($1.7) (a) Entergy Louisiana Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($4.4) (a) Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($0.4) (a) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 10.2 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 18.3 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 6.6 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 2.4 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 10.4 (b) Entergy Texas The effects of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ income statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Instrument Income Statement Location Amount of gain Registrant (In Millions) 2024 Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale $ 6.2 (a) Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale $ 0.5 (a) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 51.4 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 55.3 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 5.1 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 5.6 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 15.5 (b) Entergy Texas 2023 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($7.5) (a) Entergy Louisiana Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($34.1) (a) Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($2.5) (a) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 18.2 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 46.7 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 11.1 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 4.8 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 14.5 (b) Entergy Texas (a) Due to regulatory treatment, the natural gas swaps and options are marked-to-market through fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as fuel expenses when the swaps and options are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms. (b) Due to regulatory treatment, the changes in the estimated fair value of financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are recorded through purchased power expense and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as purchased power expense when the financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms.
Schedule of Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Table Text Block]	Entergy Mississippi 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $36.4 $— $— $36.4 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $0.5 $— $— $0.5 Financial transmission rights — — 0.3 0.3 $0.5 $— $0.3 $0.8 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $6.6 $— $— $6.6 Storm reserve escrow account 0.7 — — 0.7 Financial transmission rights — — 1.4 1.4 $7.3 $— $1.4 $8.7 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $10.1 $— $— $10.1
Schedule of Fair Value, Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Table Text Block]	The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets (liabilities) for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the three months ended September 30, 2024. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of July 1, $16.1 $19.8 $3.6 $2.6 $6.6 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 9.4 5.9 (1.9) 0.6 0.8 Settlements (12.5) (14.1) (2.0) (1.2) (3.4) Balance as of September 30, $13.0 $11.6 ($0.3) $2.0 $4.0 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the three months ended September 30, 2023. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of July 1, $19.6 $16.7 $1.2 $1.5 $1.2 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 2.2 16.3 6.5 2.2 12.5 Settlements (10.2) (18.3) (6.6) (2.4) (10.4) Balance as of September 30, $11.6 $14.7 $1.1 $1.3 $3.3 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets (liabilities) for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of January 1, $6.0 $9.8 $1.3 $1.1 $2.4 Issuances of financial transmission rights 17.6 21.6 3.9 2.8 7.2 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 40.8 35.5 (0.4) 3.7 9.9 Settlements (51.4) (55.3) (5.1) (5.6) (15.5) Balance as of September 30, $13.0 $11.6 ($0.3) $2.0 $4.0 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of January 1, $10.3 $7.3 $0.6 $0.8 $0.1 Issuances of financial transmission rights 20.6 18.1 1.4 1.4 0.2 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset (1.1) 36.0 10.2 3.9 17.5 Settlements (18.2) (46.7) (11.1) (4.8) (14.5) Balance as of September 30, $11.6 $14.7 $1.1 $1.3 $3.3
Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Schedule of Derivatives Instruments Statements of Financial Performance and Financial Position, Location [Table Text Block]	The fair values of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ balance sheets as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are shown in the tables below. Certain investments, including those not designated as hedging instruments, are subject to master netting agreements and are presented in the balance sheet on a net basis in accordance with accounting guidance for derivatives and hedging. Instrument Balance Sheet Location Gross Fair Value (a) Offsetting Position (b) Net Fair Value (c) (d) Registrant (In Millions) 2024 Assets: Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $13.0 $— $ 13.0 Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $12.5 ($0.9) $ 11.6 Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $2.0 $— $ 2.0 Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $4.0 $— $ 4.0 Entergy Texas Liabilities: Natural gas swaps Other current liabilities $0.5 $— $ 0.5 Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Other current liabilities ($0.6) $0.9 $ 0.3 Entergy Mississippi 2023 Assets: Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $6.0 $— $ 6.0 Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $9.8 $— $ 9.8 Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $1.4 $— $ 1.4 Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $1.1 $— $ 1.1 Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $2.7 ($0.3) $ 2.4 Entergy Texas Liabilities: Natural gas swaps and options Other current liabilities $0.4 $— $ 0.4 Entergy Louisiana Natural gas swaps Other current liabilities $10.1 $— $ 10.1 Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Other current liabilities $0.6 $— $ 0.6 Entergy New Orleans (a) Represents the gross amounts of recognized assets/liabilities (b) Represents the netting of fair value balances with the same counterparty (c) Represents the net amounts of assets/liabilities presented on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ balance sheets (d) As of September 30, 2024, letters of credit posted with MISO covered financial transmission rights exposure of $0.2 million for Entergy Louisiana, $0.9 million for Entergy Mississippi, and $0.8 million for Entergy Texas. As of December 31, 2023, letters of credit posted with MISO covered financial transmission rights exposure of $1.2 million for Entergy Arkansas, $0.5 million for Entergy Louisiana, $0.3 million for Entergy Mississippi, and $0.1 million for Entergy Texas.
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments [Table Text Block]	The effects of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ income statements for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Instrument Income Statement Location Amount of gain Registrant (In Millions) 2024 Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale $ 0.9 (a) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 12.5 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 14.1 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 2.0 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 1.2 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 3.4 (b) Entergy Texas 2023 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($1.7) (a) Entergy Louisiana Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($4.4) (a) Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($0.4) (a) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 10.2 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 18.3 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 6.6 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 2.4 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 10.4 (b) Entergy Texas The effects of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ income statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Instrument Income Statement Location Amount of gain Registrant (In Millions) 2024 Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale $ 6.2 (a) Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale $ 0.5 (a) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 51.4 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 55.3 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 5.1 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 5.6 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 15.5 (b) Entergy Texas 2023 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($7.5) (a) Entergy Louisiana Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($34.1) (a) Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($2.5) (a) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 18.2 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 46.7 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 11.1 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 4.8 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 14.5 (b) Entergy Texas (a) Due to regulatory treatment, the natural gas swaps and options are marked-to-market through fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as fuel expenses when the swaps and options are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms. (b) Due to regulatory treatment, the changes in the estimated fair value of financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are recorded through purchased power expense and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as purchased power expense when the financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms.
Schedule of Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Table Text Block]	Entergy New Orleans 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $34.4 $— $— $34.4 Securitization recovery trust account 1.6 — — 1.6 Storm reserve escrow account 82.7 — — 82.7 Financial transmission rights — — 2.0 2.0 $118.7 $— $2.0 $120.7 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Securitization recovery trust account $2.4 $— $— $2.4 Storm reserve escrow account 78.7 — — 78.7 Financial transmission rights — — 1.1 1.1 $81.1 $— $1.1 $82.2 Liabilities: Gas hedge contracts $0.6 $— $— $0.6
Schedule of Fair Value, Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Table Text Block]	The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets (liabilities) for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the three months ended September 30, 2024. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of July 1, $16.1 $19.8 $3.6 $2.6 $6.6 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 9.4 5.9 (1.9) 0.6 0.8 Settlements (12.5) (14.1) (2.0) (1.2) (3.4) Balance as of September 30, $13.0 $11.6 ($0.3) $2.0 $4.0 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the three months ended September 30, 2023. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of July 1, $19.6 $16.7 $1.2 $1.5 $1.2 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 2.2 16.3 6.5 2.2 12.5 Settlements (10.2) (18.3) (6.6) (2.4) (10.4) Balance as of September 30, $11.6 $14.7 $1.1 $1.3 $3.3 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets (liabilities) for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of January 1, $6.0 $9.8 $1.3 $1.1 $2.4 Issuances of financial transmission rights 17.6 21.6 3.9 2.8 7.2 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 40.8 35.5 (0.4) 3.7 9.9 Settlements (51.4) (55.3) (5.1) (5.6) (15.5) Balance as of September 30, $13.0 $11.6 ($0.3) $2.0 $4.0 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of January 1, $10.3 $7.3 $0.6 $0.8 $0.1 Issuances of financial transmission rights 20.6 18.1 1.4 1.4 0.2 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset (1.1) 36.0 10.2 3.9 17.5 Settlements (18.2) (46.7) (11.1) (4.8) (14.5) Balance as of September 30, $11.6 $14.7 $1.1 $1.3 $3.3
Entergy Texas [Member]
Schedule of Derivatives Instruments Statements of Financial Performance and Financial Position, Location [Table Text Block]	The fair values of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ balance sheets as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are shown in the tables below. Certain investments, including those not designated as hedging instruments, are subject to master netting agreements and are presented in the balance sheet on a net basis in accordance with accounting guidance for derivatives and hedging. Instrument Balance Sheet Location Gross Fair Value (a) Offsetting Position (b) Net Fair Value (c) (d) Registrant (In Millions) 2024 Assets: Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $13.0 $— $ 13.0 Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $12.5 ($0.9) $ 11.6 Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $2.0 $— $ 2.0 Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $4.0 $— $ 4.0 Entergy Texas Liabilities: Natural gas swaps Other current liabilities $0.5 $— $ 0.5 Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Other current liabilities ($0.6) $0.9 $ 0.3 Entergy Mississippi 2023 Assets: Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $6.0 $— $ 6.0 Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $9.8 $— $ 9.8 Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $1.4 $— $ 1.4 Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $1.1 $— $ 1.1 Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Prepayments and other $2.7 ($0.3) $ 2.4 Entergy Texas Liabilities: Natural gas swaps and options Other current liabilities $0.4 $— $ 0.4 Entergy Louisiana Natural gas swaps Other current liabilities $10.1 $— $ 10.1 Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Other current liabilities $0.6 $— $ 0.6 Entergy New Orleans (a) Represents the gross amounts of recognized assets/liabilities (b) Represents the netting of fair value balances with the same counterparty (c) Represents the net amounts of assets/liabilities presented on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ balance sheets (d) As of September 30, 2024, letters of credit posted with MISO covered financial transmission rights exposure of $0.2 million for Entergy Louisiana, $0.9 million for Entergy Mississippi, and $0.8 million for Entergy Texas. As of December 31, 2023, letters of credit posted with MISO covered financial transmission rights exposure of $1.2 million for Entergy Arkansas, $0.5 million for Entergy Louisiana, $0.3 million for Entergy Mississippi, and $0.1 million for Entergy Texas.
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments [Table Text Block]	The effects of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ income statements for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Instrument Income Statement Location Amount of gain Registrant (In Millions) 2024 Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale $ 0.9 (a) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 12.5 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 14.1 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 2.0 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 1.2 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 3.4 (b) Entergy Texas 2023 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($1.7) (a) Entergy Louisiana Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($4.4) (a) Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($0.4) (a) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 10.2 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 18.3 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 6.6 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 2.4 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 10.4 (b) Entergy Texas The effects of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ income statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 are as follows: Instrument Income Statement Location Amount of gain Registrant (In Millions) 2024 Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale $ 6.2 (a) Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale $ 0.5 (a) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 51.4 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 55.3 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 5.1 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 5.6 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 15.5 (b) Entergy Texas 2023 Natural gas swaps and options Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($7.5) (a) Entergy Louisiana Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($34.1) (a) Entergy Mississippi Natural gas swaps Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale ($2.5) (a) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 18.2 (b) Entergy Arkansas Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 46.7 (b) Entergy Louisiana Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 11.1 (b) Entergy Mississippi Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 4.8 (b) Entergy New Orleans Financial transmission rights Purchased power expense $ 14.5 (b) Entergy Texas (a) Due to regulatory treatment, the natural gas swaps and options are marked-to-market through fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as fuel expenses when the swaps and options are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms. (b) Due to regulatory treatment, the changes in the estimated fair value of financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are recorded through purchased power expense and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as purchased power expense when the financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms.
Schedule of Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Table Text Block]	Entergy Texas 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets : Temporary cash investments $353.4 $— $— $353.4 Securitization recovery trust account 9.7 — — 9.7 Financial transmission rights — — 4.0 4.0 $363.1 $— $4.0 $367.1 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets : Temporary cash investments $20.5 $— $— $20.5 Securitization recovery trust account 5.2 — — 5.2 Financial transmission rights — — 2.4 2.4 $25.7 $— $2.4 $28.1
Schedule of Fair Value, Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Table Text Block]	The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets (liabilities) for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the three months ended September 30, 2024. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of July 1, $16.1 $19.8 $3.6 $2.6 $6.6 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 9.4 5.9 (1.9) 0.6 0.8 Settlements (12.5) (14.1) (2.0) (1.2) (3.4) Balance as of September 30, $13.0 $11.6 ($0.3) $2.0 $4.0 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the three months ended September 30, 2023. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of July 1, $19.6 $16.7 $1.2 $1.5 $1.2 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 2.2 16.3 6.5 2.2 12.5 Settlements (10.2) (18.3) (6.6) (2.4) (10.4) Balance as of September 30, $11.6 $14.7 $1.1 $1.3 $3.3 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets (liabilities) for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of January 1, $6.0 $9.8 $1.3 $1.1 $2.4 Issuances of financial transmission rights 17.6 21.6 3.9 2.8 7.2 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset 40.8 35.5 (0.4) 3.7 9.9 Settlements (51.4) (55.3) (5.1) (5.6) (15.5) Balance as of September 30, $13.0 $11.6 ($0.3) $2.0 $4.0 The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of January 1, $10.3 $7.3 $0.6 $0.8 $0.1 Issuances of financial transmission rights 20.6 18.1 1.4 1.4 0.2 Gains (losses) included as a regulatory liability/asset (1.1) 36.0 10.2 3.9 17.5 Settlements (18.2) (46.7) (11.1) (4.8) (14.5) Balance as of September 30, $11.6 $14.7 $1.1 $1.3 $3.3
System Energy [Member]
Schedule of Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Table Text Block]	System Energy 2024 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Temporary cash investments $77.6 $— $— $77.6 Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities 5.5 — — 5.5 Debt securities 300.4 275.5 — 575.9 Common trusts (b) 943.9 $383.5 $275.5 $— $1,602.9 2023 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total (In Millions) Assets: Decommissioning trust funds (a): Equity securities $2.7 $— $— $2.7 Debt securities 209.5 275.7 — 485.2 Common trusts (b) 854.4 $212.2 $275.7 $— $1,342.3

Decommissioning Trust Funds (Ta

Decommissioning Trust Funds (Tables)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024
Schedule of Available-for-Sale Securities Reconciliation [Table Text Block]	The available-for-sale securities held as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are summarized as follows: Fair Total Total (In Millions) 2024 Debt Securities $2,051 $36 $94 2023 Debt Securities $1,770 $19 $134
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value [Table Text Block]	The fair value and gross unrealized losses of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by length of time that the securities had been in a continuous loss position, were as follows as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023: September 30, 2024 December 31, 2023 Fair Gross Fair Gross (In Millions) Less than 12 months $105 $1 $134 $6 More than 12 months 871 93 999 128 Total $976 $94 $1,133 $134
Investments Classified by Contractual Maturity Date [Table Text Block]	The fair value of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by contractual maturities, as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 were as follows: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Less than 1 year $52 $82 1 year - 5 years 627 517 5 years - 10 years 604 504 10 years - 15 years 138 121 15 years - 20 years 209 179 20 years+ 421 367 Total $2,051 $1,770
Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-Sale Securities Reconciliation [Table Text Block]	The available-for-sale securities held as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are summarized as follows: Fair Total Total (In Millions) 2024 Debt Securities $597.5 $7.5 $42.3 2023 Debt Securities $496.9 $2.4 $53.6
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value [Table Text Block]	The fair value and gross unrealized losses of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by length of time that the securities had been in a continuous loss position, were as follows as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023: September 30, 2024 December 31, 2023 Fair Gross Fair Gross (In Millions) Less than 12 months $17.5 $0.2 $22.5 $0.4 More than 12 months 376.5 42.1 403.4 53.2 Total $394.0 $42.3 $425.9 $53.6
Investments Classified by Contractual Maturity Date [Table Text Block]	The fair value of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by contractual maturities, as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 were as follows: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Less than 1 year $42.5 $45.3 1 year - 5 years 156.2 132.2 5 years - 10 years 248.5 205.7 10 years - 15 years 38.4 39.9 15 years - 20 years 63.8 49.6 20 years+ 48.1 24.2 Total $597.5 $496.9
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-Sale Securities Reconciliation [Table Text Block]	The available-for-sale securities held as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are summarized as follows: Fair Total Total (In Millions) 2024 Debt Securities $877.6 $16.6 $25.0 2023 Debt Securities $788.1 $11.7 $37.4
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value [Table Text Block]	The fair value and gross unrealized losses of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by length of time that the securities had been in a continuous loss position, were as follows as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023: September 30, 2024 December 31, 2023 Fair Gross Fair Gross (In Millions) Less than 12 months $48.1 $0.1 $69.8 $0.9 More than 12 months 299.6 24.9 356.1 36.5 Total $347.7 $25.0 $425.9 $37.4
Investments Classified by Contractual Maturity Date [Table Text Block]	The fair value of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by contractual maturities, as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 were as follows: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Less than 1 year $7.1 $31.4 1 year - 5 years 215.0 181.6 5 years - 10 years 199.3 170.0 10 years - 15 years 86.1 70.2 15 years - 20 years 95.3 90.2 20 years+ 274.8 244.7 Total $877.6 $788.1
System Energy [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-Sale Securities Reconciliation [Table Text Block]	The available-for-sale securities held as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 are summarized as follows: Fair Total Total (In Millions) 2024 Debt Securities $575.9 $12.3 $26.6 2023 Debt Securities $485.2 $4.5 $42.5
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value [Table Text Block]	The fair value and gross unrealized losses of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by length of time that the securities had been in a continuous loss position, were as follows as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023: September 30, 2024 December 31, 2023 Fair Gross Fair Gross (In Millions) Less than 12 months $39.9 $0.2 $42.1 $4.5 More than 12 months 194.8 26.4 239.1 38.0 Total $234.7 $26.6 $281.2 $42.5
Investments Classified by Contractual Maturity Date [Table Text Block]	The fair value of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by contractual maturities, as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 were as follows: 2024 2023 (In Millions) Less than 1 year $2.7 $5.3 1 year - 5 years 255.6 203.4 5 years - 10 years 156.4 128.6 10 years - 15 years 13.1 10.7 15 years - 20 years 49.9 38.8 20 years+ 98.2 98.4 Total $575.9 $485.2

Revenue Recognition (Tables)

