Revolving Credit Facilities, Lines Of Credit, Short-Term Borrowings, And Long-Term Debt

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 $3.5 billion and expires in August 2020. Entergy Corporation also has the ability to issue letters of credit against 50% of the total borrowing capacity of the credit facility. The commitment fee is currently 0.275% 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. The weighted average interest rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 was 1.94% on the drawn portion of the facility. Following is a summary of the borrowings outstanding and capacity available under the facility as of September 30, 2015.



Capacity		Borrowings		Letters of Credit		Capacity Available
(In Millions)
	$3,500		$525		$9		$2,966

Entergy Corporation’s facility requires it 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 Utility operating companies (except Entergy New Orleans) defaults on other indebtedness or is in bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, an acceleration of the facility maturity date may occur.

Entergy Corporation has a commercial paper program with a Board-approved program limit of up to $1.5 billion. At September 30, 2015, Entergy Corporation had $664 million of commercial paper outstanding. The weighted-average interest rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 was 0.90%.

Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each had credit facilities available as of September 30, 2015 as follows:



Company	Expiration Date	Amount of Facility	Interest Rate (a)	Amount Drawn as of September 30, 2015
Entergy Arkansas	April 2016	$20 million (b)	1.69%	$—
Entergy Arkansas	August 2020	$150 million (c)	1.69%	$—
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana	August 2020	$150 million (d) (i)	3.50%	$35 million
Entergy Louisiana	August 2020	$200 million (e) (i)	1.44%	$—
Entergy Mississippi	May 2016	$37.5 million (f)	1.69%	$—
Entergy Mississippi	May 2016	$35 million (f)	1.69%	$—
Entergy Mississippi	May 2016	$20 million (f)	1.69%	$—
Entergy Mississippi	May 2016	$10 million (f)	1.69%	$—
Entergy New Orleans	November 2015	$25 million (g)	1.94%	$—
Entergy Texas	August 2020	$150 million (h)	1.69%	$—


(a)	The interest rate is the rate as of September 30, 2015 that would most likely apply to outstanding borrowings under the facility.


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


(c)	The credit facility allows Entergy Arkansas to issue letters of credit against 50% of the borrowing capacity of the facility. As of September 30, 2015, no letters of credit were outstanding.


(d)	The credit facility allows Entergy Gulf States Louisiana to issue letters of credit against 50% of the borrowing capacity of the facility. As of September 30, 2015, no letters of credit were outstanding.


(e)	The credit facility allows Entergy Louisiana to issue letters of credit against 50% of the borrowing capacity of the facility. As of September 30, 2015, $3 million in letters of credit were outstanding.


(f)	Borrowings under the Entergy Mississippi credit facilities may be secured by a security interest in its accounts receivable at Entergy Mississippi’s option.


(g)	Prior to expiration on November 30, 2015, Entergy New Orleans expects to renew its credit facility.


(h)	The credit facility allows Entergy Texas to issue letters of credit against 50% of the borrowing capacity of the facility. As of September 30, 2015, $1.3 million in letters of credit were outstanding.


(i)	Effective October 1, 2015, with the completion of the business combination of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana assumed the rights and obligations under Entergy Gulf States Louisiana’s credit facility, such that Entergy Louisiana has a single credit facility in the amount of $350 million.

The commitment fees on the credit facilities range from 0.125% to 0.275% of the undrawn commitment amount. 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 Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each entered into one or more uncommitted standby letter of credit facilities as a means to post collateral to support its obligations related to MISO. Following is a summary of the uncommitted standby letter of credit facilities as of September 30, 2015:



Company	Amount of Uncommitted Facility	Letter of Credit Fee		Letters of Credit Issued as of September 30, 2015
Entergy Arkansas	$25 million	0.70	%	$1 million
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana	$75 million (a)	0.70	%	$28.3 million
Entergy Louisiana	$50 million (a)	0.70	%	$1 million
Entergy Mississippi	$40 million	0.70	%	$11.2 million
Entergy New Orleans	$15 million	0.75	%	$4.4 million
Entergy Texas	$50 million	0.70	%	$31 million

(a)

Effective October 1, 2015, with the completion of the business combination of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana assumed the rights and obligations under Entergy Gulf States Louisiana’s standby letter of credit facility to support obligations related to MISO, such that Entergy Louisiana has a single standby letter of credit facility to support such obligations in the amount of $125 million.

The short-term borrowings of the Registrant Subsidiaries are limited to amounts authorized by the FERC. The current FERC-authorized limits are effective through October 31, 2017. In addition to borrowings from commercial banks, these companies may borrow from the Entergy System money pool. The money pool is an inter-company borrowing arrangement designed to reduce the Utility subsidiaries’ dependence on external short-term borrowings. Borrowings from the money pool 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 September 30, 2015 (aggregating both money pool and external short-term borrowings) for the Registrant Subsidiaries:



	Authorized	Borrowings
	(In Millions)
Entergy Arkansas	$250	$—
Entergy Louisiana	$250 (a)	$—
Entergy Mississippi	$175	$—
Entergy New Orleans	$100	$—
Entergy Texas	$200	$—
System Energy	$200	$—


(a)	Effective October 1, 2015, with the completion of the business combination of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana has a FERC authorized limit for short-term borrowings not to exceed $450 million.

Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee Credit Facilities

In January 2015, Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee entered into a credit facility guaranteed by Entergy Corporation with a borrowing capacity of $60 million that expires in January 2018. Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee does not have the ability to issue letters of credit against this facility. This facility provides working capital to Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee for general business purposes including, without limitation, the decommissioning of Vermont Yankee. As of September 30, 2015, no amounts were outstanding under the facility. The commitment fee is currently 0.25% of the undrawn commitment amount. The rate as of September 30, 2015 that would most likely apply to outstanding borrowings under the facility was 1.94% on the drawn portion of the facility.

Also in January 2015, Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee entered into an uncommitted credit facility guaranteed by Entergy Corporation with a borrowing capacity of $85 million which expires in January 2018. Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee does not have the ability to issue letters of credit against this facility. This facility provides an additional funding source to Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee for general business purposes including, without limitation, the decommissioning of Vermont Yankee. As of September 30, 2015, no amounts were outstanding under the facility. The rate as of September 30, 2015 that would most likely apply to outstanding borrowings under the facility was 1.94% on the drawn portion of the facility.

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

See Note 18 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of the consolidation of the nuclear fuel company variable interest entities (VIE). The nuclear fuel company variable interest entities have credit facilities and also issue commercial paper to finance the acquisition and ownership of nuclear fuel as follows as of September 30, 2015:



Company	Expiration Date	Amount of Facility	Weighted Average Interest Rate on Borrowings (a)	Amount Outstanding as of September 30, 2015
		(Dollars in Millions)
Entergy Arkansas VIE	June 2016	$85	1.64%	$37.2
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana VIE	June 2016	$100 (b)	1.38%	$16.4
Entergy Louisiana VIE	June 2016	$90	1.55%	$66.7
System Energy VIE	June 2016	$125	1.66%	$14.6


(a)	Includes letter of credit fees and bank fronting fees on commercial paper issuances by the nuclear fuel company variable interest entities for Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy. The nuclear fuel company variable interest entity for Entergy Gulf States Louisiana does not issue commercial paper, but borrows directly on its bank credit facility.


(b)	Effective October 1, 2015, with the completion of the business combination of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana has assumed the rights and obligations under Entergy Gulf States Louisiana’s nuclear fuel lease, including its obligations as they relate to the credit facility of the Entergy Gulf States Louisiana VIE.

Amounts outstanding on the Entergy Gulf States Louisiana nuclear fuel company variable interest entity’s credit facility, if any, are treated as long-term debt on Entergy’s balance sheet and commercial paper outstanding for the other nuclear fuel company variable interest entities is classified as a current liability on the respective balance sheets. The commitment fees on the credit facilities are 0.10% of the undrawn commitment amount for the Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana VIEs and 0.125% of the undrawn commitment amount for the Entergy Arkansas and System Energy VIEs. Each credit facility requires the respective lessee of nuclear fuel (Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, 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.

The nuclear fuel company variable interest entities had notes payable that are included in debt on the respective balance sheets as of September 30, 2015 as follows:



Company	Description	Amount
Entergy Arkansas VIE	3.23% Series J due July 2016	$55 million
Entergy Arkansas VIE	2.62% Series K due December 2017	$60 million
Entergy Arkansas VIE	3.65% Series L due July 2021	$90 million
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana VIE	3.25% Series Q due July 2017	$75 million (a)
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana VIE	3.38% Series R due August 2020	$70 million (a)
Entergy Louisiana VIE	3.30% Series F due March 2016	$20 million
Entergy Louisiana VIE	3.25% Series G due July 2017	$25 million
Entergy Louisiana VIE	3.92% Series H due February 2021	$40 million
System Energy VIE	4.02% Series H due February 2017	$50 million
System Energy VIE	3.78% Series I due October 2018	$85 million


(a)	Effective October 1, 2015, with the completion of the business combination of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana has assumed the rights and obligations under Entergy Gulf States Louisiana’s nuclear fuel lease, including its obligations as they relate to the notes of the Entergy Gulf States Louisiana VIE.

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

Debt Issuances and Redemptions

(Entergy Corporation)

In July 2015, Entergy Corporation issued $650 million of 4.0% Series senior notes due July 2022. Entergy Corporation used the proceeds to pay, at maturity, its $550 million of 3.625% Series senior notes due September 2015, to repay a portion of its commercial paper outstanding, and to repay borrowings under the Entergy Corporation credit facility.

(Entergy New Orleans)

In May 2015, the City Council issued a financing order authorizing the issuance of securitization bonds to recover Entergy New Orleans’s Hurricane Isaac storm restoration costs of $31.8 million, including carrying costs, the costs of funding and replenishing the storm recovery reserve in the amount of $63.9 million, and approximately $3 million of up-front financing costs associated with the securitization. In July 2015, Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding I, L.L.C., a company wholly owned and consolidated by Entergy New Orleans, issued $98.7 million of storm cost recovery bonds. The bonds have a coupon of 2.67% and an expected maturity date of June 2024. Although the principal amount is not due until the date given above, Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds over the next five years in the amounts of $11.4 million for 2016, $10.6 million for 2017, $11 million for 2018, $11.2 million for 2019, and $11.6 million for 2020. With the proceeds, Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding purchased from Entergy New Orleans the storm recovery property, which is the right to recover from customers through a storm recovery charge amounts sufficient to service the securitization bonds. The storm recovery property is reflected as a regulatory asset on the consolidated Entergy New Orleans balance sheet. The creditors of Entergy New Orleans do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding, including the storm recovery property, and the creditors of Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy New Orleans. Entergy New Orleans has no payment obligations to Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding except to remit storm recovery charge collections.

(Entergy Texas)

In May 2015, Entergy Texas issued $250 million of 5.15% Series first mortgage bonds due June 2045. Entergy Texas used the proceeds to pay, at maturity, its $200 million of 3.60% Series first mortgage bonds due June 2015 and for general corporate purposes.

(System Energy)

In April 2015 the System Energy nuclear fuel company variable interest entity redeemed, at maturity, its $60 million of 5.33% Series G notes.

In May 2015, System Energy redeemed $35 million of its $216 million of 5.875% Series governmental bonds due in 2022.

