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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)
☑QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2025

OR

☐TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from ____________ to ____________
Commission File NumberRegistrant, State of Incorporation or Organization, Address of Principal Executive Offices, Telephone Number, and IRS Employer Identification No.Commission File NumberRegistrant, State of Incorporation or Organization, Address of Principal Executive Offices, Telephone Number, and IRS Employer Identification No.
1-11299ENTERGY CORPORATION1-35747ENTERGY NEW ORLEANS, LLC
(a Delaware corporation) 639 Loyola Avenue New Orleans, Louisiana 70113 Telephone (504) 576-4000(a Texas limited liability company) 1600 Perdido Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 Telephone (504) 670-3702
72-122975282-2212934
1-10764ENTERGY ARKANSAS, LLC1-34360ENTERGY TEXAS, INC.
(a Texas limited liability company) 425 West Capitol Avenue Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Telephone (501) 377-4000(a Texas corporation) 2107 Research Forest Drive The Woodlands, Texas 77380 Telephone (409) 981-2000
83-191866861-1435798
1-32718ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC1-09067SYSTEM ENERGY RESOURCES, INC.
(a Texas limited liability company) 4809 Jefferson Highway Jefferson, Louisiana 70121 Telephone (504) 576-4000(an Arkansas corporation) 1340 Echelon Parkway Jackson, Mississippi 39213 Telephone (601) 368-5000
47-446964672-0752777
1-31508ENTERGY MISSISSIPPI, LLC
(a Texas limited liability company) 308 East Pearl Street Jackson, Mississippi 39201 Telephone (601) 368-5000
83-1950019

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

RegistrantTitle of ClassTrading SymbolName of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Entergy CorporationCommon Stock, $0.01 Par ValueETRNew York Stock Exchange
Common Stock, $0.01 Par ValueETRNYSE Texas
Entergy Arkansas, LLCMortgage Bonds, 4.875% Series due September 2066EAINew York Stock Exchange
Entergy Louisiana, LLCMortgage Bonds, 4.875% Series due September 2066ELCNew York Stock Exchange
Entergy Mississippi, LLCMortgage Bonds, 4.90% Series due October 2066EMPNew York Stock Exchange
Entergy New Orleans, LLCMortgage Bonds, 5.0% Series due December 2052ENJNew York Stock Exchange
Mortgage Bonds, 5.50% Series due April 2066ENONew York Stock Exchange
Entergy Texas, Inc.5.375% Series A Preferred Stock, Cumulative, No Par Value (Liquidation Value $25 Per Share)ETI/PRNew York Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

RegistrantTitle of Class
Entergy Texas, Inc.Common Stock, no par value

Indicate by check mark whether the registrants (1) have filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrants were required to file such reports), and (2) have been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☑ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrants have submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrants were required to submit such files). Yes ☑ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether each registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filerAccelerated filerNon-accelerated filerSmaller reporting companyEmerging growth company
Entergy Corporationü
Entergy Arkansas, LLCü
Entergy Louisiana, LLCü
Entergy Mississippi, LLCü
Entergy New Orleans, LLCü
Entergy Texas, Inc.ü
System Energy Resources, Inc.ü

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrants have elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrants are shell companies (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☑

Common Stock OutstandingOutstanding at June 30, 2025
Entergy Corporation($0.01 par value)446,409,069

Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, LLC, Entergy Louisiana, LLC, Entergy Mississippi, LLC, Entergy New Orleans, LLC, Entergy Texas, Inc., and System Energy Resources, Inc. separately file this combined Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Information contained herein relating to any individual company is filed by such company on its own behalf. Each company makes representations only as to itself and makes no other representations whatsoever as to any other company. This combined Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q supplements and updates the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the calendar year ended December 31, 2024 and the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, filed by the individual registrants with the SEC, and should be read in conjunction therewith.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page Number
Forward-looking Informationiii
Definitionsvii
Part I. Financial Information
Entergy Corporation and Subsidiaries
Management’s Financial Discussion and Analysis1
Consolidated Income Statements22
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income23
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows24
Consolidated Balance Sheets26
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity28
Notes to Financial Statements
Note 1. Commitments and Contingencies30
Note 2. Rate and Regulatory Matters31
Note 3. Equity40
Note 4. Revolving Credit Facilities, Lines of Credit, Short-term Borrowings, and Long-term Debt46
Note 5. Stock-based Compensation51
Note 6. Retirement and Other Postretirement Benefits52
Note 7. Business Segment Information59
Note 8. Risk Management and Fair Values62
Note 9. Decommissioning Trust Funds75
Note 10. Income Taxes81
Note 11. Variable Interest Entities82
Note 12. Revenue83
Note 13. Held for Sale and Dispositions86
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk89
Item 4. Controls and Procedures89
Entergy Arkansas, LLC and Subsidiaries
Management’s Financial Discussion and Analysis90
Consolidated Income Statements100
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows101
Consolidated Balance Sheets102
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity104
Entergy Louisiana, LLC and Subsidiaries
Management’s Financial Discussion and Analysis105
Consolidated Income Statements119
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income120
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows121
Consolidated Balance Sheets122
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity124

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Page Number
Entergy Mississippi, LLC and Subsidiaries
Management’s Financial Discussion and Analysis125
Consolidated Income Statements133
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows135
Consolidated Balance Sheets136
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity138
Entergy New Orleans, LLC and Subsidiaries
Management’s Financial Discussion and Analysis139
Consolidated Statements of Operations147
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows149
Consolidated Balance Sheets150
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Member’s Equity152
Entergy Texas, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Management’s Financial Discussion and Analysis153
Consolidated Income Statements163
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows165
Consolidated Balance Sheets166
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity168
System Energy Resources, Inc.
Management’s Financial Discussion and Analysis169
Income Statements174
Statements of Cash Flows175
Balance Sheets176
Statements of Changes in Common Equity178
Part II. Other Information
Item 1. Legal Proceedings179
Item 1A. Risk Factors179
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds179
Item 5. Other Information180
Item 6. Exhibits183
Signature185

ii

FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

In this combined report and from time to time, Entergy Corporation and the Registrant Subsidiaries each makes statements as a registrant concerning its expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, projections, strategies, and future events or performance. Such statements are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as “may,” “will,” “could,” “project,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “goal,” “commitment,” “expect,” “estimate,” “continue,” “potential,” “plan,” “predict,” “forecast,” and other similar words or expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements but are not the only means to identify these statements. Although each of these registrants believes that these forward-looking statements and the underlying assumptions are reasonable, it cannot provide assurance that they will prove correct. Any forward-looking statement is based on information current as of the date of this combined report and speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made. Except to the extent required by the federal securities laws, each registrant undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties. There are factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements, including (a) those factors discussed or incorporated by reference in Item 1A. Risk Factors in the Form 10-K and in this report, (b) those factors discussed or incorporated by reference in Management’s Financial Discussion and Analysis in the Form 10-K and in this report, and (c) the following factors (in addition to others described elsewhere in this combined report and in subsequent filings with the SEC):

  • resolution of pending and future rate cases and related litigation, formula rate proceedings and related negotiations, including various performance-based rate discussions, Entergy’s utility supply plan, and recovery of fuel and purchased power costs, as well as delays in cost recovery resulting from these proceedings;

  • regulatory and operating challenges and uncertainties and economic risks associated with the Utility operating companies’ participation in MISO, including the benefits of continued MISO participation, the effect of current or projected MISO market rules, market design and market and system conditions in the MISO markets, the allocation of MISO system transmission upgrade costs, delays in developing or interconnecting new generation or other resources or other adverse effects arising from the volume of requests in the MISO transmission interconnection queue, which delays or other adverse effects may be exacerbated by significant current and expected load growth, the MISO-wide base rate of return on equity allowed or any MISO-related charges and credits required by the FERC, and the effect of planning decisions that MISO makes with respect to future transmission investments by the Utility operating companies;

  • changes in utility regulation, including, with respect to retail and wholesale competition, the ability to recover net utility assets and other potential stranded costs, including those capital investments associated with unrealized customer growth expectations (including data center customers), and the application of more stringent return on equity criteria, transmission reliability requirements, or market power criteria by the FERC or the U.S. Department of Justice;

  • changes in the regulation or regulatory oversight of Entergy’s owned or operated nuclear generating facilities, nuclear materials and fuel, and the effects of new or existing safety or environmental concerns regarding nuclear power plants and fuel;

  • resolution of pending or future applications, as well as regulatory proceedings and litigation, relating to generation, transmission, or other facilities (including license modifications or other authorizations for nuclear generating facilities) and the effect of public and political opposition on these applications, regulatory proceedings, and litigation, including without limitation opposition to the employment of technologies to capture, transport, and store carbon dioxide from gas plants, land use opposition to new solar facilities and transmission lines, and land use and other environmental opposition to wind turbines;

  • the performance of and deliverability of power from Entergy’s generation resources, including the capacity factors at Entergy’s nuclear generating facilities;

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FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION (Continued)

  • increases in costs and capital expenditures that could result from changing regulatory requirements, changing governmental policies, priorities, programs, and actions, including as a result of tariffs, shifts in international trade policies, and other measures, changing or volatile economic conditions, disruptions to pre-existing supply chains and vendor relations, and emerging operating and industry issues, such as anticipated growth in demand from large data centers, and the risks related to recovery of these costs and capital expenditures from Entergy’s customers (especially in an increasing cost environment);

  • the commitment of substantial human and capital resources required for the safe and reliable operation and maintenance of Entergy’s utility system, including its nuclear generating facilities;

  • Entergy’s ability to develop and execute on a point of view regarding future prices of electricity, natural gas, and other energy-related commodities;

  • the prices and availability of fuel and power Entergy must purchase for its Utility customers, particularly given the recent and ongoing significant growth in liquified natural gas exports and the associated significantly increased demand for natural gas and resulting fluctuation in natural gas prices, increasing challenges with respect to natural gas transportation arrangements, and Entergy’s ability to meet credit support requirements for fuel and power supply contracts;

  • volatility and changes in markets for electricity, natural gas, uranium, emissions allowances, and other energy-related commodities, including as a result of trade-related governmental actions, such as tariffs and other measures, and the effect of those changes on Entergy and its customers;

  • changes in environmental laws and regulations, agency positions, or associated litigation, including requirements for reduced emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, greenhouse gases, mercury, particulate matter and other regulated air emissions, heat and other regulated discharges to water, waste management and disposal, remediation of contaminated sites, wetlands protection and permitting, and reporting, and changes in costs of compliance with environmental laws and regulations, as well as changes to federal, state, or local laws and regulations, including the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and governmental policies incentivizing the development or utilization of alternative sources of generation;

  • changes in laws and regulations, agency positions, or associated litigation related to protected species and associated critical habitat designations;

  • the effects of changes in federal, state, or local laws and regulations, such as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and other governmental actions or policies, including changes in monetary, fiscal, tax, environmental, trade/tariff, domestic purchase requirements, or energy policies and related laws, regulations, and other governmental actions, including as a result of prolonged litigation over proposed legislation or regulatory actions;

  • the effects of full or partial shutdowns of the federal government or delays in obtaining government or regulatory actions or decisions;

  • uncertainty regarding the establishment of interim or permanent sites for spent nuclear fuel and nuclear waste storage and disposal and the level of spent fuel and nuclear waste disposal fees charged by the U.S. government or other providers related to such sites;

  • variations in weather and the occurrence of hurricanes and other storms and disasters, including uncertainties associated with efforts to remediate the effects of hurricanes, ice storms, floods, wildfires, or other weather events and the recovery of costs associated with restoration, including the ability to access funded storm reserves, federal and local cost recovery mechanisms, securitization, and insurance, as well as any related unplanned outages;

  • effects of climate change, including the potential for increases in the frequency or severity of extreme weather events, such as hurricanes, heat waves, floods, drought or wildfires, and rising sea levels or coastal land and wetland loss, and Entergy’s ability to effectively prepare for such effects and events, including through accelerated resilience plans and projects, and any challenges in execution thereof and/or in obtaining any necessary regulatory approvals for appropriate scope and timing of such plans and projects now and in the future;

  • the risk that as a result of Entergy’s membership in Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited (NEIL), an incident at a NEIL member-insured nuclear generation facility could lead to a significant retrospective assessment;

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FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION (Continued)

  • the risk that an incident at a nuclear generation facility participating in a secondary financial protection system could lead to a significant retrospective insurance premium;

  • changes in the quality and availability of water supplies and the related regulation of water use and diversion;

  • Entergy’s ability to manage and execute on its capital projects, including any capital projects to serve the growing demand for electricity driven in part by the anticipated development of large data centers, and to complete such capital projects timely and within budget, to obtain the anticipated performance or other benefits of such capital projects, and to manage its capital and operation and maintenance costs;

  • the effects of supply chain disruptions, including those driven by geopolitical developments or trade-related governmental actions, including tariffs and other measures, on Entergy’s ability to complete its capital projects in a timely and cost-effective manner;

  • Entergy’s ability to purchase and sell assets at attractive prices and on other attractive terms;

  • the economic climate, and particularly economic conditions in the Utility service area and events and circumstances that could influence economic conditions in those areas, including power prices and inflation, and the risk that anticipated load growth may not materialize;

  • changes to or the repeal of federal income tax laws, regulations, and interpretive guidance and policies, including the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and the continuing impact of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, and any related intended or unintended consequences on financial results and future cash flows;

  • the effects of Entergy’s strategies to reduce tax payments;

  • the effect of interest rate volatility and other changes in the financial markets, federal law, including the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and regulatory requirements for the issuance of securities, particularly as they affect access to and cost of capital and Entergy’s ability to refinance existing securities and fund investments and acquisitions;

  • actions of rating agencies, including changes in the ratings of debt and preferred stock, changes in general corporate ratings, and changes in the rating agencies’ ratings criteria;

  • changes in inflation and interest rates and the impacts of inflation or a recession on Entergy’s customers;

  • the effects of government investigations, proceedings, or audits;

  • changes in technology, including (i) Entergy’s ability to effectively assess, acquire, implement, and manage new or emerging technologies, including its ability to maintain and protect personally identifiable information while doing so; (ii) the emergence of artificial intelligence (including machine learning), which may present increased electricity demand, as well as ethical, security, legal, operational, or regulatory challenges; (iii) advances in artificial intelligence (including machine learning) technologies that could reduce the expected electricity demand for these technologies and data centers; (iv) the impact of changes relating to new, developing, or alternative sources of generation such as distributed energy and energy storage, renewable energy, energy efficiency, demand side management, and other measures that reduce load and government policies impacting development or utilization of the foregoing; and (v) competition from other companies offering products and services to Entergy’s customers based on new or emerging technologies or alternative sources of generation;

  • Entergy’s ability to effectively formulate and implement plans to increase its carbon-free energy capacity and to reduce its carbon emission rate and aggregate carbon emissions, including its commitment to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and the related increasing investment in renewable power generation sources and carbon capture and storage, the potential impact on its business and financial condition of attempting to achieve such objectives, and Entergy’s ability to achieve its climate goals and commitments due to expected load growth;

  • the effects, including increased security costs, of threatened or actual terrorism, cyber attacks or data security breaches, physical attacks on or other interference with facilities or infrastructure, natural or man-made electromagnetic pulses that affect transmission or generation infrastructure, accidents, and war or a catastrophic event such as a nuclear accident or a natural gas pipeline explosion;

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FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION (Concluded)

  • impacts of perceived or actual cybersecurity or data security threats or events on Entergy and its subsidiaries, its vendors, suppliers or other third parties interconnected through the grid, which could, among other things, result in disruptions to its operations, including but not limited to, the loss of operational control, temporary or extended outages, or loss of data, including but not limited to, sensitive customer, employee, financial or operations data;

  • the effects of a catastrophe, pandemic (or other health-related event), or a global or geopolitical event such as escalating trade tensions between the United States and China or the military activities between Russia and Ukraine, or in the Middle East, including resultant economic and societal disruptions; fuel procurement disruptions; volatility in the capital markets (and any related increased cost of capital or any inability to access the capital markets or draw on available bank credit facilities); reduced demand for electricity, particularly from commercial and industrial customers; increased or unrecoverable costs; supply chain, vendor, and contractor disruptions, including as a result of trade-related sanctions; delays in completion of capital or other construction projects, maintenance, and other operations activities, including prolonged or delayed outages; impacts to Entergy’s workforce availability, health, or safety; increased cybersecurity risks as a result of many employees telecommuting and/or working partially remotely; increased late or uncollectible customer payments; regulatory delays; executive orders affecting, or increased regulation of, Entergy’s business; changes in credit ratings or outlooks as a result of any of the foregoing; or other adverse impacts on Entergy’s ability to execute on its business strategies and initiatives or, more generally, on Entergy’s results of operations, financial condition, and liquidity;

  • Entergy’s ability to attract and retain talented management, directors, and employees with specialized skills, institutional knowledge, capacity, and abilities, including the ability to effectively execute on Entergy’s growth strategy;

  • Entergy’s ability to attract, retain, and manage an appropriately qualified and sufficiently staffed workforce;

  • changes in accounting standards and corporate governance best practices;

  • declines in the market prices of marketable securities and changes in interest rates and resulting pension and retiree welfare plan funding requirements and the effects on benefits costs for Entergy’s defined benefit pension and other postretirement benefits plans;

  • future wage and employee benefits costs, including changes in discount rates and returns on benefit plan assets;

  • changes in decommissioning trust fund values or earnings or in the timing of, requirements for, or cost to decommission Entergy’s nuclear plant sites and the implementation of decommissioning of such sites following shutdown;

  • the effectiveness of Entergy’s risk management policies and procedures and the ability and willingness of its counterparties, including lending, hedging, credit support, and major customer counterparties, to satisfy their financial and performance commitments;

  • reductions in the demand for electricity to power hyperscale data centers and the potential for stranded assets;

  • concentration of business with a small number of customers in an industry based on emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence and machine learning; and

  • Entergy and its subsidiaries’ ability to successfully execute on their business strategies, including their ability to complete strategic transactions that they may undertake, and their ability to meet the rapidly growing demand for electricity, including from hyperscale data center and other large customers, and to manage the impacts of growth in demand for electricity on customers and Entergy’s business.

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DEFINITIONS

Certain abbreviations or acronyms used in the text and notes are defined below:

Abbreviation or AcronymTerm
AFUDCAllowance for Funds Used During Construction
ALJAdministrative Law Judge
ANO 1 and 2Units 1 and 2 of Arkansas Nuclear One (nuclear), owned by Entergy Arkansas
APSCArkansas Public Service Commission
BoardBoard of Directors of Entergy Corporation
CajunCajun Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.
capacity factorActual plant output divided by maximum potential plant output for the period
City CouncilCouncil of the City of New Orleans, Louisiana
COVID-19The novel coronavirus disease declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in March 2020
D.C. CircuitU.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
DOEUnited States Department of Energy
EntergyEntergy Corporation and its direct and indirect subsidiaries
Entergy CorporationEntergy Corporation, a Delaware corporation
Entergy Gulf States, Inc.Predecessor company for financial reporting purposes to Entergy Gulf States Louisiana that included the assets and business operations of both Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Texas
Entergy Gulf States LouisianaEntergy Gulf States Louisiana, L.L.C., a Louisiana limited liability company formally created as part of the jurisdictional separation of Entergy Gulf States, Inc. and the successor company to Entergy Gulf States, Inc. for financial reporting purposes. The term is also used to refer to the Louisiana jurisdictional business of Entergy Gulf States, Inc., as the context requires. Effective October 1, 2015, the business of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana was combined with Entergy Louisiana.
Entergy LouisianaEntergy Louisiana, LLC, a Texas limited liability company formally created as part of the combination of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and the company formerly known as Entergy Louisiana, LLC (Old Entergy Louisiana) into a single public utility company and the successor to Old Entergy Louisiana for financial reporting purposes
Entergy TexasEntergy Texas, Inc., a Texas corporation formally created as part of the jurisdictional separation of Entergy Gulf States, Inc. The term is also used to refer to the Texas jurisdictional business of Entergy Gulf States, Inc., as the context requires.
Entergy Wholesale CommoditiesPrior to January 1, 2023, one of Entergy’s reportable business segments consisting of non-utility business activities primarily comprised of the ownership, operation, and decommissioning of nuclear power plants, the ownership of interests in non-nuclear power plants, and the sale of the electric power produced by its operating power plants to wholesale customers
EPAUnited States Environmental Protection Agency
FERCFederal Energy Regulatory Commission
Form 10-KAnnual Report on Form 10-K for the calendar year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the SEC by Entergy Corporation and its Registrant Subsidiaries
GAAPGenerally Accepted Accounting Principles
Grand GulfUnit No. 1 of Grand Gulf Nuclear Station (nuclear), 90% owned or leased by System Energy
GWhGigawatt-hour(s), which equals one million kilowatt-hours
IRSInternal Revenue Service
ISOIndependent System Operator
kVKilovolt

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DEFINITIONS (Concluded)

Abbreviation or AcronymTerm
kWKilowatt, which equals one thousand watts
kWhKilowatt-hour(s)
LPSCLouisiana Public Service Commission
LURCLouisiana Utilities Restoration Corporation
MISOMidcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc., a regional transmission organization
MMBtuOne million British Thermal Units
MPSCMississippi Public Service Commission
MWMegawatt(s), which equals one thousand kilowatts
MWhMegawatt-hour(s)
Nelson Unit 6Unit No. 6 (coal) of the Nelson Steam Electric Generating Station, 70% of which is co-owned by Entergy Louisiana (57.5%) and Entergy Texas (42.5%) and 10.9% of which is owned by EAM Nelson Holding, LLC
Net debt to net capital ratioGross debt less cash and cash equivalents divided by total capitalization less cash and cash equivalents, which is a non-GAAP measure
NRCNuclear Regulatory Commission
PalisadesPalisades Nuclear Plant (nuclear), previously owned as part of Entergy’s non-utility business, which ceased power production in May 2022 and was sold in June 2022
Parent & OtherThe portions of Entergy not included in the Utility segment, primarily consisting of the activities of the parent company, Entergy Corporation, and other business activity, including Entergy’s non-utility operations business which owns interests in non-nuclear power plants that sell the electric power produced by those plants to wholesale customers and also provides decommissioning services to nuclear power plants owned by non-affiliated entities in the United States
PPAPurchased power agreement or power purchase agreement
PUCTPublic Utility Commission of Texas
Registrant SubsidiariesEntergy Arkansas, LLC, Entergy Louisiana, LLC, Entergy Mississippi, LLC, Entergy New Orleans, LLC, Entergy Texas, Inc., and System Energy Resources, Inc.
River BendRiver Bend Station (nuclear), owned by Entergy Louisiana
SECSecurities and Exchange Commission
System AgreementAgreement, effective January 1, 1983, as modified, among the Utility operating companies relating to the sharing of generating capacity and other power resources. The agreement terminated effective August 2016.
System EnergySystem Energy Resources, Inc.
Unit Power Sales AgreementAgreement, dated as of June 10, 1982, as amended and approved by the FERC, among Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and System Energy, relating to the sale of capacity and energy from System Energy’s share of Grand Gulf
UtilityEntergy’s reportable segment that generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electric power, with a small amount of natural gas distribution in portions of Louisiana
Utility operating companiesEntergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas
Waterford 3Unit No. 3 (nuclear) of the Waterford Steam Electric Station, owned by Entergy Louisiana
weather-adjusted usageElectric usage excluding the effects of deviations from normal weather
White BluffWhite Bluff Steam Electric Generating Station, 57% owned by Entergy Arkansas

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ENTERGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

MANAGEMENT’S FINANCIAL DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

Entergy operates primarily through a single reportable segment, Utility. The Utility segment includes the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electric power in portions of Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas, and Louisiana, including the City of New Orleans; and operation of a small natural gas distribution business in portions of Louisiana through June 30, 2025. See Note 13 to the financial statements herein and the “Held for Sale - Natural Gas Distribution Businesses” section in Note 14 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of the sale of the Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Louisiana natural gas distribution businesses on July 1, 2025. See Note 7 to the financial statements herein for discussion of and financial information regarding Entergy’s reportable segment.

Results of Operations

Second Quarter 2025 Compared to Second Quarter 2024

Following are income statement variances for Utility, Parent & Other, and Entergy comparing the second quarter 2025 to the second quarter 2024 showing how much the line item increased or (decreased) in comparison to the prior period.

UtilityParent & Other (a)Entergy
(In Thousands)
2024 Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Entergy Corporation$441,008($392,086)$48,922
Operating revenues374,319910375,229
Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale117,550(3,826)113,724
Purchased power179,832(4,432)175,400
Other regulatory charges (credits) - net(181,564)—(181,564)
Other operation and maintenance27,306(4,618)22,688
Taxes other than income taxes14,07118314,254
Depreciation and amortization17,11410617,220
Other income (deductions)27,831309,858337,689
Interest expense35,522(3,025)32,497
Other expenses(6,354)66(6,288)
Income taxes39,81964,946104,765
Preferred dividend requirements of subsidiaries and noncontrolling interests1,214—1,214
2025 Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Entergy Corporation$598,648($130,718)$467,930

(a)Parent & Other includes eliminations, which are primarily intersegment activity.

Second quarter 2024 results of operations include: (1) a $317 million ($250 million net-of-tax) settlement charge, reflected in Parent & Other above, recognized as a result of a group annuity contract purchased in May 2024 to settle certain pension liabilities; and (2) expenses of $151 million ($112 million net-of-tax), recorded at Utility in second quarter 2024, primarily consisting of regulatory charges to reflect the effects of an agreement in principle between Entergy Louisiana and the LPSC staff and the intervenors in July 2024 to renew Entergy Louisiana’s formula rate plan and resolve a number of other retail dockets and matters, including all formula rate plan test years prior to 2023. See Note 11 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of the group annuity contract

Entergy Corporation and Subsidiaries

Management’s Financial Discussion and Analysis

and settlement charge. See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of the Entergy Louisiana agreement in principle and the subsequently filed global stipulated settlement agreement.

Operating Revenues

Utility

Following is an analysis of the change in operating revenues comparing the second quarter 2025 to the second quarter 2024:

Amount
(In Millions)
2024 operating revenues$2,941
Fuel, rider, and other revenues that do not significantly affect net income297
Retail electric price60
Volume/weather18
2025 operating revenues$3,316

The Utility operating companies’ results include revenues from rate mechanisms designed to recover fuel, purchased power, and other costs such that the revenues and expenses associated with these items generally offset and do not affect net income. “Fuel, rider, and other revenues that do not significantly affect net income” includes the revenue variance associated with these items.