Revenue Recognition (Tables)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024
Disaggregation of Revenue [Table Text Block]	Entergy’s total revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Utility: Residential $1,468,705 $1,602,496 Commercial 855,823 884,585 Industrial 870,576 797,982 Governmental 71,482 73,846 Total billed retail 3,266,586 3,358,909 Sales for resale (a) 69,288 86,505 Other electric revenues (b) (11,217) 66,211 Revenues from contracts with customers 3,324,657 3,511,625 Other Utility revenues (c) 13,163 15,310 Electric revenues 3,337,820 3,526,935 Natural gas revenues 32,318 32,305 Other revenues (d) 18,962 36,282 Total operating revenues $3,389,100 $3,595,522 Entergy’s total revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows: 2024 2023 (In Thousands) Utility: Residential $3,548,881 $3,595,378 Commercial 2,260,956 2,291,673 Industrial 2,412,254 2,411,882 Governmental 202,655 204,999 Total billed retail 8,424,746 8,503,932 Sales for resale (a) 202,871 262,714 Other electric revenues (b) 282,631 358,000 Revenues from contracts with customers 8,910,248 9,124,646 Other Utility revenues (c) 40,125 70,942 Electric revenues 8,950,373 9,195,588 Natural gas revenues 133,342 130,389 Other revenues (d) 53,633 96,630 Total operating revenues $9,137,348 $9,422,607
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts [Table Text Block]	The following tables set forth a reconciliation of changes in the allowance for doubtful accounts for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of December 31, 2023 $25.9 $7.2 $6.1 $3.3 $7.8 $1.5 Provisions 28.0 5.5 10.4 4.0 3.4 4.7 Write-offs (58.4) (14.4) (19.2) (9.5) (8.6) (6.7) Recoveries 26.6 6.8 8.4 4.9 4.3 2.2 Balance as of September 30, 2024 $22.1 $5.1 $5.7 $2.7 $6.9 $1.7 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of December 31, 2022 $30.9 $6.5 $7.6 $2.5 $11.9 $2.4 Provisions 29.3 5.4 12.2 3.8 3.6 4.3 Write-offs (64.9) (16.5) (25.9) (5.7) (8.6) (8.2) Recoveries 32.5 10.2 13.7 2.4 2.3 3.9 Balance as of September 30, 2023 $27.8 $5.6 $7.6 $3.0 $9.2 $2.4
Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Table Text Block]	The Utility operating companies’ total revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $325,128 $514,131 $227,867 $106,079 $295,500 Commercial 169,242 319,065 170,093 64,957 132,466 Industrial 183,636 475,890 52,802 8,148 150,100 Governmental 5,117 21,868 15,495 21,763 7,239 Total billed retail 683,123 1,330,954 466,257 200,947 585,305 Sales for resale (a) 48,078 86,563 25,995 8,627 6,189 Other electric revenues (b) (71,403) 40,413 13,362 2,273 5,480 Revenues from contracts with customers 659,798 1,457,930 505,614 211,847 596,974 Other revenues (c) 2,350 6,697 2,557 1,816 24 Electric revenues 662,148 1,464,627 508,171 213,663 596,998 Natural gas revenues — 13,466 — 18,852 — Total operating revenues $662,148 $1,478,093 $508,171 $232,515 $596,998 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $346,454 $547,485 $257,241 $120,311 $331,005 Commercial 183,352 313,112 184,164 69,927 134,030 Industrial 194,284 393,172 58,253 9,163 143,110 Governmental 5,895 20,936 17,226 22,358 7,431 Total billed retail 729,985 1,274,705 516,884 221,759 615,576 Sales for resale (a) 73,081 95,257 17,403 13,007 3,426 Other electric revenues (b) 25,922 43,094 2,086 (1,474) (2,074) Revenues from contracts with customers 828,988 1,413,056 536,373 233,292 616,928 Other revenues (c) 2,671 8,542 2,442 1,988 (333) Electric revenues 831,659 1,421,598 538,815 235,280 616,595 Natural gas revenues — 13,269 — 19,036 — Total operating revenues $831,659 $1,434,867 $538,815 $254,316 $616,595 The Utility operating companies’ total revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $805,702 $1,213,133 $569,533 $245,598 $714,915 Commercial 443,499 841,630 444,584 175,542 355,701 Industrial 471,829 1,355,907 148,409 22,727 413,382 Governmental 14,250 64,912 42,886 59,284 21,323 Total billed retail 1,735,280 3,475,582 1,205,412 503,151 1,505,321 Sales for resale (a) 130,885 250,114 95,188 29,702 11,111 Other electric revenues (b) 19,672 153,028 57,878 11,865 44,215 Revenues from contracts with customers 1,885,837 3,878,724 1,358,478 544,718 1,560,647 Other revenues (c) 7,154 20,140 7,443 4,550 (81) Electric revenues 1,892,991 3,898,864 1,365,921 549,268 1,560,566 Natural gas revenues — 57,793 — 75,549 — Total operating revenues $1,892,991 $3,956,657 $1,365,921 $624,817 $1,560,566 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $790,760 $1,242,378 $589,630 $252,412 $720,198 Commercial 445,279 844,655 460,836 180,091 360,812 Industrial 479,337 1,310,121 164,406 24,138 433,880 Governmental 15,500 63,417 46,080 58,052 21,950 Total billed retail 1,730,876 3,460,571 1,260,952 514,693 1,536,840 Sales for resale (a) 187,365 258,741 82,219 48,992 7,857 Other electric revenues (b) 105,446 161,033 45,926 4,611 45,011 Revenues from contracts with customers 2,023,687 3,880,345 1,389,097 568,296 1,589,708 Other revenues (c) 7,068 52,914 7,276 4,895 (1,177) Electric revenues 2,030,755 3,933,259 1,396,373 573,191 1,588,531 Natural gas revenues — 52,428 — 77,961 — Total operating revenues 2,030,755 3,985,687 1,396,373 651,152 1,588,531 (a) Sales for resale includes day-ahead sales of energy in a market administered by an ISO. These sales represent financially binding commitments for the sale of physical energy the next day. These sales are adjusted to actual power generated and delivered in the real time market. Given the short duration of these transactions, Entergy does not consider them to be derivatives subject to fair value adjustments and includes them as part of customer revenues. (b) Other electric revenues consist primarily of transmission and ancillary services provided to participants of an ISO-administered market, unbilled revenue, and certain customer credits as directed by regulators. (c) Other Utility revenues include the equity component of carrying costs related to securitization, occasional sales of inventory, alternative revenue programs, provisions for revenue subject to refund, and late fees. (d) Other revenues include the sale of electric power and capacity to wholesale customers, day-ahead sales of energy in a market administered by an ISO, and operation and management services fees.
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts [Table Text Block]	The following tables set forth a reconciliation of changes in the allowance for doubtful accounts for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of December 31, 2023 $25.9 $7.2 $6.1 $3.3 $7.8 $1.5 Provisions 28.0 5.5 10.4 4.0 3.4 4.7 Write-offs (58.4) (14.4) (19.2) (9.5) (8.6) (6.7) Recoveries 26.6 6.8 8.4 4.9 4.3 2.2 Balance as of September 30, 2024 $22.1 $5.1 $5.7 $2.7 $6.9 $1.7 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of December 31, 2022 $30.9 $6.5 $7.6 $2.5 $11.9 $2.4 Provisions 29.3 5.4 12.2 3.8 3.6 4.3 Write-offs (64.9) (16.5) (25.9) (5.7) (8.6) (8.2) Recoveries 32.5 10.2 13.7 2.4 2.3 3.9 Balance as of September 30, 2023 $27.8 $5.6 $7.6 $3.0 $9.2 $2.4
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Table Text Block]	The Utility operating companies’ total revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $325,128 $514,131 $227,867 $106,079 $295,500 Commercial 169,242 319,065 170,093 64,957 132,466 Industrial 183,636 475,890 52,802 8,148 150,100 Governmental 5,117 21,868 15,495 21,763 7,239 Total billed retail 683,123 1,330,954 466,257 200,947 585,305 Sales for resale (a) 48,078 86,563 25,995 8,627 6,189 Other electric revenues (b) (71,403) 40,413 13,362 2,273 5,480 Revenues from contracts with customers 659,798 1,457,930 505,614 211,847 596,974 Other revenues (c) 2,350 6,697 2,557 1,816 24 Electric revenues 662,148 1,464,627 508,171 213,663 596,998 Natural gas revenues — 13,466 — 18,852 — Total operating revenues $662,148 $1,478,093 $508,171 $232,515 $596,998 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $346,454 $547,485 $257,241 $120,311 $331,005 Commercial 183,352 313,112 184,164 69,927 134,030 Industrial 194,284 393,172 58,253 9,163 143,110 Governmental 5,895 20,936 17,226 22,358 7,431 Total billed retail 729,985 1,274,705 516,884 221,759 615,576 Sales for resale (a) 73,081 95,257 17,403 13,007 3,426 Other electric revenues (b) 25,922 43,094 2,086 (1,474) (2,074) Revenues from contracts with customers 828,988 1,413,056 536,373 233,292 616,928 Other revenues (c) 2,671 8,542 2,442 1,988 (333) Electric revenues 831,659 1,421,598 538,815 235,280 616,595 Natural gas revenues — 13,269 — 19,036 — Total operating revenues $831,659 $1,434,867 $538,815 $254,316 $616,595 The Utility operating companies’ total revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $805,702 $1,213,133 $569,533 $245,598 $714,915 Commercial 443,499 841,630 444,584 175,542 355,701 Industrial 471,829 1,355,907 148,409 22,727 413,382 Governmental 14,250 64,912 42,886 59,284 21,323 Total billed retail 1,735,280 3,475,582 1,205,412 503,151 1,505,321 Sales for resale (a) 130,885 250,114 95,188 29,702 11,111 Other electric revenues (b) 19,672 153,028 57,878 11,865 44,215 Revenues from contracts with customers 1,885,837 3,878,724 1,358,478 544,718 1,560,647 Other revenues (c) 7,154 20,140 7,443 4,550 (81) Electric revenues 1,892,991 3,898,864 1,365,921 549,268 1,560,566 Natural gas revenues — 57,793 — 75,549 — Total operating revenues $1,892,991 $3,956,657 $1,365,921 $624,817 $1,560,566 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $790,760 $1,242,378 $589,630 $252,412 $720,198 Commercial 445,279 844,655 460,836 180,091 360,812 Industrial 479,337 1,310,121 164,406 24,138 433,880 Governmental 15,500 63,417 46,080 58,052 21,950 Total billed retail 1,730,876 3,460,571 1,260,952 514,693 1,536,840 Sales for resale (a) 187,365 258,741 82,219 48,992 7,857 Other electric revenues (b) 105,446 161,033 45,926 4,611 45,011 Revenues from contracts with customers 2,023,687 3,880,345 1,389,097 568,296 1,589,708 Other revenues (c) 7,068 52,914 7,276 4,895 (1,177) Electric revenues 2,030,755 3,933,259 1,396,373 573,191 1,588,531 Natural gas revenues — 52,428 — 77,961 — Total operating revenues 2,030,755 3,985,687 1,396,373 651,152 1,588,531 (a) Sales for resale includes day-ahead sales of energy in a market administered by an ISO. These sales represent financially binding commitments for the sale of physical energy the next day. These sales are adjusted to actual power generated and delivered in the real time market. Given the short duration of these transactions, Entergy does not consider them to be derivatives subject to fair value adjustments and includes them as part of customer revenues. (b) Other electric revenues consist primarily of transmission and ancillary services provided to participants of an ISO-administered market, unbilled revenue, and certain customer credits as directed by regulators. (c) Other Utility revenues include the equity component of carrying costs related to securitization, occasional sales of inventory, alternative revenue programs, provisions for revenue subject to refund, and late fees. (d) Other revenues include the sale of electric power and capacity to wholesale customers, day-ahead sales of energy in a market administered by an ISO, and operation and management services fees.
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts [Table Text Block]	The following tables set forth a reconciliation of changes in the allowance for doubtful accounts for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of December 31, 2023 $25.9 $7.2 $6.1 $3.3 $7.8 $1.5 Provisions 28.0 5.5 10.4 4.0 3.4 4.7 Write-offs (58.4) (14.4) (19.2) (9.5) (8.6) (6.7) Recoveries 26.6 6.8 8.4 4.9 4.3 2.2 Balance as of September 30, 2024 $22.1 $5.1 $5.7 $2.7 $6.9 $1.7 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of December 31, 2022 $30.9 $6.5 $7.6 $2.5 $11.9 $2.4 Provisions 29.3 5.4 12.2 3.8 3.6 4.3 Write-offs (64.9) (16.5) (25.9) (5.7) (8.6) (8.2) Recoveries 32.5 10.2 13.7 2.4 2.3 3.9 Balance as of September 30, 2023 $27.8 $5.6 $7.6 $3.0 $9.2 $2.4
Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Table Text Block]	The Utility operating companies’ total revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $325,128 $514,131 $227,867 $106,079 $295,500 Commercial 169,242 319,065 170,093 64,957 132,466 Industrial 183,636 475,890 52,802 8,148 150,100 Governmental 5,117 21,868 15,495 21,763 7,239 Total billed retail 683,123 1,330,954 466,257 200,947 585,305 Sales for resale (a) 48,078 86,563 25,995 8,627 6,189 Other electric revenues (b) (71,403) 40,413 13,362 2,273 5,480 Revenues from contracts with customers 659,798 1,457,930 505,614 211,847 596,974 Other revenues (c) 2,350 6,697 2,557 1,816 24 Electric revenues 662,148 1,464,627 508,171 213,663 596,998 Natural gas revenues — 13,466 — 18,852 — Total operating revenues $662,148 $1,478,093 $508,171 $232,515 $596,998 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $346,454 $547,485 $257,241 $120,311 $331,005 Commercial 183,352 313,112 184,164 69,927 134,030 Industrial 194,284 393,172 58,253 9,163 143,110 Governmental 5,895 20,936 17,226 22,358 7,431 Total billed retail 729,985 1,274,705 516,884 221,759 615,576 Sales for resale (a) 73,081 95,257 17,403 13,007 3,426 Other electric revenues (b) 25,922 43,094 2,086 (1,474) (2,074) Revenues from contracts with customers 828,988 1,413,056 536,373 233,292 616,928 Other revenues (c) 2,671 8,542 2,442 1,988 (333) Electric revenues 831,659 1,421,598 538,815 235,280 616,595 Natural gas revenues — 13,269 — 19,036 — Total operating revenues $831,659 $1,434,867 $538,815 $254,316 $616,595 The Utility operating companies’ total revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $805,702 $1,213,133 $569,533 $245,598 $714,915 Commercial 443,499 841,630 444,584 175,542 355,701 Industrial 471,829 1,355,907 148,409 22,727 413,382 Governmental 14,250 64,912 42,886 59,284 21,323 Total billed retail 1,735,280 3,475,582 1,205,412 503,151 1,505,321 Sales for resale (a) 130,885 250,114 95,188 29,702 11,111 Other electric revenues (b) 19,672 153,028 57,878 11,865 44,215 Revenues from contracts with customers 1,885,837 3,878,724 1,358,478 544,718 1,560,647 Other revenues (c) 7,154 20,140 7,443 4,550 (81) Electric revenues 1,892,991 3,898,864 1,365,921 549,268 1,560,566 Natural gas revenues — 57,793 — 75,549 — Total operating revenues $1,892,991 $3,956,657 $1,365,921 $624,817 $1,560,566 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $790,760 $1,242,378 $589,630 $252,412 $720,198 Commercial 445,279 844,655 460,836 180,091 360,812 Industrial 479,337 1,310,121 164,406 24,138 433,880 Governmental 15,500 63,417 46,080 58,052 21,950 Total billed retail 1,730,876 3,460,571 1,260,952 514,693 1,536,840 Sales for resale (a) 187,365 258,741 82,219 48,992 7,857 Other electric revenues (b) 105,446 161,033 45,926 4,611 45,011 Revenues from contracts with customers 2,023,687 3,880,345 1,389,097 568,296 1,589,708 Other revenues (c) 7,068 52,914 7,276 4,895 (1,177) Electric revenues 2,030,755 3,933,259 1,396,373 573,191 1,588,531 Natural gas revenues — 52,428 — 77,961 — Total operating revenues 2,030,755 3,985,687 1,396,373 651,152 1,588,531 (a) Sales for resale includes day-ahead sales of energy in a market administered by an ISO. These sales represent financially binding commitments for the sale of physical energy the next day. These sales are adjusted to actual power generated and delivered in the real time market. Given the short duration of these transactions, Entergy does not consider them to be derivatives subject to fair value adjustments and includes them as part of customer revenues. (b) Other electric revenues consist primarily of transmission and ancillary services provided to participants of an ISO-administered market, unbilled revenue, and certain customer credits as directed by regulators. (c) Other Utility revenues include the equity component of carrying costs related to securitization, occasional sales of inventory, alternative revenue programs, provisions for revenue subject to refund, and late fees. (d) Other revenues include the sale of electric power and capacity to wholesale customers, day-ahead sales of energy in a market administered by an ISO, and operation and management services fees.
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts [Table Text Block]	The following tables set forth a reconciliation of changes in the allowance for doubtful accounts for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of December 31, 2023 $25.9 $7.2 $6.1 $3.3 $7.8 $1.5 Provisions 28.0 5.5 10.4 4.0 3.4 4.7 Write-offs (58.4) (14.4) (19.2) (9.5) (8.6) (6.7) Recoveries 26.6 6.8 8.4 4.9 4.3 2.2 Balance as of September 30, 2024 $22.1 $5.1 $5.7 $2.7 $6.9 $1.7 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of December 31, 2022 $30.9 $6.5 $7.6 $2.5 $11.9 $2.4 Provisions 29.3 5.4 12.2 3.8 3.6 4.3 Write-offs (64.9) (16.5) (25.9) (5.7) (8.6) (8.2) Recoveries 32.5 10.2 13.7 2.4 2.3 3.9 Balance as of September 30, 2023 $27.8 $5.6 $7.6 $3.0 $9.2 $2.4
Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Table Text Block]	The Utility operating companies’ total revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $325,128 $514,131 $227,867 $106,079 $295,500 Commercial 169,242 319,065 170,093 64,957 132,466 Industrial 183,636 475,890 52,802 8,148 150,100 Governmental 5,117 21,868 15,495 21,763 7,239 Total billed retail 683,123 1,330,954 466,257 200,947 585,305 Sales for resale (a) 48,078 86,563 25,995 8,627 6,189 Other electric revenues (b) (71,403) 40,413 13,362 2,273 5,480 Revenues from contracts with customers 659,798 1,457,930 505,614 211,847 596,974 Other revenues (c) 2,350 6,697 2,557 1,816 24 Electric revenues 662,148 1,464,627 508,171 213,663 596,998 Natural gas revenues — 13,466 — 18,852 — Total operating revenues $662,148 $1,478,093 $508,171 $232,515 $596,998 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $346,454 $547,485 $257,241 $120,311 $331,005 Commercial 183,352 313,112 184,164 69,927 134,030 Industrial 194,284 393,172 58,253 9,163 143,110 Governmental 5,895 20,936 17,226 22,358 7,431 Total billed retail 729,985 1,274,705 516,884 221,759 615,576 Sales for resale (a) 73,081 95,257 17,403 13,007 3,426 Other electric revenues (b) 25,922 43,094 2,086 (1,474) (2,074) Revenues from contracts with customers 828,988 1,413,056 536,373 233,292 616,928 Other revenues (c) 2,671 8,542 2,442 1,988 (333) Electric revenues 831,659 1,421,598 538,815 235,280 616,595 Natural gas revenues — 13,269 — 19,036 — Total operating revenues $831,659 $1,434,867 $538,815 $254,316 $616,595 The Utility operating companies’ total revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $805,702 $1,213,133 $569,533 $245,598 $714,915 Commercial 443,499 841,630 444,584 175,542 355,701 Industrial 471,829 1,355,907 148,409 22,727 413,382 Governmental 14,250 64,912 42,886 59,284 21,323 Total billed retail 1,735,280 3,475,582 1,205,412 503,151 1,505,321 Sales for resale (a) 130,885 250,114 95,188 29,702 11,111 Other electric revenues (b) 19,672 153,028 57,878 11,865 44,215 Revenues from contracts with customers 1,885,837 3,878,724 1,358,478 544,718 1,560,647 Other revenues (c) 7,154 20,140 7,443 4,550 (81) Electric revenues 1,892,991 3,898,864 1,365,921 549,268 1,560,566 Natural gas revenues — 57,793 — 75,549 — Total operating revenues $1,892,991 $3,956,657 $1,365,921 $624,817 $1,560,566 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $790,760 $1,242,378 $589,630 $252,412 $720,198 Commercial 445,279 844,655 460,836 180,091 360,812 Industrial 479,337 1,310,121 164,406 24,138 433,880 Governmental 15,500 63,417 46,080 58,052 21,950 Total billed retail 1,730,876 3,460,571 1,260,952 514,693 1,536,840 Sales for resale (a) 187,365 258,741 82,219 48,992 7,857 Other electric revenues (b) 105,446 161,033 45,926 4,611 45,011 Revenues from contracts with customers 2,023,687 3,880,345 1,389,097 568,296 1,589,708 Other revenues (c) 7,068 52,914 7,276 4,895 (1,177) Electric revenues 2,030,755 3,933,259 1,396,373 573,191 1,588,531 Natural gas revenues — 52,428 — 77,961 — Total operating revenues 2,030,755 3,985,687 1,396,373 651,152 1,588,531 (a) Sales for resale includes day-ahead sales of energy in a market administered by an ISO. These sales represent financially binding commitments for the sale of physical energy the next day. These sales are adjusted to actual power generated and delivered in the real time market. Given the short duration of these transactions, Entergy does not consider them to be derivatives subject to fair value adjustments and includes them as part of customer revenues. (b) Other electric revenues consist primarily of transmission and ancillary services provided to participants of an ISO-administered market, unbilled revenue, and certain customer credits as directed by regulators. (c) Other Utility revenues include the equity component of carrying costs related to securitization, occasional sales of inventory, alternative revenue programs, provisions for revenue subject to refund, and late fees. (d) Other revenues include the sale of electric power and capacity to wholesale customers, day-ahead sales of energy in a market administered by an ISO, and operation and management services fees.
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts [Table Text Block]	The following tables set forth a reconciliation of changes in the allowance for doubtful accounts for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of December 31, 2023 $25.9 $7.2 $6.1 $3.3 $7.8 $1.5 Provisions 28.0 5.5 10.4 4.0 3.4 4.7 Write-offs (58.4) (14.4) (19.2) (9.5) (8.6) (6.7) Recoveries 26.6 6.8 8.4 4.9 4.3 2.2 Balance as of September 30, 2024 $22.1 $5.1 $5.7 $2.7 $6.9 $1.7 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of December 31, 2022 $30.9 $6.5 $7.6 $2.5 $11.9 $2.4 Provisions 29.3 5.4 12.2 3.8 3.6 4.3 Write-offs (64.9) (16.5) (25.9) (5.7) (8.6) (8.2) Recoveries 32.5 10.2 13.7 2.4 2.3 3.9 Balance as of September 30, 2023 $27.8 $5.6 $7.6 $3.0 $9.2 $2.4
Entergy Texas [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Table Text Block]	The Utility operating companies’ total revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $325,128 $514,131 $227,867 $106,079 $295,500 Commercial 169,242 319,065 170,093 64,957 132,466 Industrial 183,636 475,890 52,802 8,148 150,100 Governmental 5,117 21,868 15,495 21,763 7,239 Total billed retail 683,123 1,330,954 466,257 200,947 585,305 Sales for resale (a) 48,078 86,563 25,995 8,627 6,189 Other electric revenues (b) (71,403) 40,413 13,362 2,273 5,480 Revenues from contracts with customers 659,798 1,457,930 505,614 211,847 596,974 Other revenues (c) 2,350 6,697 2,557 1,816 24 Electric revenues 662,148 1,464,627 508,171 213,663 596,998 Natural gas revenues — 13,466 — 18,852 — Total operating revenues $662,148 $1,478,093 $508,171 $232,515 $596,998 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $346,454 $547,485 $257,241 $120,311 $331,005 Commercial 183,352 313,112 184,164 69,927 134,030 Industrial 194,284 393,172 58,253 9,163 143,110 Governmental 5,895 20,936 17,226 22,358 7,431 Total billed retail 729,985 1,274,705 516,884 221,759 615,576 Sales for resale (a) 73,081 95,257 17,403 13,007 3,426 Other electric revenues (b) 25,922 43,094 2,086 (1,474) (2,074) Revenues from contracts with customers 828,988 1,413,056 536,373 233,292 616,928 Other revenues (c) 2,671 8,542 2,442 1,988 (333) Electric revenues 831,659 1,421,598 538,815 235,280 616,595 Natural gas revenues — 13,269 — 19,036 — Total operating revenues $831,659 $1,434,867 $538,815 $254,316 $616,595 The Utility operating companies’ total revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 were as follows: 2024 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $805,702 $1,213,133 $569,533 $245,598 $714,915 Commercial 443,499 841,630 444,584 175,542 355,701 Industrial 471,829 1,355,907 148,409 22,727 413,382 Governmental 14,250 64,912 42,886 59,284 21,323 Total billed retail 1,735,280 3,475,582 1,205,412 503,151 1,505,321 Sales for resale (a) 130,885 250,114 95,188 29,702 11,111 Other electric revenues (b) 19,672 153,028 57,878 11,865 44,215 Revenues from contracts with customers 1,885,837 3,878,724 1,358,478 544,718 1,560,647 Other revenues (c) 7,154 20,140 7,443 4,550 (81) Electric revenues 1,892,991 3,898,864 1,365,921 549,268 1,560,566 Natural gas revenues — 57,793 — 75,549 — Total operating revenues $1,892,991 $3,956,657 $1,365,921 $624,817 $1,560,566 2023 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Thousands) Residential $790,760 $1,242,378 $589,630 $252,412 $720,198 Commercial 445,279 844,655 460,836 180,091 360,812 Industrial 479,337 1,310,121 164,406 24,138 433,880 Governmental 15,500 63,417 46,080 58,052 21,950 Total billed retail 1,730,876 3,460,571 1,260,952 514,693 1,536,840 Sales for resale (a) 187,365 258,741 82,219 48,992 7,857 Other electric revenues (b) 105,446 161,033 45,926 4,611 45,011 Revenues from contracts with customers 2,023,687 3,880,345 1,389,097 568,296 1,589,708 Other revenues (c) 7,068 52,914 7,276 4,895 (1,177) Electric revenues 2,030,755 3,933,259 1,396,373 573,191 1,588,531 Natural gas revenues — 52,428 — 77,961 — Total operating revenues 2,030,755 3,985,687 1,396,373 651,152 1,588,531 (a) Sales for resale includes day-ahead sales of energy in a market administered by an ISO. These sales represent financially binding commitments for the sale of physical energy the next day. These sales are adjusted to actual power generated and delivered in the real time market. Given the short duration of these transactions, Entergy does not consider them to be derivatives subject to fair value adjustments and includes them as part of customer revenues. (b) Other electric revenues consist primarily of transmission and ancillary services provided to participants of an ISO-administered market, unbilled revenue, and certain customer credits as directed by regulators. (c) Other Utility revenues include the equity component of carrying costs related to securitization, occasional sales of inventory, alternative revenue programs, provisions for revenue subject to refund, and late fees. (d) Other revenues include the sale of electric power and capacity to wholesale customers, day-ahead sales of energy in a market administered by an ISO, and operation and management services fees.
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts [Table Text Block]	The following tables set forth a reconciliation of changes in the allowance for doubtful accounts for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023. Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of December 31, 2023 $25.9 $7.2 $6.1 $3.3 $7.8 $1.5 Provisions 28.0 5.5 10.4 4.0 3.4 4.7 Write-offs (58.4) (14.4) (19.2) (9.5) (8.6) (6.7) Recoveries 26.6 6.8 8.4 4.9 4.3 2.2 Balance as of September 30, 2024 $22.1 $5.1 $5.7 $2.7 $6.9 $1.7 Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy Entergy (In Millions) Balance as of December 31, 2022 $30.9 $6.5 $7.6 $2.5 $11.9 $2.4 Provisions 29.3 5.4 12.2 3.8 3.6 4.3 Write-offs (64.9) (16.5) (25.9) (5.7) (8.6) (8.2) Recoveries 32.5 10.2 13.7 2.4 2.3 3.9 Balance as of September 30, 2023 $27.8 $5.6 $7.6 $3.0 $9.2 $2.4

