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Commitments and Contingencies
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015
Commitments And Contingencies
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES  (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy)

Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries are involved in a number of legal, regulatory, and tax proceedings before various courts, regulatory commissions, and governmental agencies in the ordinary course of business.  While management is unable to predict the outcome of such proceedings, management does not believe that the ultimate resolution of these matters will have a material adverse effect on Entergy’s results of operations, cash flows, or financial condition, except as otherwise discussed in the Form 10-K or in this report.  Entergy discusses regulatory proceedings in Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K and herein and discusses tax proceedings in Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K and Note 10 to the financial statements herein.

ANO Damage, Outage, and NRC Reviews

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of the ANO stator incident and subsequent NRC reviews.

As discussed in the Form 10-K, in January 2015 the NRC issued its final risk significance determination for the flood barrier violation originally cited in the September 2014 report. The NRC’s final risk significance determination was classified as “yellow with substantial safety significance.” In March 2015 the NRC issued a letter notifying Entergy of its decision to move ANO into the “multiple/repetitive degraded cornerstone column” of the NRC’s reactor oversight process action matrix. Placement into this column will require significant additional NRC inspection activities at the ANO site, including a review of the site’s root cause evaluation associated with the flood barrier and stator issues, an assessment of the effectiveness of the site’s corrective action program, an additional design basis inspection, a safety culture assessment, and possibly other inspection activities consistent with the NRC’s Inspection Procedure. Excluding remediation and response costs that may result from the additional NRC inspection activities, Entergy Arkansas expects to incur incremental costs of approximately $50 million in 2015, of which $18 million had been incurred as of June 30, 2015, and approximately $35 million in 2016 to prepare for the NRC inspection expected to occur in early 2016.

Baxter Wilson Plant Event

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of the Baxter Wilson plant event. During the first quarter 2015, Entergy Mississippi received $27.8 million of previously-accrued insurance proceeds with $12.7 million allocated to capital spending and $15.1 million allocated to operation and maintenance expenses.

Nuclear Fuel Enrichment Contracts

Entergy subsidiaries are parties to two contracts with American Centrifuge Enrichment, LLC (ACE) under which these subsidiaries purchase nuclear fuel enrichment services.  The term of each contract is from 2011 to 2022; however, each contract provided for cancellation of the parties’ purchase and sale obligations for 2016-2022 if, by August 1, 2014, ACE’s planned Advanced Centrifuge Plant was not in commercial operation and ACE did not identify to Entergy’s reasonable satisfaction how it would meet its contractual delivery obligations through output from ACE.  In August 2014, Entergy sent notice to ACE that the 2016-2022 obligations were canceled by the operation of this contractual provision.  United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC), ACE’s affiliate to which ACE assigned the contracts, has filed a demand for arbitration with the American Arbitration Association, claiming damages of approximately $165 million.  In July 2015 the parties reached an agreement resolving the dispute that resulted in the dismissal of USEC’s claims. The resolution of the dispute does not have a material effect on Entergy’s results of operations, financial position, or cash flows.

Nuclear Insurance

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on nuclear liability and property insurance associated with Entergy’s nuclear power plants.

Conventional Property Insurance

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy’s non-nuclear property insurance program.

Employment Litigation

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy’s employment and labor-related proceedings.

Asbestos Litigation (Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas)

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding asbestos litigation at Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas.
Entergy Arkansas [Member]  
Commitments And Contingencies
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES  (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy)

Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries are involved in a number of legal, regulatory, and tax proceedings before various courts, regulatory commissions, and governmental agencies in the ordinary course of business.  While management is unable to predict the outcome of such proceedings, management does not believe that the ultimate resolution of these matters will have a material adverse effect on Entergy’s results of operations, cash flows, or financial condition, except as otherwise discussed in the Form 10-K or in this report.  Entergy discusses regulatory proceedings in Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K and herein and discusses tax proceedings in Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K and Note 10 to the financial statements herein.

ANO Damage, Outage, and NRC Reviews

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of the ANO stator incident and subsequent NRC reviews.

