# Adrien M. McKenzie Adrien M. McKenzie is the return-on-equity (ROE) expert witness retained by [[Entergy Arkansas]] in its 2026 base rate case ([[docket-26-001-u-schedule-h-2026-05-22/_overview|Docket 26-001-U]]). Notably, his recommended ROE is **higher** than the 9.90% the Company actually requests. ## Role and affiliations McKenzie testifies on behalf of Entergy Arkansas as its cost-of-equity expert. The corpus does not name his firm or employer. ## Appearances in the corpus - [[26-001-U Doc 47 Volume 1 Application and Schedules A-B]] — the Application states the requested ROE of 9.90% is "expressly below" what EAL's expert McKenzie recommended (paragraph 1), framing the 9.9% ask as an EAL-mitigated number. - [[docket-26-001-u-schedule-h-2026-05-22/_overview|Docket 26-001-U Schedule H overview]] — quotes Application Item 1: "[EAL] is making elections in this case that keep the rate effect low such as a return on equity ('ROE') of 9.90 percent, which is **lower than the ROE recommended by EAL's expert witness Adrien McKenzie**." - [[26-001-U Doc 47 Volume 3 Schedules D]] — notes the 9.90% ROE is below McKenzie's recommendation per the Application (Item 1). ## Notes McKenzie's direct ROE testimony was not retrieved this session; the corpus establishes only that his recommended ROE exceeds the 9.9% EAL requests. His firm/employer is not named in the retrieved corpus.