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INVESTOR NEWS

Exhibit 99.1

July 29, 2008

ENTERGY REPORTS SECOND QUARTER EARNINGS

NEW ORLEANS - Entergy Corporation reported second quarter 2008 earnings of $1.37 per share on an as-reported basis and $1.46 per share on an operational basis, as shown in Table 1 below. A more detailed discussion of quarterly results begins on page 2 of this release.

Table 1: Consolidated Earnings - Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Measures

Second Quarter and Year-to-Date 2008 vs. 2007

(Per share in U.S. $)

 

Second Quarter

Year-to-Date

 

2008

2007

Change

2008

2007

Change

As-Reported Earnings

1.37

1.32

0.05

2.93

2.34

0.59

Less Special Items

(0.09)

-

(0.09)

(0.09)

-

(0.09)

Operational Earnings

1.46

1.32

0.14

3.02

2.34

0.68

Weather Impact

0.05

0.01

0.04

0.02

(0.02)

0.04

Operational Earnings Highlights for Second Quarter 2008

  • Utility, Parent & Other had higher earnings due primarily to increased revenues.
  • Entergy Nuclear earnings increased as a result of additional production and higher power prices.
  • Entergy's Non-Nuclear Wholesale Assets business reported lower results due primarily to the absence of the benefit of lower income tax expense recorded in second quarter 2007.

"We remain committed and on track in our efforts to add value for our owners and to maintain high quality, affordable service for our customers in an increasingly challenging national economic environment," said J. Wayne Leonard, Entergy's chairman and chief executive officer. "We've achieved solid progress on a number of initiatives in the first half of 2008 and we expect the second half of 2008 to see the realization of a number of our goals and objectives for all of our stakeholders."

 

Table of Contents Page
     
I. Consolidated Results 2
II. Utility, Parent & Other Results 3
III. Competitive Businesses Results
  Entergy Nuclear
  Non-Nuclear Wholesale Assets
4
4
5
IV. Earnings Guidance 5
V. Business Separation 7
VI. Appendices
A.  Spin-Off of Non-Utility Nuclear Business
B.  Variance Analysis and Special Items
C.  Regulatory Summary
D.  Financial Performance Measures and
      Historical Performance Measures
E.  Planned Capital Expenditures
F.  Definitions
G.  GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliations

9
13
15
18

20
21
23
VII. Financial Statements 26

 

Entergy's business highlights include the following:

  • Entergy Arkansas, Inc. received approval from the Arkansas Public Service Commission for the acquisition of the Ouachita plant, a 789 MW load-following combined-cycle gas turbine facility located near Monroe, La.
  • Entergy Nuclear received a Top Industry Practice Award (TIP) presented by the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI). NEI TIP awards recognize nuclear energy operators for innovations that improve safety, economics, or plant performance.
  • Entergy achieved progress in its effort to secure regulatory approvals for its proposed non-utility nuclear spin-off transaction with receipt of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and Nuclear Regulatory Commission approvals for the spin-off transaction.

Entergy will host a teleconference to discuss this release at 10:00 a.m. CT on Tuesday, July 29, 2008, with access by telephone, 719-457-2080, confirmation code 2740813. The call and presentation slides can also be accessed via Entergy's Web site at www.entergy.com. A replay of the teleconference will be available for seven days thereafter by dialing 719-457-0820, confirmation code 2740813. The replay will also be available on Entergy's Web site at www.entergy.com.

Consolidated Results

Consolidated Earnings

Table 2 provides a comparative summary of consolidated earnings per share for second quarter 2008 versus 2007, including a reconciliation of GAAP as-reported earnings to non-GAAP operational earnings. Utility, Parent & Other had higher earnings due to increased revenues from sales growth, partially offset by higher operation and maintenance expense. Entergy Nuclear's earnings increased as a result of additional production from fewer outage days and the Palisades plant acquired in second quarter 2007, as well as higher power prices. These items were partially offset by higher operation and maintenance expense and an impairment recorded for certain decommissioning trust fund investments. Entergy's Non-Nuclear Wholesale Assets business reported lower results due to the absence in the current period of the benefit from lower income tax expense recorded in second quarter 2007. Entergy's results for the current period also reflect the positive effect of accretion associated with the company's share repurchase program.

Table 2: Consolidated Earnings - Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Measures
(see appendix F for definitions of certain measures)

Second Quarter and Year-to-Date 2008 vs. 2007

(Per share in U.S. $)

 

Second Quarter

Year-to-Date

 

2008

2007

Change

2008

2007

Change

As-Reported

Utility, Parent & Other

0.62

0.59

0.03

1.11

1.02

0.09

Entergy Nuclear

0.73

0.54

0.19

1.84

1.16

0.68

Non-Nuclear Wholesale Assets

0.02

0.19

(0.17)

(0.02)

0.16

(0.18)

   Consolidated As-Reported Earnings

1.37

1.32

0.05

2.93

2.34

0.59

Less Special Items

Utility, Parent & Other

(0.09)

-

(0.09)

(0.09)

-

(0.09)

Entergy Nuclear

-

-

-

-

-

-

Non-Nuclear Wholesale Assets

-

-

-

-

-

-

   Consolidated Special Items

(0.09)

-

(0.09)

(0.09)

-

(0.09)

Operational

Utility, Parent & Other

0.71

0.59

0.12

1.20

1.02

0.18

Entergy Nuclear

0.73

0.54

0.19

1.84

1.16

0.68

Non-Nuclear Wholesale Assets

0.02

0.19

(0.17)

(0.02)

0.16

(0.18)

   Consolidated Operational Earnings

1.46

1.32

0.14

3.02

2.34

0.68

Weather Impact

0.05

0.01

0.04

0.02

(0.02)

0.04

Detailed earnings variance analysis is included in appendices B-1 and B-2 to this release. In addition, appendix B-3 provides details of special items shown in Table 2 above.

Consolidated Net Cash Flow Provided by Operating Activities

Entergy's net cash flow provided by operating activities in second quarter 2008 was $465 million compared to $471 million in second quarter 2007. The decrease was due primarily to reduced collections at the Utility of deferred fuel recovery in the current quarter totaling $243 million and the absence in the current quarter of $177 million of CDBG funding received by Entergy New Orleans, Inc. in second quarter 2007. These items were largely offset by higher net revenues at Entergy Nuclear of $195 million and changes in Utility net payables/receivables of $159 million.

 

Table 3 provides the components of net cash flow provided by operating activities contributed by each business with quarter-to-quarter and year-to-date comparisons.

Table 3: Consolidated Net Cash Flow Provided by Operating Activities

Second Quarter and Year-to-Date 2008 vs. 2007

(U.S. $ in millions)

Second Quarter

Year-to-Date

2008

2007

Change

2008

2007

Change

Utility, Parent & Other

242

445

(203)

365

722

(357)

Entergy Nuclear

253

43

210

594

259

335

Non-Nuclear Wholesale Assets

(30)

(17)

(13)

(45)

(17)

(28)

Total Net Cash Flow Provided by Operating Activities

465

471

(6)

914

964

(50)

II. Utility, Parent & Other Results

In second quarter 2008, Utility, Parent & Other had earnings of $0.62 per share on as-reported basis and $0.71 per share on an operational basis, compared to $0.59 per share in as-reported earnings and operational earnings in second quarter 2007. Operational results for Utility, Parent & Other in second quarter 2008 reflect higher revenues from sales growth, partially offset by higher operation and maintenance expense. The higher expense primarily reflects increased charges for storm damages and loss reserves and higher employee benefits expense.

Electricity usage, in gigawatt-hour sales by customer segment, is included in Table 4. Current quarter sales reflect the following:

  • Residential sales in second quarter 2008, on a weather-adjusted basis, showed a 2 percent increase compared to second quarter 2007.
  • Commercial and governmental sales, on a weather-adjusted basis, were up 3 percent.
  • Industrial sales in the current quarter were down 1 percent compared to the same period one year ago.

The residential sales sector showed an increase quarter to quarter with sales growth across jurisdictions and the most significant increase on a percentage basis at Entergy New Orleans, Inc., where post-storm recovery continues. An increase in the number of customers also contributed to sales growth in the residential sector as well as the commercial and governmental sectors. Sales in the industrial sector for second quarter 2008 decreased compared to the same quarter of 2007. High utilization in the refining and chemical segments continues to contribute to sales growth although gains in these segments were more than offset by weakness in pipelines and all segments associated with housing including wood, pulp and paper. National economic weakness is affecting small and mid-sized industrial customers while efficiency improvements driven by high energy prices are producing declining sales in some areas.

Table 4 provides a comparative summary of the Utility's operational performance measures.

Table 4: Utility Operational Performance Measures (see appendix F for definitions of measures)

Second Quarter and Year-to-Date 2008 vs. 2007

 

Second Quarter

Year-to-Date

 


2008


2007


% Change

% Weather
Adjusted


2008


2007


% Change

% Weather
Adjusted

GWh billed

  Residential

7,372

6,986

5.5%

2.3%

15,384

14,777

4.1%

2.8%

  Commercial and governmental

7,275

7,043

3.3%

2.8%

14,081

13,708

2.7%

2.4%

  Industrial

9,730

9,813

-0.9%

-0.9%

19,107

19,137

-0.2%

-0.2%

  Total Retail Sales

24,377

23,842

2.2%

1.1%

48,572

47,622

2.0%

1.5%

  Wholesale

1,440

1,428

0.8%

2,729

3,066

-11.0%

  Total Sales

25,817

25,270

2.2%

51,301

50,688

1.2%

O&M expense

$19.48

$19.01

2.5%

$18.37

$17.92

2.6%

Number of retail customers (a)

  Residential

2,311,624

2,274,129

1.6%

  Commercial and governmental

343,445

340,177

1.0%

  Industrial

45,427

48,569

-6.5%

(a) Customer count data reflects estimates of customers in the hardest hit areas affected by Hurricane Katrina.  Issues associated with temporary housing and resumption of service at permanent dwellings render precise counts difficult at this time.

 

Appendix C provides information on selected pending local and federal regulatory cases.

III. Competitive Businesses Results

Entergy's competitive businesses include Entergy Nuclear and Non-Nuclear Wholesale Assets.

Entergy Nuclear

Entergy Nuclear earned $0.73 per share on as-reported and operational bases in second quarter 2008, compared to $0.54 in second quarter 2007 for as-reported and operational earnings. Entergy Nuclear's earnings increased as a result of additional production due to fewer outage days and from the Palisades plant acquired in second quarter 2007, as well as higher power prices. These items were partially offset by higher expense primarily associated with deferring costs for only one refueling outage during second quarter 2008 versus deferrals for two refueling outages in 2007 and the effect of including Palisades in the portfolio. An additional item partially offsetting the increase in results for the current quarter was an impairment recorded in second quarter 2008 in connection with decommissioning trust fund investments.

With respect to outage days, two planned refueling outages occurred in second quarter 2007 totaling 57 days while one planned refueling outage was completed in second quarter 2008 requiring 19 outage days. In addition, an extended unplanned outage of 28 days is reflected in second quarter 2007 results.

Table 5 provides a comparative summary of Entergy Nuclear's operational performance measures.

Table 5: Entergy Nuclear Operational Performance Measures

Second Quarter and Year-to-Date 2008 vs. 2007 (see appendix F for definitions of measures)

 

Second Quarter

Year-to-Date

 

2008

2007

% Change

2008

2007

% Change

Net MW in operation

4,998

4,998

0%

4,998

4,998

0%

Average realized price per MWh (b)

$58.22

$51.28

14%

$59.89

$53.13

13%

Production cost per MWh

$23.11

$21.27

9%

$21.50

$20.49

5%

Non-fuel O&M expense/purchased power per MWh

$23.42

$24.09

-3%

$21.76

$22.48

-3%

GWh billed

10,145

8,896

14%

20,905

17,211

21%

Capacity factor

92%

82%

12%

95%

86%

10%

Refueling outage days:

  Indian Point 2

19

26

  Indian Point 3

24

  Pilgrim

33

33

  Vermont Yankee

24

24

(b) Does not include the revenue associated with the amortization of the below-market PPA for Palisades.

Entergy Nuclear's sold forward position is 93%, 83%, and 59% of planned generation at average prices per megawatt-hour of $55, $61 and $58, for 2008, 2009, and 2010, respectively. Table 6 provides capacity and generation sold forward projections for Entergy Nuclear.

Table 6: Entergy Nuclear's Capacity and Generation Projected Sold Forward

2008 through 2012 (see appendix F for definitions of measures)

 

Remainder of
2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

Energy

Planned TWh of generation

21

41

40

41

41

Percent of planned generation sold forward (c)

  Unit-contingent

48%

48%

31%

29%

17%

  Unit-contingent with availability guarantees

40%

35%

28%

14%

7%

  Firm liquidated damages

5%

0%

0%

0%

0%

   Total

93%

83%

59%

43%

24%

Average contract price per MWh

$55

$61

$58

$55

$54

Capacity

Planned net MW in operation

4,998

4,998

4,998

4,998

4,998

Percent of capacity sold forward

  Bundled capacity and energy contracts

26%

27%

26%

27%

19%

  Capacity contracts

62%

38%

31%

15%

2%

    Total

88%

65%

57%

42%

21%

Average capacity contract price per kW per month

$2.0

$2.0

$3.4

$3.7

$3.5

Blended Capacity and Energy Recap (based on revenues)

Percent of planned energy and capacity sold forward

87%

74%

47%

31%

15%

Average contract revenue per MWh (d)

$57

$62

$61

$57

$54

 

(c) A portion of EN's total planned generation sold forward is associated with the Vermont Yankee contract for which pricing may be adjusted.

(d) Average contract prices exclude potential payments that may be owed under the value sharing agreement with the New York Power Authority.

Non-Nuclear Wholesale Assets

Entergy's Non-Nuclear Wholesale Assets business earned $0.02 per share on both as-reported and operational bases in second quarter 2008 compared to $0.19 per share on as-reported and operational bases in second quarter 2007. The decrease was due primarily to the absence in the current period of the benefit of lower income tax expense in second quarter 2007 resulting from the resolution of tax audit issues.

IV. Earnings Guidance

Entergy is reaffirming 2008 earnings guidance in the range of $6.50 to $6.90 per share on both as-reported and operational bases on a business as usual basis. Guidance for 2008 does not include a special item for expenses, a portion of which were incurred during the current quarter, anticipated in connection with the plan to pursue separation of Entergy's non-utility nuclear business and to enter into a nuclear services joint venture, both discussed below and in Appendix A. Year-over-year changes are shown as point estimates and are applied to 2007 actual results to compute the 2008 guidance midpoint. Because there is a range of possible outcomes associated with each earnings driver, a range is applied to the calculated guidance midpoints to produce Entergy's guidance ranges for as-reported and operational earnings. 2008 earnings guidance is detailed in Table 7 below.

 

Table 7: 2008 Earnings Per Share Guidance - As Reported and Operational

(Per share in U.S. $) - Prepared November 2007 (e)



Segment



Description of Drivers

2007 Earnings Per Share


Expected Change

2008
Guidance
Midpoint

2008 Guidance Range

Utility, Parent & Other

2007 Operational Earnings per Share

2.74

Adjustment to normalize weather

(0.11)

Increased revenue due to sales growth and rate actions

0.35

Decreased O&M expense

0.10

Increased depreciation expense

(0.10)

Decreased interest expense

0.05

Decreased other income

(0.10)

Accretion

0.10

Decreased income taxes/other

0.32

Subtotal

2.74

0.61

3.35

Entergy Nuclear

2007 Operational Earnings per Share

2.75

Higher contract and market energy pricing

0.80

Increased generation from plant acquisition and fewer outages

0.45

Increased O&M expense

(0.25)

Increased depreciation expense

(0.12)

Accretion

0.10

Increased income taxes/other

(0.33)

Subtotal

2.75

0.65

3.40

Non-Nuclear Wholesale Assets

2007 Operational Earnings per Share

0.27

Increased income taxes

(0.32)

Subtotal

0.27

(0.32)

(0.05)

Consolidated
Operational

2008 Operational Earnings per Share

5.76

0.94

6.70

6.50 - 6.90

Consolidated

2007 As-Reported Earnings per Share

5.60

As-Reported

Changes detailed above

0.94

Nuclear alignment

0.16

2008 As-Reported

5.60

1.10

6.70

6.50 - 6.90

(e) Updated January 2008 to reflect 2007 final results.