As discussed in the Form 10-K, in January 2015 the NRC issued its final risk significance determination for the flood barrier violation originally cited in the September 2014 report. The NRC’s final risk significance determination was classified as “yellow with substantial safety significance.” In March 2015 the NRC issued a letter notifying Entergy of its decision to move ANO into the “multiple/repetitive degraded cornerstone column” of the NRC’s reactor oversight process action matrix. Placement into this column will require significant additional NRC inspection activities at the ANO site, including a review of the site’s root cause evaluation associated with the flood barrier and stator issues, an assessment of the effectiveness of the site’s corrective action program, an additional design basis inspection, a safety culture assessment, and possibly other inspection activities consistent with the NRC’s Inspection Procedure. Excluding remediation and response costs that may result from the additional NRC inspection activities, Entergy Arkansas expects to incur incremental costs of approximately $50 million in 2015, of which $18 million had been incurred as of June 30, 2015, and approximately $35 million in 2016 to prepare for the NRC inspection expected to occur in early 2016.

Baxter Wilson Plant Event

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of the Baxter Wilson plant event. During the first quarter 2015, Entergy Mississippi received $27.8 million of previously-accrued insurance proceeds with $12.7 million allocated to capital spending and $15.1 million allocated to operation and maintenance expenses.

Nuclear Fuel Enrichment Contracts

Entergy subsidiaries are parties to two contracts with American Centrifuge Enrichment, LLC (ACE) under which these subsidiaries purchase nuclear fuel enrichment services.  The term of each contract is from 2011 to 2022; however, each contract provided for cancellation of the parties’ purchase and sale obligations for 2016-2022 if, by August 1, 2014, ACE’s planned Advanced Centrifuge Plant was not in commercial operation and ACE did not identify to Entergy’s reasonable satisfaction how it would meet its contractual delivery obligations through output from ACE.  In August 2014, Entergy sent notice to ACE that the 2016-2022 obligations were canceled by the operation of this contractual provision.  United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC), ACE’s affiliate to which ACE assigned the contracts, has filed a demand for arbitration with the American Arbitration Association, claiming damages of approximately $165 million.  In July 2015 the parties reached an agreement resolving the dispute that resulted in the dismissal of USEC’s claims. The resolution of the dispute does not have a material effect on Entergy’s results of operations, financial position, or cash flows.

Nuclear Insurance

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on nuclear liability and property insurance associated with Entergy’s nuclear power plants.

Conventional Property Insurance

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy’s non-nuclear property insurance program.

Employment Litigation

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy’s employment and labor-related proceedings.

Asbestos Litigation (Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas)

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding asbestos litigation at Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas.
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana [Member]  
Commitments And Contingencies
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES  (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy)

Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries are involved in a number of legal, regulatory, and tax proceedings before various courts, regulatory commissions, and governmental agencies in the ordinary course of business.  While management is unable to predict the outcome of such proceedings, management does not believe that the ultimate resolution of these matters will have a material adverse effect on Entergy’s results of operations, cash flows, or financial condition, except as otherwise discussed in the Form 10-K or in this report.  Entergy discusses regulatory proceedings in Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K and herein and discusses tax proceedings in Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K and Note 10 to the financial statements herein.

ANO Damage, Outage, and NRC Reviews

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of the ANO stator incident and subsequent NRC reviews.

As discussed in the Form 10-K, in January 2015 the NRC issued its final risk significance determination for the flood barrier violation originally cited in the September 2014 report. The NRC’s final risk significance determination was classified as “yellow with substantial safety significance.” In March 2015 the NRC issued a letter notifying Entergy of its decision to move ANO into the “multiple/repetitive degraded cornerstone column” of the NRC’s reactor oversight process action matrix. Placement into this column will require significant additional NRC inspection activities at the ANO site, including a review of the site’s root cause evaluation associated with the flood barrier and stator issues, an assessment of the effectiveness of the site’s corrective action program, an additional design basis inspection, a safety culture assessment, and possibly other inspection activities consistent with the NRC’s Inspection Procedure. Excluding remediation and response costs that may result from the additional NRC inspection activities, Entergy Arkansas expects to incur incremental costs of approximately $50 million in 2015, of which $18 million had been incurred as of June 30, 2015, and approximately $35 million in 2016 to prepare for the NRC inspection expected to occur in early 2016.

Baxter Wilson Plant Event

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of the Baxter Wilson plant event. During the first quarter 2015, Entergy Mississippi received $27.8 million of previously-accrued insurance proceeds with $12.7 million allocated to capital spending and $15.1 million allocated to operation and maintenance expenses.

