ESI has concluded its review and evaluation of the proposals submitted in response to the July 2009 Baseload RFP.  As a result of the evaluation of product proposals, ESI has determined that the proposals do not offer economic and operational benefits for the Entergy System.  The Bidders have been notified that their proposals have been rejected.

As noted in the RFP documents, ESI considered a self-supply alternative as part of this RFP.  The self-supply alternative consists of a 336 MW, cost-based purchase of wholesale baseload capacity from Entergy Arkansas, Inc. (“EAI”) (the self-supply alternative was referred to in the RFP documents as the “EAI WBL").  Based on the results of the RFP, the Entergy Operating Committee has elected to proceed with the self-supply alternative.

This concludes ESI’s July 2009 Baseload RFP.