 

Key assumptions supporting 2008 earnings guidance are as follows:

Utility, Parent & Other

  • Normal weather
  • Retail sales growth of roughly 2%
  • Increased revenue associated with rate actions
  • Decreased non-fuel operation and maintenance expense, primarily due to higher discount rate on benefit plans, absence of minimum bill write-offs, and lower storm reserves
  • Increased depreciation associated with rate base growth
  • Decreased interest expense as a result of receiving proceeds from Louisiana storm securitization, net of effects on interest expense of other financings
  • Decreased other income due primarily to absence of 2007 carrying costs reflected for storm settlements
  • Decreased income taxes associated with absence of the 2007 fourth quarter income tax adjustments

Entergy Nuclear

  • 41 TWh of total output, reflecting an approximate 94% capacity factor, including 30 day refueling outages at Indian Point 2 in Spring 2008, and FitzPatrick and Vermont Yankee, both in Fall 2008
  • 91% energy sold under existing contracts; 9% sold into the spot market (Additional sales after guidance was issued increased sold forward position to 92%)
  • $54/MWh average energy contract price; $69/MWh average unsold energy price based on published market prices in October 2007
  • $22.10/MWh non-fuel operation and maintenance expense/purchased power with increase primarily due to full year of Palisades operation (acquired mid April 2007); $21.30/MWh production cost
  • Increased depreciation due to continued investment in nuclear fleet and full year of Palisades operation
  • Increased income tax expense associated with absence of the 2007 fourth quarter income tax adjustments, a change in New York state tax law and the step-up in tax basis from restructuring the Indian Point 2 non-qualified decommissioning trust fund

 

Non-Nuclear Wholesale Assets

  • Increased income tax associated with the absence of the 2007 fourth quarter income tax adjustments, favorable resolution of tax audit issues, and benefits associated with project restructurings

Share Repurchase Program

  • 2008 average fully diluted shares outstanding of approximately 197 million

Special Items

  • Absence of 2007 nuclear alignment charge

Earnings guidance for 2008 should be considered in association with earnings sensitivities as shown in Table 8. These sensitivities illustrate the estimated change in operational earnings resulting from changes in various revenue and expense drivers. Utility sales are expected to be the most significant variable for 2008 results for Utility, Parent & Other. At Entergy Nuclear, energy prices are expected to be the most significant driver of results in 2008. Estimated annual impacts shown in Table 8 are intended to be indicative rather than precise guidance.

Table 8: 2008 Earnings Sensitivities

(Per share in U.S. $)



Variable



2008 Guidance Assumption



Description of Change

Estimated
Annual Impact
(f)

Utility, Parent & Other

Sales growth
  Residential
  Commercial/Governmental
  Industrial


Roughly 2% total sales growth


1% change in Residential MWh sold
1% change in Comm/Govt MWh sold
1% change in Industrial MWh sold


- / + 0.05
- / + 0.04
- / + 0.03

Rate base

Stable rate base

$100 million change in rate base

- / + 0.03

Return on equity

See Appendix C

1% change in allowed ROE

- / + 0.31

Entergy Nuclear

Capacity factor

94% capacity factor

1% change in capacity factor

- / + 0.07

Energy price

9% energy unsold at $69/MWh in 2008

$10/MWh change for unsold energy

- / + 0.12

Non-fuel operation and maintenance expense

$22.10/MWh non-fuel operation and maintenance expense/purchased power

$1 change per MWh

- / + 0.13

Outage (lost revenue only)

94% capacity factor, including refueling outages for three northeast units

1,000 MW plant for 10 days at average portfolio energy price of $54/MWh for sold and $69/MWh for unsold volumes in 2008

- 0.04 / n/a

(f) Based on actual 2007 average fully diluted shares outstanding of approximately 203 million.

V. Business Separation

On November 3, 2007, Entergy's Board of Directors approved a plan to pursue a separation of the non-utility nuclear business from Entergy's regulated utility business through a tax-free spin-off of the non-utility nuclear business. Enexus Energy Corporation, formerly referred to as SpinCo, will be a new, independent publicly traded company. In addition, Entergy and Enexus intend to enter into a nuclear services joint venture, with equal ownership. EquaGen L.L.C. has been selected as the name for the joint venture.

Progress achieved since the last quarter update includes:

  • Key board and leadership positions at Enexus and EquaGen continued to be filled
  • Regulatory proceedings continued to advance
    • The Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved the transaction on July 28, 2008
    • In Vermont, testimony has been filed, the discovery process is complete and technical hearings begin today
    • In New York, the initial discovery period ordered by the New York Public Service Commission expired and the presiding Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) issued a ruling slightly extending the discovery process, followed within three weeks by initial comments addressing defined issues, and reply comments due two weeks thereafter
    • The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the transaction on June 12, 2008
    • In response to Securities and Exchange Commission comments issued June 9, 2008, an amended Form 10 will be filed in the near future
    • At the Internal Revenue Service, Entergy has completed all submittals and is awaiting a response to its request for a private letter ruling finding that the spin-off transaction qualifies for tax-free treatment for federal income tax purposes for both Entergy and its shareholders

Given receipt of critical NRC approval, the state regulatory approvals are now the critical path. Considering the ruling by the New York ALJs, Entergy now expects the spin completion to occur in the fourth quarter on a month end.

Additional information on the spin-off including proposed new business structure, leadership teams, business overviews, financial aspirations, and a transaction timeline including regulatory filing status are included in Appendix A of this release.

VI. Appendices

Seven appendices are presented in this section as follows:

  • Appendix A includes information on Entergy's plan to separate the non-utility nuclear business from Entergy's regulated utility business through a tax-free spin-off of the non-utility nuclear business.
  • Appendix B includes earnings per share variance analysis and detail on special items that relate to the current quarter and year-to-date periods.
  • Appendix C provides information on selected pending local and federal regulatory cases.
  • Appendix D provides financial metrics for both current and historical periods. In addition, historical financial and operating performance metrics are included for the trailing eight quarters.
  • Appendix E provides a summary of planned capital expenditures for the next three years.
  • Appendix F provides definitions of the operational performance measures and GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures that are used in this release.
  • Appendix G provides a reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures used in this release.

 

Appendix A provides information on Entergy's planned spin-off of its non-utility nuclear business.

Appendix A: Spin-off of Non-Utility Nuclear Business

The announced spin-off of Entergy's non-utility nuclear business will establish a new independent, publicly traded company. Enexus Energy Corporation has been selected as the name of the new company. In addition, Entergy and Enexus intend to enter into a nuclear services joint venture, with equal ownership. EquaGen L.L.C. has been selected as the name for the joint venture. Below are transaction details and other information on Entergy, Enexus and EquaGen.

New Business Structure

Once the transaction is complete, Entergy Corporation's shareholders will own 100 percent of the common equity in both Entergy and Enexus. Enexus' business is expected to be comprised of the non-utility nuclear assets, including the Pilgrim Nuclear Station in Plymouth, Mass., the James A. FitzPatrick and Indian Point Energy Center plants in Oswego and Buchanan, N.Y., respectively, the Palisades plant in Covert, Mich., and the Vermont Yankee plant in Brattleboro, Vt., and a power marketing operation. Entergy's business will be comprised of the current six regulated utility operating subsidiaries, System Energy Resources, Inc., the related services subsidiaries System Fuels, Inc., Entergy Operations, Inc. and Entergy Services, Inc., and the remaining Entergy subsidiaries. The newly created joint venture, EquaGen, is expected to operate the nuclear assets owned by Enexus. EquaGen is also expected to offer nuclear services to third parties, including decommissioning, plant relicensing and plant operations for Cooper Nuclear Station and others.

The joint venture operating structure for Enexus ensures that the core nuclear operations expertise currently in place at each of the non-utility nuclear plants will remain after the spin-off.  Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc., the current NRC-licensed operator of the non-utility nuclear plants, is expected to be wholly-owned by EquaGen and will remain the operator of the plants after the separation.  Entergy Operations, Inc., the current NRC-licensed operator of Entergy's utility nuclear plants, will also remain in place as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Entergy and will continue to be the operator of the utility nuclear plants.  The decision to retain the existing operators for the nuclear stations reflects Entergy's commitment to maintaining safety, security and operational excellence.

Leadership Team

The Entergy Board of Directors has approved certain elements of the leadership structure and designated individuals who will fill key board and management roles. The EquaGen Board of Managers will be comprised of equal membership from both Entergy and Enexus. Those assuming new roles or additional responsibilities identified to date include:

Entergy:

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Mark Savoff; currently executive vice president of operations, Entergy

Enexus:

Board of Directors

Non-Executive Chairman Dr. Paul Murrill; former member of Entergy Board of Directors, professional engineer and private investor

Other members of Enexus Board of Directors:

  • VADM. George W. Davis USN (Ret.); former member of Entergy Board of Directors, retired Vice Admiral of the U.S. Navy and former Commander Naval Surface Force, Pacific
  • William Madison; former Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Administration - Entergy Corporation
  • William A. Percy, II; Member of Entergy Board of Directors; will retire board membership prior to completion of the spin-off; Chairman and CEO of Greenville Compress Company
  • Richard J. Smith; CEO Enexus
  • Kyle D. Vann; former CEO Entergy-Koch, LP; consultant to Entergy Corporation and Texon, LP
  • Steven V. Wilkinson; member of Entergy Board of Directors; will hold dual board membership at Enexus and Entergy; retired audit partner of Arthur Andersen LLP

Leadership Team

  • Chief Executive Officer Richard Smith; currently president and chief operating officer, Entergy
  • Chief Operating Officer John R. McGaha; currently president of planning, development and oversight, Entergy Nuclear
  • Chief Financial Officer Dean Keller; former managing director - investment banking at Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and co-head of the North American Power Group

Enexus Leadship Team cont'd

  • General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer Steven J. Agresta; former group leader, Energy Group at Alston & Bird, LLP
  • Senior Vice President Administration and Corporate Support Carolyn Shanks; former President and CEO of Entergy Mississippi, Inc.
  • Vice President Power Marketing Marc Potkin; currently holds same position for Entergy Nuclear
  • Vice President Governmental & Regulatory Affairs Kenneth Theobalds; currently holds same position for Entergy Nuclear
  • Vice President Federal Governmental Affairs Jerald V. Halvorsen; currently holds same position for Entergy

EquaGen:

  • Chief Executive Officer and Chief Nuclear Officer Michael R. Kansler; currently president and chief nuclear officer, Entergy Nuclear
  • Chief Operating Officer John Herron; currently serves as senior vice president of nuclear operations, Entergy Nuclear
  • Senior Vice President Planning, Development & Oversight Donna Jacobs; currently holds same position at Entergy Nuclear
  • General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer Terrence Burke; currently associate general counsel, Entergy Nuclear
  • Vice President Finance Wanda Curry; currently Vice President and CFO, Nuclear Operations, Entergy
  • Vice President Human Resources and Administration Keith Fogleman; currently Vice President Human Resources, Entergy Nuclear
  • Vice President External Affairs & Communications Kelle Barfield; currently Director Nuclear Communications, Entergy

Executive management at Entergy that remains unchanged includes:

  • Chairman and Chief Executive Officer J. Wayne Leonard
  • Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Leo Denault
  • Group President Utility Operations Gary Taylor
  • Executive Vice President of External Affairs Curt Hebert
  • Executive Vice President and General Counsel Robert Sloan
  • Chief Nuclear Officer Michael Kansler

 

Brief Overview of Each Business

After completion of the business separation, Entergy will consist of the current six electric utility subsidiaries in four contiguous states with generating capacity of more than 22,000 megawatts and 15,000 miles of transmission lines. Entergy will be a customer service-focused electric and gas utility with a unique growth opportunity through its portfolio transformation strategy that benefits customers. The company will deliver electricity to 2.7 million customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas and will remain headquartered in New Orleans, LA.

Enexus is expected to own nearly 5,000 megawatts of nuclear generation, most of which is located in the northeastern United States. This location has some of the highest average regional power prices in the United States both today and expected into the future through at least 2020. Enexus will be uniquely positioned to provide to the region the only pure-play, emission-free nuclear generation. The company will be headquartered in Jackson, Miss.

EquaGen is expected to be owned 50 percent each by Entergy and Enexus, and expected to have operating responsibility for Enexus' nuclear fleet. As a premier nuclear operator, the joint venture will have broad nuclear experience building and operating boiling and pressurized water reactor technologies. EquaGen is expected to be uniquely positioned to grow through offerings of nuclear operating expertise, as well as ancillary nuclear services to third parties, including plant decommissioning and relicensing. The company will be headquartered in Jackson, Miss.

Financial Aspirations

The companies will continue to aspire to deliver superior value to owners as measured by total shareholder return. The companies believe top-quartile shareholder returns are achieved by growing earnings, delivering returns at or above the risk-adjusted cost of capital, maintaining credit quality and flexibility, and deploying capital in a disciplined manner, whether for new investments, share repurchases, dividends or debt retirements.

Financial aspirations currently in place for Entergy today can be tailored to each of the businesses going forward. Financial aspirations through 2012 include the following:

Top-quartile total shareholder return:

  • Entergy: 6-8% annual earnings per share growth, a 70 to 75% dividend payout ratio target, and capacity for a new share repurchase program targeted at $2.5 billion, $0.5 billion of which has already been authorized by the Entergy Board of Directors, with the balance to be authorized and to commence following completion of spin-off
  • Enexus: $2 billion in earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization and interest and dividend income (EBITDA), a non-GAAP financial measure defined in Appendix F, for the existing non-utility nuclear fleet portfolio by 2012, assuming an average power price on open positions of roughly $95/MWh, generating cash flow for acquisitions and/or distributions through share repurchases in the range of $0.5 billion to $1 billion annually

Credit quality and flexibility to manage risk and act on opportunities:

  • Entergy: investment grade credit with a lower risk profile
  • Enexus: strong merchant credit, relative to others (subject to market terms and conditions, Enexus expects to execute roughly $4.5 billion of debt financing)

The amount of repurchases may vary as a result of material changes in business results or capital spending or new investment opportunities.

2012 aspirations can be considered in association with financial sensitivities as shown in Table 9. These sensitivities illustrate the estimated change in aspiration resulting from changes in aspiration drivers. Estimated impacts shown in Table 9 are intended to be illustrative.

Table 9: 2012 Financial Sensitivities


Aspiration


2012 Aspiration Assumption


Drivers

Estimated
Impact

Entergy

(Per share in U.S. $) (g)

Earnings growth

6 - 8% earnings per share CAGR;
50% from $2.5 billion post-spin share repurchase program and balance from Utility organic growth

 

1% sales growth
$100 million/year investment in service
1% change in allowed ROE
1% change in non-fuel operation and
   maintenance expense
$100 million change in debt
$500 million share repurchase post-spin

- / + 0.12
+ 0.03
- / + 0.31
- / + 0.06

- / + 0.02
+0.12 - 0.15

Enexus

(EBITDA in U.S. $; millions)

EBITDA

$2 billion EBITDA

+0 - 1,500 Btu/KWh heat rate expansion
+$0 - 30/ton CO2
+$0 - 4/kW-mo. capacity price
- / + $0 - 2/MMBtu change in gas price

Up to 400
Up to 600
Up to 200
Down/Up to 600

$0.5 - $1 billion annual share repurchase and/or investment capacity

$1 billion investment, assuming 40-year life and 13% weighted average cost of capital

+ 200

(g) Based on estimated 2008 average fully diluted shares outstanding of approximately 197 million.

Transaction Timing

Given receipt of critical NRC approval, the state regulatory approvals are now the critical path. Considering the ruling by the New York Administrative Law Judges, Entergy now expects the spin completion to occur in the fourth quarter on a month end. Entergy expects the transactions to qualify for tax-free treatment for U.S. federal income tax purposes for both Entergy and its shareholders. The transactions are subject to various approvals, outlined in the following table. Final terms of the transactions and spin-off completion are subject to the subsequent approval of the Entergy Board of Directors. Citigroup and Goldman Sachs are serving as Entergy's financial advisors in this process.

Proceeding

Pending Regulatory Approvals - Spin-Off of Non-Utility Nuclear Business

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Request: Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. (ENO) provided supplements to its application originally filed on July 30, 2007, pursuant to Section 184 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and 10 CFR 50.80. In each of the supplements to the application ENO provided additional information regarding the spin-off transaction, while the original application requested that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) consent to the indirect transfer of control of Entergy's non-utility nuclear licenses.
Recent Activity: The NRC approved ENO's application on July 28, 2008.
Next Steps: None.
Other Background: A successful petitioner or hearing request must articulate an "admissible contention" in order for a hearing to be granted, i.e., a material disputed issue of fact or law within the narrow scope of the proceeding. Otherwise, the NRC's rules provide that no hearing will be conducted. Hearings are governed by special rules for expedited proceedings applicable to license transfers.

