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•	resolution of pending and future rate cases and negotiations, including various performance-based rate discussions, Entergy’s utility supply plan, and recovery of fuel and purchased power costs;

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the termination of Entergy Arkansas’s participation in the System Agreement, which occurred in December 2013, the termination of Entergy Mississippi’s participation in the System Agreement, which occurred in November 2015, and the termination of Entergy Texas’s, Entergy New Orleans’s, and Entergy Louisiana’s participation in the System Agreement, which will occur on August 31, 2016, and will result in the termination of the System Agreement in its entirety pursuant to a settlement agreement approved by FERC in December 2015;

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regulatory and operating challenges and uncertainties and economic risks associated with the Utility operating companies’ move to MISO, which occurred in December 2013, including the effect of current or projected MISO market rules and market and system conditions in the MISO markets, the allocation of MISO system transmission upgrade costs, and the effect of planning decisions that MISO makes with respect to future transmission investments by the Utility operating companies;

•	changes in utility regulation, including the beginning or end of retail and wholesale competition, the ability to recover net utility assets and other potential stranded costs, and the application of more stringent transmission reliability requirements or market power criteria by the FERC;

•	changes in the regulation or regulatory oversight of Entergy’s nuclear generating facilities and nuclear materials and fuel, including with respect to the planned potential or actual shutdown of nuclear generating facilities owned or operated by Entergy Wholesale Commodities, and the effects of new or existing safety or environmental concerns regarding nuclear power plants and nuclear fuel;

•	resolution of pending or future applications, and related regulatory proceedings and litigation, for license renewals or modifications or other authorizations required of nuclear generating facilities and the effect of public and political opposition on these applications, regulatory proceedings and litigation;

•	the performance of and deliverability of power from Entergy’s generation resources, including the capacity factors at its nuclear generating facilities;

•	Entergy’s ability to develop and execute on a point of view regarding future prices of electricity, natural gas, and other energy-related commodities;

•	prices for power generated by Entergy’s merchant generating facilities and the ability to hedge, meet credit support requirements for hedges, sell power forward or otherwise reduce the market price risk associated with those facilities, including the Entergy Wholesale Commodities nuclear plants;

•	the prices and availability of fuel and power Entergy must purchase for its Utility customers, and Entergy’s ability to meet credit support requirements for fuel and power supply contracts;

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•	volatility and changes in markets for electricity, natural gas, uranium, emissions allowances, and other energy-related commodities, and the effect of those changes on Entergy and its customers;

•	changes in law resulting from federal or state energy legislation or legislation subjecting energy derivatives used in hedging and risk management transactions to governmental regulation;

•	changes in environmental, tax, and other laws and regulations, including requirements for reduced emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, greenhouse gases, mercury, thermal energy, and other regulated air and water emissions, and changes in costs of compliance with environmental and other laws and regulations;

•	uncertainty regarding the establishment of interim or permanent sites for spent nuclear fuel and nuclear waste storage and disposal and the level of spent fuel and nuclear waste disposal fees charged by the U.S. government or other providers related to such sites;

•	variations in weather and the occurrence of hurricanes and other storms and disasters, including uncertainties associated with efforts to remediate the effects of hurricanes, ice storms, or other weather events and the recovery of costs associated with restoration, including accessing funded storm reserves, federal and local cost recovery mechanisms, securitization, and insurance;

•	effects of climate change;

•	changes in the quality and availability of water supplies and the related regulation of water use and diversion;

•	Entergy’s ability to manage its capital projects and operation and maintenance costs;

•	Entergy’s ability to purchase and sell assets at attractive prices and on other attractive terms;

•	the economic climate, and particularly economic conditions in Entergy’s Utility service area and the Northeast United States and events and circumstances that could influence economic conditions in those areas, including power prices, and the risk that anticipated load growth may not materialize;

•	the effects of Entergy’s strategies to reduce tax payments;

•	changes in the financial markets and regulatory requirements for the issuance of securities, particularly as they affect access to capital and Entergy’s ability to refinance existing debt, execute share repurchase programs, and fund investments and acquisitions;

•	actions of rating agencies, including changes in the ratings of debt and preferred stock, changes in general corporate ratings, and changes in the rating agencies’ ratings criteria;

•	changes in inflation and interest rates;

•	the effect of litigation and government investigations or proceedings;

•	changes in technology, including with respect to new, developing, or alternative sources of generation;

•	the effects of threatened or actual terrorism, cyber-attacks or data security breaches, including increased security costs, accidents, and war or a catastrophic event such as a nuclear accident or a natural gas pipeline explosion;

•	Entergy’s ability to attract and retain talented management and directors;

•	changes in accounting standards and corporate governance;

•	declines in the market prices of marketable securities and resulting funding requirements and the effects on benefits costs for Entergy’s defined benefit pension and other postretirement benefit plans;

•	future wage and employee benefit costs, including changes in discount rates and returns on benefit plan assets;

•	changes in decommissioning trust fund values or earnings or in the timing of, requirements for, or cost to decommission nuclear plant sites;

•	the implementation of the planned shutdown of Pilgrim and FitzPatrick and the related decommissioning of those plants and Vermont Yankee;

•	the effectiveness of Entergy’s risk management policies and procedures and the ability and willingness of its counterparties to satisfy their financial and performance commitments;

•	factors that could lead to impairment of long-lived assets; and

•	the ability to successfully complete merger, acquisition, or divestiture plans, regulatory or other limitations imposed as a result of merger, acquisition, or divestiture, and the success of the business following a merger, acquisition, or divestiture.

