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Long - Term Debt
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Long - Term Debt LONG - TERM DEBT (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy)

Long-term debt for Entergy Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 consisted of:
Type of Debt and Maturity
 
Weighted Average Interest Rate December 31, 2019
 
Interest Rate Ranges at December 31,
 
Outstanding at
 December 31,
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(In Thousands)
Mortgage Bonds
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2019-2023
 
3.65%
 
2.55%-5.10%
 
2.55%-7.125%
 

$2,400,000

 

$3,050,000

2024-2028
 
3.59%
 
2.40%-5.59%
 
2.40%-5.59%
 
4,610,000

 
4,610,000

2029-2039
 
4.05%
 
3.05%-4.52%
 
3.05%-4.52%
 
1,890,000

 
1,190,000

2044-2066
 
4.63%
 
3.55%-5.625%
 
4.20%-5.625%
 
5,170,000

 
3,560,000

Governmental Bonds (a)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2021-2022
 
2.48%
 
2.375%-2.50%
 
2.375%-5.875%
 
179,000

 
179,000

2028-2030
 
3.45%
 
3.375%-3.50%
 
3.375%-3.50%
 
198,680

 
198,680

Securitization Bonds
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2021-2027
 
3.73%
 
2.04%-5.93%
 
2.04%-5.93%
 
302,145

 
429,118

Variable Interest Entities Notes Payable (Note 4)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2020-2023
 
3.41%
 
3.17%-3.92%
 
3.17%-3.92%
 
360,000

 
360,000

Entergy Corporation Notes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
due September 2020
 
n/a
 
5.125%
 
5.125%
 
450,000

 
450,000

due July 2022
 
n/a
 
4.00%
 
4.00%
 
650,000

 
650,000

due September 2026
 
n/a
 
2.95%
 
2.95%
 
750,000

 
750,000

Entergy New Orleans Unsecured Term Loan
 
n/a
 
3.00%
 
 
70,000

 

5 Year Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
3.77%
 
3.60%
 
440,000

 
220,000

Entergy New Orleans Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
2.92%
 
 
20,000

 

Vermont Yankee Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
3.93%
 
3.50%
 
139,000

 
139,000

Entergy Arkansas VIE Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
3.33%
 
3.48%
 
15,100

 
59,600

Entergy Louisiana River Bend VIE Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
3.23%
 
3.44%
 
70,300

 
38,600

Entergy Louisiana Waterford VIE Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
3.30%
 
3.35%
 
49,900

 
82,000

System Energy VIE Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
3.34%
 
3.44%
 
31,600

 
113,900

Long-term DOE Obligation (b)
 
 
 
 
191,114

 
186,864

Grand Gulf Sale-Leaseback Obligation
 
n/a
 
 
 
34,346

 
34,352

Unamortized Premium and Discount - Net
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(16,124
)
 
(14,784
)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(143,502
)
 
(130,612
)
Other
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12,096

 
12,594

Total Long-Term Debt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17,873,655

 
16,168,312

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
795,012

 
650,009

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

$17,078,643

 

$15,518,303

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

$19,059,950

 

$16,101,455


(a)
Consists of pollution control revenue bonds and environmental revenue bonds, some of which are secured by collateral mortgage bonds.
(b)
Pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, Entergy’s nuclear owner/licensee subsidiaries have contracts with the DOE for spent nuclear fuel disposal service.  The contracts include a one-time fee for generation prior to April 7, 1983.  Entergy Arkansas is the only Entergy company that generated electric power with nuclear fuel prior to that date and includes the one-time fee, plus accrued interest, in long-term debt.

The annual long-term debt maturities (excluding lease obligations and long-term DOE obligations) for debt outstanding as of December 31, 2019, for the next five years are as follows:
 
Amount
 
(In Thousands)
2020

$795,000

2021

$1,358,159

2022

$1,104,289

2023

$1,865,154

2024

$1,175,000



Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy Texas, and System Energy have obtained long-term financing authorizations from the FERC that extend through November 2020.  Entergy New Orleans has obtained long-term financing authorization from the FERC and the City Council that extends through October 2021. Entergy Arkansas has also obtained first mortgage bond/secured financing authorization from the APSC that extends through December 2020.


Long-term debt for the Registrant Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 consisted of:
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(In Thousands)
Entergy Arkansas
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Bonds:
 
 
 
 
3.75% Series due February 2021
 

$350,000

 

$350,000

3.05% Series due June 2023
 
250,000

 
250,000

3.7% Series due June 2024
 
375,000

 
375,000

3.5% Series due April 2026
 
600,000

 
600,000

4.0% Series due June 2028
 
250,000

 
250,000

4.95% Series due December 2044
 
250,000

 
250,000

4.20% Series due April 2049
 
350,000

 

4.90% Series due December 2052
 
200,000

 
200,000

4.75% Series due June 2063
 
125,000

 
125,000

4.875% Series due September 2066
 
410,000

 
410,000

Total mortgage bonds
 
3,160,000

 
2,810,000

Governmental Bonds (a):
 
 
 
 
2.375% Series due 2021, Independence County (c)
 
45,000

 
45,000

Total governmental bonds
 
45,000

 
45,000

Variable Interest Entity Notes Payable and Credit Facility (Note 4):
 
 
 
 
3.65% Series L due July 2021
 
90,000

 
90,000

3.17% Series M due December 2023
 
40,000

 
40,000

Credit Facility due September 2021, weighted avg rate 3.33%
 
15,100

 
59,600

Total variable interest entity notes payable and credit facility
 
145,100

 
189,600

Securitization Bonds:
 
 
 
 
2.30% Series Senior Secured due August 2021
 
7,259

 
21,692

Total securitization bonds
 
7,259

 
21,692

Other:
 
 
 
 
Long-term DOE Obligation (b)
 
191,114

 
186,864

Unamortized Premium and Discount – Net
 
1,664

 
4,408

Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
(34,936
)
 
(33,831
)
Other
 
2,007

 
2,026

Total Long-Term Debt
 
3,517,208

 
3,225,759

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 

 

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 

$3,517,208

 

$3,225,759

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 

$3,747,914

 

$3,189,491



 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(In Thousands)
Entergy Louisiana
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Bonds:
 
 
 
 
3.95% Series due October 2020
 

$250,000

 

$250,000

4.8% Series due May 2021
 
200,000

 
200,000

3.3% Series due December 2022
 
200,000

 
200,000

4.05% Series due September 2023
 
325,000

 
325,000

5.59% Series due October 2024
 
300,000

 
300,000

5.40% Series due November 2024
 
400,000

 
400,000

3.78% Series due April 2025
 
110,000

 
110,000

3.78% Series due April 2025
 
190,000

 
190,000

4.44% Series due January 2026
 
250,000

 
250,000

2.40% Series due October 2026
 
400,000

 
400,000

3.12% Series due September 2027
 
450,000

 
450,000

3.25% Series due April 2028
 
425,000

 
425,000

3.05% Series due June 2031
 
325,000

 
325,000

4.0% Series due March 2033
 
750,000

 
750,000

5.0% Series due July 2044
 
170,000

 
170,000

4.95% Series due January 2045
 
450,000

 
450,000

4.20% Series due September 2048
 
600,000

 
600,000

4.20% Series due April 2050
 
525,000

 

5.25% Series due July 2052
 
200,000

 
200,000

4.70% Series due June 2063
 
100,000

 
100,000

4.875% Series due September 2066
 
270,000

 
270,000

Total mortgage bonds
 
6,890,000

 
6,365,000

Governmental Bonds (a):
 
 
 
 
3.375 % Series due 2028, Louisiana Public Facilities Authority (c)
 
83,680

 
83,680

3.50% Series due 2030, Louisiana Public Facilities Authority (c)
 
115,000

 
115,000

Total governmental bonds
 
198,680

 
198,680

Variable Interest Entity Notes Payable and Credit Facilities (Note 4):
 
 
 
 
3.38% Series R due August 2020
 
70,000

 
70,000

3.92% Series H due February 2021
 
40,000

 
40,000

3.22% Series I due December 2023
 
20,000

 
20,000

Credit Facility due September 2021, weighted avg rate 3.23%
 
70,300

 
38,600

Credit Facility due September 2021, weighted avg rate 3.30%
 
49,900

 
82,000

Total variable interest entity notes payable and credit facilities
 
250,200

 
250,600

Securitization Bonds:
 
 
 
 
2.04% Series Senior Secured due September 2023
 
34,185

 
56,910

Total securitization bonds
 
34,185

 
56,910

Other:
 
 
 
 
Unamortized Premium and Discount - Net
 
(17,372
)
 
(14,955
)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
(58,089
)
 
(57,011
)
Other
 
6,065

 
6,544

Total Long-Term Debt
 
7,303,669

 
6,805,768

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 
320,002

 
2

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 

$6,983,667

 

$6,805,766

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 

$7,961,168

 

$6,834,134



 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(In Thousands)
Entergy Mississippi
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Bonds:
 
 
 
 
6.64% Series due July 2019
 

$—

 

$150,000

3.1% Series due July 2023
 
250,000

 
250,000

3.75% Series due July 2024
 
100,000

 
100,000

3.25% Series due December 2027
 
150,000

 
150,000

2.85% Series due June 2028
 
375,000

 
375,000

4.52% Series due December 2038
 
55,000

 
55,000

3.85% Series due June 2049
 
435,000

 

4.90% Series due October 2066
 
260,000

 
260,000

Total mortgage bonds
 
1,625,000

 
1,340,000

Other:
 
 
 
 
Unamortized Premium and Discount – Net
 
6,127

 
(989
)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
(16,998
)
 
(13,261
)
Total Long-Term Debt
 
1,614,129

 
1,325,750

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 

 
150,000

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 

$1,614,129

 

$1,175,750

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 

$1,709,505

 

$1,276,452



 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(In Thousands)
Entergy New Orleans
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Bonds:
 
 
 
 
5.10% Series due December 2020
 

$25,000

 

$25,000

3.9% Series due July 2023
 
100,000

 
100,000

4.0% Series due June 2026
 
85,000

 
85,000

4.51% Series due September 2033
 
60,000

 
60,000

5.0% Series due December 2052
 
30,000

 
30,000

5.50% Series due April 2066
 
110,000

 
110,000

Total mortgage bonds
 
410,000

 
410,000

Securitization Bonds:
 
 
 
 
       2.67% Series Senior Secured due June 2027
 
54,443

 
65,666

Total securitization bonds
 
54,443


65,666

Other:
 
 
 
 
3.0% Unsecured Term Loan due May 2022
 
70,000

 

Credit Facility due November 2021, weighted avg rate 2.92%
 
20,000

 

Payable to associated company due November 2035
 
14,367

 
16,346

Unamortized Premium and Discount – Net
 
(129
)
 
(168
)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
(7,775
)
 
(8,140
)
Total Long-Term Debt
 
560,906

 
483,704

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 
26,838

 
1,979

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 

$534,068

 

$481,725

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 

$523,846

 

$491,569


 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(In Thousands)
Entergy Texas
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Bonds:
 
 
 
 
7.125% Series due February 2019
 

$—

 

$500,000

2.55% Series due June 2021
 
125,000

 
125,000

4.1% Series due September 2021
 
75,000

 
75,000

3.45% Series due December 2027
 
150,000

 
150,000

4.0% Series due March 2029
 
300,000

 

4.5% Series due March 2039
 
400,000

 

5.15% Series due June 2045
 
250,000

 
250,000

3.55% Series due September 2049
 
300,000

 

5.625% Series due June 2064
 
135,000

 
135,000

Total mortgage bonds
 
1,735,000

 
1,235,000

Securitization Bonds:
 
 
 
 
5.93% Series Senior Secured, Series A due June 2022
 
50,289

 
81,237

4.38% Series Senior Secured, Series A due November 2023
 
155,969

 
203,613

Total securitization bonds
 
206,258

 
284,850

Other:
 
 
 
 
Unamortized Premium and Discount - Net
 
(4,814
)
 
(992
)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
(17,510
)
 
(9,145
)
Other
 
4,022

 
4,022

Total Long-Term Debt
 
1,922,956

 
1,513,735

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 

 
500,000

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 

$1,922,956

 

$1,013,735

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 

$2,090,215

 

$1,528,828



 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(In Thousands)
System Energy
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Bonds:
 
 
 
 
4.1% Series due April 2023
 

$250,000

 

$250,000

Total mortgage bonds
 
250,000

 
250,000

Governmental Bonds (a):
 
 
 
 
5.875% Series due 2022, Mississippi Business Finance Corp.
 

 
134,000

2.5% Series due 2022, Mississippi Business Finance Corp.
 
134,000

 

Total governmental bonds
 
134,000

 
134,000

Variable Interest Entity Notes Payable and Credit Facility (Note 4):
 
 
 
 
3.42% Series J due April 2021
 
100,000

 
100,000

Credit Facility due September 2021, weighted avg rate 3.34%
 
31,600

 
113,900

Total variable interest entity notes payable and credit facility
 
131,600

 
213,900

Other:
 
 
 
 
Grand Gulf Sale-Leaseback Obligation
 
34,346

 
34,352

Unamortized Premium and Discount – Net
 
(144
)
 
(328
)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
(1,697
)
 
(1,176
)
Other
 
2

 
2

Total Long-Term Debt
 
548,107

 
630,750

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 
10

 
6

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 

$548,097

 

$630,744

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 

$565,209

 

$630,475



(a)
Consists of pollution control revenue bonds and environmental revenue bonds.
(b)
Pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, Entergy’s nuclear owner/licensee subsidiaries have contracts with the DOE for spent nuclear fuel disposal service.  The contracts include a one-time fee for generation prior to April 7, 1983.  Entergy Arkansas is the only Entergy company that generated electric power with nuclear fuel prior to that date and includes the one-time fee, plus accrued interest, in long-term debt.
(c)
The bonds are secured by a series of collateral mortgage bonds.

The annual long-term debt maturities (excluding lease obligations and long-term DOE obligations) for debt outstanding as of December 31, 2019, for the next five years are as follows:
 
Entergy Arkansas
 
Entergy Louisiana
 
Entergy Mississippi
 
Entergy New Orleans
 
Entergy Texas
 
System Energy
 
(In Thousands)
2020

$—

 

$320,000

 

$—

 

$25,000

 

$—

 

$—

2021

$507,359

 

$360,200

 

$—

 

$20,000

 

$200,000

 

$131,600

2022

$—

 

$200,000

 

$—

 

$70,000

 

$50,289

 

$134,000

2023

$290,000

 

$379,185

 

$250,000

 

$100,000

 

$155,969

 

$250,000

2024

$375,000

 

$700,000

 

$100,000

 

$—

 

$—

 

$—



Entergy Arkansas Securitization Bonds

In June 2010 the APSC issued a financing order authorizing the issuance of bonds to recover Entergy Arkansas’s January 2009 ice storm damage restoration costs, including carrying costs of $11.5 million and $4.6 million of up-front financing costs.  In August 2010, Entergy Arkansas Restoration Funding, LLC, a company wholly-owned and consolidated by Entergy Arkansas, issued $124.1 million of storm cost recovery bonds.  The bonds have a coupon of 2.30%.  Although the principal amount is not due until August 2021, Entergy Arkansas Restoration Funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds in the amount of $7.3 million for 2020. With the proceeds, Entergy Arkansas Restoration Funding purchased from Entergy Arkansas 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 Arkansas balance sheet.  The creditors of Entergy Arkansas do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Arkansas Restoration Funding, including the storm recovery property, and the creditors of Entergy Arkansas Restoration Funding do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Arkansas.  Entergy Arkansas has no payment obligations to Entergy Arkansas Restoration Funding except to remit storm recovery charge collections.

Entergy Louisiana Securitization Bonds – Little Gypsy

In August 2011 the LPSC issued a financing order authorizing the issuance of bonds to recover Entergy Louisiana’s investment recovery costs associated with the canceled Little Gypsy repowering project.  In September 2011, Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding I, L.L.C., a company wholly-owned and consolidated by Entergy Louisiana, issued $207.2 million of senior secured investment recovery bonds.  The bonds have an interest rate of 2.04%.  Although the principal amount is not due until September 2023, Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds over the next two years in the amounts of $23.2 million for 2020 and $11 million for 2021.  With the proceeds, Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding purchased from Entergy Louisiana the investment recovery property, which is the right to recover from customers through an investment recovery charge amounts sufficient to service the bonds.  In accordance with the financing order, Entergy Louisiana will apply the proceeds it received from the sale of the investment recovery property as a reimbursement for previously-incurred investment recovery costs.  The investment recovery property is reflected as a regulatory asset on the consolidated Entergy Louisiana balance sheet.  The creditors of Entergy Louisiana do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding, including the investment recovery property, and the creditors of Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Louisiana.  Entergy Louisiana has no payment obligations to Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding except to remit investment recovery charge collections.

Entergy New Orleans Securitization Bonds - Hurricane Isaac

In May 2015 the City Council issued a financing order authorizing the issuance of securitization bonds to recover Entergy New Orleans’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%. Although the principal amount is not due until June 2027, Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds over the next five years in the amounts of $11.6 million for 2020, $11.9 million for 2021, $12.2 million for 2022, $12.5 million for 2023, and $6.2 million for 2024. With the proceeds, Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding purchased from Entergy New Orleans the storm recovery property, which is the right to recover from customers through a storm recovery charge amounts sufficient to service the securitization bonds. The storm recovery property is reflected as a regulatory asset on the consolidated Entergy New Orleans balance sheet. The creditors of Entergy New Orleans do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding, including the storm recovery property, and the creditors of Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding do not have recourse to the
assets or revenues of Entergy New Orleans. Entergy New Orleans has no payment obligations to Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding except to remit storm recovery charge collections.

Entergy Texas Securitization Bonds - Hurricane Rita

In April 2007 the PUCT issued a financing order authorizing the issuance of securitization bonds to recover $353 million of Entergy Texas’s Hurricane Rita reconstruction costs and up to $6 million of transaction costs, offset by $32 million of related deferred income tax benefits.  In June 2007, Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding I, LLC, a company that is now wholly-owned and consolidated by Entergy Texas, issued $329.5 million of senior secured transition bonds (securitization bonds). As of December 31, 2019, $50.3 million at 5.93% remain outstanding. Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds over the next two years in the amounts of $32.8 million for 2020 and $17.5 million for 2021.

With the proceeds, Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding purchased from Entergy Texas the transition property, which is the right to recover from customers through a transition charge amounts sufficient to service the securitization bonds.  The transition property is reflected as a regulatory asset on the consolidated Entergy Texas balance sheet.  The creditors of Entergy Texas do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding, including the transition property, and the creditors of Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Texas.  Entergy Texas has no payment obligations to Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding except to remit transition charge collections.

Entergy Texas Securitization Bonds - Hurricane Ike and Hurricane Gustav

In September 2009 the PUCT authorized the issuance of securitization bonds to recover $566.4 million of Entergy Texas’s Hurricane Ike and Hurricane Gustav restoration costs, plus carrying costs and transaction costs, offset by insurance proceeds.  In November 2009, Entergy Texas Restoration Funding, LLC (Entergy Texas Restoration Funding), a company wholly-owned and consolidated by Entergy Texas, issued $545.9 million of senior secured transition bonds (securitization bonds). As of December 31, 2019, $156 million at 4.38% remain outstanding. Entergy Texas Restoration Funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds over the next three years in the amount of $49.8 million for 2020, $52 million for 2021, and $54.3 million for 2022.

