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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from Entergy
Arkansas' financial statements for the year ended December 31, 1998 and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME> ENTERGY ARKANSAS, INC.
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   <NAME> ENTERGY ARKANSAS, INC.
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