Public Policy & Advocacy
Entergy Corporation’s success depends on sound public policies at the national, state, and local levels.
We are involved in a number of legislative and regulatory initiatives in a broad spectrum of policy
areas that can have an immediate and dramatic effect on our operations. Through our participationand that of our employees, we promote legislative and regulatory actions that further our businessobjectives.
Entergy Political Contributions and Political Action Committee Activity•Corporate Political Contributions
Political contributions of all types are subject to extensive governmental regulation andpublic disclosure laws and reporting requirements. Entergy is fully committed to complying
with all applicable campaign finance laws and has procedures in place to assure that
corporate political contributions are made in compliance with applicable laws and will be timely
reported.
Federal law prohibits Entergy from supporting candidates for federal office while some states
permit corporate contributions to state and local candidates or ballot issue campaigns. It is
the policy of Entergy and its subsidiaries that corporate contributions may not be made directly
to federal, state, or local candidates. Our policy also prohibits Entergy and its subsidiaries frommaking direct independent expenditures.
Corporate contributions to federal, state, andlocal political associations and organizations, including ballot measure committees, may bemade by Entergy and its subsidiaries with the requisite approval. At the state level, approvalof the President of the appropriate subsidiary is required, and at the federal level, approvalof the Senior Vice President, Federal Policy, Regulatory and Governmental Affairs isrequired. All contributions are reviewed to ensure compliance with applicable laws andregulations. Entergy also places the limitations below on its political contributions:o Political contributions shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations related
to ethics in government, lobbying, and political contributions.
o Political spending will reflect Entergy’s interests and not those of its individual officers
or directors.
o No political contribution will be given in anticipation of, in recognition of, or in return for any
official act.
o Employees will not be reimbursed for personal political contributions or expenses, either
directly or through compensation increases.

•Trade Associations
We also participate in federal, state, and local issues through our membership in various tradeorganizations which we join to represent various business and industry interests. In addition,
we actively promote the economic health of the jurisdictions we serve through our activities
with chambers of commerce.

•Social Welfare Organizations
We also make contributions to non-profit groups that are organized and operated to promotesocial welfare. These groups may also engage in political activities so long as such activities do
not become their primary purpose. We support these groups to further guide policies andlegislation that affect our business.

•Entergy Political Action Committees
Entergy has established the Entergy Corporation Political Action Committee (“ENPAC”)
to encourage its employees to participate in the political process. Entergy employees who
are defined as executive, professional and administrative personnel may make voluntary
contributions to ENPAC. ENPAC is independent of any political party or candidate.
ENPAC is governed and operated by eligible employees of Entergy and is comprised offour local committees representing ENPAC members in each jurisdiction. Each committee
has a local board or steering committee responsible for reviewing and approving state and local
political contribution requests. The federal committee reviews and recommends federal
political contribution requests. ENPAC contributions go directly to support politicalcandidates and political associations or organizations at both the state and federal levels.

Lobbying Activities
Because Entergy, its customers and stakeholders are directly affected by legislation and/orregulatory policies that are advanced at all levels of government, we actively participate in thedebate as laws and regulations are developed.
•Corporate GovernanceWe engage in lobbying activities at the federal and state level and have policies and proceduresin place to ensure that we conform to any and all applicable laws and regulations pertaining tolobbying activities, as well as our commitment to act with integrity in all of our activities.

•Lobbying
We employ registered lobbyists, both federal and state, to support our legislative and regulatory
activities. Our internal lobbyists are selected after thorough review and with the approval of thesenior governmental affairs officer at the appropriate entity.
To assist us with our advocacy and policy analysis work, we engage external lobbyists.
These lobbyists are carefully vetted and selected by the senior governmental affairs officer
in the appropriate entity. As part of their contractual agreement, external lobbyists must agree
to fully comply with all laws and regulations as they apply in the political jurisdiction where
they are engaged.

Disclosure Policies•

Annual Publication of a Report on Political Contributions
Entergy complies fully with all federal, state, and local laws and reporting requirements
governing ENPAC and corporate political contributions. We also publish, and make available
to our stakeholders, an annual report, which includes:
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Information about Entergy’s political contributions to candidates for election topolitical office, political parties, political committees and political entities organizedunder Section 527 and 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code;The dollar amounts of the portion of more than de minimis annual dues or payments madeby Entergy to trade associations that are not deductible under Section 162(e)(1) of theInternal Revenue Code; andDisclosure of Entergy’s sponsorship of ENPAC and the purpose, governancemechanisms and that information about ENPAC’s activities can be found on the Federal
Elections Commission website.

Federal and State Lobbying Activity
Entergy, its subsidiaries and lobbyists are required to file lobbying reports with the Congressand appropriate state agencies. These reports include information about the issues lobbied,agencies contacted and expenditures incurred. At the federal level lobby reports can bereviewed at www.house.gov for the US House of Representatives, and at www.senate.gov for
the US Senate. State reports are available on the appropriate state agency website.

Board OversightEntergy’s Board of Directors plays an important role in our public policy engagement and politicalparticipation. The Corporate Governance Committee of the Board is apprised of public policy
issues that may potentially affect the reputation of Entergy and the utility industry and is responsible for
ensuring alignment of the company’s policy advocacy efforts with Entergy’s policies and values. At
least annually, our Corporate Governance Committee reviews the report on our political contributionsbefore it is published and receives an update on our lobbying activities.