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•	The Utility business segment 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.

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The Entergy Wholesale Commodities business segment includes the ownership, operation, and decommissioning of nuclear power plants located in the northern United States and the sale of the electric power produced by its operating plants to wholesale customers.  Entergy Wholesale Commodities also provides services to other nuclear power plant owners and owns interests in non-nuclear power plants that sell the electric power produced by those plants to wholesale customers.

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•	an increase in base rates at Entergy Arkansas, as approved by the APSC. The new rates were effective February 24, 2016 and began billing with the first billing cycle of April 2016. A significant portion of the increase is related to the purchase of Power Block 2 of the Union Power Station;

•	an increase in the purchased power and capacity acquisition cost recovery rider for Entergy New Orleans, as approved by the City Council, effective with the first billing cycle of March 2016, related to the purchase of Power Block 1 of the Union Power Station; and

•	an increase in the formula rate plan for Entergy Louisiana, implemented with the first billing cycle of March 2016, to collect the estimated first-year revenue requirement related to the purchase of Power Blocks 3 and 4 of the Union Power Station.

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•	lower realized wholesale energy prices and lower capacity prices;

•	lower volume in the Entergy Wholesale Commodities nuclear fleet resulting from more refueling outage days in the second quarter 2016 as compared to the second quarter 2015. See “Nuclear Matters - Indian Point 2 Outage” below for discussion of the extended Indian Point 2 outage in second quarter 2016; and

•	the sale of the Rhode Island State Energy Center in December 2015.

(a)	The reduction in owned capacity is due to the sale of the 583 MW Rhode Island State Energy Center in December 2015.

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a decrease of $16 million in compensation and benefits costs primarily due to a decrease in net periodic pension and other postretirement benefits costs as a result of an increase in the discount rate used to value the benefit liabilities and a refinement in the approach used to estimate the service cost and interest cost components of pension and other postretirement costs. See “MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS - Critical Accounting Estimates - Qualified Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits” in the Form 10-K and Note 6 to the financial statements herein for further discussion of benefits costs; and

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a decrease of $12 million in fossil-fueled generation expenses primarily due to an overall lower scope of work done during plant outages in the second quarter 2016 as compared to the second quarter 2015, partially offset by an increase as a result of the purchase of the Union Power Station in March 2016.  See Note 13 to the financial statements herein for discussion of the Union Power Station purchase.

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the effects of recording the final court decisions in the FitzPatrick, Vermont Yankee, and Indian Point 3 lawsuits against the DOE related to spent nuclear fuel disposal. The damages awarded include the reimbursement of approximately $11 million of spent nuclear fuel storage costs previously recorded as depreciation. See Note 1 to the financial statements herein for discussion of the DOE litigation;

•	decreases in depreciable asset balances as a result of the impairments of the FitzPatrick, Pilgrim, and Palisades plants in the third and fourth quarters of 2015. See Note 1 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of the impairments; and

•	a decrease in depreciable asset balances as a result of the sale of the Rhode Island State Energy Center in December 2015.

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an increase in base rates at Entergy Arkansas, as approved by the APSC. The new rates were effective February 24, 2016 and began billing with the first billing cycle of April 2016. The increase includes an interim base rate adjustment surcharge, effective with the first billing cycle of April 2016, to recover the incremental revenue requirement for the period February 24, 2016 through March 31, 2016. A significant portion of the increase is related to the purchase of Power Block 2 of the Union Power Station;

•	an increase in the purchased power and capacity acquisition cost recovery rider for Entergy New Orleans, as approved by the City Council, effective with the first billing cycle of March 2016, related to the purchase of Power Block 1 of the Union Power Station; and

•	an increase in the formula rate plan for Entergy Louisiana, implemented with the first billing cycle of March 2016, to collect the estimated first-year revenue requirement related to the purchase of Power Blocks 3 and 4 of the Union Power Station.

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•	lower realized wholesale energy prices and lower capacity prices;

•	lower volume in the Entergy Wholesale Commodities nuclear fleet resulting from more refueling outage days in 2016 as compared to the same period in 2015, partially offset by fewer unplanned outage days in 2016 as compared to the same period in 2015. See “Nuclear Matters - Indian Point 2 Outage” below for discussion of the extended Indian Point 2 outage in the second quarter 2016; and

•	the sale of the Rhode Island State Energy Center in December 2015.

(a)	The reduction in owned capacity is due to the sale of the 583 MW Rhode Island State Energy Center in December 2015.

