E9-16167. Louisiana Public Service Commission, Complainant v. Entergy Corporation, Entergy Services, Inc., Entergy Louisiana, LLC, Entergy Arkansas, Inc., Entergy Mississippi, Inc., Entergy New Orleans, Inc., Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, LLC, and ...

June 30, 2009.

Take notice that on June 29, 2009, the Louisiana Public Service Commission filed a formal complaint against Entergy Corp., Entergy Services, Inc., Entergy Louisiana, LLC, Entergy Arkansas, Inc., Entergy Mississippi, Inc., Entergy New Orleans, Inc., Entergy Texas, Inc., and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, LLC, pursuant to section 206 of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 824e and 18 CFR 386.206, alleging that sales of electric energy by Entergy Arkansas, Inc. to third party power marketers and others that are not members of the Entergy System Agreement (System Agreement): (a) Violated the provisions of the System Agreement that allocate the energy generated by System resources, (b) imprudently denied the System and its ultimate consumers the benefits of low-cost System generating capacity, and (c) violated the provisions of the System Agreement that prohibits sales to third parties by individual companies absent an offer of a Right-of-First-Refusal to the other companies.

The Louisiana Public Service Commission certifies that copies of the complaint were served on the contacts for Entergy Corp., Entergy Services, Inc., Entergy Louisiana, LLC, Entergy Arkansas, Inc., Entergy Mississippi, Inc., Entergy New Orleans, Inc., Entergy Texas, Inc., and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, LLC, as listed on the Commission's list of Corporate Officials.

Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. The Respondent's answer and all interventions or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. The Respondent's answer, motions to intervene, and protests must be served on the Complainants.

The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the “eFiling” link at http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

This filing is accessible on-line at http://www.ferc.gov,, using the “eLibrary” link and is available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an “eSubscription” link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail [e-mail], or call [phone] (toll free). For TTY, call [phone].

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on July 20, 2009.

Kimberly D. Bose,

Secretary.