With the proceeds, Entergy Texas Restoration Funding purchased from Entergy Texas the transition property, which is the right to recover from customers through a transition charge amounts sufficient to service the securitization bonds.  The transition property is reflected as a regulatory asset on the consolidated Entergy Texas balance sheet.  The creditors of Entergy Texas do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Texas Restoration Funding, including the transition property, and the creditors of Entergy Texas Restoration Funding do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Texas.  Entergy Texas has no payment obligations to Entergy Texas Restoration Funding except to remit transition charge collections.

Grand Gulf Sale-Leaseback Transactions

In 1988, in two separate but substantially identical transactions, System Energy sold and leased back undivided ownership interests in Grand Gulf for the aggregate sum of $500 million.  The initial term of the leases expired in July 2015.  System Energy renewed the leases for fair market value with renewal terms expiring in July 2036. At the end of the new lease renewal terms, System Energy has the option to repurchase the leased interests in Grand Gulf or renew the leases at fair market value.  In the event that System Energy does not renew or purchase the interests, System Energy would surrender such interests and their associated entitlement of Grand Gulf’s capacity and energy.

System Energy is required to report the sale-leaseback as a financing transaction in its financial statements.  As such, it has recognized debt for the lease obligation and retained the portion of the plant subject to the sale-leaseback on its balance sheet. For financial reporting purposes, System Energy has recognized interest expense on the debt balance and depreciation on the applicable plant balance.  The lease payments are recognized as principal and interest
payments on the debt balance. However, operating revenues include the recovery of the lease payments because the transactions are accounted for as a sale and leaseback for ratemaking purposes.  Consistent with a recommendation contained in a FERC audit report, System Energy initially recorded as a net regulatory asset the difference between the recovery of the lease payments and the amounts expensed for interest and depreciation and continues to record this difference as a regulatory asset or liability on an ongoing basis, resulting in a zero net balance for the regulatory asset at the end of the lease term.  The amount was a net regulatory liability of $55.6 million as of December 31, 2019 and 2018.

As of December 31, 2019, System Energy, in connection with the Grand Gulf sale and leaseback transactions, had future minimum lease payments that are recorded as long-term debt, as follows, which reflects the effect of the December 2013 renewal:
 
Amount
 
(In Thousands)
 
 
2020

$17,188

2021
17,188

2022
17,188

2023
17,188

2024
17,188

Years thereafter
206,250

Total
292,190

Less: Amount representing interest
257,844

Present value of net minimum lease payments

$34,346


Entergy Arkansas [Member]  
Long - Term Debt LONG - TERM DEBT (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy)

Long-term debt for Entergy Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 consisted of:
Type of Debt and Maturity
 
Weighted Average Interest Rate December 31, 2019
 
Interest Rate Ranges at December 31,
 
Outstanding at
 December 31,
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(In Thousands)
Mortgage Bonds
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2019-2023
 
3.65%
 
2.55%-5.10%
 
2.55%-7.125%
 

$2,400,000

 

$3,050,000

2024-2028
 
3.59%
 
2.40%-5.59%
 
2.40%-5.59%
 
4,610,000

 
4,610,000

2029-2039
 
4.05%
 
3.05%-4.52%
 
3.05%-4.52%
 
1,890,000

 
1,190,000

2044-2066
 
4.63%
 
3.55%-5.625%
 
4.20%-5.625%
 
5,170,000

 
3,560,000

Governmental Bonds (a)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2021-2022
 
2.48%
 
2.375%-2.50%
 
2.375%-5.875%
 
179,000

 
179,000

2028-2030
 
3.45%
 
3.375%-3.50%
 
3.375%-3.50%
 
198,680

 
198,680

Securitization Bonds
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2021-2027
 
3.73%
 
2.04%-5.93%
 
2.04%-5.93%
 
302,145

 
429,118

Variable Interest Entities Notes Payable (Note 4)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2020-2023
 
3.41%
 
3.17%-3.92%
 
3.17%-3.92%
 
360,000

 
360,000

Entergy Corporation Notes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
due September 2020
 
n/a
 
5.125%
 
5.125%
 
450,000

 
450,000

due July 2022
 
n/a
 
4.00%
 
4.00%
 
650,000

 
650,000

due September 2026
 
n/a
 
2.95%
 
2.95%
 
750,000

 
750,000

Entergy New Orleans Unsecured Term Loan
 
n/a
 
3.00%
 
 
70,000

 

5 Year Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
3.77%
 
3.60%
 
440,000

 
220,000

Entergy New Orleans Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
2.92%
 
 
20,000

 

Vermont Yankee Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
3.93%
 
3.50%
 
139,000

 
139,000

Entergy Arkansas VIE Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
3.33%
 
3.48%
 
15,100

 
59,600

Entergy Louisiana River Bend VIE Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
3.23%
 
3.44%
 
70,300

 
38,600

Entergy Louisiana Waterford VIE Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
3.30%
 
3.35%
 
49,900

 
82,000

System Energy VIE Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
3.34%
 
3.44%
 
31,600

 
113,900

Long-term DOE Obligation (b)
 
 
 
 
191,114

 
186,864

Grand Gulf Sale-Leaseback Obligation
 
n/a
 
 
 
34,346

 
34,352

Unamortized Premium and Discount - Net
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(16,124
)
 
(14,784
)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(143,502
)
 
(130,612
)
Other
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12,096

 
12,594

Total Long-Term Debt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17,873,655

 
16,168,312

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
795,012

 
650,009

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

$17,078,643

 

$15,518,303

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

$19,059,950

 

$16,101,455


(a)
Consists of pollution control revenue bonds and environmental revenue bonds, some of which are secured by collateral mortgage bonds.
(b)
Pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, Entergy’s nuclear owner/licensee subsidiaries have contracts with the DOE for spent nuclear fuel disposal service.  The contracts include a one-time fee for generation prior to April 7, 1983.  Entergy Arkansas is the only Entergy company that generated electric power with nuclear fuel prior to that date and includes the one-time fee, plus accrued interest, in long-term debt.

The annual long-term debt maturities (excluding lease obligations and long-term DOE obligations) for debt outstanding as of December 31, 2019, for the next five years are as follows:
 
Amount
 
(In Thousands)
2020

$795,000

2021

$1,358,159

2022

$1,104,289

2023

$1,865,154

2024

$1,175,000



Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy Texas, and System Energy have obtained long-term financing authorizations from the FERC that extend through November 2020.  Entergy New Orleans has obtained long-term financing authorization from the FERC and the City Council that extends through October 2021. Entergy Arkansas has also obtained first mortgage bond/secured financing authorization from the APSC that extends through December 2020.


Long-term debt for the Registrant Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 consisted of:
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(In Thousands)
Entergy Arkansas
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Bonds:
 
 
 
 
3.75% Series due February 2021
 

$350,000

 

$350,000

3.05% Series due June 2023
 
250,000

 
250,000

3.7% Series due June 2024
 
375,000

 
375,000

3.5% Series due April 2026
 
600,000

 
600,000

4.0% Series due June 2028
 
250,000

 
250,000

4.95% Series due December 2044
 
250,000

 
250,000

4.20% Series due April 2049
 
350,000

 

4.90% Series due December 2052
 
200,000

 
200,000

4.75% Series due June 2063
 
125,000

 
125,000

4.875% Series due September 2066
 
410,000

 
410,000

Total mortgage bonds
 
3,160,000

 
2,810,000

Governmental Bonds (a):
 
 
 
 
2.375% Series due 2021, Independence County (c)
 
45,000

 
45,000

Total governmental bonds
 
45,000

 
45,000

Variable Interest Entity Notes Payable and Credit Facility (Note 4):
 
 
 
 
3.65% Series L due July 2021
 
90,000

 
90,000

3.17% Series M due December 2023
 
40,000

 
40,000

Credit Facility due September 2021, weighted avg rate 3.33%
 
15,100

 
59,600

Total variable interest entity notes payable and credit facility
 
145,100

 
189,600

Securitization Bonds:
 
 
 
 
2.30% Series Senior Secured due August 2021
 
7,259

 
21,692

Total securitization bonds
 
7,259

 
21,692

Other:
 
 
 
 
Long-term DOE Obligation (b)
 
191,114

 
186,864

Unamortized Premium and Discount – Net
 
1,664

 
4,408

Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
(34,936
)
 
(33,831
)
Other
 
2,007

 
2,026

Total Long-Term Debt
 
3,517,208

 
3,225,759

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 

 

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 

$3,517,208

 

$3,225,759

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 

$3,747,914

 

$3,189,491



 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(In Thousands)
Entergy Louisiana
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Bonds:
 
 
 
 
3.95% Series due October 2020
 

$250,000

 

$250,000

4.8% Series due May 2021
 
200,000

 
200,000

3.3% Series due December 2022
 
200,000

 
200,000

4.05% Series due September 2023
 
325,000

 
325,000

5.59% Series due October 2024
 
300,000

 
300,000

5.40% Series due November 2024
 
400,000

 
400,000

3.78% Series due April 2025
 
110,000

 
110,000

3.78% Series due April 2025
 
190,000

 
190,000

4.44% Series due January 2026
 
250,000

 
250,000

2.40% Series due October 2026
 
400,000

 
400,000

3.12% Series due September 2027
 
450,000

 
450,000

3.25% Series due April 2028
 
425,000

 
425,000

3.05% Series due June 2031
 
325,000

 
325,000

4.0% Series due March 2033
 
750,000

 
750,000

5.0% Series due July 2044
 
170,000

 
170,000

4.95% Series due January 2045
 
450,000

 
450,000

4.20% Series due September 2048
 
600,000

 
600,000

4.20% Series due April 2050
 
525,000

 

5.25% Series due July 2052
 
200,000

 
200,000

4.70% Series due June 2063
 
100,000

 
100,000

4.875% Series due September 2066
 
270,000

 
270,000

Total mortgage bonds
 
6,890,000

 
6,365,000

Governmental Bonds (a):
 
 
 
 
3.375 % Series due 2028, Louisiana Public Facilities Authority (c)
 
83,680

 
83,680

3.50% Series due 2030, Louisiana Public Facilities Authority (c)
 
115,000

 
115,000

Total governmental bonds
 
198,680

 
198,680

Variable Interest Entity Notes Payable and Credit Facilities (Note 4):
 
 
 
 
3.38% Series R due August 2020
 
70,000

 
70,000

3.92% Series H due February 2021
 
40,000

 
40,000

3.22% Series I due December 2023
 
20,000

 
20,000

Credit Facility due September 2021, weighted avg rate 3.23%
 
70,300

 
38,600

Credit Facility due September 2021, weighted avg rate 3.30%
 
49,900

 
82,000

Total variable interest entity notes payable and credit facilities
 
250,200

 
250,600

Securitization Bonds:
 
 
 
 
2.04% Series Senior Secured due September 2023
 
34,185

 
56,910

Total securitization bonds
 
34,185

 
56,910

Other:
 
 
 
 
Unamortized Premium and Discount - Net
 
(17,372
)
 
(14,955
)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
(58,089
)
 
(57,011
)
Other
 
6,065

 
6,544

Total Long-Term Debt
 
7,303,669

 
6,805,768

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 
320,002

 
2

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 

$6,983,667

 

$6,805,766

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 

$7,961,168

 

$6,834,134



 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(In Thousands)
Entergy Mississippi
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Bonds:
 
 
 
 
6.64% Series due July 2019
 

$—

 

$150,000

3.1% Series due July 2023
 
250,000

 
250,000

3.75% Series due July 2024
 
100,000

 
100,000

3.25% Series due December 2027
 
150,000

 
150,000

2.85% Series due June 2028
 
375,000

 
375,000

4.52% Series due December 2038
 
55,000

 
55,000

3.85% Series due June 2049
 
435,000

 

4.90% Series due October 2066
 
260,000

 
260,000

Total mortgage bonds
 
1,625,000

 
1,340,000

Other:
 
 
 
 
Unamortized Premium and Discount – Net
 
6,127

 
(989
)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
(16,998
)
 
(13,261
)
Total Long-Term Debt
 
1,614,129

 
1,325,750

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 

 
150,000

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 

$1,614,129

 

$1,175,750

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 

$1,709,505

 

$1,276,452



 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(In Thousands)
Entergy New Orleans
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Bonds:
 
 
 
 
5.10% Series due December 2020
 

$25,000

 

$25,000

3.9% Series due July 2023
 
100,000

 
100,000

4.0% Series due June 2026
 
85,000

 
85,000

4.51% Series due September 2033
 
60,000

 
60,000

5.0% Series due December 2052
 
30,000

 
30,000

5.50% Series due April 2066
 
110,000

 
110,000

Total mortgage bonds
 
410,000

 
410,000

Securitization Bonds:
 
 
 
 
       2.67% Series Senior Secured due June 2027
 
54,443

 
65,666

Total securitization bonds
 
54,443


65,666

Other:
 
 
 
 
3.0% Unsecured Term Loan due May 2022
 
70,000

 

Credit Facility due November 2021, weighted avg rate 2.92%
 
20,000

 

Payable to associated company due November 2035
 
14,367

 
16,346

Unamortized Premium and Discount – Net
 
(129
)
 
(168
)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
(7,775
)
 
(8,140
)
Total Long-Term Debt
 
560,906

 
483,704

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 
26,838

 
1,979

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 

$534,068

 

$481,725

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 

$523,846

 

$491,569


 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(In Thousands)
Entergy Texas
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Bonds:
 
 
 
 
7.125% Series due February 2019
 

$—

 

$500,000

2.55% Series due June 2021
 
125,000

 
125,000

4.1% Series due September 2021
 
75,000

 
75,000

3.45% Series due December 2027
 
150,000

 
150,000

4.0% Series due March 2029
 
300,000

 

4.5% Series due March 2039
 
400,000

 

5.15% Series due June 2045
 
250,000

 
250,000

3.55% Series due September 2049
 
300,000

 

5.625% Series due June 2064
 
135,000

 
135,000

Total mortgage bonds
 
1,735,000

 
1,235,000

Securitization Bonds:
 
 
 
 
5.93% Series Senior Secured, Series A due June 2022
 
50,289

 
81,237

4.38% Series Senior Secured, Series A due November 2023
 
155,969

 
203,613

Total securitization bonds
 
206,258

 
284,850

Other:
 
 
 
 
Unamortized Premium and Discount - Net
 
(4,814
)
 
(992
)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
(17,510
)
 
(9,145
)
Other
 
4,022

 
4,022

Total Long-Term Debt
 
1,922,956

 
1,513,735

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 

 
500,000

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 

$1,922,956

 

$1,013,735

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 

$2,090,215

 

$1,528,828



 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(In Thousands)
System Energy
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Bonds:
 
 
 
 
4.1% Series due April 2023
 

$250,000

 

$250,000

Total mortgage bonds
 
250,000

 
250,000

Governmental Bonds (a):
 
 
 
 
5.875% Series due 2022, Mississippi Business Finance Corp.
 

 
134,000

2.5% Series due 2022, Mississippi Business Finance Corp.
 
134,000

 

Total governmental bonds
 
134,000

 
134,000

Variable Interest Entity Notes Payable and Credit Facility (Note 4):
 
 
 
 
3.42% Series J due April 2021
 
100,000

 
100,000

Credit Facility due September 2021, weighted avg rate 3.34%
 
31,600

 
113,900

Total variable interest entity notes payable and credit facility
 
131,600

 
213,900

Other:
 
 
 
 
Grand Gulf Sale-Leaseback Obligation
 
34,346

 
34,352

Unamortized Premium and Discount – Net
 
(144
)
 
(328
)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
(1,697
)
 
(1,176
)
Other
 
2

 
2

Total Long-Term Debt
 
548,107

 
630,750

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 
10

 
6

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 

$548,097

 

$630,744

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 

$565,209

 

$630,475



(a)
Consists of pollution control revenue bonds and environmental revenue bonds.
(b)
Pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, Entergy’s nuclear owner/licensee subsidiaries have contracts with the DOE for spent nuclear fuel disposal service.  The contracts include a one-time fee for generation prior to April 7, 1983.  Entergy Arkansas is the only Entergy company that generated electric power with nuclear fuel prior to that date and includes the one-time fee, plus accrued interest, in long-term debt.
(c)
The bonds are secured by a series of collateral mortgage bonds.

The annual long-term debt maturities (excluding lease obligations and long-term DOE obligations) for debt outstanding as of December 31, 2019, for the next five years are as follows:
 
Entergy Arkansas
 
Entergy Louisiana
 
Entergy Mississippi
 
Entergy New Orleans
 
Entergy Texas
 
System Energy
 
(In Thousands)
2020

$—

 

$320,000

 

$—

 

$25,000

 

$—

 

$—

2021

$507,359

 

$360,200

 

$—

 

$20,000

 

$200,000

 

$131,600

2022

$—

 

$200,000

 

$—

 

$70,000

 

$50,289

 

$134,000

2023

$290,000

 

$379,185

 

$250,000

 

$100,000

 

$155,969

 

$250,000

2024

$375,000

 

$700,000

 

$100,000

 

$—

 

$—

 

$—



Entergy Arkansas Securitization Bonds

In June 2010 the APSC issued a financing order authorizing the issuance of bonds to recover Entergy Arkansas’s January 2009 ice storm damage restoration costs, including carrying costs of $11.5 million and $4.6 million of up-front financing costs.  In August 2010, Entergy Arkansas Restoration Funding, LLC, a company wholly-owned and consolidated by Entergy Arkansas, issued $124.1 million of storm cost recovery bonds.  The bonds have a coupon of 2.30%.  Although the principal amount is not due until August 2021, Entergy Arkansas Restoration Funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds in the amount of $7.3 million for 2020. With the proceeds, Entergy Arkansas Restoration Funding purchased from Entergy Arkansas 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 Arkansas balance sheet.  The creditors of Entergy Arkansas do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Arkansas Restoration Funding, including the storm recovery property, and the creditors of Entergy Arkansas Restoration Funding do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Arkansas.  Entergy Arkansas has no payment obligations to Entergy Arkansas Restoration Funding except to remit storm recovery charge collections.

Entergy Louisiana Securitization Bonds – Little Gypsy

In August 2011 the LPSC issued a financing order authorizing the issuance of bonds to recover Entergy Louisiana’s investment recovery costs associated with the canceled Little Gypsy repowering project.  In September 2011, Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding I, L.L.C., a company wholly-owned and consolidated by Entergy Louisiana, issued $207.2 million of senior secured investment recovery bonds.  The bonds have an interest rate of 2.04%.  Although the principal amount is not due until September 2023, Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds over the next two years in the amounts of $23.2 million for 2020 and $11 million for 2021.  With the proceeds, Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding purchased from Entergy Louisiana the investment recovery property, which is the right to recover from customers through an investment recovery charge amounts sufficient to service the bonds.  In accordance with the financing order, Entergy Louisiana will apply the proceeds it received from the sale of the investment recovery property as a reimbursement for previously-incurred investment recovery costs.  The investment recovery property is reflected as a regulatory asset on the consolidated Entergy Louisiana balance sheet.  The creditors of Entergy Louisiana do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding, including the investment recovery property, and the creditors of Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Louisiana.  Entergy Louisiana has no payment obligations to Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding except to remit investment recovery charge collections.

