Company: EAI
Filing Date: 2025-02-18
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000065984-25-000012
Chunk: 879

Company: ENTERGY ARKANSAS, LLC
Filing Date: 2025-02-18
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 7
Chunk 879
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Transmission945 1,435 1,270 Distribution1,140 1,100 685 Utility Support110 105 210 Total$3,830 $4,615 $4,735 

In addition to routine capital spending to maintain operations, the planned capital investment estimate for Entergy Louisiana includes investments in generation projects to modernize, decarbonize, expand, and diversify Entergy Louisiana’s portfolio, as well as to support customer growth, including St. Jacques Facility, Sterlington facility, Bayou Power Station, and new generation resources in north Louisiana; investments in River Bend and Waterford 3; distribution and Utility support spending to improve reliability, resilience, and customer experience; transmission spending to improve reliability and resilience while also supporting renewables expansion and customer growth; and other investments.  Estimated capital expenditures are subject to periodic review and modification and may vary based on the ongoing effects of regulatory constraints and requirements, governmental actions, including trade-related governmental actions, such as tariffs and other measures, environmental compliance, business opportunities, market volatility, economic trends, business restructuring, changes in project plans, and the ability to access capital, including any changes to governmental programs, such as loans, grants, guarantees, and other subsidies.  Entergy Louisiana is not able to predict the effect of potential changes in regulation and law, changes to governmental programs, such as loans, grants, guarantees, and other subsidies, and trade-related governmental actions, such as tariffs and other measures, on its current and planned capital projects.

Following are the amounts of Entergy Louisiana’s existing debt and lease obligations (includes estimated interest payments).

 2025202620272028-2029After 2029 (In Millions)Long-term debt (a)$686 $1,088 $909 $1,081 $12,568 Operating leases (b)$20 $18 $15 $18 $4 Finance leases (b)$7 $6 $5 $7 $5 

(a)Long-term debt is discussed in Note 5 to the financial statements.

(b)Lease obligations are discussed in Note 10 to the financial statements.

Other Obligations

Entergy Louisiana currently expects to contribute approximately $41.3 million to its qualified pension plans and approximately $14.4 million to its other postretirement plans in 2025, although the 2025 required pension contributions will be known with more certainty when the January 1, 2025, val