Fair Value

The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy Corporation and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of September 30, 2015 are as follows:



	Book Value of Long-Term Debt		Fair Value of Long-Term Debt (a) (b)
	(In Thousands)
Entergy		$13,331,261		$13,458,106
Entergy Arkansas		$2,665,002		$2,505,438
Entergy Louisiana		$3,328,026		$3,387,481
Entergy Mississippi		$1,058,931		$1,100,438
Entergy New Orleans		$350,077		$353,973
Entergy Texas		$1,475,105		$1,609,771
System Energy		$599,654		$578,226


(a)	The values exclude lease obligations of $109 million at Entergy Louisiana and $34 million at System Energy, long-term DOE obligations of $181 million at Entergy Arkansas, and the note payable to NYPA of $82 million at Entergy, and include debt due within one year.


(b)	Fair values are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements and are based on prices derived from inputs such as benchmark yields and reported trades.

The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy Corporation and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2014 were as follows:



	Book Value of Long-Term Debt		Fair Value of Long-Term Debt (a) (b)
	(In Thousands)
Entergy		$13,399,484		$13,607,242
Entergy Arkansas		$2,671,343		$2,517,633
Entergy Louisiana		$3,356,579		$3,447,404
Entergy Mississippi		$1,058,838		$1,102,741
Entergy New Orleans		$308,182		$308,665
Entergy Texas		$1,478,931		$1,629,124
System Energy		$710,806		$677,475


(a)	The values exclude lease obligations of $128 million at Entergy Louisiana and $51 million at System Energy, long-term DOE obligations of $181 million at Entergy Arkansas, and the note payable to NYPA of $80 million at Entergy, and include debt due within one year.


(b)	Fair values are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements and are based on prices derived from inputs such as benchmark yields and reported trades.

Revolving Credit Facilities, Lines Of Credit, Short-Term Borrowings, And Long-Term Debt

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 $3.5 billion and expires in August 2020. Entergy Corporation also has the ability to issue letters of credit against 50% of the total borrowing capacity of the credit facility. The commitment fee is currently 0.275% 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. The weighted average interest rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 was 1.94% on the drawn portion of the facility. Following is a summary of the borrowings outstanding and capacity available under the facility as of September 30, 2015.



Capacity		Borrowings		Letters of Credit		Capacity Available
(In Millions)
	$3,500		$525		$9		$2,966

Entergy Corporation’s facility requires it 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 Utility operating companies (except Entergy New Orleans) defaults on other indebtedness or is in bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, an acceleration of the facility maturity date may occur.

Entergy Corporation has a commercial paper program with a Board-approved program limit of up to $1.5 billion. At September 30, 2015, Entergy Corporation had $664 million of commercial paper outstanding. The weighted-average interest rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 was 0.90%.

Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each had credit facilities available as of September 30, 2015 as follows:



Company	Expiration Date	Amount of Facility	Interest Rate (a)	Amount Drawn as of September 30, 2015
Entergy Arkansas	April 2016	$20 million (b)	1.69%	$—
Entergy Arkansas	August 2020	$150 million (c)	1.69%	$—
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana	August 2020	$150 million (d) (i)	3.50%	$35 million
Entergy Louisiana	August 2020	$200 million (e) (i)	1.44%	$—
Entergy Mississippi	May 2016	$37.5 million (f)	1.69%	$—
Entergy Mississippi	May 2016	$35 million (f)	1.69%	$—
Entergy Mississippi	May 2016	$20 million (f)	1.69%	$—
Entergy Mississippi	May 2016	$10 million (f)	1.69%	$—
Entergy New Orleans	November 2015	$25 million (g)	1.94%	$—
Entergy Texas	August 2020	$150 million (h)	1.69%	$—


(a)	The interest rate is the rate as of September 30, 2015 that would most likely apply to outstanding borrowings under the facility.


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


(c)	The credit facility allows Entergy Arkansas to issue letters of credit against 50% of the borrowing capacity of the facility. As of September 30, 2015, no letters of credit were outstanding.


(d)	The credit facility allows Entergy Gulf States Louisiana to issue letters of credit against 50% of the borrowing capacity of the facility. As of September 30, 2015, no letters of credit were outstanding.


(e)	The credit facility allows Entergy Louisiana to issue letters of credit against 50% of the borrowing capacity of the facility. As of September 30, 2015, $3 million in letters of credit were outstanding.


(f)	Borrowings under the Entergy Mississippi credit facilities may be secured by a security interest in its accounts receivable at Entergy Mississippi’s option.


(g)	Prior to expiration on November 30, 2015, Entergy New Orleans expects to renew its credit facility.


(h)	The credit facility allows Entergy Texas to issue letters of credit against 50% of the borrowing capacity of the facility. As of September 30, 2015, $1.3 million in letters of credit were outstanding.


(i)	Effective October 1, 2015, with the completion of the business combination of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana assumed the rights and obligations under Entergy Gulf States Louisiana’s credit facility, such that Entergy Louisiana has a single credit facility in the amount of $350 million.

The commitment fees on the credit facilities range from 0.125% to 0.275% of the undrawn commitment amount. 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 Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each entered into one or more uncommitted standby letter of credit facilities as a means to post collateral to support its obligations related to MISO. Following is a summary of the uncommitted standby letter of credit facilities as of September 30, 2015:



Company	Amount of Uncommitted Facility	Letter of Credit Fee		Letters of Credit Issued as of September 30, 2015
Entergy Arkansas	$25 million	0.70	%	$1 million
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana	$75 million (a)	0.70	%	$28.3 million
Entergy Louisiana	$50 million (a)	0.70	%	$1 million
Entergy Mississippi	$40 million	0.70	%	$11.2 million
Entergy New Orleans	$15 million	0.75	%	$4.4 million
Entergy Texas	$50 million	0.70	%	$31 million

(a)

Effective October 1, 2015, with the completion of the business combination of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana assumed the rights and obligations under Entergy Gulf States Louisiana’s standby letter of credit facility to support obligations related to MISO, such that Entergy Louisiana has a single standby letter of credit facility to support such obligations in the amount of $125 million.

The short-term borrowings of the Registrant Subsidiaries are limited to amounts authorized by the FERC. The current FERC-authorized limits are effective through October 31, 2017. In addition to borrowings from commercial banks, these companies may borrow from the Entergy System money pool. The money pool is an inter-company borrowing arrangement designed to reduce the Utility subsidiaries’ dependence on external short-term borrowings. Borrowings from the money pool 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 September 30, 2015 (aggregating both money pool and external short-term borrowings) for the Registrant Subsidiaries:



	Authorized	Borrowings
	(In Millions)
Entergy Arkansas	$250	$—
Entergy Louisiana	$250 (a)	$—
Entergy Mississippi	$175	$—
Entergy New Orleans	$100	$—
Entergy Texas	$200	$—
System Energy	$200	$—


(a)	Effective October 1, 2015, with the completion of the business combination of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana has a FERC authorized limit for short-term borrowings not to exceed $450 million.

Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee Credit Facilities

In January 2015, Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee entered into a credit facility guaranteed by Entergy Corporation with a borrowing capacity of $60 million that expires in January 2018. Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee does not have the ability to issue letters of credit against this facility. This facility provides working capital to Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee for general business purposes including, without limitation, the decommissioning of Vermont Yankee. As of September 30, 2015, no amounts were outstanding under the facility. The commitment fee is currently 0.25% of the undrawn commitment amount. The rate as of September 30, 2015 that would most likely apply to outstanding borrowings under the facility was 1.94% on the drawn portion of the facility.

Also in January 2015, Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee entered into an uncommitted credit facility guaranteed by Entergy Corporation with a borrowing capacity of $85 million which expires in January 2018. Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee does not have the ability to issue letters of credit against this facility. This facility provides an additional funding source to Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee for general business purposes including, without limitation, the decommissioning of Vermont Yankee. As of September 30, 2015, no amounts were outstanding under the facility. The rate as of September 30, 2015 that would most likely apply to outstanding borrowings under the facility was 1.94% on the drawn portion of the facility.

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

See Note 18 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of the consolidation of the nuclear fuel company variable interest entities (VIE). The nuclear fuel company variable interest entities have credit facilities and also issue commercial paper to finance the acquisition and ownership of nuclear fuel as follows as of September 30, 2015:



Company	Expiration Date	Amount of Facility	Weighted Average Interest Rate on Borrowings (a)	Amount Outstanding as of September 30, 2015
		(Dollars in Millions)
Entergy Arkansas VIE	June 2016	$85	1.64%	$37.2
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana VIE	June 2016	$100 (b)	1.38%	$16.4
Entergy Louisiana VIE	June 2016	$90	1.55%	$66.7
System Energy VIE	June 2016	$125	1.66%	$14.6


(a)	Includes letter of credit fees and bank fronting fees on commercial paper issuances by the nuclear fuel company variable interest entities for Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy. The nuclear fuel company variable interest entity for Entergy Gulf States Louisiana does not issue commercial paper, but borrows directly on its bank credit facility.


(b)	Effective October 1, 2015, with the completion of the business combination of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana has assumed the rights and obligations under Entergy Gulf States Louisiana’s nuclear fuel lease, including its obligations as they relate to the credit facility of the Entergy Gulf States Louisiana VIE.

Amounts outstanding on the Entergy Gulf States Louisiana nuclear fuel company variable interest entity’s credit facility, if any, are treated as long-term debt on Entergy’s balance sheet and commercial paper outstanding for the other nuclear fuel company variable interest entities is classified as a current liability on the respective balance sheets. The commitment fees on the credit facilities are 0.10% of the undrawn commitment amount for the Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana VIEs and 0.125% of the undrawn commitment amount for the Entergy Arkansas and System Energy VIEs. Each credit facility requires the respective lessee of nuclear fuel (Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, 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.

The nuclear fuel company variable interest entities had notes payable that are included in debt on the respective balance sheets as of September 30, 2015 as follows:



Company	Description	Amount
Entergy Arkansas VIE	3.23% Series J due July 2016	$55 million
Entergy Arkansas VIE	2.62% Series K due December 2017	$60 million
Entergy Arkansas VIE	3.65% Series L due July 2021	$90 million
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana VIE	3.25% Series Q due July 2017	$75 million (a)
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana VIE	3.38% Series R due August 2020	$70 million (a)
Entergy Louisiana VIE	3.30% Series F due March 2016	$20 million
Entergy Louisiana VIE	3.25% Series G due July 2017	$25 million
Entergy Louisiana VIE	3.92% Series H due February 2021	$40 million
System Energy VIE	4.02% Series H due February 2017	$50 million
System Energy VIE	3.78% Series I due October 2018	$85 million


(a)	Effective October 1, 2015, with the completion of the business combination of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana has assumed the rights and obligations under Entergy Gulf States Louisiana’s nuclear fuel lease, including its obligations as they relate to the notes of the Entergy Gulf States Louisiana VIE.

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

Debt Issuances and Redemptions

(Entergy Corporation)

In July 2015, Entergy Corporation issued $650 million of 4.0% Series senior notes due July 2022. Entergy Corporation used the proceeds to pay, at maturity, its $550 million of 3.625% Series senior notes due September 2015, to repay a portion of its commercial paper outstanding, and to repay borrowings under the Entergy Corporation credit facility.

