Company: EAI
Filing Date: 2025-10-31
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000065984-25-000132
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Company: ENTERGY ARKANSAS, LLC
Filing Date: 2025-10-31
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 7
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 further supporting its application in September and October 2025.  A hearing was held in October 2025, and an APSC decision is expected by January 2026.  Entergy Arkansas proposes to recover the costs of constructing Jefferson Power Station through the Generating Arkansas Jobs Act 

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rider, which was approved by the APSC in October 2025.  Subject to receipt of required regulatory approval and other conditions, the facility is expected to be in service by the end of 2029.

Bayou Power Station

In March 2024, Entergy Louisiana filed an application with the LPSC seeking certification that the public convenience and necessity would be served by the construction of the Bayou Power Station, a 112 MW aggregated capacity floating natural gas power station with black-start capability in Leeville, Louisiana and an associated microgrid that would serve nearby areas, including Port Fourchon, Golden Meadow, Leeville, and Grand Isle.  In its application, Entergy Louisiana noted that the estimated cost of the Bayou Power Station was $411 million, including estimated costs of transmission interconnection and other related costs.  In October 2024, Entergy Louisiana filed a motion to suspend the procedural schedule in this proceeding in order to evaluate certain recent developments related to the project including potential changes to the estimated cost of the project.  In October 2025, Entergy Louisiana filed with the LPSC a motion to dismiss its application without prejudice, noting that this project has been canceled and that Entergy Louisiana is evaluating an alternative transmission solution.  In third quarter 2025, Entergy Louisiana expensed $10.8 million of project costs related to the Bayou Power Station project.

Entergy Louisiana Additional Generation and Transmission Resources

As discussed in the Form 10-K, in October 2024, Entergy Louisiana filed an application with the LPSC seeking approval of a variety of generation and transmission resources proposed in connection with establishing service to a new data center to be developed by a subsidiary of Meta Platforms, Inc. in north Louisiana, for which an electric service agreement has been executed.  The filing requests LPSC certification of three new combined cycle combustion turbine generation resources totaling 2,262 MW, each of which will be enabled for future carbon capture and storage, a new 500 kV transmission line, and 500 kV substation upgrades.  Two of the new combined cycle combustion turbine generation resources are to