   

Vermont Public Service Board

Request: On January 28, 2008, pursuant to 30 V.S.A. Sections 107, 108, 231 and 232, Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, L.L.C. (EVY) and ENO requested approval from the Vermont Public Service Board (VPSB) for the indirect transfer of control, consent to pledge assets, guarantees and assignments of contracts, amendment to Certificate of Public Good (CPG) to reflect name change, replacement of guaranty and substitution of a credit support agreement.
Recent Activity: In accordance with the VPSB scheduling order, testimony has been filed and the discovery process is complete. Three days of technical hearings begin July 29, 2008. The VPSB permitted five parties to intervene in the proceeding, and two parties to participate as amicus curiae. Also, Senate bill S373, legislation that would have required Entergy to over fund the decommissioning trust fund for Vermont Yankee before the VPSB could issue a CPG approving the spin-off transaction, was passed by the Vermont legislature but subsequently vetoed by the governor of Vermont.
Next Steps: Final reply briefs are due on August 20, 2008, after which the VPSB will render a decision, potentially in third quarter 2008.
Other Background: Under Vermont law, approval requires a finding that actions promote the general good of the state.

 

 

New York Public Service Commission

Request: On January 28, 2008, pursuant to New York State Public Service Law ( NYPSL) Sections 69 and 70, Entergy Nuclear Fitzpatrick, L.L.C. (ENFP), Entergy Nuclear Indian Point 2 and 3, L.L.C. (ENIP2 & 3), ENO and corporate affiliate Enexus (formerly referred to as NewCo and SpinCo) filed a petition with the New York Public Service Commission (NYPSC) requesting a declaratory ruling regarding corporate reorganization or in the alternative an order approving the transaction and an order approving debt financing. Petitioners also requested confirmation that the corporate reorganization will not have an impact on ENFP's, ENIP2 & 3's, and ENO's status as lightly regulated entities, given they will continue to be competitive wholesale generators.
Recent Activity: The Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) issued a ruling on July 23, 2008 slightly extending the discovery process, followed within three weeks by initial comments addressing defined issues, and reply comments due two weeks thereafter. Following the conclusion of this process, the ALJs will determine whether and to what extent an evidentiary hearing is required.
Next Steps: The ALJ must determine whether any further procedures may be appropriate, or alternatively can elect to make a recommendation to the NYPSC with respect to the transaction.
Other Background: Entergy requested that the NYPSC consider the spin-off transaction consistent with a lightened regulatory regime for wholesale generators in New York, including owners and operators of nuclear generating facilities, under which PSL 70 review of changes in ownership is not required. If the NYPSC decides to review the corporate reorganization pursuant to PSL 70 that action triggers a review under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA). Petitioners maintain that the corporate reorganization will not change the operation of their assets that could cause an adverse environmental effect. Consequently, if PSL 70 review is required, NYPSC should follow precedent, issue a negative declaration and undertake no further environmental review. Approval under Section 70 of the NYPSL requires a finding that actions are in the public interest. Three parties filed comments in response to Entergy's petition, and several other parties have also requested to be added to the service list for the proceeding. In response to the Entergy's petition, in an order dated May 23, 2008, the NYPSC declined to issue a declaratory ruling approving the transaction and to consider the transaction as one consistent with lightly-regulated generators under PSL 70. In its order, the commission noted that these nuclear plants "are crucial to the adequacy of generation supply within New York" and as such additional proceedings were deemed necessary. The NYPSC established a 60 day discovery period, which expired on July 22, 2008 and assigned two ALJs to oversee the proceeding.

   

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Request: On February 21, 2008, ENO filed an application pursuant to the Federal Power Act Section 203 requesting authorization from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) by June 20, 2008 for indirect disposition of the jurisdictional facilities that will occur as a result of the proposed transaction in which ownership of the applicants will be spun-off to a new, publicly traded holding company.
Recent Activity: FERC approved the ENO application on June 12, 2008.
Next Steps: None.
Other Background: The review of the filing by FERC will ensure that the transaction will have no adverse effects on competition, wholesale or retail rates and Federal and State Regulation. Also, FERC will seek to determine that the transaction will not result in cross-subsidization by a regulated utility or pledge/encumbrance of utility assets for the benefit of a non-utility associate company.

Securities and Exchange Commission

Request/Recent Activity: The initial Form 10 was filed on May 12, 2008. In response to SEC comments issued June 9, 2008, an Amended Form 10 will be filed shortly.
Next Steps: A second amendment to the Form 10 may be required, with the SEC expected to subsequently declare the filing effective, with such declaration currently anticipated sometime in fourth quarter 2008.
Other Background:
Pursuant to Section 12 of the 34 Exchange Act, a Form 10 information statement is required to be filed to register securities with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The Form 10 is furnished in connection with the distribution by Entergy to its common shareholders of all of the shares of the common stock of Enexus. The information statement will describe the distribution in detail and will contain information about Enexus, its business, financial condition and operations. The Form 10 is subject to review and comments by the SEC staff and will need to be declared effective prior to the distribution.

Appendices B-1 and B-2 provides details of second quarter and year-to-date 2008 vs. 2007 earnings variance analysis for "Utility, Parent & Other," "Competitive Businesses," and "Consolidated."

Appendix B-1: As-Reported Earnings Per Share Variance Analysis

Second Quarter 2008 vs. 2007

(Per share in U.S. $, sorted in consolidated

column, most to least favorable)

Utility,

Competitive

Parent & Other

Businesses

Consolidated

2007 earnings

0.59

0.73

1.32

Net revenue

0.16

(h)

0.43

(i)

0.59

Share repurchase effect

0.02

0.02

0.04

Other income (deductions)

0.02

0.01

0.03

Interest expense and other charges

0.02

0.01

0.03

Preferred dividend requirements

0.01

-

0.01

Decommissioning expense

-

(0.01)

(0.01)

Nuclear refueling outage expense

(0.01)

(0.02)

(0.03)

Taxes other than income taxes

(0.02)

(0.01)

(0.03)

Depreciation/amortization expense

(0.01)

(0.02)

(0.03)

Interest and dividend income

0.02

(0.11)

(j)

(0.09)

Other operation & maintenance expense

(0.15)

(k)

(0.08)

(l)

(0.23)

Income taxes - other

(0.03)

 

(0.20)

(m)

 

(0.23)

2008 earnings

0.62

0.75

 

 

1.37

Appendix B-2: As-Reported Earnings Per Share Variance Analysis

Year-to-Date 2008 vs. 2007

(Per share in U.S. $, sorted in consolidated

column, most to least favorable)

Utility,

Competitive

Parent & Other

Businesses

Consolidated

2007 earnings

1.02

1.32

2.34

Net revenue

0.24

(h)

1.04

(i)

1.28

Share repurchase effect

0.03

0.06

(n)

0.09

Taxes other than income taxes

0.04

(0.03)

0.01

Interest expense and other charges

(0.01)

0.02

0.01

Preferred dividend requirements

0.01

0.00

0.01

Other income (deductions)

(0.02)

0.00

(0.02)

Decommissioning expense

(0.01)

(0.03)

(0.04)

Nuclear refueling outage expense

(0.01)

(0.05)

(o)

(0.06)

Depreciation/amortization expense

(0.01)

(0.06)

(p)

(0.07)

Interest and dividend income

0.02

(0.12)

(j)

(0.10)

Income taxes - other

0.01

(0.16)

(m)

(0.15)

Other operation & maintenance expense

(0.20)

(k)

(0.17)

(l)

(0.37)

2008 earnings

1.11

1.82

2.93

 

  1. The increase is due primarily to sales growth with the year-to-date increase also due to regulatory actions.

    Utility Net Revenue Variance Analysis 2008 vs. 2007
    ($ EPS)

    Second Quarter

    Year-to-Date

    Sales growth/pricing

    0.09

    Sales growth/pricing

    0.10

    Weather

    0.04

    Weather

    0.04

    Other

    0.03

    Other

    0.10

    Total

    0.16

    Total

    0.24

  2. The increase in the quarter and year-to-date periods is due primarily to higher revenues at Entergy Nuclear due to higher production from fewer outage days, the addition of Palisades, and higher pricing.
  3. The decrease is due primarily to an impairment recorded on decommissioning trust fund investments at Entergy Nuclear.
  4. The increase in the quarter is due primarily to nuclear spin-off related expenses recorded at Parent, increased charges for storm damages and loss reserves and higher employee benefits expense, while the year-to-date increase reflects these expenses and increased fossil outage spending primarily due to timing.
  5. The increase in the quarter is due to deferring costs for only one refueling outage during second quarter 2008 versus deferrals for two refueling outages in 2007, as well as the full quarter inclusion of Palisades which was acquired April 11, 2007.
  6. The increase is due primarily to the absence in the current period of the benefit of lower income taxes recorded in second quarter 2007 as a result of the resolution of tax audit issues.
  7. Reflects accretion associated with Entergy's share repurchase program.
  8. The increase reflects the amortization of expenses for more planned refueling outages compared to the year-to-date period in 2007, including Palisades' first refueling outage in fourth quarter 2007.
  9. The increase in the year-to-date period is due to the inclusion of Palisades, as well as increased plant in service.

     

Appendix B-3 lists special items by business with quarter-to-quarter and year-to-date comparisons. Amounts are shown on both earnings per share and net income bases. Special items are those events that are less routine, are related to prior periods, or are related to discontinued businesses. Special items are included in as-reported earnings per share consistent with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), but are excluded from operational earnings per share. As a result, operational earnings per share is considered a non-GAAP measure.

Appendix B-3: Special Items (shown as positive / (negative) impact on earnings)

Second Quarter and Year-to-Date 2008 vs. 2007

(Per share in U.S. $)

 

 

 

 

Second Quarter

Year-to-Date

 

2008

2007

Change

2008

2007

Change

Utility, Parent & Other

  Non-utility nuclear spin-off expenses

(0.09)

-

(0.09)

(0.09)

-

(0.09)

     Total Utility, Parent and Other

(0.09)

-

(0.09)

(0.09)

-

(0.09)

Competitive Businesses

  Entergy Nuclear

-

-

-

-

-

-

  Non-Nuclear Wholesale Assets

-

-

-

-

-

-

     Total Competitive Businesses

-

-

-

-

-

-

Total Special Items

(0.09)

-

(0.09)

(0.09)

-

(0.09)

(U.S. $ in millions)

2008

2007

Change

2008

2007

Change

Utility, Parent & Other

  Non-utility nuclear spin-off expenses

(18.3)

-

(18.3)

(18.3)

-

(18.3)

     Total Utility, Parent and Other

(18.3)

-

(18.3)

(18.3)

-

(18.3)

Competitive Businesses

  Entergy Nuclear

-

-

-

-

-

-

  Non-Nuclear Wholesale Assets

-

-

-

-

-

-

     Total Competitive Businesses

-

-

-

-

-

-

Total Special Items

(18.3)

-

(18.3)

(18.3)

-

(18.3)

             

Appendix C provides a summary of selected regulatory cases and events that are pending.

Appendix C: Regulatory Summary Table

Company/ Proceeding

Authorized ROE

Pending Cases/Events

Retail Regulation

Entergy Arkansas

9.9%

Recent activity: None. EAI awaits action on potential oral argument and final decision on its rate case appeal. In its appeal, EAI sought to reverse the APSC's decision on a number of issues.
Background: EAI's base rates and Rider ECR have been in effect since 1998.  In December 2005, EAI provided notice of its intent to terminate participation in the Entergy System Agreement, following a final order from FERC establishing terms under which EAI is required to make payments to other operating companies to achieve rough production cost equalization. On August 25, 2006, EAI filed a rate case requesting a $150 million increase based on a June 30, 2006 test year using an 11.25% ROE. The rate increase was revised to $106.5 million on rebuttal primarily to remove a plant acquisition included in the initial filing. The APSC order called for a $5.1 million rate reduction, 9.9% ROE and a hypothetical common equity level lower than EAI's actual capital structure. The base rate change was implemented August 29, 2007. Among other actions, the APSC approved retention through December 31, 2008 of the ECR rider for fuel and purchased power recovery and a PCA or production cost allocation rider to recover System Agreement rough production cost equalization payments. The APSC also approved implementation of an Annual Earnings Review process to be developed. EAI filed an appeal of the rate case order, following earlier denial of EAI's request for rehearing on its case, and the briefing process in the appeal is complete. Also, following further testimony and hearings, the APSC issued a consolidated order on December 21, 2007 addressing issues pending in several dockets. As a result of lack of consensus, the Annual Earnings Review process was not approved. EAI may petition for extraordinary storm damage financial relief, and the automatic sunset provision for the ECR and PCA riders was replaced with an 18 month advance notice provision for any potential future termination, following APSC notice and hearing. AEEC and the Attorney General filed an appeal of the consolidated order, following the APSC's denial of their request for rehearing.
Storm cost recovery proposal: On June 6, 2008, together with other Arkansas utilities, EAI filed a joint application for approval of storm cost recovery accounting and a storm damage rider. To enable recovery of 2008 storm cost expenditures through the rider and storm reserve accounting, the Utilities requested that the APSC establish a procedural schedule that would allow resolution of this proceeding no later than December 15, 2008.
Background: As a result of the rate case order, EAI was required to discontinue storm reserve accounting and is now subject to an annual $14.4 million budget for allowed storm recovery by the APSC. In its December consolidated order, the APSC indicated that it was open to consideration of alternative extraordinary storm restoration cost methodologies that are both fair and reasonable to rate payers and in the public interest, prompting the joint proposal.
Ouachita acquisition: In its December 21, 2007 consolidated order, the APSC also approved EAI's proposed recovery mechanism for the Interim Tolling Agreement capacity payments through a separate rider. Energy costs are being recovered through the ECR. On June 27, 2008, the APSC approved EAI's acquisition of the Ouachita Plant, the sale of one-third of the plant's capacity to EGSL and the recovery of non-fuel costs associated with the acquisition via a capacity acquisition (CA) rider. EAI expects to close on the plant before the end of 2008.
Background: In July 2007, EAI concluded negotiations with Cogentrix to acquire the Ouachita Power Facility, a 798MW load-following CCGT at a purchase price of $210 million assuming a December 31, 2008 close, or $325/kW including planned fossil upgrades, contingencies and transaction cost estimated at $46 million, but excluding potential transmission upgrades. EAI requested approval to sell one-third of the plant output to EGSL on a long-term basis under a separate agreement.

Entergy Texas

10.95%

Recent activity: Two competing non-unanimous settlement (NUS) agreements were introduced. ETI's NUS calls for a $59.5 million two-step base rate increase, among other details, to be effective October 24, 2008. Hearings concluded on ETI's NUS earlier in July, and the briefing process is underway.
Background: On September 26, 2007, ETI filed a rate case consisting of three major requests for relief: a $64.3 million base rate increase, a $43.2 million request for various riders, and a fuel reconciliation for the period January 2006 through March 2007 in the amount of $858 million. The rate case is based on a March 31, 2007 test year using an 11% ROE. ETI has operated under a base rate freeze since 1999. Legislation subsequently enacted in June 2005 extended the base rate freeze to mid 2008 but also allowed ETI to file for rate relief through riders for incremental capacity costs (IPCR) and transition costs. In December 2005, the PUCT approved the recovery of $18 million annual capacity costs, subject to reconciliation from September 2005. On January 23, 2008, an agreement was filed with the PUCT to increase the IPCR to $21 million and to add a surcharge for $10.3 million of unrecovered costs. In June 2006, the PUCT approved a settlement in the Transition to Competition Cost recovery case, allowing ETI to recover $14.5 million per year in TTC costs over a 15-year period.
Qualified Power Region: In January 2008, ETI and SPP met to begin the study directed by the PUCT. Four teams were created to work on the key elements. The study is expected to be submitted in the November 2008 timeframe, along with updated SERC and ERCOT studies. Potential resolution is not likely until early 2009.
Background: In December 2006, ETI filed a Transition to Competition plan with the PUCT, proposing ETI join ERCOT as it represents the most viable path to full customer choice. To support a PUCT decision on the appropriate qualified power region, in October and November 2007, the PUCT issued orders in ETI's Transition to Competition case requiring further studies and approving Southwest Power Pool's plan to develop information similar to that prepared by ERCOT and requiring an updated analysis of the benefits of remaining in the Southeastern Reliability Council (SERC). In May 2008, the PUCT issued an order directing ERCOT to update its study.

Entergy Gulf States Louisiana

9.90% - 11.40%

Recent activity: EGSL's 2007 test year filing made on May 30, 2008 indicated a 9.26% ROE, which is below the allowed bandwidth. The $5.4 million revenue deficiency is partially offset by $4.1 million reduced capacity cost recovery, resulting in an overall rate increase of $1.3 million. Implementation of new rates is expected in September 2008.
Background: In March 2005, the LPSC approved a Global Settlement which established an FRP with a 10.65% ROE midpoint and a +/- 75 basis point bandwidth and a recovery mechanism for Commission approved capacity additions. Earnings outside the bandwidth are allocated 60% to customers and 40% to the company. The 2006 test year filing was the third of three approved filings by the LPSC. The FRP may be extended by mutual agreement of EGSL and the LPSC, and the parties agreed to extend the FRP one additional year.