Commitments and Contingencies (

Commitments and Contingencies (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2024	Jan. 01, 2025	Sep. 30, 2024
Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Litigation Settlement, Amount Awarded from Other Party	$ 177
Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Proceeds from Legal Settlements		$ 127
Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Percentage of capacity and energy purchases under Unit Power Sales Agreement				36%
Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Percentage of purchases under MSS-4 replacement tariff			2.43%
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Percentage of capacity and energy purchases under Unit Power Sales Agreement				14%
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Percentage of capacity and energy purchases under Unit Power Sales Agreement			14%
Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Percentage of capacity and energy purchases under Unit Power Sales Agreement				33%
Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
Percentage of capacity and energy purchases under Unit Power Sales Agreement				17%

Rate And Regulatory Matters (Na

Rate And Regulatory Matters (Narrative - All Other) (Details)	1 Months Ended											3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended				24 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2024 USD ($) kWh	Apr. 30, 2024 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Feb. 29, 2024 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2024 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2025 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2025 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Jan. 01, 2025
Regulatory Liability, Noncurrent		$ 3,684,331,000							$ 3,116,926,000			$ 3,684,331,000					$ 3,684,331,000					$ 3,116,926,000
Regulatory Asset, Noncurrent		5,487,360,000							5,669,404,000			5,487,360,000					5,487,360,000					5,669,404,000
Asset Impairment Charges												0			$ 38,078,000		131,775,000	$ 38,078,000
Increase (Decrease) in Deferred Fuel Costs																	(208,363,000)	(620,440,000)
Deferred Fuel Cost		6,774,000							169,967,000			6,774,000					6,774,000					169,967,000
Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Regulatory Liability, Noncurrent		803,934,000							759,181,000			803,934,000					803,934,000					759,181,000
Regulatory Asset, Noncurrent		$ 1,708,042,000							1,885,361,000			1,708,042,000					1,708,042,000					1,885,361,000
Payments for Legal Settlements											$ 135,000,000
Refund to customers, plus interest, associated with recalculated bandwidth remedy										$ 13,700,000
Asset Impairment Charges												$ 0			$ 78,434,000		131,775,000	78,434,000
Increase (Decrease) in Deferred Fuel Costs																	$ 16,795,000	(165,982,000)
Percentage of capacity and energy purchases under Unit Power Sales Agreement		36%										36%					36%
Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Opportunity Sales [Member]
Regulatory Asset, Noncurrent									131,800,000													131,800,000
Asset Impairment Charges														$ 131,800,000
Asset Impairment Charges, net of tax														99,100,000
Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]
Percentage of purchases under MSS-4 replacement tariff																								2.43%
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Regulatory Liability, Noncurrent		$ 1,791,992,000							1,407,689,000			$ 1,791,992,000					$ 1,791,992,000					1,407,689,000
Regulatory Asset, Noncurrent		1,741,585,000							1,648,852,000			1,741,585,000					1,741,585,000					1,648,852,000
Increase (Decrease) in Deferred Fuel Costs																	(61,893,000)	(133,090,000)
Deferred Fuel Cost		$ 0							24,800,000			$ 0					$ 0					24,800,000
Percentage of capacity and energy purchases under Unit Power Sales Agreement		14%										14%					14%
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]
Percentage of capacity and energy purchases under Unit Power Sales Agreement																								14%
Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Public Utilities, Requested Rate Increase (Decrease), Amount							$ 5,200,000
Regulatory Liability, Noncurrent		$ 60,027,000							33,696,000			$ 60,027,000					$ 60,027,000					33,696,000
Regulatory Asset, Noncurrent		$ 549,027,000							579,076,000			$ 549,027,000					549,027,000					579,076,000
Monthly storm damage provision								$ 1,750,000
Storm Damage Provision Balance							70,000,000	15,000,000	15,000,000					70,000,000							$ 70,000,000	15,000,000	$ 70,000,000
Storm damage provision balance at which collections will resume							60,000,000	10,000,000
Disbursement from storm reserve rescrow									34,500,000
Increase (Decrease) in Deferred Fuel Costs																	$ (13,938,000)	(215,892,000)
Percentage of capacity and energy purchases under Unit Power Sales Agreement		33%										33%					33%
Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Regulatory Liability, Noncurrent		$ 262,063,000							90,434,000			$ 262,063,000					$ 262,063,000					90,434,000
Regulatory Asset, Noncurrent		172,228,000							182,367,000			172,228,000					172,228,000					182,367,000
Increase (Decrease) in Deferred Fuel Costs																	626,000	(8,025,000)
Deferred Fuel Cost		$ 6,774,000							6,148,000			$ 6,774,000					$ 6,774,000					6,148,000
Percentage of capacity and energy purchases under Unit Power Sales Agreement		17%										17%					17%
Entergy New Orleans [Member] | Credits expected to be shared with customers from resolution of the 2016-2018 IRS audit [Member]
Regulatory Liability, Noncurrent						$ 138,000,000	138,000,000		60,000,000					138,000,000							138,000,000	60,000,000	138,000,000
Entergy Texas [Member]
Regulatory Liability, Noncurrent		$ 27,567,000							43,013,000			$ 27,567,000					$ 27,567,000					43,013,000
Regulatory Asset, Noncurrent		575,619,000							596,606,000			575,619,000					575,619,000					596,606,000
Increase (Decrease) in Deferred Fuel Costs																	(149,954,000)	$ (97,451,000)
Deferred Fuel Cost		0							139,019,000			0					$ 0					139,019,000
Energy Cost Recovery Rider [Member] | Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Energy Cost Recovery Rider Rate Per kWh						0.00882															0.01883
Credit for recovery attributed to net metering costs														9,000,000
Adjustment to over-recovery balance							$ 43,700,000							43,700,000							43,700,000		43,700,000
Energy Cost Recovery Rider [Member] | Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]
Requested Energy Cost Recovery Rider Rate Per kWh																				$ 0.00882
2024 Formula Rate Plan Filing [Member] | Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Public Utilities, Requested Rate Increase (Decrease), Amount				$ 102,600,000
Annual revenue constraint per rate class percentage				4%
Netting Adjustment																						$ 33,100,000
Earned return on common equity																						7.48%
2024 Formula Rate Plan Filing [Member] | Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Public Utilities, Requested Rate Increase (Decrease), Amount				$ 82,600,000
2024 Formula Rate Plan Filing [Member] | Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]
Projected Revenue Deficiency																			$ 69,500,000
Earned return on common equity																			8.43%
2024 Formula Rate Plan Filing [Member] | Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Public Utilities, Requested Rate Increase (Decrease), Amount	$ 86,800,000
2024 Formula Rate Plan Filing [Member] | Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Public Utilities, Requested Return on Equity, Percentage							7.10%
Public Utilities, Requested Rate Increase (Decrease), Amount							$ 63,400,000
Public Utilities, Interim Rate Increase (Decrease), Amount						$ 32,600,000	0
Annual depreciation expense increase								$ 55,200,000
Earned return on rate base					6.08%																	6.81%
Public Utilities, Approved Rate Increase (Decrease), Amount					$ 64,600,000																	$ 300,000
Regulatory credits					7,300,000
2024 Formula Rate Plan Filing [Member] | Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Residential [Member]
Customer charge					$ 31.82
Average customer usage | kWh					1,000
2024 Formula Rate Plan Filing [Member] | Entergy Mississippi [Member] | General service
Customer charge					$ 53.10
2024 Formula Rate Plan Filing [Member] | Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Cap on retail revenues in look-back filing						0.02
2024 Formula Rate Plan Filing [Member] | Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]
Public Utilities, Interim Rate Increase (Decrease), Amount																$ 8,700,000
2024 Formula Rate Plan Filing [Member] | Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Public Utilities, Requested Rate Increase (Decrease), Amount						$ 12,600,000
Public Utilities, Approved Return on Equity, Percentage						9.35%
Public Utilities, Approved Rate Increase (Decrease), Amount		11,200,000
Requested reduction to formula rate plan revenues resulting from alleged errors				1,600,000
2024 Formula Rate Plan Filing [Member] | Entergy New Orleans [Member] | Natural Gas, US Regulated [Member]
Public Utilities, Requested Rate Increase (Decrease), Amount						$ 5,600,000
Public Utilities, Approved Rate Increase (Decrease), Amount		5,400,000
Earned return on equity						5.87%
2024 Formula Rate Plan Filing [Member] | Entergy New Orleans [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member]
Public Utilities, Requested Rate Increase (Decrease), Amount						$ 7,000,000
Public Utilities, Approved Rate Increase (Decrease), Amount		5,800,000
Earned return on equity						8.66%
Grand Gulf Credit Rider [Member] | Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Refund to retail customers				$ 100,600,000								$ 92,300,000
2023 Entergy Louisiana Rate Case and Formula Rate Plan Extension Request | Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Public Utilities, Requested Return on Equity, Percentage			9.70%
Public Utilities, Requested Rate Increase (Decrease), Amount			$ 120,000,000
Customer rate credits			$ 184,000,000
Expenses reflecting effects of agreement in principle													$ 151,000,000
Expenses reflecting effects of agreement in principle, net of tax													$ 111,000,000
Public Utilities, Approved Return on Equity, Percentage			9.50%
Basis points bandwidth above and below midpoint return on common equity			40
Increase in nuclear depreciation rates			$ 15,000,000
2023 Entergy Louisiana Rate Case and Formula Rate Plan Extension Request | Entergy Louisiana [Member] | System Energy Settlement with the LPSC
Customer rate credits			75,500,000
2023 Entergy Louisiana Rate Case and Formula Rate Plan Extension Request | Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Formula Rate Plan Global Settlement
Customer rate credits			5,800,000
2023 Entergy Louisiana Rate Case and Formula Rate Plan Extension Request | Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Credits expected to be shared with customers from resolution of the 2016-2018 IRS audit [Member]
Regulatory Liability, Noncurrent									$ 38,000,000													$ 38,000,000
2023 Entergy Louisiana Rate Case and Formula Rate Plan Extension Request | Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Public Utilities, Requested Rate Increase (Decrease), Amount			140,000,000
2023 Entergy Louisiana Rate Case and Formula Rate Plan Extension Request | Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Maximum [Member] | 2023
Public Utilities, Requested Rate Increase (Decrease), Amount			350,000,000
2023 Entergy Louisiana Rate Case and Formula Rate Plan Extension Request | Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Maximum [Member] | 2024
Public Utilities, Requested Rate Increase (Decrease), Amount			375,000,000
2023 Entergy Louisiana Rate Case and Formula Rate Plan Extension Request | Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Maximum [Member] | 2025
Public Utilities, Requested Rate Increase (Decrease), Amount			$ 400,000,000
Distribution Cost Recovery Factor Rider [Member] | Entergy Texas [Member]
Public Utilities, Requested Rate Increase (Decrease), Amount		48,900,000			$ 40,300,000
Incremental annual revenues		$ 8,600,000
Fuel Reconciliation | Entergy Texas [Member]
Increase (Decrease) in Deferred Fuel Costs																							1,600,000,000
Deferred Fuel Cost							$ 30,000,000							$ 30,000,000							$ 30,000,000		$ 30,000,000
Transmission Cost Recovery Factor Rider | Entergy Texas [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]
Public Utilities, Requested Rate Increase (Decrease), Amount	$ 9,700,000
Grand Gulf Capacity Filing | Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]
Percentage of purchases under MSS-4 replacement tariff																								2.43%
Grand Gulf Capacity Filing | Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]
Percentage of capacity and energy purchases under Unit Power Sales Agreement																								14%
2023 Formula Rate Plan Filing | Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Public Utilities, Requested Return on Equity, Percentage			9.70%
Public Utilities, Requested Rate Increase (Decrease), Amount			$ 120,000,000
Basis points bandwidth above and below midpoint return on common equity			40
One-time incremental net decrease			$ 101,800,000

Rate And Regulatory Matters (_2

Rate And Regulatory Matters (Narrative - Complaints Against System Energy) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands

1 Months Ended

9 Months Ended

Nov. 01, 2023

Oct. 31, 2024

Sep. 30, 2024

Jul. 31, 2024

Jun. 30, 2024

May 31, 2024

Apr. 30, 2024

Oct. 31, 2023

May 31, 2023

Jan. 31, 2023

Dec. 31, 2022

Nov. 30, 2022

Oct. 31, 2021

Mar. 31, 2021

Dec. 31, 2020

Dec. 31, 2018

Dec. 31, 1988

Sep. 30, 2024

Mar. 31, 2024

Dec. 31, 2023

Jun. 30, 2022

Accounts Payable, Current

$ 1,523,279

$ 1,523,279

$ 1,566,745

Regulatory Liability, Noncurrent

3,684,331

3,684,331

3,116,926

System Energy [Member]

