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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from Entergy
Mississippi, Inc. financial statements for the quarter ended March 31, 1998 
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME> ENTERGY MISSISSIPP, INC.
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   <NAME> ENTERGY MISSISSIPPI, INC.
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