Entergy New Orleans Securitization Bonds - Hurricane Isaac

In May 2015 the City Council issued a financing order authorizing the issuance of securitization bonds to recover Entergy New Orleans’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%. Although the principal amount is not due until June 2027, Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds over the next five years in the amounts of $11.6 million for 2020, $11.9 million for 2021, $12.2 million for 2022, $12.5 million for 2023, and $6.2 million for 2024. With the proceeds, Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding purchased from Entergy New Orleans the storm recovery property, which is the right to recover from customers through a storm recovery charge amounts sufficient to service the securitization bonds. The storm recovery property is reflected as a regulatory asset on the consolidated Entergy New Orleans balance sheet. The creditors of Entergy New Orleans do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding, including the storm recovery property, and the creditors of Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding do not have recourse to the
assets or revenues of Entergy New Orleans. Entergy New Orleans has no payment obligations to Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding except to remit storm recovery charge collections.

Entergy Texas Securitization Bonds - Hurricane Rita

In April 2007 the PUCT issued a financing order authorizing the issuance of securitization bonds to recover $353 million of Entergy Texas’s Hurricane Rita reconstruction costs and up to $6 million of transaction costs, offset by $32 million of related deferred income tax benefits.  In June 2007, Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding I, LLC, a company that is now wholly-owned and consolidated by Entergy Texas, issued $329.5 million of senior secured transition bonds (securitization bonds). As of December 31, 2019, $50.3 million at 5.93% remain outstanding. Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds over the next two years in the amounts of $32.8 million for 2020 and $17.5 million for 2021.

With the proceeds, Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding purchased from Entergy Texas the transition property, which is the right to recover from customers through a transition charge amounts sufficient to service the securitization bonds.  The transition property is reflected as a regulatory asset on the consolidated Entergy Texas balance sheet.  The creditors of Entergy Texas do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding, including the transition property, and the creditors of Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Texas.  Entergy Texas has no payment obligations to Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding except to remit transition charge collections.

Entergy Texas Securitization Bonds - Hurricane Ike and Hurricane Gustav

In September 2009 the PUCT authorized the issuance of securitization bonds to recover $566.4 million of Entergy Texas’s Hurricane Ike and Hurricane Gustav restoration costs, plus carrying costs and transaction costs, offset by insurance proceeds.  In November 2009, Entergy Texas Restoration Funding, LLC (Entergy Texas Restoration Funding), a company wholly-owned and consolidated by Entergy Texas, issued $545.9 million of senior secured transition bonds (securitization bonds). As of December 31, 2019, $156 million at 4.38% remain outstanding. Entergy Texas Restoration Funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds over the next three years in the amount of $49.8 million for 2020, $52 million for 2021, and $54.3 million for 2022.

With the proceeds, Entergy Texas Restoration Funding purchased from Entergy Texas the transition property, which is the right to recover from customers through a transition charge amounts sufficient to service the securitization bonds.  The transition property is reflected as a regulatory asset on the consolidated Entergy Texas balance sheet.  The creditors of Entergy Texas do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Texas Restoration Funding, including the transition property, and the creditors of Entergy Texas Restoration Funding do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Texas.  Entergy Texas has no payment obligations to Entergy Texas Restoration Funding except to remit transition charge collections.

Grand Gulf Sale-Leaseback Transactions

In 1988, in two separate but substantially identical transactions, System Energy sold and leased back undivided ownership interests in Grand Gulf for the aggregate sum of $500 million.  The initial term of the leases expired in July 2015.  System Energy renewed the leases for fair market value with renewal terms expiring in July 2036. At the end of the new lease renewal terms, System Energy has the option to repurchase the leased interests in Grand Gulf or renew the leases at fair market value.  In the event that System Energy does not renew or purchase the interests, System Energy would surrender such interests and their associated entitlement of Grand Gulf’s capacity and energy.

System Energy is required to report the sale-leaseback as a financing transaction in its financial statements.  As such, it has recognized debt for the lease obligation and retained the portion of the plant subject to the sale-leaseback on its balance sheet. For financial reporting purposes, System Energy has recognized interest expense on the debt balance and depreciation on the applicable plant balance.  The lease payments are recognized as principal and interest
payments on the debt balance. However, operating revenues include the recovery of the lease payments because the transactions are accounted for as a sale and leaseback for ratemaking purposes.  Consistent with a recommendation contained in a FERC audit report, System Energy initially recorded as a net regulatory asset the difference between the recovery of the lease payments and the amounts expensed for interest and depreciation and continues to record this difference as a regulatory asset or liability on an ongoing basis, resulting in a zero net balance for the regulatory asset at the end of the lease term.  The amount was a net regulatory liability of $55.6 million as of December 31, 2019 and 2018.

As of December 31, 2019, System Energy, in connection with the Grand Gulf sale and leaseback transactions, had future minimum lease payments that are recorded as long-term debt, as follows, which reflects the effect of the December 2013 renewal:
 
Amount
 
(In Thousands)
 
 
2020

$17,188

2021
17,188

2022
17,188

2023
17,188

2024
17,188

Years thereafter
206,250

Total
292,190

Less: Amount representing interest
257,844

Present value of net minimum lease payments

$34,346


Entergy Louisiana [Member]  
Long - Term Debt LONG - TERM DEBT (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy)

Long-term debt for Entergy Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 consisted of:
Type of Debt and Maturity
 
Weighted Average Interest Rate December 31, 2019
 
Interest Rate Ranges at December 31,
 
Outstanding at
 December 31,
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(In Thousands)
Mortgage Bonds
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2019-2023
 
3.65%
 
2.55%-5.10%
 
2.55%-7.125%
 

$2,400,000

 

$3,050,000

2024-2028
 
3.59%
 
2.40%-5.59%
 
2.40%-5.59%
 
4,610,000

 
4,610,000

2029-2039
 
4.05%
 
3.05%-4.52%
 
3.05%-4.52%
 
1,890,000

 
1,190,000

2044-2066
 
4.63%
 
3.55%-5.625%
 
4.20%-5.625%
 
5,170,000

 
3,560,000

Governmental Bonds (a)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2021-2022
 
2.48%
 
2.375%-2.50%
 
2.375%-5.875%
 
179,000

 
179,000

2028-2030
 
3.45%
 
3.375%-3.50%
 
3.375%-3.50%
 
198,680

 
198,680

Securitization Bonds
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2021-2027
 
3.73%
 
2.04%-5.93%
 
2.04%-5.93%
 
302,145

 
429,118

Variable Interest Entities Notes Payable (Note 4)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2020-2023
 
3.41%
 
3.17%-3.92%
 
3.17%-3.92%
 
360,000

 
360,000

Entergy Corporation Notes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
due September 2020
 
n/a
 
5.125%
 
5.125%
 
450,000

 
450,000

due July 2022
 
n/a
 
4.00%
 
4.00%
 
650,000

 
650,000

due September 2026
 
n/a
 
2.95%
 
2.95%
 
750,000

 
750,000

Entergy New Orleans Unsecured Term Loan
 
n/a
 
3.00%
 
 
70,000

 

5 Year Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
3.77%
 
3.60%
 
440,000

 
220,000

Entergy New Orleans Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
2.92%
 
 
20,000

 

Vermont Yankee Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
3.93%
 
3.50%
 
139,000

 
139,000

Entergy Arkansas VIE Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
3.33%
 
3.48%
 
15,100

 
59,600

Entergy Louisiana River Bend VIE Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
3.23%
 
3.44%
 
70,300

 
38,600

Entergy Louisiana Waterford VIE Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
3.30%
 
3.35%
 
49,900

 
82,000

System Energy VIE Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
3.34%
 
3.44%
 
31,600

 
113,900

Long-term DOE Obligation (b)
 
 
 
 
191,114

 
186,864

Grand Gulf Sale-Leaseback Obligation
 
n/a
 
 
 
34,346

 
34,352

Unamortized Premium and Discount - Net
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(16,124
)
 
(14,784
)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(143,502
)
 
(130,612
)
Other
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12,096

 
12,594

Total Long-Term Debt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17,873,655

 
16,168,312

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
795,012

 
650,009

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

$17,078,643

 

$15,518,303

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

$19,059,950

 

$16,101,455


(a)
Consists of pollution control revenue bonds and environmental revenue bonds, some of which are secured by collateral mortgage bonds.
(b)
Pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, Entergy’s nuclear owner/licensee subsidiaries have contracts with the DOE for spent nuclear fuel disposal service.  The contracts include a one-time fee for generation prior to April 7, 1983.  Entergy Arkansas is the only Entergy company that generated electric power with nuclear fuel prior to that date and includes the one-time fee, plus accrued interest, in long-term debt.

The annual long-term debt maturities (excluding lease obligations and long-term DOE obligations) for debt outstanding as of December 31, 2019, for the next five years are as follows:
 
Amount
 
(In Thousands)
2020

$795,000

2021

$1,358,159

2022

$1,104,289

2023

$1,865,154

2024

$1,175,000



Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy Texas, and System Energy have obtained long-term financing authorizations from the FERC that extend through November 2020.  Entergy New Orleans has obtained long-term financing authorization from the FERC and the City Council that extends through October 2021. Entergy Arkansas has also obtained first mortgage bond/secured financing authorization from the APSC that extends through December 2020.


Long-term debt for the Registrant Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 consisted of:
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(In Thousands)
Entergy Arkansas
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Bonds:
 
 
 
 
3.75% Series due February 2021
 

$350,000

 

$350,000

3.05% Series due June 2023
 
250,000

 
250,000

3.7% Series due June 2024
 
375,000

 
375,000

3.5% Series due April 2026
 
600,000

 
600,000

4.0% Series due June 2028
 
250,000

 
250,000

4.95% Series due December 2044
 
250,000

 
250,000

4.20% Series due April 2049
 
350,000

 

4.90% Series due December 2052
 
200,000

 
200,000

4.75% Series due June 2063
 
125,000

 
125,000

4.875% Series due September 2066
 
410,000

 
410,000

Total mortgage bonds
 
3,160,000

 
2,810,000

Governmental Bonds (a):
 
 
 
 
2.375% Series due 2021, Independence County (c)
 
45,000

 
45,000

Total governmental bonds
 
45,000

 
45,000

Variable Interest Entity Notes Payable and Credit Facility (Note 4):
 
 
 
 
3.65% Series L due July 2021
 
90,000

 
90,000

3.17% Series M due December 2023
 
40,000

 
40,000

Credit Facility due September 2021, weighted avg rate 3.33%
 
15,100

 
59,600

Total variable interest entity notes payable and credit facility
 
145,100

 
189,600

Securitization Bonds:
 
 
 
 
2.30% Series Senior Secured due August 2021
 
7,259

 
21,692

Total securitization bonds
 
7,259

 
21,692

Other:
 
 
 
 
Long-term DOE Obligation (b)
 
191,114

 
186,864

Unamortized Premium and Discount – Net
 
1,664

 
4,408

Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
(34,936
)
 
(33,831
)
Other
 
2,007

 
2,026

Total Long-Term Debt
 
3,517,208

 
3,225,759

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 

 

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 

$3,517,208

 

$3,225,759

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 

$3,747,914

 

$3,189,491



 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(In Thousands)
Entergy Louisiana
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Bonds:
 
 
 
 
3.95% Series due October 2020
 

$250,000

 

$250,000

4.8% Series due May 2021
 
200,000

 
200,000

3.3% Series due December 2022
 
200,000

 
200,000

4.05% Series due September 2023
 
325,000

 
325,000

5.59% Series due October 2024
 
300,000

 
300,000

5.40% Series due November 2024
 
400,000

 
400,000

3.78% Series due April 2025
 
110,000

 
110,000

3.78% Series due April 2025
 
190,000

 
190,000

4.44% Series due January 2026
 
250,000

 
250,000

2.40% Series due October 2026
 
400,000

 
400,000

3.12% Series due September 2027
 
450,000

 
450,000

3.25% Series due April 2028
 
425,000

 
425,000

3.05% Series due June 2031
 
325,000

 
325,000

4.0% Series due March 2033
 
750,000

 
750,000

5.0% Series due July 2044
 
170,000

 
170,000

4.95% Series due January 2045
 
450,000

 
450,000

4.20% Series due September 2048
 
600,000

 
600,000

4.20% Series due April 2050
 
525,000

 

5.25% Series due July 2052
 
200,000

 
200,000

4.70% Series due June 2063
 
100,000

 
100,000

4.875% Series due September 2066
 
270,000

 
270,000

Total mortgage bonds
 
6,890,000

 
6,365,000

Governmental Bonds (a):
 
 
 
 
3.375 % Series due 2028, Louisiana Public Facilities Authority (c)
 
83,680

 
83,680

3.50% Series due 2030, Louisiana Public Facilities Authority (c)
 
115,000

 
115,000

Total governmental bonds
 
198,680

 
198,680

Variable Interest Entity Notes Payable and Credit Facilities (Note 4):
 
 
 
 
3.38% Series R due August 2020
 
70,000

 
70,000

3.92% Series H due February 2021
 
40,000

 
40,000

3.22% Series I due December 2023
 
20,000

 
20,000

Credit Facility due September 2021, weighted avg rate 3.23%
 
70,300

 
38,600

Credit Facility due September 2021, weighted avg rate 3.30%
 
49,900

 
82,000

Total variable interest entity notes payable and credit facilities
 
250,200

 
250,600

Securitization Bonds:
 
 
 
 
2.04% Series Senior Secured due September 2023
 
34,185

 
56,910

Total securitization bonds
 
34,185

 
56,910

Other:
 
 
 
 
Unamortized Premium and Discount - Net
 
(17,372
)
 
(14,955
)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
(58,089
)
 
(57,011
)
Other
 
6,065

 
6,544

Total Long-Term Debt
 
7,303,669

 
6,805,768

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 
320,002

 
2

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 

$6,983,667

 

$6,805,766

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 

$7,961,168

 

$6,834,134



 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(In Thousands)
Entergy Mississippi
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Bonds:
 
 
 
 
6.64% Series due July 2019
 

$—

 

$150,000

3.1% Series due July 2023
 
250,000

 
250,000

3.75% Series due July 2024
 
100,000

 
100,000

3.25% Series due December 2027
 
150,000

 
150,000

2.85% Series due June 2028
 
375,000

 
375,000

4.52% Series due December 2038
 
55,000

 
55,000

3.85% Series due June 2049
 
435,000

 

4.90% Series due October 2066
 
260,000

 
260,000

Total mortgage bonds
 
1,625,000

 
1,340,000

Other:
 
 
 
 
Unamortized Premium and Discount – Net
 
6,127

 
(989
)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
(16,998
)
 
(13,261
)
Total Long-Term Debt
 
1,614,129

 
1,325,750

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 

 
150,000

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 

$1,614,129

 

$1,175,750

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 

$1,709,505

 

$1,276,452



 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(In Thousands)
Entergy New Orleans
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Bonds:
 
 
 
 
5.10% Series due December 2020
 

$25,000

 

$25,000

3.9% Series due July 2023
 
100,000

 
100,000

4.0% Series due June 2026
 
85,000

 
85,000

4.51% Series due September 2033
 
60,000

 
60,000

5.0% Series due December 2052
 
30,000

 
30,000

5.50% Series due April 2066
 
110,000

 
110,000

Total mortgage bonds
 
410,000

 
410,000

Securitization Bonds:
 
 
 
 
       2.67% Series Senior Secured due June 2027
 
54,443

 
65,666

Total securitization bonds
 
54,443


65,666

Other:
 
 
 
 
3.0% Unsecured Term Loan due May 2022
 
70,000

 

Credit Facility due November 2021, weighted avg rate 2.92%
 
20,000

 

Payable to associated company due November 2035
 
14,367

 
16,346

Unamortized Premium and Discount – Net
 
(129
)
 
(168
)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
(7,775
)
 
(8,140
)
Total Long-Term Debt
 
560,906

 
483,704

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 
26,838

 
1,979

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 

$534,068

 

$481,725

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 

$523,846

 

$491,569


 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(In Thousands)
Entergy Texas
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Bonds:
 
 
 
 
7.125% Series due February 2019
 

$—

 

$500,000

2.55% Series due June 2021
 
125,000

 
125,000

4.1% Series due September 2021
 
75,000

 
75,000

3.45% Series due December 2027
 
150,000

 
150,000

4.0% Series due March 2029
 
300,000

 

4.5% Series due March 2039
 
400,000

 

5.15% Series due June 2045
 
250,000

 
250,000

3.55% Series due September 2049
 
300,000

 

5.625% Series due June 2064
 
135,000

 
135,000

Total mortgage bonds
 
1,735,000

 
1,235,000

Securitization Bonds:
 
 
 
 
5.93% Series Senior Secured, Series A due June 2022
 
50,289

 
81,237

4.38% Series Senior Secured, Series A due November 2023
 
155,969

 
203,613

Total securitization bonds
 
206,258

 
284,850

Other:
 
 
 
 
Unamortized Premium and Discount - Net
 
(4,814
)
 
(992
)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
(17,510
)
 
(9,145
)
Other
 
4,022

 
4,022

Total Long-Term Debt
 
1,922,956

 
1,513,735

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 

 
500,000

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 

$1,922,956

 

$1,013,735

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 

$2,090,215

 

$1,528,828



 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(In Thousands)
System Energy
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Bonds:
 
 
 
 
4.1% Series due April 2023
 

$250,000

 

$250,000

Total mortgage bonds
 
250,000

 
250,000

Governmental Bonds (a):
 
 
 
 
5.875% Series due 2022, Mississippi Business Finance Corp.
 

 
134,000

2.5% Series due 2022, Mississippi Business Finance Corp.
 
134,000

 

Total governmental bonds
 
134,000

 
134,000

Variable Interest Entity Notes Payable and Credit Facility (Note 4):
 
 
 
 
3.42% Series J due April 2021
 
100,000

 
100,000

Credit Facility due September 2021, weighted avg rate 3.34%
 
31,600

 
113,900

Total variable interest entity notes payable and credit facility
 
131,600

 
213,900

Other:
 
 
 
 
Grand Gulf Sale-Leaseback Obligation
 
34,346

 
34,352

Unamortized Premium and Discount – Net
 
(144
)
 
(328
)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
(1,697
)
 
(1,176
)
Other
 
2

 
2

Total Long-Term Debt
 
548,107

 
630,750

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 
10

 
6

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 

$548,097

 

$630,744

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 

$565,209

 

$630,475



(a)
Consists of pollution control revenue bonds and environmental revenue bonds.
(b)
Pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, Entergy’s nuclear owner/licensee subsidiaries have contracts with the DOE for spent nuclear fuel disposal service.  The contracts include a one-time fee for generation prior to April 7, 1983.  Entergy Arkansas is the only Entergy company that generated electric power with nuclear fuel prior to that date and includes the one-time fee, plus accrued interest, in long-term debt.
(c)
The bonds are secured by a series of collateral mortgage bonds.

