Company: EAI
Filing Date: 2025-05-01
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000065984-25-000046
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Company: ENTERGY ARKANSAS, LLC
Filing Date: 2025-05-01
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 1
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 the distribution cost recovery factor rider filings.

The volume/weather variance is primarily due to the effect of more favorable weather on residential sales, an increase in weather-adjusted residential usage, and an increase in commercial usage.  The increase in weather-adjusted residential usage and the increase in commercial usage are primarily due to an increase in customers.

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Table of ContentsEntergy Texas, Inc. and SubsidiariesManagement’s Financial Discussion and Analysis

Total electric energy sales for Entergy Texas for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 are as follows:

20252024% Change(GWh)Residential1,559 1,311 19 Commercial1,110 1,083 2 Industrial2,160 2,053 5 Governmental63 63 —   Total retail  4,892 4,510 8 Sales for resale:  Non-associated companies52 117 (56)Total4,944 4,627 7 

See Note 12 to the financial statements herein for additional discussion of Entergy Texas’s operating revenues.

Other Income Statement Variances

Other operation and maintenance expenses decreased primarily due to contract costs of $2.0 million, in first quarter 2024, related to operational performance, customer service, and organizational health initiatives and a decrease of $1.9 million in non-nuclear generation expenses primarily due to a lower scope of work performed in 2025 as compared to 2024.

Taxes other than income taxes increased primarily due to increases in ad valorem taxes resulting from higher assessments.

Depreciation and amortization expenses decreased primarily due to the recognition of $13.8 million in depreciation expense in first quarter 2024 for the 2022 base rate case relate back period, effective over six months beginning January 2024.  The recognition of depreciation expense for the relate back period was effective over the same period as collections from the relate back surcharge rider and resulted in no effect on net income.  See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of the 2022 base rate case.  The decrease was partially offset by additions to plant in service.

Other income increased primarily due to an increase in the allowance for equity funds used during construction due to higher construction work in progress in 2025, including the Orange County Advanced Power Station project and the Legend Power Station project.

Interest expense increased primarily due to:

•the issuance of $350 million of