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 3
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 selection of a specific route with an estimated cost of $1.4 billion.  In October 2025 the PUCT issued a final order approving the requested amendment to Entergy Texas’s certificate of convenience and necessity to construct, own, and operate the new single-circuit 500 kV transmission line and associated stations and 138/230 kV facilities, and selecting the final route for the project, which has an estimated cost of $1.36 billion.  Construction of the project is expected to be completed by the end of 2029.

Legend to Sandling 230kV Transmission Line

In April 2025, Entergy Texas filed an application seeking PUCT approval to amend Entergy Texas’s certificate of convenience and necessity to construct, own, and operate a new single-circuit 230 kV transmission line.  The transmission line is expected to be approximately 9 to 10 miles in length and the estimated cost of the project ranges from $87.4 million to $88.6 million, depending on the route ultimately approved by the PUCT.  Also in April 2025 the PUCT referred the proceeding to the State Office of Administrative Hearings.  In July 2025, Entergy Texas filed an unopposed settlement agreement resolving all issues in the proceeding and a joint motion, which the ALJ with the State Office of Administrative Hearings granted, on behalf of the parties to the proceeding to cancel the remaining procedural schedule, to admit evidence, and to remand the proceeding to the PUCT to consider the unopposed settlement agreement.  In September 2025 the PUCT issued a notice of approval for the requested amendment to Entergy Texas’s certificate of convenience and necessity to construct, own, and operate the new single-circuit 230 kV transmission line, with a selected route at an estimated cost of $87.6 million.  Subject to receipt of required regulatory approval and other conditions, construction of the project is expected to be completed by second quarter 2027.

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Cypress to Legend 500 kV Transmission Line

In May 2025, Entergy Texas filed an application seeking PUCT approval to amend Entergy Texas’s certificate of convenience and necessity to construct, own, and operate a new single-circuit 500 kV transmission line.  The transmission line is expected to be approximately 40 to 49 miles in length and the estimated cost of