Appendix C: Regulatory Summary Table (continued)

Company/ Proceeding

Authorized ROE

Pending Cases/Events

Retail Regulation

Entergy Gulf States Louisiana
(continued)

Storm Cost Recovery: On May 6, 2008, the State Bond Commission approved Act 55 alternate securitization, and the Louisiana Public Facilities Authority is in the process of marketing $279 million of securitization bonds in order to fund storm costs, storm reserves and issuance costs in the amounts of $185, $87 and $7 million, respectively.
Background: On August 1, 2007, the LPSC approved $187 million as the balance of storm restoration costs for recovery and established $87 million as a reserve for future storms, both to be securitized in the same amounts. In May 2006, EGSL completed the $6 million interim recovery of storm costs through the fuel adjustment clause pursuant to the LPSC order. Beginning in September 2006, interim recovery shifted to the FRP at the rate of $0.85 million per month. Interim recovery and carrying charges will continue until the securitization process is complete.

Ouachita acquisition: On January 16, 2008, the LPSC exercised its original jurisdiction and granted approval to recover costs associated with the Ouachita Interim Tolling Agreement. On July 16, 2008, the LPSC approved the uncontested stipulation settlement reached by EGSL and the LPSC Staff for EGSL's purchase of one-third of Ouachita's capacity.
Background: In July 2007, EAI concluded negotiations with Cogentrix to acquire the Ouachita Power Facility. EGSL expects to purchase one-third of the plant output from EAI on a long-term basis under a separate agreement.

Entergy Louisiana

9.45% - 11.05%

Recent activity: ELL's 2007 test year filing made on May 15, 2008 indicated a 9.04% ROE, which is below the allowed bandwidth. The $5.8 million revenue deficiency plus $12.6 million increased capacity cost recovery results in an overall rate increase of $18.4 million. Implementation of new rates is expected in September 2008. ELL also continues to seek resolution of its 2006 test year FRP filing, including extraordinary customer loss recovery, and a status conference will be held on July 31, 2008 to reset the remaining procedural schedule.
Background: In May 2005, the LPSC approved a settlement reestablishing the Company's FRP with a 10.25% ROE midpoint and a +/- 80 basis point bandwidth and a recovery mechanism for Commission-approved capacity additions. Earnings outside the bandwidth are allocated 60% to customers and 40% to the company. The 2007 test year filing is the third of three approved filings by the LPSC. The FRP may be extended by the mutual agreement of ELL and the LPSC. ELL's 2006 test year filing made in May 2007 indicated a 7.6% ROE. On September 27, 2007, ELL implemented an $18.4 million increase, subject to refund, $23.8 million representing a 60% adjustment to reach the bottom of the FRP band, net of $5.4 million for reduced capacity cost recovery. The LPSC will allow ELL to defer the difference between the $39.8 million requested for unrecovered fixed costs for extraordinary customer losses associated with Hurricane Katrina and the $23.8 million 60% adjustment as a regulatory asset, pending ultimate LPSC resolution of the 2006 FRP filing. On October 29, 2007, ELL implemented a $7.1 million FRP decrease which is primarily due to the reclassification of certain franchise fees from base rates to collection via a line item on customer's bills pursuant to an LPSC General Order. ELL continued to pursue extraordinary customer losses in its 2007 test year filing by submitting a second scenario of the filing reflecting unrecovered fixed costs.
Storm Cost Recovery: On May 6, 2008, the State Bond Commission approved Act 55 alternate securitization, and the Louisiana Public Facilities Authority expects to close today on $688 million of securitization bonds in order to fund storm costs, storm reserves and issuance costs in the amounts of $524, $152 and $12 million, respectively.
Background: On August 1, 2007, the LPSC approved $545 million as the balance of storm restoration costs for recovery and established $152 million as a reserve for future storms, both to be securitized in the same amounts. In April 2006, ELL completed the $14 million interim recovery of storm costs through the fuel adjustment clause pursuant to the LPSC order. Beginning in September 2006, interim recovery shifted to the FRP at the rate of $2 million per month. Interim recovery and carrying charges will continue until the securitization process is complete.

Little Gypsy Repowering: On May 30, 2008, ELL filed for a limited reopening of the air permit for the additional layer of environmental analysis (Maximum Achievable Control Technology application) resulting from a federal court decision in February unrelated to the project. Based on the additional analysis requirement, ELL now estimates construction could commence by mid-year 2009 and result in a targeted in service date in second quarter 2013. The total cost estimate now stands at $1.76 billion. ELL expects to make its first monitoring plan filing by the end of the month and supplement and resume its Phase II proceeding in the fall.
Background: Little Gypsy is a 538MW resource that will be repowered to utilize CFB technology relying on a dual-fuel approach (petroleum coke and coal), a much needed solid-fuel baseload resource that can reduce Louisiana customers' dependence on natural gas. The initial cost estimate was $1.55 billion with an early 2012 projected in-service date. On November 8, 2007, the LPSC voted unanimously to approve ELL's request to repower Little Gypsy, subject to a number of conditions, including the development and approval of a construction monitoring plan. This approval cleared the way for ELL to order vital equipment, such as boiler and piping components, so that components can be manufactured to keep the project on schedule. As a result, in January 2008, ELL finalized the terms of a target cost EPC contract with the Shaw Group. On December 21, 2007, ELL initiated the Phase II proceeding seeking cash earnings on CWIP and approval for the procedure to synchronize permanent base rate recovery when the project is placed in service, via an FRP or base rate filing. This proceeding was suspended temporarily to allow ELL to develop an updated project cost estimate and schedule to account for a delay resulting from the need to conduct additional environmental analysis.

Waterford 3 Steam Generator Replacement: On June 26, 2008, ELL petitioned the LPSC to replace two steam generators, the reactor vessel closure head and control drive mechanisms, at an expected cost of $511 million. The petition seeks relief in two phases. Phase I seeks certification within 120 days that the public convenience and necessity would be served by undertaking this project. Among other relief requested, ELL is also seeking approval for the procedure to synchronize permanent base rate recovery when the project is placed in service, via an FRP or base rate filing. In its Phase II filing, ELL will seek cash earnings on CWIP. A status conference will be held on July 31, 2008. It is anticipated that a procedural schedule for this matter will be established at that time.
Background: Due to careful maintenance, Waterford 3 is one of the last nuclear plants of its type to have to replace its steam generators. Of the 14 plants in the U.S. with similar pressurized water reactor designs, only one other plant has not replaced the equipment already. Replacing the reactor vessel closure head and control element drive mechanisms at the same time allows ELL to do the work more efficiently and economically. The long-lead time to design, manufacture and transport some of the required equipment to the site requires approval now in order to perform the project in 2011.

 

Appendix C: Regulatory Summary Table (continued)

Company/ Proceeding

Authorized ROE

Pending Cases/Events

Retail Regulation

Entergy Mississippi 9.46% - 12.24%

Recent activity: On March 14, 2008, EMI made its 2007 test year FRP filing indicating an earned ROE of 9.42% compared to a 12.34% mid-point ROE, including 92 basis points for performance incentives (band is 11.08% - 13.6%). The filing called for an annual revenue increase of $10.1 million. On June 20, 2008, EMI reached a settlement with the Mississippi Public Utilities Staff, resulting in a $3.775 million rate increase, subject to MPSC final approval.
Background: EMI has been operating under a FRP last approved in December 2002. The FRP allows the company's earned ROE to increase or decrease within a bandwidth with no change in rates. Earnings outside the bandwidth are allocated 50% to customers and 50% to the company, but on a prospective basis only. The plan also provides for performance incentives that can increase or decrease the benchmark ROE by as much as 100 basis points. In December 2005, the MPSC approved the purchase of the Attala facility and ordered interim recovery. In October 2006, the MPSC approved EMI's filing to revise the Power Management Rider Schedule to extend beyond 2006 recovery of EMI's Attala costs, effective for bills on/after January 1, 2007.

Entergy New Orleans

10.75%

Recent activity: None.
Background:  Prior to Hurricane Katrina, ENOI operated under a FRP with a ROE mid-point of 10.75%, a 45% hypothetical equity ratio, and electric and gas ROE bandwidths of 100 and 50 basis points, respectively. In October 2006, the City Council of New Orleans (CCNO) unanimously approved a settlement agreement with ENOI that called for a phased-in rate increase to ensure the company's ability to focus on restoration of the gas and electric systems, and created a $75 million storm reserve via a storm reserve rider beginning in March 2007, to be funded over a ten year period, that positions ENOI to pay for future hurricane damage. When fully implemented by January 1, 2008, electric base rates will increase by $3.9 million and gas base rates by $11.0 million. Grand Gulf fuel adjustment clause recovery is also retained. Absent extraordinary circumstances, there will be no further base rate adjustments until April 2009. The order allows ENOI to seek reinstatement of an appropriate FRP following the resetting of rates in 2009. With New Orleans' recovery also taking place faster than expected, in December 2007, ENOI announced a voluntary plan to return an estimated $10.6 million to customers through a 6.15% base rate credit on electric bills.
Storm Cost Recovery: To date, ENOI has received $180.8 million of CDBG funding for ratepayer mitigation of storm costs and has submitted an additional $10.6 million for funding approval. ENOI will continue to submit storm restoration costs until the $200 million total CDBG funding allocation is reached.

Wholesale Regulation (FERC)

System Energy Resources, Inc.

10.94%

Recent activity: On July 1, 2008, the FERC dismissed the LPSC's complaint filed March 31, 2008 requesting that FERC modify the depreciation and decommissioning rates under the Unit Power Sales Agreement to assume a 20 year extension in the operating license of Grand Gulf and reduce the ROE from 10.94% to no greater than 9.75%.
Background: ROE approved by July 2001 FERC order.

System Agreement

NA

 

Recent activity: The Utility operating subsidiaries made the rough production cost equalization calculation filing required under the FERC Order in June 2007. Payments/receipts based on calendar year 2007 production costs are outlined below. On April 15, 2008, the federal appeals court for the D.C. circuit affirmed the FERC decision with respect to FERC's jurisdiction to order the remedy, establish the bandwidth, and exclude above market costs of the Vidalia plant. The court remanded for further proceedings and consideration, FERC's decision to deny retroactive refunds and to delay implementation of the bandwidth remedy.
Background: The System Agreement case addresses reallocation of production costs among the utility operating subsidiaries. In June 2005, the FERC issued its decision and established a bandwidth of +/- 11 % to reallocate production costs and ordered that this approach be applied prospectively. In December 2005, FERC established, among other things, that 1) the bandwidth would be applied to calendar year 2006 actual production costs and 2) 2007 would be the first possible year of payments among Entergy's operating companies. Based on calendar year 2007 production costs, EAI will pay $251 million to EGSL ($124 million), ELL ($35 million), EMI ($20 million), ENOI ($7 million) and ETI ($65 million). EAI will recover the retail portion through the production cost allocation rider approved by the APSC, with rates becoming effective for July billing. Receipts for the other utility companies are being reflected predominantly as reductions in fuel expense. Appeals of the FERC decision were filed by the APSC, LPSC, MPSC and AEEC in the federal appeals court for the D.C. circuit, with the appeals consolidated. The City of New Orleans intervened in the LPSC appeal, and Entergy has intervened in all appeals. A Compliance filing to implement the FERC decision in this case was filed by Entergy at FERC on April 10, 2006 which proposed that all payments required by the June 2005 FERC decision be properly reflected as fuel costs. Various comments or protests to the Compliance filing were filed by various parties including a request for summary judgment by the LPSC. In July 2007, the FERC accepted the proposed rates for filing, allowed them to go into effect June 1, 2006 subject to refund, and set them for hearing and settlement procedures. Settlement discussions were not successful and hearings in this matter (referred to as the bandwidth proceeding) are complete. In September 2007, FERC issued an Order on Remand in a proceeding referred to as the Interruptible/Curtailable proceeding. This proceeding considered how interruptible load, joint account purchases and the allocation of net margin for off-system sales would be considered in calculating the load responsibility for Entergy operating companies and the resulting effect on system production costs. FERC ordered that interruptible load be eliminated from calculations effective April 1, 2004 and ordered refunds for a 15 month period beginning May 1995. Entergy's operating companies filed a request for rehearing of the FERC decision and were granted a request to extend the deadline for any refunds until 30 days after the FERC issues an order on rehearing. The Entergy operating companies believe that any refund amounts would be recoverable in future rates. In November 2007, EMI provided notice of its intent to terminate participation in the Entergy System Agreement, and in January 2008, the LPSC unanimously voted to direct its Staff to begin evaluating the potential for a new agreement, given EAI and EMI notices of withdrawal. The CCNO also opened a docket to gather information on progress towards a successor agreement.

Appendix D-1 provides comparative financial performance measures for the current quarter. Appendix D-2 provides historical financial performance measures and operating performance metrics for the trailing eight quarters. Financial performance measures in both tables include those calculated and presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), as well as those that are considered non-GAAP measures.

As-reported measures are computed in accordance with GAAP as they include all components of earnings, including special items. Operational measures are non-GAAP measures as they are calculated using operational earnings, which excludes the impact of special items. A reconciliation of operational earnings per share to as-reported earnings per share is provided in Appendix G-1.

Appendix D-1: GAAP and Non-GAAP Financial Performance Measures

Second Quarter 2008 vs. 2007
(see appendix F for definitions of certain measures)

For 12 months ending June 30

2008

2007

Change

GAAP Measures

Return on average invested capital - as-reported

8.6%

8.2%

0.4%

Return on average common equity - as-reported

16.3%

14.2%

2.1%

Net margin - as-reported

10.2%

10.0%

0.2%

Cash flow interest coverage

5.0

5.8

(0.8)

Book value per share

$38.43

$39.72

($1.29)

End of period shares outstanding (millions)

190.5

196.1

(5.6)

Non-GAAP Measures

Return on average invested capital - operational

8.8%

7.6%

1.2%

Return on average common equity - operational

17.0%

12.9%

4.1%

Net margin - operational

10.6%

9.1%

1.5%

As of June 30 ($ in millions)

2008

2007

Change

GAAP Measures

Cash and cash equivalents

1,086

1,320

(234)

Revolver capacity

826

1,650

(824)

Total debt

11,768

10,936

832

Debt to capital ratio

60.7%

57.3%

3.4%

Off-balance sheet liabilities:

Debt of joint ventures - Entergy's share

130

141

(11)

Leases - Entergy's share

508

523

(15)

Total off-balance sheet liabilities

638

664

(26)

Non-GAAP Measures

Total gross liquidity

1,912

2,970

(1058)

Net debt to net capital ratio

58.3%

54.1%

4.2%

Net debt ratio including off-balance sheet liabilities

59.7%

55.8%

3.9%

 

Appendix D-2: Historical Performance Measures
(see appendix F for definitions of measures)

3Q06

4Q06

1Q07

2Q07

3Q07

4Q07

1Q08

2Q08

07YTD

08YTD

Financial (q)

EPS - as-reported ($)

1.83

1.27

1.03

1.32

2.30

0.96

1.56

1.37

2.34

2.93

Less - special items ($)

0.03

0.48

0.00

0.00

0.00

(0.16)

0.00

(0.09)

0.00

(0.09)

EPS - operational ($)

1.80

0.79

1.03

1.32

2.30

1.12

1.56

1.46

2.34

3.02

Trailing Twelve Months

ROIC - as-reported (%)

7.5

8.5

8.4

8.2

8.6

8.3

8.8

8.6

ROIC - operational (%)

7.5

7.7

7.7

7.6

8.1

8.5

9.0

8.8

ROE - as-reported (%)

11.6

14.2

14.5

14.2

14.6

14.1

15.9

16.3

ROE - operational (%)

11.6

12.5

12.8

12.9

13.4

14.5

16.3

17.0

Cash Flow Interest Coverage

6.0

7.2

6.1

5.8

5.3

5.0

4.9

5.0

Debt to capital ratio (%)

50.4

52.3

55.2

57.3

57.3

57.6

58.6

60.7

Net debt/net capital ratio (%)

48.3

49.4

52.3

54.1

53.9

54.7

56.5

58.3

Utility

GWh billed (r)

Residential

11,120

7,163

7,792

6,986

11,128

7,376

8,011

7,372

14,777

15,384

Commercial & Gov't

8,587

7,027

6,665

7,043

8,748

7,290

6,807

7,275

13,708

14,081

Industrial

10,316

9,724

9,323

9,813

10,120

9,729

9,377

9,730

19,137

19,107

Wholesale

1,844

1,470

1,638

1,428

1,413

1,666

1,290

1,440

3,066

2,729

O&M expense/MWh (r)

$14.59

$20.85

$16.83

$19.01

$15.16

$20.23

$17.26

$19.48

$17.92

$18.37

Reliability

SAIFI (s)

1.8

1.8

1.8

1.9

1.8

1.8

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

SAIDI (s)

182

189

193

198

188

184

191

215

198

215

Nuclear

Net MW in operation

4,200

4,200

4,200

4,998

4,998

4,998

4,998

4,998

4,998

4,998

Avg. realized price per MWh (t)

$44.90

$44.34

$55.11

$51.28

$53.11

$51.52

$61.47

$58.22

$53.13

$59.89

Production cost/MWh (u)

$18.75

$21.00

$19.66

$21.27

$20.90

$22.64

$19.98

$23.11

$20.49

$21.50

Non-fuel O&M expense/ purchased power per MWh (u)

$21.29

$22.48

$20.76

$24.09

$22.40

$23.94

$20.20

$23.42

$22.48

$21.76

GWh billed

9,119

8,684

8,315

8,896

10,105

10,254

10,760

10,145

17,211

20,905

Capacity factor

99%

93%

91%

82%

93%

92%

97%

92%

86%

95%

  1. Data for periods beginning 1Q07 reflect the re-consolidation of ENOI. Prior periods are not restated for this effect.
  2. Data has been restated for the re-consolidation of ENOI which was the accounting adopted by Entergy in second quarter 2007. 4Q07 excludes the effect of the nuclear alignment special.
  3. Excludes impact of major storm activity.
  4. Restated to reflect MWh billed as the denominator in the calculation.
  5. Restated data to reflect moving purchased power from production costs to non-fuel O&M. 4Q07 excludes the effect of the nuclear alignment special.