The retail electric price variance is primarily due to:

  • an increase in Entergy Arkansas’s formula rate plan rates effective January 2025;

  • an increase in Entergy Louisiana’s formula rate plan revenues, including an increase in the distribution recovery mechanism, effective September 2024;

  • an increase in Entergy Mississippi’s formula rate plan rates effective July 2024 and an increase in the interim facilities rate adjustment revenues effective January 2025; and

  • the implementation of the distribution cost recovery factor rider effective with the first billing cycle in October 2024 and an increase in the distribution cost recovery factor rider effective in late December 2024, each at Entergy Texas.

See Note 2 to the financial statements herein and in the Form 10-K for discussion of the regulatory proceedings discussed above.

The volume/weather variance is primarily due to an increase in weather-adjusted residential usage and an increase in industrial usage, partially offset by the effect of less favorable weather on residential sales. The increase in weather-adjusted residential usage is primarily due to an increase in customers. The increase in industrial usage is primarily due to an increase in demand from large industrial customers, primarily in the primary metals, chlor-alkali, and technology industries. The increased usage from these industrial customers has a relatively smaller effect on operating revenues because a larger portion of the revenues from these customers comes from fixed charges.

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Total electric energy sales for Utility for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 are as follows:

20252024% Change
(GWh)
Residential8,8999,557(7)
Commercial7,2657,236—
Industrial15,62013,97312
Governmental617626(1)
Total retail32,40131,3923
Sales for resale4,1333,05235
Total36,53434,4446

See Note 12 to the financial statements herein for additional discussion of operating revenues.

Other Income Statement Items

Utility

Purchased power includes an increase in second quarter 2025 of $20 million in costs, at Entergy Texas, related to the procurement of capacity through MISO’s annual planning resource auction, including the effect of a significant increase in MISO’s seasonal auction clearing price, due to the implementation of a reliability-based demand curve, for capacity transactions during the summer months. Although Entergy Texas does not have the ability to recover its MISO capacity costs incurred to date beyond the level included in base rates, in June 2025, Texas legislation established a capacity cost recovery rider mechanism that would allow for the recovery of costs related to the procurement of capacity through MISO’s annual planning resource auction outside of base rates, through a rider that is updated annually. Entergy Texas plans to file for such a rider to recover future capacity procurement costs at the earliest opportunity in 2026.

Other operation and maintenance expenses increased from $686 million for the second quarter 2024 to $713 million for the second quarter 2025 primarily due to:

  • an increase of $12 million in non-nuclear generation expenses primarily due to a higher scope of work performed during plant outages in 2025 as compared to 2024;

  • an increase of $10 million in power delivery expenses primarily due to higher vegetation maintenance costs;

  • an increase of $9 million in bad debt expense;

  • an increase of $5 million in storm damage provisions; and

  • several individually insignificant items.

The increase was partially offset by contract costs of $12 million, in second quarter 2024, related to operational performance, customer service, and organizational health initiatives and a decrease of $7 million in nuclear generation expenses primarily due to a lower scope of work performed in 2025 as compared to 2024.

Depreciation and amortization expenses increased primarily due to additions to plant in service and an increase in nuclear depreciation rates at Entergy Louisiana effective September 2024 in accordance with the global stipulated settlement agreement approved by the LPSC in August 2024. The increase was partially offset by the recognition of $14 million in depreciation expense in second quarter 2024 at Entergy Texas for the 2022 base rate case relate back period, effective over six months beginning January 2024. The recognition of depreciation expense for the relate back period was effective over the same period as collections from the relate back surcharge rider and resulted in no effect on net income. See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of the

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Entergy Louisiana global stipulated settlement agreement. See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of the 2022 base rate case at Entergy Texas.

Other regulatory charges (credits) - net includes regulatory charges of $150 million, recorded by Entergy Louisiana in second quarter 2024, to reflect the effects of an agreement in principle between Entergy Louisiana and the LPSC staff and the intervenors in July 2024 to renew Entergy Louisiana’s formula rate plan and resolve a number of other retail dockets and matters, including all formula rate plan test years prior to 2023. See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of the Entergy Louisiana agreement in principle and the subsequently filed global stipulated settlement agreement. In addition, Entergy records a regulatory charge or credit for the difference between asset retirement obligation-related expenses and nuclear decommissioning trust earnings plus asset retirement obligation-related costs collected in revenue.

Other income increased primarily due to:

  • an increase in the allowance for equity funds used during construction due to higher construction work in progress in 2025, including the Orange County Advanced Power Station project and the Legend Power Station project, each at Entergy Texas;

  • a $17 million true-up of Entergy Louisiana’s MISO cost recovery mechanism over-recovery balance to the 2024 formula rate plan filing, which was filed with the LPSC in May 2025. See Note 2 to the financial statements herein for discussion of the 2024 formula rate plan filing; and

  • an increase of $9 million in the amortization of tax gross ups on customer advances for construction.

The increase was partially offset by changes in decommissioning trust fund activity, including portfolio rebalancing of decommissioning trust funds in second quarter 2024.

Interest expense increased primarily due to:

  • the issuance by Entergy Louisiana of $700 million of 5.15% Series mortgage bonds in August 2024;

  • the issuance by Entergy Louisiana of $750 million of 5.80% Series mortgage bonds in January 2025;

  • the issuance by Entergy Mississippi of $600 million of 5.80% Series mortgage bonds in March 2025;

  • the issuance by Entergy Texas of $500 million of 5.25% Series mortgage bonds in February 2025; and

  • carrying costs of $10 million in 2025 on customer advances for construction.

The increase was partially offset by an increase in the allowance for borrowed funds used during construction due to higher construction work in progress in 2025, including the Orange County Advanced Power Station project and the Legend Power Station project, each at Entergy Texas.

Parent and Other

Other income (deductions) increased primarily due to a $317 million ($250 million net-of-tax) non-cash settlement charge recognized in second quarter 2024 as a result of a group annuity contract purchased in May 2024 to settle certain pension liabilities. See Note 11 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of the group annuity contract and settlement charge.

Income Taxes

The effective income tax rate was 22.7% for the second quarter 2025. The difference in the effective income tax rate for the second quarter 2025 versus the federal statutory rate of 21% was primarily due to the accrual for state income taxes, partially offset by book and tax differences related to the allowance for equity funds used during construction and certain book and tax differences related to utility plant items.

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The effective income tax rate was 39.4% for the second quarter 2024. The difference in the effective income tax rate for the second quarter 2024 versus the federal statutory rate of 21% was primarily due to the accrual for state income taxes, a provision for uncertain tax positions, and the amortization of accumulated deferred income taxes as a result of tax rate changes, partially offset by certain book and tax differences related to utility plant items and book and tax differences related to the allowance for equity funds used during construction.

Six Months Ended June 30, 2025 Compared to Six Months Ended June 30, 2024

Following are income statement variances for Utility, Parent & Other, and Entergy comparing the six months ended June 30, 2025 to the six months ended June 30, 2024 showing how much the line item increased or (decreased) in comparison to the prior period.

UtilityParent & Other (a)Entergy
(In Thousands)
2024 Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Entergy Corporation$636,232($512,029)$124,203
Operating revenues431,743(4,268)427,475
Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale(147,871)(10,499)(158,370)
Purchased power302,722(9,718)293,004
Other regulatory charges (credits) - net(307,754)—(307,754)
Other operation and maintenance9,065(741)8,324
Asset write-offs, impairments, and related charges(131,775)—(131,775)
Taxes other than income taxes20,43415620,590
Depreciation and amortization30,32817430,502
Other income (deductions)(1,722)304,815303,093
Interest expense90,5054,58395,088
Other expenses(9,093)131(8,962)
Income taxes119,54464,269183,813
Preferred dividend requirements of subsidiaries and noncontrolling interests1,621—1,621
2025 Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Entergy Corporation$1,088,527($259,837)$828,690

(a)Parent & Other includes eliminations, which are primarily intersegment activity.

Results of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2024 include: (1) a $317 million ($250 million net-of-tax) settlement charge, reflected in Parent & Other above, recognized as a result of a group annuity contract purchased in May 2024 to settle certain pension liabilities; (2) expenses of $151 million ($112 million net-of-tax), recorded at Utility in second quarter 2024, primarily consisting of regulatory charges to reflect the effects of an agreement in principle between Entergy Louisiana and the LPSC staff and the intervenors in July 2024 to renew Entergy Louisiana’s formula rate plan and resolve a number of other retail dockets and matters, including all formula rate plan test years prior to 2023; (3) a $132 million ($97 million net-of-tax) charge, recorded at Utility, to reflect the write-off of a previously recorded regulatory asset as a result of an adverse decision in the Entergy Arkansas opportunity sales proceeding in March 2024; and (4) a $78 million ($57 million net-of-tax) regulatory charge, recorded at Utility in first quarter 2024, primarily to reflect a settlement in principle between Entergy New Orleans and the City Council in April 2024 for additional sharing with customers of income tax benefits from the resolution of the 2016-2018 IRS audit. See Note 11 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of the group annuity contract and settlement charge. See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of the Entergy Louisiana agreement in principle and the subsequently filed global stipulated settlement agreement. See Note 2 to the financial statements herein and in the Form 10-K for discussion of the Entergy

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Arkansas opportunity sales proceeding. See Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of the April 2024 settlement in principle and the resolution of the 2016-2018 IRS audit.

Operating Revenues

Utility

Following is an analysis of the change in operating revenues comparing the six months ended June 30, 2025 to the six months ended June 30, 2024:

Amount
(In Millions)
2024 operating revenues$5,714
Fuel, rider, and other revenues that do not significantly affect net income159
Retail electric price140
Volume/weather132
2025 operating revenues$6,145

The Utility operating companies’ results include revenues from rate mechanisms designed to recover fuel, purchased power, and other costs such that the revenues and expenses associated with these items generally offset and do not affect net income. “Fuel, rider, and other revenues that do not significantly affect net income” includes the revenue variance associated with these items.

The retail electric price variance is primarily due to:

  • an increase in Entergy Arkansas’s formula rate plan rates effective January 2025;

  • an increase in Entergy Louisiana’s formula rate plan revenues, including an increase in the distribution recovery mechanism, effective September 2024;

  • increases in Entergy Mississippi’s formula rate plan rates effective April 2024 and July 2024 and an increase in the interim facilities rate adjustment revenues effective January 2025; and

  • the implementation of the distribution cost recovery factor rider effective with the first billing cycle in October 2024 and an increase in the distribution cost recovery factor rider effective in late December 2024, each at Entergy Texas.

See Note 2 to the financial statements herein and in the Form 10-K for discussion of the regulatory proceedings discussed above.

The volume/weather variance is primarily due to an increase in industrial usage and the effect of more favorable weather on residential sales. The increase in industrial usage is primarily due to an increase in demand from large industrial customers, primarily in the petroleum refining, chlor-alkali, primary metals, and technology industries.

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Total electric energy sales for Utility for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 are as follows:

20252024% Change
(GWh)
Residential17,68317,3152
Commercial13,50713,460—
Industrial29,45226,63311
Governmental1,1761,198(2)
Total retail61,81858,6065
Sales for resale5,7677,010(18)
Total67,58565,6163

See Note 12 to the financial statements herein for additional discussion of operating revenues.

Other Income Statement Items

Utility

Purchased power includes an increase in 2025 of $21 million in costs, at Entergy Texas, related to the procurement of capacity through MISO’s annual planning resource auction, including the effect of a significant increase in MISO’s seasonal auction clearing price, due to the implementation of a reliability-based demand curve, for capacity transactions during the summer months. Although Entergy Texas does not have the ability to recover its MISO capacity costs incurred to date beyond the level included in base rates, in June 2025, Texas legislation established a capacity cost recovery rider mechanism that would allow for the recovery of costs related to the procurement of capacity through MISO’s annual planning resource auction outside of base rates, through a rider that is updated annually. Entergy Texas plans to file for such a rider to recover future capacity procurement costs at the earliest opportunity in 2026.

Other operation and maintenance expenses increased from $1,367 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024 to $1,376 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 primarily due to:

  • an increase of $13 million in non-nuclear generation expenses primarily due to a higher scope of work performed during plant outages in 2025 as compared to 2024;

  • an increase of $12 million in bad debt expense;

  • an increase of $9 million in loss provisions;

  • an increase of $9 million in transmission costs allocated by MISO. See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of the recovery of these costs;

  • an increase of $8 million in storm damage provisions; and

  • an increase of $8 million in power delivery expenses primarily due to higher vegetation maintenance costs.

The increase was partially offset by:

  • contract costs of $24 million in 2024 related to operational performance, customer service, and organizational health initiatives;

  • a decrease of $12 million in nuclear generation expenses primarily due to a lower scope of work performed in 2025 as compared to 2024; and

  • a decrease of $7 million in compensation and benefits costs primarily due to a higher revision to estimated incentive-based compensation expense in 2025 as compared to 2024.

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Asset write-offs, impairments, and related charges (credits) includes a $132 million charge to reflect the write-off, at Entergy Arkansas, of a previously recorded regulatory asset as a result of an adverse decision in the Entergy Arkansas opportunity sales proceeding in March 2024. See Note 2 to the financial statements herein and in the Form 10-K for discussion of the Entergy Arkansas opportunity sales proceeding.

Depreciation and amortization expenses increased primarily due to additions to plant in service and an increase in nuclear depreciation rates at Entergy Louisiana effective September 2024 in accordance with the global stipulated settlement agreement approved by the LPSC in August 2024. The increase was partially offset by the recognition of $28 million in depreciation expense in 2024 at Entergy Texas for the 2022 base rate case relate back period, effective over six months beginning January 2024. The recognition of depreciation expense for the relate back period was effective over the same period as collections from the relate back surcharge rider and resulted in no effect on net income. See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of the Entergy Louisiana global stipulated settlement agreement. See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of the 2022 base rate case at Entergy Texas.

Other regulatory charges (credits) - net includes:

  • regulatory charges of $150 million, recorded by Entergy Louisiana in second quarter 2024, to reflect the effects of an agreement in principle between Entergy Louisiana and the LPSC staff and the intervenors in July 2024 to renew Entergy Louisiana’s formula rate plan and resolve a number of other retail dockets and matters, including all formula rate plan test years prior to 2023. See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of the Entergy Louisiana agreement in principle and the subsequently filed global stipulated settlement agreement; and

  • a regulatory charge of $78 million, recorded by Entergy New Orleans in first quarter 2024, primarily to reflect a settlement in principle between Entergy New Orleans and the City Council in April 2024 for additional sharing with customers of income tax benefits from the resolution of the 2016-2018 IRS audit. See Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of the April 2024 settlement in principle and for discussion of the resolution of the 2016-2018 IRS audit.

In addition, Entergy records a regulatory charge or credit for the difference between asset retirement obligation-related expenses and nuclear decommissioning trust earnings plus asset retirement obligation-related costs collected in revenue.

Other income decreased slightly primarily due to changes in decommissioning trust fund activity, including portfolio rebalancing of decommissioning trust funds in 2024, and a decrease of $9 million in affiliated dividend income from affiliated preferred membership interests related to storm cost securitization. The decrease was substantially offset by:

  • an increase in the allowance for equity funds used during construction due to higher construction work in progress in 2025, including the Orange County Advanced Power Station project and the Legend Power Station project, each at Entergy Texas;

  • an increase of $24 million in the amortization of tax gross ups on customer advances for construction;

  • a $17 million true-up of Entergy Louisiana’s MISO cost recovery mechanism over-recovery balance to the 2024 formula rate plan filing, which was filed with the LPSC in May 2025. See Note 2 to the financial statements herein for discussion of the 2024 formula rate plan filing; and

  • an increase of $17 million in interest earned on money pool investments.

Interest expense increased primarily due to:

  • the issuances by Entergy Arkansas of $400 million of 5.75% Series mortgage bonds and $400 million of 5.45% Series mortgage bonds, each in May 2024;

  • the issuance by Entergy Louisiana of $700 million of 5.15% Series mortgage bonds in August 2024;

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  • the issuance by Entergy Louisiana of $750 million of 5.80% Series mortgage bonds in January 2025;

  • the issuance by Entergy Mississippi of $600 million of 5.80% Series mortgage bonds in March 2025;

  • the issuance by Entergy Texas of $350 million of 5.55% Series mortgage bonds in August 2024;

  • the issuance by Entergy Texas of $500 million of 5.25% Series mortgage bonds in February 2025;

  • the issuance by System Energy of $300 million of 5.30% Series mortgage bonds in December 2024; and

  • carrying costs of $22 million in 2025 on customer advances for construction.

The increase was partially offset by an increase in the allowance for borrowed funds used during construction due to higher construction work in progress in 2025, including the Orange County Advanced Power Station project and the Legend Power Station project, each at Entergy Texas.

Parent and Other

Other income (deductions) increased primarily due to a $317 million ($250 million net-of-tax) non-cash settlement charge recognized in second quarter 2024 as a result of a group annuity contract purchased in May 2024 to settle certain pension liabilities. See Note 11 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of the group annuity contract and settlement charge.

Income Taxes

The effective income tax rate was 22.2% for the six months ended June 30, 2025. The difference in the effective income tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2025 versus the federal statutory rate of 21% was primarily due to the accrual for state income taxes, partially offset by book and tax differences related to the allowance for equity funds used during construction and certain book and tax differences related to utility plant items.

The effective income tax rate was 29.9% for the six months ended June 30, 2024. The difference in the effective income tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2024 versus the federal statutory rate of 21% was primarily due to the accrual for state income taxes, the amortization of accumulated deferred income taxes as a result of tax rate changes, and a provision for uncertain tax positions, partially offset by certain book and tax differences related to utility plant items and book and tax differences related to the allowance for equity funds used during construction.

Income Tax Legislation and Regulation

See “MANAGEMENT’S FINANCIAL DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS - Income Tax Legislation and Regulation” in the Form 10-K for discussion of income tax legislation and regulation. The following is an update to that discussion. See Note 10 to the financial statements herein for discussion of the nuclear production tax credits recorded in second quarter 2025.

One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025

On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) was enacted. The OBBBA is a wide ranging update to U.S. tax and spending policy. In particular, the OBBBA modified and extended various clean energy tax incentives relevant to electric utilities, preserving production tax credits under Internal Revenue Code section 45U for existing nuclear facilities through 2032 and generally maintaining the current law phase-out schedule for new nuclear and battery storage under Internal Revenue Code sections 45Y (clean electricity production credit) or Internal Revenue Code section 48E (clean electricity investment credit). In addition, the OBBBA preserved the tax credits for carbon capture and sequestration facilities that meet the requirements of Internal Revenue Code section 45Q. In contrast, the OBBBA significantly shortened the time period for solar and wind facilities to claim clean energy tax incentives. In general, solar and wind facilities must be placed in service by December 31, 2027 to qualify for the tax credits, unless construction begins by July 3, 2026, and certain safe harbor requirements are met.

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On July 7, 2025, an executive order was issued directing the U.S. Treasury to issue, among other things, new safe harbor guidance, particularly with respect to wind and solar facilities. Any new guidance could impact Entergy’s capital planning and expectations with respect to its planned solar and battery facilities.

In addition, the OBBBA adopted new foreign entity of concern (FEOC) rules designed to deny clean energy tax incentives to all clean energy projects beginning construction after December 31, 2025 that use equipment beyond statutory guidelines from prohibited foreign entities (entities with ties to China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea). The FEOC rules also deny these incentives to taxpayers that rely beyond certain thresholds on equity or debt from prohibited foreign entities or that make payments to prohibited foreign entity counterparties under contracts or licensing agreements that give such counterparties “effective control” over an eligible project. These taxpayer FEOC rules will apply to taxpayers in their first taxable year following enactment of the OBBBA. The July 7, 2025, executive order also instructed the U.S. Treasury to issue guidance on these new FEOC requirements.

The OBBBA also retained full transferability of all credits and preserved five-year Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System treatment for eligible Internal Revenue Code section 45Y and 48E assets.

The changes in law and federal energy policy reflected in the OBBBA could have a material effect on Entergy’s current and future resource planning, including particularly solar and wind resources, and on its results of operations, cash flows, or financial condition. Entergy may not be able to realize the anticipated benefits of federal tax credits for certain of its planned solar and battery facilities to the extent that these projects do not meet the safe harbor requirements set forth in the OBBBA. In addition, as the changes reflected in the OBBBA and anticipated related guidance disfavor certain renewable resource development as compared to prior law, Entergy may not be successful in achieving current or future carbon emission goals. Provisions of the OBBBA may also affect customer decisions relating to major new projects in Entergy’s service area, to the extent that project economics or the achievement of customer sustainability objectives are affected by the changes in the OBBBA.

Entergy Wholesale Commodities Exit from the Merchant Power Business

See “MANAGEMENT’S FINANCIAL DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS - Entergy Wholesale Commodities Exit from the Merchant Power Business” in the Form 10-K for discussion of the exit from the merchant power business.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

See “MANAGEMENT’S FINANCIAL DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS - Liquidity and Capital Resources” in the Form 10-K for a discussion of Entergy’s capital structure, capital spending plans and other uses of capital, and sources of capital. The following are updates to that discussion.

Recent announcements of changes to international trade policy and tariffs and further similar changes may impact Entergy’s business, operations, results of operations, and liquidity and capital resources. Potential impacts may include increases in costs associated with Entergy’s capital investments or operation and maintenance expenses; operational impacts, such as supply chain, manufacturing, or raw materials sourcing disruptions which may affect Entergy’s ability to make planned capital investments as and when expected and needed; legal uncertainties, such as potential legal or other challenges to presidential tariff authority; or broader economic risks, including shifting customer demand, impacts on customer investment decisions, and volatile or uncertain credit and capital markets, which may affect Entergy’s ability to access needed capital. The nature and extent of any such effects will depend on, among other things, the specifics of the changes that are ultimately implemented both domestically and internationally, the responses of vendors, suppliers, and other counterparties to those changes, indirect effects on the price and availability of non-tariffed goods, and the effectiveness of mitigation measures.

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Capital Structure and Resources

Entergy’s debt to capital ratio is shown in the following table.

June 30, 2025December 31, 2024
Debt to capital64.9%65.3%
Effect of excluding securitization bonds(0.2%)(0.2%)
Debt to capital, excluding securitization bonds (non-GAAP) (a)64.7%65.1%
Effect of subtracting cash(0.9%)(0.7%)
Net debt to net capital, excluding securitization bonds (non-GAAP) (a)63.8%64.4%

(a)Calculation excludes the Texas securitization bonds, which are non-recourse to Entergy Texas.

As of June 30, 2025, 18.6% of the debt outstanding is at the parent company, Entergy Corporation, and 81.4% is at the Utility segment. Net debt consists of debt less cash and cash equivalents. Debt consists of notes payable and commercial paper, finance lease obligations, and long-term debt, including the currently maturing portion. Capital consists of debt, equity, and subsidiaries’ preferred stock without sinking fund. Net capital consists of capital less cash and cash equivalents. The debt to capital ratio excluding securitization bonds and net debt to net capital ratio excluding securitization bonds are non-GAAP measures. Entergy uses the debt to capital ratios excluding securitization bonds in analyzing its financial condition and believes they provide useful information to its investors and creditors in evaluating Entergy’s financial condition because the securitization bonds are non-recourse to Entergy, as more fully described in Note 5 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K. Entergy also uses the net debt to net capital ratio excluding securitization bonds in analyzing its financial condition and believes it provides useful information to its investors and creditors in evaluating Entergy’s financial condition because net debt indicates Entergy’s outstanding debt position that could not be readily satisfied by cash and cash equivalents on hand.

Entergy Corporation has in place a credit facility that has a borrowing capacity of $3 billion and expires in June 2030. The facility includes fronting commitments for the issuance of letters of credit against $20 million of the total borrowing capacity of the credit facility. The commitment fee is currently 0.225% of the undrawn commitment amount. Commitment fees and interest rates on loans under the credit facility can fluctuate depending on the senior unsecured debt ratings of Entergy Corporation. As there were no borrowings under the facility for the six months ended June 30, 2025, the estimated interest rate as of June 30, 2025 that would have been applied to outstanding borrowings under the facility was 5.93%. The following is a summary of the amounts outstanding and capacity available under the credit facility as of June 30, 2025:

CapacityBorrowingsLetters of CreditCapacity Available
(In Millions)
$3,000$—$4$2,996

Entergy Corporation’s credit facility includes a covenant requiring Entergy to maintain a consolidated debt ratio, as defined, of 65% or less of its total capitalization. The calculation of this debt ratio under Entergy Corporation’s credit facility is different than the calculation of the debt to capital ratio above. Entergy is currently in compliance with the covenant and expects to remain in compliance with this covenant. If Entergy fails to meet this ratio, or if Entergy Corporation or one of the Registrant Subsidiaries (except Entergy New Orleans and System Energy) defaults on other indebtedness or is in bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, an acceleration of the Entergy Corporation credit facility’s maturity date may occur. See Note 4 to the financial statements herein for additional discussion of the Entergy Corporation credit facility and discussion of the Registrant Subsidiaries’ credit facilities.

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Entergy Corporation has a commercial paper program with a Board-approved program limit of $2 billion. As of June 30, 2025, Entergy Corporation had $459 million of commercial paper outstanding. The weighted-average interest rate for the six months ended June 30, 2025 was 4.65%.

Equity Issuances and Equity Distribution Program

See “MANAGEMENT’S FINANCIAL DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS - Liquidity and Capital Resources - Sources of Capital - Equity Issuances and Equity Distribution Program” in the Form 10-K and Note 3 to the financial statements herein for discussion of equity issuances and the equity distribution program. The following are updates to that discussion.

In March 2025, Entergy marketed an equity offering of 17.8 million shares of Entergy Corporation common stock. In lieu of issuing equity at the time of the offering, Entergy entered into forward sale agreements with several forward counterparties. The forward sale agreements require Entergy to, at its election on or prior to September 30, 2026, either (1) physically settle the transactions by issuing the total of 17.8 million shares of its common stock to the forward counterparties in exchange for net proceeds at the then-applicable forward sale price specified by the agreements (initially $81.87 per share) or (2) net settle the transactions in whole or in part through the delivery or receipt of cash or shares. The forward sale price is subject to adjustment on a daily basis based on a floating interest rate factor and will decrease by other fixed amounts specified in the agreements. See Note 3 to the financial statements herein for further discussion of the forward sale agreements.

