ENTERGY ARKANSAS, LLC - Annual Report: 2010 (Form 10-K)

(Mark One)
X	ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
	For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2010
	OR
	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
	For the transition period from ____________ to ____________

Commission File Number	Registrant, State of Incorporation or Organization, Address of Principal Executive Offices, Telephone Number, and IRS Employer Identification No.		Commission File Number	Registrant, State of Incorporation or Organization, Address of Principal Executive Offices, Telephone Number, and IRS Employer Identification No.
1-11299	ENTERGY CORPORATION (a Delaware corporation) 639 Loyola Avenue New Orleans, Louisiana 70113 Telephone (504) 576-4000 72-1229752		1-31508	ENTERGY MISSISSIPPI, INC. (a Mississippi corporation) 308 East Pearl Street Jackson, Mississippi 39201 Telephone (601) 368-5000 64-0205830
1-10764	ENTERGY ARKANSAS, INC. (an Arkansas corporation) 425 West Capitol Avenue Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Telephone (501) 377-4000 71-0005900		0-05807	ENTERGY NEW ORLEANS, INC. (a Louisiana corporation) 1600 Perdido Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 Telephone (504) 670-3700 72-0273040
0-20371	ENTERGY GULF STATES LOUISIANA, L.L.C. (a Louisiana limited liability company) 446 North Boulevard Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 Telephone (800) 368-3749 74-0662730		1-34360	ENTERGY TEXAS, INC. (a Texas corporation) 350 Pine Street Beaumont, Texas 77701 Telephone (409) 981-2000 61-1435798
1-32718	ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC (a Texas limited liability company) 446 North Boulevard Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 Telephone (800) 368-3749 75-3206126		1-09067	SYSTEM ENERGY RESOURCES, INC. (an Arkansas corporation) Echelon One 1340 Echelon Parkway Jackson, Mississippi 39213 Telephone (601) 368-5000 72-0752777

 

Registrant	Title of Class	Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Entergy Corporation	Common Stock, $0.01 Par Value – 179,037,924   shares outstanding at January 31, 2011	New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.
Entergy Arkansas, Inc.	Mortgage Bonds, 5.75% Series due November 2040	New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
Entergy Louisiana, LLC	Mortgage Bonds, 6.0% Series due March 2040	New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
	Mortgage Bonds, 5.875% Series due June 2041	New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
Entergy Mississippi, Inc.	Mortgage Bonds, 6.0% Series due November 2032	New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
	Mortgage Bonds, 6.20% Series due April 2040	New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
Entergy Texas, Inc.	Mortgage Bonds, 7.875% Series due June 2039	New York Stock Exchange, Inc.

Registrant	Title of Class
Entergy Arkansas, Inc.	Preferred Stock, Cumulative, $100 Par Value Preferred Stock, Cumulative, $0.01 Par Value
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, L.L.C.	Common Membership Interests
Entergy Mississippi, Inc.	Preferred Stock, Cumulative, $100 Par Value
Entergy New Orleans, Inc.	Preferred Stock, Cumulative, $100 Par Value
Entergy Texas, Inc.	Common Stock, no par value

	Yes		No
Entergy Corporation	Ö
Entergy Arkansas, Inc.			Ö
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, L.L.C.			Ö
Entergy Louisiana, LLC			Ö
Entergy Mississippi, Inc.			Ö
Entergy New Orleans, Inc.			Ö
Entergy Texas, Inc.			Ö
System Energy Resources, Inc.			Ö

	Yes		No
Entergy Corporation			Ö
Entergy Arkansas, Inc.			Ö
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, L.L.C.			Ö
Entergy Louisiana, LLC			Ö
Entergy Mississippi, Inc.			Ö
Entergy New Orleans, Inc.			Ö
Entergy Texas, Inc.			Ö
System Energy Resources, Inc.			Ö

 

	Large accelerated filer		Accelerated filer		Non-accelerated filer		Smaller reporting company
Entergy Corporation	Ö
Entergy Arkansas, Inc.					Ö
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, L.L.C.					Ö
Entergy Louisiana, LLC					Ö
Entergy Mississippi, Inc.					Ö
Entergy New Orleans, Inc.					Ö
Entergy Texas, Inc.					Ö
System Energy Resources, Inc.					Ö

