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<div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><b>NOTE 7. BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION</b>
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<div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><u><b>Entergy Corporation</b></u>
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<div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     Entergy’s reportable segments as of March 31, 2011 are Utility and Entergy Wholesale
Commodities. Utility includes the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electric
power in portions of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, and natural gas utility service
in portions of Louisiana. Entergy Wholesale Commodities 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. Entergy Wholesale Commodities also includes the
ownership of interests in non-nuclear power plants that sell the electric power produced by those
plants to wholesale customers. “All Other” includes the parent company, Entergy Corporation, and
other business activity, including the earnings on the proceeds of sales of previously-owned
businesses.
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<div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     In the fourth quarter 2010, Entergy finished integrating its former Non-Utility Nuclear
segment and its non-nuclear wholesale asset business into the new Entergy Wholesale Commodities
business in an internal reorganization. The 2010 information in the tables below has been restated
to reflect the change in reportable segments.
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<div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     Entergy’s segment financial information for the first quarters of 2011 and 2010 is as follows:
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<td width="40%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td>
<td width="3%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="3%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td>
<td width="3%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="3%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td>
<td width="3%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="3%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td>
<td width="3%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="3%"> </td>
<td width="5%"> </td>
<td width="3%"> </td>
<td width="1%"> </td>
<td width="3%"> </td>
</tr>
<tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="3"><b>Entergy</b></td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="3"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="3"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="3"> </td>
</tr>
<tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="3"><b>Wholesale</b></td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="3"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="3"> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="3"> </td>
</tr>
<tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><b>Utility</b></td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><b>Commodities*</b></td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><b>All Other</b></td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><b>Eliminations</b></td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><b>Consolidated</b></td>
</tr>
<tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="19">(In Thousands)</td>
</tr>
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<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><b>2011</b>
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Operating revenues
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">$</td>
<td align="right">1,937,618</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">$</td>
<td align="right">610,146</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">$</td>
<td align="right">1,101</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right">$</td>
<td align="right">(7,657</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap">)</td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">$</td>
<td align="right">2,541,208</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Income taxes (benefit)
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">$</td>
<td align="right">90,204</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">$</td>
<td align="right">84,941</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right">$</td>
<td align="right">(10,895</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap">)</td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">$</td>
<td align="right">—</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">$</td>
<td align="right">164,250</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Consolidated net income (loss)
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">$</td>
<td align="right">168,653</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">$</td>
<td align="right">123,233</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right">$</td>
<td align="right">(10,563</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap">)</td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right">$</td>
<td align="right">(27,645</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap">)</td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">$</td>
<td align="right">253,678</td>
<td> </td>
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<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"> 
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><b>2010</b>
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Operating revenues
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">$</td>
<td align="right">2,103,829</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">$</td>
<td align="right">660,399</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">$</td>
<td align="right">1,958</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right">$</td>
<td align="right">(6,839</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap">)</td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">$</td>
<td align="right">2,759,347</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Income taxes (benefit)
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">$</td>
<td align="right">89,970</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">$</td>
<td align="right">87,540</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right">$</td>
<td align="right">(29,825</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap">)</td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">$</td>
<td align="right">—</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">$</td>
<td align="right">147,685</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="bottom">
<td>
<div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Consolidated net income (loss)
</div></td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">$</td>
<td align="right">142,971</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">$</td>
<td align="right">90,542</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">$</td>
<td align="right">3,660</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" align="right">$</td>
<td align="right">(18,359</td>
<td nowrap="nowrap">)</td>
<td> </td>
<td align="right">$</td>
<td align="right">218,814</td>
<td> </td>
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<div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 3pt">Businesses marked with * are sometimes referred to as the “competitive businesses.” Eliminations
are primarily intersegment activity. Almost all of Entergy’s goodwill is related to the Utility
segment.
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