Exhibit 12(b)
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, L.L.C.
Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges and
Ratios of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Dividends
	2007		2008		2009		2010		2011
Fixed charges, as defined:
Total Interest charges	$	163,409	$	131,197	$	118,243	$	101,318	$	84,356
Interest applicable to rentals		8,773		9,197		3,767		2,204		2,309
Total fixed charges, as defined		172,182		140,394		122,010		103,522		86,665
Preferred dividends, as defined (a)		6,514		1,151		1,306		1,006		1,341
Combined fixed charges and preferred dividends, as defined	$	178,696	$	141,545	$	123,316	$	104,528	$	88,006
Earnings as defined:
Net Income	$	192,779	$	144,767	$	153,047	$	190,738	$	203,027
Add:
Income Taxes		123,701		57,197		89,185		75,878		88,313
Fixed charges as above		172,182		140,394		122,010		103,522		86,665
Total earnings, as defined	$	488,662	$	342,358	$	364,242	$	370,138	$	378,005
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges, as defined		2.84		2.44		2.99		3.58		4.36
Ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and
preferred dividends, as defined		2.73		2.42		2.95		3.54		4.30
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(a) "Preferred dividends," as defined by SEC regulation S-K, are computed by dividing the preferred dividend
requirement by one hundred percent (100%) minus the income tax rate.