Company: EAI
Filing Date: 2025-08-01
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000065984-25-000087
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Company: ENTERGY ARKANSAS, LLC
Filing Date: 2025-08-01
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 7
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 types of construction and capital investments:

•investments in generation projects to modernize, decarbonize, expand, and diversify Entergy’s portfolio, as well as to support customer growth, including Lake Catherine Unit 5, Jefferson Power Station, Bayou Power Station, Delta Blues Advanced Power Station, Delta Solar, Penton Solar, Orange County Advanced Power Station, Lone Star Power Station, Segno Solar, Votaw Solar, and potential construction of additional generation;

•investments in the Utility nuclear fleet;

•transmission spending to improve reliability and resilience while also supporting renewables expansion and customer growth; and

•distribution and Utility support spending to improve reliability, resilience, and customer experience through projects focused on asset renewals and enhancements and grid stability.

Renewables

2021 Solar Certification and the Geaux Green Option

As discussed in the Form 10-K, in November 2021, Entergy Louisiana filed an application with the LPSC seeking certification of and approval for the addition of four new solar photovoltaic resources with a combined nameplate capacity of 475 megawatts (the 2021 Solar Portfolio) and the implementation of a new green tariff, the Geaux Green Option (Rider GGO).  The 2021 Solar Portfolio consists of four resources which include (i) the Vacherie Facility, a 150 megawatt resource in St. James Parish; (ii) the Sunlight Road Facility, a 50 megawatt resource in Washington Parish; (iii) the St. Jacques Facility, a 150 megawatt resource in St. James Parish; and (iv) the Elizabeth Facility, a 125 megawatt resource in Allen Parish.  The St. Jacques Facility would be acquired through a build-own-transfer agreement; the remaining resources involve power purchase agreements.  The Sunlight Road Facility and the Elizabeth Facility each achieved commercial operation in 2024, and the Vacherie Facility and the St. Jacques Facility originally had estimated in service dates in 2025.

In August 2022 the parties reached a settlement certifying the 2021 Solar Portfolio and approving implementation of Rider GGO.  In September 2022 the LPSC approved the settlement.  Following the LPSC 

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approval, the St. James Parish council issued a moratorium on new land use permits for solar facilities until the later of March 2023 or the completion of an environmental and economic