Nuclear Fuel Enrichment Contracts

Entergy subsidiaries are parties to two contracts with American Centrifuge Enrichment, LLC (ACE) under which these subsidiaries purchase nuclear fuel enrichment services.  The term of each contract is from 2011 to 2022; however, each contract provided for cancellation of the parties’ purchase and sale obligations for 2016-2022 if, by August 1, 2014, ACE’s planned Advanced Centrifuge Plant was not in commercial operation and ACE did not identify to Entergy’s reasonable satisfaction how it would meet its contractual delivery obligations through output from ACE.  In August 2014, Entergy sent notice to ACE that the 2016-2022 obligations were canceled by the operation of this contractual provision.  United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC), ACE’s affiliate to which ACE assigned the contracts, has filed a demand for arbitration with the American Arbitration Association, claiming damages of approximately $165 million.  In July 2015 the parties reached an agreement resolving the dispute that resulted in the dismissal of USEC’s claims. The resolution of the dispute does not have a material effect on Entergy’s results of operations, financial position, or cash flows.

Nuclear Insurance

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on nuclear liability and property insurance associated with Entergy’s nuclear power plants.

Conventional Property Insurance

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy’s non-nuclear property insurance program.

Employment Litigation

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy’s employment and labor-related proceedings.

Asbestos Litigation (Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas)

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding asbestos litigation at Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas.
Entergy Louisiana [Member]  
Commitments And Contingencies
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES  (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy)

Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries are involved in a number of legal, regulatory, and tax proceedings before various courts, regulatory commissions, and governmental agencies in the ordinary course of business.  While management is unable to predict the outcome of such proceedings, management does not believe that the ultimate resolution of these matters will have a material adverse effect on Entergy’s results of operations, cash flows, or financial condition, except as otherwise discussed in the Form 10-K or in this report.  Entergy discusses regulatory proceedings in Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K and herein and discusses tax proceedings in Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K and Note 10 to the financial statements herein.

ANO Damage, Outage, and NRC Reviews

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of the ANO stator incident and subsequent NRC reviews.

As discussed in the Form 10-K, in January 2015 the NRC issued its final risk significance determination for the flood barrier violation originally cited in the September 2014 report. The NRC’s final risk significance determination was classified as “yellow with substantial safety significance.” In March 2015 the NRC issued a letter notifying Entergy of its decision to move ANO into the “multiple/repetitive degraded cornerstone column” of the NRC’s reactor oversight process action matrix. Placement into this column will require significant additional NRC inspection activities at the ANO site, including a review of the site’s root cause evaluation associated with the flood barrier and stator issues, an assessment of the effectiveness of the site’s corrective action program, an additional design basis inspection, a safety culture assessment, and possibly other inspection activities consistent with the NRC’s Inspection Procedure. Excluding remediation and response costs that may result from the additional NRC inspection activities, Entergy Arkansas expects to incur incremental costs of approximately $50 million in 2015, of which $18 million had been incurred as of June 30, 2015, and approximately $35 million in 2016 to prepare for the NRC inspection expected to occur in early 2016.

Baxter Wilson Plant Event

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of the Baxter Wilson plant event. During the first quarter 2015, Entergy Mississippi received $27.8 million of previously-accrued insurance proceeds with $12.7 million allocated to capital spending and $15.1 million allocated to operation and maintenance expenses.

Nuclear Fuel Enrichment Contracts

Entergy subsidiaries are parties to two contracts with American Centrifuge Enrichment, LLC (ACE) under which these subsidiaries purchase nuclear fuel enrichment services.  The term of each contract is from 2011 to 2022; however, each contract provided for cancellation of the parties’ purchase and sale obligations for 2016-2022 if, by August 1, 2014, ACE’s planned Advanced Centrifuge Plant was not in commercial operation and ACE did not identify to Entergy’s reasonable satisfaction how it would meet its contractual delivery obligations through output from ACE.  In August 2014, Entergy sent notice to ACE that the 2016-2022 obligations were canceled by the operation of this contractual provision.  United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC), ACE’s affiliate to which ACE assigned the contracts, has filed a demand for arbitration with the American Arbitration Association, claiming damages of approximately $165 million.  In July 2015 the parties reached an agreement resolving the dispute that resulted in the dismissal of USEC’s claims. The resolution of the dispute does not have a material effect on Entergy’s results of operations, financial position, or cash flows.

Nuclear Insurance

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on nuclear liability and property insurance associated with Entergy’s nuclear power plants.

Conventional Property Insurance

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy’s non-nuclear property insurance program.

Employment Litigation

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy’s employment and labor-related proceedings.

