10-K 1 a02421.htm 10-K Document

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
 
(Mark One)
[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
 EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the fiscal year ended  December 31, 2020                                                   
 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 Number of issuing entity: 333-142252-01
Central Index Key Number of issuing entity: 0001396549
ENTERGY GULF STATES RECONSTRUCTION FUNDING I, LLC
(Exact name of issuing entity as specified in its charter)
 
ENTERGY TEXAS, INC.
(Exact name of depositor and sponsor as specified in its charter)
Commission File Number of depositor: 000-53134
Central Index Key Number of depositor: 0001427437

   
Delaware 20-8834449
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization of issuing entity)
 (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No. of issuing entity)
   
Capital Center
919 Congress Avenue, Suite 840
Austin, Texas 78701
 
(Address of principal executive offices of issuing entity) 
   
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (409) 981-3000



 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:   None
 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:   None
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
              [ ] Yes                [X] No
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.
              [ ] Yes                [X] No
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has 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 registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
              [X] Yes                [ ] No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has 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 registrant was required to submit such files). Yes [ ] No [ ] Not applicable.

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [X]

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

Emerging growth company [ ]

If an emerging growth company, indicated by check mark if the registrant has 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 registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the
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registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. Yes [ ] No [ ] Not applicable.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).
              [ ] Yes                [X] No 

The registrant does not have any voting or non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates.

Documents incorporated by reference: None.

 Part I

Item 1.   Business.

Omitted pursuant to General Instruction J of Form 10-K.
Item 1A.   Risk Factors.

Omitted pursuant to General Instruction J of Form 10-K.

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.

Not applicable.

Item 2.   Properties.

Omitted pursuant to General Instruction J of Form 10-K.

Item 3.   Legal Proceedings.

Omitted pursuant to General Instruction J of Form 10-K.

Item 4.   Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not applicable.
Part II

Item 5.   Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

Omitted pursuant to General Instruction J of Form 10-K.

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Item 6.   Selected Financial Data.

Omitted pursuant to General Instruction J of Form 10-K.

Item 7.   Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

Omitted pursuant to General Instruction J of Form 10-K.

Item 7A.   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.

Omitted pursuant to General Instruction J of Form 10-K.

Item 8.   Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

Omitted pursuant to General Instruction J of Form 10-K.
    
Item 9.   Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.

Omitted pursuant to General Instruction J of Form 10-K.

Item 9A.   Controls and Procedures.

Omitted pursuant to General Instruction J of Form 10-K.

Item 9B. Other Information.

The Assertion of Compliance of Applicable Servicing Criteria of the trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon (the “Trustee”), identified material instances of non-compliance. The Trustee has advised Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding I, LLC (the “Issuer”) that this non-compliance did not affect the Issuer’s Senior Secured Transition Bonds, Series A (the “Bonds”). The Issuer requested that the Trustee provide further information about the non-compliance, specifically:

● The asset type(s) included in the sample of transactions reviewed for purposes of assessing compliance with servicing criteria applicable to them, where the identified instances of noncompliance were found to exist, and whether the identified instances of noncompliance involved the subject transaction;
● The extent or scope of any material instance of noncompliance, including any material impacts or effects as a result of the material instances of noncompliance that have affected payments or expected payments on the asset-backed securities; and
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● The party’s current plans, if any, or actions already undertaken, for remediating the material instance of noncompliance or the impacts caused by the material instance of noncompliance.

The Issuer did not possess any information regarding any of the items above, but the Trustee provided the following information:

Non-compliance - Items 1122(d)(2)(vii)(A),(B),(C),(D). Certain reconciliations were not prepared on a monthly basis for all asset-backed securities related bank accounts, including custodial accounts, in the international paper asset classes.

The Trustee advised that the BNY Mellon ABS platform was tested through a process of random sampling of the myriad asset classes that are present on said platform. The asset classes related to the identified non-compliance did not include the asset class relating to the Issuer’s bonds, and the identified instance of non-compliance did not involve the Issuer.  Accordingly, this non-compliance did not cause any missed payments or miscalculation of payments on the Issuer’s bonds. 

The asset classes related to the identified non-compliance related to international paper. The reconciliations involved in the non-compliance were in the nature of certain reconciliations were not prepared on a monthly basis for all asset-backed securities related bank accounts, including custodial accounts, with respect to the international paper asset classes. This non-compliance did not cause any missed payments or miscalculation of payments. The Trustee advised that when its management became aware of such instance, controls designed to prevent such occurrences in the future were implemented. Reports were delivered to investors and timely filed on EDGAR on Form 10-D or Form 10-D/A, as required.

PART III 

Item 10.   Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant.

Omitted pursuant to General Instruction J of Form 10-K.

Item 11.   Executive Compensation.

Omitted pursuant to General Instruction J of Form 10-K.

Item 12.   Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.

Omitted pursuant to General Instruction J of Form 10-K.

Item 13.   Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.
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Omitted pursuant to General Instruction J of Form 10-K.

Item 14.   Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Omitted pursuant to General Instruction J of Form 10-K.
 
PART IV

Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

(a) Documents filed as a part of this report:
1.Financial Statements.
Not applicable.
2.Financial Statement Schedules.
Not applicable.
3.Exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K (exhibits marked with an asterisk are filed herewith and the others are incorporated by reference):

EXHIBIT INDEX






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(b)     See Item 15(a)(3).

(c) Not applicable.

Item 16. Form 10-K Summary.

None.

Substitute Information Provided in Accordance with General Instruction J to Form 10-K:

Item 1112(b). Significant Obligors of Pool Assets.

None.

Item 1114(b)(2). Credit Enhancement and Other Support, Except for Certain Derivatives Instruments.
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None.

Item 1115(b). Certain Derivatives Instruments.

None.

Item 1117. Legal Proceedings.

None.

Item 1119. Affiliations and Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.
The Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Entergy Texas, Inc. (“ETI”), a successor in interest to Entergy Gulf States, Inc. ETI is the depositor, sponsor, and servicer.

Item 1122. Compliance with Applicable Servicing Criteria.

See Item 9B above and Exhibits 33.1, 33.2, 34.1 and 34.2 under Item 15.

Item 1123 Servicer Compliance Statement.

See Exhibit 35.1 under Item 15.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, this 29th day of March 2021.

ENTERGY GULF STATES RECONSTRUCTION FUNDING I, LLC
                                  (Issuing Entity)
By: Entergy Texas, Inc., as servicer
By:    /s/ Steven C. McNeal                                     Name: Steven C. McNeal
Title: Vice President and Treasurer
(Senior officer in charge of the
    servicing function of the servicer)




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SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION TO BE FURNISHED WITH REPORTS FILED PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE ACT BY REGISTRANTS WHICH HAVE NOT REGISTERED SECURITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 OF THE ACT.

No such annual report, proxy statement, form of proxy or other soliciting material has been sent to its Noteholders. The registrant will not be sending an annual report or proxy material to its Noteholders subsequent to the filing of this form.
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