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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from Entergy
Arkansas, Inc. financial statements for the quarter ended March 31, 1999 
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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