Please answer the given financial question based on the context.
Context: entergy corporation and subsidiaries notes to financial statements ferc audit report , system energy initially recorded as a net regulatory asset the difference between the recovery of the lease payments and the amounts expensed for interest and depreciation and continues to record this difference as a regulatory asset or liability on an ongoing basis , resulting in a zero net balance for the regulatory asset at the end of the lease term . the amount was a net regulatory asset ( liability ) of ( $ 2.0 ) million and $ 60.6 million as of december 31 , 2011 and 2010 , respectively . as of december 31 , 2011 , system energy had future minimum lease payments ( reflecting an implicit rate of 5.13% ( 5.13 % ) ) , which are recorded as long-term debt as follows : amount ( in thousands ) .
||amount ( in thousands )|
|2012|$ 49959|
|2013|50546|
|2014|51637|
|2015|52253|
|2016|-|
|years thereafter|-|
|total|204395|
|less : amount representing interest|25611|
|present value of net minimum lease payments|$ 178784|
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Question: in how many years will is the company expected to pay off all its future minimum lease payments?


Answer: The answer is:4.0