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•	a decrease of $31 million in fossil-fueled generation expenses primarily due to an overall lower scope of work done during plant outages in 2016 as compared to the same period in 2015, partially offset by an increase as a result of the purchase of the Union Power Station in March 2016.  See Note 13 to the financial statements herein for discussion of the Union Power Station purchase;

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a decrease of $30 million in compensation and benefits costs primarily due to a decrease in net periodic pension and other postretirement benefits costs as a result of an increase in the discount rate used to value the benefit liabilities and a refinement in the approach used to estimate the service cost and interest cost components of pension and other postretirement costs. See “MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS - Critical Accounting Estimates - Qualified Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits” in the Form 10-K and Note 6 to the financial statements herein for further discussion of benefits costs;

•	the deferral of $8 million of previously-incurred costs related to ANO post-Fukushima compliance and $10 million of previously-incurred costs related to ANO flood barrier compliance, as approved by the APSC as part of the Entergy Arkansas 2015 rate case settlement. See Note 2 to the financial statements herein for further discussion of the rate case settlement; and

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a decrease of $7 million as a result of spending in 2015 related to the Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana business combination. Deferrals of $15.8 million of certain external costs incurred were recorded in the third and fourth quarter 2015, as approved by the LPSC. These costs are being amortized over a ten-year period beginning December 2015. See “MANAGEMENT’S FINANCIAL DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS - Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana Business Combination” in the Form 10-K for a discussion of the combination.

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the effects of recording the final court decisions in the FitzPatrick, Vermont Yankee, and Indian Point 3 lawsuits against the DOE related to spent nuclear fuel disposal. The damages awarded include the reimbursement of approximately $11 million of spent nuclear fuel storage costs previously recorded as depreciation. See Note 1 to the financial statements herein for discussion of the DOE litigation;

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•	decreases in depreciable asset balances as a result of the impairments of the FitzPatrick, Pilgrim, and Palisades plants in the third and fourth quarters of 2015; and

•	a decrease in depreciable asset balances as a result of the sale of the Rhode Island State Energy Center in December 2015.

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(a)	Calculation excludes the Arkansas, Louisiana, New Orleans, and Texas securitization bonds, which are non-recourse to Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas, respectively.

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•	lower Entergy Wholesale Commodities net revenue in 2016 as compared to the same period in 2015, as discussed previously;

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an increase of $70 million in interest paid in 2016 as compared to the same period in 2015 primarily due to an interest payment of $60 million made in March 2016 related to the purchase of a beneficial interest in the Waterford 3 leased assets and an increase in interest expense as a result of 2016 debt issuances by various Utility operating companies, partially offset by a decrease in interest paid in 2016 on the Grand Gulf sale-leaseback obligation. See Note 11 to the financial statements herein for a discussion of Entergy Louisiana’s purchase of a beneficial interest in the Waterford 3 leased assets, see Note 4 to the financial statements herein for a discussion of debt issuances, and see Note 10 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for details of the Grand Gulf sale-leaseback obligation; and

•	an increase of $34 million in spending in 2016 as compared to the same period in 2015 on activities related to the decommissioning of Vermont Yankee, which ceased power production in December 2014.

•	spending of $54 million in 2015 related to the shutdown of Vermont Yankee, including the severance and retention payments accrued in 2014 and defueling activities that took place after the plant ceased power production in December 2014;

•	the timing of payments to vendors;

•	a decrease of $25 million in spending on nuclear refueling outages in 2016 as compared to the same period in 2015; and

•	proceeds of $11 million received in June 2016 from the DOE resulting from litigation regarding spent nuclear fuel storage costs that were previously expensed. See Note 1 to the financial statements herein for discussion of the DOE litigation.

•	the purchase of the Union Power Station for approximately $948 million in March 2016. See Note 13 to the financial statements herein for discussion of the Union Power Station purchase; and

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an increase in construction expenditures, primarily in the Utility business, primarily due to an overall higher scope of work on transmission projects in 2016 as compared to the same period in 2015, an increase due to various technology projects and upgrades in 2016, and an increase in distribution construction expenditures primarily due to a higher scope of non-storm related work performed in 2016 as compared to the same period in 2015, partially offset by a decrease in spending related to compliance with NRC post-Fukushima requirements.

•	proceeds of $89 million received in June 2016 from the DOE resulting from litigation regarding spent nuclear fuel storage costs that were previously capitalized. See Note 1 to the financial statements herein for discussion of the DOE litigation;

•	a $71 million NYPA value sharing payment in 2015. See Note 15 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for further discussion of Entergy’s NYPA value sharing agreements;

•	a change in collateral deposit activity, reflected in the “Decrease (increase) in other investments” line on the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows, as certain Utility operating companies posted cash collateral of $54 million in 2015 to support their obligations to MISO; and

•	a decrease in nuclear fuel purchases due to variations from year to year in the timing and pricing of fuel reload requirements, material and services deliveries, and the timing of cash payments during the nuclear fuel cycle.

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•	long-term debt activity providing approximately $437 million of cash in 2016 compared to using approximately $519 million of cash in 2015.  Included in the long-term debt activity is $595 million in 2016 and $424 million in 2015 for the repayment of borrowings on the Entergy Corporation long-term credit facility; and

•	an increase of $100 million in 2016 compared to a decrease of $70 million in 2015 in short-term borrowings by the nuclear fuel company variable interest entities.

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(a)	Percent of planned generation output sold or purchased forward under contracts, forward physical contracts, forward financial contracts, or options that mitigate price uncertainty that may require regulatory approval or approval of transmission rights. Positions that are not classified as hedges are netted in the planned generation under contract.

