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Rate And Regulatory Matters (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Details Of Other Regulatory Assets
Entergy
 
2016
 
2015
 
(In Millions)
Pension & postretirement costs (Note 11 – Qualified Pension Plans, Other Postretirement Benefits, and Non-Qualified Pension Plans) (a)

$2,635.5

 

$2,574.9

Asset retirement obligation - recovery dependent upon timing of decommissioning of nuclear units or dismantlement of non-nuclear power plants (Note 9) (a)
677.2

 
589.1

Storm damage costs, including hurricane costs - recovered through securitization and retail rates (Note 2 – Storm Cost Recovery Filings with Retail Regulators) (Note 5)
637.0

 
717.8

Removal costs - recovered through depreciation rates (Note 9) (a)
353.9

 
273.3

Little Gypsy costs – recovered through securitization (Note 5 – Entergy Louisiana Securitization Bonds - Little Gypsy)
100.0

 
121.1

Unamortized loss on reacquired debt - recovered over term of debt
91.4

 
66.7

Transition to competition costs - recovered over a 15-year period through February 2021
47.9

 
57.4

New nuclear generation development costs (Note 2 - New Nuclear Generation Development Costs) (b)
43.7

 
51.1

MISO costs - recovery through retail rate mechanisms (Note 2 - Retail Rate Proceedings)
36.2

 
65.2

Retail rate deferrals - recovered through rate riders as rates are redetermined by retail regulators
22.1

 
32.2

Human capital management costs - recovery through retail rate mechanisms (Note 2 - Retail Rate Proceedings)
17.3

 
28.3

Other
107.7

 
127.7

Entergy Total

$4,769.9

 

$4,704.8

Schedule of Regulatory Liabilities
Entergy
 
2016
 
2015
 
(In Millions)
Unrealized gains on nuclear decommissioning trust funds (Note 16) (a)

$735.5

 

$611.7

Vidalia purchased power agreement (Note 8)
202.4

 
222.6

Louisiana Act 55 financing savings obligation (Note 2 - Storm Cost Recovery Filings with Retail Regulators)
165.5

 
156.0

Business combination guaranteed customer benefits - returned to customers through retail rates and fuel rates beginning December 2015 through November 2024 (Note 2 - Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana Business Combination)
83.5

 
105.2

Waterford 3 replacement steam generator provision (Note 2 - Retail Rate Proceedings)
68.0

 
31.7

Grand Gulf sale-leaseback - (Note 10 - Sale and Leaseback Transactions)
67.9

 
67.9

Removal costs - returned to customers through depreciation rates (Note 9) (a)
53.9

 
68.3

Entergy Arkansass accumulated accelerated Grand Gulf amortization - will be returned to customers when approved by the APSC and FERC
44.4

 
44.4

Entergy Mississippis accumulated accelerated Grand Gulf amortization - amortized and credited through the Unit Power Sales Agreement
39.3

 
46.4

Asset retirement obligation - return to customers dependent upon timing of decommissioning (Note 9) (a)
32.7

 
28.2

Other
79.8

 
32.5

Entergy Total

$1,572.9

 

$1,414.9


Entergy Arkansas [Member]  
Details Of Other Regulatory Assets
Entergy Arkansas
 
2016
 
2015
 
(In Millions)
Pension & postretirement costs (Note 11 – Qualified Pension Plans, Other Postretirement Benefits, and Non-Qualified Pension Plans) (a)

$786.6

 

$766.5

Asset retirement obligation - recovery dependent upon timing of decommissioning of nuclear units or dismantlement of non-nuclear power plants (Note 9) (a)
322.9

 
288.0

Removal costs - recovered through depreciation rates (Note 9) (a)
128.5

 
85.7

Storm damage costs - recovered either through securitization or retail rates (Note 5 - Entergy Arkansas Securitization Bonds)
88.9

 
97.2

Unamortized loss on reacquired debt - recovered over term of debt
27.6

 
23.0

ANO Fukushima and Flood Barrier costs - recovered through retail rates through February 2026 (Note 2 - Retail Rate Proceedings) (b)
16.1

 

MISO costs - recovery through retail rates through 2018 (Note 2 - Retail Rate Proceedings) (b)
11.1

 
17.5

Retail rate deferrals - recovered through rate riders as rates are redetermined annually
10.1

 
18.1

Lake Catherine 4 reliability and sustainability cost deferral - recovery expected through retail rates (b)
9.8

 
10.4

Incremental ice storm costs - recovered through 2032
7.9

 
8.4

Human capital management costs - recovery through retail rates through June 2017 (Note 2 - Retail Rate Proceedings) (b)
7.0

 
10.4

Other
11.5

 
8.6

Entergy Arkansas Total

$1,428.0

 

$1,333.8

Schedule of Regulatory Liabilities
Entergy Arkansas
 
2016
 
2015
 
(In Millions)
Unrealized gains on nuclear decommissioning trust funds (Note 16) (a)

$280.8

 

$236.1

Other
25.1

 
6.8

Entergy Arkansas Total

$305.9

 

$242.9

The Amount Of Deferred Fuel Costs, That Entergy Expects To Recover (Or Return To Customers) Through Fuel Mechanisms, Subject To Subsequent Regulatory Review
The table below shows the amount of deferred fuel costs as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 that Entergy expects to recover (or return to customers) through fuel mechanisms, subject to subsequent regulatory review.
 
