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Risk Management and Fair Values (Schedules Of Valuation Techniques) (Details) - Gas Hedge Contracts [Member] | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2023
Entergy Louisiana [Member] |
Maximum Length of Time Hedged in Cash Flow Hedge | 9 months
Entergy Mississippi [Member] |
Maximum Length of Time Hedged in Cash Flow Hedge | 9 months
Entergy New Orleans [Member] |
Maximum Length of Time Hedged in Cash Flow Hedge | 9 months

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- Definition Maximum length of time over which the entity is hedging its exposure to the variability in future cash flows for forecasted transactions, excluding those forecasted transactions related to the payment of variable interest on existing financial instruments, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (d) -SubTopic 30 -Topic 815 -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147480870/815-30-50-1 + Details
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