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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from Entergy's
financial statementsfor the year ended December 31, 1995, and is qualified in
its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME> ARKANSAS POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
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   <NUMBER> 001
   <NAME> ARKANSAS POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
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