2016
 
2015
 
(In Millions)
Entergy Arkansas (a)

$163.6

 

$57.8

Entergy Louisiana (b)

$119.9

 

$102.9

Entergy Mississippi

$7.0

 

($107.8
)
Entergy New Orleans (b)

$8.9

 

($24.9
)
Entergy Texas

($54.5
)
 

($25.1
)

(a)
Includes $66.9 million in 2016 and $66.7 million in 2015 of fuel and purchased power costs, which do not currently earn a return on investment and whose recovery periods are indeterminate but are expected to be recovered over a period greater than twelve months.
(b)
Includes $168.1 million in each year for Entergy Louisiana and $4.1 million in each year for Entergy New Orleans of fuel, purchased power, and capacity costs, which do not currently earn a return on investment and whose recovery periods are indeterminate but are expected to be recovered over a period greater than twelve months.

Estimate Of Payments Or Receipts Among Utility Operating Companies
The filing shows the following payments/receipts among the Utility operating companies:
 
Payments (Receipts)
 
(In Millions)
Entergy Arkansas
$156
Entergy Louisiana
($75)
Entergy Mississippi
($33)
Entergy New Orleans
($5)
Entergy Texas
($43)


Entergy Arkansas made its payment in January 2012.  In February 2012, Entergy Arkansas filed for an interim adjustment to its production cost allocation rider requesting that the $156 million payment be collected from customers over the 22-month period from March 2012 through December 2013.  In March 2012 the APSC issued an order stating that the payment can be recovered from retail customers through the production cost allocation rider, subject to refund.  The LPSC and the APSC have requested rehearing of the FERC’s October 2011 order.  In December 2013 the LPSC filed a petition for a writ of mandamus at the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. In its petition, the LPSC requested that the D.C. Circuit issue an order compelling the FERC to issue a final order on pending rehearing requests. In January 2014 the D.C. Circuit denied the LPSC’s petition. The APSC, the LPSC, the PUCT, and other parties intervened in the December 2011 compliance filing proceeding, and the APSC and the LPSC also filed protests.

In February 2014 the FERC issued a rehearing order addressing its October 2011 order. The FERC denied the LPSC’s request for rehearing on the issues of whether the bandwidth remedy should be made effective earlier than June 1, 2005, and whether refunds should be ordered for the 20-month refund effective period. The FERC granted the LPSC’s rehearing request on the issue of interest on the bandwidth payments/receipts for the June - December 2005 period, requiring that interest be accrued from June 1, 2006 until the date those bandwidth payments/receipts are made. Also in February 2014 the FERC issued an order rejecting the December 2011 compliance filing that calculated the bandwidth payments/receipts for the June - December 2005 period. The FERC order required a new compliance filing that calculates the bandwidth payments/receipts for the June - December 2005 period based on monthly data for the seven individual months including interest pursuant to the February 2014 rehearing order. Entergy has sought rehearing of the February 2014 orders with respect to the FERC’s determinations regarding interest. In April 2014 the LPSC filed a petition for review of the FERC’s October 2011 and February 2014 orders with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The appeal is pending.

In April and May 2014, Entergy filed with the FERC an updated compliance filing that provides the payments and receipts among the Utility operating companies pursuant to the FERC’s February 2014 orders.  The filing shows the following net payments and receipts, including interest, among the Utility operating companies:
 
Payments (Receipts)
 
(In Millions)
Entergy Arkansas
$68
Entergy Louisiana
($10)
Entergy Mississippi
($11)
Entergy New Orleans
$2
Entergy Texas
($49)
These payments were made in May 2014. The LPSC, City Council, and APSC have filed protests. As discussed above, the hearing on the bandwidth calculation for the seven months June 1, 2005 through December 31, 2005 occurred in July 2016.

Payments/Receipts Among The Utility Operating Companies To Achieve Rough Production Cost Equalization
These filings show the following payments/receipts among the Utility operating companies are necessary to achieve rough production cost equalization as defined by the FERC’s orders:
 
Payments (Receipts)
 
2007
 
2008
 
2009
 
2010
 
2011
 
2012
 
2013
 
2014
 
(In Millions)
 
 
Entergy Arkansas

$252

 

$252

 

$390

 

$41

 

$77

 

$41

 

$—

 

$—

Entergy Louisiana

($211
)
 

($160
)
 

($247
)
 

($22
)
 

($12
)
 

($41
)
 

$—

 

$—

Entergy Mississippi

($41
)
 

($20
)
 

($24
)
 

($19
)
 

($40
)
 

$—

 

$—

 

$—

Entergy New Orleans

$—

 

($7
)
 

$—

 

$—

 

($25
)
 

$—

 

($15
)
 

($15
)
Entergy Texas

($30
)
 

($65
)
 

($119
)
 

$—

 

$—

 

$—

 

$15

 

$15

Schedule of Comprehensive Bandwidth Recalculation Report Reflecting Payment (Receipt) Amounts [Table Text Block]
The filing shows the following additional payments/receipts among the Utility operating companies:
 
Payments (Receipts)
 