In May 2025, Entergy physically settled all of its obligations under certain of its then-outstanding forward sale agreements under its at the market equity distribution program for cash proceeds of $806 million. See Note 3 to the financial statements herein for discussion of the forward sale agreements and common stock issuances and sales under the equity distribution program.

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Capital Expenditure Plans and Other Uses of Capital

See the table and discussion in the Form 10-K under “MANAGEMENT’S FINANCIAL DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS - Liquidity and Capital Resources - Capital Expenditure Plans and Other Uses of Capital,” that sets forth the amounts of Entergy’s planned construction and other capital investments for 2025 through 2027. The following are updates to that discussion.

Following are the current annual amounts of Entergy’s planned construction and other capital investments.

Planned construction and capital investments202520262027
(In Millions)
Generation$4,310$6,200$5,355
Transmission1,2602,4052,485
Distribution2,2002,4251,965
Utility Support430290265
Total$8,200$11,320$10,070

The updated capital plan for 2025-2027 reflects incremental capital investments for potential generation projects. The capital plan includes amounts Entergy plans to spend on routine capital projects that are necessary to support reliability of its service, equipment, or systems and to support normal customer growth. In addition to routine capital projects, the capital plan also includes amounts Entergy plans to spend on non-routine capital investments for which Entergy is either contractually obligated, has Board approval, or otherwise expects to make to satisfy regulatory or legal requirements. Amounts include the following 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 impact study. In November 2023, St. James Parish lifted the moratorium and adopted an ordinance modifying the parish’s land use plan to establish solar as an approved land use and defining corresponding solar regulations. In March 2024 the project developer submitted a solar energy facility farm permit application to the St. James Parish planning commission to request approval for the Vacherie and St. Jacques Facilities. In June 2024 the St. James Parish council denied the application and following this denial, the project developer and one of the project’s ground lessors filed separate lawsuits seeking to overturn the council’s decision. The council’s decision was subsequently affirmed by the Louisiana 23rd Judicial District Court. Entergy Louisiana is no longer pursuing the addition of resources through an acquisition of the St. Jacques Facility or through a power purchase agreement with the Vacherie Facility.

Segno Solar and Votaw Solar

As discussed in the Form 10-K, in July 2024, Entergy Texas filed an application seeking PUCT approval to amend Entergy Texas’s certificate of convenience and necessity to construct, own, and operate the Segno Solar facility, a 170 MW solar facility to be located in Polk County, Texas, and the Votaw Solar facility, a 141 MW solar facility to be located in Hardin County, Texas. In July 2025, Entergy Texas filed, and the ALJs with the State Office of Administrative Hearings granted, an unopposed motion to abate this proceeding to give the parties to the proceeding additional time for settlement discussions.

Other Generation and Transmission

Lake Catherine Unit 5

As discussed in the Form 10-K, in November 2024, Entergy Arkansas filed an application with the APSC seeking a certificate of environmental compatibility and public need for the construction and operation of Lake Catherine Unit 5, a 446 MW hydrogen-capable simple-cycle natural gas combustion turbine facility to be located at the existing Lake Catherine facility site in Hot Spring County, Arkansas. In December 2024 other parties, including the APSC general staff, filed testimony opposing the resource, although the APSC general staff recognized the capacity need for the resource. Entergy Arkansas filed testimony in January 2025 further supporting its application, and in February 2025 the opposing parties filed responsive rebuttal testimony continuing to dispute the estimated costs and to dispute that Entergy Arkansas performed a market solicitation sufficient to demonstrate that this resource is the most reasonable option for customers. Also in February 2025, Entergy Arkansas filed surrebuttal testimony responding to the opposing parties’ testimony. A hearing was held in March 2025, and in April 2025 the APSC issued an order approving certification of the facility. The order also provided a presumption of prudence finding with respect to a benchmark project cost. In May 2025, Entergy Arkansas filed a motion for clarification concerning the appropriate calculation of the benchmark. Entergy Arkansas will have the opportunity to later present all actual costs to the APSC for review and a prudence determination, including costs incremental to the benchmark. The facility is expected to be in service by the end of 2028.

Jefferson Power Station

Entergy Arkansas expects to file an application with the APSC in third quarter 2025 seeking a certificate of environmental compatibility and public need for the construction and operation of Jefferson Power Station, an approximately 754 MW natural gas-fired combined cycle combustion turbine facility. Subject to receipt of required regulatory approval and other conditions, the facility is expected to be in service by the end of 2029.

Entergy Louisiana Additional Generation and Transmission Resources

As discussed in the Form 10-K, in October 2024, Entergy Louisiana filed an application with the LPSC seeking approval of a variety of generation and transmission resources proposed in connection with establishing service to a new data center to be developed by a subsidiary of Meta Platforms, Inc. in north Louisiana, for which an

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electric service agreement has been executed. The filing requests LPSC certification of three new combined cycle combustion turbine generation resources totaling 2,262 MW, each of which will be enabled for future carbon capture and storage, a new 500 kV transmission line, and 500 kV substation upgrades. The application also requests approval to implement a corporate sustainability rider applicable to the new customer. The corporate sustainability rider contemplates the new customer contributing to the costs of the future addition of 1,500 MW of new solar and energy storage resources, agreements involving carbon capture and storage at Entergy Louisiana’s existing Lake Charles Power Station, and potential future wind and nuclear resources. Entergy Louisiana anticipates funding the incremental cost to serve the customer through direct financial contributions from the customer and the revenues it expects to earn under the electric service agreement. The electric service agreement also contains provisions for termination payments that will help ensure that there is no harm to Entergy Louisiana and its customers in the event of early termination. A directive was issued at the LPSC’s November 2024 meeting for the matter to be decided by October 2025. In February 2025 intervenors filed a motion asking the LPSC to deny Entergy Louisiana’s requested exemption from the LPSC’s order addressing competitive solicitation procedures and further asking the LPSC to dismiss the application. The ALJ issued an order denying the motion to dismiss the application and deferring the LPSC’s consideration of the motion regarding the competitive solicitation procedures until the hearing. In March 2025 the same intervenors filed a motion requesting the LPSC to require the customer and its parent company to be joined as parties to the proceeding or dismiss the application. In April 2025 the ALJ issued an order denying the March 2025 motion, and the moving parties filed a motion asking the LPSC to review and reverse the ALJ’s decision.

In February 2025, Entergy Louisiana filed supplemental testimony with the LPSC stating that the third combined cycle combustion turbine resource presented in the October 2024 application would be sited at Entergy Louisiana’s Waterford site in Killona, Louisiana, alongside existing Entergy Louisiana generation resources. The testimony also notes that Entergy Louisiana is negotiating with the customer in response to the customer’s request to increase the load associated with its project in north Louisiana. The testimony indicates further that the additional load can be served without additional generation capacity beyond what was presented in the October 2024 application, but that additional transmission facilities, which will be funded directly by the customer, are needed to serve this additional load.

In April 2025 and May 2025 the LPSC staff and certain intervenors each filed their direct testimony and cross-answering testimony, respectively. The LPSC staff’s testimony discussed the significant projected benefits associated with the data center project; however, both the LPSC staff and such intervenors also identified purported risks associated with constructing the requested resources based on the terms and conditions under which the customer would be taking service. Both the LPSC staff and such intervenors also recommended that the LPSC impose certain conditions on its approval which, if adopted, would support approval of Entergy Louisiana’s application. The LPSC staff’s recommendations included a condition that would require, under specified circumstances, certain sharing of net revenues from service to the project with Entergy Louisiana’s other customers. The LPSC staff also recommended that the LPSC deny approval of the corporate sustainability rider terms providing for the customer to supply funding toward the cost of installing carbon capture and storage infrastructure at Entergy Louisiana’s Lake Charles Power Station. The Louisiana Energy Users Group and other intervenors recommended that the LPSC require various changes to the terms of the electric service agreement with the customer that would shift additional risk and cost to the customer rather than Entergy Louisiana’s broader customer base. Certain intervenors also challenged approval on the basis that Entergy Louisiana did not conduct a request for proposals to procure the proposed generation resources to serve the customer’s project; these intervenors also advocated that Entergy Louisiana be required to procure more renewable generation and evaluate transmission alternatives rather than proceeding with development of all of the proposed new generation resources. In May 2025, Entergy Louisiana filed its rebuttal testimony responding to the direct and cross-answering testimony of the LPSC staff and intervenors. The rebuttal testimony expressed support for or no opposition to the LPSC’s adoption of certain of the proposed recommendations and identified why other proposed recommendations should not be adopted. In addition, the rebuttal testimony stated that the negotiations related to the increase in the load amount for the customer’s project had concluded and that a rider to the electric service agreement reflecting this increase had been executed. In advance of the July 2025 hearing, Entergy Louisiana reached a settlement agreement with the

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LPSC staff and three separate intervenors. The hearing concluded and the matter is currently under consideration by the ALJ.

Entergy Louisiana Transmission Projects

As discussed in the Form 10-K, in March 2024, Entergy Louisiana filed an application with the LPSC seeking an exemption determination, or alternatively, a certificate of public convenience and necessity, for a transmission project that includes a new 500 kV/230 kV Commodore substation and an approximately 60-mile 230 kV line connecting the new Commodore substation to the Waterford substation. In February 2025, Entergy Louisiana and the LPSC staff jointly filed, for consideration by the LPSC, an uncontested stipulated settlement agreement resolving all issues in the proceeding. The LPSC approved the uncontested stipulated settlement agreement in March 2025 and thereby granted certification of the project.

As discussed in the Form 10-K, in December 2024, Entergy Louisiana filed an application with the LPSC seeking a certificate of public convenience and necessity for a 500 kV transmission project that includes the construction of a new 84-mile Commodore to Churchill 500 kV transmission line, the expansion of the Waterford 500 kV substation, the construction of a new Churchill 500 kV substation and improvements to the Churchill 230 kV substation, and the conversion of the existing 230 kV Waterford to Churchill transmission line to 500 kV, forming a 500 kV loop into the Downstream of Gypsy load pocket. In April 2025 the LPSC staff and the Louisiana Energy Users Group, an intervenor, filed direct testimony. The LPSC staff’s testimony recommends LPSC approval of the project. The Louisiana Energy Users Group’s testimony opines that Entergy Louisiana has shown that there is a need for additional transmission investment in the West Bank area of Amite South but recommends that the LPSC withhold approval pending further analysis, including analysis of potential lower cost alternatives to the proposed project, and also pending Entergy Louisiana demonstrating that it has contributions in aid of construction or minimum bill revenues from the customers whose block load additions would be enabled by the proposed transmission project in amounts sufficient to substantially, if not fully, cover the revenue requirement of the proposed project. In June 2025, Entergy Louisiana filed rebuttal testimony. The hearing is set for August 2025, and an LPSC decision is expected in fourth quarter 2025.

Entergy Mississippi New Advanced Power Station

Entergy Mississippi plans to construct, own, and operate a 754 MW combined cycle combustion turbine facility to be located in the City of Ridgeland, Madison County, Mississippi. The facility will be powered primarily by natural gas, and it will also be enabled for future carbon capture and storage and for hydrogen co-firing optionality. The project is expected to cost in excess of $1 billion. The facility is expected to be in service in 2029.

Legend Power Station and Lone Star Power Station

As discussed in the Form 10-K, in June 2024, Entergy Texas filed an application seeking PUCT approval to amend Entergy Texas’s certificate of convenience and necessity to construct, own, and operate the Legend Power Station, a 754 MW combined cycle combustion turbine facility, which will be enabled for future carbon capture and storage and for hydrogen co-firing optionality, to be located in Jefferson County, Texas, and the Lone Star Power Station, a 453 MW simple-cycle combustion turbine facility, which will be enabled with hydrogen co-firing optionality, originally expected to be located in Liberty County, Texas. In March 2025, Entergy Texas filed testimony explaining that Entergy Texas planned to move forward with building the Lone Star Power Station on a more cost-effective alternative site in San Jacinto County, Texas. A hearing on the merits was held in April 2025. Also in April 2025, Entergy Texas, intervenors, and the PUCT staff filed initial briefs. In its initial brief, the PUCT staff recommends denial of Entergy Texas’s application or, in the alternative, approval subject to conditions that include a prudence review by an external consultant if actual project costs exceed estimated costs by more than 10%, transmission cost reporting, and weatherization of both the Legend Power Station and the Lone Star Power Station. Certain intervenors requested that the PUCT impose various conditions upon the approval of the resources, including, among others, cost recovery limitations, a direction that Entergy Texas initiate a competitive tariff

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proceeding to facilitate industrial sleeving, a requirement for additional regulatory approvals related to hydrogen or carbon capture and storage implementation, limits on the recovery of supplemental filing costs, and calculation of AFUDC based on an adjusted weighted average cost of capital. Reply briefs were filed in May 2025. In June 2025 the ALJs with the State Office of Administrative Hearings issued a proposal for decision, in which they recommended rejection of Entergy Texas’s application to construct the Legend Power Station and the Lone Star Power Station based upon their finding that Entergy Texas did not demonstrate the resources to be cost-effective alternatives to address the uncontested need for additional generation. In the alternative, the ALJs recommended that if the PUCT approves the resources, that conditions be imposed, including a deferral of the finding that the resources were prudently selected until Entergy Texas’s next rate case, a prudence review by an external consultant if actual project costs exceed estimated costs by more than 10%, weatherization requirements, and a requirement that Entergy Texas obtain additional regulatory approvals prior to implementing hydrogen co-firing or carbon capture and storage. The ALJs’ proposal for decision is an interim step in the certification process, and it is not binding upon the PUCT. Entergy Texas filed exceptions in July 2025. A PUCT decision is expected in third quarter 2025. Subject to receipt of required regulatory approval and other conditions, both facilities are expected to be in service by mid-2028.

Southeast Texas Area Reliability Project (SETEX)

In February 2025, Entergy Texas filed an application seeking PUCT approval to amend Entergy Texas’s certificate of convenience and necessity to construct, own, and operate a new single-circuit 500 kV transmission line and associated stations and 138/230 kV facilities. The transmission line is expected to be approximately 131 to 160 miles in length and the estimated cost of the project ranges from $1.3 billion to $1.5 billion, depending upon the route ultimately approved by the PUCT. Also in February 2025 the PUCT referred the proceeding to the State Office of Administrative Hearings. A hearing on the merits was held in May 2025. In July 2025 the ALJs with the State Office of Administrative Hearings issued a proposal for decision recommending the PUCT approve Entergy Texas’s application to construct SETEX and recommending the PUCT’s approval include selection of a specific route with an estimated cost of $1.4 billion. A PUCT decision is expected in third quarter 2025. Subject to receipt of required regulatory approval and other conditions, construction of the project is expected to be completed by the end of 2029.

Cypress to Legend 500 kV Transmission Line

In May 2025, Entergy Texas filed an application seeking PUCT approval to amend Entergy Texas’s certificate of convenience and necessity to construct, own, and operate a new single-circuit 500 kV transmission line. The transmission line is expected to be approximately 40 to 49 miles in length and the estimated cost of the project ranges from $392.7 million to $436.2 million, depending on the route ultimately approved by the PUCT. In June 2025 the PUCT referred the proceeding to the State Office of Administrative Hearings and the ALJs with the State Office of Administrative Hearings adopted a procedural schedule with a hearing on the merits to be held in mid-August 2025. A PUCT decision is expected in fourth quarter 2025. Subject to receipt of required regulatory approval and other conditions, construction of the project is expected to be completed by the end of 2028.

Dividends

Declarations of dividends on Entergy Corporation common stock are made at the discretion of the Board. Among other things, the Board evaluates the level of Entergy Corporation common stock dividends based upon earnings per share from the Utility segment and the Parent and Other portion of the business, financial strength, and future investment opportunities. In July 2025, the Board declared a dividend of $0.60 per share.

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Cash Flow Activity

As shown in Entergy’s Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 were as follows:

20252024
(In Millions)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period$860$133
Net cash provided by (used in):
Operating activities1,7981,546
Investing activities(3,741)(2,466)
Financing activities2,2592,142
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents3161,222
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period$1,176$1,355

Operating Activities

Net cash flow provided by operating activities increased $252 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2024 primarily due to:

  • the receipt of $313 million in advance payments related to customer agreements in 2025, which are recorded as current liabilities and included within changes in other working capital accounts;

  • higher collections from Utility customers; and

  • the timing of payments to vendors.

The increase was partially offset by higher fuel and purchased power payments and an increase of $115 million in interest paid. See Note 2 to the financial statements herein and in the Form 10-K for a discussion of fuel and purchased power cost recovery.

Investing Activities

Net cash flow used in investing activities increased $1,275 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2024 primarily due to:

  • an increase of $1,196 million in non-nuclear generation construction expenditures primarily due to higher spending by Entergy Arkansas on the Lake Catherine Unit 5 project, by Entergy Louisiana on new generation resources in north Louisiana, by Entergy Mississippi on the Delta Blues Advanced Power Station project, the Penton Solar project, and other non-nuclear generation projects, and by Entergy Texas on the Orange County Advanced Power Station project, the Legend Power Station project, and the Lone Star Power Station project;

  • an increase of $258 million in distribution construction expenditures primarily due to increased investment in the resilience of the Utility distribution system;

  • an increase of $116 million in transmission construction expenditures primarily due to higher spending by Entergy Louisiana on the Commodore transmission projects and increased spending on various other transmission projects in 2025; and

  • an increase of $54 million in nuclear construction expenditures primarily due to increased spending on various nuclear projects in 2025.

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The increase was partially offset by:

  • the initial payment of approximately $170 million in February 2024 for the purchase of the Walnut Bend Solar facility by Entergy Arkansas;

  • a decrease of $101 million in information technology capital expenditures primarily due to decreased spending on technology upgrade projects in 2025;

  • net receipts from storm reserve escrow accounts of $37 million in 2025 compared to payments to storm reserve escrow accounts of $10 million in 2024; and

  • a decrease of $32 million in nuclear fuel purchases due to variations from year to year in the timing and pricing of fuel reload requirements, materials and services deliveries, and the timing of cash payments during the nuclear fuel cycle.

See Note 14 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of the Walnut Bend Solar facility purchase.

Financing Activities

Net cash flow provided by financing activities increased $117 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2024 primarily due to:

  • $805 million in net proceeds from the issuance of common stock under the at the market equity distribution program in 2025. There were no issuances of common stock under the at the market equity distribution program in 2024; and

  • an increase of $371 million in net customer advances for construction related to transmission, distribution, and generator interconnection agreements.

The increase was partially offset by:

  • long-term debt activity providing approximately $1,918 million of cash in 2025 compared to providing approximately $2,688 million of cash in 2024;

  • an increase of $246 million in net repayments of commercial paper in 2025 as compared to 2024; and

  • an increase of $34 million in common stock dividends paid in 2025 as a result of an increase in the dividend paid per share in 2025 as compared to 2024.

See Note 3 to the financial statements herein and Note 7 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of Entergy Corporation’s at the market equity distribution program. See Note 4 to the financial statements herein and Notes 4 and 5 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for details of Entergy’s commercial paper program and long-term debt.

Rate, Cost-recovery, and Other Regulation

See “MANAGEMENT’S FINANCIAL DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS - Rate, Cost-recovery, and Other Regulation” in the Form 10-K for discussions of rate regulation, federal regulation, and related regulatory proceedings.

State and Local Rate Regulation and Fuel-Cost Recovery

See Note 2 to the financial statements herein for updates to the discussion in the Form 10-K regarding these proceedings.

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Federal Regulation

See Note 2 to the financial statements herein for updates to the discussion in the Form 10-K regarding federal regulatory proceedings.

Market and Credit Risk Sensitive Instruments

See “MANAGEMENT’S FINANCIAL DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS – Market and Credit Risk Sensitive Instruments” in the Form 10-K for a discussion of market and credit risk sensitive instruments. The following is an update to that discussion.

Some of the agreements to sell the power produced by Entergy’s non-utility operations business contain provisions that require an Entergy subsidiary to provide credit support to secure its obligations under such agreements. The primary form of credit support used to satisfy these requirements is an Entergy Corporation guarantee. Cash and letters of credit are also acceptable forms of credit support. At June 30, 2025, based on power prices at that time, Entergy had no liquidity exposure under the guarantees in place supporting its non-utility operations business transactions and $3 million of posted cash collateral.

Nuclear Matters

See “MANAGEMENT’S FINANCIAL DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS – Nuclear Matters” in the Form 10-K for a discussion of nuclear matters. The following is an update to that discussion.

NRC Reactor Oversight Process

The NRC’s Reactor Oversight Process is a program to collect information about plant performance, assess the information for its safety significance, and provide for appropriate licensee and NRC response. The NRC evaluates plant performance by analyzing two distinct inputs: inspection findings resulting from the NRC’s inspection program and performance indicators reported by the licensee. The evaluations result in the placement of each plant in one of the NRC’s Reactor Oversight Process Action Matrix columns: “licensee response column,” or Column 1, “regulatory response column,” or Column 2, “degraded cornerstone column,” or Column 3, “multiple/repetitive degraded cornerstone column,” or Column 4, and “unacceptable performance,” or Column 5. Plants in Column 1 are subject to normal NRC inspection activities. Plants in Column 2, Column 3, or Column 4 are subject to progressively increasing levels of inspection by the NRC with, in general, progressively increasing levels of associated costs. Continued plant operation is not permitted for plants in Column 5. All of the nuclear generating plants owned and operated by Entergy’s Utility business are currently in Column 1, except Waterford 3, which is in Column 2.

In June 2025 the NRC placed Waterford 3 in Column 2, effective second quarter 2025, based on the failure to properly develop and implement adequate maintenance instructions for the fuel linkage connection to the mechanical governor for an emergency diesel generator. Waterford 3 will remain in Column 2 until a supplemental inspection is satisfactorily completed.

Critical Accounting Estimates

See “MANAGEMENT’S FINANCIAL DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS - Critical Accounting Estimates” in the Form 10-K for a discussion of the estimates and judgments necessary in Entergy’s accounting for nuclear decommissioning costs, utility regulatory accounting, taxation and uncertain tax positions, qualified pension and other postretirement benefits, and other contingencies.

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New Accounting Pronouncements

See Note 1 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of new accounting pronouncements. The following is an update to that discussion.

As discussed in the Form 10-K, in March 2024 the SEC issued final rules that require registrants to provide certain climate-related disclosures in annual reports and registration statements in order to enhance and standardize climate-related disclosures for investors. In April 2024 the SEC stayed the final rules, pending judicial review of consolidated challenges to the rules by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. In March 2025 the SEC voted to end its defense of the final rules against parties that have legally challenged the rules. In April 2025 the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ordered the litigation to be held in abeyance and directed the SEC to indicate within 90 days whether the SEC would reconsider or review the climate disclosure rules. In July 2025 the SEC submitted a status report to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit stating that it does not intend to review or reconsider its final rules at this time and requesting that the Court of Appeals terminate the abeyance and proceed with its judicial review of the case. Entergy will continue to monitor developments related to the SEC’s final rules on climate-related disclosures.

