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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from Entergy 
Mississippi, Inc. financial statements for the quarter ended March 31, 1997 
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME> ENTERGY MISSISSIPPI, INC.
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   <NAME> ENTERGY MISSISSIPPI, INC.
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