(Entergy New Orleans)

In May 2015, the City Council issued a financing order authorizing the issuance of securitization bonds to recover Entergy New Orleans’s Hurricane Isaac storm restoration costs of $31.8 million, including carrying costs, the costs of funding and replenishing the storm recovery reserve in the amount of $63.9 million, and approximately $3 million of up-front financing costs associated with the securitization. In July 2015, Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding I, L.L.C., a company wholly owned and consolidated by Entergy New Orleans, issued $98.7 million of storm cost recovery bonds. The bonds have a coupon of 2.67% and an expected maturity date of June 2024. Although the principal amount is not due until the date given above, Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds over the next five years in the amounts of $11.4 million for 2016, $10.6 million for 2017, $11 million for 2018, $11.2 million for 2019, and $11.6 million for 2020. With the proceeds, Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding purchased from Entergy New Orleans the storm recovery property, which is the right to recover from customers through a storm recovery charge amounts sufficient to service the securitization bonds. The storm recovery property is reflected as a regulatory asset on the consolidated Entergy New Orleans balance sheet. The creditors of Entergy New Orleans do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding, including the storm recovery property, and the creditors of Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy New Orleans. Entergy New Orleans has no payment obligations to Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding except to remit storm recovery charge collections.

(Entergy Texas)

In May 2015, Entergy Texas issued $250 million of 5.15% Series first mortgage bonds due June 2045. Entergy Texas used the proceeds to pay, at maturity, its $200 million of 3.60% Series first mortgage bonds due June 2015 and for general corporate purposes.

(System Energy)

In April 2015 the System Energy nuclear fuel company variable interest entity redeemed, at maturity, its $60 million of 5.33% Series G notes.

In May 2015, System Energy redeemed $35 million of its $216 million of 5.875% Series governmental bonds due in 2022.

Fair Value

The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy Corporation and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of September 30, 2015 are as follows:



	Book Value of Long-Term Debt		Fair Value of Long-Term Debt (a) (b)
	(In Thousands)
Entergy		$13,331,261		$13,458,106
Entergy Arkansas		$2,665,002		$2,505,438
Entergy Louisiana		$3,328,026		$3,387,481
Entergy Mississippi		$1,058,931		$1,100,438
Entergy New Orleans		$350,077		$353,973
Entergy Texas		$1,475,105		$1,609,771
System Energy		$599,654		$578,226


(a)	The values exclude lease obligations of $109 million at Entergy Louisiana and $34 million at System Energy, long-term DOE obligations of $181 million at Entergy Arkansas, and the note payable to NYPA of $82 million at Entergy, and include debt due within one year.


(b)	Fair values are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements and are based on prices derived from inputs such as benchmark yields and reported trades.

The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy Corporation and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2014 were as follows:



	Book Value of Long-Term Debt		Fair Value of Long-Term Debt (a) (b)
	(In Thousands)
Entergy		$13,399,484		$13,607,242
Entergy Arkansas		$2,671,343		$2,517,633
Entergy Louisiana		$3,356,579		$3,447,404
Entergy Mississippi		$1,058,838		$1,102,741
Entergy New Orleans		$308,182		$308,665
Entergy Texas		$1,478,931		$1,629,124
System Energy		$710,806		$677,475


(a)	The values exclude lease obligations of $128 million at Entergy Louisiana and $51 million at System Energy, long-term DOE obligations of $181 million at Entergy Arkansas, and the note payable to NYPA of $80 million at Entergy, and include debt due within one year.


(b)	Fair values are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements and are based on prices derived from inputs such as benchmark yields and reported trades.

Revolving Credit Facilities, Lines Of Credit, Short-Term Borrowings, And Long-Term Debt

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 $3.5 billion and expires in August 2020. Entergy Corporation also has the ability to issue letters of credit against 50% of the total borrowing capacity of the credit facility. The commitment fee is currently 0.275% 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. The weighted average interest rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 was 1.94% on the drawn portion of the facility. Following is a summary of the borrowings outstanding and capacity available under the facility as of September 30, 2015.



Capacity		Borrowings		Letters of Credit		Capacity Available
(In Millions)
	$3,500		$525		$9		$2,966

Entergy Corporation’s facility requires it 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 Utility operating companies (except Entergy New Orleans) defaults on other indebtedness or is in bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, an acceleration of the facility maturity date may occur.

Entergy Corporation has a commercial paper program with a Board-approved program limit of up to $1.5 billion. At September 30, 2015, Entergy Corporation had $664 million of commercial paper outstanding. The weighted-average interest rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 was 0.90%.

Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each had credit facilities available as of September 30, 2015 as follows:



Company	Expiration Date	Amount of Facility	Interest Rate (a)	Amount Drawn as of September 30, 2015
Entergy Arkansas	April 2016	$20 million (b)	1.69%	$—
Entergy Arkansas	August 2020	$150 million (c)	1.69%	$—
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana	August 2020	$150 million (d) (i)	3.50%	$35 million
Entergy Louisiana	August 2020	$200 million (e) (i)	1.44%	$—
Entergy Mississippi	May 2016	$37.5 million (f)	1.69%	$—
Entergy Mississippi	May 2016	$35 million (f)	1.69%	$—
Entergy Mississippi	May 2016	$20 million (f)	1.69%	$—
Entergy Mississippi	May 2016	$10 million (f)	1.69%	$—
Entergy New Orleans	November 2015	$25 million (g)	1.94%	$—
Entergy Texas	August 2020	$150 million (h)	1.69%	$—


(a)	The interest rate is the rate as of September 30, 2015 that would most likely apply to outstanding borrowings under the facility.


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


(c)	The credit facility allows Entergy Arkansas to issue letters of credit against 50% of the borrowing capacity of the facility. As of September 30, 2015, no letters of credit were outstanding.


(d)	The credit facility allows Entergy Gulf States Louisiana to issue letters of credit against 50% of the borrowing capacity of the facility. As of September 30, 2015, no letters of credit were outstanding.


(e)	The credit facility allows Entergy Louisiana to issue letters of credit against 50% of the borrowing capacity of the facility. As of September 30, 2015, $3 million in letters of credit were outstanding.


(f)	Borrowings under the Entergy Mississippi credit facilities may be secured by a security interest in its accounts receivable at Entergy Mississippi’s option.


(g)	Prior to expiration on November 30, 2015, Entergy New Orleans expects to renew its credit facility.


(h)	The credit facility allows Entergy Texas to issue letters of credit against 50% of the borrowing capacity of the facility. As of September 30, 2015, $1.3 million in letters of credit were outstanding.


(i)	Effective October 1, 2015, with the completion of the business combination of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana assumed the rights and obligations under Entergy Gulf States Louisiana’s credit facility, such that Entergy Louisiana has a single credit facility in the amount of $350 million.

The commitment fees on the credit facilities range from 0.125% to 0.275% of the undrawn commitment amount. 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 Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each entered into one or more uncommitted standby letter of credit facilities as a means to post collateral to support its obligations related to MISO. Following is a summary of the uncommitted standby letter of credit facilities as of September 30, 2015:



Company	Amount of Uncommitted Facility	Letter of Credit Fee		Letters of Credit Issued as of September 30, 2015
Entergy Arkansas	$25 million	0.70	%	$1 million
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana	$75 million (a)	0.70	%	$28.3 million
Entergy Louisiana	$50 million (a)	0.70	%	$1 million
Entergy Mississippi	$40 million	0.70	%	$11.2 million
Entergy New Orleans	$15 million	0.75	%	$4.4 million
Entergy Texas	$50 million	0.70	%	$31 million

(a)

Effective October 1, 2015, with the completion of the business combination of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana assumed the rights and obligations under Entergy Gulf States Louisiana’s standby letter of credit facility to support obligations related to MISO, such that Entergy Louisiana has a single standby letter of credit facility to support such obligations in the amount of $125 million.

The short-term borrowings of the Registrant Subsidiaries are limited to amounts authorized by the FERC. The current FERC-authorized limits are effective through October 31, 2017. In addition to borrowings from commercial banks, these companies may borrow from the Entergy System money pool. The money pool is an inter-company borrowing arrangement designed to reduce the Utility subsidiaries’ dependence on external short-term borrowings. Borrowings from the money pool 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 September 30, 2015 (aggregating both money pool and external short-term borrowings) for the Registrant Subsidiaries:



	Authorized	Borrowings
	(In Millions)
Entergy Arkansas	$250	$—
Entergy Louisiana	$250 (a)	$—
Entergy Mississippi	$175	$—
Entergy New Orleans	$100	$—
Entergy Texas	$200	$—
System Energy	$200	$—


(a)	Effective October 1, 2015, with the completion of the business combination of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana has a FERC authorized limit for short-term borrowings not to exceed $450 million.

Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee Credit Facilities

In January 2015, Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee entered into a credit facility guaranteed by Entergy Corporation with a borrowing capacity of $60 million that expires in January 2018. Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee does not have the ability to issue letters of credit against this facility. This facility provides working capital to Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee for general business purposes including, without limitation, the decommissioning of Vermont Yankee. As of September 30, 2015, no amounts were outstanding under the facility. The commitment fee is currently 0.25% of the undrawn commitment amount. The rate as of September 30, 2015 that would most likely apply to outstanding borrowings under the facility was 1.94% on the drawn portion of the facility.

Also in January 2015, Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee entered into an uncommitted credit facility guaranteed by Entergy Corporation with a borrowing capacity of $85 million which expires in January 2018. Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee does not have the ability to issue letters of credit against this facility. This facility provides an additional funding source to Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee for general business purposes including, without limitation, the decommissioning of Vermont Yankee. As of September 30, 2015, no amounts were outstanding under the facility. The rate as of September 30, 2015 that would most likely apply to outstanding borrowings under the facility was 1.94% on the drawn portion of the facility.

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

See Note 18 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of the consolidation of the nuclear fuel company variable interest entities (VIE). The nuclear fuel company variable interest entities have credit facilities and also issue commercial paper to finance the acquisition and ownership of nuclear fuel as follows as of September 30, 2015:



Company	Expiration Date	Amount of Facility	Weighted Average Interest Rate on Borrowings (a)	Amount Outstanding as of September 30, 2015
		(Dollars in Millions)
Entergy Arkansas VIE	June 2016	$85	1.64%	$37.2
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana VIE	June 2016	$100 (b)	1.38%	$16.4
Entergy Louisiana VIE	June 2016	$90	1.55%	$66.7
System Energy VIE	June 2016	$125	1.66%	$14.6


(a)	Includes letter of credit fees and bank fronting fees on commercial paper issuances by the nuclear fuel company variable interest entities for Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy. The nuclear fuel company variable interest entity for Entergy Gulf States Louisiana does not issue commercial paper, but borrows directly on its bank credit facility.


(b)	Effective October 1, 2015, with the completion of the business combination of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana has assumed the rights and obligations under Entergy Gulf States Louisiana’s nuclear fuel lease, including its obligations as they relate to the credit facility of the Entergy Gulf States Louisiana VIE.

Amounts outstanding on the Entergy Gulf States Louisiana nuclear fuel company variable interest entity’s credit facility, if any, are treated as long-term debt on Entergy’s balance sheet and commercial paper outstanding for the other nuclear fuel company variable interest entities is classified as a current liability on the respective balance sheets. The commitment fees on the credit facilities are 0.10% of the undrawn commitment amount for the Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana VIEs and 0.125% of the undrawn commitment amount for the Entergy Arkansas and System Energy VIEs. Each credit facility requires the respective lessee of nuclear fuel (Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, 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.