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CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENTS
For the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2025 and 2024
(Unaudited)
Three Months EndedSix Months Ended
2025202420252024
(In Thousands, Except Share Data)
OPERATING REVENUES
Electric$3,274,945$2,906,047$6,032,811$5,612,553
Natural gas40,77835,357112,509101,024
Other13,12612,21630,40334,671
TOTAL3,328,8492,953,6206,175,7235,748,248
OPERATING EXPENSES
Operation and Maintenance:
Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale636,274522,550980,7961,139,166
Purchased power376,105200,705721,851428,847
Nuclear refueling outage expenses29,61338,27762,65476,540
Other operation and maintenance724,463701,7751,397,1301,388,806
Asset write-offs, impairments, and related charges (credits)———131,775
Decommissioning56,56954,193112,498107,574
Taxes other than income taxes201,774187,520400,539379,949
Depreciation and amortization522,583505,3631,035,5261,005,024
Other regulatory charges (credits) - net(55,957)125,607(72,800)234,954
TOTAL2,491,4242,335,9904,638,1944,892,635
OPERATING INCOME837,425617,6301,537,529855,613
OTHER INCOME (DEDUCTIONS)
Allowance for equity funds used during construction51,30529,27595,32356,070
Interest and investment income87,41970,587120,825221,283
Miscellaneous - net(43,722)(342,549)(28,996)(393,294)
TOTAL95,002(242,687)187,152(115,941)
INTEREST EXPENSE
Interest expense343,067301,263691,451579,006
Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction(20,993)(11,686)(39,586)(22,229)
TOTAL322,074289,577651,865556,777
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES610,35385,3661,072,816182,895
Income taxes138,39933,634238,44054,627
CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME471,95451,732834,376128,268
Preferred dividend requirements of subsidiaries and noncontrolling interests4,0242,8105,6864,065
NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO ENTERGY CORPORATION$467,930$48,922$828,690$124,203
Earnings per average common share:
Basic$1.07$0.11$1.91$0.29
Diluted$1.05$0.11$1.87$0.29
Basic average number of common shares outstanding439,182,369427,234,219434,789,473426,760,829
Diluted average number of common shares outstanding445,700,889428,753,441443,446,875428,311,535
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
For the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2025 and 2024
(Unaudited)
Three Months EndedSix Months Ended
2025202420252024
(In Thousands)
Net Income$471,954$51,732$834,376$128,268
Other comprehensive (loss) income
Pension and other postretirement plan changes (net of tax (benefit) expense of ($1,411), $65,371, ($3,695), and $64,170)(4,602)246,489(8,331)242,821
Other comprehensive (loss) income(4,602)246,489(8,331)242,821
Comprehensive Income467,352298,221826,045371,089
Preferred dividend requirements of subsidiaries and noncontrolling interests4,0242,8105,6864,065
Comprehensive Income Attributable to Entergy Corporation$463,328$295,411$820,359$367,024
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2025 and 2024
(Unaudited)
20252024
(In Thousands)
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Consolidated net income$834,376$128,268
Adjustments to reconcile consolidated net income to net cash flow provided by operating activities:
Depreciation, amortization, and decommissioning, including nuclear fuel amortization1,255,2041,206,492
Deferred income taxes, investment tax credits, and non-current taxes accrued231,27415,998
Asset write-offs, impairments, and related charges (credits)—131,775
Pension settlement charge—316,738
Changes in working capital:
Receivables(275,045)(187,554)
Fuel inventory(4,852)18,324
Accounts payable(53,439)(149,554)
Taxes accrued11,23016,546
Interest accrued22,86723,560
Deferred fuel costs(263,205)134,953
Other working capital accounts244,972(120,277)
Changes in provisions for estimated losses(38,444)4,630
Changes in other regulatory assets174,523260,722
Changes in other regulatory liabilities20,040380,394
Changes in pension and other postretirement funded status(104,968)(131,539)
Other(256,743)(503,020)
Net cash flow provided by operating activities1,797,7901,546,456
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Construction/capital expenditures(3,668,326)(2,124,279)
Allowance for equity funds used during construction83,16156,070
Nuclear fuel purchases(129,124)(161,483)
Payment for purchase of plant and assets(1,608)(172,614)
Changes in securitization account3,3093,976
Payments to storm reserve escrow accounts(6,808)(9,595)
Receipts from storm reserve escrow accounts43,789—
Increase in other investments(1,659)(9,689)
Litigation proceeds for reimbursement of spent nuclear fuel storage costs3,546—
Proceeds from nuclear decommissioning trust fund sales713,1021,201,162
Investment in nuclear decommissioning trust funds(780,211)(1,250,039)
Net cash flow used in investing activities(3,740,829)(2,466,491)
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2025 and 2024
(Unaudited)
20252024
(In Thousands)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Proceeds from the issuance of:
Long-term debt3,517,9495,068,266
Treasury stock24,53945,982
Common stock804,631—
Retirement of long-term debt(1,599,728)(2,379,903)
Changes in commercial paper - net(451,686)(205,820)
Customer advances received for construction732,454192,426
Customer advances used for construction(245,481)(76,768)
Other2,164(10,118)
Dividends paid:
Common stock(516,716)(482,255)
Preferred stock(9,159)(9,159)
Net cash flow provided by financing activities2,258,9672,142,651
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents315,9281,222,616
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period859,703132,548
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period$1,175,631$1,355,164
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
Cash paid during the period for:
Interest - net of amount capitalized$647,900$532,742
Income taxes$2,487$7,822
Noncash investing activities:
Accrued construction expenditures$576,992$537,463
See Notes to Financial Statements.
ENTERGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
ASSETS
June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024
(Unaudited)
20252024
(In Thousands)
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents:
Cash$164,024$48,424
Temporary cash investments1,011,607811,279
Total cash and cash equivalents1,175,631859,703
Accounts receivable:
Customer839,379681,504
Allowance for doubtful accounts(23,010)(17,919)
Other253,458204,868
Accrued unbilled revenues595,617521,946
Total accounts receivable1,665,4441,390,399
Deferred fuel costs99,774—
Fuel inventory - at average cost170,925166,408
Materials and supplies1,627,7181,631,056
Deferred nuclear refueling outage costs103,07299,885
Current assets held for sale19,60215,574
Prepayments and other327,284233,212
TOTAL5,189,4504,396,237
OTHER PROPERTY AND INVESTMENTS
Decommissioning trust funds5,833,4325,562,575
Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation)468,635423,764
Storm reserve escrow accounts303,479340,460
Other84,41182,344
TOTAL6,689,9576,409,143
PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT
Electric72,332,65070,818,667
Natural gas78,18277,054
Construction work in progress5,014,9353,206,308
Nuclear fuel727,407765,661
TOTAL PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT78,153,17474,867,690
Less - accumulated depreciation and amortization28,147,57027,444,740
PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT - NET50,005,60447,422,950
DEFERRED DEBITS AND OTHER ASSETS
Regulatory assets:
Other regulatory assets (includes securitization property of $226,006 as of June 30, 2025 and $234,112 as of December 31, 2024)5,082,8425,255,509
Deferred fuel costs172,201172,201
Goodwill367,582367,625
Accumulated deferred income taxes24,77718,986
Non-current assets held for sale472,528462,797
Other378,199284,584
TOTAL6,498,1296,561,702
TOTAL ASSETS$68,383,140$64,790,032
See Notes to Financial Statements.
ENTERGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024
(Unaudited)
20252024
(In Thousands)
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Currently maturing long-term debt$1,815,112$1,378,090
Notes payable and commercial paper475,605927,291
Accounts payable2,133,7971,929,162
Customer deposits477,258462,436
Taxes accrued468,336457,093
Interest accrued282,421259,554
Deferred fuel costs73,937237,146
Pension and other postretirement liabilities61,45764,854
Customer advances455,454151,662
Other269,496243,749
TOTAL6,512,8736,111,037
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accumulated deferred income taxes and taxes accrued4,733,5804,467,748
Accumulated deferred investment tax credits189,849194,146
Regulatory liability for income taxes - net1,140,5871,168,078
Other regulatory liabilities3,659,1633,609,463
Decommissioning and asset retirement cost liabilities4,825,3644,713,426
Accumulated provisions467,619506,063
Pension and other postretirement liabilities180,062254,704
Long-term debt (includes securitization bonds of $230,445 as of June 30, 2025 and $239,622 as of December 31, 2024)28,114,72626,613,505
Customer advances for construction1,121,559634,587
Other909,4081,112,881
TOTAL45,341,91743,274,601
Commitments and Contingencies
Subsidiaries’ preferred stock without sinking fund219,410219,410
EQUITY
Preferred stock, no par value, authorized 1,000,000 shares in 2025 and 2024; issued shares in 2025 and 2024 - none——
Common stock, $0.01 par value, authorized 998,000,000 shares in 2025 and 2024; issued 577,511,170 shares in 2025 and 561,950,696 shares in 20245,7755,620
Paid-in capital8,612,7137,833,525
Retained earnings12,326,28912,014,315
Accumulated other comprehensive income34,43842,769
Less - treasury stock, at cost (131,102,101 shares in 2025 and 132,370,280 shares in 2024)4,766,2154,812,321
Total shareholders**’** equity16,213,00015,083,908
Subsidiaries’ preferred stock without sinking fund and noncontrolling interests95,940101,076
TOTAL16,308,94015,184,984
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY$68,383,140$64,790,032
See Notes to Financial Statements.
ENTERGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2025
(Unaudited)
Shareholders’ Equity
Subsidiaries’ Preferred Stock and Noncontrolling InterestsCommon StockTreasury StockPaid-in CapitalRetained EarningsAccumulated Other Comprehensive IncomeTotal
(In Thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2024$101,076$5,620($4,812,321)$7,833,525$12,014,315$42,769$15,184,984
Consolidated net income (a)1,662———360,760—362,422
Other comprehensive loss—————(3,729)(3,729)
Common stock issuances related to stock plans——43,398(40,777)——2,621
Common stock dividends declared————(258,249)—(258,249)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests(1,069)—————(1,069)
Preferred dividend requirements of subsidiaries (a)(4,580)—————(4,580)
Balance at March 31, 202597,0895,620(4,768,923)7,792,74812,116,82639,04015,282,400
Consolidated net income (a)4,024———467,930—471,954
Other comprehensive loss—————(4,602)(4,602)
Common stock issuances and sales under the at the market equity distribution program—155—813,716——813,871
Common stock issuance costs———(9,240)——(9,240)
Common stock issuances related to stock plans——2,70815,489——18,197
Common stock dividends declared————(258,467)—(258,467)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests(593)—————(593)
Preferred dividend requirements of subsidiaries (a)(4,580)—————(4,580)
Balance at June 30, 2025$95,940$5,775($4,766,215)$8,612,713$12,326,289$34,438$16,308,940
See Notes to Financial Statements.
(a) Consolidated net income and preferred dividend requirements of subsidiaries for first quarter 2025 and second quarter 2025 each includes $4 million of preferred dividends on subsidiaries’ preferred stock without sinking fund that is not presented as equity.
ENTERGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2024
(Unaudited)
Shareholders’ Equity
Subsidiaries' Preferred Stock and Noncontrolling InterestsCommon StockTreasury StockPaid-in CapitalRetained EarningsAccumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)Total
(In Thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2023$120,459$5,620($4,953,498)$7,792,601$11,940,384($162,460)$14,743,106
Consolidated net income (a)1,255———75,281—76,536
Other comprehensive loss—————(3,668)(3,668)
Common stock issuances related to stock plans——30,881(25,842)——5,039
Common stock dividends declared————(240,959)—(240,959)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests(1,108)—————(1,108)
Preferred dividend requirements of subsidiaries (a)(4,580)—————(4,580)
Balance at March 31, 2024116,0265,620(4,922,617)7,766,75911,774,706(166,128)14,574,366
Consolidated net income (a)2,810———48,922—51,732
Other comprehensive income—————246,489246,489
Common stock issuances related to stock plans——38,92216,352——55,274
Common stock dividends declared————(241,296)—(241,296)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests(330)—————(330)
Preferred dividend requirements of subsidiaries (a)(4,580)—————(4,580)
Balance at June 30, 2024$113,926$5,620($4,883,695)$7,783,111$11,582,332$80,361$14,681,655
See Notes to Financial Statements.
(a) Consolidated net income and preferred dividend requirements of subsidiaries for first quarter 2024 and second quarter 2024 each includes $4 million of preferred dividends on subsidiaries’ preferred stock without sinking fund that is not presented as equity.

ENTERGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

NOTE 1. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy)

Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries are involved in a number of legal, regulatory, and tax proceedings before various courts, regulatory authorities, and governmental agencies in the ordinary course of business. While management is unable to predict with certainty the outcome of such proceedings, management does not believe that the ultimate resolution of these matters will have a material adverse effect on Entergy’s results of operations, cash flows, or financial condition, except as otherwise discussed in the Form 10-K or in this report. Entergy discusses regulatory proceedings in Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K and herein and discusses tax proceedings in Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K and Note 10 to the financial statements herein.

Vidalia Purchased Power Agreement

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy Louisiana’s Vidalia purchased power agreement.

Spent Nuclear Fuel Litigation

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy’s spent nuclear fuel litigation. The following is an update to that discussion.

As discussed in the Form 10-K, in October 2024 the U.S. Court of Federal Claims issued a final judgment in the amount of $7 million in favor of Holtec Palisades, LLC (previously Entergy Nuclear Palisades) and against the DOE in the final round Palisades damages case. Holtec, as the current owner, received payment from the U.S. Treasury in March 2025 and subsequently transferred the $7 million judgment to Entergy. The effect in 2024 of recording the judgment was a reduction to asset write-offs, impairments, and related charges (credits). The damages awarded included $4 million related to costs previously recorded as plant and $3 million related to costs previously recorded as other operation and maintenance expenses.

Nuclear Insurance

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on nuclear liability and property insurance associated with Entergy’s nuclear power plants.

Non-Nuclear Property Insurance

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy’s non-nuclear property insurance program.

Employment and Labor-related Proceedings

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information on Entergy’s employment and labor-related proceedings.

Asbestos Litigation (Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas)

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding asbestos litigation.

Entergy Corporation and Subsidiaries

Notes to Financial Statements

Grand Gulf-Related Agreements

See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding Grand Gulf-related agreements, including the Unit Power Sales Agreement, the Availability Agreement, and the Reallocation Agreement.

Exclusivity Agreement with Major Vendor

Entergy entered into an exclusivity agreement with a major vendor to manufacture power island equipment (PIE) and combustion turbines (CT) for combustion turbine generator set frames larger than 400 MWs. The agreement guarantees Entergy one manufacturing slot per quarter for the shorter of a five-year period or until Entergy fulfills its minimum commitment. The agreement commits Entergy to a minimum order of 15 sets of PIE and two CTs during that time period. The commitments are fully transferable to any of the Utility operating companies.

Cancellation or failure to purchase the minimum commitment amounts will result in a charge. If any of the Utility operating companies purchases any PIEs or CTs within the scope of the agreement from another supplier (except as permitted under the agreement), then the vendor has the right to terminate all or a portion of the agreement. In the event of such termination, the Utility operating company would then be obligated to pay 50% of the base price for each PIE or CT not yet ordered. The agreement does not establish final pricing and delivery dates of purchases that will go towards meeting the commitments under the agreement. Such terms shall be agreed to in separate agreements.

NOTE 2. RATE AND REGULATORY MATTERS (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy)

Regulatory Assets and Regulatory Liabilities

See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding regulatory assets and regulatory liabilities in the Utility business presented on the balance sheets of Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries. The following are updates to that discussion.

Fuel and purchased power cost recovery

Entergy Arkansas

Energy Cost Recovery Rider

In March 2025, Entergy Arkansas filed its annual redetermination of its energy cost rate pursuant to the energy cost recovery rider, which reflected an increase in the rate from $0.00882 per kWh to $0.01333 per kWh. The annual redetermination included a credit related to the remaining balance due to retail customers from the System Energy settlement with the APSC, plus carrying charges and interest. See “Retail Rate Proceedings - Filings with the APSC (Entergy Arkansas) - Retail Rates - Grand Gulf Credit Rider” below for further discussion. The primary reason for the rate increase is an adjustment to account for projected increases in natural gas prices in 2025. This adjustment is expected to reduce the rate change that will be reflected in its 2026 energy cost rate redetermination. The redetermined rate of $0.01333 per kWh became effective with the first billing cycle in April 2025 through the normal operation of the tariff.

Entergy Corporation and Subsidiaries

Notes to Financial Statements

Entergy Louisiana

As discussed in the Form 10-K, in January 2023 the LPSC staff provided notice of an audit of Entergy Louisiana’s purchased gas adjustment clause filings. The audit includes a review of the reasonableness of charges flowed through Entergy Louisiana’s purchased gas adjustment clause for the period from 2021 through 2022. In April 2025 the LPSC staff issued its audit report (for Entergy Louisiana’s gas operations), which included several prospective recommendations but no financial disallowances. The LPSC accepted the report in June 2025.

Entergy Texas

As discussed in the Form 10-K, in September 2024, Entergy Texas filed an application with the PUCT to reconcile its fuel and purchased power costs for the period from April 2022 through March 2024. During the reconciliation period, Entergy Texas incurred approximately $1.6 billion in eligible fuel and purchased power expenses to generate and purchase electricity to serve its customers, net of certain revenues credited to such expenses and other adjustments. Entergy Texas’s cumulative under-recovery balance for the reconciliation period was approximately $30 million, including interest, which Entergy Texas requested authority to carry over as part of the cumulative fuel balance for the subsequent reconciliation period beginning April 2024. In November 2024 the PUCT referred the proceeding to the State Office of Administrative Hearings. In March 2025, Texas Industrial Energy Consumers, an intervenor, filed testimony regarding the recovery of capacity costs for a certain power purchase agreement, arguing the capacity costs should be imputed and treated as non-reconcilable fuel expense, recovered in Entergy Texas’s base rates. In April 2025 the PUCT staff filed testimony and later in April 2025, Entergy Texas filed rebuttal testimony. In May 2025, Entergy Texas filed, and the ALJ with the State Office of Administrative Hearings granted, a request for a paper hearing and to cancel the oral hearing on the merits previously scheduled for later in May 2025. In June 2025, Entergy Texas filed, and the ALJ with the State Office of Administrative Hearings granted, a joint motion to abate the proceeding to give the parties to the proceeding additional time to finalize a settlement.

Retail Rate Proceedings

See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding retail rate proceedings involving the Utility operating companies. The following are updates to that discussion.

Filings with the APSC (Entergy Arkansas)

Retail Rates

2025 Formula Rate Plan Filing

In July 2025, Entergy Arkansas filed with the APSC its 2025 formula rate plan filing to set its formula rate for the 2026 calendar year.  The filing contained an evaluation of Entergy Arkansas’s earnings for the 2026 projected year and a netting adjustment for the 2024 historical year.  The filing showed that Entergy Arkansas’s earned rate of return on common equity for the 2026 projected year was 8.45% resulting in a revenue deficiency of $68.9 million.  The earned rate of return on common equity for the 2024 historical year was 7.71% resulting in a $48.8 million netting adjustment.  The total proposed revenue change for the 2026 projected year and 2024 historical year netting adjustment is $117.7 million.   By operation of the formula rate plan, Entergy Arkansas’s recovery of the revenue requirement is subject to a four percent annual revenue constraint.  Because Entergy Arkansas’s revenue requirement in this filing exceeded the constraint, the resulting increase was limited to $92.3 million. Entergy Arkansas proposed a procedural schedule that includes a hearing in November 2025 and requests an APSC order in December 2025.

Entergy Corporation and Subsidiaries

Notes to Financial Statements

Grand Gulf Credit Rider

As discussed in the Form 10-K, in June 2024, Entergy Arkansas filed with the APSC a tariff to provide retail customers a credit resulting from the terms of the settlement agreement between Entergy Arkansas, System Energy, additional named Entergy parties, and the APSC pertaining to System Energy’s billings for wholesale sales of energy and capacity from the Grand Gulf nuclear plant. See “Complaints Against System Energy - System Energy Settlement with the APSC” in Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of the System Energy settlement with the APSC. In July 2024 the APSC approved the tariff, under which Entergy Arkansas would refund to retail customers a total of $100.6 million. Entergy Arkansas refunded $92.3 million of the total through one-time bill credits under the Grand Gulf credit rider during the August 2024 billing cycle. In March 2025, Entergy Arkansas included the remaining balance as a credit to retail customers in its energy cost recovery rider rate redetermination filing. See further discussion within "Regulatory Assets and Regulatory Liabilities - Fuel and purchased power cost recovery - Entergy Arkansas - Energy Cost Recovery Rider" above. In April 2025 the APSC approved Entergy Arkansas’s proposal to include the remaining balance in its energy cost recovery rider effective with the first billing cycle of April 2025 and the withdrawal of the Grand Gulf credit rider after all credits had been issued. Credits to retail customers were completed in second quarter 2025, and the Grand Gulf credit rider was subsequently withdrawn.

Filings with the LPSC (Entergy Louisiana)

Retail Rates - Electric

2023 Formula Rate Plan Filing

As discussed in the Form 10-K, in August 2024, pursuant to the global stipulated settlement agreement approved by the LPSC also in August 2024, Entergy Louisiana filed its formula rate plan evaluation report for its 2023 calendar year operations. Consistent with the global stipulated settlement agreement, the filing reflected a 9.7% allowed return on common equity with a bandwidth of 40 basis points above and below the midpoint. For the 2023 test year, however, the bandwidth provisions of the formula rate plan were temporarily suspended and, pursuant to the terms of the global stipulated settlement agreement, Entergy Louisiana implemented the September 2024 formula rate plan rate adjustments effective with the first billing cycle of September 2024. In January 2025, Entergy Louisiana and the LPSC filed a joint report indicating that no disputed issues remained in the proceeding and requesting that the LPSC issue an order accepting Entergy Louisiana’s evaluation report and, ultimately, resolving this matter. In March 2025 the LPSC issued an order accepting the evaluation report.

In December 2024, pursuant to the terms of the global stipulated settlement agreement, Entergy Louisiana filed an interim rate adjustment for the 2023 test year reflecting the return of $25.1 million of refunds from the System Energy settlement with the LPSC to customers from January through August 2025. In February 2025, pursuant to the terms of the global stipulated settlement agreement, Entergy Louisiana filed a second interim rate adjustment for the 2023 test year reflecting the divestiture of Entergy Louisiana’s share of Grand Gulf capacity and energy, which was effective as of January 1, 2025. The second interim rate adjustment also reflected a revenue increase of $17.8 million for the recovery of Hurricane Francine costs as approved by the LPSC (on an interim basis). The second interim rate adjustment was implemented with the first billing cycle of March 2025. See further discussion of the Hurricane Francine proceeding in “Storm Cost Recovery Filings with Retail Regulators – Entergy Louisiana – Hurricane Francine” below. See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of Entergy Louisiana’s divestiture from the Unit Power Sales Agreement.

2024 Formula Rate Plan Filing

In May 2025, Entergy Louisiana filed its formula rate plan evaluation report for its 2024 calendar year operations. Consistent with the global stipulated settlement agreement approved by the LPSC in August 2024, the filing reflected a 9.7% allowed return on common equity with a bandwidth of 40 basis points above and below the

Entergy Corporation and Subsidiaries

Notes to Financial Statements

midpoint. For the test year 2024, however, any earnings above the allowed return on common equity are to be returned to customers through a credit, pursuant to the terms of the global stipulated settlement agreement. The 2024 test year evaluation produced an earned return on common equity of 9.98%, which is within the approved formula rate plan bandwidth, but above the allowed return on common equity, resulting in a customer credit of $31.9 million to be returned to customers during September and October 2025.

Other changes in formula rate plan revenue are driven by higher nuclear depreciation rates, additions to transmission and distribution plant in service reflected through the transmission recovery mechanism and distribution recovery mechanism, and the expiration of customer credits related to the LPSC’s order, offset by increased customer credits resulting from an increase in net MISO revenues reflected through the MISO cost recovery mechanism and the reduction in the Louisiana corporate income tax rate effective January 1, 2025, reflected through the tax adjustment mechanism, as discussed below. Excluding the customer credit for earnings above the authorized return on common equity discussed above, the net result of these changes on an annualized basis is a $2 million increase in formula rate plan revenue.

As noted above, the 2024 evaluation report included the effects of the change in Louisiana state tax law that reduced the corporate income tax rate to a flat 5.5% (from the then-current highest marginal rate of 7.5%) effective January 1, 2025. As such, the 2024 evaluation report reflected the calculation of current and deferred income tax expenses as well as the revaluation of accumulated deferred income taxes based on the income tax laws currently in effect. The 2024 evaluation report proposes that the rate effects associated with the revaluation of accumulated deferred income taxes, including the collection of any net accumulated deferred income tax deficiency and any related effects on rate base, should be reflected in the tax adjustment mechanism consistent with the treatment of similar Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and prior state tax change-related impacts. The effects of the change in tax law on Entergy Louisiana’s authorized return on rate base are also reflected in the 2024 evaluation report consistent with the treatment cited above, including a credit in the extraordinary cost change mechanism for the prospective change in Entergy Louisiana’s authorized return and a credit within the tax adjustment mechanism for over-collection of income tax expense through August 2025.

Additional Generation and Transmission Resources

As discussed in the Form 10-K, in October 2024, Entergy Louisiana filed an application with the LPSC seeking approval of a variety of generation and transmission resources proposed in connection with establishing service to a new data center to be developed by a subsidiary of Meta Platforms, Inc. in north Louisiana, for which an electric service agreement has been executed. The filing requests LPSC certification of three new combined cycle combustion turbine generation resources totaling 2,262 MW, each of which will be enabled for future carbon capture and storage, a new 500 kV transmission line, and 500 kV substation upgrades. The application also requests approval to implement a corporate sustainability rider applicable to the new customer. The corporate sustainability rider contemplates the new customer contributing to the costs of the future addition of 1,500 MW of new solar and energy storage resources, agreements involving carbon capture and storage at Entergy Louisiana’s existing Lake Charles Power Station, and potential future wind and nuclear resources. Entergy Louisiana anticipates funding the incremental cost to serve the customer through direct financial contributions from the customer and the revenues it expects to earn under the electric service agreement. The electric service agreement also contains provisions for termination payments that will help ensure that there is no harm to Entergy Louisiana and its customers in the event of early termination. A directive was issued at the LPSC’s November 2024 meeting for the matter to be decided by October 2025. In February 2025 intervenors filed a motion asking the LPSC to deny Entergy Louisiana’s requested exemption from the LPSC’s order addressing competitive solicitation procedures and further asking the LPSC to dismiss the application. The ALJ issued an order denying the motion to dismiss the application and deferring the LPSC’s consideration of the motion regarding the competitive solicitation procedures until the hearing. In March 2025 the same intervenors filed a motion requesting the LPSC to require the customer and its parent company to be joined as parties to the proceeding or dismiss the application. In April 2025 the ALJ issued an order denying the March 2025 motion, and the moving parties filed a motion asking the LPSC to review and reverse the ALJ’s decision.

Entergy Corporation and Subsidiaries

Notes to Financial Statements

In February 2025, Entergy Louisiana filed supplemental testimony with the LPSC stating that the third combined cycle combustion turbine resource presented in the October 2024 application would be sited at Entergy Louisiana’s Waterford site in Killona, Louisiana, alongside existing Entergy Louisiana generation resources. The testimony also notes that Entergy Louisiana is negotiating with the customer in response to the customer’s request to increase the load associated with its project in north Louisiana. The testimony indicates further that the additional load can be served without additional generation capacity beyond what was presented in the October 2024 application, but that additional transmission facilities, which will be funded directly by the customer, are needed to serve this additional load.

In April 2025 and May 2025 the LPSC staff and certain intervenors each filed their direct testimony and cross-answering testimony, respectively. The LPSC staff’s testimony discussed the significant projected benefits associated with the data center project; however, both the LPSC staff and such intervenors also identified purported risks associated with constructing the requested resources based on the terms and conditions under which the customer would be taking service. Both the LPSC staff and such intervenors also recommended that the LPSC impose certain conditions on its approval which, if adopted, would support approval of Entergy Louisiana’s application. The LPSC staff’s recommendations included a condition that would require, under specified circumstances, certain sharing of net revenues from service to the project with Entergy Louisiana’s other customers. The LPSC staff also recommended that the LPSC deny approval of the corporate sustainability rider terms providing for the customer to supply funding toward the cost of installing carbon capture and storage infrastructure at Entergy Louisiana’s Lake Charles Power Station. The Louisiana Energy Users Group and other intervenors recommended that the LPSC require various changes to the terms of the electric service agreement with the customer that would shift additional risk and cost to the customer rather than Entergy Louisiana’s broader customer base. Certain intervenors also challenged approval on the basis that Entergy Louisiana did not conduct a request for proposals to procure the proposed generation resources to serve the customer’s project; these intervenors also advocated that Entergy Louisiana be required to procure more renewable generation and evaluate transmission alternatives rather than proceeding with development of all of the proposed new generation resources. In May 2025, Entergy Louisiana filed its rebuttal testimony responding to the direct and cross-answering testimony of the LPSC staff and intervenors. The rebuttal testimony expressed support for or no opposition to the LPSC’s adoption of certain of the proposed recommendations and identified why other proposed recommendations should not be adopted. In addition, the rebuttal testimony stated that the negotiations related to the increase in the load amount for the customer’s project had concluded and that a rider to the electric service agreement reflecting this increase had been executed. In advance of the July 2025 hearing, Entergy Louisiana reached a settlement agreement with the LPSC staff and three separate intervenors. The hearing concluded and the matter is currently under consideration by the ALJ.