(b)

Transaction under which power is supplied from a specific generation asset; if the asset is not operating, the seller is generally not liable to buyer for any damages. Certain unit-contingent sales include a guarantee of availability. Availability guarantees provide for the payment to the power purchaser of contract damages, if incurred, in the event the seller fails to deliver power as a result of the failure of the specified generation unit to generate power at or above a specified availability threshold.  All of Entergy’s outstanding guarantees of availability provide for dollar limits on Entergy’s maximum liability under such guarantees.

(c)

Transaction that requires receipt or delivery of energy at a specified delivery point (usually at a market hub not associated with a specific asset) or settles financially on notional quantities; if a party fails to deliver or receive energy, defaulting party must compensate the other party as specified in the contract, a portion of which may be capped through the use of risk management products. This also includes option transactions that may expire without being exercised.

(d)	Transactions for the purchase of energy, generally to offset a Firm LD transaction.

(e)	Amount of output expected to be generated by Entergy Wholesale Commodities resources considering plant operating characteristics, outage schedules, and expected market conditions that affect dispatch.

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Assumes NRC license renewals for plants with NRC license renewal applications in process. Assumes shutdown of FitzPatrick in late January 2017, shutdown of Pilgrim on May 31, 2019, and uninterrupted normal operation at remaining plants. NRC license renewal applications are in process for two units, as follows (with current license expirations in parentheses): Indian Point 2 (September 2013 and now operating under its period of extended operations while its application is pending) and Indian Point 3 (December 2015 and now operating under its period of extended operations while its application is pending).  For a discussion regarding the planned shutdown of the FitzPatrick and Pilgrim plants, see “Results of Operations - Realized Revenue per MWh for Entergy Wholesale Commodities Nuclear Plants” above. For a discussion regarding the license renewals for Indian Point 2 and Indian Point 3, see “Entergy Wholesale Commodities Authorizations to Operate Its Nuclear Power Plants” above and in the Form 10-K.

(g)	Percent of planned qualified capacity sold to mitigate price uncertainty under physical or financial transactions.

(h)	A contract for the sale of installed capacity and related energy, priced per megawatt-hour sold.

(i)	A contract for the sale of an installed capacity product in a regional market.

(j)	Includes assumptions on converting a portion of the portfolio to contracted with fixed price cost or discount and excludes non-cash revenue from the amortization of the Palisades below-market purchased power agreement, mark-to-market activity, and service revenues.

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•	Entergy New Orleans would redeem its outstanding preferred stock at a price of approximately $21 million, which includes an expected call premium of approximately $819,000, plus any accumulated and unpaid dividends.

•	Entergy New Orleans would convert from a Louisiana corporation to a Texas corporation.

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Under the Texas Business Organizations Code (TXBOC), Entergy New Orleans will allocate substantially all of its assets to a new subsidiary, Entergy New Orleans Power, LLC, a Texas limited liability company (Entergy New Orleans Power), and Entergy New Orleans Power will assume substantially all of the liabilities of Entergy New Orleans, in a transaction regarded as a merger under the TXBOC. Entergy New Orleans will remain in existence and hold the membership interests in Entergy New Orleans Power.

•	Entergy New Orleans will contribute the membership interests in Entergy New Orleans Power to an affiliate (Entergy Utility Holding Company, LLC, a Texas limited liability company and subsidiary of Entergy Corporation). As a result of the contribution, Entergy New Orleans Power will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of Entergy Utility Holding Company, LLC.

•	Entergy New Orleans will change its name to Entergy New Orleans Holdings, Inc., and Entergy New Orleans Power will then change its name to Entergy New Orleans, LLC.

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(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.

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(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.

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(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.

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(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.

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(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.

(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.

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(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.

(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.

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(a)	The interest rate is the rate as of June 30, 2016 that would most likely apply to outstanding borrowings under the facility.

(b)	Borrowings under the Entergy Arkansas credit facility may be secured by a security interest in its accounts receivable at Entergy Arkansas’s option.

(c)	The credit facility allows Entergy Arkansas to issue letters of credit against 50% of the borrowing capacity of the facility.

(d)	The credit facility allows Entergy Louisiana to issue letters of credit against 50% of the borrowing capacity of the facility.

(e)	Borrowings under the Entergy Mississippi credit facilities may be secured by a security interest in its accounts receivable at Entergy Mississippi’s option.

(f)	The credit facility allows Entergy New Orleans to issue letters of credit against $10 million of the borrowing capacity of the facility.

(g)	The credit facility allows Entergy Texas to issue letters of credit against 50% of the borrowing capacity of the facility.

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(a)	The amount for Entergy Texas includes $1.4 million related to FTR exposure. See Note 8 to the financial statements herein for discussion of FTRs.

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(a)	Includes letter of credit fees and bank fronting fees on commercial paper issuances by the nuclear fuel company variable interest entities for Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy. The nuclear fuel company variable interest entity for Entergy Louisiana River Bend does not issue commercial paper, but borrows directly on its bank credit facility.

(b)	Commercial paper, classified as a current liability.

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(a)	The values exclude lease obligations of $57 million at Entergy Louisiana and $34 million at System Energy, long-term DOE obligations of $182 million at Entergy Arkansas, and the note payable to NYPA of $35 million at Entergy, and include debt due within one year.

(b)	Fair values are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements and are based on prices derived from inputs such as benchmark yields and reported trades.

(a)	The values exclude lease obligations of $109 million at Entergy Louisiana and $34 million at System Energy, long-term DOE obligations of $181 million at Entergy Arkansas, and the note payable to NYPA of $35 million at Entergy, and include debt due within one year.