The nuclear fuel company variable interest entities had notes payable that are included in debt on the respective balance sheets as of September 30, 2015 as follows:



Company	Description	Amount
Entergy Arkansas VIE	3.23% Series J due July 2016	$55 million
Entergy Arkansas VIE	2.62% Series K due December 2017	$60 million
Entergy Arkansas VIE	3.65% Series L due July 2021	$90 million
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana VIE	3.25% Series Q due July 2017	$75 million (a)
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana VIE	3.38% Series R due August 2020	$70 million (a)
Entergy Louisiana VIE	3.30% Series F due March 2016	$20 million
Entergy Louisiana VIE	3.25% Series G due July 2017	$25 million
Entergy Louisiana VIE	3.92% Series H due February 2021	$40 million
System Energy VIE	4.02% Series H due February 2017	$50 million
System Energy VIE	3.78% Series I due October 2018	$85 million


(a)	Effective October 1, 2015, with the completion of the business combination of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana has assumed the rights and obligations under Entergy Gulf States Louisiana’s nuclear fuel lease, including its obligations as they relate to the notes of the Entergy Gulf States Louisiana VIE.

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

Debt Issuances and Redemptions

(Entergy Corporation)

In July 2015, Entergy Corporation issued $650 million of 4.0% Series senior notes due July 2022. Entergy Corporation used the proceeds to pay, at maturity, its $550 million of 3.625% Series senior notes due September 2015, to repay a portion of its commercial paper outstanding, and to repay borrowings under the Entergy Corporation credit facility.

(Entergy New Orleans)

In May 2015, the City Council issued a financing order authorizing the issuance of securitization bonds to recover Entergy New Orleans’s Hurricane Isaac storm restoration costs of $31.8 million, including carrying costs, the costs of funding and replenishing the storm recovery reserve in the amount of $63.9 million, and approximately $3 million of up-front financing costs associated with the securitization. In July 2015, Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding I, L.L.C., a company wholly owned and consolidated by Entergy New Orleans, issued $98.7 million of storm cost recovery bonds. The bonds have a coupon of 2.67% and an expected maturity date of June 2024. Although the principal amount is not due until the date given above, Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds over the next five years in the amounts of $11.4 million for 2016, $10.6 million for 2017, $11 million for 2018, $11.2 million for 2019, and $11.6 million for 2020. With the proceeds, Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding purchased from Entergy New Orleans the storm recovery property, which is the right to recover from customers through a storm recovery charge amounts sufficient to service the securitization bonds. The storm recovery property is reflected as a regulatory asset on the consolidated Entergy New Orleans balance sheet. The creditors of Entergy New Orleans do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding, including the storm recovery property, and the creditors of Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy New Orleans. Entergy New Orleans has no payment obligations to Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding except to remit storm recovery charge collections.

(Entergy Texas)

In May 2015, Entergy Texas issued $250 million of 5.15% Series first mortgage bonds due June 2045. Entergy Texas used the proceeds to pay, at maturity, its $200 million of 3.60% Series first mortgage bonds due June 2015 and for general corporate purposes.

(System Energy)

In April 2015 the System Energy nuclear fuel company variable interest entity redeemed, at maturity, its $60 million of 5.33% Series G notes.

In May 2015, System Energy redeemed $35 million of its $216 million of 5.875% Series governmental bonds due in 2022.

Fair Value

The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy Corporation and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of September 30, 2015 are as follows:



	Book Value of Long-Term Debt		Fair Value of Long-Term Debt (a) (b)
	(In Thousands)
Entergy		$13,331,261		$13,458,106
Entergy Arkansas		$2,665,002		$2,505,438
Entergy Louisiana		$3,328,026		$3,387,481
Entergy Mississippi		$1,058,931		$1,100,438
Entergy New Orleans		$350,077		$353,973
Entergy Texas		$1,475,105		$1,609,771
System Energy		$599,654		$578,226


(a)	The values exclude lease obligations of $109 million at Entergy Louisiana and $34 million at System Energy, long-term DOE obligations of $181 million at Entergy Arkansas, and the note payable to NYPA of $82 million at Entergy, and include debt due within one year.


(b)	Fair values are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements and are based on prices derived from inputs such as benchmark yields and reported trades.

The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy Corporation and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2014 were as follows:



	Book Value of Long-Term Debt		Fair Value of Long-Term Debt (a) (b)
	(In Thousands)
Entergy		$13,399,484		$13,607,242
Entergy Arkansas		$2,671,343		$2,517,633
Entergy Louisiana		$3,356,579		$3,447,404
Entergy Mississippi		$1,058,838		$1,102,741
Entergy New Orleans		$308,182		$308,665
Entergy Texas		$1,478,931		$1,629,124
System Energy		$710,806		$677,475


(a)	The values exclude lease obligations of $128 million at Entergy Louisiana and $51 million at System Energy, long-term DOE obligations of $181 million at Entergy Arkansas, and the note payable to NYPA of $80 million at Entergy, and include debt due within one year.


(b)	Fair values are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements and are based on prices derived from inputs such as benchmark yields and reported trades.

Revolving Credit Facilities, Lines Of Credit, Short-Term Borrowings, And Long-Term Debt

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 $3.5 billion and expires in August 2020. Entergy Corporation also has the ability to issue letters of credit against 50% of the total borrowing capacity of the credit facility. The commitment fee is currently 0.275% 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. The weighted average interest rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 was 1.94% on the drawn portion of the facility. Following is a summary of the borrowings outstanding and capacity available under the facility as of September 30, 2015.



Capacity		Borrowings		Letters of Credit		Capacity Available
(In Millions)
	$3,500		$525		$9		$2,966

Entergy Corporation’s facility requires it 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 Utility operating companies (except Entergy New Orleans) defaults on other indebtedness or is in bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, an acceleration of the facility maturity date may occur.

Entergy Corporation has a commercial paper program with a Board-approved program limit of up to $1.5 billion. At September 30, 2015, Entergy Corporation had $664 million of commercial paper outstanding. The weighted-average interest rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 was 0.90%.

Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each had credit facilities available as of September 30, 2015 as follows:



Company	Expiration Date	Amount of Facility	Interest Rate (a)	Amount Drawn as of September 30, 2015
Entergy Arkansas	April 2016	$20 million (b)	1.69%	$—
Entergy Arkansas	August 2020	$150 million (c)	1.69%	$—
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana	August 2020	$150 million (d) (i)	3.50%	$35 million
Entergy Louisiana	August 2020	$200 million (e) (i)	1.44%	$—
Entergy Mississippi	May 2016	$37.5 million (f)	1.69%	$—
Entergy Mississippi	May 2016	$35 million (f)	1.69%	$—
Entergy Mississippi	May 2016	$20 million (f)	1.69%	$—
Entergy Mississippi	May 2016	$10 million (f)	1.69%	$—
Entergy New Orleans	November 2015	$25 million (g)	1.94%	$—
Entergy Texas	August 2020	$150 million (h)	1.69%	$—


(a)	The interest rate is the rate as of September 30, 2015 that would most likely apply to outstanding borrowings under the facility.


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


(c)	The credit facility allows Entergy Arkansas to issue letters of credit against 50% of the borrowing capacity of the facility. As of September 30, 2015, no letters of credit were outstanding.


(d)	The credit facility allows Entergy Gulf States Louisiana to issue letters of credit against 50% of the borrowing capacity of the facility. As of September 30, 2015, no letters of credit were outstanding.


(e)	The credit facility allows Entergy Louisiana to issue letters of credit against 50% of the borrowing capacity of the facility. As of September 30, 2015, $3 million in letters of credit were outstanding.


(f)	Borrowings under the Entergy Mississippi credit facilities may be secured by a security interest in its accounts receivable at Entergy Mississippi’s option.


(g)	Prior to expiration on November 30, 2015, Entergy New Orleans expects to renew its credit facility.


(h)	The credit facility allows Entergy Texas to issue letters of credit against 50% of the borrowing capacity of the facility. As of September 30, 2015, $1.3 million in letters of credit were outstanding.


(i)	Effective October 1, 2015, with the completion of the business combination of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana assumed the rights and obligations under Entergy Gulf States Louisiana’s credit facility, such that Entergy Louisiana has a single credit facility in the amount of $350 million.

The commitment fees on the credit facilities range from 0.125% to 0.275% of the undrawn commitment amount. 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 Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each entered into one or more uncommitted standby letter of credit facilities as a means to post collateral to support its obligations related to MISO. Following is a summary of the uncommitted standby letter of credit facilities as of September 30, 2015:



Company	Amount of Uncommitted Facility	Letter of Credit Fee		Letters of Credit Issued as of September 30, 2015
Entergy Arkansas	$25 million	0.70	%	$1 million
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana	$75 million (a)	0.70	%	$28.3 million
Entergy Louisiana	$50 million (a)	0.70	%	$1 million
Entergy Mississippi	$40 million	0.70	%	$11.2 million
Entergy New Orleans	$15 million	0.75	%	$4.4 million
Entergy Texas	$50 million	0.70	%	$31 million

(a)

Effective October 1, 2015, with the completion of the business combination of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana assumed the rights and obligations under Entergy Gulf States Louisiana’s standby letter of credit facility to support obligations related to MISO, such that Entergy Louisiana has a single standby letter of credit facility to support such obligations in the amount of $125 million.

The short-term borrowings of the Registrant Subsidiaries are limited to amounts authorized by the FERC. The current FERC-authorized limits are effective through October 31, 2017. In addition to borrowings from commercial banks, these companies may borrow from the Entergy System money pool. The money pool is an inter-company borrowing arrangement designed to reduce the Utility subsidiaries’ dependence on external short-term borrowings. Borrowings from the money pool 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 September 30, 2015 (aggregating both money pool and external short-term borrowings) for the Registrant Subsidiaries:



	Authorized	Borrowings
	(In Millions)
Entergy Arkansas	$250	$—
Entergy Louisiana	$250 (a)	$—
Entergy Mississippi	$175	$—
Entergy New Orleans	$100	$—
Entergy Texas	$200	$—
System Energy	$200	$—


(a)	Effective October 1, 2015, with the completion of the business combination of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana has a FERC authorized limit for short-term borrowings not to exceed $450 million.

Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee Credit Facilities

In January 2015, Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee entered into a credit facility guaranteed by Entergy Corporation with a borrowing capacity of $60 million that expires in January 2018. Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee does not have the ability to issue letters of credit against this facility. This facility provides working capital to Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee for general business purposes including, without limitation, the decommissioning of Vermont Yankee. As of September 30, 2015, no amounts were outstanding under the facility. The commitment fee is currently 0.25% of the undrawn commitment amount. The rate as of September 30, 2015 that would most likely apply to outstanding borrowings under the facility was 1.94% on the drawn portion of the facility.

Also in January 2015, Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee entered into an uncommitted credit facility guaranteed by Entergy Corporation with a borrowing capacity of $85 million which expires in January 2018. Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee does not have the ability to issue letters of credit against this facility. This facility provides an additional funding source to Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee for general business purposes including, without limitation, the decommissioning of Vermont Yankee. As of September 30, 2015, no amounts were outstanding under the facility. The rate as of September 30, 2015 that would most likely apply to outstanding borrowings under the facility was 1.94% on the drawn portion of the facility.