Asbestos Litigation (Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas)

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding asbestos litigation at Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas.
Entergy Mississippi [Member]  
Commitments And Contingencies
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES  (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy)

Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries are involved in a number of legal, regulatory, and tax proceedings before various courts, regulatory commissions, and governmental agencies in the ordinary course of business.  While management is unable to predict the outcome of such proceedings, management does not believe that the ultimate resolution of these matters will have a material adverse effect on Entergy’s results of operations, cash flows, or financial condition, except as otherwise discussed in the Form 10-K or in this report.  Entergy discusses regulatory proceedings in Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K and herein and discusses tax proceedings in Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K and Note 10 to the financial statements herein.

ANO Damage, Outage, and NRC Reviews

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of the ANO stator incident and subsequent NRC reviews.

As discussed in the Form 10-K, in January 2015 the NRC issued its final risk significance determination for the flood barrier violation originally cited in the September 2014 report. The NRC’s final risk significance determination was classified as “yellow with substantial safety significance.” In March 2015 the NRC issued a letter notifying Entergy of its decision to move ANO into the “multiple/repetitive degraded cornerstone column” of the NRC’s reactor oversight process action matrix. Placement into this column will require significant additional NRC inspection activities at the ANO site, including a review of the site’s root cause evaluation associated with the flood barrier and stator issues, an assessment of the effectiveness of the site’s corrective action program, an additional design basis inspection, a safety culture assessment, and possibly other inspection activities consistent with the NRC’s Inspection Procedure. Excluding remediation and response costs that may result from the additional NRC inspection activities, Entergy Arkansas expects to incur incremental costs of approximately $50 million in 2015, of which $18 million had been incurred as of June 30, 2015, and approximately $35 million in 2016 to prepare for the NRC inspection expected to occur in early 2016.

Baxter Wilson Plant Event

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of the Baxter Wilson plant event. During the first quarter 2015, Entergy Mississippi received $27.8 million of previously-accrued insurance proceeds with $12.7 million allocated to capital spending and $15.1 million allocated to operation and maintenance expenses.

Nuclear Fuel Enrichment Contracts

Entergy subsidiaries are parties to two contracts with American Centrifuge Enrichment, LLC (ACE) under which these subsidiaries purchase nuclear fuel enrichment services.  The term of each contract is from 2011 to 2022; however, each contract provided for cancellation of the parties’ purchase and sale obligations for 2016-2022 if, by August 1, 2014, ACE’s planned Advanced Centrifuge Plant was not in commercial operation and ACE did not identify to Entergy’s reasonable satisfaction how it would meet its contractual delivery obligations through output from ACE.  In August 2014, Entergy sent notice to ACE that the 2016-2022 obligations were canceled by the operation of this contractual provision.  United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC), ACE’s affiliate to which ACE assigned the contracts, has filed a demand for arbitration with the American Arbitration Association, claiming damages of approximately $165 million.  In July 2015 the parties reached an agreement resolving the dispute that resulted in the dismissal of USEC’s claims. The resolution of the dispute does not have a material effect on Entergy’s results of operations, financial position, or cash flows.

Nuclear Insurance

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on nuclear liability and property insurance associated with Entergy’s nuclear power plants.

Conventional Property Insurance

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy’s non-nuclear property insurance program.

Employment Litigation

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy’s employment and labor-related proceedings.

Asbestos Litigation (Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas)

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding asbestos litigation at Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas.
Entergy New Orleans [Member]  
Commitments And Contingencies
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES  (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy)

Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries are involved in a number of legal, regulatory, and tax proceedings before various courts, regulatory commissions, and governmental agencies in the ordinary course of business.  While management is unable to predict the outcome of such proceedings, management does not believe that the ultimate resolution of these matters will have a material adverse effect on Entergy’s results of operations, cash flows, or financial condition, except as otherwise discussed in the Form 10-K or in this report.  Entergy discusses regulatory proceedings in Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K and herein and discusses tax proceedings in Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K and Note 10 to the financial statements herein.

ANO Damage, Outage, and NRC Reviews

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of the ANO stator incident and subsequent NRC reviews.

