2.2.0.25falsefalse0208 - Disclosure - Commitments and Contingenciestruefalsefalse1falsefalseUSDfalsefalse1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010 USD ($) USD ($) / shares $Jan-01-2010_Dec-31-2010http://www.sec.gov/CIK0000065984duration2010-01-01T00:00:002010-12-31T00:00:00USDStandardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217USDiso42170SharesStandardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/instancesharesxbrli0PureStandardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/instancepurexbrli0USDEPSDividehttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217USDiso4217http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instancesharesxbrli0USDUSD$2true0etr_CommitmentsAndContingenciesAbstractetrfalsenadurationCommitments and Contingencies.falsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsefalsefalseOtherxbrli:stringItemTypestringCommitments and Contingencies.falsefalseCommitments and Contingencies [Abstract]3false0us-gaap_CommitmentsAndContingenciesDisclosureTextBlockus-gaaptruenadurationNo definition available.falsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseverboselabel1falsefalsefalse00  <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><b>NOTE 8. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES</b> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries are involved in a number of legal, regulatory, and tax proceedings before various courts, regulatory commissions, and governmental agencies in the ordinary course of business. While management is unable to predict the outcome of such proceedings, management does not believe that the ultimate resolution of these matters will have a material adverse effect on Entergy’s results of operations, cash flows, or financial condition. Entergy discusses regulatory proceedings in Note 2 to the financial statements and discusses tax proceedings in Note 3 to the financial statements. </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><u><b>Vidalia Purchased Power Agreement</b></u> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     Entergy Louisiana has an agreement extending through the year 2031 to purchase energy generated by a hydroelectric facility known as the Vidalia project. Entergy Louisiana made payments under the contract of approximately $216.5 million in 2010, $204.9 million in 2009, and $166.5 million in 2008. If the maximum percentage (94%) of the energy is made available to Entergy Louisiana, current production projections would require estimated payments of approximately $170.2 million in 2011, and a total of $2.64 billion for the years 2012 through 2031. Entergy Louisiana currently recovers the costs of the purchased energy through its fuel adjustment clause. In an LPSC-approved settlement related to tax benefits from the tax treatment of the Vidalia contract, Entergy Louisiana agreed to credit rates by $11 million each year for up to ten years, beginning in October 2002. </div>   </div>  <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">In addition, in accordance with an LPSC settlement, Entergy Louisiana credited rates in August 2007 by $11.8 million (including interest) as a result of a settlement with the IRS of the 2001 tax treatment of the Vidalia contract. Entergy Louisiana agreed to credit ratepayers additional amounts unless the tax accounting election was not sustained. During the years 2013-2031, Entergy Louisiana and its ratepayers would share the remaining benefits of this tax accounting election. The provisions of the settlement also provide that the LPSC shall not recognize or use Entergy Louisiana’s use of the cash benefits from the tax treatment in setting any of Entergy Louisiana’s rates. Therefore, to the extent Entergy Louisiana’s use of the proceeds would ordinarily have reduced its rate base, no change in rate base shall be reflected for ratemaking purposes. </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><u><b>Nuclear Insurance</b></u> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><b>Third Party Liability Insurance</b> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     The Price-Anderson Act requires that reactor licensees purchase insurance and participate in a secondary insurance pool that provides insurance coverage for the public in the event of a nuclear power plant accident. The costs of this insurance are borne by the nuclear power industry. Congress amended and renewed the Price-Anderson Act in 2005 for a term through 2025. The Price-Anderson Act requires nuclear power plants to show evidence of financial protection in the event of a nuclear accident. This protection must consist of two layers of coverage: </div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="3%" style="background: transparent"> </td> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left">1.</td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>The primary level is private insurance underwritten by American Nuclear Insurers and provides public liability insurance coverage of $375 million. If this amount is not sufficient to cover claims arising from an accident, the second level, Secondary Financial Protection, applies.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 6pt"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="3%" style="background: transparent"> </td> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left">2.</td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>Within the Secondary Financial Protection level, each nuclear reactor has a contingent obligation to pay a retrospective premium, equal to its proportionate share of the loss in excess of the primary level, regardless of proximity to the incident or fault, up to a maximum of $117.5 million per reactor per incident (Entergy’s maximum total contingent obligation per incident is $1.3 billion). This consists of a $111.9 million maximum retrospective premium plus a five percent surcharge, which equates to $117.5 million, that may be payable, if needed, at a rate that is currently set at $17.5 million per year per incident per nuclear power reactor. There is no limitation for terrorist acts as there had been in the past.