Regulatory Liability, Noncurrent

$ 738,748

738,748

782,912

System Energy [Member] | Unit Power Sales Agreement Complaint [Member]

Regulatory Liability, Noncurrent

178,000

System Energy [Member] | Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Unit Power Sales Agreement Complaint [Member]

Payments for Legal Settlements

$ 92,000

System Energy [Member] | Entergy New Orleans [Member] | Unit Power Sales Agreement Complaint [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]

Payments for Legal Settlements

$ 98,000

System Energy [Member] | Grand Gulf [Member] | Entergy New Orleans [Member]

Public Utilities, Approved Return on Equity, Percentage

9.65%

Public Utilities, Approved Equity Capital Structure, Percentage

52%

System Energy [Member] | Grand Gulf [Member] | Entergy Louisiana [Member]

Public Utilities, Approved Return on Equity, Percentage

9.65%

Public Utilities, Approved Equity Capital Structure, Percentage

52%

Entergy Louisiana [Member]

Regulatory Liability, Noncurrent

$ 1,791,992

1,791,992

1,407,689

Entergy New Orleans [Member]

Regulatory Liability, Noncurrent

262,063

262,063

90,434

Entergy Arkansas [Member]

Payments for Legal Settlements

$ 135,000

Regulatory Liability, Noncurrent

803,934

803,934

$ 759,181

Return on Equity and Capital Structure Complaints [Member] | System Energy [Member]

Earned return on equity

10.94%

Recommended adjustment to earned return on equity

9.32%

Estimated return on equity complaint refund

11,600

11,600

Return on equity complaint, estimated annual rate reduction

6,800

6,800

Return on Equity and Capital Structure Complaints [Member] | System Energy [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]

Return on equity for MISO transmission owners

9.98%

Return on Equity and Capital Structure Complaints [Member] | System Energy [Member] | Maximum [Member]

ALJ recommended equity capital structure, percentage

48.15%

Grand Gulf Sale-leaseback Renewal Complaint and Uncertain Tax Position Rate Base Issue [Member] | System Energy [Member]

Disallowance of future sale-leaseback renewal costs recovery

$ 11,500

Calculated refund of sale-leaseback renewal rental costs, including interest

$ 89,800

One-time accumulated deferred income tax credit

$ 25,200

Calculated net refund for excess depreciation expense

13,700

Payments for Legal Settlements

$ 103,500

Recalculated Payments for Legal Settlements

$ 35,700

Recalculated proceeds from legal settlements

67,800

Grand Gulf Sale-leaseback Renewal Complaint and Uncertain Tax Position Rate Base Issue [Member] | System Energy [Member] | Entergy Arkansas [Member]

Recalculated proceeds from legal settlements

27,300

Grand Gulf Sale-leaseback Renewal Complaint and Uncertain Tax Position Rate Base Issue [Member] | System Energy [Member] | Grand Gulf [Member]

Variable Interest Entity, Qualitative or Quantitative Information, Ownership Percentage

11.50%

Grand Gulf Sale-leaseback Renewal Complaint and Uncertain Tax Position Rate Base Issue [Member] | Entergy Louisiana [Member] | System Energy [Member]

Payments for Legal Settlements

18,200

Grand Gulf Sale-leaseback Renewal Complaint and Uncertain Tax Position Rate Base Issue [Member] | Entergy New Orleans [Member] | System Energy [Member]

Payments for Legal Settlements

22,300

Unit Power Sales Agreement Complaint [Member] | System Energy [Member]

Potential settlement refund

$ 18,000

FERC ALJ initial decision recommended refunds

31,500

31,500

Interest component of FERC ALJ initial decision recommended refunds

45,600

$ 45,600

FERC ALJ initial decision modification to cash working capital allowance

$ 36,400

System Energy Settlement with the APSC [Member] | System Energy [Member]

Regulatory liabilitity related to settlements and potential future refunds

$ 588,000

System Energy Settlement with the APSC [Member] | System Energy [Member] | Entergy Arkansas [Member]

Public Utilities, Approved Return on Equity, Percentage

9.65%

Public Utilities, Approved Equity Capital Structure, Percentage

52%

System Energy Settlement with the APSC [Member] | Entergy Arkansas [Member]

Cumulative proceeds from legal settlements

142,000

Proceeds from Legal Settlements

$ 49,500

System Energy Settlement with the City Council [Member] | System Energy [Member]

Regulatory liabilitity related to settlements and potential future refunds

588,000

System Energy Settlement with the City Council [Member] | System Energy [Member] | Entergy New Orleans [Member] | Unit Power Sales Agreement Complaint [Member]

Accounts Payable, Current

$ 98,000

System Energy Settlement with the City Council [Member] | Entergy New Orleans [Member]

Cumulative proceeds from legal settlements

$ 116,000

Proceeds from Legal Settlements

$ 18,000

System Energy Settlement with the City Council [Member] | Entergy Arkansas and Entergy Mississippi and Entergy New Orleans [Member] | Grand Gulf [Member]

Long-Term Contract for Purchase of Electric Power, Share of Plant Output Being Purchased

85%

System Energy Settlement with the LPSC | System Energy [Member]

Regulatory liabilitity related to settlements and potential future refunds

$ 588,000

System Energy Settlement with the LPSC | System Energy [Member] | Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Unit Power Sales Agreement Complaint [Member]

Accounts Payable, Current

$ 80,000

System Energy Settlement with the LPSC | Entergy Louisiana [Member]

Cumulative proceeds from legal settlements

$ 95,000

Proceeds from Legal Settlements

$ 15,000

Pension Costs Amendment Proceeding [Member] | System Energy [Member]

Public Utilities, Requested Rate Increase (Decrease), Amount

$ 8,900

Pension Costs Amendment Proceeding [Member] | System Energy [Member] | Maximum [Member]

FERC ALJ initial decision recommended refunds

19,000

$ 19,000

Pension Costs Amendment Proceeding [Member] | System Energy [Member] | Minimum [Member]

FERC ALJ initial decision recommended refunds

$ 15,000

$ 15,000

Equity (Narrative) (Details)

Equity (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions											3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Oct. 25, 2024	Sep. 25, 2024	Sep. 10, 2024	Aug. 26, 2024	Aug. 13, 2024	Jun. 27, 2024	May 30, 2024	May 15, 2024	Mar. 26, 2024	Mar. 11, 2024	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023	May 31, 2024	Apr. 30, 2024
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Treasury Stock Reissued													267,266
Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Declared											$ 1.13	$ 1.07	$ 3.39	$ 3.21
Forward Contracts [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount											1,742,868	468,302	1,582,454	468,302
Equity Distribution Program [Member]
Forward Contract Indexed to Equity, Settlement, Cash, Amount											$ 2,600		$ 2,600
Forward Sale Agreement, Aggregate Compensation to Forward Sellers		$ 0.6	$ 1.9	$ 2.1	$ 1.3	$ 1.1	$ 1.3	$ 1.4	$ 1.2	$ 0.3
Equity Distribution Sales Agreement, Maximum Aggregate Gross Sales Price											$ 3,000		$ 3,000		$ 3,000	$ 2,000
Equity Distribution Sales Agreement Increase in Aggregate Gross Sales Price															$ 1,000
Common Stock [Member] | Equity Distribution Program [Member]
Forward Contract Indexed to Equity, Settlement, Cash, Amount		$ 57.7	$ 186.3	$ 205.5	$ 130.4	$ 114.5	$ 134.4	$ 142.4	$ 119.2	$ 29.3
Forward Contract Indexed to Issuer's Equity, Forward Rate Per Share		$ 128.56	$ 120.25	$ 117.45	$ 114.93	$ 106.12	$ 107.93	$ 110.32	$ 101.74	$ 101.92
Forward Contract Indexed to Issuer's Equity, Indexed Shares		444,378	1,534,535	1,733,386	1,112,916	1,070,003	1,233,235	1,278,416	1,160,415	284,922
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues													0	0
Subsequent Event [Member]
Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Declared	$ 1.20

Equity (Schedule Of Earnings Pe

Equity (Schedule Of Earnings Per Share, Basic And Diluted) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended						9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024	Jun. 30, 2024	Mar. 31, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023	Jun. 30, 2023	Mar. 31, 2023	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic	214,012,467			211,459,244			213,592,637	211,420,117
Earnings Per Share, Basic	$ 3.01			$ 3.15			$ 3.60	$ 6.47
Average Dilutive Effect Of Equity Forwards Per Share	$ (0.01)			$ 0			$ (0.01)	$ 0
Incremental Common Shares Attributable to Dilutive Effect of Equity Forward Agreements	700,000			0			300,000	0
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted	215,694,209			212,238,117			214,736,950	212,195,735
Earnings Per Share, Diluted	$ 2.99			$ 3.14			$ 3.58	$ 6.45
Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	$ 645,754	$ 51,732	$ 76,536	$ 669,714	$ 392,014	$ 312,299	$ 774,022	$ 1,374,026
Preferred dividend requirements of subsidiaries and net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests	814			2,959			4,879	5,092
Net Income (Loss) Available to Common Stockholders, Basic	$ 644,940			$ 666,755			$ 769,143	$ 1,368,934
Employee Stock Option
Average Dilutive Effect Of Stock Options Per Share	$ 0			$ 0			$ 0	$ (0.01)
Incremental Common Shares Attributable to Dilutive Effect of Share-Based Payment Arrangements	300,000			200,000			300,000	300,000
Restricted Stock [Member]
Incremental Common Shares Attributable to Dilutive Effect of Share-Based Payment Arrangements	700,000			500,000			500,000	500,000
Average Dilutive Effect Of Restricted Stock Per Share	$ (0.01)			$ (0.01)			$ (0.01)	$ (0.01)
Employee Stock Option
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount	774,193			1,305,354			1,238,878	1,138,384
Forward Contracts [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount	1,742,868			468,302			1,582,454	468,302

Equity (Schedule of Accumulated

Equity (Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended						9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024	Jun. 30, 2024	Mar. 31, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023	Jun. 30, 2023	Mar. 31, 2023	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	$ 76,185						$ 76,185		$ (162,460)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	(4,176)	$ 246,489	$ (3,668)	$ (2,434)	$ (3,292)	$ 2,027	238,645	$ (3,699)
Accumulated Defined Benefit Plans Adjustment Attributable to Parent [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	76,185	80,361		(195,453)	(193,019)		76,185	(195,453)	(162,460)	$ (191,754)
Reclassification from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Current Period, Net of Tax	(4,176)			(2,434)			238,645	(3,699)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	(4,176)			(2,434)			238,645	(3,699)
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	48,727						48,727		54,798
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	(2,024)	(2,023)	$ (2,024)	(1,829)	(1,773)	$ (786)	(6,071)	(4,388)
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Accumulated Defined Benefit Plans Adjustment Attributable to Parent [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Line Items]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	48,727	$ 50,751		50,982	$ 52,811		48,727	50,982	$ 54,798	$ 55,370
Reclassification from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Current Period, Net of Tax	(2,024)			(1,829)			(6,071)	(4,388)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	$ (2,024)			$ (1,829)			$ (6,071)	$ (4,388)

Equity (Schedule of Reclassific

Equity (Schedule of Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended						9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2024	Jun. 30, 2024	Mar. 31, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023	Jun. 30, 2023	Mar. 31, 2023	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Other Nonoperating Income (Expense)		$ (66,932)			$ (18,018)			$ (460,226)	$ (121,014)
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)	$ (9,000)	(215,475)			(226,997)			(270,103)	(282,818)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Defined Benefit Plan, Gain (Loss), Reclassification Adjustment from AOCI, after Tax		4,176			2,434			(238,645)	3,699
Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest		645,754	$ 51,732	$ 76,536	669,714	$ 392,014	$ 312,299	774,022	1,374,026
Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Member]
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Reclassification from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Current Period, Net of Tax		4,176			2,434			(238,645)	3,699
Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Member] | Net Periodic Pension And Other Postretirement Benefit Costs [Member]
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Amortization of Prior Service Cost (Credit)		3,473			3,396			10,419	10,191
Defined Benefit Plan, Amortization of Gain (Loss)		2,130			1,700			5,167	4,994
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Gain (Loss) Due to Settlement		0			(1,919)			(316,974)	(10,408)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Defined Benefit Plan, Gain (Loss), Reclassification Adjustment from AOCI, before Tax		5,603			3,177			(301,388)	4,777
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Defined Benefit Plan, Gain (Loss), Reclassification Adjustment from AOCI, Tax		1,427			743			(62,743)	1,078
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Defined Benefit Plan, Gain (Loss), Reclassification Adjustment from AOCI, after Tax		4,176			2,434			(238,645)	3,699
Accumulated Defined Benefit Plans Adjustment Attributable to Parent [Member]
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Reclassification from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Current Period, Net of Tax		4,176			2,434			(238,645)	3,699
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Other Nonoperating Income (Expense)		(38,689)			(6,411)			(106,510)	(97,079)
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)		(102,303)			(103,889)			(161,977)	(61,621)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Defined Benefit Plan, Gain (Loss), Reclassification Adjustment from AOCI, after Tax		2,024			1,829			6,071	4,388
Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest		349,795	$ 131,114	$ 182,723	359,307	$ 263,260	$ 244,024	663,632	866,591
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Member] | Net Periodic Pension And Other Postretirement Benefit Costs [Member]
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Amortization of Prior Service Cost (Credit)		1,136			951			3,408	2,853
Defined Benefit Plan, Amortization of Gain (Loss)		1,634			1,574			4,900	4,703
Defined Benefit Plan, Accumulated Benefit Obligation, (Increase) Decrease for Settlement and Curtailment		0			(22)			0	(1,551)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Defined Benefit Plan, Gain (Loss), Reclassification Adjustment from AOCI, before Tax		2,770			2,503			8,308	6,005
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Defined Benefit Plan, Gain (Loss), Reclassification Adjustment from AOCI, Tax		746			674			2,237	1,617
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Defined Benefit Plan, Gain (Loss), Reclassification Adjustment from AOCI, after Tax		2,024			1,829			6,071	4,388
Reclassification from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Current Period, Net of Tax		2,024			1,829			6,071	4,388
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Accumulated Defined Benefit Plans Adjustment Attributable to Parent [Member]
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Reclassification from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Current Period, Net of Tax		$ 2,024			$ 1,829			$ 6,071	$ 4,388

Revolving Credit Facilities, _3

Revolving Credit Facilities, Lines Of Credit, Short-Term Borrowings, And Long-Term Debt (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended						4 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2029	Aug. 31, 2024	Jun. 30, 2024	May 31, 2024	Apr. 30, 2024	Mar. 31, 2024	Oct. 31, 2024	Sep. 30, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount								$ 2	$ 2
Junior subordinated debentures due December 2054
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from Issuance of Debt				$ 1,200
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				7.125%
Commercial Paper [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate								5.64%
Commercial Paper program limit								$ 2,000
Commercial Paper								1,122.4
Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Authorized Short Term Borrowings								250
Entergy Arkansas [Member] | 5.45% Series mortgage bonds due June 2034
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from Issuance of Debt				$ 400
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				5.45%
Entergy Arkansas [Member] | 5.75% Series mortgage bonds due June 2054
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from Issuance of Debt				$ 400
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				5.75%
Entergy Arkansas [Member] | 3.70% Series mortgage bonds due June 2024
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage			3.70%
Repayments of Debt			$ 375
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Authorized Short Term Borrowings								450
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Mortgage Bonds 5.35% Series due March 2034 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from Issuance of Debt						$ 500
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage						5.35%
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Mortgage Bonds 5.70% Series due March 2054 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from Issuance of Debt						$ 700
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage						5.70%
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Mortgage Bonds 5.40% Series due November 2024 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage					5.40%
Repayments of Debt					$ 400
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Mortgage Bonds 0.95% Series due October 2024 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage		0.95%
Repayments of Debt		$ 1,000
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | 5.15% Series mortgage bonds due September 2034
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from Issuance of Debt		$ 700
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage		5.15%
Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Authorized Short Term Borrowings								200
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | 5.85% Series mortgage bonds due June 2054
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from Issuance of Debt				$ 300
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				5.85%
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | 3.75% Series mortgage bonds due July 2024
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage			3.75%
Repayments of Debt			$ 100
Entergy Texas [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Authorized Short Term Borrowings								200
Entergy Texas [Member] | 5.55% Series mortgage bonds due September 2054
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from Issuance of Debt		$ 350
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage		5.55%
System Energy [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Authorized Short Term Borrowings								200
Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Authorized Short Term Borrowings								$ 150
Entergy New Orleans [Member] | Total amount of mortgage bonds to be issued under bond purchase agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount					$ 150
Entergy New Orleans [Member] | Mortgage Bonds 6.25% Series due June 2029 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from Issuance of Debt				$ 35
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				6.25%
Entergy New Orleans [Member] | Mortgage Bonds 6.41% Series due June 2031 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from Issuance of Debt				$ 65
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				6.41%
Entergy New Orleans [Member] | Mortgage Bonds 6.54% Series due June 2034 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from Issuance of Debt				$ 50
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				6.54%
Entergy New Orleans [Member] | 6.25% Unsecured Term Loan due June 2024 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayments of Debt			$ 85
System Energy VIE [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Unused Capacity, Commitment Fee Percentage								0.10%
Entergy Arkansas VIE [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Unused Capacity, Commitment Fee Percentage								0.10%
Entergy Louisiana Waterford VIE [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Unused Capacity, Commitment Fee Percentage								0.10%
Entergy Louisiana River Bend VIE [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Unused Capacity, Commitment Fee Percentage								0.10%
Maximum [Member] | Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage								0.375%
Ratio of Indebtedness to Net Capital								0.65
Consolidated debt ratio of lessees total capitalization								70%
Maximum [Member] | Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage								0.375%
Ratio of Indebtedness to Net Capital								0.65
Consolidated debt ratio of lessees total capitalization								70%
Maximum [Member] | Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage								0.375%
Ratio of Indebtedness to Net Capital								0.65
Maximum [Member] | Entergy Texas [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage								0.375%
Ratio of Indebtedness to Net Capital								0.65
Maximum [Member] | System Energy [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Ratio of Indebtedness to Net Capital								0.65
Consolidated debt ratio of lessees total capitalization								70%
Maximum [Member] | Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage								0.375%
Ratio of Indebtedness to Net Capital								0.65
Minimum [Member] | Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage								0.075%
Minimum [Member] | Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage								0.075%
Minimum [Member] | Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage								0.075%
Minimum [Member] | Entergy Texas [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage								0.075%
Minimum [Member] | Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage								0.075%
Subsequent Event [Member] | Junior subordinated debentures due December 2054
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Basis for Effective Rate	2.67
Subsequent Event [Member] | Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Mortgage Bonds 0.95% Series due October 2024 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage							0.95%
Repayments of Debt							$ 1,000
Credit Facility of $139 Million [Member] | Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity								$ 139
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage								0.20%
Long-Term Line of Credit								$ 139
Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate								6.93%
Credit Facility of $3 Billion
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity								$ 3,000
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount								$ 4
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage								0.225%
Long-Term Line of Credit								$ 0
Line of Credit Facility, Remaining Borrowing Capacity								2,996
Amount of total borrowing capacity against which fronting commitments exist for the issuance of letters of credit								$ 20
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate at Period End								6.45%
Credit Facility of $3 Billion | Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Ratio of Indebtedness to Net Capital								0.65