(b)	Fair values are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements and are based on prices derived from inputs such as benchmark yields and reported trades.

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(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 Consolidated Balance Sheets

(d)	Excludes cash collateral in the amount of $1 million posted as of June 30, 2016 and $9 million posted and $68 million held as of December 31, 2015. Also excludes letters of credit in the amount of $1 million posted and $23 million held as of June 30, 2016.

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(a)	Before taxes of $16 million and $27 million for the three months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively

(a)	Before taxes of $70 million and $32 million for the six months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively

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(a)	Due to regulatory treatment, the natural gas swaps 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 are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms.

(b)

Due to regulatory treatment, the changes in the estimated fair value of FTRs 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 FTRs for the Utility operating companies are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms.

(a)	Excludes letters of credit in the amount of $1.4 million posted by Entergy Texas as of June 30, 2016. No cash collateral was required to be posted as of June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively.

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(a)	Due to regulatory treatment, the natural gas swaps 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 are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms.

(b)

Due to regulatory treatment, the changes in the estimated fair value of FTRs 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 FTRs for the Utility operating companies are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms.

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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 hedge contracts.  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.

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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:

-	inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.

•	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 FTRs and derivative power contracts used as cash flow hedges of power sales at merchant power plants.

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(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.

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(a)	Change in unrealized gains or losses for the period included in earnings for derivatives held at the end of the reporting period is ($6) million for the three months ended June 30, 2016 and ($1) million for the three months ended June 30, 2015.

(a)	For the six months ended June 30, 2016, there is no change in unrealized gains or losses included in earnings for derivatives held at the end of the reporting period. Change in unrealized gains or losses for the period included in earnings for derivatives held at the end of the reporting period is ($7) million for the six months ended June 30, 2015.

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(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.

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Entergy and the IRS agreed that $148.6 million of the proceeds received by Entergy Louisiana in 2010 from the Louisiana Utilities Restoration Corporation (LURC), an instrumentality of the State of Louisiana, for the financing of Hurricane Gustav and Hurricane Ike storm costs pursuant to Act 55 of the Louisiana Regular Session of 2007 (Louisiana Act 55) were not taxable. Because the treatment of the financing is settled, Entergy recognized previously unrecognized tax benefits totaling $63.5 million, of which Entergy Louisiana recorded $61.6 million. Entergy Louisiana also accrued a regulatory liability of $16.1 million ($9.9 million net-of-tax) in accordance with the terms of Entergy Louisiana’s previous settlement agreement approved by the LPSC regarding Entergy Louisiana’s obligation to pay to customers savings associated with the Act 55 financing.

•	Entergy and the IRS agreed upon the tax treatment of Entergy Louisiana’s regulatory liability related to the Vidalia purchased power agreement. As a result, Entergy Louisiana recognized a previously unrecognized tax benefit of $74.5 million.

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•	$6.5 million in credits received in the second quarter 2015 related to incentives recognized as a result of participation in energy efficiency programs;

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•	an increase of $2.5 million in fossil-fueled generation expenses primarily due to the purchase of Power Block 2 of the Union Power Station in March 2016. See Note 13 to the financial statements herein for discussion of the Union Power Station purchase; and

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an increase of $1.6 million in nuclear generation expenses primarily due to an increase in regulatory compliance costs and an overall higher scope of work done during plant outages as compared to prior year. The increase in regulatory compliance costs is primarily related to additional NRC inspection activities as a result of the NRC’s March 2015 decision to move ANO into the “multiple/repetitive degraded cornerstone column” of the NRC’s Reactor Oversight Process Action Matrix. See “ANO Damage, Outage, and NRC Reviews” below.

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a decrease of $4.5 million in compensation and benefits costs primarily due to a decrease in net periodic pension and other postretirement benefits costs as a result of an increase in the discount rate used to value the benefit liabilities and a refinement in the approach used to estimate the service cost and interest cost components of pension and other postretirement costs. See “MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS - Critical Accounting Estimates - Qualified Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits” in the Form 10-K and Note 6 to the financial statements herein for further discussion of benefits costs; and

•	a decrease of $3.7 million in energy efficiency costs, including the effects of true-ups to the energy efficiency filings in June 2016 for fixed costs to be collected from customers.

•	the deferral of $7.7 million of previously-incurred costs related to ANO post-Fukushima compliance and $9.9 million of previously-incurred costs related to ANO flood barrier compliance, as approved by the APSC as part of the 2015 rate case settlement. See Note 2 to the financial statements herein for further discussion of the rate case settlement;

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a decrease of $9.7 million in compensation and benefits costs primarily due to a decrease in net periodic pension and other postretirement benefits costs as a result of an increase in the discount rate used to value the benefit liabilities and a refinement in the approach used to estimate the service cost and interest cost components of pension and other postretirement costs. See “MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS - Critical Accounting Estimates - Qualified Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits” in the Form 10-K and Note 6 to the financial statements herein for further discussion of benefits costs; and

•	a decrease of $9.1 million in energy efficiency costs, including the effects of true-ups to the energy efficiency filings in June 2016 for fixed costs to be collected from customers.