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

See Note 18 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of the consolidation of the nuclear fuel company variable interest entities (VIE). The nuclear fuel company variable interest entities have credit facilities and also issue commercial paper to finance the acquisition and ownership of nuclear fuel as follows as of September 30, 2015:



Company	Expiration Date	Amount of Facility	Weighted Average Interest Rate on Borrowings (a)	Amount Outstanding as of September 30, 2015
		(Dollars in Millions)
Entergy Arkansas VIE	June 2016	$85	1.64%	$37.2
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana VIE	June 2016	$100 (b)	1.38%	$16.4
Entergy Louisiana VIE	June 2016	$90	1.55%	$66.7
System Energy VIE	June 2016	$125	1.66%	$14.6


(a)	Includes letter of credit fees and bank fronting fees on commercial paper issuances by the nuclear fuel company variable interest entities for Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy. The nuclear fuel company variable interest entity for Entergy Gulf States Louisiana does not issue commercial paper, but borrows directly on its bank credit facility.


(b)	Effective October 1, 2015, with the completion of the business combination of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana has assumed the rights and obligations under Entergy Gulf States Louisiana’s nuclear fuel lease, including its obligations as they relate to the credit facility of the Entergy Gulf States Louisiana VIE.

Amounts outstanding on the Entergy Gulf States Louisiana nuclear fuel company variable interest entity’s credit facility, if any, are treated as long-term debt on Entergy’s balance sheet and commercial paper outstanding for the other nuclear fuel company variable interest entities is classified as a current liability on the respective balance sheets. The commitment fees on the credit facilities are 0.10% of the undrawn commitment amount for the Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana VIEs and 0.125% of the undrawn commitment amount for the Entergy Arkansas and System Energy VIEs. Each credit facility requires the respective lessee of nuclear fuel (Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, 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.

The nuclear fuel company variable interest entities had notes payable that are included in debt on the respective balance sheets as of September 30, 2015 as follows:



Company	Description	Amount
Entergy Arkansas VIE	3.23% Series J due July 2016	$55 million
Entergy Arkansas VIE	2.62% Series K due December 2017	$60 million
Entergy Arkansas VIE	3.65% Series L due July 2021	$90 million
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana VIE	3.25% Series Q due July 2017	$75 million (a)
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana VIE	3.38% Series R due August 2020	$70 million (a)
Entergy Louisiana VIE	3.30% Series F due March 2016	$20 million
Entergy Louisiana VIE	3.25% Series G due July 2017	$25 million
Entergy Louisiana VIE	3.92% Series H due February 2021	$40 million
System Energy VIE	4.02% Series H due February 2017	$50 million
System Energy VIE	3.78% Series I due October 2018	$85 million


(a)	Effective October 1, 2015, with the completion of the business combination of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana has assumed the rights and obligations under Entergy Gulf States Louisiana’s nuclear fuel lease, including its obligations as they relate to the notes of the Entergy Gulf States Louisiana VIE.

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

Debt Issuances and Redemptions

(Entergy Corporation)

In July 2015, Entergy Corporation issued $650 million of 4.0% Series senior notes due July 2022. Entergy Corporation used the proceeds to pay, at maturity, its $550 million of 3.625% Series senior notes due September 2015, to repay a portion of its commercial paper outstanding, and to repay borrowings under the Entergy Corporation credit facility.

(Entergy New Orleans)

In May 2015, the City Council issued a financing order authorizing the issuance of securitization bonds to recover Entergy New Orleans’s Hurricane Isaac storm restoration costs of $31.8 million, including carrying costs, the costs of funding and replenishing the storm recovery reserve in the amount of $63.9 million, and approximately $3 million of up-front financing costs associated with the securitization. In July 2015, Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding I, L.L.C., a company wholly owned and consolidated by Entergy New Orleans, issued $98.7 million of storm cost recovery bonds. The bonds have a coupon of 2.67% and an expected maturity date of June 2024. Although the principal amount is not due until the date given above, Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds over the next five years in the amounts of $11.4 million for 2016, $10.6 million for 2017, $11 million for 2018, $11.2 million for 2019, and $11.6 million for 2020. With the proceeds, Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding purchased from Entergy New Orleans the storm recovery property, which is the right to recover from customers through a storm recovery charge amounts sufficient to service the securitization bonds. The storm recovery property is reflected as a regulatory asset on the consolidated Entergy New Orleans balance sheet. The creditors of Entergy New Orleans do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding, including the storm recovery property, and the creditors of Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy New Orleans. Entergy New Orleans has no payment obligations to Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding except to remit storm recovery charge collections.

(Entergy Texas)

In May 2015, Entergy Texas issued $250 million of 5.15% Series first mortgage bonds due June 2045. Entergy Texas used the proceeds to pay, at maturity, its $200 million of 3.60% Series first mortgage bonds due June 2015 and for general corporate purposes.

(System Energy)

In April 2015 the System Energy nuclear fuel company variable interest entity redeemed, at maturity, its $60 million of 5.33% Series G notes.

In May 2015, System Energy redeemed $35 million of its $216 million of 5.875% Series governmental bonds due in 2022.

Fair Value

The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy Corporation and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of September 30, 2015 are as follows:



	Book Value of Long-Term Debt		Fair Value of Long-Term Debt (a) (b)
	(In Thousands)
Entergy		$13,331,261		$13,458,106
Entergy Arkansas		$2,665,002		$2,505,438
Entergy Louisiana		$3,328,026		$3,387,481
Entergy Mississippi		$1,058,931		$1,100,438
Entergy New Orleans		$350,077		$353,973
Entergy Texas		$1,475,105		$1,609,771
System Energy		$599,654		$578,226


(a)	The values exclude lease obligations of $109 million at Entergy Louisiana and $34 million at System Energy, long-term DOE obligations of $181 million at Entergy Arkansas, and the note payable to NYPA of $82 million at Entergy, and include debt due within one year.


(b)	Fair values are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements and are based on prices derived from inputs such as benchmark yields and reported trades.

The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy Corporation and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2014 were as follows:



	Book Value of Long-Term Debt		Fair Value of Long-Term Debt (a) (b)
	(In Thousands)
Entergy		$13,399,484		$13,607,242
Entergy Arkansas		$2,671,343		$2,517,633
Entergy Louisiana		$3,356,579		$3,447,404
Entergy Mississippi		$1,058,838		$1,102,741
Entergy New Orleans		$308,182		$308,665
Entergy Texas		$1,478,931		$1,629,124
System Energy		$710,806		$677,475


(a)	The values exclude lease obligations of $128 million at Entergy Louisiana and $51 million at System Energy, long-term DOE obligations of $181 million at Entergy Arkansas, and the note payable to NYPA of $80 million at Entergy, and include debt due within one year.


(b)	Fair values are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements and are based on prices derived from inputs such as benchmark yields and reported trades.

Revolving Credit Facilities, Lines Of Credit, Short-Term Borrowings, And Long-Term Debt

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 $3.5 billion and expires in August 2020. Entergy Corporation also has the ability to issue letters of credit against 50% of the total borrowing capacity of the credit facility. The commitment fee is currently 0.275% 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. The weighted average interest rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 was 1.94% on the drawn portion of the facility. Following is a summary of the borrowings outstanding and capacity available under the facility as of September 30, 2015.



Capacity		Borrowings		Letters of Credit		Capacity Available
(In Millions)
	$3,500		$525		$9		$2,966

Entergy Corporation’s facility requires it 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 Utility operating companies (except Entergy New Orleans) defaults on other indebtedness or is in bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, an acceleration of the facility maturity date may occur.

Entergy Corporation has a commercial paper program with a Board-approved program limit of up to $1.5 billion. At September 30, 2015, Entergy Corporation had $664 million of commercial paper outstanding. The weighted-average interest rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 was 0.90%.

Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each had credit facilities available as of September 30, 2015 as follows:



Company	Expiration Date	Amount of Facility	Interest Rate (a)	Amount Drawn as of September 30, 2015
Entergy Arkansas	April 2016	$20 million (b)	1.69%	$—
Entergy Arkansas	August 2020	$150 million (c)	1.69%	$—
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana	August 2020	$150 million (d) (i)	3.50%	$35 million
Entergy Louisiana	August 2020	$200 million (e) (i)	1.44%	$—
Entergy Mississippi	May 2016	$37.5 million (f)	1.69%	$—
Entergy Mississippi	May 2016	$35 million (f)	1.69%	$—
Entergy Mississippi	May 2016	$20 million (f)	1.69%	$—
Entergy Mississippi	May 2016	$10 million (f)	1.69%	$—
Entergy New Orleans	November 2015	$25 million (g)	1.94%	$—
Entergy Texas	August 2020	$150 million (h)	1.69%	$—


(a)	The interest rate is the rate as of September 30, 2015 that would most likely apply to outstanding borrowings under the facility.


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


(c)	The credit facility allows Entergy Arkansas to issue letters of credit against 50% of the borrowing capacity of the facility. As of September 30, 2015, no letters of credit were outstanding.


(d)	The credit facility allows Entergy Gulf States Louisiana to issue letters of credit against 50% of the borrowing capacity of the facility. As of September 30, 2015, no letters of credit were outstanding.


(e)	The credit facility allows Entergy Louisiana to issue letters of credit against 50% of the borrowing capacity of the facility. As of September 30, 2015, $3 million in letters of credit were outstanding.


(f)	Borrowings under the Entergy Mississippi credit facilities may be secured by a security interest in its accounts receivable at Entergy Mississippi’s option.


(g)	Prior to expiration on November 30, 2015, Entergy New Orleans expects to renew its credit facility.


(h)	The credit facility allows Entergy Texas to issue letters of credit against 50% of the borrowing capacity of the facility. As of September 30, 2015, $1.3 million in letters of credit were outstanding.


(i)	Effective October 1, 2015, with the completion of the business combination of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana assumed the rights and obligations under Entergy Gulf States Louisiana’s credit facility, such that Entergy Louisiana has a single credit facility in the amount of $350 million.

The commitment fees on the credit facilities range from 0.125% to 0.275% of the undrawn commitment amount. 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 Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each entered into one or more uncommitted standby letter of credit facilities as a means to post collateral to support its obligations related to MISO. Following is a summary of the uncommitted standby letter of credit facilities as of September 30, 2015:



Company	Amount of Uncommitted Facility	Letter of Credit Fee		Letters of Credit Issued as of September 30, 2015
Entergy Arkansas	$25 million	0.70	%	$1 million
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana	$75 million (a)	0.70	%	$28.3 million
Entergy Louisiana	$50 million (a)	0.70	%	$1 million
Entergy Mississippi	$40 million	0.70	%	$11.2 million
Entergy New Orleans	$15 million	0.75	%	$4.4 million
Entergy Texas	$50 million	0.70	%	$31 million

(a)

Effective October 1, 2015, with the completion of the business combination of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana assumed the rights and obligations under Entergy Gulf States Louisiana’s standby letter of credit facility to support obligations related to MISO, such that Entergy Louisiana has a single standby letter of credit facility to support such obligations in the amount of $125 million.

The short-term borrowings of the Registrant Subsidiaries are limited to amounts authorized by the FERC. The current FERC-authorized limits are effective through October 31, 2017. In addition to borrowings from commercial banks, these companies may borrow from the Entergy System money pool. The money pool is an inter-company borrowing arrangement designed to reduce the Utility subsidiaries’ dependence on external short-term borrowings. Borrowings from the money pool 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 September 30, 2015 (aggregating both money pool and external short-term borrowings) for the Registrant Subsidiaries:



	Authorized	Borrowings
	(In Millions)
Entergy Arkansas	$250	$—
Entergy Louisiana	$250 (a)	$—
Entergy Mississippi	$175	$—
Entergy New Orleans	$100	$—
Entergy Texas	$200	$—
System Energy	$200	$—


(a)	Effective October 1, 2015, with the completion of the business combination of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana has a FERC authorized limit for short-term borrowings not to exceed $450 million.

Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee Credit Facilities

In January 2015, Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee entered into a credit facility guaranteed by Entergy Corporation with a borrowing capacity of $60 million that expires in January 2018. Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee does not have the ability to issue letters of credit against this facility. This facility provides working capital to Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee for general business purposes including, without limitation, the decommissioning of Vermont Yankee. As of September 30, 2015, no amounts were outstanding under the facility. The commitment fee is currently 0.25% of the undrawn commitment amount. The rate as of September 30, 2015 that would most likely apply to outstanding borrowings under the facility was 1.94% on the drawn portion of the facility.

Also in January 2015, Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee entered into an uncommitted credit facility guaranteed by Entergy Corporation with a borrowing capacity of $85 million which expires in January 2018. Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee does not have the ability to issue letters of credit against this facility. This facility provides an additional funding source to Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee for general business purposes including, without limitation, the decommissioning of Vermont Yankee. As of September 30, 2015, no amounts were outstanding under the facility. The rate as of September 30, 2015 that would most likely apply to outstanding borrowings under the facility was 1.94% on the drawn portion of the facility.

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

See Note 18 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of the consolidation of the nuclear fuel company variable interest entities (VIE). The nuclear fuel company variable interest entities have credit facilities and also issue commercial paper to finance the acquisition and ownership of nuclear fuel as follows as of September 30, 2015:



Company	Expiration Date	Amount of Facility	Weighted Average Interest Rate on Borrowings (a)	Amount Outstanding as of September 30, 2015
		(Dollars in Millions)
Entergy Arkansas VIE	June 2016	$85	1.64%	$37.2
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana VIE	June 2016	$100 (b)	1.38%	$16.4
Entergy Louisiana VIE	June 2016	$90	1.55%	$66.7
System Energy VIE	June 2016	$125	1.66%	$14.6


(a)	Includes letter of credit fees and bank fronting fees on commercial paper issuances by the nuclear fuel company variable interest entities for Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy. The nuclear fuel company variable interest entity for Entergy Gulf States Louisiana does not issue commercial paper, but borrows directly on its bank credit facility.


(b)	Effective October 1, 2015, with the completion of the business combination of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana has assumed the rights and obligations under Entergy Gulf States Louisiana’s nuclear fuel lease, including its obligations as they relate to the credit facility of the Entergy Gulf States Louisiana VIE.

Amounts outstanding on the Entergy Gulf States Louisiana nuclear fuel company variable interest entity’s credit facility, if any, are treated as long-term debt on Entergy’s balance sheet and commercial paper outstanding for the other nuclear fuel company variable interest entities is classified as a current liability on the respective balance sheets. The commitment fees on the credit facilities are 0.10% of the undrawn commitment amount for the Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana VIEs and 0.125% of the undrawn commitment amount for the Entergy Arkansas and System Energy VIEs. Each credit facility requires the respective lessee of nuclear fuel (Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, 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.

The nuclear fuel company variable interest entities had notes payable that are included in debt on the respective balance sheets as of September 30, 2015 as follows:



Company	Description	Amount
Entergy Arkansas VIE	3.23% Series J due July 2016	$55 million
Entergy Arkansas VIE	2.62% Series K due December 2017	$60 million
Entergy Arkansas VIE	3.65% Series L due July 2021	$90 million
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana VIE	3.25% Series Q due July 2017	$75 million (a)
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana VIE	3.38% Series R due August 2020	$70 million (a)
Entergy Louisiana VIE	3.30% Series F due March 2016	$20 million
Entergy Louisiana VIE	3.25% Series G due July 2017	$25 million
Entergy Louisiana VIE	3.92% Series H due February 2021	$40 million
System Energy VIE	4.02% Series H due February 2017	$50 million
System Energy VIE	3.78% Series I due October 2018	$85 million


(a)	Effective October 1, 2015, with the completion of the business combination of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana has assumed the rights and obligations under Entergy Gulf States Louisiana’s nuclear fuel lease, including its obligations as they relate to the notes of the Entergy Gulf States Louisiana VIE.

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

Debt Issuances and Redemptions

(Entergy Corporation)

In July 2015, Entergy Corporation issued $650 million of 4.0% Series senior notes due July 2022. Entergy Corporation used the proceeds to pay, at maturity, its $550 million of 3.625% Series senior notes due September 2015, to repay a portion of its commercial paper outstanding, and to repay borrowings under the Entergy Corporation credit facility.

(Entergy New Orleans)

In May 2015, the City Council issued a financing order authorizing the issuance of securitization bonds to recover Entergy New Orleans’s Hurricane Isaac storm restoration costs of $31.8 million, including carrying costs, the costs of funding and replenishing the storm recovery reserve in the amount of $63.9 million, and approximately $3 million of up-front financing costs associated with the securitization. In July 2015, Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding I, L.L.C., a company wholly owned and consolidated by Entergy New Orleans, issued $98.7 million of storm cost recovery bonds. The bonds have a coupon of 2.67% and an expected maturity date of June 2024. Although the principal amount is not due until the date given above, Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds over the next five years in the amounts of $11.4 million for 2016, $10.6 million for 2017, $11 million for 2018, $11.2 million for 2019, and $11.6 million for 2020. With the proceeds, Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding purchased from Entergy New Orleans the storm recovery property, which is the right to recover from customers through a storm recovery charge amounts sufficient to service the securitization bonds. The storm recovery property is reflected as a regulatory asset on the consolidated Entergy New Orleans balance sheet. The creditors of Entergy New Orleans do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding, including the storm recovery property, and the creditors of Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy New Orleans. Entergy New Orleans has no payment obligations to Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding except to remit storm recovery charge collections.

(Entergy Texas)

In May 2015, Entergy Texas issued $250 million of 5.15% Series first mortgage bonds due June 2045. Entergy Texas used the proceeds to pay, at maturity, its $200 million of 3.60% Series first mortgage bonds due June 2015 and for general corporate purposes.

(System Energy)

In April 2015 the System Energy nuclear fuel company variable interest entity redeemed, at maturity, its $60 million of 5.33% Series G notes.

In May 2015, System Energy redeemed $35 million of its $216 million of 5.875% Series governmental bonds due in 2022.

Fair Value

The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy Corporation and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of September 30, 2015 are as follows:



	Book Value of Long-Term Debt		Fair Value of Long-Term Debt (a) (b)
	(In Thousands)
Entergy		$13,331,261		$13,458,106
Entergy Arkansas		$2,665,002		$2,505,438
Entergy Louisiana		$3,328,026		$3,387,481
Entergy Mississippi		$1,058,931		$1,100,438
Entergy New Orleans		$350,077		$353,973
Entergy Texas		$1,475,105		$1,609,771
System Energy		$599,654		$578,226


(a)	The values exclude lease obligations of $109 million at Entergy Louisiana and $34 million at System Energy, long-term DOE obligations of $181 million at Entergy Arkansas, and the note payable to NYPA of $82 million at Entergy, and include debt due within one year.


(b)	Fair values are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements and are based on prices derived from inputs such as benchmark yields and reported trades.

The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy Corporation and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2014 were as follows:



	Book Value of Long-Term Debt		Fair Value of Long-Term Debt (a) (b)
	(In Thousands)
Entergy		$13,399,484		$13,607,242
Entergy Arkansas		$2,671,343		$2,517,633
Entergy Louisiana		$3,356,579		$3,447,404
Entergy Mississippi		$1,058,838		$1,102,741
Entergy New Orleans		$308,182		$308,665
Entergy Texas		$1,478,931		$1,629,124
System Energy		$710,806		$677,475


(a)	The values exclude lease obligations of $128 million at Entergy Louisiana and $51 million at System Energy, long-term DOE obligations of $181 million at Entergy Arkansas, and the note payable to NYPA of $80 million at Entergy, and include debt due within one year.


(b)	Fair values are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements and are based on prices derived from inputs such as benchmark yields and reported trades.

Revolving Credit Facilities, Lines Of Credit, Short-Term Borrowings, And Long-Term Debt

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 $3.5 billion and expires in August 2020. Entergy Corporation also has the ability to issue letters of credit against 50% of the total borrowing capacity of the credit facility. The commitment fee is currently 0.275% 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. The weighted average interest rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 was 1.94% on the drawn portion of the facility. Following is a summary of the borrowings outstanding and capacity available under the facility as of September 30, 2015.



Capacity		Borrowings		Letters of Credit		Capacity Available
(In Millions)
	$3,500		$525		$9		$2,966

Entergy Corporation’s facility requires it 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 Utility operating companies (except Entergy New Orleans) defaults on other indebtedness or is in bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, an acceleration of the facility maturity date may occur.

Entergy Corporation has a commercial paper program with a Board-approved program limit of up to $1.5 billion. At September 30, 2015, Entergy Corporation had $664 million of commercial paper outstanding. The weighted-average interest rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 was 0.90%.

Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each had credit facilities available as of September 30, 2015 as follows:



Company	Expiration Date	Amount of Facility	Interest Rate (a)	Amount Drawn as of September 30, 2015
Entergy Arkansas	April 2016	$20 million (b)	1.69%	$—
Entergy Arkansas	August 2020	$150 million (c)	1.69%	$—
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana	August 2020	$150 million (d) (i)	3.50%	$35 million
Entergy Louisiana	August 2020	$200 million (e) (i)	1.44%	$—
Entergy Mississippi	May 2016	$37.5 million (f)	1.69%	$—
Entergy Mississippi	May 2016	$35 million (f)	1.69%	$—
Entergy Mississippi	May 2016	$20 million (f)	1.69%	$—
Entergy Mississippi	May 2016	$10 million (f)	1.69%	$—
Entergy New Orleans	November 2015	$25 million (g)	1.94%	$—
Entergy Texas	August 2020	$150 million (h)	1.69%	$—


(a)	The interest rate is the rate as of September 30, 2015 that would most likely apply to outstanding borrowings under the facility.


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


(c)	The credit facility allows Entergy Arkansas to issue letters of credit against 50% of the borrowing capacity of the facility. As of September 30, 2015, no letters of credit were outstanding.


(d)	The credit facility allows Entergy Gulf States Louisiana to issue letters of credit against 50% of the borrowing capacity of the facility. As of September 30, 2015, no letters of credit were outstanding.


(e)	The credit facility allows Entergy Louisiana to issue letters of credit against 50% of the borrowing capacity of the facility. As of September 30, 2015, $3 million in letters of credit were outstanding.


(f)	Borrowings under the Entergy Mississippi credit facilities may be secured by a security interest in its accounts receivable at Entergy Mississippi’s option.


(g)	Prior to expiration on November 30, 2015, Entergy New Orleans expects to renew its credit facility.


(h)	The credit facility allows Entergy Texas to issue letters of credit against 50% of the borrowing capacity of the facility. As of September 30, 2015, $1.3 million in letters of credit were outstanding.


(i)	Effective October 1, 2015, with the completion of the business combination of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana assumed the rights and obligations under Entergy Gulf States Louisiana’s credit facility, such that Entergy Louisiana has a single credit facility in the amount of $350 million.

