Exhibit 12(b)
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, L.L.C.
Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges and
Ratios of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Dividends
	2008		2009		2010		2011		2012
Fixed charges, as defined:
Total Interest charges	$	131,197	$	118,243	$	101,318	$	84,356	$	83,251
Interest applicable to rentals		9,197		3,767		2,204		2,309		2,074
Total fixed charges, as defined		140,394		122,010		103,522		86,665		85,325
Preferred dividends, as defined (a)		1,151		1,306		1,006		1,341		1,341
Combined fixed charges and preferred dividends, as defined	$	141,545	$	123,316	$	104,528	$	88,006	$	86,666
Earnings as defined:
Net Income	$	131,888	$	153,281	$	174,319	$	201,604	$	158,977
Add:
Income Taxes		70,076		88,951		92,297		89,736		52,616
Fixed charges as above		140,394		122,010		103,522		86,665		85,325
Total earnings, as defined	$	342,358	$	364,242	$	370,138	$	378,005	$	296,918
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges, as defined		2.44		2.99		3.58		4.36		3.48
Ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and
preferred dividends, as defined		2.42		2.95		3.54		4.30		3.43
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(a) "Preferred dividends," as defined by SEC regulation S-K, are computed by dividing the preferred dividend
requirement by one hundred percent (100%) minus the income tax rate.