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resolution of pending and future rate cases and negotiations, including various performance-based rate discussions, and other regulatory proceedings, including those related to Entergy's System Agreement or any successor agreement or arrangement, Entergy's utility supply plan, recovery of storm costs, and recovery of fuel and purchased power costs

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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, the operations of the independent coordinator of transmission for Entergy's utility service territory and transition to a successor or alternative arrangement, including possible participation in a regional transmission organization, and the application of more stringent transmission reliability requirements or market power criteria by the FERC

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changes in regulation of nuclear generating facilities and nuclear materials and fuel, including possible shutdown of nuclear generating facilities, particularly those owned or operated by the Entergy Wholesale Commodities business, and the effects of new or existing safety concerns regarding nuclear power plants and nuclear fuel

·	resolution of pending or future applications for license renewals or modifications of nuclear generating facilities

·	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, the ability to hedge, 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

·	volatility and changes in markets for electricity, natural gas, uranium, and other energy-related commodities

·	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, including requirements for reduced emissions of sulfur, nitrogen, carbon, mercury, and other substances, 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

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variations in weather and the occurrence of hurricanes and other storms and disasters, including uncertainties associated with efforts to remediate the effects of hurricanes and ice storms 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

·	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 territory and the Northeast United States and events that could influence economic conditions in those areas

·	the effects of Entergy's strategies to reduce tax payments

·	changes in the financial markets, particularly those affecting the availability of 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

·	advances in technology

·	the potential effects of threatened or actual terrorism 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 for Entergy's defined benefit pension and other postretirement benefit plans

·	changes in decommissioning trust fund values or earnings or in the timing of or cost to decommission nuclear plant sites

·	factors that could lead to impairment of long-lived assets

·	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.

Abbreviation or Acronym	Term
AEEC	Arkansas Electric Energy Consumers
AFUDC	Allowance for Funds Used During Construction
ALJ	Administrative Law Judge
ANO 1 and 2	Units 1 and 2 of Arkansas Nuclear One (nuclear), owned by Entergy Arkansas
APSC	Arkansas Public Service Commission
Board	Board of Directors of Entergy Corporation
Cajun	Cajun Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.
capacity factor	Actual plant output divided by maximum potential plant output for the period
City Council or Council	Council of the City of New Orleans, Louisiana
DOE	United States Department of Energy
D. C. Circuit	U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Entergy	Entergy Corporation and its direct and indirect subsidiaries
Entergy Corporation	Entergy Corporation, a Delaware corporation
Entergy Gulf States, Inc.	Predecessor company for financial reporting purposes to Entergy Gulf States Louisiana that included the assets and business operations of both Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Texas
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana	Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, L.L.C., a company formally created as part of the jurisdictional separation of Entergy Gulf States, Inc. and the successor company to Entergy Gulf States, Inc. for financial reporting purposes.  The term is also used to refer to the Louisiana jurisdictional business of Entergy Gulf States, Inc., as the context requires.
Entergy-Koch	A joint venture equally owned by subsidiaries of Entergy and Koch Industries, Inc.  Entergy-Koch’s pipeline and trading businesses were sold in 2004.
Entergy Texas	Entergy Texas, Inc., a company formally created as part of the jurisdictional separation of Entergy Gulf States, Inc.  The term is also used to refer to the Texas jurisdictional business of Entergy Gulf States, Inc., as the context requires.
Entergy Wholesale Commodities	Entergy’s non-utility business segment primarily comprised of the ownership and operation of six nuclear power plants, the ownership of interests in non-nuclear power plants, and the sale of the electric power produced by those plants to wholesale customers
EPA	United States Environmental Protection Agency
ERCOT	Electric Reliability Council of Texas
FASB	Financial Accounting Standards Board
FERC	Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
firm LD	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, the defaulting party must compensate the other party as specified in the contract
FitzPatrick	James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant (nuclear), owned by an Entergy subsidiary in the Entergy Wholesale Commodities business segment
Grand Gulf	Unit No. 1 of Grand Gulf Nuclear Station (nuclear), 90% owned or leased by System Energy
GWh	Gigawatt-hour(s), which equals one million kilowatt-hours
Independence	Independence Steam Electric Station (coal), owned 16% by Entergy Arkansas, 25% by Entergy Mississippi, and 7% by Entergy Power
Indian Point 2	Unit 2 of Indian Point Energy Center (nuclear), owned by an Entergy subsidiary in the Entergy Wholesale Commodities business segment

