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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from Entergy
Arkansas, Inc. financial statements for the quarter ended September 30, 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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