COVID-19 Orders

As discussed in the Form 10-K, in April 2020 the LPSC issued an order authorizing utilities to record as a regulatory asset expenses incurred from the suspension of disconnections and collection of late fees imposed by LPSC orders associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. In April 2023, Entergy Louisiana filed an application proposing to utilize approximately $1.6 billion in certain low interest debt to generate earnings to apply toward the reduction of the COVID-19 regulatory asset, as well as to conduct additional outside right-of-way vegetation management activities and fund the minor storm reserve account. In that filing, Entergy Louisiana proposed to delay repayment of certain shorter-term first mortgage bonds that were issued to finance storm restoration costs until the costs could be securitized, and to invest the funds that otherwise would be used to repay those bonds in the money pool to take advantage of the spread between prevailing interest rates on investments in the money pool and the interest rates on the bonds. The LPSC approved Entergy Louisiana’s requested relief in June 2023. In November 2024, Entergy Louisiana submitted a filing to the LPSC requesting that the LPSC review Entergy Louisiana’s computation of the COVID-19 regulatory asset as well as Entergy Louisiana’s proposal to offset the regulatory asset against the net interest earned on the short-term debt funds, resulting in no increased costs to customers. At the time of the filing, Entergy Louisiana had a regulatory asset of $47.8 million for costs associated

Entergy Corporation and Subsidiaries

Notes to Financial Statements

with the COVID-19 pandemic. As of June 30, 2025, Entergy Louisiana had a regulatory liability of $48.9 million for the deferred earnings related to the approximately $1.6 billion in low interest debt, which had been fully repaid by August 2024. In granting Entergy Louisiana’s requested relief in June 2023, the LPSC ordered that any amount of earnings exceeding the amount of the COVID-19 regulatory asset be transferred to Entergy Louisiana’s storm reserve escrow account. In May 2025 the LPSC staff filed direct testimony finding that Entergy Louisiana had complied with the relevant orders and recommending approval of the requested treatment. In June 2025, Entergy Louisiana and the LPSC staff filed a joint motion requesting a hearing for the admission of an uncontested stipulated settlement agreement in the matter. A settlement hearing took place in July 2025 and Entergy Louisiana expects the settlement to be considered at an upcoming meeting of the LPSC. The settlement terms provide for LPSC approval of Entergy Louisiana’s calculation of the COVID-19 regulatory assets and Entergy Louisiana’s proposal to offset the regulatory asset as described above and as proposed in Entergy Louisiana’s November 2024 filing.

Filings with the MPSC (Entergy Mississippi)

Retail Rates

2025 Formula Rate Plan Filing

In February 2025, Entergy Mississippi submitted its formula rate plan 2025 test year filing and 2024 look-back filing showing Entergy Mississippi’s earned return on rate base for the historical 2024 calendar year to be within the formula rate plan bandwidth and projected earned return for the 2025 calendar year also to be within the formula rate plan bandwidth. The 2025 test year filing showed an earned return on rate base of 7.64% and reflected no change in formula rate plan revenues. The 2024 look-back filing compared actual 2024 results to the approved benchmark return on rate base and reflected no change in formula rate plan revenues, although Entergy Mississippi proposed to adjust interim rates by $135 thousand to reflect two outside-the-bandwidth changes: (1) the completion of Entergy Mississippi’s return to customers of credits under its restructuring credit rider; and (2) a true-up of demand side management costs.

In June 2025, Entergy Mississippi and the Mississippi Public Utilities Staff entered into a joint stipulation that confirmed the 2025 test year filing, with the exception of immaterial adjustments to certain operation and maintenance expenses. The formula rate plan reflected an earned return on rate base of 7.68% for calendar year 2025, resulting in no change in formula rate plan revenues for 2025. Pursuant to the stipulation, Entergy Mississippi’s 2024 look-back filing reflected an earned return on rate base of 7.55%, which also resulted in no change in formula rate plan revenues for 2024. In addition, the stipulation included the recovery of the two outside-the-bandwidth changes discussed above as well as the ratemaking treatment of customer contributions (deferred revenue and prepaid contributions in aid of construction). In June 2025 the MPSC approved the joint stipulation with rates effective in July 2025.

Interim Facilities Rate Adjustments

In May 2024, Entergy Mississippi received approval from the MPSC for formula rate plan revisions that were necessary for Entergy Mississippi to comply with state legislation passed in January 2024. The legislation allows Entergy Mississippi to make interim rate adjustments to recover the non-fuel related annual ownership cost of certain facilities that directly or indirectly provide service to customers who own certain data processing center projects as specified in the legislation. Entergy Mississippi filed the first of its annual interim facilities rate adjustment reports in May 2024 to recover approximately $8.7 million of these costs over a six-month period with rates effective beginning in July 2024. Entergy Mississippi filed its second interim facilities rate adjustment report in November 2024 to recover approximately $46.7 million of these costs over a 12-month period with rates effective beginning in January 2025. In February 2025, Entergy Mississippi filed a true-up interim facilities rate adjustment report to the initial annual interim facilities rate adjustment report filed in May 2024, reflecting the recovery of an

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additional approximately $1.0 million of costs over a 12-month period with rates effective with the first billing cycle of April 2025.

Filings with the City Council (Entergy New Orleans)

Retail Rates

2025 Formula Rate Plan Filing

In April 2025, Entergy New Orleans submitted to the City Council its formula rate plan 2024 test year filing. The 2024 evaluation report produced an electric earned return on equity of 10.98% compared to the authorized return on equity of 9.35%. Without adjustments, this would result in a decrease in electric rates of $13.8 million. The decrease in electric rates is driven by the realignment of regulatory liabilities into the formula from a separate rate mechanism, partially offset by the cost of known and measurable electric capital additions. The filing also commences the previously authorized recovery of certain regulatory costs and requests a revenue-neutral recovery to offset a proposed reduction in bill payment late fees. Taking into account these proposed adjustments, the filing presents a decrease in authorized electric revenues of $8.6 million. The City Council’s advisors issued their report in July 2025 seeking a reduction in Entergy New Orleans’s requested electric formula rate plan revenues of approximately $7.2 million due to certain proposed cost realignments and disallowances, of which $4.1 million is associated with Entergy New Orleans’s proposed implementation, on a revenue neutral basis, of a proposed reduction in customer late fees. The City Council’s advisors also proposed rate mitigation in the amount of $4.4 million through offsets to the formula rate plan funded by certain regulatory liabilities. The City Council’s advisors’ report began a 35-day period to resolve any disputes among the parties regarding the formula rate plan. For any disputed rate adjustments, the City Council would set a procedural schedule to resolve. Resulting rates will be effective with the first billing cycle of September 2025 pursuant to the formula rate plan tariff.

Filings with the PUCT and Texas Cities (Entergy Texas)

Retail Rates

Distribution Cost Recovery Factor (DCRF) Rider

In April 2025, Entergy Texas filed with the PUCT a request to amend its DCRF rider. The amended rider was designed to collect from Entergy Texas’s retail customers approximately $77.8 million annually, or $29.3 million in incremental annual revenues beyond Entergy Texas’s then-effective DCRF rider based on its capital invested in distribution between July 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024, including distribution-related restoration costs associated with Hurricane Beryl. In June 2025 the PUCT approved the DCRF rider, consistent with Entergy Texas’s as-filed request, and rates became effective on June 25, 2025.

Transmission Cost Recovery Factor (TCRF) Rider

As discussed in the Form 10-K, in October 2024, Entergy Texas filed with the PUCT a request to amend its TCRF rider, which was previously reset to zero in June 2023 as a result of the 2022 base rate case. The amended rider was designed to collect from Entergy Texas’s retail customers approximately $9.7 million annually based on its capital invested in transmission between January 1, 2022 and June 30, 2024 and changes in other transmission charges. In April 2025 the PUCT approved the TCRF rider, consistent with Entergy Texas’s as-filed request, and rates became effective for usage on and after April 7, 2025.

Entergy Arkansas Opportunity Sales Proceeding

As discussed in the Form 10-K, in September 2020, Entergy Arkansas filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas challenging the APSC’s denial of recovery of $135 million of payments

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to other Utility operating companies in December 2018 relating to off-system sales of electricity from 2002-2009, as ordered by the FERC. The complaint also involved a challenge to the $13.7 million, plus interest, of related refunds ordered by the APSC and paid by Entergy Arkansas in August 2020. The trial was held in February 2023.

In March 2024 the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas issued a judgment in favor of the APSC and against Entergy Arkansas. In March 2024 Entergy Arkansas filed a notice of appeal and a motion to expedite oral arguments with the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and the court granted the motion to expedite. As a result of the adverse decision by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Entergy Arkansas concluded that it could no longer support the recognition of its $131.8 million regulatory asset reflecting the previously-expected recovery of a portion of the costs at issue in the opportunity sales proceeding and recorded a $131.8 million ($99.1 million net-of-tax) charge to earnings in first quarter 2024. In December 2024 the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed the decision of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Entergy Arkansas filed a petition for rehearing en banc. In January 2025 the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied Entergy Arkansas’s petition. In April 2025, Entergy Arkansas filed a petition for certiorari with the United States Supreme Court. In June 2025 the United States Supreme Court denied Entergy Arkansas’s petition for certiorari.

MSS-4 Replacement Tariff - Net Operating Loss Carryforward Proceeding

See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of the MSS-4 replacement tariff net operating loss carryforward proceeding.

The MSS-4 replacement tariff, a tariff governing the sales of energy and capacity among the Utility operating companies, includes protocols that provide for the disclosure of cost inputs, an opportunity for informal discovery procedures, and a challenge process. In April 2025, pursuant to such protocols, the City Council filed with the FERC a formal challenge relating to Entergy Services’ inclusion and allocation of net operating loss carryforward accumulated deferred income taxes in the MSS-4 replacement tariff rates charged to Entergy New Orleans’s monthly bills for calendar year 2023. In May 2025, Entergy Services filed a response to the formal challenge and is awaiting a response from the FERC.

Complaints Against System Energy

See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding pending complaints against System Energy and the settlements approved by the FERC that resolved all significant aspects of these complaints. The following are updates to that discussion.

Grand Gulf Sale-leaseback Renewal Complaint and Uncertain Tax Position Rate Base Issue

As discussed in the Form 10-K, in February 2023, System Energy submitted a tariff compliance filing with the FERC to clarify that, consistent with the releases provided in the June 2022 MPSC settlement, Entergy Mississippi would continue to be charged for its allocation of the sale-leaseback renewal costs under the Unit Power Sales Agreement. In March 2023 the MPSC filed a protest to System Energy’s tariff compliance filing. The MPSC argued that the settlement did not specifically address post-settlement sale-leaseback renewal costs and that the sale-leaseback renewal costs may not be recovered under the Unit Power Sales Agreement. In February 2025, System Energy and the MPSC resolved their dispute concerning the sale-leaseback renewal costs. As a result, the MPSC withdrew its protest at the FERC on System Energy’s tariff compliance filing. Entergy Mississippi will continue to pay the allocated sale-leaseback renewal costs of approximately $5.7 million annually and there are no refunds due for prior periods. In March 2025, System Energy filed a status report with the FERC explaining that the dispute is resolved. In April 2025 the FERC accepted System Energy’s tariff compliance filing.

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System Energy Settlement with the LPSC

As discussed in the Form 10-K, in 2024, System Energy reached a settlement with the LPSC to globally resolve all of the LPSC’s actual and potential claims in multiple docketed proceedings pending before the FERC (including all docketed proceedings resolved by the MPSC, the APSC, and the City Council settlements) and associated with System Energy’s past implementation of the Unit Power Sales Agreement. In compliance with the settlement, in May 2025, System Energy, Entergy Louisiana, and Entergy Mississippi submitted the following filings with the FERC: (1) a Federal Power Act Section 203 application seeking approval for the permanent divestiture by Entergy Louisiana to Entergy Mississippi of its rights to capacity and energy from Grand Gulf; and (2) a Federal Power Act Section 205 application seeking approval to modify the entitlement percentages of the remaining purchasers under the Unit Power Sales Agreement in connection with the foregoing divestiture. In July 2025, the FERC issued an order accepting the Federal Power Act Section 205 application to remove Entergy Louisiana as a party to the Unit Power Sales Agreement. As a result of the order, the Unit Power Sales Agreement entitlement percentages of the remaining purchasers will be permanently modified to exclude Entergy Louisiana, to be effective beginning October 2025. The FERC also issued an order dismissing the Federal Power Act Section 203 application based on lack of jurisdiction.

Storm Cost Recovery Filings with Retail Regulators

See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion regarding storm cost recovery filings. The following is an update to that discussion.

Entergy Louisiana

Hurricane Francine

In September 2024, Hurricane Francine caused damage to the areas served by Entergy Louisiana. The storm resulted in widespread power outages, primarily due to damage to distribution infrastructure as a result of strong winds and heavy rain, and the loss of sales during the power outages.

In December 2024, and subsequently amended in an errata filed in February 2025, Entergy Louisiana submitted an application to the LPSC seeking a determination that approximately $183.6 million in storm restoration costs associated with Hurricane Francine were reasonable and necessary and, therefore, eligible for recovery from customers, as well as approval to recover approximately $3.6 million in certain carrying costs from customers. In February 2025, Entergy Louisiana filed a second interim rate adjustment for the 2023 test year reflecting a revenue increase of $17.8 million from funds approved by the LPSC (on an interim basis) for Hurricane Francine recovery costs. The second interim rate adjustment was implemented with the first billing cycle of March 2025. See further discussion of the 2023 formula rate plan filing above. Also in February 2025, Entergy Louisiana withdrew $33.5 million from its funded storm reserves. In June 2025 the LPSC staff filed direct testimony. The LPSC staff recommends approval of Entergy Louisiana’s as-requested storm restoration costs with the exception of approximately $10.6 million, comprised primarily of estimates of mutual assistance invoices that have not yet been received at the time of filing and that ultimately exceeded the actual amounts invoiced, as well as certain incentive compensation, and $1.8 million associated with certain carrying costs. Entergy Louisiana’s rebuttal testimony is due in August 2025 and a hearing is scheduled for November 2025.

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NOTE 3. EQUITY (Entergy Corporation and Entergy Louisiana)

Common Stock

Earnings per Share

Historical share and share-based data presented in the accompanying financial statements has been retroactively adjusted to reflect the two-for-one forward stock split of Entergy Corporation common stock effective December 12, 2024. See Note 7 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of the stock split.

The following tables present Entergy’s basic and diluted earnings per share calculations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, included on the consolidated income statements:

For the Three Months Ended June 30,
20252024
(Dollars In Thousands, Except Per Share Data; Shares in Millions)
$/share$/share
Consolidated net income$471,954$51,732
Less: Preferred dividend requirements of subsidiaries and noncontrolling interests4,0242,810
Net income attributable to Entergy Corporation$467,930$48,922
Basic shares and earnings per average common share439.2$1.07427.2$0.11
Average dilutive effect of:
Stock options0.9—0.6—
Other equity plans1.2—1.0—
Equity forwards4.4(0.02)——
Diluted shares and earnings per average common share445.7$1.05428.8$0.11
For the Six Months Ended June 30,
20252024
(Dollars In Thousands, Except Per Share Data; Shares in Millions)
$/share$/share
Consolidated net income$834,376$128,268
Less: Preferred dividend requirements of subsidiaries and noncontrolling interests5,6864,065
Net income attributable to Entergy Corporation$828,690$124,203
Basic shares and earnings per average common share434.8$1.91426.8$0.29
Average dilutive effect of:
Stock options1.0—0.5—
Other equity plans1.3(0.01)1.0—
Equity forwards6.3(0.03)——
Diluted shares and earnings per average common share443.4$1.87428.3$0.29

Earnings per share dilution resulting from stock options outstanding and other equity plans is determined under the treasury stock method. The calculation of diluted earnings per share excluded 366,136 stock options

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outstanding for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 1,448,982 stock options outstanding for the three months ended June 30, 2024 because their effect would have been antidilutive. The calculation of diluted earnings per share excluded 305,113 stock options outstanding for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 1,471,220 stock options outstanding for the six months ended June 30, 2024 because their effect would have been antidilutive. Until settlement of the forward sale agreements discussed below in “Equity Distribution Program” and “Equity Forward Sale Agreements,” earnings per share dilution resulting from the agreements, if any, is determined under the treasury stock method. Share dilution occurs when the average market price of Entergy Corporation’s common stock is higher than the average forward sales price. The calculation of diluted earnings per share excluded 2,423,880 shares for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2,897,964 shares for the three months ended June 30, 2024 under forward sale agreements outstanding because their effect would have been antidilutive. The calculation of diluted earnings per share excluded 1,304,889 shares for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2,942,440 shares for the six months ended June 30, 2024 under forward sale agreements outstanding because their effect would have been antidilutive.

Entergy’s stock options and other equity compensation plans are discussed in Note 5 to the financial statements herein and in Note 12 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K.

Dividends declared per common share were $0.60 for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and $0.57 for the three months ended June 30, 2024. Dividends declared per common share were $1.20 for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and $1.13 for the six months ended June 30, 2024.

(System Energy)

In February 2025, System Energy paid its parent, Entergy Corporation, a $20 million distribution out of its common stock.

In May 2025, System Energy paid its parent, Entergy Corporation, a $30 million distribution out of its common stock.

Equity Distribution Program

See Note 7 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of Entergy Corporation’s at the market equity distribution program. The following are updates to that discussion.

In February 2025, Entergy Corporation increased by an additional $1.5 billion the aggregate gross sales price authorized under its at the market equity distribution program pursuant to the terms of the equity distribution sales agreement for such program. The aggregate number of shares of common stock sold under this sales agreement and under any forward sale agreement may not exceed an aggregate gross sales price of $4.5 billion. As of June 30, 2025, an aggregate gross sales price of approximately $2.8 billion has been sold under the at the market equity distribution program.

During the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, there were no shares of common stock directly issued under the at the market equity distribution program.

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The following forward sale agreements were entered into by Entergy Corporation under its at the market equity distribution program during the six months ended June 30, 2025:

Effective DateShares of Common Stock per Forward Sale AgreementMaturity DateForward Sale Price per ShareGross Sales PriceForward Sellers Fees
(Dollars In Thousands, Except Per Share Data)
March 20252,713,790August 2026$84.77$232,216$2,322

During the six months ended June 30, 2025, Entergy Corporation physically settled its obligations under the following forward sale agreements:

Effective Date of Forward Sale AgreementsShares of Common Stock IssuedGross Sales PriceForward Sellers FeesForward Sale Price per ShareCash Proceeds at Settlement
(Dollars In Thousands, Except Per Share Data)
Forward sale agreements settled in May 2025:
December 20235,506,492$280,459$2,805
March 2024569,844$29,318$293
March 20242,320,830$119,153$1,192
May 20242,556,832$142,387$1,424
May 20242,466,470$134,396$1,344
June 20242,140,006$114,540$1,145
Total15,560,474$51.78$805,669

Entergy Corporation incurred an aggregate amount of approximately $1.0 million of general issuance costs associated with the May 2025 settlement. Entergy Corporation used the net proceeds for general corporate purposes, which included repayment of commercial paper, outstanding loans under Entergy Corporation’s revolving credit facility, and other debt.

Equity Forward Sale Agreements

In March 2025, Entergy marketed an equity offering of 17.8 million shares of Entergy Corporation common stock. In lieu of issuing equity at the time of the offering, Entergy entered into forward sale agreements with several forward counterparties. No amounts have been or will be recorded on Entergy’s balance sheet with respect to the equity offering until settlements of the forward sale agreements occur. The forward sale agreements require Entergy to, at its election on or prior to September 30, 2026, either (1) physically settle the transactions by issuing the total of 17.8 million shares of its common stock to the forward counterparties in exchange for net proceeds at the then-applicable forward sale price specified by the agreements (initially $81.87 per share) or (2) net settle the transactions in whole or in part through the delivery or receipt of cash or shares. The forward sale price is subject to adjustment on a daily basis based on a floating interest rate factor and will decrease by other fixed amounts specified in the agreements.

Until settlement of the forward sale agreements, earnings per share dilution resulting from the agreements, if any, will be determined under the treasury stock method. Share dilution occurs when the average market price of Entergy’s common stock is higher than the average forward sales price. If Entergy had elected to net share settle the forward sale agreements as of June 30, 2025, Entergy would have been required to deliver 0.2 million shares.

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Treasury Stock

During the six months ended June 30, 2025, Entergy Corporation reissued 1,268,179 shares of its previously repurchased common stock to satisfy stock option exercises, vesting of shares of restricted stock, and other stock-based awards. Entergy Corporation did not repurchase any of its common stock during the six months ended June 30, 2025.

Retained Earnings

On July 25, 2025, Entergy Corporation’s Board of Directors declared a common stock dividend of $0.60 per share, payable on September 2, 2025 to holders of record as of August 13, 2025.

Comprehensive Income

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) is included in the equity section of the balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Louisiana. The following table presents changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) for Entergy for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024:

Pension and Other Postretirement Plan Changes
20252024
(In Thousands)
Beginning balance, April 1,$39,040($166,128)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)(4,602)246,489
Net other comprehensive income (loss) for the period(4,602)246,489
Ending balance, June 30,$34,438$80,361

The following table presents changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) for Entergy for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024:

Pension and Other Postretirement Plan Changes
20252024
(In Thousands)
Beginning balance, January 1,$42,769($162,460)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)(8,331)242,821
Net other comprehensive income (loss) for the period(8,331)242,821
Ending balance, June 30,$34,438$80,361

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The following table presents changes in accumulated other comprehensive income for Entergy Louisiana for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024:

Pension and Other Postretirement Plan Changes
20252024
(In Thousands)
Beginning balance, April 1,$52,687$52,774
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income(2,132)(2,023)
Net other comprehensive loss for the period(2,132)(2,023)
Ending balance, June 30,$50,555$50,751

The following table presents changes in accumulated other comprehensive income for Entergy Louisiana for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024:

Pension and Other Postretirement Plan Changes
20252024
(In Thousands)
Beginning balance, January 1,$53,658$54,798
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income(3,103)(4,047)
Net other comprehensive loss for the period(3,103)(4,047)
Ending balance, June 30,$50,555$50,751

Total reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (AOCI) for Entergy for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 are as follows:

Amounts reclassified from AOCIIncome Statement Location
20252024
(In Thousands)
Pension and other postretirement plan changes
Amortization of prior service credit$3,462$3,473(a)
Amortization of net gain2,5511,641(a)
Settlement loss—(316,974)(a)
Total amortization and settlement loss6,013(311,860)
Income taxes(1,411)65,371Income taxes
Total amortization and settlement loss (net of tax)$4,602($246,489)
Total reclassifications for the period (net of tax)$4,602($246,489)

(a)These accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) components are included in the computation of net periodic pension and other postretirement cost. See Note 6 to the financial statements herein for additional details.

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Total reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (AOCI) for Entergy for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 are as follows:

Amounts reclassified from AOCIIncome Statement Location
20252024
(In Thousands)
Pension and other postretirement plan changes
Amortization of prior service credit$6,924$6,946(a)
Amortization of net gain5,1023,037(a)
Settlement loss—(316,974)(a)
Total amortization and settlement loss12,026(306,991)
Income taxes(3,695)64,170Income taxes
Total amortization and settlement loss (net of tax)$8,331($242,821)
Total reclassifications for the period (net of tax)$8,331($242,821)

(a)These accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) components are included in the computation of net periodic pension and other postretirement cost. See Note 6 to the financial statements herein for additional details.

Total reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) for Entergy Louisiana for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 are as follows:

Amounts reclassified from AOCIIncome Statement Location
20252024
(In Thousands)
Pension and other postretirement plan changes
Amortization of prior service credit$1,136$1,136(a)
Amortization of net gain1,7191,632(a)
Total amortization2,8552,768
Income taxes(723)(745)Income taxes
Total amortization (net of tax)2,1322,023
Total reclassifications for the period (net of tax)$2,132$2,023

(a)These accumulated other comprehensive income components are included in the computation of net periodic pension and other postretirement cost. See Note 6 to the financial statements herein for additional details.

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Total reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) for Entergy Louisiana for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 are as follows:

Amounts reclassified from AOCIIncome Statement Location
20252024
(In Thousands)
Pension and other postretirement plan changes
Amortization of prior service credit$2,272$2,272(a)
Amortization of net gain3,4383,266(a)
Total amortization5,7105,538
Income taxes(2,607)(1,491)Income taxes
Total amortization (net of tax)$3,103$4,047
Total reclassifications for the period (net of tax)$3,103$4,047

(a)These accumulated other comprehensive income components are included in the computation of net periodic pension and other postretirement cost. See Note 6 to the financial statements herein for additional details.

NOTE 4. REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITIES, LINES OF CREDIT, SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS, AND LONG-TERM DEBT (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy)

Entergy Corporation has in place a credit facility that has a borrowing capacity of $3 billion and expires in June 2030. The facility includes fronting commitments for the issuance of letters of credit against $20 million of the total borrowing capacity of the credit facility. The commitment fee is currently 0.225% of the undrawn commitment amount. Commitment fees and interest rates on loans under the credit facility can fluctuate depending on the senior unsecured debt ratings of Entergy Corporation. As there were no borrowings under the facility for the six months ended June 30, 2025, the estimated interest rate as of June 30, 2025 that would have been applied to outstanding borrowings under the facility was 5.93%. The following is a summary of the amounts outstanding and capacity available under the credit facility as of June 30, 2025:

CapacityBorrowingsLetters of CreditCapacity Available
(In Millions)
$3,000$—$4$2,996

Entergy Corporation’s credit facility includes a covenant requiring Entergy to maintain a consolidated debt ratio, as defined, of 65% or less of its total capitalization. Entergy is in compliance with this covenant. If Entergy fails to meet this ratio, or if Entergy Corporation or one of the Registrant Subsidiaries (except Entergy New Orleans and System Energy) defaults on other indebtedness or is in bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, an acceleration of the Entergy Corporation credit facility’s maturity date may occur.

Entergy Corporation has a commercial paper program with a Board-approved program limit of $2 billion. As of June 30, 2025, Entergy Corporation had $459 million of commercial paper outstanding. The weighted-average interest rate for the six months ended June 30, 2025 was 4.65%.