Abbreviation or Acronym	Term
Indian Point 3	Unit 3 of Indian Point Energy Center (nuclear), owned by an Entergy subsidiary in the Entergy Wholesale Commodities business segment
IRS	Internal Revenue Service
ISO	Independent System Operator
kV	Kilovolt
kW	Kilowatt, which equals one thousand watts
kWh	Kilowatt-hour(s)
LDEQ	Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
LPSC	Louisiana Public Service Commission
Mcf	1,000 cubic feet of gas
MMBtu	One million British Thermal Units
MPSC	Mississippi Public Service Commission
MW	Megawatt(s), which equals one thousand kilowatt(s)
MWh	Megawatt-hour(s)
Nelson Unit 6	Unit No. 6 (coal) of the Nelson Steam Electric Generating Station, 70% of which is co-owned by Entergy Gulf States Louisiana (57.5%) and Entergy Texas (42.5%)
Net debt ratio	Gross debt less cash and cash equivalents divided by total capitalization less cash and cash equivalents
Net MW in operation	Installed capacity owned and operated
NRC	Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NYPA	New York Power Authority
OASIS	Open Access Same Time Information Systems
Offsetting positions	Transactions for the purchase of energy, generally to offset a firm LD transaction which was used as a placeholder until a unit-contingent transaction could be originated and executed
Palisades	Palisades Power Plant (nuclear), owned by an Entergy subsidiary in the Entergy Wholesale Commodities business segment
Pilgrim	Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station (nuclear), owned by an Entergy subsidiary in the Entergy Wholesale Commodities business segment
PRP	Potentially responsible party (a person or entity that may be responsible for remediation of environmental contamination)
PUCT	Public Utility Commission of Texas
PUHCA 1935	Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended
PUHCA 2005	Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005, which repealed PUHCA 1935, among other things
PURPA	Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978
Registrant Subsidiaries	Entergy Arkansas, Inc., Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, L.L.C., Entergy Louisiana, LLC, Entergy Mississippi, Inc., Entergy New Orleans, Inc., Entergy Texas, Inc., and System Energy Resources, Inc.
Ritchie Unit 2	Unit 2 of the R.E. Ritchie Steam Electric Generating Station (gas/oil)
River Bend	River Bend Station (nuclear), owned by Entergy Gulf States Louisiana
RTO	Regional transmission organization
SEC	Securities and Exchange Commission
SMEPA	South Mississippi Electric Power Association, which owns a 10% interest in Grand Gulf
System Agreement	Agreement, effective January 1, 1983, as modified, among the Utility operating companies relating to the sharing of generating capacity and other power resources
System Energy	System Energy Resources, Inc.

Abbreviation or Acronym	Term
System Fuels	System Fuels, Inc.
TWh	Terawatt-hour(s), which equals one billion kilowatt-hours
unit-contingent	Transaction under which power is supplied from a specific generation asset; if the asset is not operating, the seller is generally not liable to the buyer for any damages
Unit Power Sales Agreement	Agreement, dated as of June 10, 1982, as amended and approved by FERC, among Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and System Energy, relating to the sale of capacity and energy from System Energy’s share of Grand Gulf
Utility	Entergy’s business segment that generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electric power, with a small amount of natural gas distribution
Utility operating companies	Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas
Vermont Yankee	Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (nuclear), owned by an Entergy subsidiary in the Entergy Wholesale Commodities business segment
Waterford 3	Unit No. 3 (nuclear) of the Waterford Steam Electric Station, 100% owned or leased by Entergy Louisiana
weather-adjusted usage	Electric usage excluding the effects of deviations from normal weather
White Bluff	White Bluff Steam Electric Generating Station, 57% owned by Entergy Arkansas

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The Utility business segment includes the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electric power in service territories in four states that include portions of Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas, and Louisiana, including the City of New Orleans; and operates a small natural gas distribution business.