(In Millions)
Entergy Arkansas
$38
Entergy Louisiana
($38)
Entergy Mississippi
$16
Entergy New Orleans
($1)
Entergy Texas
($15)
2010 Rate Filing Resulting Payment (Receipt) for Reclassification of Production Costs [Table Text Block]
The result of the true-up payments and receipts for the recalculation of production costs resulted in the following payments/receipts among the Utility operating companies:

 
Payments (Receipts)
 
(In Millions)
Entergy Arkansas
$2
Entergy Louisiana
$6
Entergy Mississippi
($4)
Entergy New Orleans
($1)
Entergy Texas
($3)
Entergy Louisiana [Member]  
Details Of Other Regulatory Assets
Entergy Louisiana
 
2016
 
2015
 
(In Millions)
Pension & postretirement costs (Note 11 – Qualified Pension Plans and Non-Qualified Pension Plans) (a)

$715.7

 

$718.7

Asset Retirement Obligation - recovery dependent upon timing of decommissioning of nuclear units or dismantlement of non-nuclear power plants (Note 9) (a)
199.4

 
180.8

Little Gypsy costs – recovered through securitization (Note 5 – Entergy Louisiana Securitization Bonds - Little Gypsy)
97.8

 
119.2

New nuclear generation development costs - recovery through formula rate plan beginning December 2014 through November 2022 (Note 2 - New Nuclear Generation Development Costs) (b)
43.1

 
50.4

Unamortized loss on reacquired debt - recovered over term of debt
27.0

 
19.2

MISO costs - recovery through the MISO cost recovery mechanism beginning December 2014 through November 2017 (Note 2 - Retail Rate Proceedings)
21.8

 
41.1

Business combination external costs deferral - recovery through formula rate plan beginning December 2015 through November 2025 (b)
15.2

 
16.1

River Bend AFUDC - recovered through August 2025 (Note 1 – River Bend AFUDC)
14.8

 
16.7

Human capital management costs - recovery through formula rate plan beginning December 2014 through November 2017 (Note 2 - Retail Rate Proceedings)
10.0

 
17.6

Other
23.3

 
38.1

Entergy Louisiana Total

$1,168.1

 

$1,217.9

Schedule of Regulatory Liabilities
Entergy Louisiana
 
2016
 
2015
 
(In Millions)
Unrealized gains on nuclear decommissioning trust funds (Note 16) (a)

$235.4

 

$196.9

Vidalia purchased power agreement (Note 8)
202.4

 
222.6

Louisiana Act 55 financing savings obligation (Note 2 - Storm Cost Recovery Filings with Retail Regulators)
165.5

 
156.0

Business combination guaranteed customer benefits - returned to customers through retail rates and fuel rates beginning December 2015 through November 2024 (Note 2 - Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana Business Combination)
83.5

 
105.2

Waterford 3 replacement steam generator provision (Note 2 - Retail Rate Proceedings)
68.0

 
31.7

Removal costs - returned to customers through depreciation rates (Note 9) (a)
53.9

 
68.3

Asset Retirement Obligation - return to customers dependent upon timing of decommissioning (Note 9) (a)
32.7

 
28.2

Gas hedging costs - refunded through fuel rates (Note 15 - Derivatives)
10.9

 

Other
28.7

 
9.7

Entergy Louisiana Total

$881.0

 

$818.6

The Amount Of Deferred Fuel Costs, That Entergy Expects To Recover (Or Return To Customers) Through Fuel Mechanisms, Subject To Subsequent Regulatory Review
The table below shows the amount of deferred fuel costs as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 that Entergy expects to recover (or return to customers) through fuel mechanisms, subject to subsequent regulatory review.
 
2016
 
2015
 
(In Millions)
Entergy Arkansas (a)

$163.6

 

$57.8

Entergy Louisiana (b)

$119.9

 

$102.9

Entergy Mississippi

$7.0

 

($107.8
)
Entergy New Orleans (b)

$8.9

 

($24.9
)
Entergy Texas

($54.5
)
 

($25.1
)

(a)
Includes $66.9 million in 2016 and $66.7 million in 2015 of fuel and purchased power costs, which do not currently earn a return on investment and whose recovery periods are indeterminate but are expected to be recovered over a period greater than twelve months.
(b)
Includes $168.1 million in each year for Entergy Louisiana and $4.1 million in each year for Entergy New Orleans of fuel, purchased power, and capacity costs, which do not currently earn a return on investment and whose recovery periods are indeterminate but are expected to be recovered over a period greater than twelve months.
Estimate Of Payments Or Receipts Among Utility Operating Companies
The filing shows the following payments/receipts among the Utility operating companies:
 
Payments (Receipts)
 
(In Millions)
Entergy Arkansas
$156
Entergy Louisiana
($75)
Entergy Mississippi
($33)
Entergy New Orleans
($5)
Entergy Texas
($43)


Entergy Arkansas made its payment in January 2012.  In February 2012, Entergy Arkansas filed for an interim adjustment to its production cost allocation rider requesting that the $156 million payment be collected from customers over the 22-month period from March 2012 through December 2013.  In March 2012 the APSC issued an order stating that the payment can be recovered from retail customers through the production cost allocation rider, subject to refund.  The LPSC and the APSC have requested rehearing of the FERC’s October 2011 order.  In December 2013 the LPSC filed a petition for a writ of mandamus at the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. In its petition, the LPSC requested that the D.C. Circuit issue an order compelling the FERC to issue a final order on pending rehearing requests. In January 2014 the D.C. Circuit denied the LPSC’s petition. The APSC, the LPSC, the PUCT, and other parties intervened in the December 2011 compliance filing proceeding, and the APSC and the LPSC also filed protests.

