1 New Orleans, LA July 31, 2007 Randy Helmick Vice President, Transmission Business Entergy...

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New Orleans, LAJuly 31, 2007

Randy HelmickVice President, Transmission Business

Entergy TransmissionPlanning Summit

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Progress Toward Target Zero

1.08

0.60

1.03

0.52

1.36

0.62

1.11

0.20

1.64

0.48

0.89

0.20

0.62

0.42

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

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1.2

1.4

1.6

1.8

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 JuneYTD

RAI LWDIR

Transmission RAI/LWDIR 2001-2007 YTD

43% Decrease

30% Decrease

1st Year of TransSafety Dept.

T&D Recombination

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4.92

2.81

6.18

3.71

4.22

1.41

2.44

0.40

3.7

1.27

2.32

0.77

1.81

0.91

00.5

11.5

22.5

33.5

44.5

55.5

66.5

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 JuneYTD

RAI LWDIR

Progress Toward Target ZeroTransmission Contractors RAI/LWDIR 2001-2007 YTD

22% Decrease

68% Decrease

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Compliance with Industry Standards/Practices

• Entergy’s transmission planning process adheres to the Company’s and industry’s principles regarding reliability, safety, and comparability.

• This philosophy also applies to other Transmission-related functions such as design, operations, and maintenance.

• In April 2007, SERC audited Entergy on its compliance with planning-related NERC Reliability Standards. SERC found Entergy to be in full compliance and indicated several notable work practices that Entergy employs.

• Entergy’s continued focus will be compliance with the industry standards and the subsequent changes/successors to those standards.

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Transmission Investments

Nearly Nearly $2.8 billion$2.8 billion spent from 2000 through 2006!

 2000-2007 Total

($MM)Transmission O&M Expense 657.0

Distribution Substation O&M Expense 95.9

Total Transmission Business O&M Expense 752.9    

Transmission Capital Additions 1,456.8

Distribution Substation Capital Additions 442.5

Total Transmission Business Capital 1,899.3    

IPP (Reimbursement CIAC) 120.3    

Total Transmission Business Capital (Inc. CIAC) 2,019.6    

Transmission (O&M + Capital) 2,234.1

Dsub (O&M + Cap 538.4

Total Transmission Business (O&M + Capital) 2,772.5

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Sample Major Transmission InvestmentsRECENTLY COMPLETED PROJECTS• Perryville-related upgrades (ELL/EMI)

– New Perryville-Sterlington 500 kV line– New Ray Braswell 500/230 kV auto– Upgrade of Ray Braswell-North Side-Rex Brown 230 kV line

• Amite South Import (ASI) Improvement Plan (ELL)– New Conway-Panama 230 kV line

• Western Region Reliability Improvement Plan (EGSI-LA)– New China-Porter 230 kV line– New Porter 230/138 kV auto– 300 MVAr SVC at Porter– Series compensation on China-Porter 230 kV line– Upgrade of Amelia-China 230 kV line

• Installation of 3rd 500/115 kV auto at Perryville (ELL)• Hilltop 161 kV switching station (EAI-SPA interconnection)

PLANNED PROJECTS *• 2009 -- ASI Improvement Plan: Phase 2 (ELL)• 2009 -- ASI Improvement Plan: Phase 3 (ELL/EGSI-LA)• 2011 -- Downstream of Gypsy Transmission Improvements: Phase 3 (ELL/ENOI)• 2010 -- Cabot 500/115kV Substation (EAI)

* Projects are subject to regulatory and/or Company review. Some projects still required detailed scoping and analysis. Thus, proposed in-service dates could change.

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Transmission System Metrics2006 Transmission Availability Composite Scores (TACS)

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Transmission Line SAIFI

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Transmission SAIDI

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Meeting Customer Needs• Entergy’s objective is to meet the transmission needs of all

of our customers.

• The Transmission Planning Summit gives us an opportunity to share our planning process and transmission expansion plan with all interested parties.

• Since November 2006, Entergy has enhanced its transmission planning process through the involvement of the ICT.

• Your inputs are very valuable and will help us make the planning process better.