The commitment fees on the credit facilities range from 0.125% to 0.275% of the undrawn commitment amount. 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 Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each entered into one or more uncommitted standby letter of credit facilities as a means to post collateral to support its obligations related to MISO. Following is a summary of the uncommitted standby letter of credit facilities as of September 30, 2015:



Company	Amount of Uncommitted Facility	Letter of Credit Fee		Letters of Credit Issued as of September 30, 2015
Entergy Arkansas	$25 million	0.70	%	$1 million
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana	$75 million (a)	0.70	%	$28.3 million
Entergy Louisiana	$50 million (a)	0.70	%	$1 million
Entergy Mississippi	$40 million	0.70	%	$11.2 million
Entergy New Orleans	$15 million	0.75	%	$4.4 million
Entergy Texas	$50 million	0.70	%	$31 million

(a)

Effective October 1, 2015, with the completion of the business combination of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana assumed the rights and obligations under Entergy Gulf States Louisiana’s standby letter of credit facility to support obligations related to MISO, such that Entergy Louisiana has a single standby letter of credit facility to support such obligations in the amount of $125 million.

The short-term borrowings of the Registrant Subsidiaries are limited to amounts authorized by the FERC. The current FERC-authorized limits are effective through October 31, 2017. In addition to borrowings from commercial banks, these companies may borrow from the Entergy System money pool. The money pool is an inter-company borrowing arrangement designed to reduce the Utility subsidiaries’ dependence on external short-term borrowings. Borrowings from the money pool 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 September 30, 2015 (aggregating both money pool and external short-term borrowings) for the Registrant Subsidiaries:



	Authorized	Borrowings
	(In Millions)
Entergy Arkansas	$250	$—
Entergy Louisiana	$250 (a)	$—
Entergy Mississippi	$175	$—
Entergy New Orleans	$100	$—
Entergy Texas	$200	$—
System Energy	$200	$—


(a)	Effective October 1, 2015, with the completion of the business combination of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana has a FERC authorized limit for short-term borrowings not to exceed $450 million.

Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee Credit Facilities

In January 2015, Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee entered into a credit facility guaranteed by Entergy Corporation with a borrowing capacity of $60 million that expires in January 2018. Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee does not have the ability to issue letters of credit against this facility. This facility provides working capital to Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee for general business purposes including, without limitation, the decommissioning of Vermont Yankee. As of September 30, 2015, no amounts were outstanding under the facility. The commitment fee is currently 0.25% of the undrawn commitment amount. The rate as of September 30, 2015 that would most likely apply to outstanding borrowings under the facility was 1.94% on the drawn portion of the facility.

Also in January 2015, Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee entered into an uncommitted credit facility guaranteed by Entergy Corporation with a borrowing capacity of $85 million which expires in January 2018. Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee does not have the ability to issue letters of credit against this facility. This facility provides an additional funding source to Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee for general business purposes including, without limitation, the decommissioning of Vermont Yankee. As of September 30, 2015, no amounts were outstanding under the facility. The rate as of September 30, 2015 that would most likely apply to outstanding borrowings under the facility was 1.94% on the drawn portion of the facility.

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

See Note 18 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of the consolidation of the nuclear fuel company variable interest entities (VIE). The nuclear fuel company variable interest entities have credit facilities and also issue commercial paper to finance the acquisition and ownership of nuclear fuel as follows as of September 30, 2015:



Company	Expiration Date	Amount of Facility	Weighted Average Interest Rate on Borrowings (a)	Amount Outstanding as of September 30, 2015
		(Dollars in Millions)
Entergy Arkansas VIE	June 2016	$85	1.64%	$37.2
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana VIE	June 2016	$100 (b)	1.38%	$16.4
Entergy Louisiana VIE	June 2016	$90	1.55%	$66.7
System Energy VIE	June 2016	$125	1.66%	$14.6


(a)	Includes letter of credit fees and bank fronting fees on commercial paper issuances by the nuclear fuel company variable interest entities for Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy. The nuclear fuel company variable interest entity for Entergy Gulf States Louisiana does not issue commercial paper, but borrows directly on its bank credit facility.


(b)	Effective October 1, 2015, with the completion of the business combination of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana has assumed the rights and obligations under Entergy Gulf States Louisiana’s nuclear fuel lease, including its obligations as they relate to the credit facility of the Entergy Gulf States Louisiana VIE.

Amounts outstanding on the Entergy Gulf States Louisiana nuclear fuel company variable interest entity’s credit facility, if any, are treated as long-term debt on Entergy’s balance sheet and commercial paper outstanding for the other nuclear fuel company variable interest entities is classified as a current liability on the respective balance sheets. The commitment fees on the credit facilities are 0.10% of the undrawn commitment amount for the Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana VIEs and 0.125% of the undrawn commitment amount for the Entergy Arkansas and System Energy VIEs. Each credit facility requires the respective lessee of nuclear fuel (Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, 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.

The nuclear fuel company variable interest entities had notes payable that are included in debt on the respective balance sheets as of September 30, 2015 as follows:



Company	Description	Amount
Entergy Arkansas VIE	3.23% Series J due July 2016	$55 million
Entergy Arkansas VIE	2.62% Series K due December 2017	$60 million
Entergy Arkansas VIE	3.65% Series L due July 2021	$90 million
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana VIE	3.25% Series Q due July 2017	$75 million (a)
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana VIE	3.38% Series R due August 2020	$70 million (a)
Entergy Louisiana VIE	3.30% Series F due March 2016	$20 million
Entergy Louisiana VIE	3.25% Series G due July 2017	$25 million
Entergy Louisiana VIE	3.92% Series H due February 2021	$40 million
System Energy VIE	4.02% Series H due February 2017	$50 million
System Energy VIE	3.78% Series I due October 2018	$85 million


(a)	Effective October 1, 2015, with the completion of the business combination of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana has assumed the rights and obligations under Entergy Gulf States Louisiana’s nuclear fuel lease, including its obligations as they relate to the notes of the Entergy Gulf States Louisiana VIE.

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

Debt Issuances and Redemptions

(Entergy Corporation)

In July 2015, Entergy Corporation issued $650 million of 4.0% Series senior notes due July 2022. Entergy Corporation used the proceeds to pay, at maturity, its $550 million of 3.625% Series senior notes due September 2015, to repay a portion of its commercial paper outstanding, and to repay borrowings under the Entergy Corporation credit facility.

(Entergy New Orleans)

In May 2015, the City Council issued a financing order authorizing the issuance of securitization bonds to recover Entergy New Orleans’s Hurricane Isaac storm restoration costs of $31.8 million, including carrying costs, the costs of funding and replenishing the storm recovery reserve in the amount of $63.9 million, and approximately $3 million of up-front financing costs associated with the securitization. In July 2015, Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding I, L.L.C., a company wholly owned and consolidated by Entergy New Orleans, issued $98.7 million of storm cost recovery bonds. The bonds have a coupon of 2.67% and an expected maturity date of June 2024. Although the principal amount is not due until the date given above, Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds over the next five years in the amounts of $11.4 million for 2016, $10.6 million for 2017, $11 million for 2018, $11.2 million for 2019, and $11.6 million for 2020. With the proceeds, Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding purchased from Entergy New Orleans the storm recovery property, which is the right to recover from customers through a storm recovery charge amounts sufficient to service the securitization bonds. The storm recovery property is reflected as a regulatory asset on the consolidated Entergy New Orleans balance sheet. The creditors of Entergy New Orleans do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding, including the storm recovery property, and the creditors of Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy New Orleans. Entergy New Orleans has no payment obligations to Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding except to remit storm recovery charge collections.

(Entergy Texas)

In May 2015, Entergy Texas issued $250 million of 5.15% Series first mortgage bonds due June 2045. Entergy Texas used the proceeds to pay, at maturity, its $200 million of 3.60% Series first mortgage bonds due June 2015 and for general corporate purposes.

(System Energy)

In April 2015 the System Energy nuclear fuel company variable interest entity redeemed, at maturity, its $60 million of 5.33% Series G notes.

In May 2015, System Energy redeemed $35 million of its $216 million of 5.875% Series governmental bonds due in 2022.

Fair Value

The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy Corporation and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of September 30, 2015 are as follows:



	Book Value of Long-Term Debt		Fair Value of Long-Term Debt (a) (b)
	(In Thousands)
Entergy		$13,331,261		$13,458,106
Entergy Arkansas		$2,665,002		$2,505,438
Entergy Louisiana		$3,328,026		$3,387,481
Entergy Mississippi		$1,058,931		$1,100,438
Entergy New Orleans		$350,077		$353,973
Entergy Texas		$1,475,105		$1,609,771
System Energy		$599,654		$578,226


(a)	The values exclude lease obligations of $109 million at Entergy Louisiana and $34 million at System Energy, long-term DOE obligations of $181 million at Entergy Arkansas, and the note payable to NYPA of $82 million at Entergy, and include debt due within one year.


(b)	Fair values are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements and are based on prices derived from inputs such as benchmark yields and reported trades.

The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy Corporation and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2014 were as follows:



	Book Value of Long-Term Debt		Fair Value of Long-Term Debt (a) (b)
	(In Thousands)
Entergy		$13,399,484		$13,607,242
Entergy Arkansas		$2,671,343		$2,517,633
Entergy Louisiana		$3,356,579		$3,447,404
Entergy Mississippi		$1,058,838		$1,102,741
Entergy New Orleans		$308,182		$308,665
Entergy Texas		$1,478,931		$1,629,124
System Energy		$710,806		$677,475


(a)	The values exclude lease obligations of $128 million at Entergy Louisiana and $51 million at System Energy, long-term DOE obligations of $181 million at Entergy Arkansas, and the note payable to NYPA of $80 million at Entergy, and include debt due within one year.


(b)	Fair values are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements and are based on prices derived from inputs such as benchmark yields and reported trades.

Revolving Credit Facilities, Lines Of Credit, Short-Term Borrowings, And Long-Term Debt

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 $3.5 billion and expires in August 2020. Entergy Corporation also has the ability to issue letters of credit against 50% of the total borrowing capacity of the credit facility. The commitment fee is currently 0.275% 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. The weighted average interest rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 was 1.94% on the drawn portion of the facility. Following is a summary of the borrowings outstanding and capacity available under the facility as of September 30, 2015.



Capacity		Borrowings		Letters of Credit		Capacity Available
(In Millions)
	$3,500		$525		$9		$2,966

Entergy Corporation’s facility requires it 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 Utility operating companies (except Entergy New Orleans) defaults on other indebtedness or is in bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, an acceleration of the facility maturity date may occur.

Entergy Corporation has a commercial paper program with a Board-approved program limit of up to $1.5 billion. At September 30, 2015, Entergy Corporation had $664 million of commercial paper outstanding. The weighted-average interest rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 was 0.90%.

Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each had credit facilities available as of September 30, 2015 as follows:



Company	Expiration Date	Amount of Facility	Interest Rate (a)	Amount Drawn as of September 30, 2015
Entergy Arkansas	April 2016	$20 million (b)	1.69%	$—
Entergy Arkansas	August 2020	$150 million (c)	1.69%	$—
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana	August 2020	$150 million (d) (i)	3.50%	$35 million
Entergy Louisiana	August 2020	$200 million (e) (i)	1.44%	$—
Entergy Mississippi	May 2016	$37.5 million (f)	1.69%	$—
Entergy Mississippi	May 2016	$35 million (f)	1.69%	$—
Entergy Mississippi	May 2016	$20 million (f)	1.69%	$—
Entergy Mississippi	May 2016	$10 million (f)	1.69%	$—
Entergy New Orleans	November 2015	$25 million (g)	1.94%	$—
Entergy Texas	August 2020	$150 million (h)	1.69%	$—


(a)	The interest rate is the rate as of September 30, 2015 that would most likely apply to outstanding borrowings under the facility.


