Company: EAI
Filing Date: 2025-10-31
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000065984-25-000132
Chunk: 284

Company: ENTERGY ARKANSAS, LLC
Filing Date: 2025-10-31
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 7
Chunk 284
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 $1,712 million in non-nuclear generation construction expenditures primarily due to higher spending by Entergy Arkansas on the Ironwood Power Station (formerly Lake Catherine Unit 5) project, by Entergy Louisiana on the Franklin Farms Power Station Units 1 and 2 project and the Sterlington Facility solar project, by Entergy Mississippi on the Delta Blues Advanced Power Station project, the Vicksburg Advanced Power Station project, and the Penton Solar project, and by Entergy Texas on the Lone Star Power Station project, the Legend Power Station project, and the Orange County Advanced Power Station project;

•an increase of $340 million in distribution construction expenditures primarily due to increased investment in the resilience of the Utility distribution system and higher capital expenditures for storm restoration in 2025;

•an increase of $168 million in transmission construction expenditures primarily due to higher spending by Entergy Louisiana on the Amite South transmission projects and increased spending on various other transmission projects in 2025;

•an increase of $106 million in nuclear construction expenditures primarily due to increased spending on various nuclear projects in 2025;

•cash collateral of $37 million posted in 2025 to support Entergy Louisiana’s obligations to MISO; and

•an increase of $36 million in decommissioning trust fund investment activity.

The increase was partially offset by:

•the receipt of $491 million in proceeds from the sale of the Entergy Louisiana and Entergy New Orleans natural gas distribution businesses on July 1, 2025.  See Note 13 to the financial statements herein for discussion of the sale of the Entergy Louisiana and Entergy New Orleans natural gas distribution businesses on July 1, 2025;

•the initial payment of approximately $308 million in August 2024 for the purchase of the Driver Solar facility by Entergy Arkansas;

•the initial and substantial completion payments totaling approximately $186 million in 2024 for the purchase of the Walnut Bend Solar facility by Entergy Arkansas;

•a decrease of $79 million in information technology capital expenditures primarily due to decreased spending on technology upgrade projects in 2025;

•the initial payment of approximately $48 million in August 2024 for the purchase of the West Memphis Solar facility by Entergy Arkansas;

•net receipts from storm reserve escrow accounts of $34 million in 2025 compared to net payments to storm reserve escrow accounts of $13 million in 2024; and

•a decrease of $41 million in nuclear fuel purchases due to variations from year to year in the timing and