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Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each had credit facilities available as of June 30, 2025 as follows:

CompanyExpiration DateAmount of FacilityInterest Rate (a)Amount Drawn as of June 30, 2025Letters of Credit Outstanding as of June 30, 2025
Entergy ArkansasApril 2026$25 million (b)6.28%$—$—
Entergy ArkansasJune 2030$300 million (c)5.55%$—$—
Entergy LouisianaJune 2030$400 million (c)5.68%$—$—
Entergy MississippiJune 2030$300 million (c)5.55%$—$—
Entergy New OrleansJune 2027$25 million (c)6.05%$—$—
Entergy TexasJune 2030$300 million (c)5.68%$—$1.1 million

(a)The interest rate is the estimated interest rate as of June 30, 2025 that would have been applied to outstanding borrowings under the facility.

(b)Borrowings under this Entergy Arkansas credit facility may be secured by a security interest in its accounts receivable at Entergy Arkansas’s option.

(c)The credit facility includes fronting commitments for the issuance of letters of credit against a portion of the borrowing capacity of the facility as follows: $5 million for Entergy Arkansas; $15 million for Entergy Louisiana; $5 million for Entergy Mississippi; $10 million for Entergy New Orleans; and $25 million for Entergy Texas.

The commitment fees on the credit facilities range from 0.075% to 0.375% of the undrawn commitment amount for Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy Texas, and of the entire facility amount for Entergy New Orleans. Each of the credit facilities requires the Registrant Subsidiary borrower to maintain a debt ratio, as defined, of 65% or less of its total capitalization. Each Registrant Subsidiary is in compliance with this covenant.

In addition, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each has one or more uncommitted standby letter of credit facilities as a means to post collateral to support its obligations to MISO and for other purposes. In July 2025, Entergy Texas entered into a second uncommitted standby letter of credit facility in the amount of $160 million with a letter of credit fee of 1.05%. The following is a summary of the uncommitted standby letter of credit facilities as of June 30, 2025:

CompanyAmount of Uncommitted FacilityLetter of Credit FeeLetters of Credit Issued as of June 30, 2025 (a)
Entergy Arkansas$25 million0.78%$23.6 million
Entergy Arkansas$75 million0.50%$—
Entergy Louisiana$125 million0.78%$74.3 million
Entergy Louisiana$45 million0.50%$—
Entergy Mississippi$65 million0.78%$47.3 million (b)
Entergy Mississippi$65 million0.50%$—
Entergy New Orleans$1 million1.625%$0.5 million
Entergy Texas$150 million1.250%$54.0 million

(a)As of June 30, 2025, letters of credit posted with MISO covered financial transmission rights exposure of $3.5 million for Entergy Arkansas, $1.2 million for Entergy Louisiana, $0.6 million for Entergy Mississippi, and $0.6 million for Entergy Texas. See Note 8 to the financial statements herein for discussion of financial transmission rights.

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(b)As of June 30, 2025, the letters of credit issued for Entergy Mississippi include $46.0 million in MISO letters of credit and $1.3 million in non-MISO letters of credit outstanding under this facility.

The short-term borrowings of the Registrant Subsidiaries are limited to amounts authorized by the FERC. Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy have FERC-authorized short-term borrowing limits effective through January 2027. In addition to borrowings from commercial banks, these companies may also borrow from the Entergy system money pool and from other internal short-term borrowing arrangements. The money pool is an intercompany cash management program that makes possible intercompany borrowing and lending arrangements, and the money pool and the other internal borrowing arrangements are designed to reduce the Registrant Subsidiaries’ dependence on external short-term borrowings. Borrowings from internal and external short-term borrowings combined may not exceed the FERC-authorized limits. The following are the FERC-authorized limits for short-term borrowings and the outstanding short-term borrowings as of June 30, 2025 (aggregating both internal and external short-term borrowings) for the Registrant Subsidiaries:

AuthorizedBorrowings
(In Millions)
Entergy Arkansas$250$—
Entergy Louisiana$450$—
Entergy Mississippi$200$—
Entergy New Orleans$150$21
Entergy Texas$200$—
System Energy$200$—

Variable Interest Entities (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy)

See Note 17 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of the consolidation of the nuclear fuel company variable interest entities (VIEs). To finance the acquisition and ownership of nuclear fuel, the nuclear fuel company VIEs have credit facilities and three of the four VIEs also issue commercial paper, details of which follow as of June 30, 2025:

CompanyExpiration DateAmount of FacilityWeighted- Average Interest Rate on Borrowings (a)Amount Outstanding as of June 30, 2025
(Dollars in Millions)
Entergy Arkansas VIEJune 2027$805.44%$33.2
Entergy Louisiana River Bend VIEJune 2027$1055.42%$69.5
Entergy Louisiana Waterford VIEJune 2027$1055.43%$61.0
System Energy VIEJune 2027$1205.43%$44.3

(a)Includes letter of credit fees and bank fronting fees on commercial paper issuances by the nuclear fuel company VIEs for Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy. The nuclear fuel company VIE for Entergy Louisiana River Bend does not issue commercial paper, but borrows directly on its bank credit facility.

The commitment fees on the credit facilities are 0.100% of the undrawn commitment amount for the Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy VIEs. Each credit facility requires the respective lessee of nuclear fuel (Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, or Entergy Corporation as guarantor for System Energy) to maintain a consolidated debt ratio, as defined, of 70% or less of its total capitalization. Each lessee is in compliance with this covenant.

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The nuclear fuel company VIEs had notes payable that were included in debt on the respective balance sheets as of June 30, 2025 as follows:

CompanyDescriptionAmount
Entergy Arkansas VIE1.84% Series N due July 2026$90 million
Entergy Arkansas VIE5.54% Series O due May 2029$70 million
Entergy Louisiana River Bend VIE2.51% Series V due June 2027$70 million
Entergy Louisiana Waterford VIE5.94% Series J due September 2026$70 million
System Energy VIE2.05% Series K due September 2027$90 million

In accordance with regulatory treatment, interest on the nuclear fuel company VIEs’ credit facilities, commercial paper, and long-term notes payable is reported in fuel expense.

As of June 30, 2025, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy each has obtained financing authorization from the FERC that extends through January 2027 for issuances by its nuclear fuel company VIEs.

Debt Issuances and Retirements

(Entergy Arkansas)

In May 2025, Entergy Arkansas issued $300 million of 5.45% Series mortgage bonds due June 2034. Entergy Arkansas expects to use the proceeds, together with other funds, to finance the construction of Lake Catherine Unit 5, and for general corporate purposes.

(Entergy Louisiana)

In January 2025, Entergy Louisiana issued $750 million of 5.80% Series mortgage bonds due March 2055. Entergy Louisiana used the proceeds, together with other funds: (1) to repay, prior to maturity, its $190 million of 3.78% Series mortgage bonds due April 2025; (2) to repay, prior to maturity, its $110 million of 3.78% Series mortgage bonds due April 2025; (3) for capital expenditures; and (4) for general corporate purposes.

(Entergy Mississippi)

In March 2025, Entergy Mississippi issued $600 million of 5.80% Series mortgage bonds due April 2055. Entergy Mississippi expects to use the proceeds, together with other funds, to finance a portion of the construction of the Delta Blues Advanced Power Station, the Delta Solar facility, and the Penton Solar facility, and for general corporate purposes.

(Entergy New Orleans)

In February 2025, Entergy New Orleans entered into a term loan credit agreement providing a $80 million unsecured term loan due March 2026. The term loan bears interest at a variable interest rate based on an adjusted term Secured Overnight Financing Rate plus the applicable adjustment. The rate set as of June 30, 2025 was 5.79%. Entergy New Orleans received the funds in March 2025 and used the proceeds to repay, at maturity, its $78 million of 3.00% Series mortgage bonds due March 2025 and for general corporate purposes. The term loan was subsequently repaid, prior to its maturity, in July 2025.

(Entergy Texas)

In February 2025, Entergy Texas issued $500 million of 5.25% Series mortgage bonds due April 2035. Entergy Texas expects to use the proceeds, together with other funds, to finance the construction of the Orange County Advanced Power Station and the Lone Star Power Station, and for general corporate purposes.

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(System Energy)

In May 2025, System Energy issued $240 million of 5.30% Series mortgage bonds due December 2034. System Energy used the proceeds, together with other funds, to repay, prior to maturity, its $200 million of 2.14% Series mortgage bonds due December 2025, and for general corporate purposes.

Fair Value

The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of June 30, 2025 were as follows:

Book Value of Long-Term DebtFair Value of Long-Term Debt (a)
(In Thousands)
Entergy$29,929,838$27,487,432
Entergy Arkansas$5,438,033$4,883,114
Entergy Louisiana$10,399,823$9,410,962
Entergy Mississippi$3,020,687$2,720,374
Entergy New Orleans$737,560$697,241
Entergy Texas$4,038,417$3,729,255
System Energy$1,094,396$1,101,434

(a)Fair values were classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements herein.

The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2024 were as follows:

Book Value of Long-Term DebtFair Value of Long-Term Debt (a)
(In Thousands)
Entergy$27,991,595$25,181,802
Entergy Arkansas$5,122,494$4,546,643
Entergy Louisiana$9,866,453$8,751,266
Entergy Mississippi$2,427,073$2,116,246
Entergy New Orleans$735,467$697,466
Entergy Texas$3,552,443$3,176,230
System Energy$1,089,736$1,063,946

(a)Fair values were classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements herein.

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NOTE 5. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (Entergy Corporation)

Entergy grants stock and stock-based awards, which are described more fully in Note 12 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K. Awards under Entergy’s plans generally vest over three years.

Stock Options

In February 2025 the Board approved and Entergy granted long-term incentive awards in the form of options on 366,136 shares of its common stock under the 2019 Omnibus Incentive Plan with a fair value of $17.43 per option. As of June 30, 2025, there were options on 3,132,728 shares of common stock outstanding with a weighted-average exercise price of $56.71. The intrinsic value, which has no effect on net income, of the outstanding stock options is calculated by the positive difference between the weighted-average exercise price of the stock options granted and Entergy Corporation’s common stock price as of June 30, 2025. The aggregate intrinsic value of the stock options outstanding as of June 30, 2025 was $78.6 million.

The following table includes financial information for stock options for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024:

20252024
(In Millions)
Compensation expense included in Entergy’s consolidated net income$1.0$1.1
Tax benefit recognized in Entergy’s consolidated net income$0.2$0.3
Compensation cost capitalized as part of fixed assets and materials and supplies$0.5$0.5

The following table includes financial information for stock options for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024:

20252024
(In Millions)
Compensation expense included in Entergy’s consolidated net income$2.1$2.2
Tax benefit recognized in Entergy’s consolidated net income$0.5$0.6
Compensation cost capitalized as part of fixed assets and materials and supplies$1.0$1.0

Other Equity Awards

In February 2025 the Board approved and Entergy granted long-term incentive awards in the form of 510,009 restricted stock awards and 187,036 performance units under the 2019 Omnibus Incentive Plan. The restricted stock awards were made effective on February 6, 2025 and were valued at $82.79 per share, which was the closing price of Entergy Corporation’s common stock on the grant date. Shares of restricted stock have the same dividend and voting rights as other common stock, are considered issued and outstanding shares of Entergy upon vesting, and are expensed ratably over the three-year vesting period. One-third of the restricted stock awards and accrued dividends will vest upon each anniversary of the grant date.

The performance units represent the value of, and are settled with, one share of Entergy Corporation common stock at the end of the three-year performance period, plus dividends accrued during the performance period on the number of performance units earned. To emphasize the importance of environmental stewardship, specifically of carbon-free generation and resilience, an environmental achievement measure was selected as one of the performance measures for the 2025-2027 performance period. For the 2025-2027 performance period, performance will be measured based eighty percent on relative total shareholder return and twenty percent on the environmental achievement measure. The performance units were granted on February 6, 2025 and eighty percent

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were valued at $115.13 per share based on various factors, primarily market conditions; and twenty percent were valued at $82.79 per share, the closing price of Entergy Corporation’s common stock on the grant date. Performance units have the same dividend and voting rights as other common stock, are considered issued and outstanding shares of Entergy upon vesting, and are expensed ratably over the three-year vesting period, and compensation cost for the portion of the award based on the selected environmental achievement measure will be adjusted based on the number of units that ultimately vest. See Note 12 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a description of the Long-Term Performance Unit Program.

The following table includes financial information for other outstanding equity awards for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024:

20252024
(In Millions)
Compensation expense included in Entergy’s consolidated net income$9.4$9.8
Tax benefit recognized in Entergy’s consolidated net income$2.3$2.5
Compensation cost capitalized as part of fixed assets and materials and supplies$4.7$4.6

The following table includes financial information for other equity awards for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024:

20252024
(In Millions)
Compensation expense included in Entergy’s consolidated net income$19.4$19.7
Tax benefit recognized in Entergy’s consolidated net income$4.8$5.0
Compensation cost capitalized as part of fixed assets and materials and supplies$9.5$9.1

NOTE 6. RETIREMENT AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy)

Components of Qualified Net Pension Cost

Entergy’s qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for the second quarters of 2025 and 2024, included the following components:

20252024
(In Thousands)
Service cost - benefits earned during the period$23,617$23,370
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation59,68065,961
Expected return on assets(75,280)(89,506)
Recognized net loss13,30914,854
Settlement charges—325,253
Net pension cost$21,326$339,932

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Entergy’s qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, included the following components:

20252024
(In Thousands)
Service cost - benefits earned during the period$47,234$46,746
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation119,360136,587
Expected return on assets(150,560)(185,486)
Recognized net loss26,61829,974
Settlement charges—325,253
Net pension cost$42,652$353,074

The Registrant Subsidiaries’ qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the second quarters of 2025 and 2024, included the following components:

2025Entergy ArkansasEntergy LouisianaEntergy MississippiEntergy New OrleansEntergy TexasSystem Energy
(In Thousands)
Service cost - benefits earned during the period$4,427$5,454$1,304$411$1,024$1,372
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation13,81414,7043,6991,6472,9733,585
Expected return on assets(17,676)(18,897)(4,949)(2,174)(3,889)(4,575)
Recognized net loss4,7912,2688224154541,114
Net pension cost$5,356$3,529$876$299$562$1,496
2024Entergy ArkansasEntergy LouisianaEntergy MississippiEntergy New OrleansEntergy TexasSystem Energy
(In Thousands)
Service cost - benefits earned during the period$4,100$5,551$1,284$440$962$1,383
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation13,21713,9613,5211,5692,8313,386
Expected return on assets(18,155)(19,447)(5,113)(2,203)(4,077)(4,633)
Recognized net loss5,7462,6021,1404703931,162
Settlement charges—————611
Net pension cost$4,908$2,667$832$276$109$1,909

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The Registrant Subsidiaries’ qualified pension costs, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, included the following components:

2025Entergy ArkansasEntergy LouisianaEntergy MississippiEntergy New OrleansEntergy TexasSystem Energy
(In Thousands)
Service cost - benefits earned during the period$8,854$10,908$2,608$822$2,048$2,744
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation27,62829,4087,3983,2945,9467,170
Expected return on assets(35,352)(37,794)(9,898)(4,348)(7,778)(9,150)
Recognized net loss9,5824,5361,6448309082,228
Net pension cost$10,712$7,058$1,752$598$1,124$2,992
2024Entergy ArkansasEntergy LouisianaEntergy MississippiEntergy New OrleansEntergy TexasSystem Energy
(In Thousands)
Service cost - benefits earned during the period$8,199$11,102$2,568$880$1,923$2,767
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation26,43427,9227,0423,1385,6626,777
Expected return on assets(36,310)(38,894)(10,226)(4,407)(8,154)(9,281)
Recognized net loss11,4925,2042,2809407862,327
Settlement charges—————611
Net pension cost$9,815$5,334$1,664$551$217$3,201

Non-Qualified Net Pension Cost

Entergy recognized $2.5 million and $2.7 million in pension cost for its non-qualified pension plans for the second quarters of 2025 and 2024, respectively. For the second quarters of 2025 and 2024, there were no settlement charges related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plan. Entergy recognized $5 million and $5.4 million in pension cost for its non-qualified pension plans for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, there were no settlement charges related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plan.

The Registrant Subsidiaries recognized the following pension cost for their current and former employees for their non-qualified pension plans for second quarters of 2025 and 2024:

Entergy ArkansasEntergy LouisianaEntergy MississippiEntergy New OrleansEntergy Texas
(In Thousands)
2025$47$36$90$35$39
2024$68$51$83$31$62

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The Registrant Subsidiaries recognized the following pension cost for their current and former employees for their non-qualified pension plans for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024:

Entergy ArkansasEntergy LouisianaEntergy MississippiEntergy New OrleansEntergy Texas
(In Thousands)
2025$94$72$180$70$78
2024$136$102$166$61$124

For the second quarters of 2025 and 2024, there were no settlement charges for the Registrant Subsidiaries related to the payment of lump sums benefits out of the plan. For the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 there were no settlement charges for the Registrant Subsidiaries related to the payment of lump sum benefits out of the plan.

Components of Net Other Postretirement Benefits Income

Entergy’s other postretirement benefits income, including amounts capitalized, for the second quarters of 2025 and 2024, included the following components:

20252024
(In Thousands)
Service cost - benefits earned during the period$2,757$3,126
Interest cost on accumulated postretirement benefit obligation (APBO)9,6909,852
Expected return on assets(10,209)(10,569)
Amortization of prior service credit(5,720)(5,720)
Recognized net gain(3,870)(2,761)
Net other postretirement benefits income($7,352)($6,072)

Entergy’s other postretirement benefits income, including amounts capitalized, for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, included the following components:

20252024
(In Thousands)
Service cost - benefits earned during the period$5,514$6,252
Interest cost on APBO19,38019,704
Expected return on assets(20,418)(21,138)
Amortization of prior service credit(11,440)(11,440)
Recognized net gain(7,740)(5,522)
Net other postretirement benefits income($14,704)($12,144)

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The Registrant Subsidiaries’ other postretirement benefits income, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the second quarters of 2025 and 2024 included the following components:

2025Entergy ArkansasEntergy LouisianaEntergy MississippiEntergy New OrleansEntergy TexasSystem Energy
(In Thousands)
Service cost - benefits earned during the period$572$671$162$52$159$174
Interest cost on APBO1,7752,012489249582394
Expected return on assets(4,225)—(1,328)(1,445)(2,452)(702)
Amortization of prior service cost (credit)524(1,136)(239)(229)(1,093)(73)
Recognized net (gain) loss(353)(1,811)(57)(27)153(7)
Net other postretirement benefits income($1,707)($264)($973)($1,400)($2,651)($214)
2024Entergy ArkansasEntergy LouisianaEntergy MississippiEntergy New OrleansEntergy TexasSystem Energy
(In Thousands)
Service cost - benefits earned during the period$642$700$184$51$168$175
Interest cost on APBO1,8331,999486253603398
Expected return on assets(4,384)—(1,372)(1,479)(2,539)(728)
Amortization of prior service cost (credit)524(1,136)(239)(229)(1,093)(73)
Recognized net (gain) loss—(1,738)1519148—
Net other postretirement benefits income($1,385)($175)($926)($1,385)($2,713)($228)

The Registrant Subsidiaries’ other postretirement benefits income, including amounts capitalized, for their current and former employees for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 included the following components:

2025Entergy ArkansasEntergy LouisianaEntergy MississippiEntergy New OrleansEntergy TexasSystem Energy
(In Thousands)
Service cost - benefits earned during the period$1,144$1,342$324$104$318$348
Interest cost on APBO3,5504,0249784981,164788
Expected return on assets(8,450)—(2,656)(2,890)(4,904)(1,404)
Amortization of prior service cost (credit)1,048(2,272)(478)(458)(2,186)(146)
Recognized net (gain) loss(706)(3,622)(114)(54)306(14)
Net other postretirement benefits income($3,414)($528)($1,946)($2,800)($5,302)($428)

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2024Entergy ArkansasEntergy LouisianaEntergy MississippiEntergy New OrleansEntergy TexasSystem Energy
(In Thousands)
Service cost - benefits earned during the period$1,284$1,400$368$102$336$350
Interest cost on APBO3,6663,9989725061,206796
Expected return on assets(8,768)—(2,744)(2,958)(5,078)(1,456)
Amortization of prior service cost (credit)1,048(2,272)(478)(458)(2,186)(146)
Recognized net (gain) loss—(3,476)3038296—
Net other postretirement benefits income($2,770)($350)($1,852)($2,770)($5,426)($456)

Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Entergy and Entergy Louisiana reclassified the following costs out of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (before taxes and including amounts capitalized) for the second quarters of 2025 and 2024:

2025Qualified Pension CostsOther Postretirement CostsNon-Qualified Pension CostsTotal
(In Thousands)
Entergy
Amortization of prior service credit (cost)$—$3,493($31)$3,462
Amortization of net gain (loss)(411)3,070(108)2,551
($411)$6,563($139)$6,013
Entergy Louisiana
Amortization of prior service credit$—$1,136$—$1,136
Amortization of net gain (loss)(91)1,811(1)1,719
($91)$2,947($1)$2,855
2024Qualified Pension CostsOther Postretirement CostsNon-Qualified Pension CostsTotal
(In Thousands)
Entergy
Amortization of prior service credit (cost)$—$3,513($40)$3,473
Amortization of net gain (loss)(894)2,615(80)1,641
Settlement loss(316,974)——(316,974)
($317,868)$6,128($120)($311,860)
Entergy Louisiana
Amortization of prior service credit$—$1,136$—$1,136
Amortization of net gain (loss)(104)1,738(2)1,632
($104)$2,874($2)$2,768

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Entergy and Entergy Louisiana reclassified the following costs out of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (before taxes and including amounts capitalized) for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024:

2025Qualified Pension CostsOther Postretirement CostsNon-Qualified Pension CostsTotal
(In Thousands)
Entergy
Amortization of prior service credit (cost)$—$6,986($62)$6,924
Amortization of net gain (loss)(822)6,140(216)5,102
($822)$13,126($278)$12,026
Entergy Louisiana
Amortization of prior service credit$—$2,272$—$2,272
Amortization of net gain (loss)(182)3,622(2)3,438
($182)$5,894($2)$5,710
2024Qualified Pension CostsOther Postretirement CostsNon-Qualified Pension CostsTotal
(In Thousands)
Entergy
Amortization of prior service credit (cost)$—$7,026($80)$6,946
Amortization of net gain (loss)(2,033)5,230(160)3,037
Settlement loss(316,974)——(316,974)
($319,007)$12,256($240)($306,991)
Entergy Louisiana
Amortization of prior service credit$—$2,272$—$2,272
Amortization of net gain (loss)(208)3,476(2)3,266
($208)$5,748($2)$5,538

Accounting for Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits

In accordance with accounting standards, the other components of net benefit cost are required to be presented in the income statement separately from the service cost component and outside a subtotal of income from operations and are presented by Entergy in miscellaneous - net in other income.

See Note 11 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for further discussion of pension and other postretirement benefits costs.

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Employer Contributions

Based on current assumptions, Entergy expects to contribute $240 million to its qualified pension plans in 2025. As of June 30, 2025, Entergy had contributed $99.7 million to its pension plans. Based on current assumptions, the Registrant Subsidiaries expect to contribute the following to qualified pension plans for their current and former employees in 2025:

Entergy ArkansasEntergy LouisianaEntergy MississippiEntergy New OrleansEntergy TexasSystem Energy
(In Thousands)
Expected 2025 pension contributions$35,544$41,253$8,064$5,016$7,725$15,668
Pension contributions made through June 2025$16,968$17,448$3,951$2,112$3,240$6,413
Remaining estimated pension contributions to be made in 2025$18,576$23,805$4,113$2,904$4,485$9,255

NOTE 7. BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy)

Entergy has a single reportable segment, Utility, which includes the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electric power in portions of Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas, and Louisiana, including the City of New Orleans; and operation of a small natural gas distribution business in portions of Louisiana through June 30, 2025. See Note 13 to the financial statements herein for discussion of the sale of the natural gas distribution business on July 1, 2025. Parent & Other includes the parent company, Entergy Corporation, and other business activity, including Entergy’s non-utility operations business, which is an operating segment that does not meet the quantitative thresholds for determining reportable segments.

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The following table includes operating revenues and significant expense categories regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker for the Utility segment, a reconciliation of Utility operating revenues to Entergy’s consolidated operating revenues, and a reconciliation of Utility net income to consolidated net income and net income attributable to Entergy Corporation for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024:

Three Months EndedSix Months Ended
2025202420252024
(In Thousands)(In Thousands)
Utility operating revenues$3,315,723$2,941,404$6,145,320$5,713,577
Reconciliation of revenues:
Other revenues (a)13,14412,22730,44834,703
Elimination of intersegment revenues(18)(11)(45)(32)
Consolidated operating revenues3,328,8492,953,6206,175,7235,748,248
Less Utility expenses and other items:
Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale631,773514,223970,7561,118,627
Purchased power372,842193,010714,926412,204
Other operation and maintenance expenses713,296685,9901,375,7701,366,705
Other regulatory charges (credits) - net(55,957)125,607(72,800)234,954
Other Utility items (b)1,051,596979,2552,063,4531,941,788
Utility net income602,173443,3191,093,215639,299
Reconciliation of net income:
Non-cash pension settlement charge (c)—(316,738)—(316,738)
Income taxes on reconciling item noted above—66,515—66,515
Other loss(55,678)(62,479)(109,050)(102,362)
Elimination of intersegment loss(74,541)(78,885)(149,789)(158,446)
Consolidated net income471,95451,732834,376128,268
Preferred dividend requirements of subsidiaries and noncontrolling interests (d)4,0242,8105,6864,065
Net income attributable to Entergy Corporation$467,930$48,922$828,690$124,203

(a)See Note 12 to the financial statements herein and Note 19 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of other revenues.

(b)Other Utility items includes nuclear refueling outage expenses, asset write-offs, decommissioning expenses, taxes other than income taxes, depreciation and amortization expenses, other income, interest expense, and income tax expense.

(c)See Note 11 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of the one-time non-cash pension settlement charge resulting from a group annuity contract purchased in second quarter 2024 to settle certain pension liabilities, of which $8 million was recorded at Utility and $317 million was recorded at Parent & Other.

(d)Preferred dividend requirements of subsidiaries and noncontrolling interests is substantially derived from the Utility segment. See Note 6 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of preferred stock and noncontrolling interests.