</td> </tr> </table> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     Currently, 104 nuclear reactors are participating in the Secondary Financial Protection program. The product of the maximum retrospective premium assessment to the nuclear power industry and the number of nuclear power reactors provides over $12.2 billion in secondary layer insurance coverage to compensate the public in the event of a nuclear power reactor accident. The Price-Anderson Act provides that all potential liability for a nuclear accident is limited to the amounts of insurance coverage available under the primary and secondary layers. </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     Entergy Arkansas has two licensed reactors and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy each have one licensed reactor (10% of Grand Gulf is owned by a non-affiliated company (SMEPA) that would share on a pro-rata basis in any retrospective premium assessment to System Energy under the Price-Anderson Act). The Entergy Wholesale Commodities segment includes the ownership and operation of six nuclear power reactors and the ownership of the shutdown Indian Point 1 reactor and Big Rock Point facility. </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><b>Property Insurance</b> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     Entergy’s nuclear owner/licensee subsidiaries are members of Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited (NEIL), a mutual insurance company that provides property damage coverage, including decontamination and premature decommissioning expense, to the members’ nuclear generating plants. Effective April 1, 2010, Entergy was insured against such losses per the following structures: </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     <u>Utility Plants (ANO 1 and 2, Grand Gulf, River Bend, and Waterford 3)</u> </div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="3%" style="background: transparent"> </td> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>•</b></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>Primary Layer (per plant) — $500 million per occurrence</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 6pt"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="3%" style="background: transparent"> </td> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>•</b></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>Excess Layer (per plant) — $750 million per occurrence</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 6pt"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="3%" style="background: transparent"> </td> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>•</b></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>Blanket Layer (shared among the Utility plants) — $350 million per occurrence</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 6pt"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="3%" style="background: transparent"> </td> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>•</b></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>Total limit — $1.6 billion per occurrence</td> </tr> </table> </div>   </div>  <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <div align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"> </div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="3%" style="background: transparent"> </td> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>•</b></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>Deductibles:</td> </tr> </table> </div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="6%" style="background: transparent"> </td> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>•</b></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>$2.5 million per occurrence — Turbine/generator damage</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 6pt"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="6%" style="background: transparent"> </td> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>•</b></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>$2.5 million per occurrence — Other than turbine/generator damage</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 6pt"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="6%" style="background: transparent"> </td> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>•</b></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>$10 million per occurrence plus 10% of amount above $10 million — Damage from a windstorm, flood, earthquake, or volcanic eruption</td> </tr> </table> </div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="3%" style="background: transparent"> </td> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>Note: ANO 1 and 2 share in the primary and excess layers with common policies because the policies are issued on a per site basis.</td> </tr> </table> </div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td><u>Entergy Wholesale Commodities Plants (Indian Point, FitzPatrick, Pilgrim, Vermont Yankee, Palisades, and Big Rock Point)</u></td> </tr> </table> </div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="3%" style="background: transparent"> </td> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>•</b></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>Primary Layer (per plant) — $500 million per occurrence</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 6pt"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="3%" style="background: transparent"> </td> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>•</b></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>Excess Layer — $615 million per occurrence</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 6pt"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="3%" style="background: transparent"> </td> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>•</b></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>Total limit — $1.115 billion per occurrence</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 6pt"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="3%" style="background: transparent"> </td> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>•</b></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>Deductibles:</td> </tr> </table> </div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="6%" style="background: transparent"> </td> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>•</b></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>$2.5 million per occurrence — Turbine/generator damage</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 6pt"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="6%" style="background: transparent"> </td> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>•</b></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>$2.5 million per occurrence — Other than turbine/generator damage</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 6pt"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="6%" style="background: transparent"> </td> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>•</b></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>$10 million per occurrence plus 10% of amount above $10 million — Damage from a windstorm, flood, earthquake, or volcanic eruption</td> </tr> </table> </div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="3%" style="background: transparent"> </td> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>Note: The Indian Point Units share in the primary and excess layers with common policies because the policies are issued on a per site basis. Big Rock Point has its own primary policy with no excess coverage.