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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES</b> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;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&#8217;s results of operations, cash flows, or financial condition, except as otherwise discussed in the Form 10-K or in this report. Entergy discusses regulatory proceedings in Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K and herein, discusses tax proceedings in Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K and Note 10 to the financial statements herein, and discusses a judicial proceeding involving Vermont Yankee in Note 11 to the financial statements herein. </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: 6pt">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on nuclear liability and property insurance associated with Entergy&#8217;s nuclear power plants. </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">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy&#8217;s non-nuclear property insurance program. </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><u><b>Employment Litigation </b></u> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;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 lawsuits and proceedings and deny liability to the claimants. </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><u><b>Asbestos Litigation</b></u> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding asbestos litigation at Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas. </div> <!-- Folio --> <!-- /Folio --> </div> <!-- PAGEBREAK --> <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"> </div> </div> <!--DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd" --> <!-- Begin Block Tagged NotefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseOtherus-types:textBlockItemTypestringIncludes disclosure of commitments and contingencies. 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