# Proposed Rate Schedule Revisions The Direct Testimony and Exhibits of [[Caroline McNeal]], Manager, Rate Strategy at Entergy Services, LLC (Doc. 54, filed 2026-02-27), in [[Entergy Arkansas]]'s base rate case [[psc/docket-26-001-u-2026-05-22/_overview|Docket 26-001-U]]. McNeal's testimony catalogs *every* rate schedule, rider, and policy schedule the company proposes to revise, withdraw, or create. It is ingested here for one reason: it is the complete, authoritative list of tariff changes in the rate case, and it confirms that **none of them creates a data-center or large-load rate class**. ## What's inside `26-001-U_54_1.pdf` — 54 pages: McNeal's narrative testimony, and **Exhibit CRM-1**, the full rate-schedule change table with active-account counts as of 2026-12-31 [as filed]. McNeal groups changes into five categories — Administrative, Clarifying, Substantive, New, and Withdrawn (p. 9). ## No new large-load or data-center schedule The six **new** rate schedules McNeal lists (Table 4, p. 16) are all residential, small/general, or formula-plan instruments: - No. 2, Residential Time-of-Use (RTOU) - No. 3, Extra-Small General Service (ESGS) - No. 4, General Service (GS) - No. 18, Irrigation Pumping Service (IP) - No. 30, Low Income Qualified Discount Rider (LQDR) - No. 58, Formula Rate Plan 2.0 Rider (FRP-2) The terms "data center," "hyperscale," and "large load" do not appear in McNeal's testimony or in Exhibit CRM-1. The existing large-customer schedules — Large Power High Load Density Service (Rate Schedule No. 10) and the Optional Interruptible Service Rider — are *revised* (a "Substantive" change, sponsored by witness Dalrymple), not replaced, and the revisions are described as conforming the schedules to updated MISO requirements. Exhibit CRM-1 shows the large-power classes are tiny: Large General Service 1,819 accounts, Large Power Service 166, **Large Power High Load Density Service 29**, against 610,739 residential accounts. ## Context worth noting - McNeal's testimony confirms the **Small General Service (SGS) schedule is being withdrawn** (Table 5, p. 17) — consistent with the [[Class Cost of Service Study]]'s migration of SGS customers to the new ESGS and GS schedules. - The Federal Litigation Consulting Fee Rider cap is raised from $3 million to $5 million annually (p. 27). - A separate Commission rulemaking, Docket 25-043-R, on the General Service Rules, may produce further tariff changes (p. 7). ## People and orgs mentioned - [[Caroline McNeal]] — Manager, Rate Strategy, Regulatory Strategy, Entergy Services, LLC; the witness. - [[Entergy Arkansas]] — the applicant utility. - [[Arkansas Public Service Commission]] — the regulator. - [[J. David Palmer]] — signed the Certificate of Service. ## Concepts invoked - [[Cost-of-service study]] — the rate-design changes implement the [[Class Cost of Service Study]]. ## Events documented - [[2026-02 Entergy Arkansas Files Its Base Rate Case]]. ## Cross-references - [[Class Cost of Service Study]] — Klucher's filing, which this testimony's schedule changes implement. ## Open questions / follow-ups - The substantive revision of the Large Power High Load Density Service schedule (Rate Schedule No. 10) is sponsored by witness Kristin Dalrymple, whose testimony was not retrieved this session — a candidate if the large-load tariff becomes a focus.