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 total of principal payments in 2017, in thousands?
how much does this total represent, in percentage, in relation to the total senior secured transition bonds?

Answers:
27600
8.38%