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<div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><b>NOTE 6. RETIREMENT AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS</b>
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<div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><u><b>Components of Net Pension Cost</b></u>
</div>
<div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     Entergy’s qualified pension cost, including amounts capitalized, for the first quarters of
2011 and 2010, included the following components:
</div>
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<tr valign="bottom">
<td width="76%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </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>2011</b></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><b>2010</b></td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="6">(In Thousands)</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
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<tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Service cost — benefits earned during the period
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">30,490</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">26,239</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Interest cost on projected benefit obligation
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">59,248</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">57,802</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Expected return on assets
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"> </td>
<td align="right">(75,319</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap">)</td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"> </td>
<td align="right">(64,902</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap">)</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Amortization of prior service cost
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">838</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">1,164</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Amortization of loss
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">23,244</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">16,475</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr style="font-size: 1px">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"> 
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Net pension costs
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">38,501</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">36,778</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr style="font-size: 1px">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"> 
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000"> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
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<div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     Entergy recognized $4.9 million and $4.7 million in pension cost for its non-qualified pension
plans in the first quarters of 2011 and 2010, respectively.
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<div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><u><b>Components of Net Other Postretirement Benefit Cost</b></u>
</div>
<div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     Entergy’s other postretirement benefit cost, including amounts capitalized, for the first
quarters of 2011 and 2010, included the following components:
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<td width="5%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
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<tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><b>2011</b></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><b>2010</b></td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="6">(In Thousands)</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
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<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Service cost — benefits earned during the period
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">14,835</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">13,078</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Interest cost on APBO
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">18,631</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">19,020</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Expected return on assets
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"> </td>
<td align="right">(7,369</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap">)</td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"> </td>
<td align="right">(6,553</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap">)</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Amortization of transition obligation
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">796</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">932</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Amortization of prior service cost
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"> </td>
<td align="right">(3,518</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap">)</td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"> </td>
<td align="right">(3,015</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap">)</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Amortization of loss
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">5,298</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">4,317</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr style="font-size: 1px">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"> 
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Net other postretirement benefit cost
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">28,673</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="left">$</td>
<td align="right">27,779</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr style="font-size: 1px">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"> 
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000"> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
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<div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><u><b>Employer Contributions</b></u>
</div>
<div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     Based on current assumptions, Entergy expects to contribute $400.5 million to its qualified
pension plans in 2011. As of the end of April 2011, Entergy had contributed $275.1 million to its
pension plans. Therefore, Entergy presently anticipates contributing an additional $125.4 million
to fund its qualified pension plans in 2011.
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