Please answer the given financial question based on the context.
Context: entergy corporation and subsidiaries notes to financial statements as of december 31 , 2015 , system energy , in connection with the grand gulf sale and leaseback transactions , had future minimum lease payments ( reflecting an implicit rate of 5.13% ( 5.13 % ) ) that are recorded as long-term debt , as follows : amount ( in thousands ) .
||amount ( in thousands )|
|2016|$ 17188|
|2017|17188|
|2018|17188|
|2019|17188|
|2020|17188|
|years thereafter|275000|
|total|360940|
|less : amount representing interest|326579|
|present value of net minimum lease payments|$ 34361|
note 11 . retirement , other postretirement benefits , and defined contribution qualified pension plans entergy has nine qualified pension plans covering substantially all employees . the 201centergy corporation retirement plan for non-bargaining employees , 201d 201centergy corporation retirement plan for bargaining employees , 201d 201centergy corporation retirement plan ii for non-bargaining employees , 201d 201centergy corporation retirement plan ii for bargaining employees , 201d 201centergy corporation retirement plan iv for non-bargaining employees , 201d and 201centergy corporation retirement plan iv for bargaining employees 201d are non-contributory final average pay plans and provide pension benefits that are based on employees 2019 credited service and compensation during employment . the 201centergy corporation retirement plan iii 201d is a final average pay plan that provides pension benefits that are based on employees 2019 credited service and compensation during the final years before retirement and includes a mandatory employee contribution of 3% ( 3 % ) of earnings during the first 10 years of plan participation , and allows voluntary contributions from 1% ( 1 % ) to 10% ( 10 % ) of earnings for a limited group of employees . non-bargaining employees whose most recent date of hire is after june 30 , 2014 participate in the 201centergy corporation cash balance plan for non-bargaining employees . 201d certain bargaining employees hired or rehired after june 30 , 2014 , or such later date provided for in their applicable collective bargaining agreements , participate in the 201centergy corporation cash balance plan for bargaining employees . 201d the registrant subsidiaries participate in these four plans : 201centergy corporation retirement plan for non-bargaining employees , 201d 201centergy corporation retirement plan for bargaining employees , 201d 201centergy corporation cash balance plan for non-bargaining employees , 201d and 201centergy cash balance plan for bargaining employees . 201d .
Question: in 2015 what was the percent of the total future minimum lease payments that was due in 2018


Answer: The answer is:0.04762