The annual long-term debt maturities (excluding lease obligations and long-term DOE obligations) for debt outstanding as of December 31, 2019, for the next five years are as follows:
 
Entergy Arkansas
 
Entergy Louisiana
 
Entergy Mississippi
 
Entergy New Orleans
 
Entergy Texas
 
System Energy
 
(In Thousands)
2020

$—

 

$320,000

 

$—

 

$25,000

 

$—

 

$—

2021

$507,359

 

$360,200

 

$—

 

$20,000

 

$200,000

 

$131,600

2022

$—

 

$200,000

 

$—

 

$70,000

 

$50,289

 

$134,000

2023

$290,000

 

$379,185

 

$250,000

 

$100,000

 

$155,969

 

$250,000

2024

$375,000

 

$700,000

 

$100,000

 

$—

 

$—

 

$—



Entergy Arkansas Securitization Bonds

In June 2010 the APSC issued a financing order authorizing the issuance of bonds to recover Entergy Arkansas’s January 2009 ice storm damage restoration costs, including carrying costs of $11.5 million and $4.6 million of up-front financing costs.  In August 2010, Entergy Arkansas Restoration Funding, LLC, a company wholly-owned and consolidated by Entergy Arkansas, issued $124.1 million of storm cost recovery bonds.  The bonds have a coupon of 2.30%.  Although the principal amount is not due until August 2021, Entergy Arkansas Restoration Funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds in the amount of $7.3 million for 2020. With the proceeds, Entergy Arkansas Restoration Funding purchased from Entergy Arkansas 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 Arkansas balance sheet.  The creditors of Entergy Arkansas do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Arkansas Restoration Funding, including the storm recovery property, and the creditors of Entergy Arkansas Restoration Funding do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Arkansas.  Entergy Arkansas has no payment obligations to Entergy Arkansas Restoration Funding except to remit storm recovery charge collections.

Entergy Louisiana Securitization Bonds – Little Gypsy

In August 2011 the LPSC issued a financing order authorizing the issuance of bonds to recover Entergy Louisiana’s investment recovery costs associated with the canceled Little Gypsy repowering project.  In September 2011, Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding I, L.L.C., a company wholly-owned and consolidated by Entergy Louisiana, issued $207.2 million of senior secured investment recovery bonds.  The bonds have an interest rate of 2.04%.  Although the principal amount is not due until September 2023, Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds over the next two years in the amounts of $23.2 million for 2020 and $11 million for 2021.  With the proceeds, Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding purchased from Entergy Louisiana the investment recovery property, which is the right to recover from customers through an investment recovery charge amounts sufficient to service the bonds.  In accordance with the financing order, Entergy Louisiana will apply the proceeds it received from the sale of the investment recovery property as a reimbursement for previously-incurred investment recovery costs.  The investment recovery property is reflected as a regulatory asset on the consolidated Entergy Louisiana balance sheet.  The creditors of Entergy Louisiana do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding, including the investment recovery property, and the creditors of Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Louisiana.  Entergy Louisiana has no payment obligations to Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding except to remit investment recovery charge collections.

Entergy New Orleans Securitization Bonds - Hurricane Isaac

In May 2015 the City Council issued a financing order authorizing the issuance of securitization bonds to recover Entergy New Orleans’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%. Although the principal amount is not due until June 2027, Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds over the next five years in the amounts of $11.6 million for 2020, $11.9 million for 2021, $12.2 million for 2022, $12.5 million for 2023, and $6.2 million for 2024. With the proceeds, Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding purchased from Entergy New Orleans the storm recovery property, which is the right to recover from customers through a storm recovery charge amounts sufficient to service the securitization bonds. The storm recovery property is reflected as a regulatory asset on the consolidated Entergy New Orleans balance sheet. The creditors of Entergy New Orleans do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding, including the storm recovery property, and the creditors of Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding do not have recourse to the
assets or revenues of Entergy New Orleans. Entergy New Orleans has no payment obligations to Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding except to remit storm recovery charge collections.

Entergy Texas Securitization Bonds - Hurricane Rita

In April 2007 the PUCT issued a financing order authorizing the issuance of securitization bonds to recover $353 million of Entergy Texas’s Hurricane Rita reconstruction costs and up to $6 million of transaction costs, offset by $32 million of related deferred income tax benefits.  In June 2007, Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding I, LLC, a company that is now wholly-owned and consolidated by Entergy Texas, issued $329.5 million of senior secured transition bonds (securitization bonds). As of December 31, 2019, $50.3 million at 5.93% remain outstanding. Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds over the next two years in the amounts of $32.8 million for 2020 and $17.5 million for 2021.

With the proceeds, Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding purchased from Entergy Texas the transition property, which is the right to recover from customers through a transition charge amounts sufficient to service the securitization bonds.  The transition property is reflected as a regulatory asset on the consolidated Entergy Texas balance sheet.  The creditors of Entergy Texas do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding, including the transition property, and the creditors of Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Texas.  Entergy Texas has no payment obligations to Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding except to remit transition charge collections.

Entergy Texas Securitization Bonds - Hurricane Ike and Hurricane Gustav

In September 2009 the PUCT authorized the issuance of securitization bonds to recover $566.4 million of Entergy Texas’s Hurricane Ike and Hurricane Gustav restoration costs, plus carrying costs and transaction costs, offset by insurance proceeds.  In November 2009, Entergy Texas Restoration Funding, LLC (Entergy Texas Restoration Funding), a company wholly-owned and consolidated by Entergy Texas, issued $545.9 million of senior secured transition bonds (securitization bonds). As of December 31, 2019, $156 million at 4.38% remain outstanding. Entergy Texas Restoration Funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds over the next three years in the amount of $49.8 million for 2020, $52 million for 2021, and $54.3 million for 2022.

With the proceeds, Entergy Texas Restoration Funding purchased from Entergy Texas the transition property, which is the right to recover from customers through a transition charge amounts sufficient to service the securitization bonds.  The transition property is reflected as a regulatory asset on the consolidated Entergy Texas balance sheet.  The creditors of Entergy Texas do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Texas Restoration Funding, including the transition property, and the creditors of Entergy Texas Restoration Funding do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Texas.  Entergy Texas has no payment obligations to Entergy Texas Restoration Funding except to remit transition charge collections.

Grand Gulf Sale-Leaseback Transactions

In 1988, in two separate but substantially identical transactions, System Energy sold and leased back undivided ownership interests in Grand Gulf for the aggregate sum of $500 million.  The initial term of the leases expired in July 2015.  System Energy renewed the leases for fair market value with renewal terms expiring in July 2036. At the end of the new lease renewal terms, System Energy has the option to repurchase the leased interests in Grand Gulf or renew the leases at fair market value.  In the event that System Energy does not renew or purchase the interests, System Energy would surrender such interests and their associated entitlement of Grand Gulf’s capacity and energy.

System Energy is required to report the sale-leaseback as a financing transaction in its financial statements.  As such, it has recognized debt for the lease obligation and retained the portion of the plant subject to the sale-leaseback on its balance sheet. For financial reporting purposes, System Energy has recognized interest expense on the debt balance and depreciation on the applicable plant balance.  The lease payments are recognized as principal and interest
payments on the debt balance. However, operating revenues include the recovery of the lease payments because the transactions are accounted for as a sale and leaseback for ratemaking purposes.  Consistent with a recommendation contained in a FERC audit report, System Energy initially recorded as a net regulatory asset the difference between the recovery of the lease payments and the amounts expensed for interest and depreciation and continues to record this difference as a regulatory asset or liability on an ongoing basis, resulting in a zero net balance for the regulatory asset at the end of the lease term.  The amount was a net regulatory liability of $55.6 million as of December 31, 2019 and 2018.

As of December 31, 2019, System Energy, in connection with the Grand Gulf sale and leaseback transactions, had future minimum lease payments that are recorded as long-term debt, as follows, which reflects the effect of the December 2013 renewal:
 
Amount
 
(In Thousands)
 
 
2020

$17,188

2021
17,188

2022
17,188

2023
17,188

2024
17,188

Years thereafter
206,250

Total
292,190

Less: Amount representing interest
257,844

Present value of net minimum lease payments

$34,346


Entergy Mississippi [Member]  
Long - Term Debt LONG - TERM DEBT (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy)

Long-term debt for Entergy Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 consisted of:
Type of Debt and Maturity
 
Weighted Average Interest Rate December 31, 2019
 
Interest Rate Ranges at December 31,
 
Outstanding at
 December 31,
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(In Thousands)
Mortgage Bonds
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2019-2023
 
3.65%
 
2.55%-5.10%
 
2.55%-7.125%
 

$2,400,000

 

$3,050,000

2024-2028
 
3.59%
 
2.40%-5.59%
 
2.40%-5.59%
 
4,610,000

 
4,610,000

2029-2039
 
4.05%
 
3.05%-4.52%
 
3.05%-4.52%
 
1,890,000

 
1,190,000

2044-2066
 
4.63%
 
3.55%-5.625%
 
4.20%-5.625%
 
5,170,000

 
3,560,000

Governmental Bonds (a)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2021-2022
 
2.48%
 
2.375%-2.50%
 
2.375%-5.875%
 
179,000

 
179,000

2028-2030
 
3.45%
 
3.375%-3.50%
 
3.375%-3.50%
 
198,680

 
198,680

Securitization Bonds
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2021-2027
 
3.73%
 
2.04%-5.93%
 
2.04%-5.93%
 
302,145

 
429,118

Variable Interest Entities Notes Payable (Note 4)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2020-2023
 
3.41%
 
3.17%-3.92%
 
3.17%-3.92%
 
360,000

 
360,000

Entergy Corporation Notes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
due September 2020
 
n/a
 
5.125%
 
5.125%
 
450,000

 
450,000

due July 2022
 
n/a
 
4.00%
 
4.00%
 
650,000

 
650,000

due September 2026
 
n/a
 
2.95%
 
2.95%
 
750,000

 
750,000

Entergy New Orleans Unsecured Term Loan
 
n/a
 
3.00%
 
 
70,000

 

5 Year Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
3.77%
 
3.60%
 
440,000

 
220,000

Entergy New Orleans Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
2.92%
 
 
20,000

 

Vermont Yankee Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
3.93%
 
3.50%
 
139,000

 
139,000

Entergy Arkansas VIE Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
3.33%
 
3.48%
 
15,100

 
59,600

Entergy Louisiana River Bend VIE Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
3.23%
 
3.44%
 
70,300

 
38,600

Entergy Louisiana Waterford VIE Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
3.30%
 
3.35%
 
49,900

 
82,000

System Energy VIE Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
3.34%
 
3.44%
 
31,600

 
113,900

Long-term DOE Obligation (b)
 
 
 
 
191,114

 
186,864

Grand Gulf Sale-Leaseback Obligation
 
n/a
 
 
 
34,346

 
34,352

Unamortized Premium and Discount - Net
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(16,124
)
 
(14,784
)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(143,502
)
 
(130,612
)
Other
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12,096

 
12,594

Total Long-Term Debt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17,873,655

 
16,168,312

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
795,012

 
650,009

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

$17,078,643

 

$15,518,303

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

$19,059,950

 

$16,101,455


(a)
Consists of pollution control revenue bonds and environmental revenue bonds, some of which are secured by collateral mortgage bonds.
(b)
Pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, Entergy’s nuclear owner/licensee subsidiaries have contracts with the DOE for spent nuclear fuel disposal service.  The contracts include a one-time fee for generation prior to April 7, 1983.  Entergy Arkansas is the only Entergy company that generated electric power with nuclear fuel prior to that date and includes the one-time fee, plus accrued interest, in long-term debt.

The annual long-term debt maturities (excluding lease obligations and long-term DOE obligations) for debt outstanding as of December 31, 2019, for the next five years are as follows:
 
Amount
 
(In Thousands)
2020

$795,000

2021

$1,358,159

2022

$1,104,289

2023

$1,865,154

2024

$1,175,000



Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy Texas, and System Energy have obtained long-term financing authorizations from the FERC that extend through November 2020.  Entergy New Orleans has obtained long-term financing authorization from the FERC and the City Council that extends through October 2021. Entergy Arkansas has also obtained first mortgage bond/secured financing authorization from the APSC that extends through December 2020.


Long-term debt for the Registrant Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 consisted of:
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(In Thousands)
Entergy Arkansas
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Bonds:
 
 
 
 
3.75% Series due February 2021
 

$350,000

 

$350,000

3.05% Series due June 2023
 
250,000

 
250,000

3.7% Series due June 2024
 
375,000

 
375,000

3.5% Series due April 2026
 
600,000

 
600,000

4.0% Series due June 2028
 
250,000

 
250,000

4.95% Series due December 2044
 
250,000

 
250,000

4.20% Series due April 2049
 
350,000

 

4.90% Series due December 2052
 
200,000

 
200,000

4.75% Series due June 2063
 
125,000

 
125,000

4.875% Series due September 2066
 
410,000

 
410,000

Total mortgage bonds
 
3,160,000

 
2,810,000

Governmental Bonds (a):
 
 
 
 
2.375% Series due 2021, Independence County (c)
 
45,000

 
45,000

Total governmental bonds
 
45,000

 
45,000

Variable Interest Entity Notes Payable and Credit Facility (Note 4):
 
 
 
 
3.65% Series L due July 2021
 
90,000

 
90,000

3.17% Series M due December 2023
 
40,000

 
40,000

Credit Facility due September 2021, weighted avg rate 3.33%
 
15,100

 
59,600

Total variable interest entity notes payable and credit facility
 
145,100

 
189,600

Securitization Bonds:
 
 
 
 
2.30% Series Senior Secured due August 2021
 
7,259

 
21,692

Total securitization bonds
 
7,259

 
21,692

Other:
 
 
 
 
Long-term DOE Obligation (b)
 
191,114

 
186,864

Unamortized Premium and Discount – Net
 
1,664

 
4,408

Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
(34,936
)
 
(33,831
)
Other
 
2,007

 
2,026

Total Long-Term Debt
 
3,517,208

 
3,225,759

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 

 

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 

$3,517,208

 

$3,225,759

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 

$3,747,914

 

$3,189,491



 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(In Thousands)
Entergy Louisiana
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Bonds:
 
 
 
 
3.95% Series due October 2020
 

$250,000

 

$250,000

4.8% Series due May 2021
 
200,000

 
200,000

3.3% Series due December 2022
 
200,000

 
200,000

4.05% Series due September 2023
 
325,000

 
325,000

5.59% Series due October 2024
 
300,000

 
300,000

5.40% Series due November 2024
 
400,000

 
400,000

3.78% Series due April 2025
 
110,000

 
110,000

3.78% Series due April 2025
 
190,000

 
190,000

4.44% Series due January 2026
 
250,000

 
250,000

2.40% Series due October 2026
 
400,000

 
400,000

3.12% Series due September 2027
 
450,000

 
450,000

3.25% Series due April 2028
 
425,000

 
425,000

3.05% Series due June 2031
 
325,000

 
325,000

4.0% Series due March 2033
 
750,000

 
750,000

5.0% Series due July 2044
 
170,000

 
170,000

4.95% Series due January 2045
 
450,000

 
450,000

4.20% Series due September 2048
 
600,000

 
600,000

4.20% Series due April 2050
 
525,000

 

5.25% Series due July 2052
 
200,000

 
200,000

4.70% Series due June 2063
 
100,000

 
100,000

4.875% Series due September 2066
 
270,000

 
270,000

Total mortgage bonds
 
6,890,000

 
6,365,000

Governmental Bonds (a):
 
 
 
 
3.375 % Series due 2028, Louisiana Public Facilities Authority (c)
 
83,680

 
83,680

3.50% Series due 2030, Louisiana Public Facilities Authority (c)
 
115,000

 
115,000

Total governmental bonds
 
198,680

 
198,680

Variable Interest Entity Notes Payable and Credit Facilities (Note 4):
 
 
 
 
3.38% Series R due August 2020
 
70,000

 
70,000

3.92% Series H due February 2021
 
40,000

 
40,000

3.22% Series I due December 2023
 
20,000

 
20,000

Credit Facility due September 2021, weighted avg rate 3.23%
 
70,300

 
38,600

Credit Facility due September 2021, weighted avg rate 3.30%
 
49,900

 
82,000

Total variable interest entity notes payable and credit facilities
 
250,200

 
250,600

Securitization Bonds:
 
 
 
 
2.04% Series Senior Secured due September 2023
 
34,185

 
56,910

Total securitization bonds
 
34,185

 
56,910

Other:
 
 
 
 
Unamortized Premium and Discount - Net
 
(17,372
)
 
(14,955
)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
(58,089
)
 
(57,011
)
Other
 
6,065

 
6,544

Total Long-Term Debt
 
7,303,669

 
6,805,768

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 
320,002

 
2

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 

$6,983,667

 

$6,805,766

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 

$7,961,168

 

$6,834,134



 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(In Thousands)
Entergy Mississippi
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Bonds:
 
 
 
 
6.64% Series due July 2019
 

$—

 

$150,000

3.1% Series due July 2023
 
250,000

 
250,000

3.75% Series due July 2024
 
100,000

 
100,000

3.25% Series due December 2027
 
150,000

 
150,000

2.85% Series due June 2028
 
375,000

 
375,000

4.52% Series due December 2038
 
55,000

 
55,000

3.85% Series due June 2049
 
435,000

 

4.90% Series due October 2066
 
260,000

 
260,000

Total mortgage bonds
 
1,625,000

 
1,340,000

Other:
 
 
 
 
Unamortized Premium and Discount – Net
 
6,127

 
(989
)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
(16,998
)
 
(13,261
)
Total Long-Term Debt
 
1,614,129

 
1,325,750

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 

 
150,000

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 

$1,614,129

 

$1,175,750

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 

$1,709,505

 

$1,276,452



 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(In Thousands)
Entergy New Orleans
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Bonds:
 
 
 
 
5.10% Series due December 2020
 

$25,000

 

$25,000

3.9% Series due July 2023
 
100,000

 
100,000

4.0% Series due June 2026
 
85,000

 
85,000

4.51% Series due September 2033
 
60,000

 
60,000

5.0% Series due December 2052
 
30,000

 
30,000

5.50% Series due April 2066
 
110,000

 
110,000

Total mortgage bonds
 
410,000

 
410,000

Securitization Bonds:
 
 
 
 
       2.67% Series Senior Secured due June 2027
 
54,443

 
65,666

Total securitization bonds
 
54,443


65,666

Other:
 
 
 
 
3.0% Unsecured Term Loan due May 2022
 
70,000

 

Credit Facility due November 2021, weighted avg rate 2.92%
 
20,000

 

Payable to associated company due November 2035
 
14,367

 
16,346

Unamortized Premium and Discount – Net
 
(129
)
 
(168
)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
(7,775
)
 
(8,140
)
Total Long-Term Debt
 
560,906

 
483,704

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 
26,838

 
1,979

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 

$534,068

 

$481,725

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 

$523,846

 

$491,569


 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(In Thousands)
Entergy Texas
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Bonds:
 
 
 
 
7.125% Series due February 2019
 

$—

 

$500,000

2.55% Series due June 2021
 
125,000

 
125,000

4.1% Series due September 2021
 
75,000

 
75,000

3.45% Series due December 2027
 
150,000

 
150,000

4.0% Series due March 2029
 
300,000

 

4.5% Series due March 2039
 
400,000

 

5.15% Series due June 2045
 
250,000

 
250,000

3.55% Series due September 2049
 
300,000

 

5.625% Series due June 2064
 
135,000

 
135,000

Total mortgage bonds
 
1,735,000

 
1,235,000

Securitization Bonds:
 
 
 
 
5.93% Series Senior Secured, Series A due June 2022
 
50,289

 
81,237

4.38% Series Senior Secured, Series A due November 2023
 
155,969

 
203,613

Total securitization bonds
 
206,258

 
284,850

Other:
 
 
 
 
Unamortized Premium and Discount - Net
 
(4,814
)
 
(992
)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
(17,510
)
 
(9,145
)
Other
 
4,022

 
4,022

Total Long-Term Debt
 
1,922,956

 
1,513,735

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 

 
500,000

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 

$1,922,956

 

$1,013,735

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 

$2,090,215

 

$1,528,828



 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(In Thousands)
System Energy
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Bonds:
 
 
 
 
4.1% Series due April 2023
 

$250,000

 

$250,000

Total mortgage bonds
 
250,000

 
250,000

Governmental Bonds (a):
 
 
 
 
5.875% Series due 2022, Mississippi Business Finance Corp.
 

 
134,000

2.5% Series due 2022, Mississippi Business Finance Corp.
 
134,000

 

Total governmental bonds
 
134,000

 
134,000

Variable Interest Entity Notes Payable and Credit Facility (Note 4):
 
 
 
 
3.42% Series J due April 2021
 
100,000

 
100,000

Credit Facility due September 2021, weighted avg rate 3.34%
 
31,600

 
113,900

Total variable interest entity notes payable and credit facility
 
131,600

 
213,900

Other:
 
 
 
 
Grand Gulf Sale-Leaseback Obligation
 
34,346

 
34,352

Unamortized Premium and Discount – Net
 
(144
)
 
(328
)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
(1,697
)
 
(1,176
)
Other
 
2

 
2

Total Long-Term Debt
 
548,107

 
630,750

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 
10

 
6

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 

$548,097

 

$630,744

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 

$565,209

 

$630,475



(a)
Consists of pollution control revenue bonds and environmental revenue bonds.
(b)
Pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, Entergy’s nuclear owner/licensee subsidiaries have contracts with the DOE for spent nuclear fuel disposal service.  The contracts include a one-time fee for generation prior to April 7, 1983.  Entergy Arkansas is the only Entergy company that generated electric power with nuclear fuel prior to that date and includes the one-time fee, plus accrued interest, in long-term debt.
(c)
The bonds are secured by a series of collateral mortgage bonds.

The annual long-term debt maturities (excluding lease obligations and long-term DOE obligations) for debt outstanding as of December 31, 2019, for the next five years are as follows:
 
Entergy Arkansas
 
Entergy Louisiana
 
Entergy Mississippi
 
Entergy New Orleans
 
Entergy Texas
 
System Energy
 
(In Thousands)
2020

$—

 

$320,000

 

$—

 

$25,000

 

$—

 

$—

2021

$507,359

 

$360,200

 

$—

 

$20,000

 

$200,000

 

$131,600

2022

$—

 

$200,000

 

$—

 

$70,000

 

$50,289

 

$134,000

2023

$290,000

 

$379,185

 

$250,000

 

$100,000

 

$155,969

 

$250,000

2024

$375,000

 

$700,000

 

$100,000

 

$—

 

$—

 

$—



Entergy Arkansas Securitization Bonds

In June 2010 the APSC issued a financing order authorizing the issuance of bonds to recover Entergy Arkansas’s January 2009 ice storm damage restoration costs, including carrying costs of $11.5 million and $4.6 million of up-front financing costs.  In August 2010, Entergy Arkansas Restoration Funding, LLC, a company wholly-owned and consolidated by Entergy Arkansas, issued $124.1 million of storm cost recovery bonds.  The bonds have a coupon of 2.30%.  Although the principal amount is not due until August 2021, Entergy Arkansas Restoration Funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds in the amount of $7.3 million for 2020. With the proceeds, Entergy Arkansas Restoration Funding purchased from Entergy Arkansas 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 Arkansas balance sheet.  The creditors of Entergy Arkansas do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Arkansas Restoration Funding, including the storm recovery property, and the creditors of Entergy Arkansas Restoration Funding do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Arkansas.  Entergy Arkansas has no payment obligations to Entergy Arkansas Restoration Funding except to remit storm recovery charge collections.

Entergy Louisiana Securitization Bonds – Little Gypsy

In August 2011 the LPSC issued a financing order authorizing the issuance of bonds to recover Entergy Louisiana’s investment recovery costs associated with the canceled Little Gypsy repowering project.  In September 2011, Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding I, L.L.C., a company wholly-owned and consolidated by Entergy Louisiana, issued $207.2 million of senior secured investment recovery bonds.  The bonds have an interest rate of 2.04%.  Although the principal amount is not due until September 2023, Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds over the next two years in the amounts of $23.2 million for 2020 and $11 million for 2021.  With the proceeds, Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding purchased from Entergy Louisiana the investment recovery property, which is the right to recover from customers through an investment recovery charge amounts sufficient to service the bonds.  In accordance with the financing order, Entergy Louisiana will apply the proceeds it received from the sale of the investment recovery property as a reimbursement for previously-incurred investment recovery costs.  The investment recovery property is reflected as a regulatory asset on the consolidated Entergy Louisiana balance sheet.  The creditors of Entergy Louisiana do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding, including the investment recovery property, and the creditors of Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Louisiana.  Entergy Louisiana has no payment obligations to Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding except to remit investment recovery charge collections.

Entergy New Orleans Securitization Bonds - Hurricane Isaac

In May 2015 the City Council issued a financing order authorizing the issuance of securitization bonds to recover Entergy New Orleans’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%. Although the principal amount is not due until June 2027, Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds over the next five years in the amounts of $11.6 million for 2020, $11.9 million for 2021, $12.2 million for 2022, $12.5 million for 2023, and $6.2 million for 2024. With the proceeds, Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding purchased from Entergy New Orleans the storm recovery property, which is the right to recover from customers through a storm recovery charge amounts sufficient to service the securitization bonds. The storm recovery property is reflected as a regulatory asset on the consolidated Entergy New Orleans balance sheet. The creditors of Entergy New Orleans do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding, including the storm recovery property, and the creditors of Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding do not have recourse to the
assets or revenues of Entergy New Orleans. Entergy New Orleans has no payment obligations to Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding except to remit storm recovery charge collections.

Entergy Texas Securitization Bonds - Hurricane Rita

In April 2007 the PUCT issued a financing order authorizing the issuance of securitization bonds to recover $353 million of Entergy Texas’s Hurricane Rita reconstruction costs and up to $6 million of transaction costs, offset by $32 million of related deferred income tax benefits.  In June 2007, Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding I, LLC, a company that is now wholly-owned and consolidated by Entergy Texas, issued $329.5 million of senior secured transition bonds (securitization bonds). As of December 31, 2019, $50.3 million at 5.93% remain outstanding. Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds over the next two years in the amounts of $32.8 million for 2020 and $17.5 million for 2021.

With the proceeds, Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding purchased from Entergy Texas the transition property, which is the right to recover from customers through a transition charge amounts sufficient to service the securitization bonds.  The transition property is reflected as a regulatory asset on the consolidated Entergy Texas balance sheet.  The creditors of Entergy Texas do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding, including the transition property, and the creditors of Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Texas.  Entergy Texas has no payment obligations to Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding except to remit transition charge collections.

Entergy Texas Securitization Bonds - Hurricane Ike and Hurricane Gustav

In September 2009 the PUCT authorized the issuance of securitization bonds to recover $566.4 million of Entergy Texas’s Hurricane Ike and Hurricane Gustav restoration costs, plus carrying costs and transaction costs, offset by insurance proceeds.  In November 2009, Entergy Texas Restoration Funding, LLC (Entergy Texas Restoration Funding), a company wholly-owned and consolidated by Entergy Texas, issued $545.9 million of senior secured transition bonds (securitization bonds). As of December 31, 2019, $156 million at 4.38% remain outstanding. Entergy Texas Restoration Funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds over the next three years in the amount of $49.8 million for 2020, $52 million for 2021, and $54.3 million for 2022.

With the proceeds, Entergy Texas Restoration Funding purchased from Entergy Texas the transition property, which is the right to recover from customers through a transition charge amounts sufficient to service the securitization bonds.  The transition property is reflected as a regulatory asset on the consolidated Entergy Texas balance sheet.  The creditors of Entergy Texas do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Texas Restoration Funding, including the transition property, and the creditors of Entergy Texas Restoration Funding do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Texas.  Entergy Texas has no payment obligations to Entergy Texas Restoration Funding except to remit transition charge collections.

Grand Gulf Sale-Leaseback Transactions

In 1988, in two separate but substantially identical transactions, System Energy sold and leased back undivided ownership interests in Grand Gulf for the aggregate sum of $500 million.  The initial term of the leases expired in July 2015.  System Energy renewed the leases for fair market value with renewal terms expiring in July 2036. At the end of the new lease renewal terms, System Energy has the option to repurchase the leased interests in Grand Gulf or renew the leases at fair market value.  In the event that System Energy does not renew or purchase the interests, System Energy would surrender such interests and their associated entitlement of Grand Gulf’s capacity and energy.

System Energy is required to report the sale-leaseback as a financing transaction in its financial statements.  As such, it has recognized debt for the lease obligation and retained the portion of the plant subject to the sale-leaseback on its balance sheet. For financial reporting purposes, System Energy has recognized interest expense on the debt balance and depreciation on the applicable plant balance.  The lease payments are recognized as principal and interest
payments on the debt balance. However, operating revenues include the recovery of the lease payments because the transactions are accounted for as a sale and leaseback for ratemaking purposes.  Consistent with a recommendation contained in a FERC audit report, System Energy initially recorded as a net regulatory asset the difference between the recovery of the lease payments and the amounts expensed for interest and depreciation and continues to record this difference as a regulatory asset or liability on an ongoing basis, resulting in a zero net balance for the regulatory asset at the end of the lease term.  The amount was a net regulatory liability of $55.6 million as of December 31, 2019 and 2018.

As of December 31, 2019, System Energy, in connection with the Grand Gulf sale and leaseback transactions, had future minimum lease payments that are recorded as long-term debt, as follows, which reflects the effect of the December 2013 renewal:
 
Amount
 
(In Thousands)
 
 
2020

$17,188

2021
17,188

2022
17,188

2023
17,188

2024
17,188

Years thereafter
206,250

Total
292,190

Less: Amount representing interest
257,844

Present value of net minimum lease payments

$34,346


Entergy New Orleans [Member]  
Long - Term Debt LONG - TERM DEBT (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy)

Long-term debt for Entergy Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 consisted of:
Type of Debt and Maturity
 
Weighted Average Interest Rate December 31, 2019
 
Interest Rate Ranges at December 31,
 
Outstanding at
 December 31,
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(In Thousands)
Mortgage Bonds
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2019-2023
 
3.65%
 
2.55%-5.10%
 
2.55%-7.125%
 

$2,400,000

 

$3,050,000

2024-2028
 
3.59%
 
2.40%-5.59%
 
2.40%-5.59%
 
4,610,000

 
4,610,000

2029-2039
 
4.05%
 
3.05%-4.52%
 
3.05%-4.52%
 
1,890,000

 
1,190,000

2044-2066
 
4.63%
 
3.55%-5.625%
 
4.20%-5.625%
 
5,170,000

 
3,560,000

Governmental Bonds (a)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2021-2022
 
2.48%
 
2.375%-2.50%
 
2.375%-5.875%
 
179,000

 
179,000

2028-2030
 
3.45%
 
3.375%-3.50%
 
3.375%-3.50%
 
198,680

 
198,680

Securitization Bonds
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2021-2027
 
3.73%
 
2.04%-5.93%
 
2.04%-5.93%
 
302,145

 
429,118

Variable Interest Entities Notes Payable (Note 4)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2020-2023
 
3.41%
 
3.17%-3.92%
 
3.17%-3.92%
 
360,000

 
360,000

Entergy Corporation Notes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
due September 2020
 
n/a
 
5.125%
 
5.125%
 
450,000

 
450,000

due July 2022
 
n/a
 
4.00%
 
4.00%
 
650,000

 
650,000

due September 2026
 
n/a
 
2.95%
 
2.95%
 
750,000

 
750,000

Entergy New Orleans Unsecured Term Loan
 
n/a
 
3.00%
 
 
70,000

 

5 Year Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
3.77%
 
3.60%
 
440,000

 
220,000

Entergy New Orleans Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
2.92%
 
 
20,000

 

Vermont Yankee Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
3.93%
 
3.50%
 
139,000

 
139,000

Entergy Arkansas VIE Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
3.33%
 
3.48%
 
15,100

 
59,600

Entergy Louisiana River Bend VIE Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
3.23%
 
3.44%
 
70,300

 
38,600

Entergy Louisiana Waterford VIE Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
3.30%
 
3.35%
 
49,900

 
82,000

System Energy VIE Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
3.34%
 
3.44%
 
31,600

 
113,900

Long-term DOE Obligation (b)
 
 
 
 
191,114

 
186,864

Grand Gulf Sale-Leaseback Obligation
 
n/a
 
 
 
34,346

 
34,352

Unamortized Premium and Discount - Net
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(16,124
)
 
(14,784
)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(143,502
)
 
(130,612
)
Other
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12,096

 
12,594

Total Long-Term Debt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17,873,655

 
16,168,312

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
795,012

 
650,009

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

$17,078,643

 

$15,518,303

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

$19,059,950

 

$16,101,455


(a)
Consists of pollution control revenue bonds and environmental revenue bonds, some of which are secured by collateral mortgage bonds.
(b)
Pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, Entergy’s nuclear owner/licensee subsidiaries have contracts with the DOE for spent nuclear fuel disposal service.  The contracts include a one-time fee for generation prior to April 7, 1983.  Entergy Arkansas is the only Entergy company that generated electric power with nuclear fuel prior to that date and includes the one-time fee, plus accrued interest, in long-term debt.

The annual long-term debt maturities (excluding lease obligations and long-term DOE obligations) for debt outstanding as of December 31, 2019, for the next five years are as follows:
 
Amount
 
(In Thousands)
2020

$795,000

2021

$1,358,159

2022

$1,104,289

2023

$1,865,154

2024

$1,175,000



Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy Texas, and System Energy have obtained long-term financing authorizations from the FERC that extend through November 2020.  Entergy New Orleans has obtained long-term financing authorization from the FERC and the City Council that extends through October 2021. Entergy Arkansas has also obtained first mortgage bond/secured financing authorization from the APSC that extends through December 2020.


Long-term debt for the Registrant Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 consisted of:
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(In Thousands)
Entergy Arkansas
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Bonds:
 
 
 
 
3.75% Series due February 2021
 

$350,000

 

$350,000

3.05% Series due June 2023
 
250,000

 
250,000

3.7% Series due June 2024
 
375,000

 
375,000

3.5% Series due April 2026
 
600,000

 
600,000

4.0% Series due June 2028
 
250,000

 
250,000

4.95% Series due December 2044
 
250,000

 
250,000

4.20% Series due April 2049
 
350,000

 

4.90% Series due December 2052
 
200,000

 
200,000

4.75% Series due June 2063
 
125,000

 
125,000

4.875% Series due September 2066
 
410,000

 
410,000

Total mortgage bonds
 
3,160,000

 
2,810,000

Governmental Bonds (a):
 
 
 
 
2.375% Series due 2021, Independence County (c)
 
45,000

 
45,000

Total governmental bonds
 
45,000

 
45,000

Variable Interest Entity Notes Payable and Credit Facility (Note 4):
 
 
 
 
3.65% Series L due July 2021
 
90,000

 
90,000

3.17% Series M due December 2023
 
40,000

 
40,000

Credit Facility due September 2021, weighted avg rate 3.33%
 
15,100

 
59,600

Total variable interest entity notes payable and credit facility
 
145,100

 
189,600

Securitization Bonds:
 
 
 
 
2.30% Series Senior Secured due August 2021
 
7,259

 
21,692

Total securitization bonds
 
7,259

 
21,692

Other:
 
 
 
 
Long-term DOE Obligation (b)
 
191,114

 
186,864

Unamortized Premium and Discount – Net
 
1,664

 
4,408

Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
(34,936
)
 
(33,831
)
Other
 
2,007

 
2,026

Total Long-Term Debt
 
3,517,208

 
3,225,759

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 

 

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 

$3,517,208

 

$3,225,759

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 

$3,747,914

 

$3,189,491



 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(In Thousands)
Entergy Louisiana
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Bonds:
 
 
 
 
3.95% Series due October 2020
 

$250,000

 

$250,000

4.8% Series due May 2021
 
200,000

 
200,000

3.3% Series due December 2022
 
200,000

 
200,000

4.05% Series due September 2023
 
325,000

 
325,000

5.59% Series due October 2024
 
300,000

 
300,000

5.40% Series due November 2024
 
400,000

 
400,000

3.78% Series due April 2025
 
110,000

 
110,000

3.78% Series due April 2025
 
190,000

 
190,000

4.44% Series due January 2026
 
250,000

 
250,000

2.40% Series due October 2026
 
400,000

 
400,000

3.12% Series due September 2027
 
450,000

 
450,000

3.25% Series due April 2028
 
425,000

 
425,000

3.05% Series due June 2031
 
325,000

 
325,000

4.0% Series due March 2033
 
750,000

 
750,000

5.0% Series due July 2044
 
170,000

 
170,000

4.95% Series due January 2045
 
450,000

 
450,000

4.20% Series due September 2048
 
600,000

 
600,000

4.20% Series due April 2050
 
525,000

 

5.25% Series due July 2052
 
200,000

 
200,000

4.70% Series due June 2063
 
100,000

 
100,000

4.875% Series due September 2066
 
270,000

 
270,000

Total mortgage bonds
 
6,890,000

 
6,365,000

Governmental Bonds (a):
 
 
 
 
3.375 % Series due 2028, Louisiana Public Facilities Authority (c)
 
83,680

 
83,680

3.50% Series due 2030, Louisiana Public Facilities Authority (c)
 
115,000

 
115,000

Total governmental bonds
 
198,680

 
198,680

Variable Interest Entity Notes Payable and Credit Facilities (Note 4):
 
 
 
 
3.38% Series R due August 2020
 
70,000

 
70,000

3.92% Series H due February 2021
 
40,000

 
40,000

3.22% Series I due December 2023
 
20,000

 
20,000

Credit Facility due September 2021, weighted avg rate 3.23%
 
70,300

 
38,600

Credit Facility due September 2021, weighted avg rate 3.30%
 
49,900

 
82,000

Total variable interest entity notes payable and credit facilities
 
250,200

 
250,600

Securitization Bonds:
 
 
 
 
2.04% Series Senior Secured due September 2023
 
34,185

 
56,910

Total securitization bonds
 
34,185

 
56,910

Other:
 
 
 
 
Unamortized Premium and Discount - Net
 
(17,372
)
 
(14,955
)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
(58,089
)
 
(57,011
)
Other
 
6,065

 
6,544

Total Long-Term Debt
 
7,303,669

 
6,805,768

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 
320,002

 
2

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 

$6,983,667

 

$6,805,766

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 

$7,961,168

 

$6,834,134



 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(In Thousands)
Entergy Mississippi
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Bonds:
 
 
 
 
6.64% Series due July 2019
 

$—

 

$150,000

3.1% Series due July 2023
 
250,000

 
250,000

3.75% Series due July 2024
 
100,000

 
100,000

3.25% Series due December 2027
 
150,000

 
150,000

2.85% Series due June 2028
 
375,000

 
375,000

4.52% Series due December 2038
 
55,000

 
55,000

3.85% Series due June 2049
 
435,000

 

4.90% Series due October 2066
 
260,000

 
260,000

Total mortgage bonds
 
1,625,000

 
1,340,000

Other:
 
 
 
 
Unamortized Premium and Discount – Net
 
6,127

 
(989
)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
(16,998
)
 
(13,261
)
Total Long-Term Debt
 
1,614,129

 
1,325,750

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 

 
150,000

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 

$1,614,129

 

$1,175,750

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 

$1,709,505

 

$1,276,452



 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(In Thousands)
Entergy New Orleans
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Bonds:
 
 
 
 
5.10% Series due December 2020
 

$25,000

 

$25,000

3.9% Series due July 2023
 
100,000

 
100,000

4.0% Series due June 2026
 
85,000

 
85,000

4.51% Series due September 2033
 
60,000

 
60,000

5.0% Series due December 2052
 
30,000

 
30,000

5.50% Series due April 2066
 
110,000

 
110,000

Total mortgage bonds
 
410,000

 
410,000

Securitization Bonds:
 
 
 
 
       2.67% Series Senior Secured due June 2027
 
54,443

 
65,666

Total securitization bonds
 
54,443


65,666

Other:
 
 
 
 
3.0% Unsecured Term Loan due May 2022
 
70,000

 

Credit Facility due November 2021, weighted avg rate 2.92%
 
20,000

 

Payable to associated company due November 2035
 
14,367

 
16,346

Unamortized Premium and Discount – Net
 
(129
)
 
(168
)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
(7,775
)
 
(8,140
)
Total Long-Term Debt
 
560,906

 
483,704

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 
26,838

 
1,979

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 

$534,068

 

$481,725

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 

$523,846

 

$491,569


 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(In Thousands)
Entergy Texas
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Bonds:
 
 
 
 
7.125% Series due February 2019
 

$—

 

$500,000

2.55% Series due June 2021
 
125,000

 
125,000

4.1% Series due September 2021
 
75,000

 
75,000

3.45% Series due December 2027
 
150,000

 
150,000

4.0% Series due March 2029
 
300,000

 

4.5% Series due March 2039
 
400,000

 

5.15% Series due June 2045
 
250,000

 
250,000

3.55% Series due September 2049
 
300,000

 

5.625% Series due June 2064
 
135,000

 
135,000

Total mortgage bonds
 
1,735,000

 
1,235,000

Securitization Bonds:
 
 
 
 
5.93% Series Senior Secured, Series A due June 2022
 
50,289

 
81,237

4.38% Series Senior Secured, Series A due November 2023
 
155,969

 
203,613

Total securitization bonds
 
206,258

 
284,850

Other:
 
 
 
 
Unamortized Premium and Discount - Net
 
(4,814
)
 
(992
)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
(17,510
)
 
(9,145
)
Other
 
4,022

 
4,022

Total Long-Term Debt
 
1,922,956

 
1,513,735

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 

 
500,000

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 

$1,922,956

 

$1,013,735

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 

$2,090,215

 

$1,528,828



 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(In Thousands)
System Energy
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Bonds:
 
 
 
 
4.1% Series due April 2023
 

$250,000

 

$250,000

Total mortgage bonds
 
250,000

 
250,000

Governmental Bonds (a):
 
 
 
 
5.875% Series due 2022, Mississippi Business Finance Corp.
 

 
134,000

2.5% Series due 2022, Mississippi Business Finance Corp.
 
134,000

 

Total governmental bonds
 
134,000

 
134,000

Variable Interest Entity Notes Payable and Credit Facility (Note 4):
 
 
 
 
3.42% Series J due April 2021
 
100,000

 
100,000

Credit Facility due September 2021, weighted avg rate 3.34%
 
31,600

 
113,900

Total variable interest entity notes payable and credit facility
 
131,600

 
213,900

Other:
 
 
 
 
Grand Gulf Sale-Leaseback Obligation
 
34,346

 
34,352

Unamortized Premium and Discount – Net
 
(144
)
 
(328
)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
(1,697
)
 
(1,176
)
Other
 
2

 
2

Total Long-Term Debt
 
548,107

 
630,750

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 
10

 
6

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 

$548,097

 

$630,744

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 

$565,209

 

$630,475



(a)
Consists of pollution control revenue bonds and environmental revenue bonds.
(b)
Pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, Entergy’s nuclear owner/licensee subsidiaries have contracts with the DOE for spent nuclear fuel disposal service.  The contracts include a one-time fee for generation prior to April 7, 1983.  Entergy Arkansas is the only Entergy company that generated electric power with nuclear fuel prior to that date and includes the one-time fee, plus accrued interest, in long-term debt.
(c)
The bonds are secured by a series of collateral mortgage bonds.

The annual long-term debt maturities (excluding lease obligations and long-term DOE obligations) for debt outstanding as of December 31, 2019, for the next five years are as follows:
 
Entergy Arkansas
 
Entergy Louisiana
 
Entergy Mississippi
 
Entergy New Orleans
 
Entergy Texas
 
System Energy
 
(In Thousands)
2020

$—

 

$320,000

 

$—

 

$25,000

 

$—

 

$—

2021

$507,359

 

$360,200

 

$—

 

$20,000

 

$200,000

 

$131,600

2022

$—

 

$200,000

 

$—

 

$70,000

 

$50,289

 

$134,000

2023

$290,000

 

$379,185

 

$250,000

 

$100,000

 

$155,969

 

$250,000

2024

$375,000

 

$700,000

 

$100,000

 

$—

 

$—

 

$—



Entergy Arkansas Securitization Bonds

In June 2010 the APSC issued a financing order authorizing the issuance of bonds to recover Entergy Arkansas’s January 2009 ice storm damage restoration costs, including carrying costs of $11.5 million and $4.6 million of up-front financing costs.  In August 2010, Entergy Arkansas Restoration Funding, LLC, a company wholly-owned and consolidated by Entergy Arkansas, issued $124.1 million of storm cost recovery bonds.  The bonds have a coupon of 2.30%.  Although the principal amount is not due until August 2021, Entergy Arkansas Restoration Funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds in the amount of $7.3 million for 2020. With the proceeds, Entergy Arkansas Restoration Funding purchased from Entergy Arkansas 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 Arkansas balance sheet.  The creditors of Entergy Arkansas do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Arkansas Restoration Funding, including the storm recovery property, and the creditors of Entergy Arkansas Restoration Funding do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Arkansas.  Entergy Arkansas has no payment obligations to Entergy Arkansas Restoration Funding except to remit storm recovery charge collections.

Entergy Louisiana Securitization Bonds – Little Gypsy

In August 2011 the LPSC issued a financing order authorizing the issuance of bonds to recover Entergy Louisiana’s investment recovery costs associated with the canceled Little Gypsy repowering project.  In September 2011, Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding I, L.L.C., a company wholly-owned and consolidated by Entergy Louisiana, issued $207.2 million of senior secured investment recovery bonds.  The bonds have an interest rate of 2.04%.  Although the principal amount is not due until September 2023, Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds over the next two years in the amounts of $23.2 million for 2020 and $11 million for 2021.  With the proceeds, Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding purchased from Entergy Louisiana the investment recovery property, which is the right to recover from customers through an investment recovery charge amounts sufficient to service the bonds.  In accordance with the financing order, Entergy Louisiana will apply the proceeds it received from the sale of the investment recovery property as a reimbursement for previously-incurred investment recovery costs.  The investment recovery property is reflected as a regulatory asset on the consolidated Entergy Louisiana balance sheet.  The creditors of Entergy Louisiana do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding, including the investment recovery property, and the creditors of Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Louisiana.  Entergy Louisiana has no payment obligations to Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding except to remit investment recovery charge collections.

Entergy New Orleans Securitization Bonds - Hurricane Isaac

In May 2015 the City Council issued a financing order authorizing the issuance of securitization bonds to recover Entergy New Orleans’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%. Although the principal amount is not due until June 2027, Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds over the next five years in the amounts of $11.6 million for 2020, $11.9 million for 2021, $12.2 million for 2022, $12.5 million for 2023, and $6.2 million for 2024. With the proceeds, Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding purchased from Entergy New Orleans the storm recovery property, which is the right to recover from customers through a storm recovery charge amounts sufficient to service the securitization bonds. The storm recovery property is reflected as a regulatory asset on the consolidated Entergy New Orleans balance sheet. The creditors of Entergy New Orleans do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding, including the storm recovery property, and the creditors of Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding do not have recourse to the
assets or revenues of Entergy New Orleans. Entergy New Orleans has no payment obligations to Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding except to remit storm recovery charge collections.

Entergy Texas Securitization Bonds - Hurricane Rita

In April 2007 the PUCT issued a financing order authorizing the issuance of securitization bonds to recover $353 million of Entergy Texas’s Hurricane Rita reconstruction costs and up to $6 million of transaction costs, offset by $32 million of related deferred income tax benefits.  In June 2007, Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding I, LLC, a company that is now wholly-owned and consolidated by Entergy Texas, issued $329.5 million of senior secured transition bonds (securitization bonds). As of December 31, 2019, $50.3 million at 5.93% remain outstanding. Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds over the next two years in the amounts of $32.8 million for 2020 and $17.5 million for 2021.

With the proceeds, Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding purchased from Entergy Texas the transition property, which is the right to recover from customers through a transition charge amounts sufficient to service the securitization bonds.  The transition property is reflected as a regulatory asset on the consolidated Entergy Texas balance sheet.  The creditors of Entergy Texas do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding, including the transition property, and the creditors of Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Texas.  Entergy Texas has no payment obligations to Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding except to remit transition charge collections.

Entergy Texas Securitization Bonds - Hurricane Ike and Hurricane Gustav

In September 2009 the PUCT authorized the issuance of securitization bonds to recover $566.4 million of Entergy Texas’s Hurricane Ike and Hurricane Gustav restoration costs, plus carrying costs and transaction costs, offset by insurance proceeds.  In November 2009, Entergy Texas Restoration Funding, LLC (Entergy Texas Restoration Funding), a company wholly-owned and consolidated by Entergy Texas, issued $545.9 million of senior secured transition bonds (securitization bonds). As of December 31, 2019, $156 million at 4.38% remain outstanding. Entergy Texas Restoration Funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds over the next three years in the amount of $49.8 million for 2020, $52 million for 2021, and $54.3 million for 2022.

With the proceeds, Entergy Texas Restoration Funding purchased from Entergy Texas the transition property, which is the right to recover from customers through a transition charge amounts sufficient to service the securitization bonds.  The transition property is reflected as a regulatory asset on the consolidated Entergy Texas balance sheet.  The creditors of Entergy Texas do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Texas Restoration Funding, including the transition property, and the creditors of Entergy Texas Restoration Funding do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Texas.  Entergy Texas has no payment obligations to Entergy Texas Restoration Funding except to remit transition charge collections.

Grand Gulf Sale-Leaseback Transactions

In 1988, in two separate but substantially identical transactions, System Energy sold and leased back undivided ownership interests in Grand Gulf for the aggregate sum of $500 million.  The initial term of the leases expired in July 2015.  System Energy renewed the leases for fair market value with renewal terms expiring in July 2036. At the end of the new lease renewal terms, System Energy has the option to repurchase the leased interests in Grand Gulf or renew the leases at fair market value.  In the event that System Energy does not renew or purchase the interests, System Energy would surrender such interests and their associated entitlement of Grand Gulf’s capacity and energy.

System Energy is required to report the sale-leaseback as a financing transaction in its financial statements.  As such, it has recognized debt for the lease obligation and retained the portion of the plant subject to the sale-leaseback on its balance sheet. For financial reporting purposes, System Energy has recognized interest expense on the debt balance and depreciation on the applicable plant balance.  The lease payments are recognized as principal and interest
payments on the debt balance. However, operating revenues include the recovery of the lease payments because the transactions are accounted for as a sale and leaseback for ratemaking purposes.  Consistent with a recommendation contained in a FERC audit report, System Energy initially recorded as a net regulatory asset the difference between the recovery of the lease payments and the amounts expensed for interest and depreciation and continues to record this difference as a regulatory asset or liability on an ongoing basis, resulting in a zero net balance for the regulatory asset at the end of the lease term.  The amount was a net regulatory liability of $55.6 million as of December 31, 2019 and 2018.

As of December 31, 2019, System Energy, in connection with the Grand Gulf sale and leaseback transactions, had future minimum lease payments that are recorded as long-term debt, as follows, which reflects the effect of the December 2013 renewal:
 
Amount
 
(In Thousands)
 
 
2020

$17,188

2021
17,188

2022
17,188

2023
17,188

2024
17,188

Years thereafter
206,250

Total
292,190

Less: Amount representing interest
257,844

Present value of net minimum lease payments

$34,346


Entergy Texas [Member]  
Long - Term Debt LONG - TERM DEBT (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy)

Long-term debt for Entergy Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 consisted of:
Type of Debt and Maturity
 
Weighted Average Interest Rate December 31, 2019
 
Interest Rate Ranges at December 31,
 
Outstanding at
 December 31,
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(In Thousands)
Mortgage Bonds
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2019-2023
 
3.65%
 
2.55%-5.10%
 
2.55%-7.125%
 

$2,400,000

 

$3,050,000

2024-2028
 
3.59%
 
2.40%-5.59%
 
2.40%-5.59%
 
4,610,000

 
4,610,000

2029-2039
 
4.05%
 
3.05%-4.52%
 
3.05%-4.52%
 
1,890,000

 
1,190,000

2044-2066
 
4.63%
 
3.55%-5.625%
 
4.20%-5.625%
 
5,170,000

 
3,560,000

Governmental Bonds (a)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2021-2022
 
2.48%
 
2.375%-2.50%
 
2.375%-5.875%
 
179,000

 
179,000

2028-2030
 
3.45%
 
3.375%-3.50%
 
3.375%-3.50%
 
198,680

 
198,680

Securitization Bonds
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2021-2027
 
3.73%
 
2.04%-5.93%
 
2.04%-5.93%
 
302,145

 
429,118

Variable Interest Entities Notes Payable (Note 4)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2020-2023
 
3.41%
 
3.17%-3.92%
 
3.17%-3.92%
 
360,000

 
360,000

Entergy Corporation Notes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
due September 2020
 
n/a
 
5.125%
 
5.125%
 
450,000

 
450,000

due July 2022
 
n/a
 
4.00%
 
4.00%
 
650,000

 
650,000

due September 2026
 
n/a
 
2.95%
 
2.95%
 
750,000

 
750,000

Entergy New Orleans Unsecured Term Loan
 
n/a
 
3.00%
 
 
70,000

 

5 Year Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
3.77%
 
3.60%
 
440,000

 
220,000

Entergy New Orleans Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
2.92%
 
 
20,000

 

Vermont Yankee Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
3.93%
 
3.50%
 
139,000

 
139,000

Entergy Arkansas VIE Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
3.33%
 
3.48%
 
15,100

 
59,600

Entergy Louisiana River Bend VIE Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
3.23%
 
3.44%
 
70,300

 
38,600

Entergy Louisiana Waterford VIE Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
3.30%
 
3.35%
 
49,900

 
82,000

System Energy VIE Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
3.34%
 
3.44%
 
31,600

 
113,900

Long-term DOE Obligation (b)
 
 
 
 
191,114

 
186,864

Grand Gulf Sale-Leaseback Obligation
 
n/a
 
 
 
34,346

 
34,352

Unamortized Premium and Discount - Net
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(16,124
)
 
(14,784
)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(143,502
)
 
(130,612
)
Other
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12,096

 
12,594

Total Long-Term Debt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17,873,655

 
16,168,312

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
795,012

 
650,009

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

$17,078,643

 

$15,518,303

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

$19,059,950

 

$16,101,455


(a)
Consists of pollution control revenue bonds and environmental revenue bonds, some of which are secured by collateral mortgage bonds.
(b)
Pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, Entergy’s nuclear owner/licensee subsidiaries have contracts with the DOE for spent nuclear fuel disposal service.  The contracts include a one-time fee for generation prior to April 7, 1983.  Entergy Arkansas is the only Entergy company that generated electric power with nuclear fuel prior to that date and includes the one-time fee, plus accrued interest, in long-term debt.

The annual long-term debt maturities (excluding lease obligations and long-term DOE obligations) for debt outstanding as of December 31, 2019, for the next five years are as follows:
 
Amount
 
(In Thousands)
2020

$795,000

2021

$1,358,159

2022

$1,104,289

2023

$1,865,154

2024

$1,175,000



Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy Texas, and System Energy have obtained long-term financing authorizations from the FERC that extend through November 2020.  Entergy New Orleans has obtained long-term financing authorization from the FERC and the City Council that extends through October 2021. Entergy Arkansas has also obtained first mortgage bond/secured financing authorization from the APSC that extends through December 2020.


Long-term debt for the Registrant Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 consisted of:
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(In Thousands)
Entergy Arkansas
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Bonds:
 
 
 
 
3.75% Series due February 2021
 

$350,000

 

$350,000

3.05% Series due June 2023
 
250,000

 
250,000

3.7% Series due June 2024
 
375,000

 
375,000

3.5% Series due April 2026
 
600,000

 
600,000

4.0% Series due June 2028
 
250,000

 
250,000

4.95% Series due December 2044
 
250,000

 
250,000

4.20% Series due April 2049
 
350,000

 

4.90% Series due December 2052
 
200,000

 
200,000

4.75% Series due June 2063
 
125,000

 
125,000

4.875% Series due September 2066
 
410,000

 
410,000

Total mortgage bonds
 
3,160,000

 
2,810,000

Governmental Bonds (a):
 
 
 
 
2.375% Series due 2021, Independence County (c)
 
45,000

 
45,000

Total governmental bonds
 
45,000

 
45,000

Variable Interest Entity Notes Payable and Credit Facility (Note 4):
 
 
 
 
3.65% Series L due July 2021
 
90,000

 
90,000

3.17% Series M due December 2023
 
40,000

 
40,000

Credit Facility due September 2021, weighted avg rate 3.33%
 
15,100

 
59,600

Total variable interest entity notes payable and credit facility
 
145,100

 
189,600

Securitization Bonds:
 
 
 
 
2.30% Series Senior Secured due August 2021
 
7,259

 
21,692

Total securitization bonds
 
7,259

 
21,692

Other:
 
 
 
 
Long-term DOE Obligation (b)
 
191,114

 
186,864

Unamortized Premium and Discount – Net
 
1,664

 
4,408

Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
(34,936
)
 
(33,831
)
Other
 
2,007

 
2,026

Total Long-Term Debt
 
3,517,208

 
3,225,759

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 

 

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 

$3,517,208

 

$3,225,759

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 

$3,747,914

 

$3,189,491



 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(In Thousands)
Entergy Louisiana
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Bonds:
 
 
 
 
3.95% Series due October 2020
 

$250,000

 

$250,000

4.8% Series due May 2021
 
200,000

 
200,000

3.3% Series due December 2022
 
200,000

 
200,000

4.05% Series due September 2023
 
325,000

 
325,000

5.59% Series due October 2024
 
300,000

 
300,000

5.40% Series due November 2024
 
400,000

 
400,000

3.78% Series due April 2025
 
110,000

 
110,000

3.78% Series due April 2025
 
190,000

 
190,000

4.44% Series due January 2026
 
250,000

 
250,000

2.40% Series due October 2026
 
400,000

 
400,000

3.12% Series due September 2027
 
450,000

 
450,000

3.25% Series due April 2028
 
425,000

 
425,000

3.05% Series due June 2031
 
325,000

 
325,000

4.0% Series due March 2033
 
750,000

 
750,000

5.0% Series due July 2044
 
170,000

 
170,000

4.95% Series due January 2045
 
450,000

 
450,000

4.20% Series due September 2048
 
600,000

 
600,000

4.20% Series due April 2050
 
525,000

 

5.25% Series due July 2052
 
200,000

 
200,000

4.70% Series due June 2063
 
100,000

 
100,000

4.875% Series due September 2066
 
270,000

 
270,000

Total mortgage bonds
 
6,890,000

 
6,365,000

Governmental Bonds (a):
 
 
 
 
3.375 % Series due 2028, Louisiana Public Facilities Authority (c)
 
83,680

 
83,680

3.50% Series due 2030, Louisiana Public Facilities Authority (c)
 
115,000

 
115,000

Total governmental bonds
 
198,680

 
198,680

Variable Interest Entity Notes Payable and Credit Facilities (Note 4):
 
 
 
 
3.38% Series R due August 2020
 
70,000

 
70,000

3.92% Series H due February 2021
 
40,000

 
40,000

3.22% Series I due December 2023
 
20,000

 
20,000

Credit Facility due September 2021, weighted avg rate 3.23%
 
70,300

 
38,600

Credit Facility due September 2021, weighted avg rate 3.30%
 
49,900

 
82,000

Total variable interest entity notes payable and credit facilities
 
250,200

 
250,600

Securitization Bonds:
 
 
 
 
2.04% Series Senior Secured due September 2023
 
34,185

 
56,910

Total securitization bonds
 
34,185

 
56,910

Other:
 
 
 
 
Unamortized Premium and Discount - Net
 
(17,372
)
 
(14,955
)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
(58,089
)
 
(57,011
)
Other
 
6,065

 
6,544

Total Long-Term Debt
 
7,303,669

 
6,805,768

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 
320,002

 
2

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 

$6,983,667

 

$6,805,766

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 

$7,961,168

 

$6,834,134



 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(In Thousands)
Entergy Mississippi
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Bonds:
 
 
 
 
6.64% Series due July 2019
 

$—

 

$150,000

3.1% Series due July 2023
 
250,000

 
250,000

3.75% Series due July 2024
 
100,000

 
100,000

3.25% Series due December 2027
 
150,000

 
150,000

2.85% Series due June 2028
 
375,000

 
375,000

4.52% Series due December 2038
 
55,000

 
55,000

3.85% Series due June 2049
 
435,000

 

4.90% Series due October 2066
 
260,000

 
260,000

Total mortgage bonds
 
1,625,000

 
1,340,000

Other:
 
 
 
 
Unamortized Premium and Discount – Net
 
6,127

 
(989
)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
(16,998
)
 
(13,261
)
Total Long-Term Debt
 
1,614,129

 
1,325,750

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 

 
150,000

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 

$1,614,129

 

$1,175,750

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 

$1,709,505

 

$1,276,452



 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(In Thousands)
Entergy New Orleans
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Bonds:
 
 
 
 
5.10% Series due December 2020
 

$25,000

 

$25,000

3.9% Series due July 2023
 
100,000

 
100,000

4.0% Series due June 2026
 
85,000

 
85,000

4.51% Series due September 2033
 
60,000

 
60,000

5.0% Series due December 2052
 
30,000

 
30,000

5.50% Series due April 2066
 
110,000

 
110,000

Total mortgage bonds
 
410,000

 
410,000

Securitization Bonds:
 
 
 
 
       2.67% Series Senior Secured due June 2027
 
54,443

 
65,666

Total securitization bonds
 
54,443


65,666

Other:
 
 
 
 
3.0% Unsecured Term Loan due May 2022
 
70,000

 

Credit Facility due November 2021, weighted avg rate 2.92%
 
20,000

 

Payable to associated company due November 2035
 
14,367

 
16,346

Unamortized Premium and Discount – Net
 
(129
)
 
(168
)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
(7,775
)
 
(8,140
)
Total Long-Term Debt
 
560,906

 
483,704

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 
26,838

 
1,979

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 

$534,068

 

$481,725

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 

$523,846

 

$491,569


 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(In Thousands)
Entergy Texas
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Bonds:
 
 
 
 
7.125% Series due February 2019
 

$—

 

$500,000

2.55% Series due June 2021
 
125,000

 
125,000

4.1% Series due September 2021
 
75,000

 
75,000

3.45% Series due December 2027
 
150,000

 
150,000

4.0% Series due March 2029
 
300,000

 

4.5% Series due March 2039
 
400,000

 

5.15% Series due June 2045
 
250,000

 
250,000

3.55% Series due September 2049
 
300,000

 

5.625% Series due June 2064
 
135,000

 
135,000

Total mortgage bonds
 
1,735,000

 
1,235,000

Securitization Bonds:
 
 
 
 
5.93% Series Senior Secured, Series A due June 2022
 
50,289

 
81,237

4.38% Series Senior Secured, Series A due November 2023
 
155,969

 
203,613

Total securitization bonds
 
206,258

 
284,850

Other:
 
 
 
 
Unamortized Premium and Discount - Net
 
(4,814
)
 
(992
)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
(17,510
)
 
(9,145
)
Other
 
4,022

 
4,022

Total Long-Term Debt
 
1,922,956

 
1,513,735

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 

 
500,000

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 

$1,922,956

 

$1,013,735

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 

$2,090,215

 

$1,528,828



 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(In Thousands)
System Energy
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Bonds:
 
 
 
 
4.1% Series due April 2023
 

$250,000

 

$250,000

Total mortgage bonds
 
250,000

 
250,000

Governmental Bonds (a):
 
 
 
 
5.875% Series due 2022, Mississippi Business Finance Corp.
 

 
134,000

2.5% Series due 2022, Mississippi Business Finance Corp.
 
134,000

 

Total governmental bonds
 
134,000

 
134,000

Variable Interest Entity Notes Payable and Credit Facility (Note 4):
 
 
 
 
3.42% Series J due April 2021
 
100,000

 
100,000

Credit Facility due September 2021, weighted avg rate 3.34%
 
31,600

 
113,900

Total variable interest entity notes payable and credit facility
 
131,600

 
213,900

Other:
 
 
 
 
Grand Gulf Sale-Leaseback Obligation
 
34,346

 
34,352

Unamortized Premium and Discount – Net
 
(144
)
 
(328
)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
(1,697
)
 
(1,176
)
Other
 
2

 
2

Total Long-Term Debt
 
548,107

 
630,750

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 
10

 
6

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 

$548,097

 

$630,744

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 

$565,209

 

$630,475



(a)
Consists of pollution control revenue bonds and environmental revenue bonds.
(b)
Pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, Entergy’s nuclear owner/licensee subsidiaries have contracts with the DOE for spent nuclear fuel disposal service.  The contracts include a one-time fee for generation prior to April 7, 1983.  Entergy Arkansas is the only Entergy company that generated electric power with nuclear fuel prior to that date and includes the one-time fee, plus accrued interest, in long-term debt.
(c)
The bonds are secured by a series of collateral mortgage bonds.

The annual long-term debt maturities (excluding lease obligations and long-term DOE obligations) for debt outstanding as of December 31, 2019, for the next five years are as follows:
 
Entergy Arkansas
 
Entergy Louisiana
 
Entergy Mississippi
 
Entergy New Orleans
 
Entergy Texas
 
System Energy
 
(In Thousands)
2020

$—

 

$320,000

 

$—

 

$25,000

 

$—

 

$—

2021

$507,359

 

$360,200

 

$—

 

$20,000

 

$200,000

 

$131,600

2022

$—

 

$200,000

 

$—

 

$70,000

 

$50,289

 

$134,000

2023

$290,000

 

$379,185

 

$250,000

 

$100,000

 

$155,969

 

$250,000

2024

$375,000

 

$700,000

 

$100,000

 

$—

 

$—

 

$—



Entergy Arkansas Securitization Bonds

In June 2010 the APSC issued a financing order authorizing the issuance of bonds to recover Entergy Arkansas’s January 2009 ice storm damage restoration costs, including carrying costs of $11.5 million and $4.6 million of up-front financing costs.  In August 2010, Entergy Arkansas Restoration Funding, LLC, a company wholly-owned and consolidated by Entergy Arkansas, issued $124.1 million of storm cost recovery bonds.  The bonds have a coupon of 2.30%.  Although the principal amount is not due until August 2021, Entergy Arkansas Restoration Funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds in the amount of $7.3 million for 2020. With the proceeds, Entergy Arkansas Restoration Funding purchased from Entergy Arkansas 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 Arkansas balance sheet.  The creditors of Entergy Arkansas do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Arkansas Restoration Funding, including the storm recovery property, and the creditors of Entergy Arkansas Restoration Funding do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Arkansas.  Entergy Arkansas has no payment obligations to Entergy Arkansas Restoration Funding except to remit storm recovery charge collections.

Entergy Louisiana Securitization Bonds – Little Gypsy

In August 2011 the LPSC issued a financing order authorizing the issuance of bonds to recover Entergy Louisiana’s investment recovery costs associated with the canceled Little Gypsy repowering project.  In September 2011, Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding I, L.L.C., a company wholly-owned and consolidated by Entergy Louisiana, issued $207.2 million of senior secured investment recovery bonds.  The bonds have an interest rate of 2.04%.  Although the principal amount is not due until September 2023, Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds over the next two years in the amounts of $23.2 million for 2020 and $11 million for 2021.  With the proceeds, Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding purchased from Entergy Louisiana the investment recovery property, which is the right to recover from customers through an investment recovery charge amounts sufficient to service the bonds.  In accordance with the financing order, Entergy Louisiana will apply the proceeds it received from the sale of the investment recovery property as a reimbursement for previously-incurred investment recovery costs.  The investment recovery property is reflected as a regulatory asset on the consolidated Entergy Louisiana balance sheet.  The creditors of Entergy Louisiana do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding, including the investment recovery property, and the creditors of Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Louisiana.  Entergy Louisiana has no payment obligations to Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding except to remit investment recovery charge collections.

Entergy New Orleans Securitization Bonds - Hurricane Isaac

In May 2015 the City Council issued a financing order authorizing the issuance of securitization bonds to recover Entergy New Orleans’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%. Although the principal amount is not due until June 2027, Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds over the next five years in the amounts of $11.6 million for 2020, $11.9 million for 2021, $12.2 million for 2022, $12.5 million for 2023, and $6.2 million for 2024. With the proceeds, Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding purchased from Entergy New Orleans the storm recovery property, which is the right to recover from customers through a storm recovery charge amounts sufficient to service the securitization bonds. The storm recovery property is reflected as a regulatory asset on the consolidated Entergy New Orleans balance sheet. The creditors of Entergy New Orleans do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding, including the storm recovery property, and the creditors of Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding do not have recourse to the
assets or revenues of Entergy New Orleans. Entergy New Orleans has no payment obligations to Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding except to remit storm recovery charge collections.

Entergy Texas Securitization Bonds - Hurricane Rita

In April 2007 the PUCT issued a financing order authorizing the issuance of securitization bonds to recover $353 million of Entergy Texas’s Hurricane Rita reconstruction costs and up to $6 million of transaction costs, offset by $32 million of related deferred income tax benefits.  In June 2007, Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding I, LLC, a company that is now wholly-owned and consolidated by Entergy Texas, issued $329.5 million of senior secured transition bonds (securitization bonds). As of December 31, 2019, $50.3 million at 5.93% remain outstanding. Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds over the next two years in the amounts of $32.8 million for 2020 and $17.5 million for 2021.

With the proceeds, Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding purchased from Entergy Texas the transition property, which is the right to recover from customers through a transition charge amounts sufficient to service the securitization bonds.  The transition property is reflected as a regulatory asset on the consolidated Entergy Texas balance sheet.  The creditors of Entergy Texas do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding, including the transition property, and the creditors of Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Texas.  Entergy Texas has no payment obligations to Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding except to remit transition charge collections.

Entergy Texas Securitization Bonds - Hurricane Ike and Hurricane Gustav

In September 2009 the PUCT authorized the issuance of securitization bonds to recover $566.4 million of Entergy Texas’s Hurricane Ike and Hurricane Gustav restoration costs, plus carrying costs and transaction costs, offset by insurance proceeds.  In November 2009, Entergy Texas Restoration Funding, LLC (Entergy Texas Restoration Funding), a company wholly-owned and consolidated by Entergy Texas, issued $545.9 million of senior secured transition bonds (securitization bonds). As of December 31, 2019, $156 million at 4.38% remain outstanding. Entergy Texas Restoration Funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds over the next three years in the amount of $49.8 million for 2020, $52 million for 2021, and $54.3 million for 2022.

With the proceeds, Entergy Texas Restoration Funding purchased from Entergy Texas the transition property, which is the right to recover from customers through a transition charge amounts sufficient to service the securitization bonds.  The transition property is reflected as a regulatory asset on the consolidated Entergy Texas balance sheet.  The creditors of Entergy Texas do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Texas Restoration Funding, including the transition property, and the creditors of Entergy Texas Restoration Funding do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Texas.  Entergy Texas has no payment obligations to Entergy Texas Restoration Funding except to remit transition charge collections.

Grand Gulf Sale-Leaseback Transactions

In 1988, in two separate but substantially identical transactions, System Energy sold and leased back undivided ownership interests in Grand Gulf for the aggregate sum of $500 million.  The initial term of the leases expired in July 2015.  System Energy renewed the leases for fair market value with renewal terms expiring in July 2036. At the end of the new lease renewal terms, System Energy has the option to repurchase the leased interests in Grand Gulf or renew the leases at fair market value.  In the event that System Energy does not renew or purchase the interests, System Energy would surrender such interests and their associated entitlement of Grand Gulf’s capacity and energy.

System Energy is required to report the sale-leaseback as a financing transaction in its financial statements.  As such, it has recognized debt for the lease obligation and retained the portion of the plant subject to the sale-leaseback on its balance sheet. For financial reporting purposes, System Energy has recognized interest expense on the debt balance and depreciation on the applicable plant balance.  The lease payments are recognized as principal and interest
payments on the debt balance. However, operating revenues include the recovery of the lease payments because the transactions are accounted for as a sale and leaseback for ratemaking purposes.  Consistent with a recommendation contained in a FERC audit report, System Energy initially recorded as a net regulatory asset the difference between the recovery of the lease payments and the amounts expensed for interest and depreciation and continues to record this difference as a regulatory asset or liability on an ongoing basis, resulting in a zero net balance for the regulatory asset at the end of the lease term.  The amount was a net regulatory liability of $55.6 million as of December 31, 2019 and 2018.

As of December 31, 2019, System Energy, in connection with the Grand Gulf sale and leaseback transactions, had future minimum lease payments that are recorded as long-term debt, as follows, which reflects the effect of the December 2013 renewal:
 
Amount
 
(In Thousands)
 
 
2020

$17,188

2021
17,188

2022
17,188

2023
17,188

2024
17,188

Years thereafter
206,250

Total
292,190

Less: Amount representing interest
257,844

Present value of net minimum lease payments

$34,346


System Energy [Member]  
Long - Term Debt LONG - TERM DEBT (Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Entergy Texas, and System Energy)

Long-term debt for Entergy Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 consisted of:
Type of Debt and Maturity
 
Weighted Average Interest Rate December 31, 2019
 
Interest Rate Ranges at December 31,
 
Outstanding at
 December 31,
2019
 
2018
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(In Thousands)
Mortgage Bonds
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2019-2023
 
3.65%
 
2.55%-5.10%
 
2.55%-7.125%
 

$2,400,000

 

$3,050,000

2024-2028
 
3.59%
 
2.40%-5.59%
 
2.40%-5.59%
 
4,610,000

 
4,610,000

2029-2039
 
4.05%
 
3.05%-4.52%
 
3.05%-4.52%
 
1,890,000

 
1,190,000

2044-2066
 
4.63%
 
3.55%-5.625%
 
4.20%-5.625%
 
5,170,000

 
3,560,000

Governmental Bonds (a)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2021-2022
 
2.48%
 
2.375%-2.50%
 
2.375%-5.875%
 
179,000

 
179,000

2028-2030
 
3.45%
 
3.375%-3.50%
 
3.375%-3.50%
 
198,680

 
198,680

Securitization Bonds
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2021-2027
 
3.73%
 
2.04%-5.93%
 
2.04%-5.93%
 
302,145

 
429,118

Variable Interest Entities Notes Payable (Note 4)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2020-2023
 
3.41%
 
3.17%-3.92%
 
3.17%-3.92%
 
360,000

 
360,000

Entergy Corporation Notes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
due September 2020
 
n/a
 
5.125%
 
5.125%
 
450,000

 
450,000

due July 2022
 
n/a
 
4.00%
 
4.00%
 
650,000

 
650,000

due September 2026
 
n/a
 
2.95%
 
2.95%
 
750,000

 
750,000

Entergy New Orleans Unsecured Term Loan
 
n/a
 
3.00%
 
 
70,000

 

5 Year Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
3.77%
 
3.60%
 
440,000

 
220,000

Entergy New Orleans Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
2.92%
 
 
20,000

 

Vermont Yankee Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
3.93%
 
3.50%
 
139,000

 
139,000

Entergy Arkansas VIE Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
3.33%
 
3.48%
 
15,100

 
59,600

Entergy Louisiana River Bend VIE Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
3.23%
 
3.44%
 
70,300

 
38,600

Entergy Louisiana Waterford VIE Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
3.30%
 
3.35%
 
49,900

 
82,000

System Energy VIE Credit Facility (Note 4)
 
n/a
 
3.34%
 
3.44%
 
31,600

 
113,900

Long-term DOE Obligation (b)
 
 
 
 
191,114

 
186,864

Grand Gulf Sale-Leaseback Obligation
 
n/a
 
 
 
34,346

 
34,352

Unamortized Premium and Discount - Net
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(16,124
)
 
(14,784
)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(143,502
)
 
(130,612
)
Other
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12,096

 
12,594

Total Long-Term Debt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17,873,655

 
16,168,312

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
795,012

 
650,009

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

$17,078,643

 

$15,518,303

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

$19,059,950

 

$16,101,455


(a)
Consists of pollution control revenue bonds and environmental revenue bonds, some of which are secured by collateral mortgage bonds.
(b)
Pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, Entergy’s nuclear owner/licensee subsidiaries have contracts with the DOE for spent nuclear fuel disposal service.  The contracts include a one-time fee for generation prior to April 7, 1983.  Entergy Arkansas is the only Entergy company that generated electric power with nuclear fuel prior to that date and includes the one-time fee, plus accrued interest, in long-term debt.

The annual long-term debt maturities (excluding lease obligations and long-term DOE obligations) for debt outstanding as of December 31, 2019, for the next five years are as follows:
 
Amount
 
(In Thousands)
2020

$795,000

2021

$1,358,159

2022

$1,104,289

2023

$1,865,154

2024

$1,175,000



Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy Texas, and System Energy have obtained long-term financing authorizations from the FERC that extend through November 2020.  Entergy New Orleans has obtained long-term financing authorization from the FERC and the City Council that extends through October 2021. Entergy Arkansas has also obtained first mortgage bond/secured financing authorization from the APSC that extends through December 2020.


Long-term debt for the Registrant Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 consisted of:
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(In Thousands)
Entergy Arkansas
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Bonds:
 
 
 
 
3.75% Series due February 2021
 

$350,000

 

$350,000

3.05% Series due June 2023
 
250,000

 
250,000

3.7% Series due June 2024
 
375,000

 
375,000

3.5% Series due April 2026
 
600,000

 
600,000

4.0% Series due June 2028
 
250,000

 
250,000

4.95% Series due December 2044
 
250,000

 
250,000

4.20% Series due April 2049
 
350,000

 

4.90% Series due December 2052
 
200,000

 
200,000

4.75% Series due June 2063
 
125,000

 
125,000

4.875% Series due September 2066
 
410,000

 
410,000

Total mortgage bonds
 
3,160,000

 
2,810,000

Governmental Bonds (a):
 
 
 
 
2.375% Series due 2021, Independence County (c)
 
45,000

 
45,000

Total governmental bonds
 
45,000

 
45,000

Variable Interest Entity Notes Payable and Credit Facility (Note 4):
 
 
 
 
3.65% Series L due July 2021
 
90,000

 
90,000

3.17% Series M due December 2023
 
40,000

 
40,000

Credit Facility due September 2021, weighted avg rate 3.33%
 
15,100

 
59,600

Total variable interest entity notes payable and credit facility
 
145,100

 
189,600

Securitization Bonds:
 
 
 
 
2.30% Series Senior Secured due August 2021
 
7,259

 
21,692

Total securitization bonds
 
7,259

 
21,692

Other:
 
 
 
 
Long-term DOE Obligation (b)
 
191,114

 
186,864

Unamortized Premium and Discount – Net
 
1,664

 
4,408

Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
(34,936
)
 
(33,831
)
Other
 
2,007

 
2,026

Total Long-Term Debt
 
3,517,208

 
3,225,759

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 

 

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 

$3,517,208

 

$3,225,759

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 

$3,747,914

 

$3,189,491



 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(In Thousands)
Entergy Louisiana
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Bonds:
 
 
 
 
3.95% Series due October 2020
 

$250,000

 

$250,000

4.8% Series due May 2021
 
200,000

 
200,000

3.3% Series due December 2022
 
200,000

 
200,000

4.05% Series due September 2023
 
325,000

 
325,000

5.59% Series due October 2024
 
300,000

 
300,000

5.40% Series due November 2024
 
400,000

 
400,000

3.78% Series due April 2025
 
110,000

 
110,000

3.78% Series due April 2025
 
190,000

 
190,000

4.44% Series due January 2026
 
250,000

 
250,000

2.40% Series due October 2026
 
400,000

 
400,000

3.12% Series due September 2027
 
450,000

 
450,000

3.25% Series due April 2028
 
425,000

 
425,000

3.05% Series due June 2031
 
325,000

 
325,000

4.0% Series due March 2033
 
750,000

 
750,000

5.0% Series due July 2044
 
170,000

 
170,000

4.95% Series due January 2045
 
450,000

 
450,000

4.20% Series due September 2048
 
600,000

 
600,000

4.20% Series due April 2050
 
525,000

 

5.25% Series due July 2052
 
200,000

 
200,000

4.70% Series due June 2063
 
100,000

 
100,000

4.875% Series due September 2066
 
270,000

 
270,000

Total mortgage bonds
 
6,890,000

 
6,365,000

Governmental Bonds (a):
 
 
 
 
3.375 % Series due 2028, Louisiana Public Facilities Authority (c)
 
83,680

 
83,680

3.50% Series due 2030, Louisiana Public Facilities Authority (c)
 
115,000

 
115,000

Total governmental bonds
 
198,680

 
198,680

Variable Interest Entity Notes Payable and Credit Facilities (Note 4):
 
 
 
 
3.38% Series R due August 2020
 
70,000

 
70,000

3.92% Series H due February 2021
 
40,000

 
40,000

3.22% Series I due December 2023
 
20,000

 
20,000

Credit Facility due September 2021, weighted avg rate 3.23%
 
70,300

 
38,600

Credit Facility due September 2021, weighted avg rate 3.30%
 
49,900

 
82,000

Total variable interest entity notes payable and credit facilities
 
250,200

 
250,600

Securitization Bonds:
 
 
 
 
2.04% Series Senior Secured due September 2023
 
34,185

 
56,910

Total securitization bonds
 
34,185

 
56,910

Other:
 
 
 
 
Unamortized Premium and Discount - Net
 
(17,372
)
 
(14,955
)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
(58,089
)
 
(57,011
)
Other
 
6,065

 
6,544

Total Long-Term Debt
 
7,303,669

 
6,805,768

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 
320,002

 
2

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 

$6,983,667

 

$6,805,766

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 

$7,961,168

 

$6,834,134



 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(In Thousands)
Entergy Mississippi
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Bonds:
 
 
 
 
6.64% Series due July 2019
 

$—

 

$150,000

3.1% Series due July 2023
 
250,000

 
250,000

3.75% Series due July 2024
 
100,000

 
100,000

3.25% Series due December 2027
 
150,000

 
150,000

2.85% Series due June 2028
 
375,000

 
375,000

4.52% Series due December 2038
 
55,000

 
55,000

3.85% Series due June 2049
 
435,000

 

4.90% Series due October 2066
 
260,000

 
260,000

Total mortgage bonds
 
1,625,000

 
1,340,000

Other:
 
 
 
 
Unamortized Premium and Discount – Net
 
6,127

 
(989
)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
(16,998
)
 
(13,261
)
Total Long-Term Debt
 
1,614,129

 
1,325,750

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 

 
150,000

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 

$1,614,129

 

$1,175,750

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 

$1,709,505

 

$1,276,452



 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(In Thousands)
Entergy New Orleans
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Bonds:
 
 
 
 
5.10% Series due December 2020
 

$25,000

 

$25,000

3.9% Series due July 2023
 
100,000

 
100,000

4.0% Series due June 2026
 
85,000

 
85,000

4.51% Series due September 2033
 
60,000

 
60,000

5.0% Series due December 2052
 
30,000

 
30,000

5.50% Series due April 2066
 
110,000

 
110,000

Total mortgage bonds
 
410,000

 
410,000

Securitization Bonds:
 
 
 
 
       2.67% Series Senior Secured due June 2027
 
54,443

 
65,666

Total securitization bonds
 
54,443


65,666

Other:
 
 
 
 
3.0% Unsecured Term Loan due May 2022
 
70,000

 

Credit Facility due November 2021, weighted avg rate 2.92%
 
20,000

 

Payable to associated company due November 2035
 
14,367

 
16,346

Unamortized Premium and Discount – Net
 
(129
)
 
(168
)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
(7,775
)
 
(8,140
)
Total Long-Term Debt
 
560,906

 
483,704

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 
26,838

 
1,979

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 

$534,068

 

$481,725

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 

$523,846

 

$491,569


 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(In Thousands)
Entergy Texas
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Bonds:
 
 
 
 
7.125% Series due February 2019
 

$—

 

$500,000

2.55% Series due June 2021
 
125,000

 
125,000

4.1% Series due September 2021
 
75,000

 
75,000

3.45% Series due December 2027
 
150,000

 
150,000

4.0% Series due March 2029
 
300,000

 

4.5% Series due March 2039
 
400,000

 

5.15% Series due June 2045
 
250,000

 
250,000

3.55% Series due September 2049
 
300,000

 

5.625% Series due June 2064
 
135,000

 
135,000

Total mortgage bonds
 
1,735,000

 
1,235,000

Securitization Bonds:
 
 
 
 
5.93% Series Senior Secured, Series A due June 2022
 
50,289

 
81,237

4.38% Series Senior Secured, Series A due November 2023
 
155,969

 
203,613

Total securitization bonds
 
206,258

 
284,850

Other:
 
 
 
 
Unamortized Premium and Discount - Net
 
(4,814
)
 
(992
)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
(17,510
)
 
(9,145
)
Other
 
4,022

 
4,022

Total Long-Term Debt
 
1,922,956

 
1,513,735

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 

 
500,000

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 

$1,922,956

 

$1,013,735

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 

$2,090,215

 

$1,528,828



 
 
2019
 
2018
 
 
(In Thousands)
System Energy
 
 
 
 
Mortgage Bonds:
 
 
 
 
4.1% Series due April 2023
 

$250,000

 

$250,000

Total mortgage bonds
 
250,000

 
250,000

Governmental Bonds (a):
 
 
 
 
5.875% Series due 2022, Mississippi Business Finance Corp.
 

 
134,000

2.5% Series due 2022, Mississippi Business Finance Corp.
 
134,000

 

Total governmental bonds
 
134,000

 
134,000

Variable Interest Entity Notes Payable and Credit Facility (Note 4):
 
 
 
 
3.42% Series J due April 2021
 
100,000

 
100,000

Credit Facility due September 2021, weighted avg rate 3.34%
 
31,600

 
113,900

Total variable interest entity notes payable and credit facility
 
131,600

 
213,900

Other:
 
 
 
 
Grand Gulf Sale-Leaseback Obligation
 
34,346

 
34,352

Unamortized Premium and Discount – Net
 
(144
)
 
(328
)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Costs
 
(1,697
)
 
(1,176
)
Other
 
2

 
2

Total Long-Term Debt
 
548,107

 
630,750

Less Amount Due Within One Year
 
10

 
6

Long-Term Debt Excluding Amount Due Within One Year
 

$548,097

 

$630,744

Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
 

$565,209

 

$630,475



(a)
Consists of pollution control revenue bonds and environmental revenue bonds.
(b)
Pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, Entergy’s nuclear owner/licensee subsidiaries have contracts with the DOE for spent nuclear fuel disposal service.  The contracts include a one-time fee for generation prior to April 7, 1983.  Entergy Arkansas is the only Entergy company that generated electric power with nuclear fuel prior to that date and includes the one-time fee, plus accrued interest, in long-term debt.
(c)
The bonds are secured by a series of collateral mortgage bonds.

The annual long-term debt maturities (excluding lease obligations and long-term DOE obligations) for debt outstanding as of December 31, 2019, for the next five years are as follows:
 
Entergy Arkansas
 
Entergy Louisiana
 
Entergy Mississippi
 
Entergy New Orleans
 
Entergy Texas
 
System Energy
 
(In Thousands)
2020

$—

 

$320,000

 

$—

 

$25,000

 

$—

 

$—

2021

$507,359

 

$360,200

 

$—

 

$20,000

 

$200,000

 

$131,600

2022

$—

 

$200,000

 

$—

 

$70,000

 

$50,289

 

$134,000

2023

$290,000

 

$379,185

 

$250,000

 

$100,000

 

$155,969

 

$250,000

2024

$375,000

 

$700,000

 

$100,000

 

$—

 

$—

 

$—



Entergy Arkansas Securitization Bonds

In June 2010 the APSC issued a financing order authorizing the issuance of bonds to recover Entergy Arkansas’s January 2009 ice storm damage restoration costs, including carrying costs of $11.5 million and $4.6 million of up-front financing costs.  In August 2010, Entergy Arkansas Restoration Funding, LLC, a company wholly-owned and consolidated by Entergy Arkansas, issued $124.1 million of storm cost recovery bonds.  The bonds have a coupon of 2.30%.  Although the principal amount is not due until August 2021, Entergy Arkansas Restoration Funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds in the amount of $7.3 million for 2020. With the proceeds, Entergy Arkansas Restoration Funding purchased from Entergy Arkansas 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 Arkansas balance sheet.  The creditors of Entergy Arkansas do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Arkansas Restoration Funding, including the storm recovery property, and the creditors of Entergy Arkansas Restoration Funding do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Arkansas.  Entergy Arkansas has no payment obligations to Entergy Arkansas Restoration Funding except to remit storm recovery charge collections.

Entergy Louisiana Securitization Bonds – Little Gypsy

In August 2011 the LPSC issued a financing order authorizing the issuance of bonds to recover Entergy Louisiana’s investment recovery costs associated with the canceled Little Gypsy repowering project.  In September 2011, Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding I, L.L.C., a company wholly-owned and consolidated by Entergy Louisiana, issued $207.2 million of senior secured investment recovery bonds.  The bonds have an interest rate of 2.04%.  Although the principal amount is not due until September 2023, Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds over the next two years in the amounts of $23.2 million for 2020 and $11 million for 2021.  With the proceeds, Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding purchased from Entergy Louisiana the investment recovery property, which is the right to recover from customers through an investment recovery charge amounts sufficient to service the bonds.  In accordance with the financing order, Entergy Louisiana will apply the proceeds it received from the sale of the investment recovery property as a reimbursement for previously-incurred investment recovery costs.  The investment recovery property is reflected as a regulatory asset on the consolidated Entergy Louisiana balance sheet.  The creditors of Entergy Louisiana do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding, including the investment recovery property, and the creditors of Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Louisiana.  Entergy Louisiana has no payment obligations to Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding except to remit investment recovery charge collections.

Entergy New Orleans Securitization Bonds - Hurricane Isaac

In May 2015 the City Council issued a financing order authorizing the issuance of securitization bonds to recover Entergy New Orleans’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%. Although the principal amount is not due until June 2027, Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds over the next five years in the amounts of $11.6 million for 2020, $11.9 million for 2021, $12.2 million for 2022, $12.5 million for 2023, and $6.2 million for 2024. With the proceeds, Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding purchased from Entergy New Orleans the storm recovery property, which is the right to recover from customers through a storm recovery charge amounts sufficient to service the securitization bonds. The storm recovery property is reflected as a regulatory asset on the consolidated Entergy New Orleans balance sheet. The creditors of Entergy New Orleans do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding, including the storm recovery property, and the creditors of Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding do not have recourse to the
assets or revenues of Entergy New Orleans. Entergy New Orleans has no payment obligations to Entergy New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding except to remit storm recovery charge collections.

Entergy Texas Securitization Bonds - Hurricane Rita

In April 2007 the PUCT issued a financing order authorizing the issuance of securitization bonds to recover $353 million of Entergy Texas’s Hurricane Rita reconstruction costs and up to $6 million of transaction costs, offset by $32 million of related deferred income tax benefits.  In June 2007, Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding I, LLC, a company that is now wholly-owned and consolidated by Entergy Texas, issued $329.5 million of senior secured transition bonds (securitization bonds). As of December 31, 2019, $50.3 million at 5.93% remain outstanding. Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds over the next two years in the amounts of $32.8 million for 2020 and $17.5 million for 2021.

With the proceeds, Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding purchased from Entergy Texas the transition property, which is the right to recover from customers through a transition charge amounts sufficient to service the securitization bonds.  The transition property is reflected as a regulatory asset on the consolidated Entergy Texas balance sheet.  The creditors of Entergy Texas do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding, including the transition property, and the creditors of Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Texas.  Entergy Texas has no payment obligations to Entergy Gulf States Reconstruction Funding except to remit transition charge collections.

Entergy Texas Securitization Bonds - Hurricane Ike and Hurricane Gustav

In September 2009 the PUCT authorized the issuance of securitization bonds to recover $566.4 million of Entergy Texas’s Hurricane Ike and Hurricane Gustav restoration costs, plus carrying costs and transaction costs, offset by insurance proceeds.  In November 2009, Entergy Texas Restoration Funding, LLC (Entergy Texas Restoration Funding), a company wholly-owned and consolidated by Entergy Texas, issued $545.9 million of senior secured transition bonds (securitization bonds). As of December 31, 2019, $156 million at 4.38% remain outstanding. Entergy Texas Restoration Funding expects to make principal payments on the bonds over the next three years in the amount of $49.8 million for 2020, $52 million for 2021, and $54.3 million for 2022.

With the proceeds, Entergy Texas Restoration Funding purchased from Entergy Texas the transition property, which is the right to recover from customers through a transition charge amounts sufficient to service the securitization bonds.  The transition property is reflected as a regulatory asset on the consolidated Entergy Texas balance sheet.  The creditors of Entergy Texas do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Texas Restoration Funding, including the transition property, and the creditors of Entergy Texas Restoration Funding do not have recourse to the assets or revenues of Entergy Texas.  Entergy Texas has no payment obligations to Entergy Texas Restoration Funding except to remit transition charge collections.

Grand Gulf Sale-Leaseback Transactions

In 1988, in two separate but substantially identical transactions, System Energy sold and leased back undivided ownership interests in Grand Gulf for the aggregate sum of $500 million.  The initial term of the leases expired in July 2015.  System Energy renewed the leases for fair market value with renewal terms expiring in July 2036. At the end of the new lease renewal terms, System Energy has the option to repurchase the leased interests in Grand Gulf or renew the leases at fair market value.  In the event that System Energy does not renew or purchase the interests, System Energy would surrender such interests and their associated entitlement of Grand Gulf’s capacity and energy.

System Energy is required to report the sale-leaseback as a financing transaction in its financial statements.  As such, it has recognized debt for the lease obligation and retained the portion of the plant subject to the sale-leaseback on its balance sheet. For financial reporting purposes, System Energy has recognized interest expense on the debt balance and depreciation on the applicable plant balance.  The lease payments are recognized as principal and interest
payments on the debt balance. However, operating revenues include the recovery of the lease payments because the transactions are accounted for as a sale and leaseback for ratemaking purposes.  Consistent with a recommendation contained in a FERC audit report, System Energy initially recorded as a net regulatory asset the difference between the recovery of the lease payments and the amounts expensed for interest and depreciation and continues to record this difference as a regulatory asset or liability on an ongoing basis, resulting in a zero net balance for the regulatory asset at the end of the lease term.  The amount was a net regulatory liability of $55.6 million as of December 31, 2019 and 2018.

As of December 31, 2019, System Energy, in connection with the Grand Gulf sale and leaseback transactions, had future minimum lease payments that are recorded as long-term debt, as follows, which reflects the effect of the December 2013 renewal:
 
Amount
 
(In Thousands)
 
 
2020

$17,188

2021
17,188

2022
17,188

2023
17,188

2024
17,188

Years thereafter
206,250

Total
292,190

Less: Amount representing interest
257,844

Present value of net minimum lease payments

$34,346