Company: EAI
Filing Date: 2025-02-18
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000065984-25-000012
Chunk: 504

Company: ENTERGY ARKANSAS, LLC
Filing Date: 2025-02-18
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 7
Chunk 504
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 base recalculations that were part of the overall depreciation rate recalculations.  In addition, the LPSC requested that the FERC either confirm the LPSC’s interpretation of the refund associated with the decommissioning uncertain tax positions or explain why it is not doing so.  In October 2023 the FERC issued a notice that the rehearing request was deemed denied by operation of law.  In November 2023 the FERC issued a further notice stating that it would not issue any further order addressing the rehearing request.  Also in November 2023 the LPSC filed with the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit a petition for review of the FERC’s August 2023 rehearing order and denials of the September 2023 rehearing request.In December 2023 the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit lifted the abeyance on the consolidated System Energy appeals and it also consolidated the LPSC’s appeal with the System Energy appeals.  Briefing of the appeals occurred between March 2024 and July 2024.  In September 2024 the parties filed a joint motion to continue and stay oral argument, previously scheduled for October 2024, pending the FERC’s decision whether to approve the settlement between System Energy and the LPSC, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted the motion.  In November 2024, after the FERC issued the order approving the settlement between System Energy and the LPSC, System Energy, the LPSC, the APSC, and the FERC filed a joint stipulation to dismiss the pending appeals, which the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted.As discussed below in “System Energy Settlement with the MPSC,” “System Energy Settlement with the APSC,” “System Energy Settlement with the City Council,” and “System Energy Settlement with the LPSC,” the MPSC, the APSC, the City Council, and the LPSC have settled their claims related to this proceeding.LPSC Additional ComplaintsIn May 2020 the LPSC authorized its staff to file additional complaints at the FERC related to the rates charged by System Energy for Grand Gulf energy and capacity supplied to Entergy Louisiana under the Unit Power Sales Agreement.  The LPSC directive noted that the initial decision issued by the presiding ALJ in the Grand Gulf sale-leaseback complaint proceeding did not address, for procedural reasons, certain rate issues raised by the LPSC and declined to order further investigation of rates charged by System