</td> </tr> </table> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">               In addition, Waterford 3, Grand Gulf, and the Entergy Wholesale Commodities plants are also covered under NEIL’s Accidental Outage Coverage program. This coverage provides certain fixed indemnities in the event of an unplanned outage that results from a covered NEIL property damage loss, subject to a deductible and a waiting period. The following summarizes this coverage effective April 1, 2010: </div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td><u>Waterford 3</u></td> </tr> </table> </div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="3%" style="background: transparent"> </td> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>•</b></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>$2.95 million weekly indemnity</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 6pt"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="3%" style="background: transparent"> </td> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>•</b></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>$413 million maximum indemnity</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 6pt"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="3%" style="background: transparent"> </td> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>•</b></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>Deductible: 26 week waiting period</td> </tr> </table> </div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td><u>Grand Gulf</u></td> </tr> </table> </div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="3%" style="background: transparent"> </td> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>•</b></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>$400,000 weekly indemnity (total for four policies)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 6pt"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="3%" style="background: transparent"> </td> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>•</b></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>$56 million maximum indemnity (total for four policies)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 6pt"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="3%" style="background: transparent"> </td> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>•</b></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>Deductible: 26 week waiting period</td> </tr> </table> </div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td><u>Indian Point 2, Indian Point 3, and Palisades</u></td> </tr> </table> </div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="3%" style="background: transparent"> </td> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>•</b></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>$4.5 million weekly indemnity</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 6pt"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="3%" style="background: transparent"> </td> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>•</b></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>$490 million maximum indemnity</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 6pt"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="3%" style="background: transparent"> </td> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>•</b></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>Deductible: 12 week waiting period</td> </tr> </table> </div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td><u>FitzPatrick and Pilgrim</u></td> </tr> </table> </div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="3%" style="background: transparent"> </td> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>•</b></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>$4.0 million weekly indemnity</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 6pt"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="3%" style="background: transparent"> </td> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>•</b></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>$490 million maximum indemnity</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 6pt"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="3%" style="background: transparent"> </td> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>•</b></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>Deductible: 12 week waiting period</td> </tr> </table> </div>   </div>  <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <div style="margin-top: 0pt"> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"> </div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td><u>Vermont Yankee</u></td> </tr> </table> </div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="3%" style="background: transparent"> </td> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>•</b></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>$3.5 million weekly indemnity</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 6pt"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="3%" style="background: transparent"> </td> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>•</b></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>$435 million maximum indemnity</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 6pt"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td width="3%" style="background: transparent"> </td> <td width="2%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>•</b></td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td>Deductible: 12 week waiting period</td> </tr> </table> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">                Under the property damage and accidental outage insurance programs, all NEIL insured plants could be subject to assessments should losses exceed the accumulated funds available from NEIL. Effective April 1, 2010, the maximum amounts of such possible assessments per occurrence were as follows: </div> <div align="center"> <table style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">  <tr valign="bottom"> <td width="88%"> </td> <td width="5%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="5%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><b>Assessments</b></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center" colspan="2">(In Millions)</td> <td> </td> </tr>   <tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Utility: </div></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td> <div style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Entergy Arkansas </div></td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">21.3</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"> <td> <div style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Entergy Gulf States Louisiana </div></td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">16.3</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td> <div style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Entergy Louisiana </div></td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">19.3</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"> <td> <div style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Entergy Mississippi </div></td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">0.07</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td> <div style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Entergy New Orleans </div></td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">0.07</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"> <td> <div style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Entergy Texas </div></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right">N/A</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td> <div