As discussed in the Form 10-K, in January 2015 the NRC issued its final risk significance determination for the flood barrier violation originally cited in the September 2014 report. The NRC’s final risk significance determination was classified as “yellow with substantial safety significance.” In March 2015 the NRC issued a letter notifying Entergy of its decision to move ANO into the “multiple/repetitive degraded cornerstone column” of the NRC’s reactor oversight process action matrix. Placement into this column will require significant additional NRC inspection activities at the ANO site, including a review of the site’s root cause evaluation associated with the flood barrier and stator issues, an assessment of the effectiveness of the site’s corrective action program, an additional design basis inspection, a safety culture assessment, and possibly other inspection activities consistent with the NRC’s Inspection Procedure. Excluding remediation and response costs that may result from the additional NRC inspection activities, Entergy Arkansas expects to incur incremental costs of approximately $50 million in 2015, of which $18 million had been incurred as of June 30, 2015, and approximately $35 million in 2016 to prepare for the NRC inspection expected to occur in early 2016.

Baxter Wilson Plant Event

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of the Baxter Wilson plant event. During the first quarter 2015, Entergy Mississippi received $27.8 million of previously-accrued insurance proceeds with $12.7 million allocated to capital spending and $15.1 million allocated to operation and maintenance expenses.

Nuclear Fuel Enrichment Contracts

Entergy subsidiaries are parties to two contracts with American Centrifuge Enrichment, LLC (ACE) under which these subsidiaries purchase nuclear fuel enrichment services.  The term of each contract is from 2011 to 2022; however, each contract provided for cancellation of the parties’ purchase and sale obligations for 2016-2022 if, by August 1, 2014, ACE’s planned Advanced Centrifuge Plant was not in commercial operation and ACE did not identify to Entergy’s reasonable satisfaction how it would meet its contractual delivery obligations through output from ACE.  In August 2014, Entergy sent notice to ACE that the 2016-2022 obligations were canceled by the operation of this contractual provision.  United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC), ACE’s affiliate to which ACE assigned the contracts, has filed a demand for arbitration with the American Arbitration Association, claiming damages of approximately $165 million.  In July 2015 the parties reached an agreement resolving the dispute that resulted in the dismissal of USEC’s claims. The resolution of the dispute does not have a material effect on Entergy’s results of operations, financial position, or cash flows.

Nuclear Insurance

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on nuclear liability and property insurance associated with Entergy’s nuclear power plants.

Conventional Property Insurance

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy’s non-nuclear property insurance program.

Employment Litigation

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy’s employment and labor-related proceedings.

Asbestos Litigation (Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas)

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding asbestos litigation at Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas.
Entergy Texas [Member]  
Commitments And Contingencies
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES  (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy)

Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries are involved in a number of legal, regulatory, and tax proceedings before various courts, regulatory commissions, and governmental agencies in the ordinary course of business.  While management is unable to predict the outcome of such proceedings, management does not believe that the ultimate resolution of these matters will have a material adverse effect on Entergy’s results of operations, cash flows, or financial condition, except as otherwise discussed in the Form 10-K or in this report.  Entergy discusses regulatory proceedings in Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K and herein and discusses tax proceedings in Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K and Note 10 to the financial statements herein.

ANO Damage, Outage, and NRC Reviews

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of the ANO stator incident and subsequent NRC reviews.

As discussed in the Form 10-K, in January 2015 the NRC issued its final risk significance determination for the flood barrier violation originally cited in the September 2014 report. The NRC’s final risk significance determination was classified as “yellow with substantial safety significance.” In March 2015 the NRC issued a letter notifying Entergy of its decision to move ANO into the “multiple/repetitive degraded cornerstone column” of the NRC’s reactor oversight process action matrix. Placement into this column will require significant additional NRC inspection activities at the ANO site, including a review of the site’s root cause evaluation associated with the flood barrier and stator issues, an assessment of the effectiveness of the site’s corrective action program, an additional design basis inspection, a safety culture assessment, and possibly other inspection activities consistent with the NRC’s Inspection Procedure. Excluding remediation and response costs that may result from the additional NRC inspection activities, Entergy Arkansas expects to incur incremental costs of approximately $50 million in 2015, of which $18 million had been incurred as of June 30, 2015, and approximately $35 million in 2016 to prepare for the NRC inspection expected to occur in early 2016.

Baxter Wilson Plant Event

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of the Baxter Wilson plant event. During the first quarter 2015, Entergy Mississippi received $27.8 million of previously-accrued insurance proceeds with $12.7 million allocated to capital spending and $15.1 million allocated to operation and maintenance expenses.