Revolving Credit Facilities, _4

Revolving Credit Facilities, Lines Of Credit, Short-Term Borrowings, And Long-Term Debt (Schedule of Line of Credit Facilities) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	$ 2	$ 2
Credit Facility of $3 Billion
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	3,000
Long-Term Line of Credit	0
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	$ 4
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate at Period End	6.45%
Amount of total borrowing capacity against which fronting commitments exist for the issuance of letters of credit	$ 20
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage	0.225%
Line of Credit Facility, Remaining Borrowing Capacity	$ 2,996
Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Credit Facility of $25 Million [Member]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	25
Long-Term Line of Credit	0
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	$ 0
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate at Period End	6.80%
Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Credit Facility of $300 Million
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	$ 300
Long-Term Line of Credit	0
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	$ 0
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate at Period End	6.07%
Amount of total borrowing capacity against which fronting commitments exist for the issuance of letters of credit	$ 5
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Credit Facility of $400 Million
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	400
Long-Term Line of Credit	0
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	$ 0
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate at Period End	6.20%
Amount of total borrowing capacity against which fronting commitments exist for the issuance of letters of credit	$ 15
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Credit Facility of $300 Million
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	300
Long-Term Line of Credit	0
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	$ 0
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate at Period End	6.07%
Amount of total borrowing capacity against which fronting commitments exist for the issuance of letters of credit	$ 5
Entergy New Orleans [Member] | Credit Facility of $25 Million [Member]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	25
Long-Term Line of Credit	0
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	$ 0
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate at Period End	6.57%
Amount of total borrowing capacity against which fronting commitments exist for the issuance of letters of credit	$ 10
Entergy Texas [Member] | Credit Facility of $300 Million
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	300
Long-Term Line of Credit	0
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	$ 1.1
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate at Period End	6.20%
Amount of total borrowing capacity against which fronting commitments exist for the issuance of letters of credit	$ 30
Maximum [Member] | Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage	0.375%
Maximum [Member] | Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage	0.375%
Maximum [Member] | Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage	0.375%
Maximum [Member] | Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage	0.375%
Maximum [Member] | Entergy Texas [Member]
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage	0.375%
Minimum [Member] | Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage	0.075%
Minimum [Member] | Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage	0.075%
Minimum [Member] | Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage	0.075%
Minimum [Member] | Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage	0.075%
Minimum [Member] | Entergy Texas [Member]
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage	0.075%

Revolving Credit Facilities, _5

Revolving Credit Facilities, Lines Of Credit, Short-Term Borrowings, And Long-Term Debt (Schedule of uncommitted standby letter of credit facilities) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	$ 2	$ 2
Credit Facility of $25 Million [Member] | Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	25
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	0
Credit Facility of $25 Million [Member] | Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	25
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	0
Uncommitted Credit Facility of $25 Million [Member] | Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	$ 25
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage	0.78%
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	$ 11.9
Uncommitted Credit Facility of $125 Million [Member] | Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	$ 125
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage	0.78%
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	$ 19.7
Uncommitted Credit Facility of $65 Million [Member] | Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	$ 65
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage	0.78%
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	$ 33.1
Uncommitted Credit Facility of $65 Million [Member] | Entergy Mississippi [Member] | MISO [Member]
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	31.8
Uncommitted Credit Facility of $65 Million [Member] | Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Non-MISO [Member]
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	1.3
Uncommitted Credit Facility of $15 Million [Member] | Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	$ 15
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage	1.625%
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	$ 0.5
Uncommitted Credit Facility of $80 Million [Member] | Entergy Texas [Member]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	$ 150
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage	1.25%
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	$ 86.4
Minimum [Member] | Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage	0.075%
Minimum [Member] | Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage	0.075%
Minimum [Member] | Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage	0.075%
Minimum [Member] | Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage	0.075%
Minimum [Member] | Entergy Texas [Member]
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage	0.075%
Maximum [Member] | Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage	0.375%
Maximum [Member] | Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage	0.375%
Maximum [Member] | Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage	0.375%
Maximum [Member] | Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage	0.375%
Maximum [Member] | Entergy Texas [Member]
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage	0.375%

Revolving Credit Facilities, _6

Revolving Credit Facilities, Lines Of Credit, Short-Term Borrowings, And Long-Term Debt (Schedule of Short-Term Debt) (Details) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($)
Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Short Term Borrowings And The Outstanding Short Term Borrowings Abstract
Authorized Short Term Borrowings	$ 250
Short term borrowings, outstanding	0
Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Credit Facility of $300 Million
Short Term Borrowings And The Outstanding Short Term Borrowings Abstract
Amount of total borrowing capacity against which fronting commitments exist for the issuance of letters of credit	5
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Short Term Borrowings And The Outstanding Short Term Borrowings Abstract
Authorized Short Term Borrowings	450
Short term borrowings, outstanding	0
Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Short Term Borrowings And The Outstanding Short Term Borrowings Abstract
Authorized Short Term Borrowings	200
Short term borrowings, outstanding	0
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Credit Facility of $300 Million
Short Term Borrowings And The Outstanding Short Term Borrowings Abstract
Amount of total borrowing capacity against which fronting commitments exist for the issuance of letters of credit	5
Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Short Term Borrowings And The Outstanding Short Term Borrowings Abstract
Authorized Short Term Borrowings	150
Short term borrowings, outstanding	0
Entergy Texas [Member]
Short Term Borrowings And The Outstanding Short Term Borrowings Abstract
Authorized Short Term Borrowings	200
Short term borrowings, outstanding	0
Entergy Texas [Member] | Credit Facility of $300 Million
Short Term Borrowings And The Outstanding Short Term Borrowings Abstract
Amount of total borrowing capacity against which fronting commitments exist for the issuance of letters of credit	30
System Energy [Member]
Short Term Borrowings And The Outstanding Short Term Borrowings Abstract
Authorized Short Term Borrowings	200
Short term borrowings, outstanding	$ 0

Revolving Credit Facilities, _7

Revolving Credit Facilities, Lines Of Credit, Short-Term Borrowings, And Long-Term Debt (Schedule of nuclear fuel company VIE credit facilities) (Details) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($)
Entergy Arkansas VIE [Member]
Schedule of nuclear fuel company VIE credit facilities [Abstract]
Line of Credit Facility, Unused Capacity, Commitment Fee Percentage	0.10%
Entergy Arkansas VIE [Member] | Credit Facility of $80 Million [Member]
Schedule of nuclear fuel company VIE credit facilities [Abstract]
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity	$ 80
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate During Period	6.43%
Long-Term Line of Credit	$ 38.5
System Energy VIE [Member]
Schedule of nuclear fuel company VIE credit facilities [Abstract]
Line of Credit Facility, Unused Capacity, Commitment Fee Percentage	0.10%
System Energy VIE [Member] | Credit Facility of $120 Million [Member]
Schedule of nuclear fuel company VIE credit facilities [Abstract]
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity	$ 120
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate During Period	6.42%
Long-Term Line of Credit	$ 90
Entergy Louisiana River Bend VIE [Member]
Schedule of nuclear fuel company VIE credit facilities [Abstract]
Line of Credit Facility, Unused Capacity, Commitment Fee Percentage	0.10%
Entergy Louisiana River Bend VIE [Member] | Credit Facility of $105 Million [Member]
Schedule of nuclear fuel company VIE credit facilities [Abstract]
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity	$ 105
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate During Period	6.43%
Long-Term Line of Credit	$ 21.7
Entergy Louisiana Waterford VIE [Member]
Schedule of nuclear fuel company VIE credit facilities [Abstract]
Line of Credit Facility, Unused Capacity, Commitment Fee Percentage	0.10%
Entergy Louisiana Waterford VIE [Member] | Credit Facility of $105 Million [Member]
Schedule of nuclear fuel company VIE credit facilities [Abstract]
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity	$ 105
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate During Period	6.42%
Long-Term Line of Credit	$ 26.8

Revolving Credit Facilities, _8

Revolving Credit Facilities, Lines Of Credit, Short-Term Borrowings, And Long-Term Debt (Schedule of nuclear fuel company VIE notes payable) (Details) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($)
VIE Notes Payable, 5.54% Series O due May 2029 [Member] | Entergy Arkansas VIE [Member]
Notes Payable, Noncurrent [Abstract]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	5.54%
Notes Payable, Noncurrent	$ 70
VIE Notes Payable, 1.84% Series N due July 2026 [Member] | Entergy Arkansas VIE [Member]
Notes Payable, Noncurrent [Abstract]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	1.84%
Notes Payable, Noncurrent	$ 90
VIE Notes Payable, 2.51% Series V Due June 2027 [Member] | Entergy Louisiana River Bend VIE [Member]
Notes Payable, Noncurrent [Abstract]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	2.51%
Notes Payable, Noncurrent	$ 70
VIE Notes Payable, 5.94% Series J due September 2026 [Member] | Entergy Louisiana Waterford VIE [Member]
Notes Payable, Noncurrent [Abstract]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	5.94%
Notes Payable, Noncurrent	$ 70
VIE Notes Payable, 2.05% Series K due September 2027 [Member] | System Energy VIE [Member]
Notes Payable, Noncurrent [Abstract]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	2.05%
Notes Payable, Noncurrent	$ 90

Revolving Credit Facilities, _9

Revolving Credit Facilities, Lines Of Credit, Short-Term Borrowings, And Long-Term Debt (Schedule of Long-Term Debt Instruments) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Long-Term Debt, Fair Value	$ 26,113,062	$ 22,489,174
Long-Term Debt	27,880,440	25,107,896
Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Long-Term Debt, Fair Value	4,785,447	4,166,941
Long-Term Debt	5,135,751	4,673,080
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Long-Term Debt, Fair Value	9,185,690	8,414,512
Long-Term Debt	9,876,127	9,420,689
Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Long-Term Debt, Fair Value	2,215,355	1,969,334
Long-Term Debt	2,426,893	2,229,510
Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Long-Term Debt, Fair Value	712,343	602,716
Long-Term Debt	736,611	677,450
Entergy Texas [Member]
Long-Term Debt, Fair Value	3,356,778	2,936,130
Long-Term Debt	3,561,402	3,225,092
System Energy [Member]
Long-Term Debt, Fair Value	794,618	696,168
Long-Term Debt	$ 809,585	$ 738,459

Stock Based Compensation (Narra

Stock Based Compensation (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)		1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Jan. 25, 2024	Jan. 31, 2024	Sep. 30, 2024
Employee Stock Option | 2019 Omnibus Incentive Plan [Member]
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Net of Forfeitures		352,199
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value		$ 18.61
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Number			1,996,989
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Weighted Average Exercise Price			$ 106.73
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Options, Vested and Expected to Vest, Outstanding, Aggregate Intrinsic Value			$ 49,700,000
Restricted Stock [Member] | 2019 Omnibus Incentive Plan [Member]
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Net of Forfeitures	409,947
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	$ 99.08
Long Term Performance Unit [Member] | 2019 Omnibus Incentive Plan [Member]
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Net of Forfeitures	158,176
Percent of performance measure based on relative total shareholder return	80%		80%
Percent of performance measure based on environmental achievement measure	20%		20%
Long Term Performance Unit [Member] | Performance measure based on relative total shareholder return [Member]
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	$ 124.65
Long Term Performance Unit [Member] | Performance measure based on the environmental achievement measure [Member]
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	$ 99.08

Stock-Based Compensation (Sched

Stock-Based Compensation (Schedule of Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Expensed and Capitalized, Amount) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023
Employee Stock Option
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Additional Disclosure [Abstract]
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Expense	$ 0.8	$ 1.1	$ 3	$ 3.2
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Expense, Tax Benefit	0.2	0.3	0.8	0.9
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Amount Capitalized	0.4	0.5	1.4	1.6
Other Equity Awards [Member]
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Additional Disclosure [Abstract]
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Expense	9.6	9.3	29.3	27.1
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Expense, Tax Benefit	2.4	2.4	7.4	7
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Amount Capitalized	$ 4.6	$ 4.2	$ 13.7	$ 11.8

Retirement And Other Postreti_3

Retirement And Other Postretirement Benefits (Narrative) (Details) - Pension Plan [Member]	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2024 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2024 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($)
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Contributions by Employer					$ 164,300,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Employer Contributions, Next Fiscal Year		$ 270,000,000			270,000,000
Qualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit)		17,754,000		$ 29,495,000	370,828,000	$ 225,716,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Gain (Loss) Due to Settlement		0		(6,914,000)	(325,253,000)	(152,588,000)
Nonqualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit)		2,700,000		21,800,000	8,200,000	39,800,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Gain (Loss) Due to Settlement		0		18,000,000	0	27,300,000
Group annuity contract purchase | Qualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Defined Benefit Plan, Benefit Obligation, (Increase) Decrease for Settlement	$ 1,157,000,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Gain (Loss) Due to Settlement			$ 325,000,000
Group annuity contract population	3,400
Corporate Segment and Other Operating Segment [Member] | Group annuity contract purchase | Qualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Gain (Loss) Due to Settlement			317,000,000
Utility [Member] | Group annuity contract purchase | Qualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Gain (Loss) Due to Settlement			$ 8,000,000
Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Contributions by Employer					33,560,000
Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Qualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit)		4,908,000		6,736,000	14,723,000	45,079,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Gain (Loss) Due to Settlement				(558,000)	0	(24,516,000)
Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Nonqualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit)		68,000		63,000	204,000	575,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Gain (Loss) Due to Settlement		0		0	0	379,000
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Contributions by Employer					29,375,000
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Qualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit)		2,667,000		7,488,000	8,001,000	60,477,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Gain (Loss) Due to Settlement				(561,000)	0	(38,791,000)
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Nonqualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit)		51,000		24,000	153,000	76,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Gain (Loss) Due to Settlement		0		0	0	0
Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Contributions by Employer					9,820,000
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Qualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit)		834,000		2,288,000	2,498,000	18,596,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Gain (Loss) Due to Settlement				(345,000)	0	(12,088,000)
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Nonqualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit)		83,000		85,000	249,000	724,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Gain (Loss) Due to Settlement		0		0	0	453,000
Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Contributions by Employer					2,643,000
Entergy New Orleans [Member] | Qualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit)		279,000		657,000	830,000	3,139,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Gain (Loss) Due to Settlement				(248,000)	0	(1,948,000)
Entergy New Orleans [Member] | Nonqualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit)		31,000		33,000	93,000	99,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Gain (Loss) Due to Settlement		0		0	0	0
Entergy Texas [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Contributions by Employer					4,782,000
Entergy Texas [Member] | Qualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit)		111,000		1,705,000	328,000	14,450,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Gain (Loss) Due to Settlement				(632,000)	0	(10,902,000)
Entergy Texas [Member] | Nonqualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit)		62,000		63,000	186,000	190,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Gain (Loss) Due to Settlement		0		0	0	0
System Energy [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Contributions by Employer					9,994,000
System Energy [Member] | Qualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit)		$ 1,308,000		1,889,000	4,509,000	10,750,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Gain (Loss) Due to Settlement				$ (228,000)	$ (611,000)	$ (5,518,000)
Subsequent Event [Member] | Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Employer Contributions, Remainder of Fiscal Year							$ 21,552,000
Subsequent Event [Member] | Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Employer Contributions, Remainder of Fiscal Year							19,026,000
Subsequent Event [Member] | Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Employer Contributions, Remainder of Fiscal Year							5,160,000
Subsequent Event [Member] | Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Employer Contributions, Remainder of Fiscal Year							2,288,000
Subsequent Event [Member] | Entergy Texas [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Employer Contributions, Remainder of Fiscal Year							3,490,000
Subsequent Event [Member] | System Energy [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Employer Contributions, Remainder of Fiscal Year							$ 6,656,000