In February 2014 the FERC issued a rehearing order addressing its October 2011 order. The FERC denied the LPSC’s request for rehearing on the issues of whether the bandwidth remedy should be made effective earlier than June 1, 2005, and whether refunds should be ordered for the 20-month refund effective period. The FERC granted the LPSC’s rehearing request on the issue of interest on the bandwidth payments/receipts for the June - December 2005 period, requiring that interest be accrued from June 1, 2006 until the date those bandwidth payments/receipts are made. Also in February 2014 the FERC issued an order rejecting the December 2011 compliance filing that calculated the bandwidth payments/receipts for the June - December 2005 period. The FERC order required a new compliance filing that calculates the bandwidth payments/receipts for the June - December 2005 period based on monthly data for the seven individual months including interest pursuant to the February 2014 rehearing order. Entergy has sought rehearing of the February 2014 orders with respect to the FERC’s determinations regarding interest. In April 2014 the LPSC filed a petition for review of the FERC’s October 2011 and February 2014 orders with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The appeal is pending.

In April and May 2014, Entergy filed with the FERC an updated compliance filing that provides the payments and receipts among the Utility operating companies pursuant to the FERC’s February 2014 orders.  The filing shows the following net payments and receipts, including interest, among the Utility operating companies:
 
Payments (Receipts)
 
(In Millions)
Entergy Arkansas
$68
Entergy Louisiana
($10)
Entergy Mississippi
($11)
Entergy New Orleans
$2
Entergy Texas
($49)
These payments were made in May 2014. The LPSC, City Council, and APSC have filed protests. As discussed above, the hearing on the bandwidth calculation for the seven months June 1, 2005 through December 31, 2005 occurred in July 2016.
Payments/Receipts Among The Utility Operating Companies To Achieve Rough Production Cost Equalization
These filings show the following payments/receipts among the Utility operating companies are necessary to achieve rough production cost equalization as defined by the FERC’s orders:
 
Payments (Receipts)
 
2007
 
2008
 
2009
 
2010
 
2011
 
2012
 
2013
 
2014
 
(In Millions)
 
 
Entergy Arkansas

$252

 

$252

 

$390

 

$41

 

$77

 

$41

 

$—

 

$—

Entergy Louisiana

($211
)
 

($160
)
 

($247
)
 

($22
)
 

($12
)
 

($41
)
 

$—

 

$—

Entergy Mississippi

($41
)
 

($20
)
 

($24
)
 

($19
)
 

($40
)
 

$—

 

$—

 

$—

Entergy New Orleans

$—

 

($7
)
 

$—

 

$—

 

($25
)
 

$—

 

($15
)
 

($15
)
Entergy Texas

($30
)
 

($65
)
 

($119
)
 

$—

 

$—

 

$—

 

$15

 

$15

Schedule of Comprehensive Bandwidth Recalculation Report Reflecting Payment (Receipt) Amounts [Table Text Block]
The filing shows the following additional payments/receipts among the Utility operating companies:
 
Payments (Receipts)
 
(In Millions)
Entergy Arkansas
$38
Entergy Louisiana
($38)
Entergy Mississippi
$16
Entergy New Orleans
($1)
Entergy Texas
($15)
2010 Rate Filing Resulting Payment (Receipt) for Reclassification of Production Costs [Table Text Block]
The result of the true-up payments and receipts for the recalculation of production costs resulted in the following payments/receipts among the Utility operating companies:

 
Payments (Receipts)
 
(In Millions)
Entergy Arkansas
$2
Entergy Louisiana
$6
Entergy Mississippi
($4)
Entergy New Orleans
($1)
Entergy Texas
($3)
Entergy Mississippi [Member]  
Details Of Other Regulatory Assets
Entergy Mississippi
 
2016
 
2015
 
(In Millions)
Pension & postretirement costs (Note 11 – Qualified Pension Plans, Other Postretirement Benefits, and Non-Qualified Pension Plans) (a)

$217.2

 

$216.1

Removal costs - recovered through depreciation rates (Note 9) (a)
82.0

 
77.5

Unamortized loss on reacquired debt - recovered over term of debt
18.9

 
7.1

Retail rate deferrals - recovered through rate riders as rates are redetermined annually
9.3

 
7.6

Asset retirement obligation - recovery dependent upon timing of dismantlement of non-nuclear power plants (Note 9) (a)
7.2

 
6.7

Other
7.6

 
13.7

Entergy Mississippi Total

$342.2

 

$328.7

The Amount Of Deferred Fuel Costs, That Entergy Expects To Recover (Or Return To Customers) Through Fuel Mechanisms, Subject To Subsequent Regulatory Review
The table below shows the amount of deferred fuel costs as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 that Entergy expects to recover (or return to customers) through fuel mechanisms, subject to subsequent regulatory review.
 
