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Balance Sheets (ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC) (Unaudited) (Parenthetical) (USD $) In Thousands	Sep. 30, 2011
Regulatory assets:
Securitization property	$ 1,029,433
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
Securitization bonds	1,086,277
Entergy Louisiana
Regulatory assets:
Securitization property	203,814
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
Securitization bonds	$ 207,122

Carrying value of the regulatory asset that represents capitalized stranded costs that have been securitized (financed with debt) and are expected to be recoverable through a transition charge after one year (or beyond the operating cycle if longer). A transition charge is a charge approved by a regulator that allows deregulated utilities to recover investments in certain assets, such as power plants, over a transition period leading into a deregulated market.

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