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The Entergy Wholesale Commodities business segment includes the ownership and operation of six nuclear power plants located in the northern United States and the sale of the electric power produced by those plants to wholesale customers.  This business also provides services to other nuclear power plant owners.  Entergy Wholesale Commodities also owns interests in non-nuclear power plants that sell the electric power produced by those plants to wholesale customers while it focuses on improving operating and financial performance of these plants, consistent with Entergy’s market-based point-of-view.

		% of Revenue						% of Net Income						% of Total Assets
Segment		2010		2009		2008		2010		2009		2008		2010		2009		2008
Utility		78		75		79		65		57		49		80		80		79
Entergy Wholesale Commodities		22		25		21		39		51		64		26		30		25
Parent & Other		-		-		-		(4)		(8)		(13)		(6)		(10)		(4)

 

 

		Utility		Entergy Wholesale Commodities		Parent & Other		Entergy
		(In Thousands)
2009 Consolidated Net Income (Loss)		$708,905		$641,094		($98,949)		$1,251,050
Net revenue (operating revenue less fuel expense, purchased power, and other regulatory charges/credits)		357,211		(163,518)		8,622		202,315
Other operation and maintenance expenses		112,384		124,758		(18,550)		218,592
Taxes other than income taxes		28,872		2,717		(1,149)		30,440
Depreciation and amortization		(24,112)		11,413		(182)		(12,881)
Gain on sale of business		-		44,173		-		44,173
Other income		(14,915)		66,222		(25,681)		25,626
Interest charges		31,035		(6,461)		(19,851)		4,723
Other		7,758		19,728		-		27,486
Income taxes		65,545		(53,606)		(27,440)		(15,501)
2010 Consolidated Net Income (Loss)		$829,719		$489,422		($48,836)		$1,270,305

		Amount
		(In Millions)
2009 net revenue		$4,694
Volume/weather		231
Retail electric price		137
Provision for regulatory proceedings		26
Rough production cost equalization		19
ANO decommissioning trust		(24)
Fuel recovery		(44)
Other		12
2010 net revenue		$5,051

·	increases in the formula rate plan riders at Entergy Gulf States Louisiana effective November 2009, January 2010,  and September 2010, at Entergy Louisiana effective November 2009, and at Entergy Mississippi effective July 2009;

·	a base rate increase at Entergy Arkansas effective July 2010;

·	rate actions at Entergy Texas, including base rate increases effective in May and August 2010;

·	a formula rate plan provision of $16.6 million recorded in the third quarter 2009 for refunds that were made to customers in accordance with settlements approved by the LPSC; and

·	the recovery in 2009 by Entergy Arkansas of 2008 extraordinary storm costs, as approved by the APSC, which ceased in January 2010.  The recovery of storm costs is offset in other operation and maintenance expenses.

 

		Amount
		(In Millions)
2009 net revenue		$2,364
Nuclear realized price changes		(96)
Nuclear volume		(60)
Other		(8)
2010 net revenue		$2,200

		2010		2009
Net MW in operation at December 31		4,998		4,998
Average realized revenue per MWh		$59.16		$61.07
GWh billed		39,655		40,981
Capacity factor		90%		93%
Refueling Outage Days:
FitzPatrick		35		-
Indian Point 2		33		-
Indian Point 3		-		36
Palisades		26		41
Pilgrim		-		31
Vermont Yankee		29		-

expire by the end of 2012.  The recent economic downturn and negative trends in the energy commodity markets have resulted in lower natural gas prices and therefore lower market prices for electricity in the New York and New England power regions.  Entergy Wholesale Commodities’ nuclear business experienced a decrease in realized price per MWh to $59.16 in 2010 from $61.07 in 2009, and is almost certain to experience a decrease again in 2011 because, as shown in the contracted sale of energy table in “Market and Credit Risk Sensitive Instruments,” Entergy Wholesale Commodities has sold forward 96% of its planned nuclear energy output for 2011 for an average contracted energy price of $53 per MWh.  In addition, Entergy Wholesale Commodities has sold forward 87% of its planned energy output for 2012 for an average contracted energy price of $49 per MWh.

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an increase of $70 million in compensation and benefits costs, resulting from decreasing discount rates, the amortization of benefit trust asset losses, and an increase in the accrual for incentive-based compensation.  See “Critical Accounting Estimates - Qualified Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits” below and also Note 11 to the financial statements for further discussion of benefits costs;

·	an increase of $25 million in fossil expenses resulting from higher outage costs in 2010 primarily because the scope of the outages was greater than in 2009;

·	an increase of $17 million in transmission and distribution expenses resulting from increased vegetation contract work;

·	an increase of $13 million in nuclear expenses primarily due to higher nuclear labor and contract costs;

·	an increase of $12.5 million due to the capitalization in 2009 of Ouachita Plant service charges previously expensed; and

·	an increase of $11 million due to the amortization of Entergy Texas rate case expenses.  See Note 2 to the financial statements for further discussion of the Entergy Texas rate case settlement.

·	a decrease of $19.4 million due to 2008 storm costs at Entergy Arkansas which were deferred per an APSC order and were recovered through revenues in 2009;

·	a decrease of $16 million due to higher write-offs of uncollectible customer accounts in 2009; and

·	charges of $14 million in 2009 due to the Hurricane Ike and Hurricane Gustav storm cost recovery settlement agreement, as discussed further in Note 2 to the financial statements.

·	a decrease of $50 million in carrying charges on storm restoration costs because of the completion of financing or securitization of the costs, as discussed further in Note 2 to the financial statements; and

·	a gain of $16 million recorded in 2009 on the sale of undeveloped real estate by Entergy Louisiana Properties, LLC.

·	an increase of $24 million due to investment gains from the ANO 1 and 2 decommissioning trust, as discussed above;

·	an increase of $14 million resulting from higher earnings on decommissioning trust funds; and

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an increase of distributions of $13 million earned by Entergy Louisiana and $7 million earned by Entergy Gulf States Louisiana on investments in preferred membership interests of Entergy Holdings Company.  The distributions on preferred membership interests are eliminated in consolidation and have no effect on net income because the investment is in another Entergy subsidiary.  See Note 2 to the financial statements for discussion of these investments in preferred membership interests.

 

·	the write-off of $64 million of capital costs, primarily for software that will not be utilized, and $16 million of additional costs incurred in connection with Entergy’s decision to unwind the infrastructure created for the planned spin-off  of its non-utility nuclear business;

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an increase of $36 million in compensation and benefits costs, resulting from decreasing discount rates, the amortization of benefit trust asset losses, and an increase in the accrual for incentive-based compensation.  See “Critical Accounting Estimates - Qualified Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits” below and also Note 11 to the financial statements for further discussion of benefits costs;

·	spending of $15 million related to tritium remediation work at the Vermont Yankee site; and

·	the write-off of $10 million of capitalized engineering costs associated with a potential uprate project that will not be pursued.

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a favorable Tax Court decision holding that the U.K. Windfall Tax can be used as a credit for purposes of computing the U.S. foreign tax credit, which allowed Entergy to reverse a provision for uncertain tax positions of $43 million, included in Parent and Other, on the issue.  See Note 3 to the financial statements for further discussion of this tax litigation;

·	a $19 million tax benefit recorded in connection with Entergy’s decision to unwind the infrastructure created for the planned spin-off of its non-utility nuclear business; and

·	the recognition of a $14 million Louisiana state income tax benefit related to storm cost financing.

·	recognition of a capital loss of $73.1 million resulting from the sale of preferred stock of a Entergy Wholesale Commodities subsidiary to a third party;

·	reduction of a valuation allowance of $24.3 million on state loss carryovers;

·	reduction of a valuation allowance of $16.2 million on a federal capital loss carryover;

·	reduction of the provision for uncertain tax positions of $15.2 million resulting from settlements and agreements with taxing authorities;

·	adjustment to state income taxes of $13.8 million for Entergy Wholesale Commodities to reflect the effect of a change in the methodology of computing Massachusetts state income taxes as required by that state’s taxing authority; and

·	additional deferred tax benefit of approximately $8 million associated with writedowns on nuclear decommissioning qualified trust securities.

