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Business Segment Information (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
Parent Company [Member] |
Segment Financial Information | Entergy’s segment financial information for the first quarters of 2016 and 2015 is as follows:
|  | Utility |  | Entergy Wholesale Commodities* |  | All Other |  | Eliminations |  | Entergy
|  | (In Thousands)
2016 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating revenues |  |  | $2,087,793 |  |  |  | $522,079 |  |  |  | $— |  |  |  | ($20 | ) |  |  | $2,609,852 |
Income taxes |  |  | $107,836 |  |  |  | $52,314 |  |  |  | ($20,205 | ) |  |  | $— |  |  |  | $139,945 |
Consolidated net income (loss) |  |  | $199,651 |  |  |  | $79,557 |  |  |  | ($12,067 | ) |  |  | ($31,899 | ) |  |  | $235,242 |
2015 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating revenues |  |  | $2,277,510 |  |  |  | $642,590 |  |  |  | $— |  |  |  | ($10 | ) |  |  | $2,920,090 |
Income taxes |  |  | $91,251 |  |  |  | $70,190 |  |  |  | ($10,970 | ) |  |  | $— |  |  |  | $150,471 |
Consolidated net income (loss) |  |  | $227,750 |  |  |  | $123,432 |  |  |  | ($16,354 | ) |  |  | ($31,899 | ) |  |  | $302,929 |
Businesses marked with * are sometimes referred to as the “competitive businesses.” Eliminations are primarily intersegment activity. Almost all of Entergy’s goodwill is related to the Utility segment.

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