Amendment, dated as of October 17, 2017, pursuant to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 14, 2015, as amended, among Entergy Texas, Inc., as the Borrower, the banks and other financial institutions party thereto as Lenders, Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and as an LC Issuing Bank, and the other LC Issuing Banks party thereto

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Exhibit 4(m)

AGREEMENT

Dated as of October 17, 2017

Citibank, N.A.
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
BNP Paribas
Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
The Bank of Nova Scotia
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.,
each severally as an LC Issuing Bank under the
Credit Agreement (as defined below)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August 14, 2015 (as amended, restated, modified or otherwise supplemented prior to the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement”), among Entergy Texas, Inc., as the Borrower, the banks and other financial institutions party thereto as Lenders, Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and as an LC Issuing Bank, and the other LC Issuing Banks party thereto. Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given such terms in the Credit Agreement.

Section 1. Modification of LC Fronting Commitments. Pursuant to the definition of Fronting Commitment, each LC Issuing Bank severally agrees with the Borrower to modify its respective Fronting Commitment to the respective amount listed opposite its name in the attached Schedule III Fronting Commitment Schedule and that such attached Schedule III Fronting Commitment Schedule shall replace the existing schedule attached as Schedule III to the Credit Agreement with respect to such LC Issuing Bank’s Fronting Commitment.

Section 2. Effectiveness of Agreement. Section 1 above shall be effective with respect to any LC Issuing Bank as of the date hereof when and if the Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement shall have received counterparts of this agreement (this “Agreement”), duly executed by the Borrower and such LC Issuing Bank; provided, however, that Section 1 above shall not be effective with respect to any LC Issuing Bank where there is currently outstanding a Letter of Credit issued by such LC Issuing Bank in excess of the amount of its Fronting Commitment pursuant to Schedule III attached hereto, until the amount of such outstanding Letter of Credit has been reduced to an amount not in excess of the amount of its Fronting Commitment pursuant to Schedule III attached hereto pursuant to written documentation of such LC Issuing Bank.
Section 3. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or in electronic (i.e., “pdf” or “tif”) format shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.





Section 4. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

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Please indicate your agreement to the foregoing by signing and returning a counterpart to this Amendment by facsimile or e-mail to Ryan Garka (fax no. 704 ###-###-####, Attention: Ryan Garka / ***@***).
    

Very truly yours,

ENTERGY TEXAS, INC.

By /s/ Stacey M. Loustea
Stacey M. Lousteau
Assistant Treasurer


The undersigned hereby agree to the foregoing:

CITIBANK, N.A., as LC Issuing Bank

By    /s/ Richard Rivera            
Name: Richard Rivera    
Title: Vice President    


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A, as LC Issuing Bank

By/s/ Juan J. Javellana            
Name: Juan J. Javellana    
Title: Executive Director    


WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as LC Issuing Bank

By/s/ Keith Luttell            
Name: Keith Luettel    
Title: Director


BNP PARIBAS, as LC Issuing Bank

By/s/ Theodore Sheen            
Name: Theodore Sheen    
Title: Director

By/s/ Karima Omar            
Name: Karima Omar    
Title: Vice President    







MIZUHO BANK, LTD., as LC Issuing Bank

By/s/ Nelson Chang            
Name: Nelson Chang    
Title: Authorized Signatory    


THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as LC Issuing Bank

By/s/ David Dewar            
Name: David Dewar    
Title: Director    


THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., as LC Issuing Bank

By    /s/ Cherese Joseph            
Name: Cherese Joseph    
Title: Vice President    









SCHEDULE III
FRONTING COMMITMENT SCHEDULE
Name of LC Issuing Bank
Fronting Commitment Amount
Citibank, N.A.
$0
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
$5,000,000
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
$0
BNP Paribas
$5,000,000
Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
$10,000,000
The Bank of Nova Scotia
$10,000,000
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
$0
 
 
TOTAL
$30,000,000