2016
 
2015
 
(In Millions)
Entergy Arkansas (a)

$163.6

 

$57.8

Entergy Louisiana (b)

$119.9

 

$102.9

Entergy Mississippi

$7.0

 

($107.8
)
Entergy New Orleans (b)

$8.9

 

($24.9
)
Entergy Texas

($54.5
)
 

($25.1
)

(a)
Includes $66.9 million in 2016 and $66.7 million in 2015 of fuel and purchased power costs, which do not currently earn a return on investment and whose recovery periods are indeterminate but are expected to be recovered over a period greater than twelve months.
(b)
Includes $168.1 million in each year for Entergy Louisiana and $4.1 million in each year for Entergy New Orleans of fuel, purchased power, and capacity costs, which do not currently earn a return on investment and whose recovery periods are indeterminate but are expected to be recovered over a period greater than twelve months.

Estimate Of Payments Or Receipts Among Utility Operating Companies
The filing shows the following payments/receipts among the Utility operating companies:
 
Payments (Receipts)
 
(In Millions)
Entergy Arkansas
$156
Entergy Louisiana
($75)
Entergy Mississippi
($33)
Entergy New Orleans
($5)
Entergy Texas
($43)


Entergy Arkansas made its payment in January 2012.  In February 2012, Entergy Arkansas filed for an interim adjustment to its production cost allocation rider requesting that the $156 million payment be collected from customers over the 22-month period from March 2012 through December 2013.  In March 2012 the APSC issued an order stating that the payment can be recovered from retail customers through the production cost allocation rider, subject to refund.  The LPSC and the APSC have requested rehearing of the FERC’s October 2011 order.  In December 2013 the LPSC filed a petition for a writ of mandamus at the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. In its petition, the LPSC requested that the D.C. Circuit issue an order compelling the FERC to issue a final order on pending rehearing requests. In January 2014 the D.C. Circuit denied the LPSC’s petition. The APSC, the LPSC, the PUCT, and other parties intervened in the December 2011 compliance filing proceeding, and the APSC and the LPSC also filed protests.

In February 2014 the FERC issued a rehearing order addressing its October 2011 order. The FERC denied the LPSC’s request for rehearing on the issues of whether the bandwidth remedy should be made effective earlier than June 1, 2005, and whether refunds should be ordered for the 20-month refund effective period. The FERC granted the LPSC’s rehearing request on the issue of interest on the bandwidth payments/receipts for the June - December 2005 period, requiring that interest be accrued from June 1, 2006 until the date those bandwidth payments/receipts are made. Also in February 2014 the FERC issued an order rejecting the December 2011 compliance filing that calculated the bandwidth payments/receipts for the June - December 2005 period. The FERC order required a new compliance filing that calculates the bandwidth payments/receipts for the June - December 2005 period based on monthly data for the seven individual months including interest pursuant to the February 2014 rehearing order. Entergy has sought rehearing of the February 2014 orders with respect to the FERC’s determinations regarding interest. In April 2014 the LPSC filed a petition for review of the FERC’s October 2011 and February 2014 orders with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The appeal is pending.

In April and May 2014, Entergy filed with the FERC an updated compliance filing that provides the payments and receipts among the Utility operating companies pursuant to the FERC’s February 2014 orders.  The filing shows the following net payments and receipts, including interest, among the Utility operating companies:
 
Payments (Receipts)
 
(In Millions)
Entergy Arkansas
$68
Entergy Louisiana
($10)
Entergy Mississippi
($11)
Entergy New Orleans
$2
Entergy Texas
($49)
These payments were made in May 2014. The LPSC, City Council, and APSC have filed protests. As discussed above, the hearing on the bandwidth calculation for the seven months June 1, 2005 through December 31, 2005 occurred in July 2016.

Payments/Receipts Among The Utility Operating Companies To Achieve Rough Production Cost Equalization
These filings show the following payments/receipts among the Utility operating companies are necessary to achieve rough production cost equalization as defined by the FERC’s orders:
 
Payments (Receipts)
 
2007
 
2008
 
2009
 
2010
 
2011
 
2012
 
2013
 
2014
 
(In Millions)
 
 
Entergy Arkansas

$252

 

$252

 

$390

 

$41

 

$77

 

$41

 

$—

 

$—

Entergy Louisiana

($211
)
 

($160
)
 

($247
)
 

($22
)
 

($12
)
 

($41
)
 

$—

 

$—

Entergy Mississippi

($41
)
 

($20
)
 

($24
)
 

($19
)
 

($40
)
 

$—

 

$—

 

$—

Entergy New Orleans

$—

 

($7
)
 

$—

 

$—

 

($25
)
 

$—

 

($15
)
 

($15
)
Entergy Texas

($30
)
 

($65
)
 

($119
)
 

$—

 

$—

 

$—

 

$15

 

$15

Schedule of Comprehensive Bandwidth Recalculation Report Reflecting Payment (Receipt) Amounts [Table Text Block]
The filing shows the following additional payments/receipts among the Utility operating companies:
 
Payments (Receipts)
 
(In Millions)
Entergy Arkansas
$38
Entergy Louisiana
($38)
Entergy Mississippi
$16
Entergy New Orleans
($1)
Entergy Texas
($15)
2010 Rate Filing Resulting Payment (Receipt) for Reclassification of Production Costs [Table Text Block]
The result of the true-up payments and receipts for the recalculation of production costs resulted in the following payments/receipts among the Utility operating companies:

 
Payments (Receipts)
 