Retirement And Other Postreti_4

Retirement And Other Postretirement Benefits (Schedule of Net Benefit Costs) (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023
Pension Plan [Member] | Qualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Service Cost	$ 23,358,000	$ 25,302,000	$ 70,104,000	$ 76,346,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Interest Cost	56,631,000	73,850,000	193,218,000	223,584,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Return (Loss) on Plan Assets	(76,557,000)	(96,775,000)	(262,043,000)	(290,660,000)
Defined Benefit Plan, Amortization of Gain (Loss)	14,322,000	20,204,000	44,296,000	63,858,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Gain (Loss) Due to Settlement	0	(6,914,000)	(325,253,000)	(152,588,000)
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Total	17,754,000	29,495,000	370,828,000	225,716,000
Pension Plan [Member] | Nonqualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Gain (Loss) Due to Settlement	0	18,000,000	0	27,300,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Total	2,700,000	21,800,000	8,200,000	39,800,000
Pension Plan [Member] | Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Qualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Service Cost	4,101,000	4,566,000	12,300,000	13,976,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Interest Cost	13,218,000	13,813,000	39,652,000	42,010,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Return (Loss) on Plan Assets	(18,156,000)	(17,639,000)	(54,466,000)	(53,593,000)
Defined Benefit Plan, Amortization of Gain (Loss)	5,745,000	5,438,000	17,237,000	18,170,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Gain (Loss) Due to Settlement		(558,000)	0	(24,516,000)
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Total	4,908,000	6,736,000	14,723,000	45,079,000
Pension Plan [Member] | Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Nonqualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Gain (Loss) Due to Settlement	0	0	0	379,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Total	68,000	63,000	204,000	575,000
Pension Plan [Member] | Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Qualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Service Cost	5,550,000	6,175,000	16,652,000	18,654,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Interest Cost	13,962,000	14,896,000	41,884,000	45,219,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Return (Loss) on Plan Assets	(19,446,000)	(18,892,000)	(58,340,000)	(56,891,000)
Defined Benefit Plan, Amortization of Gain (Loss)	2,601,000	4,748,000	7,805,000	14,704,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Gain (Loss) Due to Settlement		(561,000)	0	(38,791,000)
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Total	2,667,000	7,488,000	8,001,000	60,477,000
Pension Plan [Member] | Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Nonqualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Gain (Loss) Due to Settlement	0	0	0	0
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Total	51,000	24,000	153,000	76,000
Pension Plan [Member] | Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Qualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Service Cost	1,284,000	1,431,000	3,852,000	4,369,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Interest Cost	3,522,000	3,797,000	10,564,000	11,551,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Return (Loss) on Plan Assets	(5,112,000)	(4,830,000)	(15,338,000)	(14,349,000)
Defined Benefit Plan, Amortization of Gain (Loss)	1,140,000	1,545,000	3,420,000	4,937,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Gain (Loss) Due to Settlement		(345,000)	0	(12,088,000)
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Total	834,000	2,288,000	2,498,000	18,596,000
Pension Plan [Member] | Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Nonqualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Gain (Loss) Due to Settlement	0	0	0	453,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Total	83,000	85,000	249,000	724,000
Pension Plan [Member] | Entergy New Orleans [Member] | Qualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Service Cost	441,000	492,000	1,321,000	1,470,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Interest Cost	1,569,000	1,667,000	4,707,000	5,051,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Return (Loss) on Plan Assets	(2,202,000)	(2,206,000)	(6,609,000)	(6,783,000)
Defined Benefit Plan, Amortization of Gain (Loss)	471,000	456,000	1,411,000	1,453,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Gain (Loss) Due to Settlement		(248,000)	0	(1,948,000)
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Total	279,000	657,000	830,000	3,139,000
Pension Plan [Member] | Entergy New Orleans [Member] | Nonqualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Gain (Loss) Due to Settlement	0	0	0	0
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Total	31,000	33,000	93,000	99,000
Pension Plan [Member] | Entergy Texas [Member] | Qualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Service Cost	963,000	1,074,000	2,886,000	3,271,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Interest Cost	2,832,000	3,138,000	8,494,000	9,542,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Return (Loss) on Plan Assets	(4,077,000)	(4,147,000)	(12,231,000)	(12,322,000)
Defined Benefit Plan, Amortization of Gain (Loss)	393,000	1,008,000	1,179,000	3,057,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Gain (Loss) Due to Settlement		(632,000)	0	(10,902,000)
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Total	111,000	1,705,000	328,000	14,450,000
Pension Plan [Member] | Entergy Texas [Member] | Nonqualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Gain (Loss) Due to Settlement	0	0	0	0
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Total	62,000	63,000	186,000	190,000
Pension Plan [Member] | System Energy [Member] | Qualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Service Cost	1,380,000	1,430,000	4,147,000	4,342,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Interest Cost	3,375,000	3,419,000	10,152,000	10,382,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Return (Loss) on Plan Assets	(4,602,000)	(4,392,000)	(13,883,000)	(13,431,000)
Defined Benefit Plan, Amortization of Gain (Loss)	1,155,000	1,204,000	3,482,000	3,939,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Gain (Loss) Due to Settlement		(228,000)	(611,000)	(5,518,000)
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Total	1,308,000	1,889,000	4,509,000	10,750,000
Other Postretirement Benefits Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Service Cost	3,126,000	3,664,000	9,378,000	10,992,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Interest Cost	9,852,000	10,568,000	29,556,000	31,704,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Return (Loss) on Plan Assets	(10,569,000)	(9,183,000)	(31,707,000)	(27,549,000)
Defined Benefit Plan, Amortization of Prior Service Cost (Credit)	(5,720,000)	(5,640,000)	(17,160,000)	(16,920,000)
Defined Benefit Plan, Amortization of Gain (Loss)	(2,761,000)	(2,862,000)	(8,283,000)	(8,586,000)
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Total	(6,072,000)	(3,453,000)	(18,216,000)	(10,359,000)
Other Postretirement Benefits Plan [Member] | Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Service Cost	642,000	741,000	1,926,000	2,223,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Interest Cost	1,833,000	2,001,000	5,499,000	6,003,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Return (Loss) on Plan Assets	(4,384,000)	(3,778,000)	(13,152,000)	(11,334,000)
Defined Benefit Plan, Amortization of Prior Service Cost (Credit)	524,000	524,000	1,572,000	1,572,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Amortization of Gain (Loss)	0	43,000	0	129,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Total	(1,385,000)	(469,000)	(4,155,000)	(1,407,000)
Other Postretirement Benefits Plan [Member] | Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Service Cost	700,000	845,000	2,100,000	2,535,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Interest Cost	1,999,000	2,233,000	5,997,000	6,699,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Return (Loss) on Plan Assets	0	0	0	0
Defined Benefit Plan, Amortization of Prior Service Cost (Credit)	(1,136,000)	(951,000)	(3,408,000)	(2,853,000)
Defined Benefit Plan, Amortization of Gain (Loss)	(1,738,000)	(1,764,000)	(5,214,000)	(5,292,000)
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Total	(175,000)	363,000	(525,000)	1,089,000
Other Postretirement Benefits Plan [Member] | Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Service Cost	184,000	220,000	552,000	660,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Interest Cost	486,000	543,000	1,458,000	1,629,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Return (Loss) on Plan Assets	(1,372,000)	(1,179,000)	(4,116,000)	(3,537,000)
Defined Benefit Plan, Amortization of Prior Service Cost (Credit)	(239,000)	(239,000)	(717,000)	(717,000)
Defined Benefit Plan, Amortization of Gain (Loss)	15,000	21,000	45,000	63,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Total	(926,000)	(634,000)	(2,778,000)	(1,902,000)
Other Postretirement Benefits Plan [Member] | Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Service Cost	51,000	59,000	153,000	177,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Interest Cost	253,000	290,000	759,000	870,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Return (Loss) on Plan Assets	(1,479,000)	(1,316,000)	(4,437,000)	(3,948,000)
Defined Benefit Plan, Amortization of Prior Service Cost (Credit)	(229,000)	(229,000)	(687,000)	(687,000)
Defined Benefit Plan, Amortization of Gain (Loss)	19,000	117,000	57,000	351,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Total	(1,385,000)	(1,079,000)	(4,155,000)	(3,237,000)
Other Postretirement Benefits Plan [Member] | Entergy Texas [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Service Cost	168,000	202,000	504,000	606,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Interest Cost	603,000	649,000	1,809,000	1,947,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Return (Loss) on Plan Assets	(2,539,000)	(2,194,000)	(7,617,000)	(6,582,000)
Defined Benefit Plan, Amortization of Prior Service Cost (Credit)	(1,093,000)	(1,093,000)	(3,279,000)	(3,279,000)
Defined Benefit Plan, Amortization of Gain (Loss)	148,000	229,000	444,000	687,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Total	(2,713,000)	(2,207,000)	(8,139,000)	(6,621,000)
Other Postretirement Benefits Plan [Member] | System Energy [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Service Cost	175,000	189,000	525,000	567,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Interest Cost	398,000	432,000	1,194,000	1,296,000
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Return (Loss) on Plan Assets	(728,000)	(634,000)	(2,184,000)	(1,902,000)
Defined Benefit Plan, Amortization of Prior Service Cost (Credit)	(73,000)	(73,000)	(219,000)	(219,000)
Defined Benefit Plan, Amortization of Gain (Loss)	0	0	0	0
Defined Benefit Plan, Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Credit), Total	$ (228,000)	$ (86,000)	$ (684,000)	$ (258,000)

Retirement And Other Postreti_5

Retirement And Other Postretirement Benefits (Schedule of reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Amortization of Prior Service Cost Credit, Before Tax	$ 3,473	$ 3,396	$ 10,419	$ 10,191
Amortization of Gains (Losses), Before Tax	2,130	1,700	5,167	4,994
Pension and Other Postretirement Costs, Reclassification Out Of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Before Tax	5,603	3,177	(301,388)	4,777
Recognized Net Gain (Loss) Due To Settlements, Before Tax		(1,919)	(316,974)	(10,408)
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Amortization of Prior Service Cost Credit, Before Tax	1,136	951	3,408	2,853
Amortization of Gains (Losses), Before Tax	1,634	1,574	4,900	4,703
Pension and Other Postretirement Costs, Reclassification Out Of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Before Tax	2,770	2,503	8,308	6,005
Recognized Net Gain (Loss) Due To Settlements, Before Tax		(22)		(1,551)
Pension Plan [Member] | Qualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Amortization of Prior Service Cost Credit, Before Tax	0	0	0	0
Amortization of Gains (Losses), Before Tax	(405)	(1,064)	(2,438)	(3,208)
Pension and Other Postretirement Costs, Reclassification Out Of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Before Tax	(405)	(1,554)	(319,412)	(10,654)
Recognized Net Gain (Loss) Due To Settlements, Before Tax		(490)	(316,974)	(7,446)
Pension Plan [Member] | Nonqualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Amortization of Prior Service Cost Credit, Before Tax	(40)	(113)	(120)	(338)
Amortization of Gains (Losses), Before Tax	(80)	(134)	(240)	(491)
Pension and Other Postretirement Costs, Reclassification Out Of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Before Tax	(120)	(1,676)	(360)	(3,791)
Recognized Net Gain (Loss) Due To Settlements, Before Tax		(1,429)	0	(2,962)
Pension Plan [Member] | Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Qualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Amortization of Prior Service Cost Credit, Before Tax	0	0	0	0
Amortization of Gains (Losses), Before Tax	(104)	(190)	(312)	(588)
Pension and Other Postretirement Costs, Reclassification Out Of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Before Tax	(104)	(212)	(312)	(2,139)
Recognized Net Gain (Loss) Due To Settlements, Before Tax		(22)		(1,551)
Pension Plan [Member] | Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Nonqualified Plan
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Amortization of Prior Service Cost Credit, Before Tax	0	0	0	0
Amortization of Gains (Losses), Before Tax	0	0	(2)	(1)
Pension and Other Postretirement Costs, Reclassification Out Of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Before Tax	0	0	(2)	(1)
Recognized Net Gain (Loss) Due To Settlements, Before Tax		0		0
Other Postretirement Benefits Plan [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Amortization of Prior Service Cost Credit, Before Tax	3,513	3,509	10,539	10,529
Amortization of Gains (Losses), Before Tax	2,615	2,898	7,845	8,693
Pension and Other Postretirement Costs, Reclassification Out Of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Before Tax	6,128	6,407	18,384	19,222
Recognized Net Gain (Loss) Due To Settlements, Before Tax		0	0	0
Other Postretirement Benefits Plan [Member] | Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Amortization of Prior Service Cost Credit, Before Tax	1,136	951	3,408	2,853
Amortization of Gains (Losses), Before Tax	1,738	1,764	5,214	5,292
Pension and Other Postretirement Costs, Reclassification Out Of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Before Tax	$ 2,874	2,715	$ 8,622	8,145
Recognized Net Gain (Loss) Due To Settlements, Before Tax		$ 0		$ 0

Retirement And Other Postreti_6

Retirement And Other Postretirement Benefits (Schedule of Expected Benefit Payments) (Details) - Pension Plan [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024	Dec. 31, 2024
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Contributions by Employer	$ 164,300
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Employer Contributions, Current Fiscal Year	48,401
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Contributions by Employer	29,375
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Employer Contributions, Remainder of Fiscal Year		$ 19,026
Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Employer Contributions, Current Fiscal Year	14,980
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Contributions by Employer	9,820
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Employer Contributions, Remainder of Fiscal Year		5,160
Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Employer Contributions, Current Fiscal Year	4,931
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Contributions by Employer	2,643
Entergy New Orleans [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Employer Contributions, Remainder of Fiscal Year		2,288
Entergy Texas [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Employer Contributions, Current Fiscal Year	8,272
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Contributions by Employer	4,782
Entergy Texas [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Employer Contributions, Remainder of Fiscal Year		3,490
System Energy [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Employer Contributions, Current Fiscal Year	16,650
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Contributions by Employer	9,994
System Energy [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Employer Contributions, Remainder of Fiscal Year		6,656
Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Employer Contributions, Current Fiscal Year	55,112
Defined Benefit Plan, Plan Assets, Contributions by Employer	$ 33,560
Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan, Change in Fair Value of Plan Assets [Roll Forward]
Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Employer Contributions, Remainder of Fiscal Year		$ 21,552

Business Segment Information (S

Business Segment Information (Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended						9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2024	Jun. 30, 2024	Mar. 31, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023	Jun. 30, 2023	Mar. 31, 2023	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2023
Segment Financial Information Abstract
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax		$ 3,389,100			$ 3,595,522			$ 9,137,348	$ 9,422,607
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)	$ 9,000	215,475			226,997			270,103	282,818
Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest		645,754	$ 51,732	$ 76,536	669,714	$ 392,014	$ 312,299	774,022	1,374,026
Assets	64,462,049	64,462,049						64,462,049		$ 59,703,396
Intersegment Eliminations [Member]
Segment Financial Information Abstract
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax		(23)			(20)			(54)	(31)
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)		0			0			0	0
Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest		(77,582)			(81,018)			(236,028)	(218,418)
Assets	(5,080,362)	(5,080,362)						(5,080,362)		(5,020,240)
Utility [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Segment Financial Information Abstract
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax		3,370,138			3,559,240			9,083,715	9,325,977
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)		237,225			225,989			384,790	304,352
Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest		786,862			754,036			1,426,161	1,666,701
Assets	68,708,628	68,708,628						68,708,628		63,887,038
Corporate Segment and Other Operating Segment [Member] | Operating Segments [Member]
Segment Financial Information Abstract
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax		18,985			36,302			53,687	96,661
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)		(21,750)			1,008			(114,687)	(21,534)
Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest		(63,526)			$ (3,304)			(416,111)	$ (74,257)
Assets	$ 833,783	$ 833,783						$ 833,783		$ 836,598

Risk Management and Fair Valu_3

Risk Management and Fair Values (Narrative) (Details) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($) GWh MMBTU	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount | $	$ 2	$ 2
Gas Hedge Contracts [Member]
Maximum Length of Time Hedged in Cash Flow Hedge	6 months
Volume Of Natural Gas Swaps Outstanding | MMBTU	8,607,900
Gas Hedge Contracts [Member] | Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Volume Of Natural Gas Swaps Outstanding | MMBTU	0
Gas Hedge Contracts [Member] | Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Maximum Length of Time Hedged in Cash Flow Hedge	6 months
Volume Of Natural Gas Swaps Outstanding | MMBTU	8,607,900
Gas Hedge Contracts [Member] | Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Volume Of Natural Gas Swaps Outstanding | MMBTU	0
Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member]
Volume of Financial Transmission Rights Outstanding	94,828
Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member] | Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount | $		1.2
Volume of Financial Transmission Rights Outstanding	22,829
Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member] | Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount | $		0.5
Volume of Financial Transmission Rights Outstanding	39,940
Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member] | Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount | $		0.3
Volume of Financial Transmission Rights Outstanding	14,199
Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member] | Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Volume of Financial Transmission Rights Outstanding	3,937
Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member] | Entergy Texas [Member]
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount | $		$ 0.1
Volume of Financial Transmission Rights Outstanding	13,720

Risk Management and Fair Valu_4

Risk Management and Fair Values (Schedule of Derivatives Instruments Statements of Financial Performance and Financial Position, Location) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2023
Derivative Liability, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset of Collateral [Abstract]
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	$ 2		$ 2
Natural Gas Swaps and Options [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Derivative Liability, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset of Collateral [Abstract]
Derivative Liability, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Other Liabilities, Current		Other Liabilities, Current
Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member]
Derivative Liability, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset of Collateral [Abstract]
Issuance of Financial Transmission Rights	$ 53	$ 42
Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Derivative Asset, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset of Collateral [Abstract]
Derivative Asset, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Prepaid Expense and Other Assets, Current		Prepaid Expense and Other Assets, Current
Derivative Liability, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset of Collateral [Abstract]
Derivative Liability, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Other Liabilities, Current
Prepayments And Other [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Derivative Asset, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset of Collateral [Abstract]
Derivative Asset, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset	$ (31)		$ (21)
Derivative Asset, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, Collateral, Obligation to Return Cash Not Offset	1		0
Other Current Liabilities [Member] | Natural Gas Swaps and Options [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Derivative Liability, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset of Collateral [Abstract]
Derivative Liability, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset	1		11
Derivative Liability, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, Collateral, Right to Reclaim Cash Not Offset	0		$ 0
Other Current Liabilities [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Derivative Asset, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset of Collateral [Abstract]
Derivative Asset, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset	(1)
Derivative Asset, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, Collateral, Obligation to Return Cash Not Offset	1
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Uncommitted Credit Facility of $125 Million [Member]
Derivative Liability, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset of Collateral [Abstract]
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	19.7
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Natural Gas Swaps and Options [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Derivative Liability, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset of Collateral [Abstract]
Derivative Liability, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]			Other Liabilities, Current
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member]
Derivative Liability, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset of Collateral [Abstract]
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount			$ 0.5
Issuance of Financial Transmission Rights	21.6	18.1
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member] | Uncommitted Credit Facility of $125 Million [Member]
Derivative Liability, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset of Collateral [Abstract]
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	$ 0.2
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Derivative Asset, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset of Collateral [Abstract]
Derivative Asset, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Prepaid Expense and Other Assets, Current		Prepaid Expense and Other Assets, Current
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Prepayments And Other [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Derivative Asset, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset of Collateral [Abstract]
Derivative Asset, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset	$ (12.5)		$ (9.8)
Derivative Asset, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, Collateral, Obligation to Return Cash Not Offset	(0.9)		0
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Other Current Liabilities [Member] | Natural Gas Swaps and Options [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Derivative Liability, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset of Collateral [Abstract]
Derivative Liability, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset			0.4
Derivative Liability, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, Collateral, Right to Reclaim Cash Not Offset			0
Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Derivative Liability, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset of Collateral [Abstract]
Derivative Liability			$ 0.8
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Uncommitted Credit Facility of $65 Million [Member]
Derivative Liability, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset of Collateral [Abstract]
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	$ 33.1
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Natural Gas Swaps and Options [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Derivative Liability, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset of Collateral [Abstract]
Derivative Liability, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Other Liabilities, Current		Other Liabilities, Current
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member]
Derivative Liability, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset of Collateral [Abstract]
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount			$ 0.3
Issuance of Financial Transmission Rights	$ 3.9	1.4
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member] | Uncommitted Credit Facility of $65 Million [Member]
Derivative Liability, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset of Collateral [Abstract]
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	$ 0.9
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Derivative Asset, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset of Collateral [Abstract]
Derivative Asset, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]			Prepaid Expense and Other Assets, Current
Derivative Liability, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset of Collateral [Abstract]
Derivative Liability, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Other Liabilities, Current
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Prepayments And Other [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Derivative Asset, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset of Collateral [Abstract]
Derivative Asset, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset			$ (1.4)
Derivative Asset, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, Collateral, Obligation to Return Cash Not Offset			0
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Other Current Liabilities [Member] | Natural Gas Swaps and Options [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Derivative Liability, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset of Collateral [Abstract]
Derivative Liability, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset	$ 0.5		10.1
Derivative Liability, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, Collateral, Right to Reclaim Cash Not Offset	0		$ 0
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Other Current Liabilities [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Derivative Asset, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset of Collateral [Abstract]
Derivative Asset, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset	(0.6)
Derivative Asset, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, Collateral, Obligation to Return Cash Not Offset	0.9
Entergy New Orleans [Member] | Natural Gas Swaps and Options [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Derivative Liability, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset of Collateral [Abstract]
Derivative Liability, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]			Other Liabilities, Current
Entergy New Orleans [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member]
Derivative Liability, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset of Collateral [Abstract]
Issuance of Financial Transmission Rights	$ 2.8	1.4
Entergy New Orleans [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Derivative Asset, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset of Collateral [Abstract]
Derivative Asset, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Prepaid Expense and Other Assets, Current		Prepaid Expense and Other Assets, Current
Entergy New Orleans [Member] | Prepayments And Other [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Derivative Asset, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset of Collateral [Abstract]
Derivative Asset, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset	$ (2)		$ (1.1)
Derivative Asset, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, Collateral, Obligation to Return Cash Not Offset	0		0
Entergy New Orleans [Member] | Other Current Liabilities [Member] | Natural Gas Swaps and Options [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Derivative Liability, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset of Collateral [Abstract]
Derivative Liability, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset			0.6
Derivative Liability, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, Collateral, Right to Reclaim Cash Not Offset			0
Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Uncommitted Credit Facility of $25 Million [Member]
Derivative Liability, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset of Collateral [Abstract]
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	11.9
Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member]
Derivative Liability, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset of Collateral [Abstract]
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount			$ 1.2
Issuance of Financial Transmission Rights	$ 17.6	20.6
Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Derivative Asset, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset of Collateral [Abstract]
Derivative Asset, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Prepaid Expense and Other Assets, Current		Prepaid Expense and Other Assets, Current
Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Prepayments And Other [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Derivative Asset, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset of Collateral [Abstract]
Derivative Asset, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset	$ (13)		$ (6)
Derivative Asset, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, Collateral, Obligation to Return Cash Not Offset	0		0
Entergy Texas [Member] | Uncommitted Credit Facility of $80 Million [Member]
Derivative Liability, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset of Collateral [Abstract]
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	86.4
Entergy Texas [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member]
Derivative Liability, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset of Collateral [Abstract]
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount			$ 0.1
Issuance of Financial Transmission Rights	7.2	$ 0.2
Entergy Texas [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member] | Uncommitted Credit Facility of $80 Million [Member]
Derivative Liability, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset of Collateral [Abstract]
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	$ 0.8
Entergy Texas [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Derivative Asset, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset of Collateral [Abstract]
Derivative Asset, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Prepaid Expense and Other Assets, Current		Prepaid Expense and Other Assets, Current
Entergy Texas [Member] | Prepayments And Other [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Derivative Asset, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset of Collateral [Abstract]
Derivative Asset, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset	$ (4)		$ (2.7)
Derivative Asset, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, Collateral, Obligation to Return Cash Not Offset	$ 0		$ (0.3)

