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ABOUT THIS PUBLICATION | • uncertainty regarding the establishment of interim or permanent sites for |
This publication is unaudited and should be used in conjunction with Entergy’s | spent nuclear fuel and nuclear waste storage and disposal and the level of |
2015 Annual Report to Shareholders and Form 10-K filed with the Securities | spent fuel and nuclear waste, disposal fees charged by the U.S. |
and Exchange Commission. It has been prepared for information purposes and | government or other providers related to such sites |
is not intended for use in connection with any sale or purchase of, or any offer | • variations in weather and the occurrence of hurricanes and other storms |
to buy, any securities of Entergy Corporation or its subsidiaries. | and disasters, including uncertainties associated with efforts to remediate |
| the effects of hurricanes, ice storms, or other weather events and the recovery |
FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION | of costs associated with restoration, including accessing funded storm reserves, |
In this report and from time to time, Entergy Corporation makes statements concerning | federal and local cost recovery mechanisms, securitization, and insurance |
its expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, strategies, and future | • effects of climate change |
events or performance. Such statements are “forward-looking statements” | • changes in the quality and availability of water supplies and the related |
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. | regulation of water use and diversion |
Words such as “may,” “will,” “could,” “project,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” | • Entergy’s ability to manage its capital projects and operation |
“expect,” “estimate,” “continue,” “potential,” “plan,” “predict,” “forecast,” | and maintenance costs |
and other similar words or expressions are intended to identify forward-looking | • Entergy’s ability to purchase and sell assets at attractive prices |
statements but are not the only means to identify these statements. Although Entergy | and on other attractive terms |
believes that these forward-looking statements and the underlying assumptions are | • the economic climate, and particularly economic conditions in Entergy’s |
reasonable, it cannot provide assurance that they will prove correct. Any | Utility service area and the Northeast United States and events and |
forward-looking statement is based on information current as of the date of this | circumstances that could influence economic conditions in those areas, |
report and speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made. | including power prices and the risk that anticipated load growth |
Except to the extent required by the federal securities laws, Entergy undertakes | may not materialize |
no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, | • the effects of Entergy’s strategies to reduce tax payments |
whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. | • changes in the financial markets, particularly those affecting |
Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties. | the availability of capital and Entergy’s ability to refinance existing debt, execute |
There are factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those | share repurchase programs, and fund investments and acquisitions |
expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements, including those | • actions of rating agencies, including changes in the ratings of |
factors discussed or incorporated by reference in (a) Item 1A. Risk Factors | debt and preferred stock, changes in general corporate ratings, |
in the 2015 Form 10-K, (b) Management’s Financial Discussion and Analysis | and changes in the rating agencies’ ratings criteria |
in the 2015 Form 10-K, and (c) the following factors (in addition to others | • changes in inflation and interest rates |
described elsewhere in this report and in subsequent securities filings): | • the effect of litigation and government investigations or proceedings |
• resolution of pending and future rate cases and negotiations, | • changes in technology, including with respect to new, developing, or |
including various performance-based rate discussions, | alternative sources of generation |
Entergy’s utility supply plan, and recovery of fuel and purchased power costs | • the effects of threatened or actual terrorism, cyber attacks or data |
• the termination of Entergy Arkansas’s participation in the System Agreement, | security breaches, including increased security costs, accidents and war or a |
which occurred in December 2013, the termination of Entergy Mississippi's | catastrophic event such as a nuclear accident or a natural gas pipeline |
participation in the System Agreement which occurred in November 2015, and the | explosion |
termination of Entergy Texas's, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana's, and Entergy Louisiana's | • Entergy’s ability to attract and retain talented management and directors |
participation in the System Agreement which will occur on August 31, 2016, and | • changes in accounting standards and corporate governance |
result in the termination of the System Agreement in its entirety pursuant to | • declines in the market prices of marketable securities and resulting funding |
a settlement agreement approved by FERC in December 2015 | requirements and the effects on benefit costs for Entergy’s defined benefit |
• regulatory and operating challenges and uncertainties and economic risks | pension and other postretirement benefit plans |
associated with the Utility operating companies’ move to MISO, which occurred | • future wage and employee benefit costs, including changes |
in December 2013, including the effect of current or projected MISO market rules and | in discount rates and returns on benefit plan assets |
market and system conditions in the MISO markets, the allocation of MISO system | • changes in decommissioning trust fund values or earnings or in the |
transmission upgrade costs, and the effect of planning decisions that MISO makes | timing of, requirement for, or cost to decommission nuclear plant sites |
with respect to future transmission investments by the Utility operating companies | • the implementation of the planned shutdown of Pilgrim and FitzPatrick and the |
• changes in utility regulation, including the beginning or end of retail and wholesale | related decommissioning of those plants and Vermont Yankee |
competition, the ability to recover net utility assets and other potential stranded | • the effectiveness of Entergy’s risk management policies and |
costs, and the application of more stringent transmission reliability requirements | procedures and the ability and willingness of its counterparties |
or market power criteria by the FERC | to satisfy their financial and performance commitments |
• changes in the regulation or regulatory oversight of Entergy’s nuclear generating | • factors that could lead to impairment of long-lived assets |
facilities and nuclear materials and fuel, including with respect to the planned, potential | • the ability to successfully complete merger, acquisition, or |
or actual shutdown of nuclear generating facilities owned or operated by | divestiture plans, regulatory or other limitations imposed as a |
Entergy Wholesale Commodities and the effects of new or existing safety or | result of merger, acquisition, or divestiture, and the success of |
environmental concerns regarding nuclear power plants and nuclear fuel | the business following a merger, acquisition, or divestiture |
• resolution of pending or future applications, and related regulatory proceedings | |
and litigation, for license renewals or modifications or other authorizations required | REGULATION G COMPLIANCE |
of nuclear generating facilities and the effect of public and political opposition on | Financial performance measures shown in this report include those |