(In Millions)
Entergy Arkansas
$2
Entergy Louisiana
$6
Entergy Mississippi
($4)
Entergy New Orleans
($1)
Entergy Texas
($3)
Entergy New Orleans [Member]  
Details Of Other Regulatory Assets
Entergy New Orleans
 
2016
 
2015
 
(In Millions)
Pension & postretirement costs (Note 11 – Qualified Pension Plans, Other Postretirement Benefits, and Non-Qualified Pension Plans) (a)

$108.8

 

$103.7

Storm damage costs, including hurricane costs - recovered through retail rates and securitization (Note 2 - Storm Cost Recovery Filings with Retail Regulators)
93.6

 
104.0

Removal costs - recovered through depreciation rates (Note 9) (a)
40.1

 
29.4

Retail rate deferrals - recovered through rate riders as rates are redetermined monthly or annually
4.3

 
3.1

Asset retirement obligation - recovery dependent upon timing of dismantlement of non-nuclear power plants (Note 9) (a)
4.2

 
4.0

Unamortized loss on reacquired debt - recovered over term of debt
3.4

 
1.6

Michoud plant maintenance – recovered over a 7-year period through September 2018
3.3

 
5.2

Rate case costs - recovered over a 6-year period through September 2021 (Note 2 - Retail Rate Proceedings)
3.0

 
3.2

Other
7.4

 
11.1

Entergy New Orleans Total

$268.1

 

$265.3

The Amount Of Deferred Fuel Costs, That Entergy Expects To Recover (Or Return To Customers) Through Fuel Mechanisms, Subject To Subsequent Regulatory Review
The table below shows the amount of deferred fuel costs as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 that Entergy expects to recover (or return to customers) through fuel mechanisms, subject to subsequent regulatory review.
 
2016
 
2015
 
(In Millions)
Entergy Arkansas (a)

$163.6

 

$57.8

Entergy Louisiana (b)

$119.9

 

$102.9

Entergy Mississippi

$7.0

 

($107.8
)
Entergy New Orleans (b)

$8.9

 

($24.9
)
Entergy Texas

($54.5
)
 

($25.1
)

(a)
Includes $66.9 million in 2016 and $66.7 million in 2015 of fuel and purchased power costs, which do not currently earn a return on investment and whose recovery periods are indeterminate but are expected to be recovered over a period greater than twelve months.
(b)
Includes $168.1 million in each year for Entergy Louisiana and $4.1 million in each year for Entergy New Orleans of fuel, purchased power, and capacity costs, which do not currently earn a return on investment and whose recovery periods are indeterminate but are expected to be recovered over a period greater than twelve months.

Estimate Of Payments Or Receipts Among Utility Operating Companies
The filing shows the following payments/receipts among the Utility operating companies:
 
Payments (Receipts)
 
(In Millions)
Entergy Arkansas
$156
Entergy Louisiana
($75)
Entergy Mississippi
($33)
Entergy New Orleans
($5)
Entergy Texas
($43)


Entergy Arkansas made its payment in January 2012.  In February 2012, Entergy Arkansas filed for an interim adjustment to its production cost allocation rider requesting that the $156 million payment be collected from customers over the 22-month period from March 2012 through December 2013.  In March 2012 the APSC issued an order stating that the payment can be recovered from retail customers through the production cost allocation rider, subject to refund.  The LPSC and the APSC have requested rehearing of the FERC’s October 2011 order.  In December 2013 the LPSC filed a petition for a writ of mandamus at the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. In its petition, the LPSC requested that the D.C. Circuit issue an order compelling the FERC to issue a final order on pending rehearing requests. In January 2014 the D.C. Circuit denied the LPSC’s petition. The APSC, the LPSC, the PUCT, and other parties intervened in the December 2011 compliance filing proceeding, and the APSC and the LPSC also filed protests.

In February 2014 the FERC issued a rehearing order addressing its October 2011 order. The FERC denied the LPSC’s request for rehearing on the issues of whether the bandwidth remedy should be made effective earlier than June 1, 2005, and whether refunds should be ordered for the 20-month refund effective period. The FERC granted the LPSC’s rehearing request on the issue of interest on the bandwidth payments/receipts for the June - December 2005 period, requiring that interest be accrued from June 1, 2006 until the date those bandwidth payments/receipts are made. Also in February 2014 the FERC issued an order rejecting the December 2011 compliance filing that calculated the bandwidth payments/receipts for the June - December 2005 period. The FERC order required a new compliance filing that calculates the bandwidth payments/receipts for the June - December 2005 period based on monthly data for the seven individual months including interest pursuant to the February 2014 rehearing order. Entergy has sought rehearing of the February 2014 orders with respect to the FERC’s determinations regarding interest. In April 2014 the LPSC filed a petition for review of the FERC’s October 2011 and February 2014 orders with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The appeal is pending.