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Risk Management and Fair Values (Schedule of Derivatives Not Designated As Hedging Instruments) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2023
Effect Of Derivative Instruments Not Designated As Hedging Instruments On The Consolidated Statements Of Income [Line Items]
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	$ 2		$ 2		$ 2
Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Effect Of Derivative Instruments Not Designated As Hedging Instruments On The Consolidated Statements Of Income [Line Items]
Derivative Liability, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Other Liabilities, Current		Other Liabilities, Current
Derivative, Gain (Loss), Statement of Income or Comprehensive Income [Extensible Enumeration]	Utilities Operating Expense, Purchased Power	Utilities Operating Expense, Purchased Power	Utilities Operating Expense, Purchased Power	Utilities Operating Expense, Purchased Power
Natural Gas Swaps and Options [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Effect Of Derivative Instruments Not Designated As Hedging Instruments On The Consolidated Statements Of Income [Line Items]
Derivative Liability, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Other Liabilities, Current		Other Liabilities, Current		Other Liabilities, Current
Derivative, Gain (Loss), Statement of Income or Comprehensive Income [Extensible Enumeration]	Utilities Operating Expense, Fuel Used	Utilities Operating Expense, Fuel Used	Utilities Operating Expense, Fuel Used	Utilities Operating Expense, Fuel Used
Natural Gas Swaps and Options [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] | Other Current Liabilities [Member]
Effect Of Derivative Instruments Not Designated As Hedging Instruments On The Consolidated Statements Of Income [Line Items]
Derivative Liability, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset	$ 1		$ 1		$ 11
Derivative Liability, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, Collateral, Right to Reclaim Cash Not Offset	0		0		0
Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Uncommitted Credit Facility of $25 Million [Member]
Effect Of Derivative Instruments Not Designated As Hedging Instruments On The Consolidated Statements Of Income [Line Items]
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	$ 11.9		$ 11.9
Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member]
Effect Of Derivative Instruments Not Designated As Hedging Instruments On The Consolidated Statements Of Income [Line Items]
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount					1.2
Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Effect Of Derivative Instruments Not Designated As Hedging Instruments On The Consolidated Statements Of Income [Line Items]
Derivative, Gain (Loss), Statement of Income or Comprehensive Income [Extensible Enumeration]	Utilities Operating Expense, Purchased Power	Utilities Operating Expense, Purchased Power	Utilities Operating Expense, Purchased Power	Utilities Operating Expense, Purchased Power
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Uncommitted Credit Facility of $125 Million [Member]
Effect Of Derivative Instruments Not Designated As Hedging Instruments On The Consolidated Statements Of Income [Line Items]
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	$ 19.7		$ 19.7
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member]
Effect Of Derivative Instruments Not Designated As Hedging Instruments On The Consolidated Statements Of Income [Line Items]
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount					$ 0.5
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member] | Uncommitted Credit Facility of $125 Million [Member]
Effect Of Derivative Instruments Not Designated As Hedging Instruments On The Consolidated Statements Of Income [Line Items]
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	$ 0.2		$ 0.2
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Effect Of Derivative Instruments Not Designated As Hedging Instruments On The Consolidated Statements Of Income [Line Items]
Derivative, Gain (Loss), Statement of Income or Comprehensive Income [Extensible Enumeration]	Utilities Operating Expense, Purchased Power	Utilities Operating Expense, Purchased Power	Utilities Operating Expense, Purchased Power	Utilities Operating Expense, Purchased Power
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Natural Gas Swaps and Options [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Effect Of Derivative Instruments Not Designated As Hedging Instruments On The Consolidated Statements Of Income [Line Items]
Derivative Liability, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]					Other Liabilities, Current
Derivative, Gain (Loss), Statement of Income or Comprehensive Income [Extensible Enumeration]		Utilities Operating Expense, Fuel Used		Utilities Operating Expense, Fuel Used
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Natural Gas Swaps and Options [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] | Other Current Liabilities [Member]
Effect Of Derivative Instruments Not Designated As Hedging Instruments On The Consolidated Statements Of Income [Line Items]
Derivative Liability, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset					$ 0.4
Derivative Liability, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, Collateral, Right to Reclaim Cash Not Offset					0
Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Effect Of Derivative Instruments Not Designated As Hedging Instruments On The Consolidated Statements Of Income [Line Items]
Derivative Liability					0.8
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Uncommitted Credit Facility of $65 Million [Member]
Effect Of Derivative Instruments Not Designated As Hedging Instruments On The Consolidated Statements Of Income [Line Items]
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	$ 33.1		$ 33.1
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member]
Effect Of Derivative Instruments Not Designated As Hedging Instruments On The Consolidated Statements Of Income [Line Items]
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount					$ 0.3
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member] | Uncommitted Credit Facility of $65 Million [Member]
Effect Of Derivative Instruments Not Designated As Hedging Instruments On The Consolidated Statements Of Income [Line Items]
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	$ 0.9		$ 0.9
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Effect Of Derivative Instruments Not Designated As Hedging Instruments On The Consolidated Statements Of Income [Line Items]
Derivative Liability, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Other Liabilities, Current		Other Liabilities, Current
Derivative, Gain (Loss), Statement of Income or Comprehensive Income [Extensible Enumeration]	Utilities Operating Expense, Purchased Power	Utilities Operating Expense, Purchased Power	Utilities Operating Expense, Purchased Power	Utilities Operating Expense, Purchased Power
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Natural Gas Swaps and Options [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Effect Of Derivative Instruments Not Designated As Hedging Instruments On The Consolidated Statements Of Income [Line Items]
Derivative Liability, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]	Other Liabilities, Current		Other Liabilities, Current		Other Liabilities, Current
Derivative, Gain (Loss), Statement of Income or Comprehensive Income [Extensible Enumeration]	Utilities Operating Expense, Fuel Used	Utilities Operating Expense, Fuel Used	Utilities Operating Expense, Fuel Used	Utilities Operating Expense, Fuel Used
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Natural Gas Swaps and Options [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] | Other Current Liabilities [Member]
Effect Of Derivative Instruments Not Designated As Hedging Instruments On The Consolidated Statements Of Income [Line Items]
Derivative Liability, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset	$ 0.5		$ 0.5		$ 10.1
Derivative Liability, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, Collateral, Right to Reclaim Cash Not Offset	$ 0		$ 0		$ 0
Entergy New Orleans [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Effect Of Derivative Instruments Not Designated As Hedging Instruments On The Consolidated Statements Of Income [Line Items]
Derivative, Gain (Loss), Statement of Income or Comprehensive Income [Extensible Enumeration]	Utilities Operating Expense, Purchased Power	Utilities Operating Expense, Purchased Power	Utilities Operating Expense, Purchased Power	Utilities Operating Expense, Purchased Power
Entergy New Orleans [Member] | Natural Gas Swaps and Options [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Effect Of Derivative Instruments Not Designated As Hedging Instruments On The Consolidated Statements Of Income [Line Items]
Derivative Liability, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]					Other Liabilities, Current
Derivative, Gain (Loss), Statement of Income or Comprehensive Income [Extensible Enumeration]		Utilities Operating Expense, Fuel Used	Utilities Operating Expense, Fuel Used	Utilities Operating Expense, Fuel Used
Entergy New Orleans [Member] | Natural Gas Swaps and Options [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] | Other Current Liabilities [Member]
Effect Of Derivative Instruments Not Designated As Hedging Instruments On The Consolidated Statements Of Income [Line Items]
Derivative Liability, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, before Offset					$ 0.6
Derivative Liability, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, Collateral, Right to Reclaim Cash Not Offset					0
Entergy Texas [Member] | Uncommitted Credit Facility of $80 Million [Member]
Effect Of Derivative Instruments Not Designated As Hedging Instruments On The Consolidated Statements Of Income [Line Items]
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	$ 86.4		$ 86.4
Entergy Texas [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member]
Effect Of Derivative Instruments Not Designated As Hedging Instruments On The Consolidated Statements Of Income [Line Items]
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount					$ 0.1
Entergy Texas [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member] | Uncommitted Credit Facility of $80 Million [Member]
Effect Of Derivative Instruments Not Designated As Hedging Instruments On The Consolidated Statements Of Income [Line Items]
Letters of Credit Outstanding, Amount	$ 0.8		$ 0.8
Entergy Texas [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Effect Of Derivative Instruments Not Designated As Hedging Instruments On The Consolidated Statements Of Income [Line Items]
Derivative, Gain (Loss), Statement of Income or Comprehensive Income [Extensible Enumeration]	Utilities Operating Expense, Purchased Power	Utilities Operating Expense, Purchased Power	Utilities Operating Expense, Purchased Power	Utilities Operating Expense, Purchased Power

Risk Management and Fair Valu_6

Risk Management and Fair Values (Schedule of Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	$ 1,320,565	$ 60,939
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents	11,000
Replacement Reserve Escrow	336,000	323,000
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure	7,240,000	5,277,000
Gas Hedge Contracts [Member]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure on Recurring Basis	1,000	11,000
Debt Securities [Member]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Decommissioning Fund Investments, Fair Value	2,051,000	1,770,000
Common trust funds valued using Net Asset Value [Domain]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Decommissioning Fund Investments, Fair Value	3,448,000	3,070,000
Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Derivative Asset	30,000	21,000
Equity Securities [Member]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Decommissioning Fund Investments, Fair Value	43,000	24,000
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	1,321,000	61,000
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents	11,000	8,000
Replacement Reserve Escrow	336,000	323,000
Equity Securities, FV-NI, Current	43,000	24,000
Debt Securities	796,000	611,000
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure	2,507,000	1,027,000
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Gas Hedge Contracts [Member]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure on Recurring Basis	1,000	11,000
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Derivative Asset	0	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	0	0
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents	0	0
Replacement Reserve Escrow	0	0
Equity Securities, FV-NI, Current	0	0
Debt Securities	1,255,000	1,159,000
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure	1,255,000	1,159,000
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Gas Hedge Contracts [Member]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure on Recurring Basis	0	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Derivative Asset	0	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	0	0
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents	0	0
Replacement Reserve Escrow	0	0
Equity Securities, FV-NI, Current	0	0
Debt Securities	0	0
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure	30,000	21,000
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Gas Hedge Contracts [Member]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure on Recurring Basis	0	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Derivative Asset	30,000	21,000
Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	34,415	0
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents, Current	1,565	2,426
Replacement Reserve Escrow	82,700	78,700
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure	120,700	82,200
Entergy New Orleans [Member] | Gas Hedge Contracts [Member]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure on Recurring Basis		600
Entergy New Orleans [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Derivative Asset	2,000	1,100
Entergy New Orleans [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	34,400
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents, Current	1,600	2,400
Replacement Reserve Escrow	82,700	78,700
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure	118,700	81,100
Entergy New Orleans [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Gas Hedge Contracts [Member]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure on Recurring Basis		600
Entergy New Orleans [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Derivative Asset	0	0
Entergy New Orleans [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	0
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents, Current	0	0
Replacement Reserve Escrow	0	0
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Entergy New Orleans [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Gas Hedge Contracts [Member]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure on Recurring Basis		0
Entergy New Orleans [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Derivative Asset	0	0
Entergy New Orleans [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	0
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents, Current	0	0
Replacement Reserve Escrow	0	0
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure	2,000	1,100
Entergy New Orleans [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Gas Hedge Contracts [Member]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure on Recurring Basis		0
Entergy New Orleans [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Derivative Asset	2,000	1,100
Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	36,372	6,600
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Replacement Reserve Escrow		700
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure on Recurring Basis		800
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure		8,700
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure on Recurring Basis	300
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Gas Hedge Contracts [Member]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure on Recurring Basis	500	10,100
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Derivative Asset		1,400
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	36,400	6,600
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Replacement Reserve Escrow		700
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure on Recurring Basis		500
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure		7,300
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure on Recurring Basis	0
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Gas Hedge Contracts [Member]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure on Recurring Basis	500	10,100
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Derivative Asset		0
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	0	0
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Replacement Reserve Escrow		0
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure on Recurring Basis		0
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure		0
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure on Recurring Basis	0
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Gas Hedge Contracts [Member]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure on Recurring Basis	0	0
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Derivative Asset		0
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	0	0
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Replacement Reserve Escrow		0
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure on Recurring Basis		300
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure		1,400
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure on Recurring Basis	300
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Gas Hedge Contracts [Member]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure on Recurring Basis	0	0
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Derivative Asset		1,400
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	100,767	517
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Replacement Reserve Escrow	253,700	243,800
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure	2,780,900	2,361,500
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Gas Hedge Contracts [Member]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure on Recurring Basis		400
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Debt Securities [Member]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Decommissioning Fund Investments, Fair Value	877,600	788,100
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Common trust funds valued using Net Asset Value [Domain]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Decommissioning Fund Investments, Fair Value	1,515,500	1,304,700
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Derivative Asset	11,600	9,800
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Equity Securities [Member]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Decommissioning Fund Investments, Fair Value	21,700	14,600
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	100,800	500
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Replacement Reserve Escrow	253,700	243,800
Equity Securities, FV-NI, Current	21,700	14,600
Debt Securities	303,800	271,700
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure	680,000	530,600
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Gas Hedge Contracts [Member]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure on Recurring Basis		400
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Derivative Asset	0	0
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	0	0
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Replacement Reserve Escrow	0	0
Equity Securities, FV-NI, Current	0	0
Debt Securities	573,800	516,400
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure	573,800	516,400
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Gas Hedge Contracts [Member]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure on Recurring Basis		0
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Derivative Asset	0	0
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	0	0
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Replacement Reserve Escrow	0	0
Equity Securities, FV-NI, Current	0	0
Debt Securities	0	0
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure	11,600	9,800
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Gas Hedge Contracts [Member]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure on Recurring Basis		0
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Derivative Asset	11,600	9,800
Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	632,936	3,112
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure	2,247,700	1,423,100
Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Debt Securities [Member]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Decommissioning Fund Investments, Fair Value	597,500	496,900
Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Common trust funds valued using Net Asset Value [Domain]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Decommissioning Fund Investments, Fair Value	988,900	910,700
Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Derivative Asset	13,000	6,000
Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Equity Securities [Member]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Decommissioning Fund Investments, Fair Value	15,400	6,400
Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	632,900	3,100
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Equity Securities, FV-NI, Current	15,400	6,400
Debt Securities	191,800	129,900
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure	840,100	139,400
Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Derivative Asset	0	0
Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	0	0
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Equity Securities, FV-NI, Current	0	0
Debt Securities	405,700	367,000
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure	405,700	367,000
Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Derivative Asset	0	0
Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	0	0
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Equity Securities, FV-NI, Current	0	0
Debt Securities	0	0
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure	13,000	6,000
Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Derivative Asset	13,000	6,000
Entergy Texas [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	353,354	20,489
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents, Current	9,686	5,195
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure	367,100	28,100
Entergy Texas [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Derivative Asset	4,000	2,400
Entergy Texas [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	353,400	20,500
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents, Current	9,700	5,200
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure	363,100	25,700
Entergy Texas [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Derivative Asset	0	0
Entergy Texas [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	0	0
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents, Current	0	0
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure	0	0
Entergy Texas [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Derivative Asset	0	0
Entergy Texas [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	0	0
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents, Current	0	0
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure	4,000	2,400
Entergy Texas [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Derivative Asset	4,000	2,400
System Energy [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	77,579	0
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure	1,602,900	1,342,300
System Energy [Member] | Debt Securities [Member]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Decommissioning Fund Investments, Fair Value	575,900	485,200
System Energy [Member] | Common trust funds valued using Net Asset Value [Domain]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Decommissioning Fund Investments, Fair Value	943,900	854,400
System Energy [Member] | Equity Securities [Member]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Decommissioning Fund Investments, Fair Value	5,500	2,700
System Energy [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	77,600
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Equity Securities, FV-NI, Current	5,500	2,700
Debt Securities	300,400	209,500
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure	383,500	212,200
System Energy [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	0
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Equity Securities, FV-NI, Current	0	0
Debt Securities	275,500	275,700
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure	275,500	275,700
System Energy [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	0
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Equity Securities, FV-NI, Current	0	0
Debt Securities	0	0
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure	$ 0	0
Entergy Corporation [Member]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract]
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents		$ 8,000

Risk Management and Fair Valu_7

Risk Management and Fair Values (Schedule of Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023	Jun. 30, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023	Jun. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
System Energy [Member] | Return on Equity and Capital Structure Complaints [Member]
Fair Value, Net Derivative Asset (Liability) Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Roll Forward]
Return on equity complaint, estimated annual rate reduction	$ 6.8		$ 6.8
Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member]
Fair Value, Net Derivative Asset (Liability) Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Roll Forward]
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset Value	30	$ 32	30	$ 32	$ 48	$ 20	$ 40	$ 19
Issuance of Financial Transmission Rights			53	42
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset, Gain (Loss) Included as Regulatory Liability/Asset	15	40	90	67
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset, Settlements	(33)	(48)	(133)	(96)
Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member] | Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Fair Value, Net Derivative Asset (Liability) Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Roll Forward]
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset Value	13	11.6	13	11.6	16.1	6	19.6	10.3
Issuance of Financial Transmission Rights			17.6	20.6
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset, Gain (Loss) Included in Earnings				(1.1)
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset, Gain (Loss) Included as Regulatory Liability/Asset	9.4	2.2	40.8
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset, Settlements	(12.5)	(10.2)	(51.4)	(18.2)
Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member] | Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Fair Value, Net Derivative Asset (Liability) Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Roll Forward]
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset Value	11.6	14.7	11.6	14.7	19.8	9.8	16.7	7.3
Issuance of Financial Transmission Rights			21.6	18.1
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset, Gain (Loss) Included in Earnings				36
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset, Gain (Loss) Included as Regulatory Liability/Asset	5.9	16.3	35.5
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset, Settlements	(14.1)	(18.3)	(55.3)	(46.7)
Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member] | Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Fair Value, Net Derivative Asset (Liability) Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Roll Forward]
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset Value	(0.3)	1.1	(0.3)	1.1	3.6	1.3	1.2	0.6
Issuance of Financial Transmission Rights			3.9	1.4
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset, Gain (Loss) Included in Earnings				10.2
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset, Gain (Loss) Included as Regulatory Liability/Asset	(1.9)	6.5	(0.4)
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset, Settlements	(2)	(6.6)	(5.1)	(11.1)
Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member] | Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Fair Value, Net Derivative Asset (Liability) Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Roll Forward]
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset Value	2	1.3	2	1.3	2.6	1.1	1.5	0.8
Issuance of Financial Transmission Rights			2.8	1.4
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset, Gain (Loss) Included in Earnings				3.9
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset, Gain (Loss) Included as Regulatory Liability/Asset	0.6	2.2	3.7
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset, Settlements	(1.2)	(2.4)	(5.6)	(4.8)
Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs) [Member] | Entergy Texas [Member]
Fair Value, Net Derivative Asset (Liability) Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Roll Forward]
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset Value	4	3.3	4	3.3	$ 6.6	$ 2.4		$ 0.1
Issuance of Financial Transmission Rights			7.2	0.2
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset, Gain (Loss) Included in Earnings				17.5
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset, Gain (Loss) Included as Regulatory Liability/Asset	0.8	12.5	9.9
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Liability Value							$ 1.2
Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset, Settlements	$ (3.4)	$ (10.4)	$ (15.5)	$ (14.5)