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


(c)	The credit facility allows Entergy Arkansas to issue letters of credit against 50% of the borrowing capacity of the facility. As of September 30, 2015, no letters of credit were outstanding.


(d)	The credit facility allows Entergy Gulf States Louisiana to issue letters of credit against 50% of the borrowing capacity of the facility. As of September 30, 2015, no letters of credit were outstanding.


(e)	The credit facility allows Entergy Louisiana to issue letters of credit against 50% of the borrowing capacity of the facility. As of September 30, 2015, $3 million in letters of credit were outstanding.


(f)	Borrowings under the Entergy Mississippi credit facilities may be secured by a security interest in its accounts receivable at Entergy Mississippi’s option.


(g)	Prior to expiration on November 30, 2015, Entergy New Orleans expects to renew its credit facility.


(h)	The credit facility allows Entergy Texas to issue letters of credit against 50% of the borrowing capacity of the facility. As of September 30, 2015, $1.3 million in letters of credit were outstanding.


(i)	Effective October 1, 2015, with the completion of the business combination of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana assumed the rights and obligations under Entergy Gulf States Louisiana’s credit facility, such that Entergy Louisiana has a single credit facility in the amount of $350 million.

The commitment fees on the credit facilities range from 0.125% to 0.275% of the undrawn commitment amount. 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 Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas each entered into one or more uncommitted standby letter of credit facilities as a means to post collateral to support its obligations related to MISO. Following is a summary of the uncommitted standby letter of credit facilities as of September 30, 2015:



Company	Amount of Uncommitted Facility	Letter of Credit Fee		Letters of Credit Issued as of September 30, 2015
Entergy Arkansas	$25 million	0.70	%	$1 million
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana	$75 million (a)	0.70	%	$28.3 million
Entergy Louisiana	$50 million (a)	0.70	%	$1 million
Entergy Mississippi	$40 million	0.70	%	$11.2 million
Entergy New Orleans	$15 million	0.75	%	$4.4 million
Entergy Texas	$50 million	0.70	%	$31 million

(a)

Effective October 1, 2015, with the completion of the business combination of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana assumed the rights and obligations under Entergy Gulf States Louisiana’s standby letter of credit facility to support obligations related to MISO, such that Entergy Louisiana has a single standby letter of credit facility to support such obligations in the amount of $125 million.

The short-term borrowings of the Registrant Subsidiaries are limited to amounts authorized by the FERC. The current FERC-authorized limits are effective through October 31, 2017. In addition to borrowings from commercial banks, these companies may borrow from the Entergy System money pool. The money pool is an inter-company borrowing arrangement designed to reduce the Utility subsidiaries’ dependence on external short-term borrowings. Borrowings from the money pool 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 September 30, 2015 (aggregating both money pool and external short-term borrowings) for the Registrant Subsidiaries:



	Authorized	Borrowings
	(In Millions)
Entergy Arkansas	$250	$—
Entergy Louisiana	$250 (a)	$—
Entergy Mississippi	$175	$—
Entergy New Orleans	$100	$—
Entergy Texas	$200	$—
System Energy	$200	$—


(a)	Effective October 1, 2015, with the completion of the business combination of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana has a FERC authorized limit for short-term borrowings not to exceed $450 million.

Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee Credit Facilities

In January 2015, Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee entered into a credit facility guaranteed by Entergy Corporation with a borrowing capacity of $60 million that expires in January 2018. Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee does not have the ability to issue letters of credit against this facility. This facility provides working capital to Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee for general business purposes including, without limitation, the decommissioning of Vermont Yankee. As of September 30, 2015, no amounts were outstanding under the facility. The commitment fee is currently 0.25% of the undrawn commitment amount. The rate as of September 30, 2015 that would most likely apply to outstanding borrowings under the facility was 1.94% on the drawn portion of the facility.

Also in January 2015, Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee entered into an uncommitted credit facility guaranteed by Entergy Corporation with a borrowing capacity of $85 million which expires in January 2018. Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee does not have the ability to issue letters of credit against this facility. This facility provides an additional funding source to Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee for general business purposes including, without limitation, the decommissioning of Vermont Yankee. As of September 30, 2015, no amounts were outstanding under the facility. The rate as of September 30, 2015 that would most likely apply to outstanding borrowings under the facility was 1.94% on the drawn portion of the facility.

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

See Note 18 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of the consolidation of the nuclear fuel company variable interest entities (VIE). The nuclear fuel company variable interest entities have credit facilities and also issue commercial paper to finance the acquisition and ownership of nuclear fuel as follows as of September 30, 2015:



Company	Expiration Date	Amount of Facility	Weighted Average Interest Rate on Borrowings (a)	Amount Outstanding as of September 30, 2015
		(Dollars in Millions)
Entergy Arkansas VIE	June 2016	$85	1.64%	$37.2
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana VIE	June 2016	$100 (b)	1.38%	$16.4
Entergy Louisiana VIE	June 2016	$90	1.55%	$66.7
System Energy VIE	June 2016	$125	1.66%	$14.6


(a)	Includes letter of credit fees and bank fronting fees on commercial paper issuances by the nuclear fuel company variable interest entities for Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy. The nuclear fuel company variable interest entity for Entergy Gulf States Louisiana does not issue commercial paper, but borrows directly on its bank credit facility.


(b)	Effective October 1, 2015, with the completion of the business combination of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana has assumed the rights and obligations under Entergy Gulf States Louisiana’s nuclear fuel lease, including its obligations as they relate to the credit facility of the Entergy Gulf States Louisiana VIE.

Amounts outstanding on the Entergy Gulf States Louisiana nuclear fuel company variable interest entity’s credit facility, if any, are treated as long-term debt on Entergy’s balance sheet and commercial paper outstanding for the other nuclear fuel company variable interest entities is classified as a current liability on the respective balance sheets. The commitment fees on the credit facilities are 0.10% of the undrawn commitment amount for the Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana VIEs and 0.125% of the undrawn commitment amount for the Entergy Arkansas and System Energy VIEs. Each credit facility requires the respective lessee of nuclear fuel (Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, 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.

The nuclear fuel company variable interest entities had notes payable that are included in debt on the respective balance sheets as of September 30, 2015 as follows:



Company	Description	Amount
Entergy Arkansas VIE	3.23% Series J due July 2016	$55 million
Entergy Arkansas VIE	2.62% Series K due December 2017	$60 million
Entergy Arkansas VIE	3.65% Series L due July 2021	$90 million
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana VIE	3.25% Series Q due July 2017	$75 million (a)
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana VIE	3.38% Series R due August 2020	$70 million (a)
Entergy Louisiana VIE	3.30% Series F due March 2016	$20 million
Entergy Louisiana VIE	3.25% Series G due July 2017	$25 million
Entergy Louisiana VIE	3.92% Series H due February 2021	$40 million
System Energy VIE	4.02% Series H due February 2017	$50 million
System Energy VIE	3.78% Series I due October 2018	$85 million


(a)	Effective October 1, 2015, with the completion of the business combination of Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana has assumed the rights and obligations under Entergy Gulf States Louisiana’s nuclear fuel lease, including its obligations as they relate to the notes of the Entergy Gulf States Louisiana VIE.

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

Debt Issuances and Redemptions

(Entergy Corporation)

In July 2015, Entergy Corporation issued $650 million of 4.0% Series senior notes due July 2022. Entergy Corporation used the proceeds to pay, at maturity, its $550 million of 3.625% Series senior notes due September 2015, to repay a portion of its commercial paper outstanding, and to repay borrowings under the Entergy Corporation credit facility.

(Entergy New Orleans)

In May 2015, the City Council issued a financing order authorizing the issuance of securitization bonds to recover Entergy New Orleans’s Hurricane Isaac storm restoration costs of $31.8 million, including carrying costs, the costs of funding and replenishing the storm recovery reserve in the amount of $63.9 million, and approximately $3 million of up-front financing costs associated with the securitization. In July 2015, Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding I, L.L.C., a company wholly owned and consolidated by Entergy New Orleans, issued $98.7 million of storm cost recovery bonds. The bonds have a coupon of 2.67% and an expected maturity date of June 2024. Although the principal amount is not due until the date given above, Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds over the next five years in the amounts of $11.4 million for 2016, $10.6 million for 2017, $11 million for 2018, $11.2 million for 2019, and $11.6 million for 2020. With the proceeds, Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding purchased from Entergy New Orleans the storm recovery property, which is the right to recover from customers through a storm recovery charge amounts sufficient to service the securitization bonds. The storm recovery property is reflected as a regulatory asset on the consolidated Entergy New Orleans balance sheet. The creditors of Entergy New Orleans do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding, including the storm recovery property, and the creditors of Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy New Orleans. Entergy New Orleans has no payment obligations to Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding except to remit storm recovery charge collections.

(Entergy Texas)

In May 2015, Entergy Texas issued $250 million of 5.15% Series first mortgage bonds due June 2045. Entergy Texas used the proceeds to pay, at maturity, its $200 million of 3.60% Series first mortgage bonds due June 2015 and for general corporate purposes.

(System Energy)

In April 2015 the System Energy nuclear fuel company variable interest entity redeemed, at maturity, its $60 million of 5.33% Series G notes.

In May 2015, System Energy redeemed $35 million of its $216 million of 5.875% Series governmental bonds due in 2022.

Fair Value

The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy Corporation and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of September 30, 2015 are as follows:



	Book Value of Long-Term Debt		Fair Value of Long-Term Debt (a) (b)
	(In Thousands)
Entergy		$13,331,261		$13,458,106
Entergy Arkansas		$2,665,002		$2,505,438
Entergy Louisiana		$3,328,026		$3,387,481
Entergy Mississippi		$1,058,931		$1,100,438
Entergy New Orleans		$350,077		$353,973
Entergy Texas		$1,475,105		$1,609,771
System Energy		$599,654		$578,226


(a)	The values exclude lease obligations of $109 million at Entergy Louisiana and $34 million at System Energy, long-term DOE obligations of $181 million at Entergy Arkansas, and the note payable to NYPA of $82 million at Entergy, and include debt due within one year.


(b)	Fair values are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements and are based on prices derived from inputs such as benchmark yields and reported trades.

The book value and the fair value of long-term debt for Entergy Corporation and the Registrant Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2014 were as follows:



	Book Value of Long-Term Debt		Fair Value of Long-Term Debt (a) (b)
	(In Thousands)
Entergy		$13,399,484		$13,607,242
Entergy Arkansas		$2,671,343		$2,517,633
Entergy Louisiana		$3,356,579		$3,447,404
Entergy Mississippi		$1,058,838		$1,102,741
Entergy New Orleans		$308,182		$308,665
Entergy Texas		$1,478,931		$1,629,124
System Energy		$710,806		$677,475


(a)	The values exclude lease obligations of $128 million at Entergy Louisiana and $51 million at System Energy, long-term DOE obligations of $181 million at Entergy Arkansas, and the note payable to NYPA of $80 million at Entergy, and include debt due within one year.


(b)	Fair values are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy discussed in Note 8 to the financial statements and are based on prices derived from inputs such as benchmark yields and reported trades.