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an increase of $23.5 million in nuclear generation expenses primarily due to an increase in regulatory compliance costs and an overall higher scope of work done during plant outages as compared to prior year. The increase in regulatory compliance costs is primarily related to additional NRC inspection activities as a result of the NRC’s March 2015 decision to move ANO into the “multiple/repetitive degraded cornerstone

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•	$6.5 million in credits received in the second quarter 2015 related to incentives recognized as a result of participation in energy efficiency programs.

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•	a decrease of $21.8 million in spending on nuclear refueling outages in 2016;

•	a decrease of $10.3 million in income tax payments primarily due to the final settlement of amounts outstanding associated with the 2006-2007 IRS audit paid in the first quarter of 2015. See Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of the 2006-2007 IRS audit;

•	the timing of payments to vendors; and

•	a decrease of $4.7 million in storm spending in 2016.

•	a decrease in the recovery of fuel and purchased power costs including System Agreement bandwidth remedy collections from customers of $16.8 million received in 2016 as compared to $29.7 million received in 2015. See Note 2 herein and in the Form 10-K for a discussion of the System Agreement proceedings; and

•	an increase of $8.1 million in interest paid resulting from an increase in interest expense, as discussed above.

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•	the purchase of Power Block 2 of the Union Power Station in March 2016 for approximately $237 million. See Note 13 to the financial statements herein for discussion of the Union Power Station purchase;

•	an increase in non-storm related transmission and distribution construction expenditures primarily due to a higher scope of work performed in 2016; and

•	the fluctuations in nuclear fuel activity because of variations from year to year in the timing and pricing of fuel reload requirements in the Utility business, material and service deliveries, and the timing of cash payments during the nuclear fuel cycle.

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the issuance of $325 million of 3.5% Series first mortgage bonds in January 2016. Entergy Arkansas used a portion of the proceeds to pay, prior to maturity, $175 million of 5.66% Series first mortgage bonds. Entergy Arkansas used the remainder of the proceeds, together with other funds, for the purchase of Power Block 2 of the Union Power Station, as discussed above, and for general corporate purposes;

•	a $200 million capital contribution received from Entergy Corporation in March 2016 primarily in anticipation of Entergy Arkansas’s purchase of Power Block 2 of the Union Power Station;

•	the issuance of $55 million of 3.5% Series first mortgage bonds in June 2016. These bonds were a further issuance of the 3.5% Series first mortgage bonds issued in January 2016. Entergy Arkansas used the proceeds, together with other funds, to pay, prior to maturity, $60 million of 6.38% Series first mortgage bonds in July 2016;

•	money pool activity; and

•	net repayments of $48 million on the Entergy Arkansas nuclear fuel company variable interest entity credit facility in 2015.

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a decrease of $6 million in compensation and benefits costs primarily due to a decrease in net periodic pension and other postretirement costs as a result of higher discount rates used to value the benefit liabilities and a refinement in the approach used to estimate the service cost and interest cost components of pension and other postretirement costs. See “MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS - Critical Accounting Estimates - Qualified Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits” in the Form 10-K and Note 6 to the financial statements herein for further discussion of benefits costs;

•	a decrease of $4.4 million as a result of spending in 2015 related to the Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana business combination. Deferrals of $15.8 million of certain external costs incurred were

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a decrease of $3 million in fossil-fueled generation expenses due to an overall lower scope of work done during plant outages in 2016 as compared to the same period in 2015, partially offset by an increase as a result of the purchase of Power Blocks 3 and 4 of the Union Power Station in March 2016.  See Note 13 to the financial statements herein for discussion of the Union Power Station purchase; and

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the effects of recording the final court decision in the Entergy Louisiana lawsuit against the DOE related to River Bend spent nuclear fuel storage costs. The damages awarded include the reimbursement of approximately $1.9 million of spent nuclear fuel storage costs previously recorded as other operation and maintenance expense. See Note 1 to the financial statements herein for discussion of the DOE litigation.

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a decrease of $13 million in compensation and benefits costs primarily due to a decrease in net periodic pension and other postretirement costs as a result of higher discount rates used to value the benefit liabilities and a refinement in the approach used to estimate the service cost and interest cost components of pension and other postretirement costs. See “MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS - Critical Accounting Estimates - Qualified Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits” in the Form 10-K and Note 6 to the financial statements herein for further discussion of benefits costs;

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a decrease of $12.1 million in fossil-fueled generation expenses primarily due to an overall lower scope of work done during plant outages in 2016 as compared to the same period in 2015, partially offset by an increase as a result of the purchase of Power Blocks 3 and 4 of the Union Power Station in March 2016.  See Note 13 to the financial statements herein for discussion of the Union Power Station purchase;

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a decrease of $7.4 million as a result of spending in 2015 related to the Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana business combination. Deferrals of $15.8 million of certain external costs incurred were recorded in the third and fourth quarter 2015, as approved by the LPSC. These costs are being amortized over a ten-year period beginning December 2015. See “MANAGEMENT’S FINANCIAL DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS - Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana Business Combination” in the Form 10-K for a discussion of the combination; and

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the effects of recording the final court decision in the Entergy Louisiana lawsuit against the DOE related to River Bend spent nuclear fuel storage costs. The damages awarded include the reimbursement of approximately $1.9 million of spent nuclear fuel storage costs previously recorded as other operation and maintenance expense. See Note 1 to the financial statements for discussion of the DOE litigation.