     

    Appendix E: Planned Capital Expenditures

    Entergy's capital plan from 2008 through 2010 anticipates $5.9 billion for investment, including $2.7 billion of maintenance capital. The remaining $3.2 billion is for specific investments such as the Utility's portfolio transformation strategy (i.e., Calcasieu and Ouachita acquisitions and Little Gypsy repowering), the steam generator replacement at Entergy Louisiana's Waterford 3 nuclear unit, environmental compliance spending, transmission upgrades, business function relocation, dry cask storage and nuclear license renewal projects, NYPA value sharing and other initiatives. A potentially significant item not included in these estimates is the cost associated with the proposed inter-connection between Entergy Texas and ERCOT (up to approximately $1 billion). In addition, only minimal amounts for potential new nuclear development at the Grand Gulf and River Bend sites at the Utility are included.

    Appendix E: 2008-2010 Planned Capital Expenditures including Entergy New Orleans
    Prepared January 2008

    ($ in millions)

    2008

    2009

    2010

    Total

    Maintenance capital

           

      Utility, Parent & Other

    864

    807

    811

    2,482

      Entergy Nuclear

    78

    78

    78

    234

      Non-Nuclear Wholesale Assets

    2

    -

    -

    2

         Subtotal

    944

    885

    889

    2,718

    Other capital commitments

           

      Utility, Parent & Other

    1,033

    846

    675

    2,554

      Entergy Nuclear

    207

    189

    248

    644

      Non-Nuclear Wholesale Assets

    -

    -

    -

    -

         Subtotal

    1,240

    1,035

    923

    3,198

    Total Planned Capital Expenditures

    2,184

    1,920

    1,812

    5,916

    Appendix F provides definitions of certain operational performance measures, as well as GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures, all of which are referenced in this release.

    Appendix F: Definitions of Operational Performance Measures and GAAP and Non-GAAP Financial Measures

    Utility

    GWh billed

    Total number of GWh billed to all retail and wholesale customers

    Operation & maintenance expense

    Operation, maintenance and refueling expenses per MWh of billed sales, excluding fuel

    SAIFI

    System average interruption frequency index; average number per customer per year

    SAIDI

    System average interruption duration index; average minutes per customer per year

    Number of customers

    Number of customers at end of period

    Competitive Businesses

    Planned TWh of generation

    Amount of output expected to be generated by Entergy Nuclear for nuclear units considering plant operating characteristics, outage schedules, and expected market conditions which impact dispatch

    Percent of planned generation sold
    forward

    Percent of planned generation output sold forward under contracts, forward physical contracts, forward financial contracts or options (consistent with assumptions used in earnings guidance) that may or may not require regulatory approval

    Unit-contingent

    Transaction under which power is supplied from a specific generation asset; if the asset is unavailable, seller is not liable to buyer for any damages

    Unit-contingent with availability
    guarantees

    Transaction under which power is supplied from a specific generation asset; if the asset is unavailable, seller is not liable to buyer for any damages, unless the actual availability over a specified period of time is below an availability threshold specified in the contract

    Firm liquidated damages (LD)

    Transaction that requires receipt or delivery of energy at a specified delivery point (usually at a market hub not associated with a specific asset) or settles financially on notional quantities; if a party fails to deliver or receive energy, defaulting party must compensate the other party as specified in the contract

    Planned net MW in operation

    Amount of capacity to be available to generate power considering uprates planned to be completed within the calendar year

    Bundled energy & capacity contract

    A contract for the sale of installed capacity and related energy, priced per megawatt-hour sold

    Capacity contract

    A contract for the sale of the installed capacity product in regional markets managed by ISO New England and the New York Independent System Operator

    Average contract price per MWh or
    per kW per month

    Price at which generation output and/or capacity is expected to be sold to third parties, given existing contract or option exercise prices based on expected dispatch or capacity, excluding the revenue associated with the amortization of the below-market PPA for Palisades

    Average contract revenue per MWh

    Price at which the combination of generation output and capacity are expected to be sold to third parties, given existing contract or option exercise prices based on expected dispatch

    Entergy Nuclear

    Net MW in operation

    Installed capacity owned and operated by Entergy Nuclear

    Average realized price per MWh

    As-reported revenue per MWh billed for all non-utility nuclear operations

    Production cost per MWh

    Fuel and non-fuel operation and maintenance expenses according to accounting standards that directly relate to the production of electricity per MWh

    Non-fuel O&M expense/purchased
    power per MWh

    Operation, maintenance and refueling expenses and purchased power per MWh billed, excluding fuel

    GWh billed

    Total number of GWh billed to all customers

    Capacity factor

    Normalized percentage of the period that the plant generates power

    Refueling outage duration

    Number of days lost for scheduled refueling outage during the period

    Financial measures defined in the below table include measures prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, (GAAP), as well as non-GAAP measures. Non-GAAP measures are included in this release in order to provide metrics that remove the effect of less routine financial impacts from commonly used financial metrics.

    Appendix F: Definitions of Operational Performance Measures and GAAP and Non-GAAP Financial Measures (continued)

    Financial Measures - GAAP

    Return on average invested capital - as-reported

    12-months rolling earnings adjusted to include preferred dividends and tax-effected interest expense divided by average invested capital

    Return on average common equity - as-reported

    12-months rolling earnings divided by average common equity

    Net margin - as-reported

    12-months rolling earnings divided by 12 months rolling revenue

    Cash flow interest coverage

    12-months cash flow from operating activities plus 12-months rolling interest paid, divided by interest expense

    Book value per share

    Common equity divided by end of period shares outstanding

    Revolver capacity

    Amount of undrawn capacity remaining on corporate and subsidiary revolvers

    Total debt

    Sum of short-term and long-term debt, notes payable, capital leases, and preferred stock with sinking fund on the balance sheet less non-recourse debt, if any

    Debt of joint ventures (Entergy's share)

    Debt issued by Non-Nuclear Wholesale Assets business joint ventures

    Leases (Entergy's share)

    Operating leases held by subsidiaries capitalized at implicit interest rate

    Debt to capital

    Gross debt divided by total capitalization

    Financial Measures - Non-GAAP

    Operational earnings

    As-reported earnings applicable to common stock adjusted to exclude the impact of special items

    Return on average invested capital - operational

    12-months rolling operational earnings adjusted to include preferred dividends and tax-effected interest expense divided by average invested capital

    Return on average common equity - operational

    12-months rolling operational earnings divided by average common equity

    Net margin - operational

    12-months rolling operational earnings divided by 12 months rolling revenue

    Earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization and interest and dividend income (EBITDA)

    Net Income plus interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization and miscellaneous other income less other income

    Total gross liquidity

    Sum of cash and revolver capacity

    Net debt to net capital

    Gross debt less cash and cash equivalents divided by total capitalization less cash and cash equivalents

    Net debt including off-balance sheet liabilities

    Sum of gross debt and off-balance sheet debt less cash and cash equivalents divided by sum of total capitalization and off-balance sheet debt less cash and cash equivalents

    Appendices G-1 and G-2 provide reconciliations of various non-GAAP financial measures disclosed in this release to their most comparable GAAP measure.

    Appendix G-1: Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures - Return on Equity, Return on Invested
    Capital and Net Margin Metrics
    (v)

    ($ in millions)

    3Q06

    4Q06

    1Q07

    2Q07

    3Q07

    4Q07

    1Q08

    2Q08

    As-reported earnings-rolling 12 months (A)

    955

    1,133

    1,151

    1,137

    1,209

    1,135

    1,231

    1,235

    Preferred dividends

    29

    28

    28

    26

    25

    25

    24

    23

    Tax effected interest expense

    324

    339

    352

    365

    392

    392

    396

    390

    As-reported earnings, rolling 12 months including preferred dividends and tax effected interest expense (B)

    1,308

    1,499

    1,531

    1,528

    1,626

    1,552

    1,651

    1,648

    Special items in prior quarters

    (6)

    33

    132

    108

    101

    0

    (32)

    (32)

    Special items 3Q06 thru 2Q08

    Utility, Parent & Other
    ENOI results

    7

    (20)

    Entergy-Koch, LP gain

    55

    Retail Business impairment reserve

    Retail Business discontinued operations

    (1)

    (10)

    Restructuring - Entergy-Koch, LP
    distribution

    104

    Non-Nuclear Wholesale Assets
    Write-off of tax capital losses

    (28)

    Nuclear Fleet Alignment

    (32)

    Nuclear Spin-off Costs

    (18)

    Total special items (C)

    0

    135

    132

    108

    101

    (32)

    (32)

    (50)

    Operational earnings, rolling 12 months including preferred dividends and tax effected interest expense (B-C)

    1,308

    1,364

    1,399

    1,420

    1,525

    1,584

    1,683

    1,698

    Operational earnings, rolling 12 months (A-C)

    955

    998

    1,020

    1,029

    1,108

    1,167

    1,263

    1,285

    Average invested capital (D)

    17,514

    17,688

    18,227

    18,652

    18,866

    18,721

    18,790

    19,244

    Average common equity (E)

    8,208

    7,970

    7,939

    7,998

    8,264

    8,030

    7,756

    7,555

    Operating revenues (F)

    11,104

    10,932

    11,295

    11,371

    11,311

    11,484

    11,655

    12,150

    ROIC - as-reported (B/D)

    7.5

    8.5

    8.4

    8.2

    8.6

    8.3

    8.8

    8.6

    ROIC - operational ((B-C)/D)

    7.5

    7.7

    7.7

    7.6

    8.1

    8.5

    9.0

    8.8

    ROE - as-reported (A/E)

    11.6

    14.2

    14.5

    14.2

    14.6

    14.1

    15.9

    16.3

    ROE - operational ((A-C)/E)

    11.6

    12.5

    12.8

    12.9

    13.4

    14.5

    16.3

    17.0

    Net margin - as-reported (A/F)

    8.6

    10.4

    10.2

    10.0

    10.7

    9.9

    10.6

    10.2

    Net margin - operational ((A-C)/F)

    8.6

    9.1

    9.0

    9.1

    9.8

    10.2

    10.8

    10.6

  6. Data for periods beginning 1Q07 reflect the re-consolidation of ENOI. Prior periods are not restated for this effect.

     

    Appendix G-2: Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures - Credit and Liquidity Metrics (w)

    ($ in millions)

    3Q06

    4Q06

    1Q07

    2Q07

    3Q07

    4Q07

    1Q08

    2Q08

    Gross debt (A)

    9,054

    9,356

    10,100

    10,936

    11,194

    11,123

    11,292

    11,768

    Less cash and cash equivalents (B)

    745

    1,016

    1,100

    1,320

    1,467

    1,254

    916

    1,086

    Net debt (C)

    8,309

    8,340

    9,000

    9,616

    9,728

    9,869

    10,376

    10,682

    Total capitalization (D)

    17,957

    17,899

    18,304

    19,088

    19,529

    19,297

    19,276

    19,401

    Less cash and cash equivalents (B)

    745

    1,016

    1,100

    1,320

    1,467

    1,254

    916

    1,086

    Net capital (E)

    17,212

    16,883

    17,204

    17,767

    18,062

    18,043

    18,360

    18,315

    Debt to capital ratio % (A/D)

    50.4

    52.3

    55.2

    57.3

    57.3

    57.6

    58.6

    60.7

    Net debt to net capital ratio % (C/E)

    48.3

    49.4

    52.3

    54.1

    53.9

    54.7

    56.5

    58.3

    Off-balance sheet liabilities (F)

    668

    665

    668

    664

    662

    658

    642

    638

    Net debt to net capital ratio including off-balance sheet liabilities % ((C+F)/(E+F))

    50.2

    51.3

    54.1

    55.8

    55.5

    56.3

    58.0

    59.7

    Revolver capacity (G)

    3,095

    2,770

    2,170

    1,650

    1,804

    1,730

    1,503

    826

    Gross liquidity (B+G)

    3,840

    3,786

    3,270

    2,970

    3,271

    2,984

    2,419

    1,912

  7. Data for periods beginning 1Q07 reflect the re-consolidation of ENOI. Prior periods are not restated for this effect.

Entergy Corporation's common stock is listed on the New York and Chicago exchanges under the symbol "ETR".

Additional investor information can be accessed on-line at
www.entergy.com/investor_relations

 

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In this press release, and from time to time, Entergy Corporation makes certain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Except to the extent required by the federal securities laws, Entergy undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties. There are factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements, including (a) those factors discussed in Entergy's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, (ii) Entergy's Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2008, and (iii) Entergy's other reports and filings made under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and (b) the following transactional factors (in addition to others described elsewhere in this release and in subsequent securities filings): (i) risks inherent in the contemplated spin-off, joint venture and related transactions (including the level of debt to be incurred by Enexus Energy Corporation and the terms and costs related thereto), (ii) legislative and regulatory actions, and (iii) conditions of the capital markets during the periods covered by the forward-looking statements.  Entergy cannot provide any assurances that the spin-off or any of the proposed transactions related thereto will be completed, nor can it give assurances as to the terms on which such transactions will be consummated. The transaction is subject to certain conditions precedent, including regulatory approvals and the final approval by the Board of Directors of Entergy.

 

Entergy Corporation 
 
Consolidating Balance Sheet 
June 30, 2008 
(Dollars in thousands) 
(Unaudited) 
   
  U.S. Utilities/ Parent & Other   Competitive Businesses   Eliminations   Consolidated
ASSETS              
               
CURRENT ASSETS              
               
Cash and cash equivalents:              
  Cash $ 161,243    $ 7,381    $ -    $ 168,624 
  Temporary cash investments - at cost,              
   which approximates market 184,457    733,340      917,797 
     Total cash and cash equivalents 345,700    740,721      1,086,421 
Securitization recovery trust account 10,102        10,102 
Notes receivable 248,079    421,931    (670,010)   - 
Accounts receivable:              
  Customer 548,398    207,027      755,425 
  Allowance for doubtful accounts (20,357)       (20,357)
  Associated companies 41,053    100,734    (141,787)   - 
  Other 245,451    65,194      310,645 
  Accrued unbilled revenues 347,163        347,163 
     Total accounts receivable 1,161,708    372,955    (141,787)   1,392,876 
Deferred fuel costs 500,498        500,498 
Accumulated deferred income taxes       - 
Fuel inventory - at average cost 217,526    3,315      220,841 
Materials and supplies - at average cost 470,016    255,160      725,176 
Deferred nuclear refueling outage costs 90,235    104,501      194,736 
System agreement cost equalization 215,869        215,869 
Gas hedge contracts 122,971        122,971 
Prepayments and other 239,917    28,588      268,505 
TOTAL 3,622,621    1,927,171    (811,797)   4,737,995 
               
OTHER PROPERTY AND INVESTMENTS              
               
Investment in affiliates - at equity 7,747,213    43,471    (7,713,725)   76,959 
Decommissioning trust funds 1,300,268    1,854,694      3,154,962 
Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation) 220,266    4,270      224,536 
Other 73,836    108,052    (5,388)   176,500 
TOTAL 9,341,583    2,010,487    (7,719,113)   3,632,957 
               
PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT              
               
Electric 30,200,960    3,449,645      33,650,605 
Property under capital lease 738,492        738,492 
Natural gas 297,622        297,622 
Construction work in progress 829,753    196,553      1,026,306 
Nuclear fuel under capital lease 429,414        429,414 
Nuclear fuel 156,483    452,943      609,426 
TOTAL PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT 32,652,724    4,099,141      36,751,865 
Less - accumulated depreciation and amortization 14,957,034    500,540      15,457,574 
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT - NET 17,695,690    3,598,601      21,294,291 
               
DEFERRED DEBITS AND OTHER ASSETS              
               
Regulatory assets:              
  SFAS 109 regulatory asset - net 615,832        615,832 
  Other regulatory assets 2,932,336        2,932,336 
  Deferred fuel costs 168,122        168,122 
Long-term receivables 4,281        4,281 
Goodwill 374,099    3,073      377,172 
Other 760,396    756,537    (586,578)   930,355 
TOTAL 4,855,066    759,610    (586,578)   5,028,098 
               
TOTAL ASSETS $ 35,514,960    $ 8,295,869    $ (9,117,488)   $ 34,693,341 
               
*Totals may not foot due to rounding.              
 
