Please answer the given financial question based on the context.
Context: entergy corporation and subsidiaries notes to financial statements ( a ) consists of pollution control revenue bonds and environmental revenue bonds , some of which are secured by collateral first mortgage bonds . ( b ) these notes do not have a stated interest rate , but have an implicit interest rate of 4.8% ( 4.8 % ) . ( c ) pursuant to the nuclear waste policy act of 1982 , entergy 2019s nuclear owner/licensee subsidiaries have contracts with the doe for spent nuclear fuel disposal service . the contracts include a one-time fee for generation prior to april 7 , 1983 . entergy arkansas is the only entergy company that generated electric power with nuclear fuel prior to that date and includes the one-time fee , plus accrued interest , in long-term debt . ( d ) see note 10 to the financial statements for further discussion of the waterford 3 lease obligation and entergy louisiana 2019s acquisition of the equity participant 2019s beneficial interest in the waterford 3 leased assets and for further discussion of the grand gulf lease obligation . ( e ) this note does not have a stated interest rate , but has an implicit interest rate of 7.458% ( 7.458 % ) . ( f ) the fair value excludes lease obligations of $ 57 million at entergy louisiana and $ 34 million at system energy , and long-term doe obligations of $ 182 million at entergy arkansas , and includes debt due within one year . fair values are classified as level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in note 15 to the financial statements and are based on prices derived from inputs such as benchmark yields and reported trades . the annual long-term debt maturities ( excluding lease obligations and long-term doe obligations ) for debt outstanding as of december 31 , 2016 , for the next five years are as follows : amount ( in thousands ) .
||amount ( in thousands )|
|2017|$ 307403|
|2018|$ 828084|
|2019|$ 724899|
|2020|$ 795000|
|2021|$ 1674548|
in november 2000 , entergy 2019s non-utility nuclear business purchased the fitzpatrick and indian point 3 power plants in a seller-financed transaction . as part of the purchase agreement with nypa , entergy recorded a liability representing the net present value of the payments entergy would be liable to nypa for each year that the fitzpatrick and indian point 3 power plants would run beyond their respective original nrc license expiration date . in october 2015 , entergy announced a planned shutdown of fitzpatrick at the end of its fuel cycle . as a result of the announcement , entergy reduced this liability by $ 26.4 million pursuant to the terms of the purchase agreement . in august 2016 , entergy entered into a trust transfer agreement with nypa to transfer the decommissioning trust funds and decommissioning liabilities for the indian point 3 and fitzpatrick plants to entergy . as part of the trust transfer agreement , the original decommissioning agreements were amended , and the entergy subsidiaries 2019 obligation to make additional license extension payments to nypa was eliminated . in the third quarter 2016 , entergy removed the note payable of $ 35.1 million from the consolidated balance sheet . entergy louisiana , entergy mississippi , entergy texas , and system energy have obtained long-term financing authorizations from the ferc that extend through october 2017 . entergy arkansas has obtained long-term financing authorization from the apsc that extends through december 2018 . entergy new orleans has obtained long-term financing authorization from the city council that extends through june 2018 . capital funds agreement pursuant to an agreement with certain creditors , entergy corporation has agreed to supply system energy with sufficient capital to : 2022 maintain system energy 2019s equity capital at a minimum of 35% ( 35 % ) of its total capitalization ( excluding short- term debt ) ; .
Question: what are long term debt payments in the next three years , in thousands?\\n


Answer: The answer is:1860386.0