Decommissioning Trust Funds (Na

Decommissioning Trust Funds (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2023
Decommissioning Trust Funds (Textual) [Abstract]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Amortized Cost	$ 2,108,000,000		$ 2,108,000,000		$ 1,885,000,000
Average Coupon Rate of Debt Securities Percentage	3.68%		3.68%
Average Duration of Debt Securities in Years			6 years 5 months 15 days
Average Maturity of Debt Securities, Years			10 years 10 months 2 days
Proceeds from Sale of Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale	$ 173,000,000	$ 226,000,000	$ 504,000,000	$ 486,000,000
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Realized Gain	3,000,000	0	3,000,000	1,000,000
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Realized Loss	5,000,000	11,000,000	26,000,000	28,000,000
Equity Securities, FV-NI, Unrealized Gain (Loss)	185,000,000		549,000,000
Debt Securities [Member]
Decommissioning Trust Funds (Textual) [Abstract]
Deferred Tax Asset, Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Unrealized Loss	0		0		0
Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Decommissioning Trust Funds (Textual) [Abstract]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Amortized Cost	$ 632,300,000		$ 632,300,000		548,100,000
Average Coupon Rate of Debt Securities Percentage	3.09%		3.09%
Average Duration of Debt Securities in Years			6 years 5 months 12 days
Average Maturity of Debt Securities, Years			8 years 5 months 19 days
Proceeds from Sale of Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale	$ 4,200,000	1,800,000	$ 22,100,000	18,400,000
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Realized Gain	0	0	100,000	0
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Realized Loss	300,000	100,000	1,200,000	1,800,000
Equity Securities, FV-NI, Unrealized Gain (Loss)	50,700,000		156,300,000
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Decommissioning Trust Funds (Textual) [Abstract]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Amortized Cost	$ 886,000,000		$ 886,000,000		813,900,000
Average Coupon Rate of Debt Securities Percentage	4.16%		4.16%
Average Duration of Debt Securities in Years			6 years 6 months 3 days
Average Maturity of Debt Securities, Years			13 years 1 month 6 days
Proceeds from Sale of Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale	$ 51,900,000	148,100,000	$ 162,800,000	280,700,000
Percentage Interest in River Bend			30%
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Realized Gain	500,000	0	$ 700,000	500,000
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Realized Loss	1,500,000	8,600,000	9,200,000	17,600,000
Equity Securities, FV-NI, Unrealized Gain (Loss)	86,100,000		251,500,000
System Energy [Member]
Decommissioning Trust Funds (Textual) [Abstract]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Amortized Cost	$ 590,100,000		$ 590,100,000		$ 523,200,000
Average Coupon Rate of Debt Securities Percentage	3.56%		3.56%
Average Duration of Debt Securities in Years			6 years 4 months 28 days
Average Maturity of Debt Securities, Years			9 years 9 months 29 days
Proceeds from Sale of Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale	$ 117,300,000	76,200,000	$ 318,800,000	187,300,000
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Realized Gain	2,200,000	0	2,400,000	0
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Realized Loss	3,300,000	$ 2,700,000	15,200,000	$ 9,100,000
Equity Securities, FV-NI, Unrealized Gain (Loss)	$ 48,300,000		$ 141,600,000

Decommissioning Trust Funds (Sc

Decommissioning Trust Funds (Schedule of Available-for-Sale Securities Reconciliation) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale [Line Items]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale	$ 2,051	$ 1,770
Debt Securities [Member]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale [Line Items]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Unrealized Loss Position	94	134
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax	36	19
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale	2,051	1,770
Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale [Line Items]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale	597.5	496.9
Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Debt Securities [Member]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale [Line Items]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Unrealized Loss Position	42.3	53.6
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax	7.5	2.4
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale	597.5	496.9
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale [Line Items]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale	877.6	788.1
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Debt Securities [Member]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale [Line Items]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Unrealized Loss Position	25	37.4
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax	16.6	11.7
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale	877.6	788.1
System Energy [Member]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale [Line Items]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale	575.9	485.2
System Energy [Member] | Debt Securities [Member]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale [Line Items]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Unrealized Loss Position	26.6	42.5
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax	12.3	4.5
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale	$ 575.9	$ 485.2

Decommissioning Trust Funds (_2

Decommissioning Trust Funds (Schedule of Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value) (Details) - Debt Securities [Member] - USD ($) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale [Line Items]
Debt Securities, Held-to-Maturity, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Fair Value	$ 105	$ 134
Debt Securities, Held-to-Maturity, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Fair Value	871	999
Debt Securities, Held-to-Maturity, Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	976	1,133
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months	1	6
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer	93	128
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Unrealized Loss Position	94	134
Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale [Line Items]
Debt Securities, Held-to-Maturity, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Fair Value	17.5	22.5
Debt Securities, Held-to-Maturity, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Fair Value	376.5	403.4
Debt Securities, Held-to-Maturity, Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	394	425.9
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months	0.2	0.4
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer	42.1	53.2
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Unrealized Loss Position	42.3	53.6
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale [Line Items]
Debt Securities, Held-to-Maturity, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Fair Value	48.1	69.8
Debt Securities, Held-to-Maturity, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Fair Value	299.6	356.1
Debt Securities, Held-to-Maturity, Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	347.7	425.9
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months	0.1	0.9
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer	24.9	36.5
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Unrealized Loss Position	25	37.4
System Energy [Member]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale [Line Items]
Debt Securities, Held-to-Maturity, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months, Fair Value	39.9	42.1
Debt Securities, Held-to-Maturity, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer, Fair Value	194.8	239.1
Debt Securities, Held-to-Maturity, Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value	234.7	281.2
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Less than 12 Months	0.2	4.5
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, 12 Months or Longer	26.4	38
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Unrealized Loss Position	$ 26.6	$ 42.5

Decommissioning Trust Funds (_3

Decommissioning Trust Funds (Schedule of Investments Classified by Contractual Maturity Date) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Fair Value, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Fair Value, Maturity, Allocated and Single Maturity Date, after Year One Through Five	$ 627,000	$ 517,000
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Fair Value, Maturity, Allocated and Single Maturity Date, after Year 5 Through 10	604,000	504,000
Available for Sale Securities Debt Maturities After Ten to Fifteen Years Fair Value	138,000	121,000
Available for Sale Securities, Debt Maturities After Fifteen to Twenty Years, Fair Value	209,000	179,000
Available for Sale Securities Debt Maturities After Twenty Years Fair Value	421,000	367,000
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale	2,051,000	1,770,000
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Fair Value, Maturity, Allocated and Single Maturity Date, Year One	52,000	82,000
Decommissioning Fund Investments	5,541,880	4,863,710
Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Fair Value, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Fair Value, Maturity, Allocated and Single Maturity Date, after Year One Through Five	156,200	132,200
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Fair Value, Maturity, Allocated and Single Maturity Date, after Year 5 Through 10	248,500	205,700
Available for Sale Securities Debt Maturities After Ten to Fifteen Years Fair Value	38,400	39,900
Available for Sale Securities, Debt Maturities After Fifteen to Twenty Years, Fair Value	63,800	49,600
Available for Sale Securities Debt Maturities After Twenty Years Fair Value	48,100	24,200
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale	597,500	496,900
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Fair Value, Maturity, Allocated and Single Maturity Date, Year One	42,500	45,300
Decommissioning Fund Investments	1,601,796	1,414,009
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Fair Value, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Fair Value, Maturity, Allocated and Single Maturity Date, after Year One Through Five	215,000	181,600
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Fair Value, Maturity, Allocated and Single Maturity Date, after Year 5 Through 10	199,300	170,000
Available for Sale Securities Debt Maturities After Ten to Fifteen Years Fair Value	86,100	70,200
Available for Sale Securities, Debt Maturities After Fifteen to Twenty Years, Fair Value	95,300	90,200
Available for Sale Securities Debt Maturities After Twenty Years Fair Value	274,800	244,700
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale	877,600	788,100
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Fair Value, Maturity, Allocated and Single Maturity Date, Year One	7,100	31,400
Decommissioning Fund Investments	2,414,795	2,107,384
System Energy [Member]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Fair Value, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Fair Value, Maturity, Allocated and Single Maturity Date, after Year One Through Five	255,600	203,400
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Fair Value, Maturity, Allocated and Single Maturity Date, after Year 5 Through 10	156,400	128,600
Available for Sale Securities Debt Maturities After Ten to Fifteen Years Fair Value	13,100	10,700
Available for Sale Securities, Debt Maturities After Fifteen to Twenty Years, Fair Value	49,900	38,800
Available for Sale Securities Debt Maturities After Twenty Years Fair Value	98,200	98,400
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale	575,900	485,200
Debt Securities, Available-for-Sale, Fair Value, Maturity, Allocated and Single Maturity Date, Year One	2,700	5,300
Decommissioning Fund Investments	$ 1,525,289	$ 1,342,317

Income Taxes (Narrative) (Detai

Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended				5 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2024	Mar. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023	Sep. 30, 2023	May 31, 2024	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2024	Jun. 30, 2024	Apr. 30, 2024
Regulatory Liability, Noncurrent	$ 3,684,331	$ 3,684,331		$ 3,116,926			$ 3,684,331
Increase (Decrease) in Regulatory Liabilities							566,451	$ 204,817
Income Taxes Paid	8,000
Reduction of income tax expense from the reversal of provisions for uncertain tax positions	9,000
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)	9,000	215,475			$ 226,997		270,103	282,818
Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Regulatory Liability, Noncurrent	262,063	262,063		90,434			262,063
Increase (Decrease) in Regulatory Liabilities							169,542	17,878
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)		14,438			16,347		2,597	26,889
Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Regulatory Liability, Noncurrent	803,934	803,934		759,181			803,934
Increase (Decrease) in Regulatory Liabilities							70,199	68,475
State Effective Income Tax Rate, Percent						4.80%
Regulatory Liability For Income Taxes - Current and Non Current										$ 31,000
Reduction of income tax expense from the reversal of provisions for uncertain tax positions	$ 18,000
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)		$ 35,862			$ 30,307		$ 57,308	$ 60,681
Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]
State Effective Income Tax Rate, Percent									4.30%
Credits expected to be shared with customers from resolution of the 2016-2018 IRS audit [Member] | Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Regulatory Liability, Noncurrent			$ 138,000	60,000							$ 138,000
Regulatory charge, net of tax			57,000	$ 44,000
Increase (Decrease) in Regulatory Liabilities			$ 78,000

Variable Interest Entities (Nar

Variable Interest Entities (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2023
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Assets	$ 64,462,049		$ 59,703,396
Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Assets	2,339,254		2,097,975
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Assets	30,358,342		29,109,470
Equity, Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	$ 45,466		45,107
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Restoration Law Trust I [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
LURC's beneficial interest in the storm trust, percentage	1%
Equity, Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	$ 30,400		30,500
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Restoration Law Trust I [Member] | Entergy Finance Company [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest, Equity, Preferred, Fair Value	$ 2,900,000		3,000,000
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Restoration Law Trust II [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
LURC's beneficial interest in the storm trust, percentage	1%
Equity, Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	$ 15,100		14,600
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Restoration Law Trust II [Member] | Entergy Finance Company [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest, Equity, Preferred, Fair Value	1,400,000		1,500,000
System Energy [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Assets	4,662,913		4,312,363
System Energy [Member] | Grand Gulf [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Payments on lease including interest	17,200	$ 17,200
Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Assets	15,364,603		13,672,858
Equity, Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	17,269		21,599
Entergy Arkansas [Member] | AR Searcy Partnership, LLC [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Assets	131,600		134,000
Ownership Interest in Partnership, Carrying Value	112,800		111,200
Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Assets	6,633,235		6,228,006
Equity, Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	11,134		18,753
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | MS Sunflower Partnership, LLC [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Assets	165,800		163,200
Ownership Interest in Partnership, Carrying Value	$ 131,900		$ 128,400

Revenue Recognition (Schedule o

Revenue Recognition (Schedule of Disaggregation of Revenue) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	$ 3,389,100	$ 3,595,522	$ 9,137,348	$ 9,422,607
Revenues	3,389,100	3,595,522	9,137,348	9,422,607
Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	662,148	831,659	1,892,991	2,030,755
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	1,478,093	1,434,867	3,956,657	3,985,687
Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	508,171	538,815	1,365,921	1,396,373
Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	232,515	254,316	624,817	651,152
Entergy Texas [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	596,998	616,595	1,560,566	1,588,531
Electricity, US Regulated [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue Not from Contract with Customer	13,163	15,310	40,125	70,942
Revenues	3,337,820	3,526,935	8,950,373	9,195,588
Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue Not from Contract with Customer	2,350	2,671	7,154	7,068
Revenues	662,148	831,659	1,892,991	2,030,755
Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue Not from Contract with Customer	6,697	8,542	20,140	52,914
Revenues	1,464,627	1,421,598	3,898,864	3,933,259
Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue Not from Contract with Customer	2,557	2,442	7,443	7,276
Revenues	508,171	538,815	1,365,921	1,396,373
Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue Not from Contract with Customer	1,816	1,988	4,550	4,895
Revenues	213,663	235,280	549,268	573,191
Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy Texas [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue Not from Contract with Customer	24	(333)	(81)	(1,177)
Revenues	596,998	616,595	1,560,566	1,588,531
Natural Gas, US Regulated [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	32,318	32,305	133,342	130,389
Revenues	32,318	32,305	133,342	130,389
Natural Gas, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Natural Gas, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	13,466	13,269	57,793	52,428
Revenues	13,466	13,269	57,793	52,428
Natural Gas, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Natural Gas, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	18,852	19,036	75,549	77,961
Revenues	18,852	19,036	75,549	77,961
Natural Gas, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy Texas [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	0	0	0	0
Product and Service, Other [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenues	18,962	36,282	53,633	96,630
Residential [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	1,468,705	1,602,496	3,548,881	3,595,378
Residential [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	325,128	346,454	805,702	790,760
Residential [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	514,131	547,485	1,213,133	1,242,378
Residential [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	227,867	257,241	569,533	589,630
Residential [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	106,079	120,311	245,598	252,412
Residential [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy Texas [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	295,500	331,005	714,915	720,198
Commercial [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	855,823	884,585	2,260,956	2,291,673
Commercial [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	169,242	183,352	443,499	445,279
Commercial [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	319,065	313,112	841,630	844,655
Commercial [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	170,093	184,164	444,584	460,836
Commercial [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	64,957	69,927	175,542	180,091
Commercial [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy Texas [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	132,466	134,030	355,701	360,812
Industrial [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	870,576	797,982	2,412,254	2,411,882
Industrial [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	183,636	194,284	471,829	479,337
Industrial [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	475,890	393,172	1,355,907	1,310,121
Industrial [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	52,802	58,253	148,409	164,406
Industrial [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	8,148	9,163	22,727	24,138
Industrial [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy Texas [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	150,100	143,110	413,382	433,880
Governmental [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	71,482	73,846	202,655	204,999
Governmental [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	5,117	5,895	14,250	15,500
Governmental [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	21,868	20,936	64,912	63,417
Governmental [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	15,495	17,226	42,886	46,080
Governmental [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	21,763	22,358	59,284	58,052
Governmental [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy Texas [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	7,239	7,431	21,323	21,950
Billed Retail [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	3,266,586	3,358,909	8,424,746	8,503,932
Billed Retail [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	683,123	729,985	1,735,280	1,730,876
Billed Retail [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	1,330,954	1,274,705	3,475,582	3,460,571
Billed Retail [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	466,257	516,884	1,205,412	1,260,952
Billed Retail [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	200,947	221,759	503,151	514,693
Billed Retail [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy Texas [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	585,305	615,576	1,505,321	1,536,840
Sales for Resale [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	69,288	86,505	202,871	262,714
Sales for Resale [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	48,078	73,081	130,885	187,365
Sales for Resale [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	86,563	95,257	250,114	258,741
Sales for Resale [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	25,995	17,403	95,188	82,219
Sales for Resale [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	8,627	13,007	29,702	48,992
Sales for Resale [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy Texas [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	6,189	3,426	11,111	7,857
Other Electric [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	(11,217)	66,211	282,631	358,000
Other Electric [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	(71,403)	25,922	19,672	105,446
Other Electric [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	40,413	43,094	153,028	161,033
Other Electric [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	13,362	2,086	57,878	45,926
Other Electric [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	2,273	(1,474)	11,865	4,611
Other Electric [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy Texas [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	5,480	(2,074)	44,215	45,011
Customer [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	3,324,657	3,511,625	8,910,248	9,124,646
Customer [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	659,798	828,988	1,885,837	2,023,687
Customer [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	1,457,930	1,413,056	3,878,724	3,880,345
Customer [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	505,614	536,373	1,358,478	1,389,097
Customer [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	211,847	233,292	544,718	568,296
Customer [Member] | Electricity, US Regulated [Member] | Entergy Texas [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax	$ 596,974	$ 616,928	$ 1,560,647	$ 1,589,708

Revenue Recognition (Schedule_2

Revenue Recognition (Schedule of Allowance for Doubtful Accounts) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024	Sep. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Allowance for Credit Loss, Receivable, Other, Current	$ 22.1	$ 27.8	$ 25.9	$ 30.9
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Period Increase (Decrease)	28	29.3
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Writeoff	(58.4)	(64.9)
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Recovery	26.6	32.5
Entergy Arkansas [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Allowance for Credit Loss, Receivable, Other, Current	5.1	5.6	7.2	6.5
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Period Increase (Decrease)	5.5	5.4
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Writeoff	(14.4)	(16.5)
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Recovery	6.8	10.2
Entergy Louisiana [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Allowance for Credit Loss, Receivable, Other, Current	5.7	7.6	6.1	7.6
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Period Increase (Decrease)	10.4	12.2
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Writeoff	(19.2)	(25.9)
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Recovery	8.4	13.7
Entergy Mississippi [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Allowance for Credit Loss, Receivable, Other, Current	2.7	3	3.3	2.5
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Period Increase (Decrease)	4	3.8
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Writeoff	(9.5)	(5.7)
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Recovery	4.9	2.4
Entergy New Orleans [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Allowance for Credit Loss, Receivable, Other, Current	6.9	9.2	7.8	11.9
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Period Increase (Decrease)	3.4	3.6
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Writeoff	(8.6)	(8.6)
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Recovery	4.3	2.3
Entergy Texas [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Allowance for Credit Loss, Receivable, Other, Current	1.7	2.4	$ 1.5	$ 2.4
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Period Increase (Decrease)	4.7	4.3
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Writeoff	(6.7)	(8.2)
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Recovery	$ 2.2	$ 3.9

Asset Retirement Obligations (N

Asset Retirement Obligations (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2024	Jun. 30, 2024	Mar. 31, 2024
Entergy Louisiana [Member] | Nelson Units 1 and 2
Asset Retirement Obligation, Revision of Estimate	$ 19.4
Entergy Arkansas [Member] | ANO [Member]
Asset Retirement Obligation, Revision of Estimate			$ 14.4
Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Independence and White Bluff
Asset Retirement Obligation, Revision of Estimate		$ 31
Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Walnut Bend Solar facility [Member]
Asset Retirement Obligation, Revision of Estimate	14.1
Entergy Arkansas [Member] | Driver Solar facility
Asset Retirement Obligation, Revision of Estimate	$ 40.1
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Independence
Asset Retirement Obligation, Revision of Estimate		$ 9
Entergy Mississippi [Member] | Sunflower Solar facility
Asset Retirement Obligation, Revision of Estimate			$ 10

Business Combinations and Ass_2

Business Combinations and Asset Acquisitions (Narrative) (Details) - Entergy Arkansas [Member] $ in Millions	1 Months Ended				3 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2024 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Feb. 29, 2024 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2022 MW	Sep. 30, 2020 MW	Jun. 30, 2020 MW
Walnut Bend Solar facility [Member]
Asset Acquisition [Line Items]
Generation Capacity | MW								100
Payments to Acquire Productive Assets		$ 16		$ 170
West Memphis Solar facility
Asset Acquisition [Line Items]
Generation Capacity | MW							180
Payments to Acquire Productive Assets			$ 48
West Memphis Solar facility | Subsequent Event [Member]
Asset Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Productive Assets	$ 200
Driver Solar facility
Asset Acquisition [Line Items]
Generation Capacity | MW						250
Payments to Acquire Productive Assets			$ 308
Driver Solar facility | Subsequent Event [Member]
Asset Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Productive Assets					$ 100