 
 
Entergy Corporation 
 
Consolidating Balance Sheet 
June 30, 2008 
(Dollars in thousands) 
(Unaudited) 
   
  U.S. Utilities/ Parent & Other   Competitive Businesses   Eliminations   Consolidated
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY              
               
CURRENT LIABILITIES              
               
Currently maturing long-term debt $ 368,726    $ 28,801    $ -    $ 397,527 
Notes payable:              
  Associated companies 390,460    279,550    (670,010)   - 
  Other 175,037        175,037 
Account payable:              
  Associated companies 123,437    18,438    (141,875)   - 
  Other 1,209,308    179,497      1,388,805 
Customer deposits 298,632        298,632 
Taxes accrued       - 
Accumulated deferred income taxes 118,061        118,061 
Interest accrued 134,884    4,278      139,162 
Deferred fuel costs       - 
Obligations under capital leases 151,721        151,721 
Pension and other postretirement liabilities 32,040    3,725      35,765 
System agreement cost equalization 215,909        215,909 
Fair value of derivative instruments   363,957      363,957 
Other 51,624    116,030      167,654 
TOTAL 3,269,839    994,276    (811,885)   3,452,230 
               
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES              
               
Accumulated deferred income taxes and taxes accrued 5,881,279    425,114      6,306,393 
Accumulated deferred investment tax credits 334,552        334,552 
Obligations under capital leases 287,641        287,641 
Other regulatory liabilities 576,601        576,601 
Decommissioning and retirement cost liabilities 1,396,203    1,179,480      2,575,683 
Accumulated provisions 134,270    10,605      144,875 
Pension and other postretirement liabilities 982,432    317,425      1,299,857 
Long-term debt 10,549,156    211,886    (5,388)   10,755,654 
Fair value of derivative instruments   370,374      370,374 
Other 1,200,624    342,294    (587,261)   955,657 
TOTAL 21,342,758    2,857,178    (592,649)   23,607,287 
               
Preferred stock without sinking fund 280,510    422,441    (391,932)   311,019 
               
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY              
               
Common stock, $.01 par value, authorized 500,000,000 shares;              
 issued 248,174,087 shares in 2008 2,163,749    1,071,639    (3,232,906)   2,482 
Paid-in capital 7,018,829    2,193,112    (4,351,460)   4,860,481 
Retained earnings 5,699,308    1,228,920    99,402    7,027,630 
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (83,203)   (428,381)   626    (510,958)
Less - treasury stock, at cost (57,633,453 shares in 2008) 4,176,830    43,316    (163,316)   4,056,830 
TOTAL 10,621,853    4,021,974    (7,321,022)   7,322,805 
               
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY $ 35,514,960    $ 8,295,869    $ (9,117,488)   $ 34,693,341 
               
*Totals may not foot due to rounding.              
               

 

Entergy Corporation 
 
Consolidating Balance Sheet 
December 31, 2007 
(Dollars in thousands)
(Unaudited) 
   
  U.S. Utilities/ Parent & Other   Competitive Businesses   Eliminations   Consolidated
ASSETS              
               
CURRENT ASSETS              
               
Cash and cash equivalents:              
  Cash $ 120,583    $ 6,069    $ -    $ 126,652 
  Temporary cash investments - at cost,              
   which approximates market 679,590    447,486      1,127,076 
     Total cash and cash equivalents 800,173    453,555      1,253,728 
Securitization recovery trust account 19,273        19,273 
Notes receivable 291,101    419,993    (710,933)   161 
Accounts receivable:              
  Customer 413,284    197,440      610,724 
  Allowance for doubtful accounts (25,789)       (25,789)
  Associated companies 53,543    84,473    (138,016)   - 
  Other 267,732    35,328      303,060 
  Accrued unbilled revenues 288,076        288,076 
     Total accounts receivable 996,846    317,241    (138,016)   1,176,071 
Deferred fuel costs       - 
Accumulated deferred income taxes 38,117        38,117 
Fuel inventory - at average cost 205,146    3,438      208,584 
Materials and supplies - at average cost 454,517    237,859      692,376 
Deferred nuclear refueling outage costs 43,498    129,438      172,936 
System agreement cost equalization 268,000        268,000 
Gas hedge contracts       - 
Prepayments and other 100,458    28,543      129,001 
TOTAL 3,217,129    1,590,067    (848,949)   3,958,247 
               
OTHER PROPERTY AND INVESTMENTS              
               
Investment in affiliates - at equity 7,521,097    94,103    (7,536,208)   78,992 
Decommissioning trust funds 1,370,035    1,937,601      3,307,636 
Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation) 216,640    3,564      220,204 
Other 80,700    7,251    (5,388)   82,563 
TOTAL 9,188,472    2,042,519    (7,541,596)   3,689,395 
               
PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT              
               
Electric 29,613,366    3,346,428    (772)   32,959,022 
Property under capital lease 740,095        740,095 
Natural gas 300,767        300,767 
Construction work in progress 861,523    193,310      1,054,833 
Nuclear fuel under capital lease 361,502        361,502 
Nuclear fuel 154,713    510,907      665,620 
TOTAL PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT 32,031,966    4,050,645    (772)   36,081,839 
Less - accumulated depreciation and amortization 14,659,224    448,345      15,107,569 
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT - NET 17,372,742    3,602,300    (772)   20,974,270 
                
DEFERRED DEBITS AND OTHER ASSETS              
               
Regulatory assets:              
  SFAS 109 regulatory asset - net 595,743        595,743 
  Other regulatory assets 2,971,399        2,971,399 
  Deferred fuel costs 168,122        168,122 
Long-term receivables 7,714        7,714 
Goodwill 374,099    3,073      377,172 
Other 794,177    758,729    (651,966)   900,940 
TOTAL 4,911,254    761,802    (651,966)   5,021,090 
               
TOTAL ASSETS $ 34,689,597    $ 7,996,688    $ (9,043,283)   $ 33,643,002 
               
*Totals may not foot due to rounding.              
 
 
 
Entergy Corporation 
 
Consolidating Balance Sheet 
December 31, 2007 
(Dollars in thousands)
(Unaudited) 
   
  U.S. Utilities/ Parent & Other   Competitive Businesses   Eliminations   Consolidated
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY              
               
CURRENT LIABILITIES              
               
Currently maturing long-term debt $ 968,701    $ 28,056    $ -    $ 996,757 
Notes payable:              
  Associated companies 399,978    310,955    (710,933)   - 
  Other 25,037        25,037 
Account payable:              
  Associated companies 95,943    38,762    (134,705)   - 
  Other 802,604    228,696      1,031,300 
Customer deposits 291,171        291,171 
Taxes accrued       - 
Accumulated deferred income taxes       - 
Interest accrued 185,794    2,174      187,968 
Deferred fuel costs 54,947        54,947 
Obligations under capital leases 152,615        152,615 
Pension and other postretirement liabilities 31,182    3,613      34,795 
System agreement cost equalization 268,000        268,000 
Fair value of derivative instruments   60,025      60,025 
Other 68,675    85,464      154,139 
TOTAL 3,344,647    757,745    (845,638)   3,256,754 
               
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES              
               
Accumulated deferred income taxes and taxes accrued 5,825,015    554,664      6,379,679 
Accumulated deferred investment tax credits 343,539        343,539 
Obligations under capital leases 220,438        220,438 
Other regulatory liabilities 490,323        490,323 
Decommissioning and retirement cost liabilities 1,346,422    1,142,639      2,489,061 
Accumulated provisions 124,483    8,923      133,406 
Pension and other postretirement liabilities 1,047,745    313,581      1,361,326 
Long-term debt 9,522,791    283,172    (77,828)   9,728,135 
Fair value of derivative instruments   26,964      26,964 
Other 1,250,738    373,472    (584,666)   1,039,544 
TOTAL 20,171,494    2,703,415    (662,494)   22,212,415 
               
Preferred stock without sinking fund 280,612    422,482    (391,932)   311,162 
               
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY              
               
Common stock, $.01 par value, authorized 500,000,000 shares;              
 issued 248,174,087 shares in 2007 2,228,351    1,068,639    (3,294,508)   2,482 
Paid-in capital 6,696,890    2,071,257    (3,917,378)   4,850,769 
Retained earnings 5,907,673    923,567    (95,275)   6,735,965 
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (85,205)   92,899    626    8,320 
Less - treasury stock, at cost (55,053,847 shares in 2007) 3,854,865    43,316    (163,316)   3,734,865 
TOTAL 10,892,844    4,113,046    (7,143,219)   7,862,671 
               
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY $ 34,689,597    $ 7,996,688    $ (9,043,283)   $ 33,643,002 
               
*Totals may not foot due to rounding.              

 

Entergy Corporation 
 
Consolidating Balance Sheet 
June 30, 2008 vs December 31, 2007 
(Dollars in thousands) 
(Unaudited) 
   
  U.S. Utilities/ Parent & Other   Competitive Businesses   Eliminations   Consolidated
ASSETS              
               
CURRENT ASSETS              
               
Cash and cash equivalents:              
  Cash $ 40,660    $ 1,312    $ -    $ 41,972 
  Temporary cash investments - at cost,              
   which approximates market (495,133)   285,854      (209,279)
     Total cash and cash equivalents (454,473)   287,166      (167,307)
Securitization recovery trust account (9,171)       (9,171)
Notes receivable (43,022)   1,938    40,923    (161)
Accounts receivable:              
  Customer 135,114    9,587      144,701 
  Allowance for doubtful accounts 5,432        5,432 
  Associated companies (12,490)   16,261    (3,771)   - 
  Other (22,281)   29,866      7,585 
  Accrued unbilled revenues 59,087        59,087 
     Total accounts receivable 164,862    55,714    (3,771)   216,805 
Deferred fuel costs 500,498        500,498 
Accumulated deferred income taxes (38,117)       (38,117)
Fuel inventory - at average cost 12,380    (123)     12,257 
Materials and supplies - at average cost 15,499    17,301      32,800 
Deferred nuclear refueling outage costs 46,737    (24,937)     21,800 
System agreement cost equalization (52,131)       (52,131)
Gas hedge contracts 122,971        122,971 
Prepayments and other 139,459    45      139,504 
TOTAL 405,492    337,104    37,152    779,748 
               
OTHER PROPERTY AND INVESTMENTS              
               
Investment in affiliates - at equity 226,116    (50,632)   (177,517)   (2,033)
Decommissioning trust funds (69,767)   (82,907)     (152,674)
Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation) 3,626    706      4,332 
Other (6,864)   100,801      93,937 
TOTAL 153,111    (32,032)   (177,517)   (56,438)
               
PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT              
             
Electric 587,594    103,217    772    691,583 
Property under capital lease (1,603)       (1,603)
Natural gas (3,145)       (3,145)
Construction work in progress (31,770)   3,243      (28,527)
Nuclear fuel under capital lease 67,912        67,912 
Nuclear fuel 1,770    (57,964)     (56,194)
TOTAL PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT 620,758    48,496    772    670,026 
Less - accumulated depreciation and amortization 297,810    52,195      350,005 
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT - NET 322,948    (3,699)   772    320,021 
               
DEFERRED DEBITS AND OTHER ASSETS              
               
Regulatory assets:              
  SFAS 109 regulatory asset - net 20,089        20,089 
  Other regulatory assets (39,063)       (39,063)
  Deferred fuel costs       - 
Long-term receivables (3,433)       (3,433)
Goodwill       - 
Other (33,781)   (2,192)   65,388    29,415 
TOTAL (56,188)   (2,192)   65,388    7,008 
               
TOTAL ASSETS $ 825,363    $ 299,181    $ (74,205)   $ 1,050,339 
               
*Totals may not foot due to rounding.              
 
 
 
Entergy Corporation 
 
Consolidating Balance Sheet 
June 30, 2008 vs December 31, 2007 
(Dollars in thousands) 
(Unaudited) 
   
  U.S. Utilities/ Parent & Other   Competitive Businesses   Eliminations   Consolidated
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY              
               
CURRENT LIABILITIES              
               
Currently maturing long-term debt $ (599,975)   $ 745    $ -    $ (599,230)
Notes payable:              
  Associated companies (9,518)   (31,405)   40,923    - 
  Other 150,000        150,000 
Account payable:              
  Associated companies 27,494    (20,324)   (7,170)   - 
  Other 406,704    (49,199)     357,505 
Customer deposits 7,461        7,461 
Taxes accrued       - 
Accumulated deferred income taxes 118,061        118,061 
Interest accrued (50,910)   2,104      (48,806)
Deferred fuel costs (54,947)       (54,947)
Obligations under capital leases (894)       (894)
Pension and other postretirement liabilities 858    112      970 
System agreement cost equalization (52,091)       (52,091)
Fair value of derivative instruments   303,932      303,932 
Other (17,051)   30,566      13,515 
TOTAL (74,808)   236,531    33,753    195,476 
               
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES              
               
Accumulated deferred income taxes and taxes accrued 56,264    (129,550)     (73,286)
Accumulated deferred investment tax credits (8,987)       (8,987)
Obligations under capital leases 67,203        67,203 
Other regulatory liabilities 86,278        86,278 
Decommissioning and retirement cost liabilities 49,781    36,841      86,622 
Accumulated provisions 9,787    1,682      11,469 
Pension and other postretirement liabilities (65,313)   3,844      (61,469)
Long-term debt 1,026,365    (71,286)   72,440    1,027,519 
Fair value of derivative instruments   343,410      343,410 
Other (50,114)   (31,178)   (2,595)   (83,887)
TOTAL 1,171,264    153,763    69,845    1,394,872 
               
Preferred stock without sinking fund (102)   (41)     (143)
               
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY              
               
Common stock, $.01 par value, authorized 500,000,000 shares;              
 issued 248,174,087 shares in 2008 and 2007 (64,602)   3,000    61,602    - 
Paid-in capital 321,939    121,855    (434,082)   9,712 
Retained earnings (208,365)   305,353    194,677    291,665 
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) 2,002    (521,280)     (519,278)
Less - treasury stock, at cost 321,965        321,965 
TOTAL (270,991)   (91,072)   (177,803)   (539,866)
               
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY $ 825,363    $ 299,181    $ (74,205)   $ 1,050,339 
               
*Totals may not foot due to rounding.              

 

Entergy Corporation 
 
Consolidating Income Statement 
Three Months Ended June 30, 2008 
(Dollars in thousands) 
(Unaudited) 
 
    U.S. Utilities/ Parent & Other   Competitive Businesses   Eliminations   Consolidated
 
OPERATING REVENUES                
Electric   $ 2,525,318    $ -    $ (1,096)   $ 2,524,222 
Natural gas   53,985        53,985 
Competitive businesses   7,801    684,018    (5,755)   686,064 
     Total   2,587,104    684,018    (6,851)   3,264,271 
                 
OPERATING EXPENSES                
Operating and Maintenance:                
  Fuel, fuel related expenses, and gas purchased for resale   624,452    102,384      726,836 
  Purchased power   738,804    15,989    (6,590)   748,203 
  Nuclear refueling outage expenses   23,801    32,039      55,840 
  Other operation and maintenance   500,480    210,205    (375)   710,309 
Decommissioning   23,736    23,079      46,816 
Taxes other than income taxes   103,891    22,051      125,942 
Depreciation and amortization   215,364    32,613      247,977 
Other regulatory charges (credits) - net   34,239        34,239 
     Total   2,264,767    438,360    (6,965)   2,696,162 
                 
OPERATING INCOME   322,337    245,658    114    568,109 
                 
OTHER INCOME (DEDUCTIONS)                
Allowance for equity funds used during construction   9,085        9,085 
Interest and dividend income   41,403    11,908    (29,913)   23,399 
Equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated equity affiliates   (2,509)   (63)     (2,572)
Miscellaneous - net   5,025    (995)   (114)   3,916 
     Total   53,004    10,850    (30,027)   33,828 
                 
INTEREST AND OTHER CHARGES                
Interest on long-term debt   119,453    450      119,903 
Other interest - net   35,906    22,036    (29,913)   28,030 
Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction   (4,937)       (4,937)
Preferred dividend requirements and other   4,310    665      4,975 
     Total   154,732    23,151    (29,913)   147,971 
                 
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES   220,609    233,357      453,966 
                 
Income taxes   97,251    85,761      183,012 
                 
CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME   $ 123,358    $ 147,596    $ -    $ 270,954 
                 
                 
                 
EARNINGS PER AVERAGE COMMON SHARE:                
  BASIC   $0.65    $0.77        $1.42 
  DILUTED   $0.62    $0.75        $1.37 
                 
AVERAGE NUMBER OF COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING:                
  BASIC               191,326,928 
  DILUTED               197,864,459 
                 
*Totals may not foot due to rounding.                