		Utility		Entergy Wholesale Commodities		Parent & Other		Entergy
		(In Thousands)
2008 Consolidated Net Income (Loss)		$605,144		$798,227		($162,836)		$1,240,535
Net revenue (operating revenue less fuel expense, purchased power, and other regulatory charges/credits)		105,167		(6,968)		(765)		97,434
Other operation and maintenance expenses		(30,423)		86,131		(47,660)		8,048
Taxes other than income taxes		(2,173)		8,840		240		6,907
Depreciation and amortization		37,409		14,917		(411)		51,915
Other income		74,456		(17,598)		(56,437)		421
Interest charges		36,990		(22,479)		(52,988)		(38,477)
Other		16,658		12,546		1		29,205
Income taxes		17,401		32,612		(20,271)		29,742
2009 Consolidated Net Income (Loss)		$708,905		$641,094		($98,949)		$1,251,050

		Amount
		(In Millions)
2008 net revenue		$4,589
Volume/weather		57
Retail electric price		33
Fuel recovery		31
Provision for regulatory proceedings		(26)
Other		10
2009 net revenue		$4,694

 

·	rate increases that were implemented at Entergy Texas in January 2009;

·	an increase in the formula rate plan rider at Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Louisiana effective September 2008 and November 2009;

·	the recovery of 2008 extraordinary storm costs at Entergy Arkansas as approved by the APSC, effective January 2009.  The recovery of 2008 extraordinary storm costs is discussed in Note 2 to the financial statements;

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an increase in the capacity acquisition rider related to the Ouachita plant acquisition at Entergy Arkansas.  The net income effect of the Ouachita plant cost recovery is limited to a portion representing an allowed return on equity with the remainder offset by Ouachita plant costs in other operation and maintenance expenses, depreciation expenses and taxes other than income taxes;

·	an increase in the formula rate plan rider at Entergy Mississippi in July 2009;

·	an Energy Efficiency rider at Entergy Texas, which was effective December 31, 2008, that is substantially offset in other operation and maintenance expenses; and

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an increase in the Attala power plant costs recovered through the power management rider by Entergy Mississippi.  The net income effect of this recovery is limited to a portion representing an allowed return on equity with the remainder offset by Attala power plant costs in other operation and maintenance expenses, depreciation expenses, and taxes other than income taxes.

·	a credit passed on to Louisiana retail customers as a result of the Act 55 storm cost financings that began in the third quarter of 2008;

·	a formula rate plan refund of $16.6 million to customers in November 2009 in accordance with a settlement approved by the LPSC.  See Note 2 to the financial statements for further discussion of the settlement; and

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a net decrease in the formula rate plans effective August 2008 at Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana to remove interim storm cost recovery upon the Act 55 financing of storm costs as well as the storm damage accrual.  A portion of the decrease is offset in other operation and maintenance expenses.  See Note 2 to the financial statements for further discussion of the formula rate plans.

		Amount
		(In Millions)
2008 net revenue		$2,371
Nuclear volume		(53)
Palisades purchased power amortization		(23)
Nuclear realized price changes		67
Other		2
2009 net revenue		$2,364

 

		2009		2008
Net MW in operation at December 31		4,998		4,998
Average realized revenue per MWh		$61.07		$59.51
GWh billed		40,981		41,710
Capacity factor		93%		95%
Refueling Outage Days:
FitzPatrick		-		26
Indian Point 2		-		26
Indian Point 3		36		-
Palisades		41		-
Pilgrim		31		-
Vermont Yankee		-		22

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a decrease due to the write-off in the fourth quarter 2008 of $52 million of costs previously accumulated in Entergy Arkansas’s storm reserve and $16 million of removal costs associated with the termination of a lease, both in connection with the December 2008 Arkansas Court of Appeals decision in Entergy Arkansas’s base rate case.  The base rate case is discussed in more detail in Note 2 to the financial statements;

·	a decrease due to the capitalization of Ouachita plant service charges of $12.5 million previously expensed;

·	a decrease of $22 million in loss reserves in 2009, including a decrease in storm damage reserves as a result of the completion of the Act 55 storm cost financing at Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Louisiana;

