entergy corporation and subsidiaries notes to financial statements 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 % ) and an expected maturity date of june 2024 . although the principal amount is not due until the date given above , entergy new orleans storm recovery funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds over the next five years in the amounts of $ 11.4 million for 2016 , $ 10.6 million for 2017 , $ 11 million for 2018 , $ 11.2 million for 2019 , and $ 11.6 million for 2020 . 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 ) .

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

although the principal amount of each tranche is not due until the dates given above , entergy gulf states reconstruction funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds over the next five years in the amounts of $ 26 million for 2016 , $ 27.6 million for 2017 , $ 29.2 million for 2018 , $ 30.9 million for 2019 , and $ 32.8 million for 2020 . all of the scheduled principal payments for 2016 are for tranche a-2 , $ 23.6 million of the scheduled principal payments for 2017 are for tranche a-2 and $ 4 million of the scheduled principal payments for 2017 are for tranche a-3 . all of the scheduled principal payments for 2018-2020 are for tranche a-3 . with the proceeds , entergy gulf states reconstruction funding purchased from entergy texas the transition property , which is the right to recover from customers through a transition charge amounts sufficient to service the securitization bonds . the transition property is reflected as a regulatory asset on the consolidated entergy texas balance sheet . the creditors of entergy texas do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of entergy gulf states reconstruction funding , including the transition property , and the creditors of entergy gulf states reconstruction funding do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of entergy texas . entergy texas has no payment obligations to entergy gulf states reconstruction funding except to remit transition charge collections. .

Questions:
what was the principal payment in 2020, in millions?
and how much would it be in thousands of dollars?
how much, then, does the principal payment in 2020, in thousands of dollars, represent in relation to the total senior secured transition bonds?

Answers:
32.8
32800
9.96%