In April and May 2014, Entergy filed with the FERC an updated compliance filing that provides the payments and receipts among the Utility operating companies pursuant to the FERC’s February 2014 orders.  The filing shows the following net payments and receipts, including interest, among the Utility operating companies:
 
Payments (Receipts)
 
(In Millions)
Entergy Arkansas
$68
Entergy Louisiana
($10)
Entergy Mississippi
($11)
Entergy New Orleans
$2
Entergy Texas
($49)
These payments were made in May 2014. The LPSC, City Council, and APSC have filed protests. As discussed above, the hearing on the bandwidth calculation for the seven months June 1, 2005 through December 31, 2005 occurred in July 2016.
Payments/Receipts Among The Utility Operating Companies To Achieve Rough Production Cost Equalization
These filings show the following payments/receipts among the Utility operating companies are necessary to achieve rough production cost equalization as defined by the FERC’s orders:
 
Payments (Receipts)
 
2007
 
2008
 
2009
 
2010
 
2011
 
2012
 
2013
 
2014
 
(In Millions)
 
 
Entergy Arkansas

$252

 

$252

 

$390

 

$41

 

$77

 

$41

 

$—

 

$—

Entergy Louisiana

($211
)
 

($160
)
 

($247
)
 

($22
)
 

($12
)
 

($41
)
 

$—

 

$—

Entergy Mississippi

($41
)
 

($20
)
 

($24
)
 

($19
)
 

($40
)
 

$—

 

$—

 

$—

Entergy New Orleans

$—

 

($7
)
 

$—

 

$—

 

($25
)
 

$—

 

($15
)
 

($15
)
Entergy Texas

($30
)
 

($65
)
 

($119
)
 

$—

 

$—

 

$—

 

$15

 

$15

Schedule of Comprehensive Bandwidth Recalculation Report Reflecting Payment (Receipt) Amounts [Table Text Block]
The filing shows the following additional payments/receipts among the Utility operating companies:
 
Payments (Receipts)
 
(In Millions)
Entergy Arkansas
$38
Entergy Louisiana
($38)
Entergy Mississippi
$16
Entergy New Orleans
($1)
Entergy Texas
($15)
2010 Rate Filing Resulting Payment (Receipt) for Reclassification of Production Costs [Table Text Block]
The result of the true-up payments and receipts for the recalculation of production costs resulted in the following payments/receipts among the Utility operating companies:

 
Payments (Receipts)
 
(In Millions)
Entergy Arkansas
$2
Entergy Louisiana
$6
Entergy Mississippi
($4)
Entergy New Orleans
($1)
Entergy Texas
($3)
Entergy Texas [Member]  
Details Of Other Regulatory Assets
Entergy Texas
 
2016
 
2015
 
(In Millions)
Storm damage costs, including hurricane costs - recovered through securitization and retail rates (Note 5 - Entergy Texas Securitization Bonds)

$442.4

 

$516.2

Pension & postretirement costs (Note 11 – Qualified Pension Plans, Other Postretirement Benefits, and Non-Qualified Pension Plans) (a)
201.7

 
193.6

Transition to competition costs - recovered over a 15-year period through February 2021
47.9

 
57.4

Removal costs - recovered through depreciation rates (Note 9) (a)
33.5

 
25.8

Unamortized loss on reacquired debt - recovered over term of debt
9.0

 
9.4

Rate case costs - recovered through retail rates (b)
0.5

 
3.8

Other
5.2

 
6.7

Entergy Texas Total

$740.2

 

$812.9

Schedule of Regulatory Liabilities
Entergy Texas
 
2016
 
2015
 
(In Millions)
Transition to competition costs - returned to customers through rate riders when rates are redetermined periodically

$6.2

 

$6.4

Other
2.3

 

Entergy Texas Total

$8.5

 

$6.4


The Amount Of Deferred Fuel Costs, That Entergy Expects To Recover (Or Return To Customers) Through Fuel Mechanisms, Subject To Subsequent Regulatory Review
The table below shows the amount of deferred fuel costs as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 that Entergy expects to recover (or return to customers) through fuel mechanisms, subject to subsequent regulatory review.
 
2016
 
2015
 
(In Millions)
Entergy Arkansas (a)

$163.6

 

$57.8

Entergy Louisiana (b)

$119.9

 

$102.9

Entergy Mississippi

$7.0

 

($107.8
)
Entergy New Orleans (b)

$8.9

 

($24.9
)
Entergy Texas

($54.5
)
 

($25.1
)

(a)
Includes $66.9 million in 2016 and $66.7 million in 2015 of fuel and purchased power costs, which do not currently earn a return on investment and whose recovery periods are indeterminate but are expected to be recovered over a period greater than twelve months.
(b)
Includes $168.1 million in each year for Entergy Louisiana and $4.1 million in each year for Entergy New Orleans of fuel, purchased power, and capacity costs, which do not currently earn a return on investment and whose recovery periods are indeterminate but are expected to be recovered over a period greater than twelve months.

Estimate Of Payments Or Receipts Among Utility Operating Companies
The filing shows the following payments/receipts among the Utility operating companies:
 
Payments (Receipts)
 
(In Millions)
Entergy Arkansas
$156
Entergy Louisiana
($75)
Entergy Mississippi
($33)
Entergy New Orleans
($5)
Entergy Texas
($43)


Entergy Arkansas made its payment in January 2012.  In February 2012, Entergy Arkansas filed for an interim adjustment to its production cost allocation rider requesting that the $156 million payment be collected from customers over the 22-month period from March 2012 through December 2013.  In March 2012 the APSC issued an order stating that the payment can be recovered from retail customers through the production cost allocation rider, subject to refund.  The LPSC and the APSC have requested rehearing of the FERC’s October 2011 order.  In December 2013 the LPSC filed a petition for a writ of mandamus at the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. In its petition, the LPSC requested that the D.C. Circuit issue an order compelling the FERC to issue a final order on pending rehearing requests. In January 2014 the D.C. Circuit denied the LPSC’s petition. The APSC, the LPSC, the PUCT, and other parties intervened in the December 2011 compliance filing proceeding, and the APSC and the LPSC also filed protests.