·	a decrease of $16 million in payroll-related and benefits costs;

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prior year storm damage charges as a result of several storms hitting Entergy Arkansas’s service territory in 2008, including Hurricane Gustav and Hurricane Ike in the third quarter 2008.  Entergy Arkansas discontinued regulatory storm reserve accounting beginning July 2007 as a result of the APSC order issued in Entergy Arkansas’s rate case.  As a result, non-capital storm expenses of $41 million were charged to other operation and maintenance expenses.  In December 2008, $19.4 million of these storm expenses were deferred per an APSC order and were recovered through revenues in 2009;

·	an increase of $35 million in fossil expenses primarily due to higher plant maintenance costs and plant outages;

·	an increase of $22 million in nuclear expenses primarily due to increased nuclear labor and contract costs;

 

·	an increase of $14 million due to the reinstatement of storm reserve accounting at Entergy Arkansas effective January 2009;

·	an increase of $14 million due to the Hurricane Ike and Hurricane Gustav storm cost recovery settlement agreement, as discussed below under “Liquidity and Capital Resources  - Sources of Capital - Hurricane Gustav and Hurricane Ike”

·	an increase of $8 million in customer service costs primarily as a result of write-offs of uncollectible customer accounts; and

·	a reimbursement of $7 million of costs in 2008 in connection with a litigation settlement.

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an increase in distributions of $25 million earned by Entergy Louisiana and $9 million earned by Entergy Gulf States Louisiana on investments in preferred membership interests of Entergy Holdings Company.  The distributions on preferred membership interests are eliminated in consolidation and have no effect on Entergy’s net income because the investment is in another Entergy subsidiary.  See Note 2 to the financial statements for a discussion of these investments in preferred membership interests;

·	carrying charges of $35 million on Hurricane Ike storm restoration costs as authorized by Texas legislation in the second quarter 2009;

·	an increase of $15 million in allowance for equity funds used during construction due to more construction work in progress primarily as a result of Hurricane Gustav and Hurricane Ike; and

·	a gain of $16 million recorded on the sale of undeveloped real estate by Entergy Louisiana Properties, LLC.

·	an increase in the elimination for consolidation purposes of interest income from Entergy subsidiaries; and

·	increases in the elimination for consolidation purposes of distributions earned of $25 million by Entergy Louisiana and $9 million by Entergy Gulf States Louisiana on investments in preferred membership interests of Entergy Holdings Company, as discussed above.

 

 

·	recognition of a capital loss of $202 million on the liquidation of an Entergy Wholesale Commodities subsidiary;

·	reduction of the provision for uncertain tax positions of $44.3 million resulting from settlements and agreements with taxing authorities; and

·	an adjustment to state income taxes of approximately $18.8 million for Entergy Wholesale Commodities to reflect the effect of a change in the methodology of computing Massachusetts state income taxes resulting from legislation passed in the third quarter 2008.

·	income taxes of $16.1 million recorded on redemption payments received by an Entergy Wholesale Commodities subsidiary; and

·	book and tax differences for utility plant items and state income taxes at the Utility operating companies, including the flow-through treatment of the Entergy Arkansas write-offs referenced above.

		2010		2009
Debt to capital		57.3%		57.4%
Effect of excluding Arkansas and Texas securitization bonds		(2.0)%		(1.8)%
Debt to capital, excluding securitization bonds (1)		55.3%		55.6%
Effect of subtracting cash		(3.2)%		(4.1)%
Net debt to net capital, excluding securitization bonds (1)		52.1%		51.5%

 

 

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

 

Long-term debt maturities and estimated interest payments		2011		2012		2013		2014-2015		after 2015
		(In Millions)
Utility		$653		$677		$1,205		$1,354		$10,554
Entergy Wholesale Commodities		34		31		20		43		46
Parent and Other		143		1,683		43		630		559
Total		$830		$2,391		$1,268		$2,027		$11,159

Capacity		Borrowings		Letters of Credit		Capacity Available
(In Millions)
$3,466		$1,632		$25		$1,809

 

	2011		2012		2013		2014-2015		after 2015
	(In Millions)
Capital lease payments	$6		$6		$7		$9		$44