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FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION AND REGULATION G COMPLIANCE
In this report and from time to time, Entergy Corporation makes statements as a registrant concerning its expectations,
beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, strategies, and future events or performance. Such statements are “forward-looking
statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as “may,” “will,”
“could,” “project,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “expect,” “estimate,” “continue,” “potential,” “plan,” “predict,”
“forecast,” and other similar words or expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements but are not the
only means to identify these statements. Although Entergy believes that these forward-looking statements and the
underlying assumptions are reasonable, it cannot provide assurance that they will prove correct. Any forward-looking
statement is based on information current as of the date of this report and speaks only as of the date on which such
statement is made. 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 or incorporated by reference in Item 1A. Risk Factors contained in the Form 10-K for the year ended
Dec. 31, 2014; (b) those factors discussed or incorporated by reference in Management’s Financial Discussion and
Analysis contained in the Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2014; and (c) the following factors (in addition to
others described elsewhere in this combined report and in subsequent securities filings):
• resolution of pending and future rate cases and negotiations, including
various performance-based rate discussions, Entergy’s utility supply plan,
and recovery of fuel and purchased power costs;
• the termination of Entergy Arkansas’s participation in the System
Agreement, which occurred in December 2013, the termination of Entergy
Mississippi’s participation in the System Agreement in November 2015,
the termination of Entergy Texas’s, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana’s, and
Entergy Louisiana’s participation in the System Agreement after expiration
of the proposed 60-month notice period or such other period as approved
by the FERC;
• regulatory and operating challenges and uncertainties and economic risks
associated with the Utility operating companies’ move to MISO, which
occurred in December 2013, including the effect of current or projected
MISO market rules and system conditions in the MISO markets, the
allocation of MISO system transmission upgrade costs, and the effect of
planning decisions that MISO makes with respect to future transmission
investments by the Utility operating companies;
• changes in utility regulation, including the beginning or end of retail and
wholesale competition, the ability to recover net utility assets and other
potential stranded costs, and the application of more stringent transmission
reliability requirements or market power criteria by the FERC;
• changes in the regulation or regulatory oversight of Entergy’s nuclear
generating facilities and nuclear materials and fuel, including with respect
to the planned or potential shutdown of nuclear generating facilities owned
or operated by Entergy Wholesale Commodities, and the effects of new or
existing safety or environmental concerns regarding nuclear power plants
and nuclear fuel;
• resolution of pending or future applications, and related regulatory
proceedings and litigation, for license renewals or modifications or other
authorizations required of nuclear generating facilities;
• the performance of and deliverability of power from Entergy’s generation
resources, including the capacity factors at its nuclear generating facilities;
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