In February 2014 the FERC issued a rehearing order addressing its October 2011 order. The FERC denied the LPSC’s request for rehearing on the issues of whether the bandwidth remedy should be made effective earlier than June 1, 2005, and whether refunds should be ordered for the 20-month refund effective period. The FERC granted the LPSC’s rehearing request on the issue of interest on the bandwidth payments/receipts for the June - December 2005 period, requiring that interest be accrued from June 1, 2006 until the date those bandwidth payments/receipts are made. Also in February 2014 the FERC issued an order rejecting the December 2011 compliance filing that calculated the bandwidth payments/receipts for the June - December 2005 period. The FERC order required a new compliance filing that calculates the bandwidth payments/receipts for the June - December 2005 period based on monthly data for the seven individual months including interest pursuant to the February 2014 rehearing order. Entergy has sought rehearing of the February 2014 orders with respect to the FERC’s determinations regarding interest. In April 2014 the LPSC filed a petition for review of the FERC’s October 2011 and February 2014 orders with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The appeal is pending.

In April and May 2014, Entergy filed with the FERC an updated compliance filing that provides the payments and receipts among the Utility operating companies pursuant to the FERC’s February 2014 orders.  The filing shows the following net payments and receipts, including interest, among the Utility operating companies:
 
Payments (Receipts)
 
(In Millions)
Entergy Arkansas
$68
Entergy Louisiana
($10)
Entergy Mississippi
($11)
Entergy New Orleans
$2
Entergy Texas
($49)
These payments were made in May 2014. The LPSC, City Council, and APSC have filed protests. As discussed above, the hearing on the bandwidth calculation for the seven months June 1, 2005 through December 31, 2005 occurred in July 2016.

Payments/Receipts Among The Utility Operating Companies To Achieve Rough Production Cost Equalization
These filings show the following payments/receipts among the Utility operating companies are necessary to achieve rough production cost equalization as defined by the FERC’s orders:
 
Payments (Receipts)
 
2007
 
2008
 
2009
 
2010
 
2011
 
2012
 
2013
 
2014
 
(In Millions)
 
 
Entergy Arkansas

$252

 

$252

 

$390

 

$41

 

$77

 

$41

 

$—

 

$—

Entergy Louisiana

($211
)
 

($160
)
 

($247
)
 

($22
)
 

($12
)
 

($41
)
 

$—

 

$—

Entergy Mississippi

($41
)
 

($20
)
 

($24
)
 

($19
)
 

($40
)
 

$—

 

$—

 

$—

Entergy New Orleans

$—

 

($7
)
 

$—

 

$—

 

($25
)
 

$—

 

($15
)
 

($15
)
Entergy Texas

($30
)
 

($65
)
 

($119
)
 

$—

 

$—

 

$—

 

$15

 

$15

Schedule of Comprehensive Bandwidth Recalculation Report Reflecting Payment (Receipt) Amounts [Table Text Block]
The filing shows the following additional payments/receipts among the Utility operating companies:
 
Payments (Receipts)
 
(In Millions)
Entergy Arkansas
$38
Entergy Louisiana
($38)
Entergy Mississippi
$16
Entergy New Orleans
($1)
Entergy Texas
($15)
2010 Rate Filing Resulting Payment (Receipt) for Reclassification of Production Costs [Table Text Block]
The result of the true-up payments and receipts for the recalculation of production costs resulted in the following payments/receipts among the Utility operating companies:

 
Payments (Receipts)
 
(In Millions)
Entergy Arkansas
$2
Entergy Louisiana
$6
Entergy Mississippi
($4)
Entergy New Orleans
($1)
Entergy Texas
($3)
System Energy [Member]  
Details Of Other Regulatory Assets
System Energy
 
2016
 
2015
 
(In Millions)
Pension & postretirement costs (Note 11 – Qualified Pension Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits) (a)

$193.5

 

$178.0

Asset retirement obligation - recovery dependent upon timing of decommissioning (Note 9) (a)
142.5

 
108.6

Removal costs - recovered through depreciation rates (Note 9) (a)
69.7

 
54.8

Unamortized loss on reacquired debt - recovered over term of debt
5.5

 
6.4

System Energy Total

$411.2

 

$347.8

Schedule of Regulatory Liabilities
System Energy
 
2016
 
2015
 
(In Millions)
Unrealized gains on nuclear decommissioning trust funds (Note 17) (a)

$219.3

 

$178.7

Grand Gulf sale-leaseback - (Note 10 - Sale and Leaseback Transactions)
67.9

 
67.9

Entergy Arkansass accumulated accelerated Grand Gulf amortization - will be returned to customers when approved by the APSC and FERC
44.4

 
44.4

Entergy Mississippis accumulated accelerated Grand Gulf amortization - amortized and credited through the Unit Power Sales Agreement
39.3

 
46.4

System Energy Total

$370.9

 

$337.4