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The following table presents segment financial information for Entergy’s single reportable segment, Utility, and a reconciliation to the corresponding consolidated amounts for Entergy Corporation for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024:

UtilityParent & OtherEliminationsConsolidated
(In Thousands)
2025
Depreciation, amortization, and decommissioning$577,386$1,766$—$579,152
Interest and investment income$160,248$2,146($74,975)$87,419
Interest expense$261,033$61,475($434)$322,074
Income taxes$152,836($14,437)$—$138,399
2024
Depreciation, amortization, and decommissioning$557,962$1,594$—$559,556
Interest and investment income$141,249$9,985($80,647)$70,587
Interest expense$225,511$65,829($1,763)$289,577
Income taxes$113,017($79,383)$—$33,634

The following table presents segment financial information for Entergy’s single reportable segment, Utility, and a reconciliation to the corresponding consolidated amounts for Entergy Corporation for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024:

UtilityParent & OtherEliminationsConsolidated
(In Thousands)
2025
Depreciation, amortization, and decommissioning$1,144,573$3,451$—$1,148,024
Interest and investment income$267,423$3,835($150,433)$120,825
Interest expense$528,164$124,344($643)$651,865
Income taxes$267,109($28,669)$—$238,440
Total assets as of June 30, 2025$72,511,224$777,674($4,905,758)$68,383,140
Total expenditures for additions to long-lived assets$3,798,452$606$—$3,799,058
2024
Asset write-offs, impairments, and related charges (credits)$131,775$—$—$131,775
Depreciation, amortization, and decommissioning$1,109,452$3,146$—$1,112,598
Interest and investment income$366,499$15,353($160,569)$221,283
Interest expense$437,659$121,242($2,124)$556,777
Income taxes$147,565($92,938)$—$54,627
Total assets as of December 31, 2024$68,951,564$721,459($4,882,991)$64,790,032
Total expenditures for additions to long-lived assets$2,457,683$693$—$2,458,376

Eliminations are primarily intersegment activity. All of Entergy’s goodwill is related to the Utility segment.

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Registrant Subsidiaries

Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each has one operating and reportable segment, an integrated utility business which includes the generation, transmission, and distribution of electric power; and operation of a small natural gas distribution business at each of Entergy Louisiana and Entergy New Orleans through June 30, 2025. See Note 13 to the financial statements herein for discussion of the sale of the Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Louisiana natural gas distribution businesses on July 1, 2025. System Energy has one operating and reportable segment, which is an electricity generation business. Each of the Registrant Subsidiaries’ operations are managed on an integrated basis by that company because of the substantial effect of cost-based rates and regulatory oversight on the business process, cost structures, and operating results. All segment financial information for the Registrant Subsidiaries is as reported on the respective financial statements for each of the Registrant Subsidiaries.

NOTE 8. RISK MANAGEMENT AND FAIR VALUES (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy)

Market Risk

In the normal course of business, Entergy is exposed to a number of market risks. Market risk is the potential loss that Entergy may incur as a result of changes in the market or fair value of a particular commodity or instrument. All financial and commodity-related instruments, including derivatives, are subject to market risk including commodity price risk, equity price, and interest rate risk. Entergy uses derivatives primarily to mitigate commodity price risk associated with the price of fuel.

The Utility has limited exposure to the effects of market risk because it operates primarily under cost-based rate regulation. To the extent approved by their retail regulators, the Utility operating companies use commodity and financial instruments to hedge the exposure to price volatility inherent in their purchased power, fuel, and gas purchased for resale costs, that are recovered from customers.

Derivatives

Entergy designates a significant portion of its derivative instruments as normal purchase/normal sale transactions due to their physical settlement provisions, including power purchase and sales agreements, fuel purchase agreements, and capacity contracts. Certain derivative instruments do not qualify for designation as normal purchase/normal sale transactions due to their financial settlement provisions. See further discussion below regarding the accounting for these derivative instruments.

Entergy manages fuel price volatility for its Louisiana jurisdictions (Entergy Louisiana and Entergy New Orleans) and Entergy Mississippi through the purchase of natural gas swaps that financially settle against either the average Henry Hub Gas Daily prices or the NYMEX Henry Hub. These swaps are marked-to-market through fuel expense with offsetting regulatory assets or liabilities. All benefits or costs of the program are recorded in fuel costs. The notional volumes of these swaps are based on a portion of projected annual exposure to gas price volatility for electric generation at Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Mississippi and projected winter purchases for gas distribution at Entergy New Orleans. The maximum length of time over which Entergy has executed natural gas swaps as of June 30, 2025 is 9 months for Entergy Mississippi. The total volume of natural gas swaps outstanding as of June 30, 2025 is 9,493,000 MMBtu for Entergy and Entergy Mississippi. As of June 30, 2025, Entergy Louisiana and Entergy New Orleans had no outstanding natural gas swaps. Credit support for these natural gas swaps is covered by master agreements that do not require Entergy to provide collateral based on mark-to-market value, but do carry adequate assurance language that may lead to requests for collateral.

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During the second quarter 2025, Entergy participated in the annual financial transmission rights auction process for the MISO planning year of June 1, 2025 through May 31, 2026. Financial transmission rights are derivative instruments that represent economic hedges of future congestion charges that will be incurred in serving Entergy’s customer load. They are not designated as hedging instruments. Entergy initially records financial transmission rights at their estimated fair value and subsequently adjusts the carrying value to their estimated fair value at the end of each accounting period prior to settlement. Unrealized gains or losses on financial transmission rights held by the non-utility operations are included in operating revenues. The Utility operating companies recognize regulatory liabilities or assets for unrealized gains or losses on financial transmission rights. The total volume of financial transmission rights outstanding as of June 30, 2025 is 102,393 GWh for Entergy, including 20,804 GWh for Entergy Arkansas, 55,064 GWh for Entergy Louisiana, 11,361 GWh for Entergy Mississippi, 3,660 GWh for Entergy New Orleans, and 11,505 GWh for Entergy Texas. Credit support for financial transmission rights held by the Utility operating companies is covered by cash and/or letters of credit issued by each Utility operating company as required by MISO. Credit support for financial transmission rights held by Entergy’s non-utility operations business is covered by cash. No cash or letters of credit were required to be posted for financial transmission rights exposure for the non-utility operations business as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024. Letters of credit posted with MISO covered the financial transmission rights exposure for Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, and Entergy Texas as of June 30, 2025 and for Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas as of December 31, 2024.

The fair values of Entergy’s derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 are shown in the table below. Certain investments, including those not designated as hedging instruments, are subject to master netting agreements and are presented in the balance sheet on a net basis in accordance with accounting guidance for derivatives and hedging.

InstrumentBalance Sheet LocationGross Fair Value (a)Offsetting Position (b)Net Fair Value (c) (d)
(In Millions)
2025
Assets:
Financial transmission rightsPrepayments and other$49($1)$48
Liabilities:
Natural gas swapsOther current liabilities$3$—$3
2024
Assets:
Natural gas swapsPrepayments and other$2$—$2
Financial transmission rightsPrepayments and other$21($1)$20
Liabilities:
Financial transmission rightsOther current liabilities($—)$1$1

(a)Represents the gross amounts of recognized assets/liabilities

(b)Represents the netting of fair value balances with the same counterparty

(c)Represents the net amounts of assets/liabilities presented on the Entergy Corporation and Subsidiaries’ Consolidated Balance Sheets

(d)Excludes letters of credit posted with MISO to cover financial transmission rights exposure in the amount of $6 million as of June 30, 2025 and $2 million as of December 31, 2024

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The effects of Entergy’s derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the consolidated income statements for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 are as follows:

InstrumentIncome Statement LocationAmount of gain recorded in the income statement
(In Millions)
2025
Natural gas swapsFuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale(a)$11
Financial transmission rightsPurchased power expense(b)$66
2024
Natural gas swapsFuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale(a)$3
Financial transmission rightsPurchased power expense(b)$47

The effects of Entergy’s derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the consolidated income statements for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 are as follows:

InstrumentIncome Statement LocationAmount of gain (loss) recorded in the income statement
(In Millions)
2025
Natural gas swapsFuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale(a)($1)
Financial transmission rightsPurchased power expense(b)$114
2024
Natural gas swapsFuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale(a)($3)
Financial transmission rightsPurchased power expense(b)$100

(a)Due to regulatory treatment, the natural gas swaps are marked-to-market through fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as fuel expenses when the swaps are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms.

(b)Due to regulatory treatment, the changes in the estimated fair value of financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are recorded through purchased power expense and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as purchased power expense when the financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms.

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The fair values of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ balance sheets as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 are shown in the tables below. Certain investments, including those not designated as hedging instruments, are subject to master netting agreements and are presented in the balance sheet on a net basis in accordance with accounting guidance for derivatives and hedging.

InstrumentBalance Sheet LocationGross Fair Value (a)Offsetting Position (b)Net Fair Value (c) (d)Registrant
(In Millions)
2025
Assets:
Financial transmission rightsPrepayments and other$11.1$—$11.1Entergy Arkansas
Financial transmission rightsPrepayments and other$28.6($0.3)$28.3Entergy Louisiana
Financial transmission rightsPrepayments and other$1.5($0.1)$1.4Entergy Mississippi
Financial transmission rightsPrepayments and other$3.0$—$3.0Entergy New Orleans
Financial transmission rightsPrepayments and other$4.5($0.6)$3.9Entergy Texas
Liabilities:
Natural gas swapsOther current liabilities$3.0$—$3.0Entergy Mississippi
InstrumentBalance Sheet LocationGross Fair Value (a)Offsetting Position (b)Net Fair Value (c) (d)Registrant
(In Millions)
2024
Assets:
Natural gas swapsPrepayments and other$1.6$—$1.6Entergy Mississippi
Financial transmission rightsPrepayments and other$8.6($0.1)$8.5Entergy Arkansas
Financial transmission rightsPrepayments and other$8.7($0.1)$8.6Entergy Louisiana
Financial transmission rightsPrepayments and other$1.3$—$1.3Entergy New Orleans
Financial transmission rightsPrepayments and other$2.0($0.1)$1.9Entergy Texas
Liabilities:
Financial transmission rightsOther current liabilities($0.4)$0.9$0.5Entergy Mississippi

(a)Represents the gross amounts of recognized assets/liabilities

(b)Represents the netting of fair value balances with the same counterparty

(c)Represents the net amounts of assets/liabilities presented on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ balance sheets

(d)Excludes letters of credit posted with MISO to cover financial transmission rights exposure in the amount of $3.5 million for Entergy Arkansas, $1.2 million for Entergy Louisiana, $0.6 million for Entergy Mississippi,

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and $0.6 million for Entergy Texas as of June 30, 2025 and in the amount of $0.5 million for Entergy Arkansas, $0.1 million for Entergy Louisiana, $0.8 million for Entergy Mississippi, $0.1 million for Entergy New Orleans, and $0.3 million for Entergy Texas as of December 31, 2024.

The effects of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ income statements for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 are as follows:

InstrumentIncome Statement LocationAmount of gain (loss) recorded in the income statementRegistrant
(In Millions)
2025
Natural gas swapsFuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale$11.4(a)Entergy Mississippi
Financial transmission rightsPurchased power expense$9.5(b)Entergy Arkansas
Financial transmission rightsPurchased power expense$42.0(b)Entergy Louisiana
Financial transmission rightsPurchased power expense$3.1(b)Entergy Mississippi
Financial transmission rightsPurchased power expense$8.8(b)Entergy New Orleans
Financial transmission rightsPurchased power expense$2.3(b)Entergy Texas
2024
Natural gas swapsFuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale($3.0)(a)Entergy Mississippi
Financial transmission rightsPurchased power expense$12.0(b)Entergy Arkansas
Financial transmission rightsPurchased power expense$25.0(b)Entergy Louisiana
Financial transmission rightsPurchased power expense$2.1(b)Entergy Mississippi
Financial transmission rightsPurchased power expense$3.3(b)Entergy New Orleans
Financial transmission rightsPurchased power expense$4.6(b)Entergy Texas

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The effects of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments on the Registrant Subsidiaries’ income statements for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 are as follows:

InstrumentIncome Statement LocationAmount of gain (loss) recorded in the income statementRegistrant
(In Millions)
2025
Natural gas swapsFuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale($1.2)(a)Entergy Mississippi
Financial transmission rightsPurchased power expense$28.2(b)Entergy Arkansas
Financial transmission rightsPurchased power expense$64.1(b)Entergy Louisiana
Financial transmission rightsPurchased power expense$5.1(b)Entergy Mississippi
Financial transmission rightsPurchased power expense$11.1(b)Entergy New Orleans
Financial transmission rightsPurchased power expense$5.8(b)Entergy Texas
2024
Natural gas swapsFuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale$2.3(a)Entergy Mississippi
Natural gas swapsFuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale$0.5(a)Entergy New Orleans
Financial transmission rightsPurchased power expense$38.9(b)Entergy Arkansas
Financial transmission rightsPurchased power expense$41.2(b)Entergy Louisiana
Financial transmission rightsPurchased power expense$3.1(b)Entergy Mississippi
Financial transmission rightsPurchased power expense$4.4(b)Entergy New Orleans
Financial transmission rightsPurchased power expense$12.1(b)Entergy Texas

(a)Due to regulatory treatment, the natural gas swaps are marked-to-market through fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as fuel expenses when the swaps are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms.

(b)Due to regulatory treatment, the changes in the estimated fair value of financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are recorded through purchased power expense and then such amounts are simultaneously reversed and recorded as an offsetting regulatory asset or liability. The gains or losses recorded as purchased power expense when the financial transmission rights for the Utility operating companies are settled are recovered or refunded through fuel cost recovery mechanisms.

Fair Values

The estimated fair values of Entergy’s financial instruments and derivatives are determined using historical prices, bid prices, market quotes, and financial modeling. Considerable judgment is required in developing the estimates of fair value. Therefore, estimates are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that Entergy could realize in a current market exchange. Gains or losses realized on financial instruments are reflected in future rates and therefore do not affect net income. Entergy considers the carrying amounts of most financial instruments classified as current assets and liabilities to be a reasonable estimate of their fair value because of the short maturity of these instruments.

Accounting standards define fair value as an exit price, or the price that would be received to sell an asset or the amount that would be paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between knowledgeable market

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participants at the date of measurement. Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries use assumptions or market input data that market participants would use in pricing assets or liabilities at fair value. The inputs can be readily observable, corroborated by market data, or generally unobservable. Entergy and the Registrant Subsidiaries endeavor to use the best available information to determine fair value.

Accounting standards establish a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value. The hierarchy establishes the highest priority for unadjusted market quotes in an active market for the identical asset or liability and the lowest priority for unobservable inputs.

The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are:

  • Level 1 - Level 1 inputs are unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the entity has the ability to access at the measurement date. Active markets are those in which transactions for the asset or liability occur in sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis. Level 1 primarily consists of individually owned common stocks, cash equivalents (temporary cash investments, securitization recovery trust account, and escrow accounts), debt instruments, and gas swaps traded on exchanges with active markets. Cash equivalents includes all unrestricted highly liquid debt instruments with an original or remaining maturity of three months or less at the date of purchase.

  • Level 2 - Level 2 inputs are inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are, either directly or indirectly, observable for the asset or liability at the measurement date. Assets are valued based on prices derived by independent third parties that use inputs such as benchmark yields, reported trades, broker/dealer quotes, and issuer spreads. Prices are reviewed and can be challenged with the independent parties and/or overridden by Entergy if it is believed such would be more reflective of fair value. Level 2 inputs include the following:

–quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets;

–quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in inactive markets;

–inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability; or

–inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.

Level 2 consists primarily of individually-owned debt instruments and gas swaps valued using observable inputs.

  • Level 3 - Level 3 inputs are pricing inputs that are generally less observable or unobservable from objective sources. These inputs are used with internally developed methodologies to produce management’s best estimate of fair value for the asset or liability. Level 3 consists primarily of financial transmission rights.

The values of financial transmission rights are based on unobservable inputs, including estimates of congestion costs in MISO between applicable generation and load pricing nodes based on the 50th percentile of historical prices. They are classified as Level 3 assets and liabilities. The valuations of these assets and liabilities are performed by the Office of Corporate Risk Oversight. The values are calculated internally and verified against the data published by MISO. Entergy’s Accounting group reviews these valuations for reasonableness, with the assistance of others within the organization with knowledge of the various inputs and assumptions used in the valuation. The Office of Corporate Risk Oversight reports to the Vice President and Treasurer. The Accounting group reports to the Chief Accounting Officer.

The following tables set forth, by level within the fair value hierarchy, Entergy’s assets and liabilities that are accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024. The assessment of

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the significance of a particular input to a fair value measurement requires judgment and may affect placement within the fair value hierarchy levels.

2025Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
(In Millions)
Assets:
Temporary cash investments$1,012$—$—$1,012
Decommissioning trust funds (a):
Equity securities48——48
Debt securities8571,250—2,107
Common trusts (b)3,678
Securitization recovery trust account1——1
Storm reserve escrow accounts303——303
Financial transmission rights——4848
$2,221$1,250$48$7,197
Liabilities:
Natural gas swaps$—$—$3$3
2024Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
(In Millions)
Assets:
Temporary cash investments$811$—$—$811
Decommissioning trust funds (a):
Equity securities30——30
Debt securities8481,199—2,047
Common trusts (b)3,486
Securitization recovery trust account4——4
Storm reserve escrow accounts340——340
Natural gas swaps2——2
Financial transmission rights——2020
$2,035$1,199$20$6,740
Liabilities:
Financial transmission rights$—$—$1$1

(a)The decommissioning trust funds hold equity and fixed income securities. Equity securities are invested to approximate the returns of major market indices. Fixed income securities are held in various governmental and corporate securities. See Note 9 to the financial statements herein for additional information on the investment portfolios.

(b)Common trust funds are not publicly quoted and are valued by the fund administrators using net asset value as a practical expedient. Accordingly, these funds are not assigned a level in the fair value table. The fund administrator of these investments allows daily trading at the net asset value and trades settle at a later date.

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The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024:

20252024
(In Millions)
Balance as of April 1,$7$9
Issuances of financial transmission rights4953
Gains included as a regulatory liability/asset5834
Settlements(66)(47)
Balance as of June 30,$48$49

The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024:

20252024
(In Millions)
Balance as of January 1,$20$21
Issuances of financial transmission rights4953
Gains included as a regulatory liability/asset9375
Settlements(114)(100)
Balance as of June 30,$48$49

The fair values of the Level 3 financial transmission rights are based on unobservable inputs calculated internally and verified against historical pricing data published by MISO.

The following tables set forth, by level within the fair value hierarchy, the Registrant Subsidiaries’ assets and liabilities that are accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024. The assessment of the significance of a particular input to a fair value measurement requires judgment and may affect placement within the fair value hierarchy levels.

Entergy Arkansas

2025Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
(In Millions)
Assets:
Temporary cash investments$182.4$—$—$182.4
Decommissioning trust funds (a):
Equity securities23.3——23.3
Debt securities266.3327.8—594.1
Common trusts (b)1,069.3
Financial transmission rights——11.111.1
$472.0$327.8$11.1$1,880.2

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2024Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
(In Millions)
Assets:
Temporary cash investments$3.4$—$—$3.4
Decommissioning trust funds (a):
Equity securities12.9——12.9
Debt securities259.9319.1—579.0
Common trusts (b)1,012.5
Financial transmission rights——8.58.5
$276.2$319.1$8.5$1,616.3

Entergy Louisiana

2025Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
(In Millions)
Assets:
Temporary cash investments$298.3$—$—$298.3
Decommissioning trust funds (a):
Equity securities20.8——20.8
Debt securities332.4598.9—931.3
Common trusts (b)1,588.4
Storm reserve escrow account228.4——228.4
Financial transmission rights——28.328.3
$879.9$598.9$28.3$3,095.5
2024Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
(In Millions)
Assets:
Temporary cash investments$326.8$—$—$326.8
Decommissioning trust funds (a):
Equity securities14.5——14.5
Debt securities326.0582.1—908.1
Common trusts (b)1,506.5
Storm reserve escrow account256.7——256.7
Financial transmission rights——8.68.6
$924.0$582.1$8.6$3,021.2

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Entergy Mississippi

2025Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
(In Millions)
Assets:
Temporary cash investments$401.3$—$—$401.3
Financial transmission rights——1.41.4
$401.3$—$1.4$402.7
Liabilities:
Natural gas swaps$—$—$3.0$3.0
2024Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
(In Millions)
Assets:
Temporary cash investments$155.5$—$—$155.5
Natural gas swaps1.6——1.6
$157.1$—$—$157.1
Liabilities:
Financial transmission rights$—$—$0.5$0.5

Entergy New Orleans

2025Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
(In Millions)
Assets:
Storm reserve escrow account$75.1$—$—$75.1
Financial transmission rights——3.03.0
$75.1$—$3.0$78.1
2024Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
(In Millions)
Assets:
Temporary cash investments$31.4$—$—$31.4
Securitization recovery trust account1.6——1.6
Storm reserve escrow account83.7——83.7
Financial transmission rights——1.31.3
$116.7$—$1.3$118.0

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Entergy Texas

2025Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
(In Millions)
Assets:
Temporary cash investments$17.7$—$—$17.7
Securitization recovery trust account1.0——1.0
Financial transmission rights——3.93.9
$18.7$—$3.9$22.6
2024Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
(In Millions)
Assets:
Temporary cash investments$184.7$—$—$184.7
Securitization recovery trust account2.7——2.7
Financial transmission rights——1.91.9
$187.4$—$1.9$189.3

System Energy

2025Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
(In Millions)
Assets:
Temporary cash investments$31.7$—$—$31.7
Decommissioning trust funds (a):
Equity securities4.1——4.1
Debt securities258.6323.5—582.1
Common trusts (b)1,020.1
$294.4$323.5$—$1,638.0
2024Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
(In Millions)
Assets:
Temporary cash investments$28.5$—$—$28.5
Decommissioning trust funds (a):
Equity securities2.4——2.4
Debt securities262.4297.4—559.8
Common trusts (b)966.9
$293.3$297.4$—$1,557.6

(a)The decommissioning trust funds hold equity and fixed income securities. Equity securities are invested to approximate the returns of major market indices. Fixed income securities are held in various governmental and corporate securities. See Note 9 to the financial statements herein for additional information on the investment portfolios.

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(b)Common trust funds are not publicly quoted and are valued by the fund administrators using net asset value as a practical expedient. Accordingly, these funds are not assigned a level in the fair value table. The fund administrator of these investments allows daily trading at the net asset value and trades settle at a later date.

The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets (liabilities) for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the three months ended June 30, 2025.

Entergy ArkansasEntergy LouisianaEntergy MississippiEntergy New OrleansEntergy Texas
(In Millions)
Balance as of April 1,$3.0$3.4($0.1)$0.4$0.4
Issuances of financial transmission rights11.828.71.53.04.0
Gains included as a regulatory liability/asset5.838.23.18.41.8
Settlements(9.5)(42.0)(3.1)(8.8)(2.3)
Balance as of June 30,$11.1$28.3$1.4$3.0$3.9

The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the three months ended June 30, 2024.

Entergy ArkansasEntergy LouisianaEntergy MississippiEntergy New OrleansEntergy Texas
(In Millions)
Balance as of April 1,$2.8$4.1$0.6$0.5$1.2
Issuances of financial transmission rights17.621.63.92.87.3
Gains included as a regulatory liability/asset7.719.11.22.62.7
Settlements(12.0)(25.0)(2.1)(3.3)(4.6)
Balance as of June 30,$16.1$19.8$3.6$2.6$6.6

The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets (liabilities) for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the six months ended June 30, 2025.

Entergy ArkansasEntergy LouisianaEntergy MississippiEntergy New OrleansEntergy Texas
(In Millions)
Balance as of January 1,$8.6$8.6($0.5)$1.3$1.9
Issuances of financial transmission rights11.828.71.52.94.0
Gains included as a regulatory liability/asset18.955.15.59.93.8
Settlements(28.2)(64.1)(5.1)(11.1)(5.8)
Balance as of June 30,$11.1$28.3$1.4$3.0$3.9

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The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the net assets for the fair value of financial transmission rights classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the six months ended June 30, 2024.

Entergy ArkansasEntergy LouisianaEntergy MississippiEntergy New OrleansEntergy Texas
(In Millions)
Balance as of January 1,$6.0$9.8$1.4$1.1$2.4
Issuances of financial transmission rights17.621.63.92.87.3
Gains included as a regulatory liability/asset31.429.61.43.19.0
Settlements(38.9)(41.2)(3.1)(4.4)(12.1)
Balance as of June 30,$16.1$19.8$3.6$2.6$6.6

NOTE 9. DECOMMISSIONING TRUST FUNDS (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy)

The NRC requires certain of the Utility operating companies and System Energy to maintain nuclear decommissioning trusts to fund the costs of decommissioning ANO 1 and 2, River Bend, Waterford 3, and Grand Gulf. Entergy’s nuclear decommissioning trust funds invest in equity securities, fixed-rate debt securities, and cash and cash equivalents.

Entergy records decommissioning trust funds on the balance sheet at their fair value. Because of the ability of the Registrant Subsidiaries to recover decommissioning costs in rates and in accordance with the regulatory treatment for decommissioning trust funds, for unrealized gains/(losses) on investment securities, the Registrant Subsidiaries record an offsetting amount in other regulatory liabilities/assets. For the 30% interest in River Bend formerly owned by Cajun, Entergy Louisiana records an offsetting amount in other long-term liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Louisiana for the unrealized trust earnings not currently expected to be needed to decommission the plant. Generally, Entergy records gains and losses on its debt and equity securities using the specific identification method to determine the cost basis of its securities.

The unrealized gains/(losses) recognized during the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 on equity securities still held as of June 30, 2025 were $536 million and $513 million, respectively. The equity securities are generally held in funds that are designed to approximate or somewhat exceed the return of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. A relatively small percentage of the equity securities are held in funds that are designed to approximate or somewhat exceed the return of the Wilshire 4500 Index. The debt securities are generally held in individual government and credit issuances.

