Financial report context:
entergy corporation and subsidiaries notes to financial statements rate of 2.04% ( 2.04 % ) . although the principal amount is not due until the date given in the tables above , entergy louisiana investment recovery funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds over the next five years in the amounts of $ 21.7 million for 2017 , $ 22.3 million for 2018 , $ 22.7 million for 2019 , $ 23.2 million for 2020 , and $ 11 million for 2021 . with the proceeds , entergy louisiana investment recovery funding purchased from entergy louisiana the investment recovery property , which is the right to recover from customers through an investment recovery charge amounts sufficient to service the bonds . in accordance with the financing order , entergy louisiana will apply the proceeds it received from the sale of the investment recovery property as a reimbursement for previously-incurred investment recovery costs . the investment recovery property is reflected as a regulatory asset on the consolidated entergy louisiana balance sheet . the creditors of entergy louisiana do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of entergy louisiana investment recovery funding , including the investment recovery property , and the creditors of entergy louisiana investment recovery funding do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of entergy louisiana . entergy louisiana has no payment obligations to entergy louisiana investment recovery funding except to remit investment recovery charge collections . entergy new orleans securitization bonds - hurricane isaac in may 2015 the city council issued a financing order authorizing the issuance of securitization bonds to recover entergy new orleans 2019s hurricane isaac storm restoration costs of $ 31.8 million , including carrying costs , the costs of funding and replenishing the storm recovery reserve in the amount of $ 63.9 million , and approximately $ 3 million of up-front financing costs associated with the securitization . in july 2015 , entergy new orleans storm recovery funding i , l.l.c. , a company wholly owned and consolidated by entergy new orleans , issued $ 98.7 million of storm cost recovery bonds . the bonds have a coupon of 2.67% ( 2.67 % ) . although the principal amount is not due until the date given in the tables above , entergy new orleans storm recovery funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds over the next five years in the amounts of $ 10.6 million for 2017 , $ 11 million for 2018 , $ 11.2 million for 2019 , $ 11.6 million for 2020 , and $ 11.9 million for 2021 . with the proceeds , entergy new orleans storm recovery funding purchased from entergy new orleans the storm recovery property , which is the right to recover from customers through a storm recovery charge amounts sufficient to service the securitization bonds . the storm recovery property is reflected as a regulatory asset on the consolidated entergy new orleans balance sheet . the creditors of entergy new orleans do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of entergy new orleans storm recovery funding , including the storm recovery property , and the creditors of entergy new orleans storm recovery funding do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of entergy new orleans . entergy new orleans has no payment obligations to entergy new orleans storm recovery funding except to remit storm recovery charge collections . entergy texas securitization bonds - hurricane rita in april 2007 the puct issued a financing order authorizing the issuance of securitization bonds to recover $ 353 million of entergy texas 2019s hurricane rita reconstruction costs and up to $ 6 million of transaction costs , offset by $ 32 million of related deferred income tax benefits . in june 2007 , entergy gulf states reconstruction funding i , llc , a company that is now wholly-owned and consolidated by entergy texas , issued $ 329.5 million of senior secured transition bonds ( securitization bonds ) as follows : amount ( in thousands ) .

Financial table:
amount ( in thousands ): senior secured transition bonds series a:
amount ( in thousands ): tranche a-1 ( 5.51% ( 5.51 % ) ) due october 2013; column_2: $ 93500
amount ( in thousands ): tranche a-2 ( 5.79% ( 5.79 % ) ) due october 2018; column_2: 121600
amount ( in thousands ): tranche a-3 ( 5.93% ( 5.93 % ) ) due june 2022; column_2: 114400
amount ( in thousands ): total senior secured transition bonds; column_2: $ 329500

Additional report context:
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Question: relating to the texas securitization bonds , what were the total amounts ( millions ) of the issuance when considering the transaction costs and the related deferred income tax benefits?
Answer: 327