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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 Net increase in cash and cash equivalents65,143 770,427 Cash and cash equivalents at end of period$392,245 $773,199 

Operating Activities

Net cash flow provided by operating activities decreased $31.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024 primarily due to higher fuel and purchased power payments and the timing of recovery of fuel and purchased power costs, the timing of payments to vendors, and an increase of $61.1 million in interest paid.  The decrease was partially offset by higher collections from customers.  See Note 2 to the financial statements herein and in the Form 10-K for a discussion of fuel and purchased power cost recovery.

Investing Activities

Net cash flow used in investing activities increased $212.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024 primarily due to:

•an increase of $114.4 million in non-nuclear generation construction expenditures primarily due to higher spending on new generation resources in north Louisiana;

•an increase of $107.7 million in distribution construction expenditures primarily due to increased investment in the resilience of the distribution system and higher capital expenditures for storm restoration in 2025.  The increase in storm restoration expenditures is primarily due to Hurricane Francine restoration efforts in 2025;

•an increase in cash used of $102.3 million as a result of fluctuations in nuclear fuel activity due to variations from year to year in the timing and pricing of fuel reload requirements, materials and services deliveries, and the timing of cash payments during the nuclear fuel cycle;

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•an increase of $88.6 million in nuclear construction expenditures primarily due to increased spending on various nuclear projects in 2025; and

•an increase of $53 million in transmission construction expenditures primarily due to increased spending on various transmission projects in 2025.

The increase was partially offset by:

•money pool activity;

•a decrease of $29.1 million in information technology capital expenditures primarily due to decreased spending on various technology projects in 2025; and

•the receipt of $33.5 million from the storm reserve escrow account in 2025. See Note 2 to the financial statements herein for a discussion of the storm reserve funds.

Increases in Entergy Louisiana’s receivable from the