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•	Restrictions were enacted on the utilization of net operating loss carryovers. Entergy Louisiana has determined that no additional valuation allowance is necessary at this time on its Louisiana net operating loss carryovers.

•	Depending on the outcome of a statewide election to amend the Louisiana Constitution in November 2016, the applicable Louisiana corporate tax rate may change slightly. It would require a deferred tax adjustment for Entergy companies that have a Louisiana nexus; however, the net effect would be less than a 1% increase in the applicable tax rate for such companies.

•	Effective January 1, 2017, franchise tax will be applicable to limited liability companies that elect to be taxed as corporations for income tax purposes. Entergy currently estimates that its consolidated Louisiana franchise tax liability will increase in the range of $4 million to $10 million as a result of such franchise tax change.

•	The Louisiana state sales tax rate was increased by 1% and certain tax exemptions were made temporarily inoperable. The combination of the two will likely increase Entergy Louisiana’s costs related to fuel, capital

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income tax payments of $62.7 million in 2016 compared to income tax refunds of $4.1 million in 2015. Entergy Louisiana made income tax payments of $62.7 million in 2016 related to the 2016 payments for state taxes resulting from the correlative effect of the final settlement of the 2006-2007 IRS audit and the effect of net operating loss limitations discussed above in “Louisiana Tax Legislation”. Entergy Louisiana received income tax refunds of $4.1 million in 2015 in accordance with the Entergy Corporation and Subsidiary Companies Intercompany Income Tax Allocation Agreement. The income tax refunds in 2015 resulted primarily from an Entergy Louisiana overpayment associated with the final settlement of amounts outstanding from the 2006-2007 IRS audit. See Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of the 2006-2007 IRS audit; and

•	an increase of $72 million in interest paid primarily due to an interest payment of $60 million made in March 2016 related to the purchase of a beneficial interest in the Waterford 3 leased assets. See Note 11 to the financial statements herein for a discussion of the purchase of a beneficial interest in the Waterford 3 leased assets.

•	the purchase of Power Blocks 3 and 4 of the Union Power Station for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $474 million in March 2016. See Note 13 to the financial statements herein for discussion of the Union Power Station purchase;

•	an increase in fossil-fueled generation construction expenditures primarily due to increased spending on the St. Charles Power Station project; and

•	an increase of $11.2 million due to various technology projects and upgrades in 2016.

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•	fluctuations in nuclear fuel activity because of variations from year to year in the timing and pricing of fuel reload requirements in the Utility business, material and service deliveries, and the timing of cash payments during the nuclear fuel cycle;

•	cash collateral of $32.3 million posted in 2015 to support Entergy Louisiana’s obligation to MISO;

•	a decrease in nuclear expenditures primarily due to a decreased scope of work performed in 2016 as compared to 2015; and

•	money pool activity.

(a)	Calculation excludes the securitization bonds, which are non-recourse to Entergy Louisiana.

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•	a decrease of $4 million in fossil-fueled generation expenses primarily due to a lower scope of work done during plant outages in 2016 as compared to the same period in 2015;

•	a $2.6 million loss recognized in 2015 on the disposition of plant components; and

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a decrease of $1.4 million in compensation and benefits costs primarily due to a decrease in net periodic pension and other postretirement benefits costs as a result of an increase in the discount rate used to value the benefit liabilities and a refinement in the approach used to estimate the service cost and interest cost components of pension and other postretirement costs. See “MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS - Critical Accounting Estimates - Qualified Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits” in the Form 10-K and Note 6 to the financial statements herein for further discussion of benefits costs.

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•	a decrease of $13.6 million in fossil-fueled generation expenses primarily due to a lower scope of work done during plant outages in 2016 as compared to the same period in 2015;

•	a $2.6 million loss recognized in 2015 on the disposition of plant components; and

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a decrease of $2.2 million in compensation and benefits costs primarily due to a decrease in net periodic pension and other postretirement benefits costs as a result of an increase in the discount rate used to value the benefit liabilities and a refinement in the approach used to estimate the service cost and interest cost components of pension and other postretirement costs. See “MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS - Critical Accounting Estimates - Qualified Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits” in the Form 10-K and Note 6 to the financial statements herein for further discussion of benefits costs.

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•	decreased recovery of fuel costs in 2016 as compared to the same period in 2015;

•	timing of collections from customers; and

•	$15.1 million in insurance proceeds received in the first quarter of 2015 related to the Baxter Wilson plant event. See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion on the Baxter Wilson plant event.

•	an increase in transmission construction expenditures primarily due to a higher scope of work done in 2016 as compared to the same period in 2015;

•	insurance proceeds of $12.7 million received in the first quarter of 2015 related to the Baxter Wilson plant event. See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion on the Baxter Wilson plant event; and

•	an increase of $10.7 million due to various technology projects and upgrades.

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•	a decrease of $1.8 million primarily due to the cessation of storm damage provisions in August 2015. See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for further discussion of storm cost recovery;

•	a decrease of $1.6 million due to lower transmission equalization expenses, as allocated under the System Agreement, as compared to the same period in 2015 primarily as a result of Entergy Mississippi’s exit from the System Agreement in November 2015; and

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a decrease of $1.1 million in compensation and benefits costs primarily due to a decrease in net periodic pension and other postretirement benefits costs as a result of an increase in the discount rate used to value the benefit liabilities and a refinement in the approach used to estimate the service cost and interest cost components of pension and other postretirement costs. See “MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS - Critical Accounting Estimates - Qualified Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits” in the Form 10-K and Note 6 to the financial statements herein for further discussion of benefits costs.