The available-for-sale debt securities held as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 are summarized as follows:

20252024
(In Millions)
Fair value$2,107$2,047
Unrealized gains$20$7
Unrealized losses$60$80

As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, there were no deferred taxes on unrealized gains/(losses). The amortized cost of available-for-sale debt securities was $2,148 million as of June 30, 2025 and $2,121 million as of December 31, 2024. As of June 30, 2025, available-for-sale debt securities had an average coupon rate of

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approximately 4.14%, an average duration of approximately 6.39 years, and an average maturity of approximately 10.81 years.

The fair value and gross unrealized losses of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by length of time that the securities had been in a continuous loss position, were as follows as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024:

20252024
Fair ValueGross Unrealized LossesFair ValueGross Unrealized Losses
(In Millions)
Less than 12 months$565$17$1,102$24
More than 12 months4384351056
Total$1,003$60$1,612$80

The fair value of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by contractual maturities, as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 were as follows:

20252024
(In Millions)
Less than 1 year$29$36
1 year - 5 years541574
5 years - 10 years672629
10 years - 15 years195166
15 years - 20 years197218
20 years+473424
Total$2,107$2,047

The following table summarizes proceeds from the dispositions of available-for-sale debt securities and the related gains and losses from the sales during the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024:

Three Months EndedSix Months Ended
2025202420252024
(In Millions)
Proceeds from disposition of securities$227$161$489$330
Realized gains$1$—$2$1
Realized losses$4$14$8$20

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, gross gains and gross losses related to available-for-sale debt securities were reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings.

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Entergy Arkansas

Entergy Arkansas holds equity securities and available-for-sale debt securities in nuclear decommissioning trust accounts. The available-for-sale debt securities held as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 are summarized as follows:

20252024
(In Millions)
Fair value$594.1$579.0
Unrealized gains$5.4$1.2
Unrealized losses$17.5$25.8

The amortized cost of available-for-sale debt securities was $606.1 million as of June 30, 2025 and $603.5 million as of December 31, 2024. As of June 30, 2025, the available-for-sale debt securities had an average coupon rate of approximately 3.75%, an average duration of approximately 6.20 years, and an average maturity of approximately 8.46 years.

The unrealized gains/(losses) recognized during the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 on equity securities still held as of June 30, 2025 were $138 million and $126.7 million, respectively. The equity securities are generally held in funds that are designed to approximate or somewhat exceed the return of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. A relatively small percentage of the equity securities are held in funds that are designed to approximate or somewhat exceed the return of the Wilshire 4500 Index. The debt securities are generally held in individual government and credit issuances.

The fair value and gross unrealized losses of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by length of time that the securities had been in a continuous loss position, were as follows as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024:

20252024
Fair ValueGross Unrealized LossesFair ValueGross Unrealized Losses
(In Millions)
Less than 12 months$141.8$4.6$282.8$8.2
More than 12 months174.012.9195.017.6
Total$315.8$17.5$477.8$25.8

The fair value of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by contractual maturities, as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 were as follows:

20252024
(In Millions)
Less than 1 year$26.3$31.7
1 year - 5 years159.2142.5
5 years - 10 years251.7231.0
10 years - 15 years37.462.2
15 years - 20 years43.162.8
20 years+76.448.8
Total$594.1$579.0

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The following table summarizes proceeds from the dispositions of available-for-sale debt securities and the related gains and losses from the sales during the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024:

Three Months EndedSix Months Ended
2025202420252024
(In Millions)
Proceeds from disposition of securities$—$5.5$—$17.9
Realized gains$—$0.1$—$0.1
Realized losses$—$0.4$—$0.9

During three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, gross gains and gross losses related to available-for-sale debt securities were reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings.

Entergy Louisiana

Entergy Louisiana holds equity securities and available-for-sale debt securities in nuclear decommissioning trust accounts. The available-for-sale debt securities held as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 are summarized as follows:

20252024
(In Millions)
Fair value$931.3$908.1
Unrealized gains$8.1$3.6
Unrealized losses$24.1$26.9

The amortized cost of available-for-sale debt securities was $947.3 million as of June 30, 2025 and $931.5 million as of December 31, 2024. As of June 30, 2025, the available-for-sale debt securities had an average coupon rate of approximately 4.40%, an average duration of approximately 6.57 years, and an average maturity of approximately 12.38 years.

The unrealized gains/(losses) recognized during the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 on equity securities still held as of June 30, 2025 were $267.9 million and $254.6 million, respectively. The equity securities are generally held in funds that are designed to approximate or somewhat exceed the return of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. A relatively small percentage of the equity securities are held in funds that are designed to approximate or somewhat exceed the return of the Wilshire 4500 Index. The debt securities are generally held in individual government and credit issuances.

The fair value and gross unrealized losses of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by length of time that the securities had been in a continuous loss position, were as follows as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024:

20252024
Fair ValueGross Unrealized LossesFair ValueGross Unrealized Losses
(In Millions)
Less than 12 months$318.7$9.4$543.8$8.8
More than 12 months150.614.7178.418.1
Total$469.3$24.1$722.2$26.9

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The fair value of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by contractual maturities, as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 were as follows:

20252024
(In Millions)
Less than 1 year$2.4$4.4
1 year - 5 years212.3188.2
5 years - 10 years214.3259.4
10 years - 15 years115.080.9
15 years - 20 years107.6106.1
20 years+279.7269.1
Total$931.3$908.1

The following table summarizes proceeds from the dispositions of available-for-sale debt securities and the related gains and losses from the sales during the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024:

Three Months EndedSix Months Ended
2025202420252024
(In Millions)
Proceeds from disposition of securities$71.5$62.5$181.5$110.9
Realized gains$0.1$0.1$0.2$0.2
Realized losses$2.4$4.8$4.0$7.7

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, gross gains and gross losses related to available-for-sale debt securities were reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings.

System Energy

System Energy holds equity securities and available-for-sale debt securities in nuclear decommissioning trust accounts. The available-for-sale debt securities held as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 are summarized as follows:

20252024
(In Millions)
Fair value$582.1$559.8
Unrealized gains$6.1$1.9
Unrealized losses$19.0$27.6

The amortized cost of available-for-sale debt securities was $595 million as of June 30, 2025 and $585.5 million as of December 31, 2024. As of June 30, 2025, the available-for-sale debt securities had an average coupon rate of approximately 4.13%, an average duration of approximately 6.27 years, and an average maturity of approximately 10.73 years.

The unrealized gains/(losses) recognized during the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 on equity securities still held as of June 30, 2025 were $130.5 million and $131.3 million, respectively. The equity securities are generally held in funds that are designed to approximate or somewhat exceed the return of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. A relatively small percentage of the equity securities are held in funds that are designed to approximate or somewhat exceed the return of the Wilshire 4500 Index. The debt securities are generally held in individual government and credit issuances.

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The fair value and gross unrealized losses of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by length of time that the securities had been in a continuous loss position, were as follows as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024:

20252024
Fair ValueGross Unrealized LossesFair ValueGross Unrealized Losses
(In Millions)
Less than 12 months$104.2$3.3$275.6$6.8
More than 12 months113.815.7136.820.8
Total$218.0$19.0$412.4$27.6

The fair value of available-for-sale debt securities, summarized by contractual maturities, as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 were as follows:

20252024
(In Millions)
Less than 1 year$0.2$0.2
1 year - 5 years169.2243.7
5 years - 10 years206.4138.9
10 years - 15 years42.522.7
15 years - 20 years46.449.4
20 years+117.4104.9
Total$582.1$559.8

The following table summarizes proceeds from the dispositions of available-for-sale debt securities and the related gains and losses from the sales during the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024:

Three Months EndedSix Months Ended
2025202420252024
(In Millions)
Proceeds from disposition of securities$155.3$93.5$307.6$201.5
Realized gains$0.8$—$1.3$0.2
Realized losses$1.4$8.4$4.0$11.9

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, gross gains and gross losses related to available-for-sale debt securities were reclassified out of other regulatory liabilities/assets into earnings.

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NOTE 10. INCOME TAXES (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy)

See “Income Tax Audits” and “Other Tax Matters” in Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of income tax audits, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and other income tax matters involving Entergy. The following are updates to that discussion.

Other Tax Matters

Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

As discussed in the Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K, the Inflation Reduction Act, signed into law on August 16, 2022, significantly expanded federal tax incentives for clean energy production, including the extension of production tax credits to solar projects and certain qualified nuclear power facilities. Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy have the potential to generate zero-emission nuclear power production tax credits for electricity generated by their respective nuclear power facilities. Due to the uncertainty of the value, if any, of credits Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, or System Energy may receive, such credits for the nuclear power produced in 2024 were not recognized as of December 31, 2024.

In second quarter 2025, Entergy, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy determined, based on current analysis and evolving regulatory developments, that it was appropriate to record zero-emission nuclear power production tax credits for electricity generated in 2024 by their respective nuclear power facilities and the credits are expected to be claimed on the Entergy 2024 federal income tax return. Because the U.S. Treasury and the IRS have not issued final guidance on the application of Internal Revenue Code section 45U, including the definition of “gross receipts,” Entergy considers the tax position associated with these credits to be uncertain under the provisions of income tax accounting standards. As such, the recognition of the credits included a corresponding provision for uncertain tax positions for the full amount of the credits recognized.

The value of the credits was calculated based on the amount of electricity generated and sold by each nuclear generating unit owned by Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy during 2024, multiplied by the applicable credit rate (i.e. dollars per kW). The applicable credit rate included the incremental amount of credit for meeting the “prevailing wages” criteria under the Inflation Reduction Act. Entergy also applied the statutorily required reduction amount in arriving at the value of the credits. This reduction amount was driven by the “Gross receipts” received by each unit for its 2024 energy production. Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy recognized production tax credits of $221.4 million, $208.9 million, and $140.9 million, respectively, resulting in an Entergy consolidated production tax credit of $571.2 million. To the extent future guidance allows Entergy to realize the value of the credits under the provisions of income tax accounting standards, the monetized value of the credits are expected to be shared with customers.

Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy expect to transfer the credits to third parties for cash (including a reasonable discount) prior to the filing of the Entergy 2024 federal income tax return. As such, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, System Energy, and the relevant affiliates are preparing or have submitted filings with the FERC and their respective retail regulators to determine a fair and reasonable approach, including risk sharing and timing, to incorporate the net cash proceeds received for these credits into future customer rates, particularly in light of the related provision for uncertain tax position. Entergy will continue to monitor developments and reassess its tax position as additional guidance or other information emerges.

Sale of Natural Gas Distribution Businesses

See Note 13 to the financial statements herein for discussion of the sale of Entergy New Orleans’ and Entergy Louisiana’s natural gas distribution businesses on July 1, 2025. Entergy is expected to recognize a gain of approximately $335 million for tax purposes, with Entergy Louisiana and Entergy New Orleans recognizing

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$150 million and $185 million, respectively. Both Entergy and Entergy Louisiana have sufficient federal tax net operating loss carryforwards to offset their respective gains. Accordingly, Entergy does not have a resulting federal income tax obligation as a result of the transaction, nor will Entergy Louisiana be required to make a federal tax payment under the terms of the intercompany income tax allocation agreement. Entergy New Orleans is expected to fully absorb its federal tax net operating loss carryforward in 2025, and its resulting federal tax payment under the intercompany income tax allocation agreement will be dependent on its results of operations for the remainder of the year. Estimated state tax payments for Entergy, Entergy Louisiana, and Entergy New Orleans are not anticipated to be significant.

NOTE 11. VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy)

See Note 17 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of variable interest entities (VIEs). See Note 4 to the financial statements herein for details of the nuclear fuel companies’ credit facilities, commercial paper borrowings, and long-term debt. See Note 6 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of noncontrolling interests.

Restoration Law Trust I (the storm trust I), a trust consolidated by Entergy Louisiana, is a VIE and Entergy Louisiana is the primary beneficiary. As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the primary asset held by the storm trust I was $2.8 billion and $2.9 billion, respectively, of outstanding Entergy Finance Company preferred membership interests, which is reflected as an investment in affiliate preferred membership interests on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy Louisiana. The LURC’s 1% beneficial interest in the storm trust I is recorded as noncontrolling interest on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Louisiana, with balances of $28.9 million as of June 30, 2025 and $28.8 million as of December 31, 2024.

Restoration Law Trust II (the storm trust II), a trust consolidated by Entergy Louisiana, is a VIE and Entergy Louisiana is the primary beneficiary. As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the primary asset held by the storm trust II was $1.3 billion and $1.4 billion, respectively, of outstanding Entergy Finance Company preferred membership interests, which is reflected as an investment in affiliate preferred membership interests on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy Louisiana. The LURC’s 1% beneficial interest in the storm trust II is recorded as noncontrolling interest on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Louisiana, with balances of $14.1 million as of June 30, 2025 and $13.9 million as of December 31, 2024.

System Energy is considered to hold a variable interest in the lessor from which it leases an undivided interest in the Grand Gulf nuclear plant. System Energy is the lessee under this arrangement, which is described in more detail in Note 5 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K. System Energy made payments under this arrangement, including interest, of $8.6 million in each of the six months ended June 30, 2025 and the six months ended June 30, 2024.

AR Searcy Partnership, LLC is a tax equity partnership that qualifies as a VIE, which Entergy Arkansas is required to consolidate as it is the primary beneficiary. As of June 30, 2025, AR Searcy Partnership, LLC recorded assets equal to $127.5 million, primarily consisting of property, plant, and equipment, and the carrying value of Entergy Arkansas’s ownership interest in the partnership was approximately $114 million. As of December 31, 2024, AR Searcy Partnership, LLC recorded assets equal to $129.7 million, primarily consisting of property, plant, and equipment, and the carrying value of Entergy Arkansas’s ownership interest in the partnership was approximately $113.2 million. The tax equity investor’s ownership interest is recorded as noncontrolling interest on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Arkansas.

MS Sunflower Partnership, LLC is a tax equity partnership that qualifies as a VIE, which Entergy Mississippi is required to consolidate as it is the primary beneficiary. As of June 30, 2025, MS Sunflower Partnership, LLC recorded assets equal to $155.4 million, primarily consisting of property, plant, and equipment,

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and the carrying value of Entergy Mississippi’s ownership interest in the partnership was approximately $136.9 million. As of December 31, 2024, MS Sunflower Partnership, LLC recorded assets equal to $157.8 million, primarily consisting of property, plant, and equipment, and the carrying value of Entergy Mississippi’s ownership interest in the partnership was approximately $132.7 million. The tax equity investor’s ownership interest is recorded as noncontrolling interest on the consolidated balance sheets of Entergy and Entergy Mississippi.

NOTE 12. REVENUE (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy)

Operating Revenues

See Note 19 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of revenue recognition. Entergy’s total revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 were as follows:

20252024
(In Thousands)
Utility:
Residential$1,091,035$1,009,836
Commercial771,097713,282
Industrial945,901792,721
Governmental70,62365,861
Total billed retail2,878,6562,581,700
Sales for resale (a)146,45754,579
Other electric revenues (b)246,674257,813
Revenues from contracts with customers3,271,7872,894,092
Other Utility revenues (c)3,15811,955
Electric revenues3,274,9452,906,047
Natural gas revenues40,77835,357
Other revenues (d)13,12612,216
Total operating revenues$3,328,849$2,953,620

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Entergy’s total revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 were as follows:

20252024
(In Thousands)
Utility:
Residential$2,204,340$2,080,177
Commercial1,455,1041,405,133
Industrial1,720,0201,541,679
Governmental133,441131,172
Total billed retail5,512,9055,158,161
Sales for resale (a)198,330133,583
Other electric revenues (b)322,892293,847
Revenues from contracts with customers6,034,1275,585,591
Other Utility revenues (c)(1,316)26,962
Electric revenues6,032,8115,612,553
Natural gas revenues112,509101,024
Other revenues (d)30,40334,671
Total operating revenues$6,175,723$5,748,248

The Utility operating companies’ total revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 were as follows:

2025Entergy ArkansasEntergy LouisianaEntergy MississippiEntergy New OrleansEntergy Texas
(In Thousands)
Residential$212,265$408,293$172,575$73,279$224,623
Commercial141,468306,916147,05258,133117,528
Industrial174,555570,30353,6297,800139,614
Governmental4,91123,62214,54420,6566,890
Total billed retail533,1991,309,134387,800159,868488,655
Sales for resale (a)84,533109,24361,71310,0275,195
Other electric revenues (b)78,80875,87141,73913,77937,761
Revenues from contracts with customers696,5401,494,248491,252183,674531,611
Other revenues (c)1,1471,25662310730
Electric revenues697,6871,495,504491,875183,781531,641
Natural gas revenues—14,559—26,219—
Total operating revenues$697,687$1,510,063$491,875$210,000$531,641

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2024Entergy ArkansasEntergy LouisianaEntergy MississippiEntergy New OrleansEntergy Texas
(In Thousands)
Residential$204,822$353,975$163,049$71,842$216,148
Commercial132,950265,869142,17357,360114,930
Industrial138,786458,42049,1807,602138,733
Governmental4,43321,22314,06119,1676,977
Total billed retail480,9911,099,487368,463155,971476,788
Sales for resale (a)43,84280,82321,2608,5753,015
Other electric revenues (b)81,73374,67050,71812,81139,224
Revenues from contracts with customers606,5661,254,980440,441177,357519,027
Other revenues (c)2,2326,4642,4531,30750
Electric revenues608,7981,261,444442,894178,664519,077
Natural gas revenues—14,680—20,677—
Total operating revenues$608,798$1,276,124$442,894$199,341$519,077

The Utility operating companies’ total revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 were as follows:

2025Entergy ArkansasEntergy LouisianaEntergy MississippiEntergy New OrleansEntergy Texas
(In Thousands)
Residential$486,871$786,531$358,883$138,969$433,086
Commercial273,085570,116282,925105,755223,223
Industrial323,6201,036,010100,97413,454245,962
Governmental9,13045,29028,23437,18513,602
Total billed retail1,092,7062,437,947771,016295,363915,873
Sales for resale (a)121,262220,79189,81013,9177,590
Other electric revenues (b)94,884113,86153,53813,21450,057
Revenues from contracts with customers1,308,8522,772,599914,364322,494973,520
Other revenues (c)2,346(5,149)1,22021260
Electric revenues1,311,1982,767,450915,584322,706973,580
Natural gas revenues—44,160—68,349—
Total operating revenues$1,311,198$2,811,610$915,584$391,055$973,580

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2024Entergy ArkansasEntergy LouisianaEntergy MississippiEntergy New OrleansEntergy Texas
(In Thousands)
Residential$480,574$699,003$341,666$139,520$419,414
Commercial274,258522,565274,491110,585223,234
Industrial288,193880,01795,60714,580263,282
Governmental9,13343,04427,39037,52114,084
Total billed retail1,052,1582,144,629739,154302,206920,014
Sales for resale (a)82,807163,55169,19321,0754,922
Other electric revenues (b)91,074112,61544,5169,59238,736
Revenues from contracts with customers1,226,0392,420,795852,863332,873963,672
Other revenues (c)4,80413,4424,8872,732(104)
Electric revenues1,230,8432,434,237857,750335,605963,568
Natural gas revenues—44,327—56,697—
Total operating revenues$1,230,843$2,478,564$857,750$392,302$963,568

(a)Sales for resale includes day-ahead sales of energy in a market administered by an ISO. These sales represent financially binding commitments for the sale of physical energy the next day. These sales are adjusted to actual power generated and delivered in the real time market. Given the short duration of these transactions, Entergy does not consider them to be derivatives subject to fair value adjustments and includes them as part of customer revenues.

(b)Other electric revenues consist primarily of transmission and ancillary services provided to participants of an ISO-administered market, unbilled revenue, and certain customer credits as directed by regulators.

(c)Other Utility revenues include the occasional sales of inventory, alternative revenue programs, provisions for revenue subject to refund, and late fees.

(d)Other revenues include the sale of electric power and capacity to wholesale customers, day-ahead sales of energy in a market administered by an ISO, and operation and management services fees.

NOTE 13. HELD FOR SALE AND DISPOSITIONS (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Louisiana, and Entergy New Orleans)

Natural Gas Distribution Businesses

See Note 14 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for information regarding the planned sale of the Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Louisiana natural gas distribution businesses. The following are updates to that discussion.

On October 28, 2023, Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Louisiana each entered into separate purchase and sale agreements with respect to the sale of their respective regulated natural gas local distribution company businesses to two separate affiliates of Bernhard Capital Partners Management LP. Under the purchase and sale agreements, Entergy New Orleans agreed to sell its regulated natural gas local distribution company business that serves customers in the Parish of Orleans, Louisiana, and Entergy Louisiana agreed to sell its regulated natural gas local distribution company business that serves customers in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Louisiana natural gas distribution businesses are reflected in Entergy’s Utility reportable segment and in the respective single reportable segment for each of Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Louisiana through June 30, 2025.

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Required regulatory approval was received from the LPSC and the City Council in August 2024 and December 2024, respectively. In February 2025 the Metropolitan Council of the Parish of East Baton Rouge approved the proposed sale of the Entergy Louisiana natural gas distribution business and also approved the assignment of the parish franchise from Entergy Louisiana to Delta Capital Gas Company, LLC (a Bernhard Capital Partners Management LP affiliate).

The transactions had two phases: (1) an “Initial Phase” prior to regulatory approvals in connection with both transactions; and (2) a “Second Phase” following regulatory approvals in connection with both transactions to the extent that certain conditions were satisfied or, where permissible, waived for both transactions. As described above, the transactions received all required regulatory approvals, and the Second Phase commenced on March 5, 2025.

The Entergy Louisiana and Entergy New Orleans natural gas distribution businesses first met the criteria to be classified as held for sale in the quarter ended December 31, 2024, and continued to meet such criteria as of June 30, 2025. As of June 30, 2025, neither Entergy Louisiana nor Entergy New Orleans had recognized any write downs of the natural gas distribution business assets as a result of their classification as held for sale, as neither sale was expected to result in a loss. The assets and liabilities of the Entergy Louisiana and Entergy New Orleans natural gas distribution businesses classified as held for sale on Entergy’s, Entergy Louisiana’s, and Entergy New Orleans’s consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 included the following amounts:

June 30, 2025December 31, 2024
EntergyEntergy LouisianaEntergy New OrleansEntergyEntergy LouisianaEntergy New Orleans
(In Thousands)(In Thousands)
Deferred fuel$5,829$3,324$2,505$5,608$727$4,881
Fuel inventory - at average cost4,8282954,5334,4937023,791
Materials and supplies7,6041,1726,4325,4511,0454,406
Prepayments and other1,341541,28722—22
Total current assets held for sale$19,602$4,845$14,757$15,574$2,474$13,100
Property, plant, and equipment - natural gas$697,812$311,898$385,914$679,502$303,193$376,309
Construction work in progress2,7101,7309802,9591,0851,874
Less - accumulated depreciation and amortization(283,404)(141,818)(141,586)(276,388)(139,556)(136,832)
Other regulatory assets33,5236,93623,66735,3818,94723,682
Goodwill (a)6,517——6,474——
Pension and other postretirement assets15,171—19,95214,663—19,499
Other199—199206—206
Total non-current assets held for sale$472,528$178,746$289,126$462,797$173,669$284,738
Accounts payable$2,945$295$2,650$702$702$—
Customer deposits5,3272,5722,7556,2141,9844,230
Taxes accrued———1313—
Other1,3525368161,401589812
Total current liabilities held for sale (b)$9,624$3,403$6,221$8,330$3,288$5,042
Regulatory liability for income taxes - net$28,438$3,193$25,245$31,575$4,981$26,594
Other regulatory liabilities2,5799451,6341,6111,214397
Pension and other postretirement liabilities4,2364,6431,6103,9764,5251,197
Other4,1461,4142,7323,8441,1942,650
Total non-current liabilities held for sale (c)$39,399$10,195$31,221$41,006$11,914$30,838

Entergy Corporation and Subsidiaries

Notes to Financial Statements

(a) Goodwill was allocated to the natural gas distribution business based on its relative fair value compared to the retained portion of the reporting unit.

(b) Included within other current liabilities on the respective consolidated balance sheets.

(c) Included within other non-current liabilities on the respective consolidated balance sheets.

Entergy Louisiana and Entergy New Orleans continued to recognize depreciation on the natural gas distribution businesses assets through June 30, 2025 since they received revenues through utility customer rates through the closing of the transaction, and because the final purchase price for the natural gas distribution businesses was adjusted by an amount equal to that depreciation, among other adjustments.

The pre-tax income for the Entergy Louisiana and Entergy New Orleans natural gas distribution businesses, excluding interest and corporate allocations, included in Entergy’s, Entergy Louisiana’s, and Entergy New Orleans’s consolidated income statements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 is as follows:

Three Months EndedSix Months Ended
2025202420252024
(In Thousands)(In Thousands)
Entergy$9,484$7,527$31,500$27,459
Entergy Louisiana$2,272$2,754$12,047$12,858
Entergy New Orleans$7,212$4,773$19,453$14,601

On July 1, 2025, Entergy Louisiana and Entergy New Orleans completed the sale of their natural gas distribution businesses. The Entergy Louisiana natural gas distribution business was sold for a purchase price of $203 million and results in an expected gain of $12 million ($9 million net-of-tax), net of $20 million in transaction costs. The Entergy New Orleans natural gas distribution business was sold for a purchase price of $288 million and results in an expected gain of $5 million ($4 million net-of-tax), net of $19 million in transaction costs. The sale of the natural gas distribution businesses results in an expected gain of $11 million ($6 million net-of-tax) for Entergy, which includes goodwill of $7 million that was attributed to the businesses sold and derecognized following the completion of the sale. Entergy New Orleans deferred $4 million of its respective gain as a regulatory liability, which will be amortized over three years beginning September 2026, to be shared with electric utility customers, as required by the City Council. The sale price is subject to a true-up related to the estimated value of assets and liabilities transferred, which may result in subsequent adjustments to the gain recorded in third quarter 2025. Additionally, as a result of the sale, in third quarter 2025, Entergy New Orleans expects to write-off $12 million of natural gas plant assets that were not included in the sale to Delta Capital Gas Company, LLC, and which will not be recovered. See Note 10 to the financial statements herein for discussion of the tax accounting effects of the sale.


In the opinion of the management of Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy, the accompanying unaudited financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting primarily of normal recurring accruals and reclassification of previously reported amounts to conform to current classifications) necessary for a fair statement of the results for the interim periods presented. Entergy’s business is subject to seasonal fluctuations, however, with peak periods occurring typically during the first and third quarters. The results for the interim periods presented should not be used as a basis for estimating results of operations for a full year.

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