 

Entergy Corporation
 
Consolidating Income Statement 
Three Months Ended June 30, 2007 
(Dollars in thousands) 
(Unaudited) 
 
  U.S. Utilities/ Parent & Other   Competitive Businesses   Eliminations   Consolidated
 
OPERATING REVENUES                
Electric   $ 2,195,646    $ -    $ (1,002)   $ 2,194,644 
Natural gas   42,909        42,909 
Competitive businesses   7,413    529,925    (5,539)   531,799 
     Total   2,245,968    529,925    (6,541)   2,769,352 
                  
OPERATING EXPENSES                
Operating and Maintenance:                
  Fuel, fuel related expenses, and gas purchased for resale   514,175    81,427      595,602 
  Purchased power   581,557    25,357    (5,914)   601,000 
  Nuclear refueling outage expenses   19,184    25,430      44,614 
  Other operation and maintenance   455,868    184,543    (741)   639,670 
Decommissioning   22,103    19,978      42,080 
Taxes other than income taxes   98,072    18,276      116,348 
Depreciation and amortization   212,490    26,163      238,653 
Other regulatory charges (credits) - net   13,345        13,345 
     Total   1,916,794    381,174    (6,655)   2,291,312 
                 
OPERATING INCOME   329,174    148,751    114    478,040 
                 
OTHER INCOME (DEDUCTIONS)                
Allowance for equity funds used during construction   7,459        7,459 
Interest and dividend income   34,784    38,152    (18,989)   53,948 
Equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated equity affiliates   341    136      477 
Miscellaneous - net   (2,589)   (3,755)   (114)   (6,459)
     Total   39,995    34,533    (19,103)   55,425 
                 
INTEREST AND OTHER CHARGES                
Interest on long-term debt   123,075    981      124,057 
Other interest - net   37,879    14,649    (18,975)   33,553 
Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction   (4,386)       (4,386)
Preferred dividend requirements and other   5,333    869    (14)   6,188 
     Total   161,901    16,499    (18,989)   159,412 
                  
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES   207,268    166,785      374,053 
                 
Income taxes   86,688    19,763      106,451 
                 
CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME   120,580    147,022      267,602 
                 
EARNINGS PER AVERAGE COMMON SHARE:                
  BASIC   $0.61    $0.75        $1.36 
  DILUTED   $0.59    $0.73        $1.32 
                 
AVERAGE NUMBER OF COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING:                
  BASIC               196,979,140 
  DILUTED               203,423,646 
                 
*Totals may not foot due to rounding.                
                 

 

Entergy Corporation 
 
Consolidating Income Statement 
Three Months Ended June 30, 2008 vs. 2007 
(Dollars in thousands) 
(Unaudited) 
 
  U.S. Utilities/ Parent & Other   Competitive Businesses   Eliminations   Consolidated
 
OPERATING REVENUES                
Electric   $ 329,672    $ -    $ (94)   $ 329,578 
Natural gas   11,076        11,076 
Competitive businesses   388    154,093    (216)   154,265 
     Total   341,136    154,093    (310)   494,919 
                 
OPERATING EXPENSES                
Operating and Maintenance:                
  Fuel, fuel related expenses, and gas purchased for resale   110,277    20,957      131,234 
  Purchased power   157,247    (9,368)   (676)   147,203 
  Nuclear refueling outage expenses   4,617    6,609      11,226 
  Other operation and maintenance   44,612    25,662    366    70,639 
Decommissioning   1,633    3,101      4,736 
Taxes other than income taxes   5,819    3,775      9,594 
Depreciation and amortization   2,874    6,450      9,324 
Other regulatory charges (credits )- net   20,894        20,894 
     Total   347,973    57,186    (310)   404,850 
                 
OPERATING INCOME   (6,837)   96,907      90,069 
                 
OTHER INCOME (DEDUCTIONS)                
Allowance for equity funds used during construction   1,626        1,626 
Interest and dividend income   6,619    (26,244)   (10,924)   (30,549)
Equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated equity affiliates   (2,850)   (199)     (3,049)
Miscellaneous - net   7,614    2,760      10,375 
     Total   13,009    (23,683)   (10,924)   (21,597)
                 
INTEREST AND OTHER CHARGES                
Interest on long-term debt   (3,622)   (531)     (4,154)
Other interest - net   (1,973)   7,387    (10,938)   (5,523)
Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction   (551)       (551)
Preferred dividend requirements and other   (1,023)   (204)   14    (1,213)
     Total   (7,169)   6,652    (10,924)   (11,441)
                 
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES   13,341    66,572      79,913 
                 
Income taxes   10,563    65,998      76,561 
                 
CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME   $ 2,778    $ 574    $ -    $ 3,352 
                 
                 
                 
EARNINGS PER AVERAGE COMMON SHARE:                
  BASIC   $0.04    $0.02        $0.06 
  DILUTED   $0.03    $0.02        $0.05 
                 
                 
*Totals may not foot due to rounding.                

 

Entergy Corporation 
 
Consolidating Income Statement 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2008 
(Dollars in thousands) 
(Unaudited) 
 
    U.S. Utilities/ Parent & Other   Competitive Businesses   Eliminations   Consolidated
 
OPERATING REVENUES                
Electric   $ 4,572,253    $ -    $ (1,804)   $ 4,570,449 
Natural gas   143,380        143,380 
Competitive businesses   13,809    1,413,295    (11,928)   1,415,176 
     Total   4,729,442    1,413,295    (13,732)   6,129,005 
                 
OPERATING EXPENSES                
Operating and Maintenance:                
  Fuel, fuel related expenses, and gas purchased for resale   1,079,035    188,302      1,267,337 
  Purchased power   1,350,655    31,402    (13,211)   1,368,845 
  Nuclear refueling outage expenses   43,138    63,961      107,098 
  Other operation and maintenance   920,416    401,910    (749)   1,321,577 
Decommissioning   47,061    45,751      92,812 
Taxes other than income taxes   189,677    44,835      234,513 
Depreciation and amortization   427,787    65,175      492,962 
Other regulatory charges (credits) - net   69,519        69,519 
     Total   4,127,288    841,336    (13,960)   4,954,663 
                 
OPERATING INCOME   602,154    571,959    228    1,174,342 
                 
OTHER INCOME (DEDUCTIONS)                 
Allowance for equity funds used during construction   18,371        18,371 
Interest and dividend income   84,725    49,403    (56,448)   77,680 
Equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated equity affiliates   (2,024)   (1,477)     (3,501)
Miscellaneous - net   (1,022)   (6,389)   (228)   (7,640)
     Total   100,050    41,537    (56,676)   84,910 
                 
INTEREST AND OTHER CHARGES                
Interest on long-term debt   242,524    523      243,047 
Other interest - net   76,660    40,355    (56,448)   60,567 
Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction   (10,053)       (10,053)
Preferred dividend requirements and other   8,642    1,331      9,973 
     Total   317,773    42,209    (56,448)   303,534 
                 
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES   384,431    571,287      955,718 
                 
Income taxes   165,778    210,237      376,015 
                 
CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME   $ 218,653    $ 361,050    $ -    $ 579,703 
                 
EARNINGS PER AVERAGE COMMON SHARE:                
  BASIC   $1.14    $1.88        $3.02 
  DILUTED   $1.11    $1.82        $2.93 
                 
AVERAGE NUMBER OF COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING:                
  BASIC               191,983,266 
  DILUTED               198,101,863 
                 
*Totals may not foot due to rounding.                
                 
                 

 

Entergy Corporation
 
Consolidating Income Statement 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2007 
(Dollars in thousands) 
(Unaudited) 
 
  U.S. Utilities/ Parent & Other   Competitive Businesses   Eliminations   Consolidated
 
OPERATING REVENUES                
Electric   $ 4,307,793    $ -    $ (1,690)   $ 4,306,104 
Natural gas   127,861        127,861 
Competitive businesses   14,121    1,026,516    (11,190)   1,029,446 
     Total   4,449,775    1,026,516    (12,880)   5,463,411 
                 
OPERATING EXPENSES                
Operating and Maintenance:                
  Fuel, fuel related expenses, and gas purchased for resale   1,241,104    141,910      1,383,014 
  Purchased power   1,020,862    36,299    (11,922)   1,045,239 
  Nuclear refueling outage expenses   38,586    49,003      87,589 
  Other operation and maintenance   860,055    345,177    (1,186)   1,204,046 
Decommissioning   43,815    36,095      79,910 
Taxes other than income taxes   204,196    34,835      239,031 
Depreciation and amortization   425,825    45,237      471,063 
Other regulatory charges (credits) - net   36,885        36,885 
  Total   3,871,328    688,556    (13,108)   4,546,777 
                 
OPERATING INCOME   578,447    337,960    228    916,634 
                 
OTHER INCOME (DEDUCTIONS)                
Allowance for equity funds used during construction   24,717        24,717 
Interest and dividend income   79,649    70,356    (38,947)   111,058 
Equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated equity affiliates   920    1,181      2,101 
Miscellaneous - net   (4,444)   (7,108)   (227)   (11,778)
  Total   100,842    64,429    (39,174)   126,098 
                 
INTEREST AND OTHER CHARGES                
Interest on long-term debt   245,139    2,017      247,156 
Other interest - net   76,022    28,665    (38,919)   65,768 
Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction   (14,915)       (14,915)
Preferred dividend requirements and other   10,699    1,737    (27)   12,409 
  Total   316,945    32,419    (38,946)   310,418 
                 
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES   362,344    369,970      732,314 
                  
Income taxes   152,268    100,249      252,517 
                 
CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME   210,076    269,721      479,797 
                 
EARNINGS PER AVERAGE COMMON SHARE:                
  BASIC   $1.05    $1.36        $2.41 
  DILUTED   $1.02    $1.32        $2.34 
                 
AVERAGE NUMBER OF COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING:                
  BASIC               198,754,673 
  DILUTED               204,785,090 
                 
*Totals may not foot due to rounding.                
                 
                 

 

Entergy Corporation 
 
Consolidating Income Statement 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2008 vs. 2007 
(Dollars in thousands) 
(Unaudited) 
 
  U.S. Utilities/ Parent & Other   Competitive Businesses   Eliminations   Consolidated
 
OPERATING REVENUES                
Electric   $ 264,460    $ -    $ (114)   $ 264,345 
Natural gas   15,519        15,519 
Competitive businesses   (312)   386,779    (738)   385,730 
     Total   279,667    386,779    (852)   665,594 
                 
OPERATING EXPENSES                
Operating and Maintenance:                
  Fuel, fuel related expenses, and gas purchased for resale   (162,069)   46,392      (115,677)
  Purchased power   329,793    (4,897)   (1,289)   323,606 
  Nuclear refueling outage expenses   4,552    14,958      19,509 
  Other operation and maintenance   60,361    56,733    437    117,531 
Decommissioning   3,246    9,656      12,902 
Taxes other than income taxes   (14,519)   10,000      (4,518)
Depreciation and amortization   1,962    19,938      21,899 
Other regulatory charges (credits )- net   32,634        32,634 
     Total   255,960    152,780    (852)   407,886 
                 
OPERATING INCOME   23,707    233,999      257,708 
                 
OTHER INCOME (DEDUCTIONS)                
Allowance for equity funds used during construction   (6,346)       (6,346)
Interest and dividend income   5,076    (20,953)   (17,501)   (33,378)
Equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated equity affiliates   (2,944)   (2,658)     (5,602)
Miscellaneous - net   3,422    719    (1)   4,138 
     Total   (792)   (22,892)   (17,502)   (41,188)
                 
INTEREST AND OTHER CHARGES                
Interest on long-term debt   (2,615)   (1,494)     (4,109)
Other interest - net   638    11,690    (17,529)   (5,201)
Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction   4,862        4,862 
Preferred dividend requirements and other   (2,057)   (406)   27    (2,436)
     Total   828    9,790    (17,502)   (6,884)
                 
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES   22,087    201,317      223,404 
                 
Income taxes   13,510    109,988      123,498 
                 
CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME   $ 8,577    $ 91,329    $ -    $ 99,906 
                 
EARNINGS PER AVERAGE COMMON SHARE:                
  BASIC   $0.09    $0.52        $0.61 
  DILUTED   $0.09    $0.50        $0.59 
                 
                 
*Totals may not foot due to rounding.                
                 

 

Entergy Corporation
 
Consolidating Income Statement 
Twelve Months Ended June 30, 2008 
(Dollars in thousands)
(Unaudited) 
 
    U.S. Utilities/ Parent & Other   Competitive Businesses   Eliminations   Consolidated
 
OPERATING REVENUES                
Electric   $ 9,313,462    $ -    $ (2,814)   $ 9,310,648 
Natural gas   221,592        221,592 
Competitive businesses   29,258    2,612,090    (23,596)   2,617,752 
     Total   9,564,312    2,612,090    (26,410)   12,149,992 
                 
OPERATING EXPENSES                
Operating and Maintenance:                
  Fuel, fuel related expenses, and gas purchased for resale   2,471,018    348,139      2,819,157 
  Purchased power   2,278,993    57,479    (25,915)   2,310,557 
  Nuclear refueling outage expenses   79,639    120,842      200,481 
  Other operation and maintenance   1,905,135    863,000    (951)   2,767,184 
Decommissioning   92,466    88,334      180,800 
Taxes other than income taxes   395,186    89,355      484,541 
Depreciation and amortization   858,537    127,073      985,610 
Other regulatory charges (credits) - net   87,588        87,588 
     Total   8,168,562    1,694,222    (26,866)   9,835,918 
                 
OPERATING INCOME   1,395,750    917,868    456    2,314,074 
                 
OTHER INCOME (DEDUCTIONS)                
Allowance for equity funds used during construction   36,396        36,396 
Interest and dividend income   181,732    118,288    (99,401)   200,619 
Equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated equity affiliates   (1,739)   (687)     (2,426)
Miscellaneous - net   (5,599)   (14,666)   (456)   (20,721)
     Total   210,790    102,935    (99,857)   213,868 
                 
INTEREST AND OTHER CHARGES                
Interest on long-term debt   498,659    3,321      501,980 
Other interest - net   184,344    65,878    (99,428)   150,794 
Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction   (20,170)       (20,170)
Preferred dividend requirements and other   19,628    3,013    27    22,668 
     Total   682,461    72,212    (99,401)   655,272 
                 
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS                
BEFORE INCOME TAXES   924,079    948,591      1,872,670 
                 
Income taxes   374,606    263,309      637,915 
                 
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS   549,473    685,282      1,234,755 
                 
INCOME FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS (net of taxes)         - 
                 
CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME   $ 549,473    $ 685,282      $ 1,234,755 
                 
EARNINGS PER AVERAGE COMMON SHARE (from continuing operations):
  BASIC   $2.84    $3.55        $6.39 
  DILUTED   $2.76    $3.44        $6.20 
EARNINGS PER AVERAGE COMMON SHARE (from discontinued operations): 
  BASIC          
  DILUTED          
EARNINGS PER AVERAGE COMMON SHARE:                
  BASIC   $2.84    $3.55        $6.39 
  DILUTED   $2.76    $3.44        $6.20 
                 
AVERAGE NUMBER OF COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING: 
  BASIC               193,211,703 
  DILUTED               199,313,580 
                 
*Totals may not foot due to rounding.                
                 