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•	a decrease of $3.6 million primarily due to the cessation of storm damage provisions in August 2015. See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for further discussion of storm cost recovery;

•	a decrease of $3.1 million due to lower transmission equalization expenses, as allocated under the System Agreement, as compared to the same period in 2015 primarily as a result of Entergy Mississippi’s exit from the System Agreement in November 2015; and

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a decrease of $1.2 million in fossil-fueled generation expenses primarily due to an overall lower scope of work done during plant outages in 2016 as compared to the same period in 2015, partially offset by an increase as a result of the purchase of Power Block 1 of the Union Power Station in March 2016.  See Note 13 to the financial statements herein for discussion of the Union Power Station purchase.

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•	Entergy New Orleans would redeem its outstanding preferred stock at a price of approximately $21 million, which includes an expected call premium of approximately $819,000, plus any accumulated and unpaid dividends.

•	Entergy New Orleans would convert from a Louisiana corporation to a Texas corporation.

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Under the Texas Business Organizations Code (TXBOC), Entergy New Orleans will allocate substantially all of its assets to a new subsidiary, Entergy New Orleans Power, LLC, a Texas limited liability company (Entergy New Orleans Power), and Entergy New Orleans Power will assume substantially all of the liabilities of Entergy New Orleans, in a transaction regarded as a merger under the TXBOC. Entergy New Orleans will remain in existence and hold the membership interests in Entergy New Orleans Power.

•	Entergy New Orleans will contribute the membership interests in Entergy New Orleans Power to an affiliate (Entergy Utility Holding Company, LLC, a Texas limited liability company and subsidiary of Entergy Corporation). As a result of the contribution, Entergy New Orleans Power will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of Entergy Utility Holding Company, LLC.

•	Entergy New Orleans will change its name to Entergy New Orleans Holdings, Inc., and Entergy New Orleans Power will then change its name to Entergy New Orleans, LLC.

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•	a decrease of $7.6 million in fossil-fueled generation expenses primarily due to an overall higher scope of work done in the prior year;

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a decrease of $1.4 million in compensation and benefits costs primarily due to a decrease in net periodic pension and other postretirement benefits costs as a result of an increase in the discount rate used to value the benefit liabilities and a refinement in the approach used to estimate the service cost and interest cost components of pension and other postretirement costs. See “MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS - Critical Accounting Estimates - Qualified Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits” in the Form 10-K and Note 6 to the financial statements herein for further discussion of benefits costs; and

•	a decrease of $0.7 million in energy efficiency costs.

•	a decrease of $9.6 million in fossil-fueled generation expenses primarily due to an overall higher scope of work done in the prior year;

•	a decrease of $1.7 million in compensation and benefits costs primarily due to a decrease in net periodic pension and other postretirement benefits costs as a result of an increase in the discount rate used to value the benefit

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•	a decrease of $1.7 million in energy efficiency costs.

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•	an increase in transmission construction expenditures primarily due to a higher scope of work performed in 2016 as compared to the same period in 2015;

•	an increase of $10.7 million due to various technology projects and upgrades in 2016; and

•	money pool activity.

•	a decrease in fossil-fueled generation construction expenditures primarily due to a decreased scope of work performed during outages in 2016 as compared to the same period in 2015; and

•	cash collateral of $12 million posted in June 2015 to support Entergy Texas’s obligations to MISO.

(a)	Calculation excludes the securitization bonds, which are non-recourse to Entergy Texas.

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•	a decrease of $21.9 million in income tax payments primarily due to the final settlement of amounts outstanding associated with the 2006-2007 IRS audit paid in the first quarter of 2015. See Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of the income tax audits; and

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•	a decrease in interest paid on the Grand Gulf sale-leaseback obligation in 2016 as compared to the same period in 2015 due to renewal of the lease in 2015. See Note 10 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for details on the Grand Gulf sale-leaseback obligation.

•	fluctuations in nuclear fuel activity because of variations from year to year in the timing and pricing of fuel reload requirements in the Utility business, material and services deliveries, and the timing of cash payments during the nuclear fuel cycle; and

•	an increase in nuclear construction expenditures primarily as a result of a higher scope of work on Grand Gulf outage projects.

•	borrowings of $99.6 million on the nuclear fuel company variable interest entity’s credit facility in 2016 compared to borrowings of $17.1 million on the nuclear fuel company variable interest entity’s credit facility in 2015;

•	redemption in April 2015, at maturity, of $60 million of System Energy nuclear fuel company variable interest entity’s 5.33% Series G notes; and

•	the partial repayment caused by System Energy in May 2015 of $35 million of 5.875% pollution control revenue bonds due 2022 issued on behalf of System Energy.

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(a)	See Note 12 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for additional discussion of the stock-based compensation plans.

(b)	Maximum amount of shares that may yet be repurchased relates only to the $500 million plan and does not include an estimate of the amount of shares that may be purchased to fund the exercise of grants under the stock-based compensation plans.

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