part i item 1 entergy corporation , domestic utility companies , and system energy research spending entergy is a member of the electric power research institute ( epri ) . epri conducts a broad range of research in major technical fields related to the electric utility industry . entergy participates in various epri projects based on entergy's needs and available resources . the domestic utility companies contributed $ 1.5 million in 2003 , $ 2.1 million in 2002 , and $ 4 million in 2001 to epri