style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">System Energy </div></td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">15.3</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">  </div></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Entergy Wholesale Commodities </div></td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">—</td> <td> </td> </tr>  </table> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Potential assessments for the Entergy Wholesale Commodities plants are covered by insurance obtained through NEIL’s reinsurers. </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     Entergy maintains property insurance for its nuclear units in excess of the NRC’s minimum requirement of $1.06 billion per site for nuclear power plant licensees. NRC regulations provide that the proceeds of this insurance must be used, first, to render the reactor safe and stable, and second, to complete decontamination operations. Only after proceeds are dedicated for such use and regulatory approval is secured would any remaining proceeds be made available for the benefit of plant owners or their creditors. </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     In the event that one or more acts of terrorism causes property damage under one or more or all nuclear insurance policies issued by NEIL (including, but not limited to, those described above) within 12 months from the date the first property damage occurs, the maximum recovery under all such nuclear insurance policies shall be an aggregate of $3.24 billion plus the additional amounts recovered for such losses from reinsurance, indemnity, and any other sources applicable to such losses. The Terrorism Risk Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2007 created a government program that provides for up to $100 billion in coverage in excess of existing coverage for a terrorist event. </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><u><b>Conventional Property Insurance</b></u> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     Entergy’s conventional property insurance program provides coverage of up to $400 million on an Entergy system-wide basis for all operational perils (direct physical loss or damage due to machinery breakdown, electrical failure, fire, lightning, hail, or explosion) on an “each and every loss” basis; up to $400 million in coverage for certain natural perils (direct physical loss or damage due to earthquake, tsunami, flood, ice storm, and tornado) on an annual aggregate basis; and up to $125 million for certain other natural perils (direct physical loss or damage due to a named windstorm or storm surge) on an annual aggregate basis. The conventional property insurance program provides up to $50 million in coverage for the Entergy New Orleans gas distribution system on an annual aggregate basis. The coverage is subject to a $20 million self-insured retention per occurrence for operational perils and a $35 million self-insured retention per occurrence for natural perils and for the Entergy New Orleans gas distribution system. </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     Covered property generally includes power plants, substations, facilities, inventories, and gas distribution-related properties. Excluded property generally includes above-ground transmission and distribution lines, poles, and towers. The primary layer consists of a $65 million layer in excess of the self-insured retention and the excess layer consists of a $335 million layer in excess of the $65 million primary layer. Both layers are placed on a quota share basis through several insurers. This coverage is in place for Entergy Corporation, the Registrant Subsidiaries, and certain other Entergy subsidiaries, including the owners of the nuclear power plants in the Entergy Wholesale Commodities segment. </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     In addition to the conventional property insurance program, Entergy has purchased additional coverage ($20 million per occurrence) for some of its non-regulated, non-generation assets. This policy serves to buy-down the $20 million deductible and is placed on a scheduled location basis. The applicable deductibles are $100,000 to $250,000, except for properties that are damaged by flooding and properties whose values are greater than $20 million; these properties have a $500,000 deductible. </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><b>Gas System Rebuild Insurance Proceeds (Entergy New Orleans)</b> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     Entergy New Orleans received insurance proceeds for future construction expenditures associated with rebuilding its gas system, and the October 2006 City Council resolution approving the settlement of Entergy New Orleans’s rate and storm-cost recovery filings requires Entergy New Orleans to record those proceeds in a designated sub-account of other deferred credits until the proceeds are spent on the rebuild project. This other deferred credit is shown as “Gas system rebuild insurance proceeds” on Entergy New Orleans’s balance sheet. </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><u><b>Employment and Labor-related Proceedings</b></u> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     The Registrant Subsidiaries and other Entergy subsidiaries are responding to various lawsuits in both state and federal courts and to other labor-related proceedings filed by current and former employees and third parties not selected for open positions. These actions include, but are not limited to, allegations of wrongful employment actions; wage disputes and other claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act or its state counterparts; claims of race, gender and disability discrimination; disputes arising under collective bargaining agreements; unfair labor practice proceedings and other administrative proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board; claims of retaliation; and claims for or regarding benefits under various Entergy Corporation sponsored plans. Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries are responding to these suits and proceedings and deny liability to the claimants. Management believes that loss exposure has been and will continue to be handled so that the ultimate resolution of these matters will not be material, in the aggregate, to the financial position, results of operation, or cash flows of Entergy or the Utility operating companies. </div> </div>  <!-- Begin Block Tagged NotefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseOtherus-types:textBlockItemTypestringIncludes disclosure of commitments and contingencies. This element may be used as a single block of text to encapsulate the entire disclosure including data and tables.Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name FASB Interpretation (FIN) -Number 14 -Paragraph 3 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 5 -Paragraph 9, 10, 11, 12 falsefalseCOMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES12Commitments and ContingenciesUnKnownUnKnownUnKnownUnKnownfalsetrue