 

Entergy Corporation
 
Consolidating Income Statement 
Twelve Months Ended June 30, 2007 
(Dollars in thousands) 
(Unaudited) 
 
  U.S. Utilities/ Parent & Other   Competitive Businesses   Eliminations   Consolidated
 
OPERATING REVENUES                
Electric   $ 9,228,680    $ -    $ (3,115)   $ 9,225,565 
Natural gas   206,012     -      206,012 
Competitive businesses   29,154    1,931,810    (21,585)   1,939,379 
     Total   9,463,846    1,931,810    (24,700)   11,370,956 
                 
OPERATING EXPENSES                
Operating and Maintenance:                
  Fuel, fuel related expenses, and gas purchased for resale   2,847,321    284,409      3,131,731 
  Purchased power   2,057,884    75,843    (22,833)   2,110,894 
  Nuclear refueling outage expenses   76,837    95,780      172,617 
  Other operation and maintenance   1,748,325    758,724    (2,323)   2,504,726 
Decommissioning   86,096    67,930      154,026 
Taxes other than income taxes   422,660    68,729      491,389 
Depreciation and amortization   864,152    86,947      951,099 
Other regulatory charges (credits) - net   19,231        19,231 
     Total   8,122,506    1,438,362    (25,156)   9,535,713 
                 
OPERATING INCOME   1,341,340    493,448    456    1,835,243 
                 
OTHER INCOME (DEDUCTIONS)                
Allowance for equity funds used during construction   41,334       -    41,334 
Interest and dividend income   168,139    138,748    (82,142)   224,745 
Equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated equity affiliates   90,667    5,376      96,043 
Miscellaneous - net   14,483    4,067    (456)   18,094 
     Total   314,623    148,191    (82,598)   380,216 
                 
INTEREST AND OTHER CHARGES                
Interest on long-term debt   499,569    6,587      506,155 
Other interest - net   133,556    60,475    (82,087)   111,944 
Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction   (25,267)       (25,267)
Preferred dividend requirements and other   22,154    3,475    (55)   25,574 
     Total   630,012    70,537    (82,142)   618,406 
                 
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS                
BEFORE INCOME TAXES   1,025,951    571,102      1,597,053 
                 
Income taxes   234,822    213,887      448,709 
                 
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS   791,129    357,215      1,148,344 
                 
INCOME FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS (net of taxes of ($5,919))   (11,376)       (11,376)
                 
CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME   $ 779,753    $ 357,215      $ 1,136,968 
                 
                 
                 
EARNINGS PER AVERAGE COMMON SHARE (from continuing operations):                
  BASIC   $3.90    $1.76        $5.66 
  DILUTED   $3.84    $1.73        $5.57 
EARNINGS PER AVERAGE COMMON SHARE (from discontinued operations):                
  BASIC   ($0.06)         ($0.06)
  DILUTED   ($0.05)         ($0.05)
EARNINGS PER AVERAGE COMMON SHARE:                
  BASIC   $3.84    $1.76        $5.60 
  DILUTED   $3.79    $1.73        $5.52 
                 
AVERAGE NUMBER OF COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING:                
  BASIC               202,942,534 
  DILUTED               206,001,813 
                 
*Totals may not foot due to rounding.                
                 

 

Entergy Corporation
 
Consolidating Income Statement 
Twelve Months Ended June 30, 2008 vs. 2007 
(Dollars in thousands) 
(Unaudited) 
 
  U.S. Utilities/ Parent & Other   Competitive Businesses   Eliminations   Consolidated
 
OPERATING REVENUES                
Electric   $ 84,782    $ -    $ 301    $ 85,083 
Natural gas   15,580        15,580 
Competitive businesses   104    680,280    (2,011)   678,373 
     Total   100,466    680,280    (1,710)   779,036 
                 
OPERATING EXPENSES                
Operating and Maintenance:                
  Fuel, fuel related expenses, and gas purchased for resale   (376,303)   63,730      (312,574)
  Purchased power   221,109    (18,364)   (3,082)   199,663 
  Nuclear refueling outage expenses   2,802    25,062      27,864 
  Other operation and maintenance   156,810    104,276    1,372    262,458 
Decommissioning   6,370    20,404      26,774 
Taxes other than income taxes   (27,474)   20,626      (6,848)
Depreciation and amortization   (5,615)   40,126      34,511 
Other regulatory charges (credits )- net   68,357        68,357 
     Total   46,056    255,860    (1,710)   300,206 
                 
OPERATING INCOME   54,410    424,420      478,831 
                 
OTHER INCOME (DEDUCTIONS)                
Allowance for equity funds used during construction   (4,938)       (4,938)
Interest and dividend income   13,593    (20,460)   (17,259)   (24,126)
Equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated equity affiliates   (92,406)   (6,063)     (98,469)
Miscellaneous - net   (20,082)   (18,733)     (38,815)
     Total   (103,833)   (45,256)   (17,259)   (166,348)
                 
INTEREST AND OTHER CHARGES                
Interest on long-term debt   (910)   (3,266)     (4,175)
Other interest - net   50,788    5,403    (17,341)   38,850 
Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction   5,097        5,097 
Preferred dividend requirements and other   (2,526)   (462)   82    (2,906)
     Total   52,449    1,675    (17,259)   36,866 
                 
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS                
BEFORE INCOME TAXES   (101,872)   377,489      275,617 
                 
Income taxes   139,784    49,422      189,206 
                 
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS   (241,656)   328,067      86,411 
                 
INCOME FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS (net of taxes)   11,376        11,376 
                 
CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME   $ (230,280)   $ 328,067      $ 97,787 
                 
                 
                 
EARNINGS PER AVERAGE COMMON SHARE (from continuing operations):    
  BASIC   ($1.06)   $1.79        $0.73 
  DILUTED   ($1.08)   $1.71        $0.63 
EARNINGS PER AVERAGE COMMON SHARE (from discontinued operations):     
  BASIC   $0.06          $0.06 
  DILUTED   $0.05          $0.05 
EARNINGS PER AVERAGE COMMON SHARE:                
  BASIC   ($1.00)   $1.79        $0.79 
  DILUTED   ($1.03)   $1.71        $0.68 
                 
                 
*Totals may not foot due to rounding.                
                 
                 
                 

 

Entergy Corporation 
 
Consolidated Cash Flow Statement 
Three Months Ended June 30, 2008 vs. 2007 
(Dollars in thousands) 
(Unaudited) 
             
    2008   2007   Variance
             
OPERATING ACTIVITIES            
Consolidated net income   $270,954    $267,602    $3,352 
Adjustments to reconcile consolidated net income to net cash flow            
provided by operating activities:            
  Reserve for regulatory adjustments   101    (2,901)   3,002 
  Other regulatory charges (credits) - net   34,239    13,345    20,894 
  Depreciation, amortization, and decommissioning   294,793    280,733    14,060 
 Deferred income taxes, investment tax credits, and non-current taxes accrued   97,850    123,605    (25,755)
  Equity in earnings of unconsolidated equity affiliates - net of dividends   2,572    (477)   3,049 
  Changes in working capital:            
    Receivables   (207,436)   (189,230)   (18,206)
    Fuel inventory   10,408    (10,727)   21,135 
    Accounts payable   347,981    145,145    202,836 
    Taxes accrued      
    Interest accrued   (14,561)   (6,889)   (7,672)
    Deferred fuel   (359,794)   (116,355)   (243,439)
    Other working capital accounts   (36,600)   (62,695)   26,095 
  Provision for estimated losses and reserves   6,646    72,843    (66,197)
  Changes in other regulatory assets   (605)   64,269    (64,874)
  Other   18,851    (107,455)   126,306 
Net cash flow provided by operating activities   465,399    470,813    (5,414)
             
INVESTING ACTIVITIES            
Construction/capital expenditures   (405,501)   (414,548)   9,047 
Allowance for equity funds used during construction   9,085    7,459    1,626 
Nuclear fuel purchases   (47,106)   (34,522)   (12,584)
Proceeds from sale/leaseback of nuclear fuel   39,653    9,699    29,954 
Proceeds from sale of assets and businesses   30,725    400    30,325 
Payment for purchase of plant     (336,211)   336,211 
Insurance proceeds received for property damages   63,088    82,081    (18,993)
Changes in transition charge account   17,523      17,523 
Decrease (increase) in other investments   (103,140)   (31,954)   (71,186)
Proceeds from nuclear decommissioning trust fund sales   490,463    853,407    (362,944)
Investment in nuclear decommissioning trust funds   (514,813)   (885,548)   370,735 
Net cash flow used in investing activities   (420,023)   (749,737)   329,714 
             
FINANCING ACTIVITIES            
Proceeds from the issuance of:            
  Long-term debt   1,255,543    1,222,125    33,418 
  Common stock and treasury stock   23,192    22,817    375 
Retirement of long-term debt   (945,166)   (365,033)   (580,133)
Repurchase of common stock   (211,430)   (267,274)   55,844 
Changes in credit line borrowings - net   150,000      150,000 
Dividends paid:            
  Common stock   (143,593)   (106,505)   (37,088)
  Preferred stock   (2,760)   (7,265)   4,505 
Net cash flow provided by financing activities   125,786    498,865    (373,079)
             
Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents   (447)   (232)   (215)
             
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents   170,715    219,709    (48,994)
             
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period   915,706    1,100,513    (184,807)
             
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period   $1,086,421    $1,320,222    ($233,801)
             
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:            
  Cash paid (received) during the period for:            
    Interest - net of amount capitalized   $156,290    $143,316    $12,974 
    Income taxes   $125,699    $197,317    ($71,618)
             
             

 

Entergy Corporation
 
Consolidated Cash Flow Statement 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2008 vs. 2007
(Dollars in thousands) 
(Unaudited) 
 
    2008   2007   Variance
             
OPERATING ACTIVITIES            
Consolidated net income   $579,703    $479,797    $99,906 
Adjustments to reconcile consolidated net income to net cash flow            
provided by operating activities:            
  Reserve for regulatory adjustments   (2,808)   8,038    (10,846)
  Other regulatory charges (credits) - net   69,519    36,885    32,634 
  Depreciation, amortization, and decommissioning   585,774    550,973    34,801 
  Deferred income taxes, investment tax credits, and non-current taxes accrued   195,834    507,929    (312,095)
  Equity in earnings of unconsolidated equity affiliates - net of dividends   3,501    (2,101)   5,602 
  Changes in working capital:            
    Receivables   (216,810)   (123,088)   (93,722)
    Fuel inventory   (12,257)   (10,533)   (1,724)
    Accounts payable   357,503    (137,102)   494,605 
    Taxes accrued     (189,410)   189,410 
    Interest accrued   (48,799)   (29,093)   (19,706)
    Deferred fuel   (555,444)   37,705    (593,149)
    Other working capital accounts   (218,001)   (169,775)   (48,226)
  Provision for estimated losses and reserves   10,680    56,241    (45,561)
  Changes in other regulatory assets   39,964    132,989    (93,025)
  Other   125,210    (185,323)   310,533 
Net cash flow provided by operating activities   913,569    964,132    (50,563)
             
INVESTING ACTIVITIES            
Construction/capital expenditures   (778,818)   (717,115)   (61,703)
Allowance for equity funds used during construction   18,371    24,717    (6,346)
Nuclear fuel purchases   (217,487)   (219,328)   1,841 
Proceeds from sale/leaseback of nuclear fuel   152,353    124,185    28,168 
Proceeds from sale of assets and businesses   30,725    13,063    17,662 
Payment for purchase of plant   (56,409)   (336,211)   279,802 
Insurance proceeds received for property damages   63,088    82,081    (18,993)
Changes in transition charge account   9,171      9,171 
NYPA value sharing payment   (72,000)     (72,000)
Decrease (increase) in other investments   (95,166)   73,969    (169,135)
Proceeds from nuclear decommissioning trust fund sales   748,181    1,013,414    (265,233)
Investment in nuclear decommissioning trust funds   (809,653)   (1,075,084)   265,431 
Net cash flow used in investing activities   (1,007,644)   (1,016,309)   8,665 
             
FINANCING ACTIVITIES            
Proceeds from the issuance of:            
  Long-term debt   1,800,543    2,042,123    (241,580)
  Common stock and treasury stock   27,862    53,706    (25,844)
Retirement of long-term debt   (1,383,393)   (699,906)   (683,487)
Repurchase of common stock   (369,612)   (825,460)   455,848 
Redemption of preferred stock     (2,250)   2,250 
Changes in credit line borrowings - net   150,000      150,000 
Dividends paid:            
  Common stock   (288,172)   (215,472)   (72,700)
  Preferred stock   (10,030)   (13,344)   3,314 
Net cash flow provided by (used in) financing activities   (72,802)   339,397    (412,199)
             
Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents   (430)   (243)   (187)
             
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents   (167,307)   286,977    (454,284)
             
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period   1,253,728    1,016,152    237,576 
             
Effect of the reconsolidation of Entergy New Orleans on cash and cash equivalents     17,093    (17,093)
             
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period   $1,086,421    $1,320,222    ($233,801)
             
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:            
  Cash paid (received) during the period for:            
    Interest - net of amount capitalized   $340,077    $297,229    $42,848 
    Income taxes   $127,856    $228,750    ($100,894)
             
             
             

 

Entergy Corporation
 
Consolidated Cash Flow Statement 
Twelve Months Ended June 30, 2008 vs. 2007 
(Dollars in thousands) 
(Unaudited) 
 
    2008   2007   Variance
             
OPERATING ACTIVITIES            
Consolidated net income   $1,234,755    $1,136,968    $97,787 
Adjustments to reconcile consolidated net income to net cash flow            
provided by operating activities:            
  Reserve for regulatory adjustments   (26,420)   2,724    (29,144)
  Other regulatory charges (credits) - net   87,588    19,231    68,357 
  Depreciation, amortization, and decommissioning   1,166,411    1,105,156    61,255 
  Deferred income taxes, investment tax credits, and non-current taxes accrued   164,146    812,230    (648,084)
  Equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated equity affiliates - net of dividends   2,425    (37)   2,462 
  Changes in working capital:            
    Receivables   (156,368)   (40,587)   (115,781)
    Fuel inventory   (12,169)   13,153    (25,322)
    Accounts payable   391,557    76,040    315,517 
    Taxes accrued   2,086    (217,610)   219,696 
    Interest accrued   (7,921)   13,424    (21,345)
    Deferred fuel   (592,237)   362,436    (954,673)
    Other working capital accounts   (121,495)   (203,622)   82,127 
  Provision for estimated losses and reserves   (104,853)   71,603    (176,456)
  Changes in other regulatory assets   161,711    148,262    13,449 
  Other   319,991    (380,999)   700,990 
Net cash flow provided by operating activities   2,509,207    2,918,372    (409,165)
             
INVESTING ACTIVITIES            
Construction/capital expenditures   (1,639,733)   (1,376,994)   (262,739)
Allowance for equity funds used during construction   36,396    41,334    (4,938)
Nuclear fuel purchases   (406,891)   (421,326)   14,435 
Proceeds from sale/leaseback of nuclear fuel   197,234    218,266    (21,032)
Proceeds from sale of assets and businesses   30,725    13,063    17,662 
Payment for purchase of plant   (56,409)   (336,211)   279,802 
Insurance proceeds received for property damages   64,111    71,751    (7,640)
Changes in transition charge account   (10,102)     (10,102)
NYPA value sharing payment   (72,000)     (72,000)
Decrease (increase) in other investments   (127,415)   31,339    (158,754)
Proceeds from nuclear decommissioning trust fund sales   1,318,351    1,267,192    51,159 
Investment in nuclear decommissioning trust funds   (1,443,333)   (1,385,286)   (58,047)
Other regulatory investments     4,442    (4,442)
Net cash flow used in investing activities   (2,109,066)   (1,872,430)   (236,636)
             
FINANCING ACTIVITIES            
Proceeds from the issuance of:            
  Long-term debt   2,624,556    2,641,972    (17,416)
  Preferred stock   10,000      10,000 
Common stock and treasury stock   52,986    108,789    (55,803)
Retirement of long-term debt   (2,053,432)   (1,360,533)   (692,899)
Repurchase of common stock   (759,730)   (1,409,653)   649,923 
Redemption of preferred stock   (55,577)   (5,071)   (50,506)
Changes in credit line borrowings - net   150,000    10,000    140,000 
Dividends paid:            
  Common stock   (580,027)   (439,968)   (140,059)
  Preferred stock   (22,561)   (25,617)   3,056 
Net cash flow used in financing activities   (633,785)   (480,081)   (153,704)
             
Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents   (157)   (2,894)   2,737 
             
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents   (233,801)   562,967    (796,768)
             
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period   1,320,222    757,255    562,967 
             
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period   $1,086,421    $1,320,222    ($233,801)
             
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:            
  Cash paid (received) during the period for:            
    Interest - net of amount capitalized   $654,045    $556,232    $97,813 
    Income taxes   $275,914    $315,177    ($39,263)