Nuclear Fuel Enrichment Contracts

Entergy subsidiaries are parties to two contracts with American Centrifuge Enrichment, LLC (ACE) under which these subsidiaries purchase nuclear fuel enrichment services.  The term of each contract is from 2011 to 2022; however, each contract provided for cancellation of the parties’ purchase and sale obligations for 2016-2022 if, by August 1, 2014, ACE’s planned Advanced Centrifuge Plant was not in commercial operation and ACE did not identify to Entergy’s reasonable satisfaction how it would meet its contractual delivery obligations through output from ACE.  In August 2014, Entergy sent notice to ACE that the 2016-2022 obligations were canceled by the operation of this contractual provision.  United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC), ACE’s affiliate to which ACE assigned the contracts, has filed a demand for arbitration with the American Arbitration Association, claiming damages of approximately $165 million.  In July 2015 the parties reached an agreement resolving the dispute that resulted in the dismissal of USEC’s claims. The resolution of the dispute does not have a material effect on Entergy’s results of operations, financial position, or cash flows.

Nuclear Insurance

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on nuclear liability and property insurance associated with Entergy’s nuclear power plants.

Conventional Property Insurance

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy’s non-nuclear property insurance program.

Employment Litigation

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy’s employment and labor-related proceedings.

Asbestos Litigation (Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas)

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding asbestos litigation at Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas.
System Energy [Member]  
Commitments And Contingencies
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES  (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy)

Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries are involved in a number of legal, regulatory, and tax proceedings before various courts, regulatory commissions, and governmental agencies in the ordinary course of business.  While management is unable to predict the outcome of such proceedings, management does not believe that the ultimate resolution of these matters will have a material adverse effect on Entergy’s results of operations, cash flows, or financial condition, except as otherwise discussed in the Form 10-K or in this report.  Entergy discusses regulatory proceedings in Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K and herein and discusses tax proceedings in Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K and Note 10 to the financial statements herein.

ANO Damage, Outage, and NRC Reviews

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of the ANO stator incident and subsequent NRC reviews.

As discussed in the Form 10-K, in January 2015 the NRC issued its final risk significance determination for the flood barrier violation originally cited in the September 2014 report. The NRC’s final risk significance determination was classified as “yellow with substantial safety significance.” In March 2015 the NRC issued a letter notifying Entergy of its decision to move ANO into the “multiple/repetitive degraded cornerstone column” of the NRC’s reactor oversight process action matrix. Placement into this column will require significant additional NRC inspection activities at the ANO site, including a review of the site’s root cause evaluation associated with the flood barrier and stator issues, an assessment of the effectiveness of the site’s corrective action program, an additional design basis inspection, a safety culture assessment, and possibly other inspection activities consistent with the NRC’s Inspection Procedure. Excluding remediation and response costs that may result from the additional NRC inspection activities, Entergy Arkansas expects to incur incremental costs of approximately $50 million in 2015, of which $18 million had been incurred as of June 30, 2015, and approximately $35 million in 2016 to prepare for the NRC inspection expected to occur in early 2016.

Baxter Wilson Plant Event

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of the Baxter Wilson plant event. During the first quarter 2015, Entergy Mississippi received $27.8 million of previously-accrued insurance proceeds with $12.7 million allocated to capital spending and $15.1 million allocated to operation and maintenance expenses.

Nuclear Fuel Enrichment Contracts

Entergy subsidiaries are parties to two contracts with American Centrifuge Enrichment, LLC (ACE) under which these subsidiaries purchase nuclear fuel enrichment services.  The term of each contract is from 2011 to 2022; however, each contract provided for cancellation of the parties’ purchase and sale obligations for 2016-2022 if, by August 1, 2014, ACE’s planned Advanced Centrifuge Plant was not in commercial operation and ACE did not identify to Entergy’s reasonable satisfaction how it would meet its contractual delivery obligations through output from ACE.  In August 2014, Entergy sent notice to ACE that the 2016-2022 obligations were canceled by the operation of this contractual provision.  United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC), ACE’s affiliate to which ACE assigned the contracts, has filed a demand for arbitration with the American Arbitration Association, claiming damages of approximately $165 million.  In July 2015 the parties reached an agreement resolving the dispute that resulted in the dismissal of USEC’s claims. The resolution of the dispute does not have a material effect on Entergy’s results of operations, financial position, or cash flows.

Nuclear Insurance

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on nuclear liability and property insurance associated with Entergy’s nuclear power plants.

Conventional Property Insurance

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy’s non-nuclear property insurance program.

Employment Litigation

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy’s employment and labor-related proceedings.

Asbestos Litigation (Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas)

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding asbestos litigation at Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas.