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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)
 
X
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 
 
For the Quarterly Period Ended June 30, 2014
 
OR
 
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13
OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 
 
For the transition period from ____________ to ____________

Commission
File Number
Registrant, State of Incorporation or Organization, Address of Principal Executive Offices, Telephone Number, and IRS Employer Identification No.
 

Commission
File Number
Registrant, State of Incorporation or Organization, Address of Principal Executive Offices, Telephone Number, and IRS Employer Identification No.
1-11299
ENTERGY CORPORATION
(a Delaware corporation)
639 Loyola Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70113
Telephone (504) 576-4000
72-1229752
 
1-31508
ENTERGY MISSISSIPPI, INC.
(a Mississippi corporation)
308 East Pearl Street
Jackson, Mississippi 39201
Telephone (601) 368-5000
64-0205830
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1-10764
ENTERGY ARKANSAS, INC.
(an Arkansas corporation)
425 West Capitol Avenue
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
Telephone (501) 377-4000
71-0005900
 
0-05807
ENTERGY NEW ORLEANS, INC.
(a Louisiana corporation)
1600 Perdido Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
Telephone (504) 670-3700
72-0273040
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0-20371
ENTERGY GULF STATES LOUISIANA, L.L.C.
(a Louisiana limited liability company)
446 North Boulevard
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802
Telephone (800) 368-3749
74-0662730
 
1-34360
ENTERGY TEXAS, INC.
(a Texas corporation)
350 Pine Street
Beaumont, Texas 77701
Telephone (409) 981-2000
61-1435798
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1-32718
ENTERGY LOUISIANA, LLC
(a Texas limited liability company)
446 North Boulevard
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802
Telephone (800) 368-3749
75-3206126
 
1-09067
SYSTEM ENERGY RESOURCES, INC.
(an Arkansas corporation)
Echelon One
1340 Echelon Parkway
Jackson, Mississippi 39213
Telephone (601) 368-5000
72-0752777
 
 
 
 
 
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrants (1) have filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrants were required to file such reports), and (2) have been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes R No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrants have submitted electronically and posted on Entergy’s corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).  Yes R No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
 
Large
accelerated
filer
 
Accelerated
filer
 
Non-
accelerated
filer
 
Smaller
reporting
company
Entergy Corporation
ü
 
 
 
 
 
 
Entergy Arkansas, Inc.
 
 
 
 
ü
 
 
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, L.L.C.
 
 
 
 
ü
 
 
Entergy Louisiana, LLC
 
 
 
 
ü
 
 
Entergy Mississippi, Inc.
 
 
 
 
ü
 
 
Entergy New Orleans, Inc.
 
 
 
 
ü
 
 
Entergy Texas, Inc.
 
 
 
 
ü
 
 
System Energy Resources, Inc.
 
 
 
 
ü
 
 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrants are shell companies (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No R
Common Stock Outstanding
 
Outstanding at July 31, 2014
Entergy Corporation
($0.01 par value)
179,608,009

Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Inc., Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, L.L.C., Entergy Louisiana, LLC, Entergy Mississippi, Inc., Entergy New Orleans, Inc., Entergy Texas, Inc., and System Energy Resources, Inc. separately file this combined Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.  Information contained herein relating to any individual company is filed by such company on its own behalf.  Each company reports herein only as to itself and makes no other representations whatsoever as to any other company.  This combined Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q supplements and updates the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the calendar year ended December 31, 2013 and the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2014, filed by the individual registrants with the SEC, and should be read in conjunction therewith.



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ENTERGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
INDEX TO QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q
June 30, 2014

 
Page Number
 
 
Entergy Corporation and Subsidiaries
 
Entergy Arkansas, Inc. and Subsidiaries
 
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, L.L.C.
 
Entergy Louisiana, LLC and Subsidiaries
 
Entergy Mississippi, Inc.
 

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INDEX TO QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q
June 30, 2014

 
Page Number
 
 
Entergy New Orleans, Inc.
 
Entergy Texas, Inc. and Subsidiaries
 
System Energy Resources, Inc.
 
 


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FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

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

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

resolution of pending and future rate cases and negotiations, including various performance-based rate discussions, Entergy’s utility supply plan, and recovery of fuel and purchased power costs;
the termination of Entergy Arkansas’s participation in the System Agreement, which occurred in December 2013, the termination of Entergy Mississippi’s participation in the System Agreement in November 2015, the termination of Entergy Texas’s, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana’s, and Entergy Louisiana’s participation in the System Agreement after expiration of the proposed 60-month notice period or such other period as approved by the FERC;
regulatory and operating challenges and uncertainties and economic risks associated with the Utility operating companies’ move to the MISO RTO, which occurred in December 2013, including the effect of current or projected RTO market rules and system conditions in the MISO markets, the allocation of MISO system transmission upgrade costs, and the effect of planning decisions that MISO makes with respect to future transmission investments by the Utility operating companies;
changes in utility regulation, including the beginning or end of retail and wholesale competition, the ability to recover net utility assets and other potential stranded costs, and the application of more stringent transmission reliability requirements or market power criteria by the FERC;
changes in the regulation or regulatory oversight of Entergy’s nuclear generating facilities and nuclear materials and fuel, including with respect to the planned or potential shutdown of nuclear generating facilities owned or operated by the Entergy Wholesale Commodities business, and the effects of new or existing safety or environmental concerns regarding nuclear power plants and nuclear fuel;
resolution of pending or future applications, and related regulatory proceedings and litigation, for license renewals or modifications or other authorizations required of nuclear generating facilities;
the performance of and deliverability of power from Entergy’s generation resources, including the capacity factors at its nuclear generating facilities;
Entergy’s ability to develop and execute on a point of view regarding future prices of electricity, natural gas, and other energy-related commodities;
prices for power generated by Entergy’s merchant generating facilities and the ability to hedge, meet credit support requirements for hedges, sell power forward or otherwise reduce the market price risk associated with those facilities, including the Entergy Wholesale Commodities nuclear plants;
the prices and availability of fuel and power Entergy must purchase for its Utility customers, and Entergy’s ability to meet credit support requirements for fuel and power supply contracts;
volatility and changes in markets for electricity, natural gas, uranium, and other energy-related commodities;
changes in law resulting from federal or state energy legislation or legislation subjecting energy derivatives used in hedging and risk management transactions to governmental regulation;

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changes in environmental, tax, and other laws, including requirements for reduced emissions of sulfur, nitrogen, greenhouse gases, mercury, and other regulated air emissions, and changes in costs of compliance with environmental and other laws and regulations;
uncertainty regarding the establishment of interim or permanent sites for spent nuclear fuel and nuclear waste storage and disposal and the level of spent fuel disposal fees charged by the U.S. government related to such sites;
variations in weather and the occurrence of hurricanes and other storms and disasters, including uncertainties associated with efforts to remediate the effects of hurricanes, ice storms, or other weather events and the recovery of costs associated with restoration, including accessing funded storm reserves, federal and local cost recovery mechanisms, securitization, and insurance;
effects of climate change;
changes in the quality and availability of water supplies and the related regulation of water use and diversion;
Entergy’s ability to manage its capital projects and operation and maintenance costs;
Entergy’s ability to purchase and sell assets at attractive prices and on other attractive terms;
the economic climate, and particularly economic conditions in Entergy’s Utility service area and the Northeast United States and events that could influence economic conditions in those areas;
the effects of Entergy’s strategies to reduce tax payments;
changes in the financial markets, particularly those affecting the availability of capital and Entergy’s ability to refinance existing debt, execute share repurchase programs, and fund investments and acquisitions;
actions of rating agencies, including changes in the ratings of debt and preferred stock, changes in general corporate ratings, and changes in the rating agencies’ ratings criteria;
changes in inflation and interest rates;
the effect of litigation and government investigations or proceedings;
changes in technology, including with respect to new, developing, or alternative sources of generation;
the potential effects of threatened or actual terrorism, cyber attacks or data security breaches, including increased security costs, and war or a catastrophic event such as a nuclear accident or a natural gas pipeline explosion;
Entergy’s ability to attract and retain talented management and directors;
changes in accounting standards and corporate governance;
declines in the market prices of marketable securities and resulting funding requirements for Entergy’s defined benefit pension and other postretirement benefit plans;
future wage and employee benefit costs, including changes in discount rates and returns on benefit plan assets;
changes in decommissioning trust fund values or earnings or in the timing of or cost to decommission nuclear plant sites;
the implementation of the shutdown of Vermont Yankee by the end of 2014 and the related decommissioning of Vermont Yankee;
the effectiveness of Entergy’s risk management policies and procedures and the ability and willingness of its counterparties to satisfy their financial and performance commitments;
factors that could lead to impairment of long-lived assets; and
the ability to successfully complete merger, acquisition, or divestiture plans, regulatory or other limitations imposed as a result of merger, acquisition, or divestiture, and the success of the business following a merger, acquisition, or divestiture.


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DEFINITIONS

Certain abbreviations or acronyms used in the text and notes are defined below:
Abbreviation or Acronym
Term
AFUDC
Allowance for Funds Used During Construction
ALJ
Administrative Law Judge
ANO 1 and 2
Units 1 and 2 of Arkansas Nuclear One (nuclear), owned by Entergy Arkansas
APSC
Arkansas Public Service Commission
ASLB
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, the board within the NRC that conducts hearings and performs other regulatory functions that the NRC authorizes
ASU
Accounting Standards Update issued by the FASB
Board
Board of Directors of Entergy Corporation
capacity factor
Actual plant output divided by maximum potential plant output for the period
City Council or Council
Council of the City of New Orleans, Louisiana
D.C. Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
DOE
United States Department of Energy
Entergy
Entergy Corporation and its direct and indirect subsidiaries
Entergy Corporation
Entergy Corporation, a Delaware corporation
Entergy Gulf States, Inc.
Predecessor company for financial reporting purposes to Entergy Gulf States Louisiana that included the assets and business operations of both Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Texas
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana
Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, L.L.C., a company formally created as part of the jurisdictional separation of Entergy Gulf States, Inc. and the successor company to Entergy Gulf States, Inc. for financial reporting purposes.  The term is also used to refer to the Louisiana jurisdictional business of Entergy Gulf States, Inc., as the context requires.
Entergy Texas
Entergy Texas, Inc., a company formally created as part of the jurisdictional separation of Entergy Gulf States, Inc.  The term is also used to refer to the Texas jurisdictional business of Entergy Gulf States, Inc., as the context requires.
Entergy Wholesale
Commodities (EWC)
Entergy’s non-utility business segment primarily comprised of the ownership and operation of six nuclear power plants, the ownership of interests in non-nuclear power plants, and the sale of the electric power produced by those plants to wholesale customers
EPA
United States Environmental Protection Agency
ERCOT
Electric Reliability Council of Texas
FASB
Financial Accounting Standards Board
FERC
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FitzPatrick
James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant (nuclear), owned by an Entergy subsidiary in the Entergy Wholesale Commodities business segment
Form 10-K
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the calendar year ended December 31, 2013 filed with the SEC by Entergy Corporation and its Registrant Subsidiaries
FTR
Financial transmission right
Grand Gulf
Unit No. 1 of Grand Gulf Nuclear Station (nuclear), 90% owned or leased by System Energy
GWh
Gigawatt-hour(s), which equals one million kilowatt-hours
Independence
Independence Steam Electric Station (coal), owned 16% by Entergy Arkansas, 25% by Entergy Mississippi, and 7% by Entergy Power, LLC
Indian Point 2
Unit 2 of Indian Point Energy Center (nuclear), owned by an Entergy subsidiary in the Entergy Wholesale Commodities business segment
Indian Point 3
Unit 3 of Indian Point Energy Center (nuclear), owned by an Entergy subsidiary in the Entergy Wholesale Commodities business segment

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DEFINITIONS (Concluded)

Abbreviation or Acronym
Term
IRS
Internal Revenue Service
ISO
Independent System Operator
kW
Kilowatt, which equals one thousand watts
kWh
Kilowatt-hour(s)
LPSC
Louisiana Public Service Commission
MISO
Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc., a regional transmission organization
MMBtu
One million British Thermal Units
MPSC
Mississippi Public Service Commission
MW
Megawatt(s), which equals one thousand kilowatts
MWh
Megawatt-hour(s)
Net debt to net capital ratio
Gross debt less cash and cash equivalents divided by total capitalization less cash and cash equivalents
Net MW in operation
Installed capacity owned and operated
NRC
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NYPA
New York Power Authority
Palisades
Palisades Power Plant (nuclear), owned by an Entergy subsidiary in the Entergy Wholesale Commodities business segment
Pilgrim
Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station (nuclear), owned by an Entergy subsidiary in the Entergy Wholesale Commodities business segment
PPA
Purchased power agreement or power purchase agreement
PUCT
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Registrant Subsidiaries
Entergy Arkansas, Inc., Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, L.L.C., Entergy Louisiana, LLC, Entergy Mississippi, Inc., Entergy New Orleans, Inc., Entergy Texas, Inc., and System Energy Resources, Inc.
River Bend
River Bend Station (nuclear), owned by Entergy Gulf States Louisiana
RTO
Regional transmission organization
SEC
Securities and Exchange Commission
SMEPA
South Mississippi Electric Power Association, which owns a 10% interest in Grand Gulf
System Agreement
Agreement, effective January 1, 1983, as modified, among the Utility operating companies relating to the sharing of generating capacity and other power resources. Entergy Arkansas terminated its participation in the System Agreement effective December 18, 2013.
System Energy
System Energy Resources, Inc.
TWh
Terawatt-hour(s), which equals one billion kilowatt-hours
Unit Power Sales Agreement
Agreement, dated as of June 10, 1982, as amended and approved by FERC, among Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and System Energy, relating to the sale of capacity and energy from System Energy’s share of Grand Gulf
Utility
Entergy’s business segment that generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electric power, with a small amount of natural gas distribution
Utility operating companies
Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas
Vermont Yankee
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station (nuclear), owned by an Entergy subsidiary in the Entergy Wholesale Commodities business segment
Waterford 3
Unit No. 3 (nuclear) of the Waterford Steam Electric Station, 100% owned or leased by Entergy Louisiana
weather-adjusted usage
Electric usage excluding the effects of deviations from normal weather


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ENTERGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

MANAGEMENT’S FINANCIAL DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

Entergy operates primarily through two business segments: Utility and Entergy Wholesale Commodities.

The Utility business segment includes the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electric power in portions of Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas, and Louisiana, including the City of New Orleans; and operation of a small natural gas distribution business.  
The Entergy Wholesale Commodities business segment includes the ownership and operation of six nuclear power plants located in the northern United States and the sale of the electric power produced by those plants to wholesale customers.  In August 2013, Entergy announced plans to close and decommission Vermont Yankee.  The plant is expected to cease power production in the fourth quarter 2014 after its current fuel cycle.  Entergy Wholesale Commodities also provides services to other nuclear power plant owners and owns interests in non-nuclear power plants that sell the electric power produced by those plants to wholesale customers.

Results of Operations

Second Quarter 2014 Compared to Second Quarter 2013

Following are income statement variances for Utility, Entergy Wholesale Commodities, Parent & Other, and Entergy comparing the second quarter 2014 to the second quarter 2013 showing how much the line item increased or (decreased) in comparison to the prior period:
 
 

Utility
 
Entergy
Wholesale
Commodities
 

Parent &
Other (a)
 

Entergy
 
 
(In Thousands)
2nd Quarter 2013 Consolidated Net Income (Loss)
 

$200,555

 

$11,531

 

($44,031
)
 

$168,055

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net revenue (operating revenue less fuel expense, purchased power, and other regulatory charges/credits)
 
46,765

 
88,371

 
(4,789
)
 
130,347

Other operation and maintenance expenses
 
(30,646
)
 
9,037

 
(5,977
)
 
(27,586
)
Taxes other than income taxes
 
4,798

 
2,901

 
149

 
7,848

Depreciation and amortization
 
13,557

 
20,631

 
38

 
34,226

Other income
 
(16,036
)
 
(1,466
)
 
(1,773
)
 
(19,275
)
Interest expense
 
5,484

 
(655
)
 
2,005

 
6,834

Other expenses
 
1,999

 
5,895

 

 
7,894

Income taxes
 
23,958

 
34,164

 
(2,492
)
 
55,630

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2nd Quarter 2014 Consolidated Net Income (Loss)
 

$212,134



$26,463



($44,316
)


$194,281


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

Refer to "ENTERGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES - SELECTED OPERATING RESULTS" for further information with respect to operating statistics.


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Net Revenue

Utility

Following is an analysis of the change in net revenue comparing the second quarter 2014 to the second quarter 2013:
 
Amount
 
(In Millions)
2013 net revenue

$1,371

Retail electric price
36

Asset retirement obligation
16

Volume/weather
(4
)
Other
(1
)
2014 net revenue

$1,418


The retail electric price variance is primarily due to:

an annual base rate increase at Entergy Arkansas, as approved by the APSC, effective January 2014;
a formula rate plan increase at Entergy Mississippi, as approved by the MPSC, effective September 2013;
an annual base rate increase at Entergy Texas, effective April 2014, as a result of the PUCT’s order in the September 2013 rate case;
an increase in the energy efficiency rider at Entergy Arkansas, as approved by the APSC, effective July 2013.  Energy efficiency revenues are largely offset by costs included in other operation and maintenance expenses and have minimal effect on net income; and
an increase in Entergy Mississippi’s storm damage rider, as approved by the MPSC, effective October 2013. The increase in the storm damage rider is offset by other operation and maintenance expenses and has no effect on net income.

See Note 2 to the financial statements herein and in the Form 10-K for a discussion of rate proceedings.

The asset retirement obligation affects net revenue because Entergy records a regulatory credit for the difference between asset retirement obligation-related expenses and trust earnings plus asset retirement obligation-related costs collected in revenue. The variance for the second quarter 2014 compared to the second quarter 2013 is primarily caused by an increase in the regulatory credits because of a decrease in decommissioning trust earnings.

The volume/weather variance is primarily due to the effect of less favorable weather on residential and commercial sales in second quarter 2014 as compared to the second quarter 2013, substantially offset by an increase in sales to industrial customers, primarily due to expansions in the chemicals and refining industries and growth in the small industrial segments.


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Entergy Wholesale Commodities

Following is an analysis of the change in net revenue comparing the second quarter 2014 to the second quarter 2013:
 
Amount
 
(In Millions)
2013 net revenue

$383

Nuclear volume
60

Nuclear realized price changes
24

Mark-to-market value changes
17

Nuclear fuel expenses
(6
)
Other
(7
)
2014 net revenue

$471


As shown in the table above, net revenue for Entergy Wholesale Commodities increased by $88 million in the second quarter 2014 compared to the second quarter 2013 primarily due to:

higher volume in its nuclear fleet resulting from fewer unplanned and refueling outage days in second quarter 2014 as compared to second quarter 2013, partially offset by a larger exercise of resupply options in second quarter 2013 compared to second quarter 2014 provided for in purchase power agreements where Entergy Wholesale Commodities may elect to supply power from another source when the plant is not running. Amounts related to the exercise of resupply options are included in the GWh billed in the table below;
higher capacity prices;
mark-to-market activity, which was positive for the quarter. See Note 8 to the financial statements herein for discussion of derivative instruments; and
an increase in nuclear fuel expenses primarily due to increased generation as a result of fewer outage days, partially offset by lower DOE spent fuel disposal fees.

Following are key performance measures for Entergy Wholesale Commodities for the second quarter 2014 and 2013:
 
2014
 
2013
Owned capacity (MW) (a)
6,068
 
6,612
GWh billed
11,533
 
11,172
Average realized revenue per MWh
$49.75
 
$47.36
 
 
 
 
Entergy Wholesale Commodities Nuclear Fleet
 
 
 
Capacity factor
95%
 
82%
GWh billed
10,588
 
9,789
Average realized revenue per MWh
$49.79
 
$46.40
Refueling Outage Days:
 
 
 
Pilgrim
 
45
Vermont Yankee
 
5

(a)     The reduction in owned capacity is due to the retirement of the 544 MW Ritchie Unit 2 in November 2013.

Realized Revenue per MWh for Entergy Wholesale Commodities Nuclear Plants

See "MANAGEMENT’S FINANCIAL DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS – Results of Operations - Realized Revenue per MWh for Entergy Wholesale Commodities Nuclear Plants" in the Form 10-K for a discussion

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of the effects of sustained low natural gas prices and power market structure challenges on market prices for electricity in the New York and New England power regions over the past few years.

Other Income Statement Items

Utility

Other operation and maintenance expenses decreased from $587 million for the second quarter 2013 to $556 million for the second quarter 2014 primarily due to:

a decrease of $22 million in payroll, compensation, and benefits costs primarily due to fewer employees, an increase in the discount rates used to determine net periodic pension and other postretirement benefit costs, and other postretirement benefit plan design changes.  See "MANAGEMENT’S FINANCIAL DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS – Critical Accounting Estimates" in the Form 10-K and Note 6 to the financial statements herein for further discussion of benefits costs;
a decrease of $14 million resulting from costs incurred in 2013 related to the generator stator incident at ANO, including an offset for insurance proceeds. See “ANO Damage and Outage” below for further discussion of the incident;
a decrease of $13 million resulting from costs incurred in 2013 related to the now-terminated plan to spin off and merge the Utility’s transmission business;
a decrease of $10 million in fossil-fueled generation expenses primarily resulting from a lower scope of work done during plant outages in 2014 as compared to the same period in 2013; and
a decrease of $5 million due to costs incurred in 2013 related to the implementation of and transition to the MISO RTO.

The decrease was partially offset by:

an increase of $8 million due to administration fees in 2014 related to participation in the MISO RTO. The net income effect is partially offset due to deferrals of these fees in certain jurisdictions. See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for further information on deferrals;
an increase of $7 million in energy efficiency costs at Entergy Arkansas and Entergy Texas.  These costs are recovered through energy efficiency riders and have a minimal effect on net income; and
an increase of $6 million in storm damage accruals primarily at Entergy Arkansas effective January 2014, as approved by the APSC, and Entergy Mississippi effective October 2013, as approved by the MPSC.

Depreciation and amortization expenses increased primarily due to additions to plant in service and an increase in Entergy Arkansas depreciation rates.

Other income decreased primarily due to a decrease in earnings on decommissioning trust fund investments.

Entergy Wholesale Commodities

Depreciation and amortization expenses increased primarily due to a change effective in 2014 in the estimated average useful lives of plant in service as a result of a new depreciation study as well as additions to plant in service. The depreciation rate on average depreciable property for Entergy Wholesale Commodities property is approximately 5.6% in 2014.

Other operation and maintenance expenses increased from $252 million for the second quarter 2013 to $261 million for the second quarter 2014 primarily due to:

$10 million in expenses incurred in the second quarter 2014 related to the shutdown of Vermont Yankee including severance and retention costs.  See “Impairment of Long-Lived Assets” in Note 11 to the financial

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statements herein for discussion regarding the planned shutdown of the Vermont Yankee plant by the end of 2014; and
$5 million in transmission service credits received in the second quarter 2013.

The increase was partially offset by:

a decrease of $5 million in compensation and benefits costs primarily due to fewer employees, an increase in the discount rates used to determine net periodic pension and other postretirement benefit costs, and other postretirement benefit plan design changes. See "MANAGEMENT’S FINANCIAL DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS - Critical Accounting Estimates" in the Form 10-K and Note 6 to the financial statements herein for further discussion of benefits costs; and
a decrease of $4 million due to the absence of expenses from Entergy Solutions District Energy, which was sold in November 2013.

Income Taxes

The effective income tax rate was 39.9% for the second quarter 2014. The difference in the effective income tax rate for the second quarter 2014 versus the statutory rate of 35% was primarily due to state income taxes, the provision for uncertain tax positions, and certain book and tax differences related to utility plant items.

The effective income tax rate was 30.3% for the second quarter 2013. The difference in the effective income tax rate for the second quarter 2013 versus the statutory rate of 35% was primarily due to lower state income taxes resulting from a state deferred tax adjustment. Also contributing to the lower rate were book and tax differences related to the allowance for equity funds used during construction, partially offset by certain book and tax differences related to utility plant items.

Six Months Ended June 30, 2014 Compared to Six Months Ended June 30, 2013

Following are income statement variances for Utility, Entergy Wholesale Commodities, Parent & Other, and Entergy comparing the six months ended June 30, 2014 to the six months ended June 30, 2013 showing how much the line item increased or (decreased) in comparison to the prior period:
 
 

Utility
 
Entergy
Wholesale
Commodities
 

Parent &
Other (a)
 

Entergy
 
 
(In Thousands)
2013 Consolidated Net Income (Loss)
 

$328,391

 

$93,646

 

($86,999
)
 

$335,038

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net revenue (operating revenue less fuel expense, purchased power, and other regulatory charges/credits)
 
160,856

 
343,394

 
(7,609
)
 
496,641

Other operation and maintenance expenses
 
(53,165
)
 
12,575

 
(3,273
)
 
(43,863
)
Taxes other than income taxes
 
8,019

 
2,988

 
214

 
11,221

Depreciation and amortization
 
20,583

 
41,536

 
(46
)
 
62,073

Other income
 
(12,060
)
 
(4,301
)
 
(1,676
)
 
(18,037
)
Interest expense
 
12,080

 
1,338

 
985

 
14,403

Other expenses
 
4,150

 
9,263

 

 
13,413

Income taxes
 
67,946

 
96,106

 
(7,991
)
 
156,061

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2014 Consolidated Net Income (Loss)
 

$417,574

 

$268,933

 

($86,173
)
 

$600,334


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

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Refer to "ENTERGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES - SELECTED OPERATING RESULTS" for further information with respect to operating statistics.

Net Revenue

Utility

Following is an analysis of the change in net revenue comparing the six months ended June 30, 2014 to the six months ended June 30, 2013:
 
Amount
 
(In Millions)
2013 net revenue

$2,594

Retail electric price
69

Volume/weather
66

Asset retirement obligation
21

Other
5

2014 net revenue

$2,755


The retail electric price variance is primarily due to:

a formula rate plan increase at Entergy Mississippi, as approved by the MPSC, effective September 2013;
an increase in the energy efficiency rider at Entergy Arkansas, as approved by the APSC, effective July 2013.  Energy efficiency revenues are largely offset by costs included in other operation and maintenance expenses and have minimal effect on net income;
an annual base rate increase at Entergy Arkansas, as approved by the APSC, effective January 2014;
an annual base rate increase at Entergy Texas, effective April 2014, as a result of the PUCT’s order in the September 2013 rate case;
an increase in Entergy Mississippi’s storm damage rider, as approved by the MPSC, effective October 2013. The increase in the storm damage rider is offset by other operation and maintenance expenses and has no effect on net income; and
an increase in purchased power capacity costs at Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana that are recovered through base rates set in the annual formula rate plan mechanisms.

See Note 2 to the financial statements herein and in the Form 10-K for a discussion of rate proceedings.

The volume/weather variance is primarily due to an increase of 2,823 GWh, or 6%, in billed electricity usage, including the effect of more favorable weather on residential and commercial sales in the six months ended June 30, 2014 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2013 and an increase in sales to industrial customers. The increase in industrial sales was primarily due to expansions, recovery of a major refining customer from an unplanned outage in 2013, and continued moderate growth in the manufacturing sector.

The asset retirement obligation affects net revenue because Entergy records a regulatory credit for the difference between asset retirement obligation-related expenses and trust earnings plus asset retirement obligation-related costs collected in revenue. The variance for the six months ended June 30, 2014 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2013 is primarily caused by an increase in the regulatory credits because of a decrease in decommissioning trust earnings.



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Entergy Wholesale Commodities

Following is an analysis of the change in net revenue comparing the six months ended June 30, 2014 to the six months ended June 30, 2013:
 
Amount
 
(In Millions)
2013 net revenue

$876

Nuclear realized price changes
261

Nuclear volume
62

Mark-to-market value changes
46

Nuclear fuel expenses
(8
)
Other
(18
)
2014 net revenue

$1,219


As shown in the table above, net revenue for Entergy Wholesale Commodities increased by $343 million in the six months ended June 30, 2014 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2013 primarily due to:

higher realized wholesale energy prices primarily due to increases in Northeast market power prices and higher capacity prices. Entergy Wholesale Commodities’ hedging strategies routinely include financial instruments that manage operational and liquidity risk. These positions, in addition to a larger-than-normal unhedged position in 2014 due to Vermont Yankee being in its final year of operation, allowed Entergy Wholesale Commodities to benefit from increases in Northeast market power prices;
higher volume in its nuclear fleet resulting from fewer unplanned and refueling outage days in the six months ended June 30, 2014 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2013, partially offset by a larger exercise of resupply options in the six months ended June 30, 2013 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2014 provided for in purchase power agreements where Entergy Wholesale Commodities may elect to supply power from another source when the plant is not running. Amounts related to the exercise of resupply options are included in the GWh billed in the table below;
mark-to-market activity, which was positive for the six months ended June 30, 2014. See Note 8 to the financial statements herein for discussion of derivative instruments; and
an increase in nuclear fuel expenses primarily due to increased generation as a result of fewer outage days, partially offset by lower DOE spent fuel disposal fees.


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Following are key performance measures for Entergy Wholesale Commodities for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013:
 
2014
 
2013
Owned capacity (MW) (a)
6,068
 
6,612
GWh billed
21,547
 
21,559
Average realized revenue per MWh
$68.77
 
$52.80
 
 
 
 
Entergy Wholesale Commodities Nuclear Fleet
 
 
 
Capacity factor
89%
 
82%
GWh billed
19,667
 
19,035
Average realized revenue per MWh
$67.83
 
$51.95
Refueling Outage Days:
 
 
 
Indian Point 2
24
 
Indian Point 3
 
28
Palisades
56
 
Pilgrim
 
45
Vermont Yankee
 
27

(a)     The reduction in owned capacity is due to the retirement of the 544 MW Ritchie Unit 2 in November 2013.

Other Income Statement Items

Utility

Other operation and maintenance expenses decreased from $1,107 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 to $1,054 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014 primarily due to:

a decrease of $37 million in payroll, compensation, and benefits costs primarily due to fewer employees, an increase in the discount rates used to determine net periodic pension and other postretirement benefit costs, and other postretirement benefit plan design changes.  See "MANAGEMENT’S FINANCIAL DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS – Critical Accounting Estimates" in the Form 10-K and Note 6 to the financial statements herein for further discussion of benefits costs;
a decrease of $23 million in fossil-fueled generation expenses primarily resulting from a lower scope of work done during plant outages in 2014 as compared to the same period in 2013;
a decrease of $19 million resulting from costs incurred in 2013 related to the now-terminated plan to spin off and merge the Utility’s transmission business;
a decrease of $14 million resulting from costs incurred in 2013 related to the generator stator incident at ANO, including an offset for insurance proceeds. See “ANO Damage and Outage” below for further discussion of the incident; and
a decrease of $9 million due to costs incurred in 2013 related to the implementation of and transition to the MISO RTO.

The decrease was partially offset by:

an increase of $18 million due to administration fees in 2014 related to participation in the MISO RTO. The net income effect is partially offset due to deferrals of these fees in certain jurisdictions. See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for further information on deferrals;
an increase of $14 million in energy efficiency costs at Entergy Arkansas and Entergy Texas.  These costs are recovered through energy efficiency riders and have a minimal effect on net income; and

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an increase of $13 million in storm damage accruals primarily at Entergy Arkansas effective January 2014, as approved by the APSC, and at Entergy Mississippi effective October 2013, as approved by the MPSC.

Depreciation and amortization expenses increased primarily due to additions to plant in service and an increase in Entergy Arkansas depreciation rates.

Other income decreased primarily due to a decrease in earnings on decommissioning trust fund investments.

Interest expense increased primarily due to net debt issuances of first mortgage bonds by Entergy Louisiana in the second and third quarters of 2013 and the lease renewal in December 2013 of the Grand Gulf sale leaseback. See Note 5 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for more details of long-term debt.

Entergy Wholesale Commodities

Depreciation and amortization expenses increased primarily due to a change effective in 2014 in the estimated average useful lives of plant in service as a result of a new depreciation study as well as additions to plant in service.

Other operation and maintenance expenses increased from $483 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 to $496 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014 primarily due to:

$19 million in expenses incurred in the six months ended June 30, 2014 related to the shutdown of Vermont Yankee including severance and retention costs.  See “Impairment of Long-Lived Assets” in Note 11 to the financial statements herein for discussion regarding the planned shutdown of the Vermont Yankee plant by the end of 2014; and
$8 million in transmission service credits received in the six months ended June 30, 2013.

The increase was partially offset by:

a decrease of $9 million in compensation and benefits costs primarily due to fewer employees, an increase in the discount rates used to determine net periodic pension and other postretirement benefit costs, and other postretirement benefit plan design changes. See "MANAGEMENT’S FINANCIAL DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS - Critical Accounting Estimates" in the Form 10-K and Note 6 to the financial statements herein for further discussion of benefits costs; and
a decrease of $7 million due to the absence of expenses from Entergy Solutions District Energy, which was sold in November 2013.

Income Taxes

The effective income tax rate was 36.5% for the six months ended June 30, 2014. The difference in the effective income tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2014 versus the statutory rate of 35% was primarily due to the provision for uncertain tax positions and certain book and tax differences related to utility plant items, partially offset by book and tax differences related to the allowance for equity funds used during construction and from a deferred state income tax reduction related to a New York tax law change. See Note 10 to the financial statements herein for a discussion of the New York tax law change.

The effective income tax rate was 36.2% for the six months ended June 30, 2013. The difference in the effective income tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2013 versus the statutory rate of 35% was primarily due to certain book and tax differences related to utility plant items, partially offset by book and tax differences related to the allowance for equity funds used during construction and lower state income taxes resulting from a state deferred tax adjustment.


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Entergy Wholesale Commodities Authorizations to Operate Its Nuclear Power Plants

See the Form 10-K for a discussion of the NRC operating licenses for Indian Point 2 and Indian Point 3 and the NRC license renewal applications in process for these plants.  Following is an update to the discussion regarding the NRC proceedings. In April 2014 the ASLB granted Entergy’s motion to dismiss as moot a contention by Riverkeeper alleging that the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement failed to adequately address endangered species issues. At the same time, the ASLB denied a motion filed by Riverkeeper in August 2013 to amend its endangered species contention. These ASLB decisions were not appealed and are now final, leaving three Track 2 contentions. The NRC staff expects to issue a further supplemental Safety Evaluation Report no later than November 7, 2014. Testimony on the remaining Track 2 contentions has not been completed, and Track 2 hearings have not been scheduled.

In proceedings before the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), the ALJs conducted an additional legislative hearing and issues conference in July 2014 triggered by NYSDEC staff’s proposal of permanent outages to protect fish organisms as an alternative form of best technology available. The ALJs stated at the issues conference that as a result of comments received, hearings on NYSDEC staff’s alternative best technology available proposal preliminarily scheduled for January 2015 would be postponed to a future date.

With respect to Entergy’s first Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) initiative (previous review), in May 2014 the New York State Department of State (NYSDOS) responded to questions the NRC staff submitted in December 2013. In July 2014, Entergy submitted comments on NYSDOS’s responses and NYSDOS filed a reply to those comments. The NRC staff advised the ASLB that it plans to issue further questions on previous review to NYSDOS and Entergy by late September 2014. With respect to Entergy’s second CZMA initiative (grandfathering), briefing of Entergy’s appeal to the intermediate New York State court was completed and the court stated it will schedule oral argument in October 2014.

See “Critical Accounting Estimates - Nuclear Decommissioning Costs” below and “Impairment of Long-Lived Assets” in Note 11 to the financial statements herein for discussions regarding the planned shutdown of the Vermont Yankee plant by the end of 2014.

ANO Damage and Outage
 
See "MANAGEMENT’S FINANCIAL DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS - ANO Damage and Outage" in the Form 10-K for a discussion of the ANO stator incident. The total cost of assessment, restoration of off-site power, site restoration, debris removal, and replacement of damaged property and equipment was approximately $95 million as of June 30, 2014. In addition, Entergy Arkansas incurred replacement power costs for ANO 2 power during its outage and incurred incremental replacement power costs for ANO 1 power because the outage extended beyond the originally-planned duration of the refueling outage. In February 2014 the APSC approved Entergy Arkansas’s request to exclude from the calculation of its revised energy cost rate $65.9 million of deferred fuel and purchased energy costs incurred in 2013 as a result of the ANO stator incident. The APSC authorized Entergy Arkansas to retain the $65.9 million in its deferred fuel balance with recovery to be reviewed in a later period after more information regarding various claims associated with the ANO stator incident is available.

Entergy Arkansas is assessing its options for recovering damages that resulted from the stator drop, including its insurance coverage and legal action. Entergy is a member of Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited (NEIL), a mutual insurance company that provides property damage coverage to the members’ nuclear generating plants, including ANO. NEIL has notified Entergy that it believes that a $50 million course of construction sublimit applies to any loss associated with the lifting apparatus failure and stator drop at ANO. Entergy has responded that it disagrees with NEIL’s position and is evaluating its options for enforcing its rights under the policy. On July 12, 2013, Entergy Arkansas filed a complaint in the Circuit Court in Pope County, Arkansas against the owner of the heavy-lifting apparatus that collapsed, an engineering firm, a contractor, and certain individuals asserting claims of breach of contract, negligence, and gross negligence in connection with their responsibility for the stator drop. During 2014, Entergy Arkansas collected $33 million from NEIL and is pursuing additional recoveries due under the policy.

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Shortly after the stator incident, the NRC deployed an augmented inspection team to review the plant's response. In July 2013 a second team of NRC inspectors visited ANO to evaluate certain items that were identified as requiring follow-up inspection to determine whether performance deficiencies existed.   In March 2014 the NRC issued an inspection report on the follow-up inspection that discussed two preliminary findings, one that was preliminarily determined to be “red with high safety significance” for Unit 1 and one that was preliminarily determined to be “yellow with substantial safety significance” for Unit 2, with the NRC indicating further that these preliminary findings may warrant additional regulatory oversight.  This report also noted that one additional item related to flood barrier effectiveness was still under review.

In May 2014 the NRC met with Entergy during a regulatory conference to discuss the preliminary red and yellow findings and Entergy's response to the findings.  During the regulatory conference, Entergy presented information on the facts and assumptions the NRC used to assess the potential findings. The NRC used the information provided by Entergy at the regulatory conference to finalize its decision regarding the inspection team’s findings. In a letter dated June 23, 2014, the NRC classified both findings as “yellow with substantial safety significance.” In an assessment follow-up letter for ANO dated July 29, 2014, the NRC stated that given the two yellow findings, it determined that the performance at ANO is in the “degraded cornerstone column,” or column 3, of the NRC’s reactor oversight process action matrix beginning the first quarter 2014. The NRC plans to conduct supplemental inspection activity to review the actions taken to address the yellow findings. Corrective actions in response to the NRC’s findings have been taken and remain ongoing at ANO. Entergy will continue to interact with the NRC to address the NRC’s findings.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

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

Capital Structure

Entergy’s capitalization is balanced between equity and debt, as shown in the following table.
 
June 30,
2014
 
December 31,
2013
Debt to capital
56.9
%
 
57.9
%
Effect of excluding the securitization bonds
(1.5
%)
 
(1.6
%)
Debt to capital, excluding securitization bonds (a)
55.4
%
 
56.3
%
Effect of subtracting cash
(1.3
%)
 
(1.5
%)
Net debt to net capital, excluding securitization bonds (a)
54.1
%
 
54.8
%

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

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

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Entergy Corporation has in place a credit facility that has a borrowing capacity of $3.5 billion and expires in March 2019. Entergy Corporation has the ability to issue letters of credit against 50% of the total borrowing capacity of the facility. Following is a summary of the borrowings outstanding and capacity available under the facility as of June 30, 2014:
Capacity
 
Borrowings
 
Letters
of Credit
 
Capacity
Available
(In Millions)

$3,500

 

$195

 

$8

 

$3,297


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

See Note 4 to the financial statements herein for additional discussion of the Entergy Corporation commercial paper program.  As of June 30, 2014, Entergy Corporation had $909 million of commercial paper outstanding.

Capital Expenditure Plans and Other Uses of Capital

See the table and discussion in the Form 10-K under "MANAGEMENT’S FINANCIAL DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS - Liquidity and Capital Resources - Capital Expenditure Plans and Other Uses of Capital," that sets forth the amounts of planned construction and other capital investments by operating segment for 2014 through 2016.

Following are the amounts of Entergy’s planned construction and other capital investments by operating segment for 2014 through 2016.
Planned construction and capital investments
 
2014
 
2015
 
2016
 
 
(In Millions)
Utility:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Generation
 

$660

 

$490

 

$605

Transmission
 
540

 
645

 
605

Distribution
 
685

 
565

 
580

Other
 
160

 
180

 
150

Total
 
2,045

 
1,880

 
1,940

Entergy Wholesale Commodities
 
420

 
380

 
230

Total
 

$2,465

 

$2,260

 

$2,170


The updated capital plan for 2014-2016 reflects additional spending for 2014 storms, potential new generation resource requirements, transmission to support economic development and reliability, partially offset by a shift in environmental compliance spending due to a likely later compliance date as well as other capital plan refinements.

Ninemile Point Unit 6 Self-Build Project

See the Form 10-K for a discussion of Entergy Louisiana’s construction of a combined-cycle gas turbine generating facility (Ninemile 6) at its existing Ninemile Point electric generating station.  The Ninemile 6 capacity and energy will be allocated 55% to Entergy Louisiana, 25% to Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, and 20% to Entergy New

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Orleans.  Under terms approved by the LPSC, costs may be recovered through Entergy Louisiana’s and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana’s formula rate plans beginning in the month after the unit is placed in service.  In July 2014, Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana filed an unopposed stipulation with the LPSC that estimates a first year revenue requirement associated with Ninemile 6 of $57.1 million for Entergy Louisiana and $28.5 million for Entergy Gulf States Louisiana.  A hearing on the stipulation is scheduled to be held before an ALJ in August 2014.  Entergy New Orleans expects to recover the costs associated with Ninemile 6 through a rider until new base rates are established in its next base rate proceeding.

Dividends

Declarations of dividends on Entergy’s common stock are made at the discretion of the Board.  Among other things, the Board evaluates the level of Entergy’s common stock dividends based upon Entergy’s earnings, financial strength, and future investment opportunities.  At its July 2014 meeting, the Board declared a dividend of $0.83 per share, which is the same quarterly dividend per share that Entergy has paid since the second quarter 2010.

Sources of Capital

Hurricane Isaac

As discussed in the Form 10-K, total restoration costs for the repair and replacement of electric facilities damaged by Hurricane Isaac were $73.8 million for Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and $247.7 million for Entergy Louisiana. In January 2013, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Louisiana drew $65 million and $187 million, respectively, from their funded storm reserve escrow accounts.  In April 2013, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Louisiana filed a joint application with the LPSC relating to Hurricane Isaac system restoration costs.  Following an evidentiary hearing and recommendations by the ALJ, the LPSC voted in June 2014 to approve a series of orders which (i) quantify the amount of Hurricane Isaac system restoration costs prudently incurred ($66.5 million for Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and $224.3 million for Entergy Louisiana); (ii) determine the level of storm reserves to be re-established ($90 million for Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and $200 million for Entergy Louisiana); (iii) authorize Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Louisiana to utilize Louisiana Act 55 financing for Hurricane Isaac system restoration costs; and (iv) grant other requested relief associated with storm reserves and Act 55 financing of Hurricane Isaac system restoration costs. Approvals for the Act 55 financings were obtained from the Louisiana Utilities Restoration Corporation (LURC) and the Louisiana State Bond Commission.

In August 2014 the Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities and Community Development Authority (LCDA) issued $71 million in bonds under Act 55 of the Louisiana Legislature.  From the $69 million of bond proceeds loaned by the LCDA to the LURC, the LURC deposited $3 million in a restricted escrow account as a storm damage reserve for Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and transferred $66 million directly to Entergy Gulf States Louisiana.  From the bond proceeds received by Entergy Gulf States Louisiana from the LURC, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana then immediately used the $66 million to acquire 662,426.80 Class C preferred, non-voting, membership interest units of Entergy Holdings Company LLC, a company wholly-owned and consolidated by Entergy, that carry a 7.5% annual distribution rate. Distributions are payable quarterly commencing on September 15, 2014, and the membership interests have a liquidation price of $100 per unit. The preferred membership interests are callable at the option of Entergy Holdings Company LLC after ten years under the terms of the LLC agreement. The terms of the membership interests include certain financial covenants to which Entergy Holdings Company LLC is subject, including the requirement to maintain a net worth of at least $1.75 billion.

In August 2014 the LCDA issued another $243.85 million in bonds under Act 55 of the Louisiana Legislature.  From the $240 million of bond proceeds loaned by the LCDA to the LURC, the LURC deposited $13 million in a restricted escrow account as a storm damage reserve for Entergy Louisiana and transferred $227 million directly to Entergy Louisiana.  From the bond proceeds received by Entergy Louisiana from the LURC, Entergy Louisiana then immediately used the $227 million to acquire 2,272,725.89 Class C preferred, non-voting, membership interest units of Entergy Holdings Company LLC that carry a 7.5% annual distribution rate. Distributions are payable

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quarterly commencing on September 15, 2014, and the membership interests have a liquidation price of $100 per unit. The preferred membership interests are callable at the option of Entergy Holdings Company LLC after ten years under the terms of the LLC agreement. The terms of the membership interests include certain financial covenants to which Entergy Holdings Company LLC is subject, including the requirement to maintain a net worth of at least $1.75 billion.

Entergy, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, and Entergy Louisiana will not report the bonds on their balance sheets because the bonds are the obligation of the LCDA and there is no recourse against Entergy, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, or Entergy Louisiana in the event of a bond default.  To service the bonds, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana and Entergy Louisiana will collect a system restoration charge on behalf of the LURC, and remit the collections to the bond indenture trustee.  Entergy, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, and Entergy Louisiana will not report the collections as revenue because they are merely acting as the billing and collection agents for the state.

Total restoration costs for the repair and replacement of Entergy New Orleans’s electric facilities damaged by Hurricane Isaac were $47.3 million. Entergy New Orleans withdrew $17.4 million from the storm reserve escrow account to partially offset these costs. In February 2014, Entergy New Orleans made a filing with the City Council seeking certification of the Hurricane Isaac costs. In July 2014 the City Council adopted a procedural schedule that provides for hearings on the merits in September 2015.

Cash Flow Activity

As shown in Entergy’s Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 were as follows:
 
2014
 
2013
 
(In Millions)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

$739

 

$533

Cash flow provided by (used in):
 

 
 

Operating activities
1,529

 
1,116

Investing activities
(1,391
)
 
(1,305
)
Financing activities
(227
)
 
(33
)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
(89
)
 
(222
)
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

$650

 

$311


Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities increased by $413 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2013 primarily due to:

higher Entergy Wholesale Commodities and Utility net revenues in 2014 as compared to the same period in 2013, as discussed previously;
a decrease in income tax payments of $69 million in the six months ended June 30, 2014 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2013; and
approximately $25 million in spending in 2013 related to the generator stator incident at ANO, as discussed previously.

The increase was partially offset by an increase of $94 million in pension contributions in 2014 and decreased recovery of fuel costs. See "MANAGEMENT’S FINANCIAL DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS – Critical Accounting Estimates" in the Form 10-K and Note 6 to the financial statements herein for a discussion of qualified pension and other postretirement benefits funding.


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Investing Activities

Net cash flow used in investing activities increased by $86 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2013 primarily due to:

the withdrawal of a total of $252 million from Entergy Louisiana’s and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana’s storm reserve escrow accounts in 2013 as a result of Hurricane Isaac.  See Note 2 to the financial statements herein and in the Form 10-K for a discussion of Hurricane Isaac;
deposit of Entergy Louisiana bond proceeds with a trustee in June 2014. Entergy Louisiana issued $170 million of 5.0% Series first mortgage bonds in June 2014 and used the proceeds, in July 2014, to redeem, prior to maturity, its $70 million of 6.4% Series first mortgage bonds due October 2034 and its $100 million of 6.3% Series first mortgage bonds due September 2035; and
an increase in nuclear fuel purchases due to variations from year to year in the timing and pricing of fuel reload requirements, material and services deliveries, and the timing of cash payments during the nuclear fuel cycle.

The increase was partially offset by:

a decrease in construction expenditures, primarily in the Utility business, including a decrease in spending on the Ninemile 6 self-build project, spending in 2013 on the generator stator incident at ANO, and spending in 2013 on the Waterford 3 steam generator project, partially offset by an increase in storm restoration spending;
a change in collateral deposit activity, reflected in the “Increase in other investments” line on the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows, as Entergy received net deposits of $28 million in 2014 and returned net deposits of $34 million in 2013.  Entergy Wholesale Commodities’s forward sales contracts are discussed in the “Market and Credit Risk Sensitive Instruments” section below; and
$24 million in insurance proceeds received in the first quarter 2014 for property damages related to the generator stator incident at ANO, as discussed above.

Financing Activities

Net cash flow used in financing activities increased by $194 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2013 primarily due to:

long-term debt activity providing approximately $7 million of cash in 2014 compared to using $36 million of cash in 2013.  Included in the long-term debt activity is $60 million in 2014 and $605 million in 2013 for the repayment of borrowings on the Entergy Corporation long-term credit facility;
Entergy Corporation repaid $136 million of commercial paper in 2014 and issued, in part, $283 million in 2013 to repay borrowings on its long-term credit facility;
a net increase of $188 million in 2014 in short-term borrowings by the nuclear fuel company variable interest entities;
$70 million in short-term borrowings under the Utility operating companies’ credit facilities in 2013;
an increase of $65 million in treasury stock issuances in 2014 primarily due to a larger amount of previously repurchased Entergy Corporation common stock issued in 2014 to satisfy stock option exercises; and
the repurchase of $18 million of common stock in 2014.

For details of long-term debt activity and Entergy’s commercial paper program in 2014, see Note 4 to the financial statements herein and Note 5 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K.

Rate, Cost-recovery, and Other Regulation

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

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State and Local Rate Regulation and Fuel-Cost Recovery

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

Federal Regulation

See the Form 10-K for a discussion of federal regulatory proceedings.  Following are updates to that discussion.

Entergy’s Integration Into the MISO Regional Transmission Organization

As discussed in the Form 10-K, on December 19, 2013, the Utility operating companies successfully completed their planned integration into the MISO RTO.

In January 2013, Occidental Chemical Corporation filed with the FERC a petition for declaratory judgment and complaint against MISO alleging that MISO’s proposed treatment of Qualifying Facilities (QFs) in the Entergy region is unduly discriminatory in violation of sections 205 and 206 of the Federal Power Act and violates the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) and the FERC’s implementing regulations. Occidental’s filing asks that the FERC declare that MISO’s QF integration plan is unlawful, find that the plan cannot be implemented because MISO did not file it pursuant to section 205 of the Federal Power Act, and direct that MISO modify certain aspects of the plan. Entergy sought to intervene and filed a protest to the pleadings.

In February 2014, Occidental filed a petition for enforcement against the LPSC. Occidental’s petition for enforcement alleges that the LPSC’s January 2014 order, which approved Entergy Gulf States Louisiana’s and Entergy Louisiana’s application for modification of Entergy’s methodology for calculating avoided cost rates paid to QFs, is inconsistent with the requirements of PURPA and the FERC’s regulations implementing PURPA. In April 2014 the FERC issued a “Notice Of Intent Not To Act At This Time” with respect to Occidental’s petition for enforcement against the LPSC. The FERC concluded that Occidental’s petition for enforcement largely raises the same issues as those raised in the January 2013 complaint and petition for declaratory order that Occidental had filed against MISO, and that the two proceedings should be addressed at the same time. The FERC reserved its ability to issue a further order or to take further action at a future date should it find that doing so is appropriate.

In April 2014, Occidental filed a complaint in federal district court for the Middle District of Louisiana against the LPSC and Entergy Louisiana that challenges the January 2014 order issued by the LPSC on grounds similar to those raised in the 2013 complaint and 2014 petition for enforcement that Occidental previously filed at the FERC.  The district court complaint seeks a declaration that the January 2014 order conflicts with and is preempted by PURPA and the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution, and also seeks an injunction prohibiting the LPSC and Entergy Louisiana from enforcing or utilizing the practices approved in the order.  The district court complaint seeks damages from Entergy Louisiana and a declaration from the district court that in pursuing the January 2014 order Entergy Louisiana breached an existing agreement with Occidental and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. Entergy Louisiana has moved to stay the district court proceeding, asserting that the FERC has primary jurisdiction to address Occidental’s claims and should be allowed to do so in the context of Occidental’s 2013 complaint.

In February 2013, Entergy Services, on behalf of the Utility operating companies, made a filing with the FERC requesting to adopt the standard Attachment O formula rate template used by transmission owners to establish transmission rates within MISO. The filing proposed four transmission pricing zones for the Utility operating companies, one for Entergy Arkansas, one for Entergy Mississippi, one for Entergy Texas, and one for Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, and Entergy New Orleans. In June 2013 the FERC issued an order accepting the use of four transmission pricing zones and set for hearing and settlement judge procedures those issues of material fact that FERC decided could not be resolved based on the existing record. Several parties, including the City Council, filed requests for rehearing of the June 2013 order. In February 2014 the FERC issued an order addressing the rehearing requests. Among other things, the FERC denied rehearing and affirmed its prior decision allowing the four transmission

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pricing zones for the Utility operating companies in MISO. The FERC granted rehearing and set for hearing and settlement judge proceedings certain challenges of MISO’s regional through and out rates. In March 2014 certain parties filed a request for rehearing of the FERC’s February 2014 order on issues related to MISO’s regional through and out rates. In February 2014 and April 2014 various parties appealed the FERC’s June 2013 and February 2014 orders to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit where the appeals have been consolidated for further proceedings.

System Agreement

Utility Operating Company Notices of Termination of System Agreement Participation

As discussed in the Form 10-K, in February 2014, Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana provided notice of their respective decisions to terminate their participation in the System Agreement and made a filing with the FERC seeking acceptance of the notice. In the FERC filing, Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana requested an effective date of February 14, 2019 or such other effective date approved by the FERC for the termination. In March 2014 the City Council submitted comments to the FERC regarding the notices of termination. The City Council requested the FERC either to condition its acceptance of the notices on compliance with the prior 96-month notice termination period, or in the alternative, to consolidate the notice filings with the proceeding related to the Utility operating companies’ proposal to shorten the System Agreement’s termination notice period from 96 months to 60 months, and to set all of the proceedings for hearing. Also in March 2014, Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana filed a response to the City Council’s comments requesting that the FERC accept the notices without hearing and with an effective date subject to and consistent with the notice period established by the FERC in the proceeding related to the Utility operating companies’ proposal to shorten the System Agreement’s termination notice period. Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy New Orleans, and Entergy Texas continue to explore with the LPSC staff, City Council advisors, and the PUCT staff the early termination of the System Agreement on a consensual basis.

Market and Credit Risk Sensitive Instruments

Commodity Price Risk

Power Generation

As a wholesale generator, Entergy Wholesale Commodities’ core business is selling energy, measured in MWh, to its customers.  Entergy Wholesale Commodities enters into forward contracts with its customers and also sells energy in the day ahead or spot markets.  In addition to selling the energy produced by its plants, Entergy Wholesale Commodities sells unforced capacity, which allows load-serving entities to meet specified reserve and related requirements placed on them by the ISOs in their respective areas.  Entergy Wholesale Commodities’ forward physical power contracts consist of contracts to sell energy only, contracts to sell capacity only, and bundled contracts in which it sells both capacity and energy.  While the terminology and payment mechanics vary in these contracts, each of these types of contracts requires Entergy Wholesale Commodities to deliver MWh of energy, make capacity available, or both.  In addition to its forward physical power contracts, Entergy Wholesale Commodities also uses a combination of financial contracts, including swaps, collars, and options, to manage forward commodity price risk.  Certain hedge volumes have price downside and upside relative to market price movement.  The contracted minimum, expected value, and sensitivities are provided in the table below to show potential variations.  The sensitivities may not reflect the total maximum upside potential from higher market prices.  The information contained in the following table represents projections at a point in time and will vary over time based on numerous factors, such as future market prices, contracting activities, and generation.  Following is a summary of Entergy Wholesale Commodities’ current forward capacity and generation contracts as well as total revenue projections based on market prices as of June 30, 2014 (2014 represents the remainder of the year):


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Entergy Wholesale Commodities Nuclear Portfolio
 
 
2014
 
2015
 
2016
 
2017
 
2018
Energy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Percent of planned generation under contract (a):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unit-contingent (b)
 
24%
 
28%
 
16%
 
14%
 
14%
Unit-contingent with availability guarantees (c)
 
18%
 
15%
 
14%
 
15%
 
3%
Firm LD (d)
 
60%
 
39%
 
10%
 
—%
 
—%
Offsetting positions (e)
 
(25%)
 
—%
 
—%
 
—%
 
—%
Total
 
77%
 
82%
 
40%
 
29%
 
17%
Planned generation (TWh) (f) (g)
 
20
 
35
 
36
 
35
 
35
Average revenue per MWh on contracted volumes:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Minimum
 
$44
 
$45
 
$47
 
$51
 
$56
Expected based on market prices as of June 30, 2014
 
$49
 
$51
 
$51
 
$53
 
$56
Sensitivity: -/+ $10 per MWh market price change
 
$47-$52
 
$48-$53
 
$49-$52
 
$53-$54
 
$56
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Capacity
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Percent of capacity sold forward (h):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bundled capacity and energy contracts (i)
 
15%
 
18%
 
18%
 
18%
 
18%
Capacity contracts (j)
 
40%
 
15%
 
15%
 
16%
 
7%
Total
 
55%
 
33%
 
33%
 
34%
 
25%
Planned net MW in operation (g)
 
5,011
 
4,406
 
4,406
 
4,406
 
4,406
Average revenue under contract per kW per month
(applies to capacity contracts only)
 
$6.0
 
$3.2
 
$3.4
 
$5.6
 
$7.0
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Nuclear Energy and Capacity Revenues
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Expected sold and market total revenue per MWh
 
$57
 
$56
 
$54
 
$54
 
$56
Sensitivity: -/+ $10 per MWh market price change
 
$55-$63
 
$52-$60
 
$47-$60
 
$47-$62
 
$47-$64

Entergy Wholesale Commodities Non-Nuclear Portfolio
 
 
2014
 
2015
 
2016
 
2017
 
2018
Energy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Percent of planned generation under contract (a):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost-based contracts (k)
 
47%
 
36%
 
34%
 
33%
 
33%
Firm LD (d)
 
9%
 
7%
 
7%
 
6%
 
7%
Total
 
56%
 
43%
 
41%
 
39%
 
40%
Planned generation (TWh) (f) (l)
 
4
 
6
 
6
 
6
 
6
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Capacity
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Percent of capacity sold forward (h):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost-based contracts (k)
 
30%
 
24%
 
24%
 
26%
 
26%
Bundled capacity and energy contracts (i)
 
9%
 
8%
 
8%
 
8%
 
8%
Capacity contracts (j)
 
44%
 
53%
 
53%
 
56%
 
24%
Total
 
83%
 
85%
 
85%
 
90%
 
58%
Planned net MW in operation (l)
 
1,052
 
1,052
 
1,052
 
977
 
977


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(a)
Percent of planned generation output sold or purchased forward under contracts, forward physical contracts, forward financial contracts, or options that mitigate price uncertainty that may require regulatory approval or approval of transmission rights. Positions that are no longer classified as hedges are netted in the planned generation under contract.
(b)
Transaction under which power is supplied from a specific generation asset; if the asset is not operating, seller is generally not liable to buyer for any damages.
(c)
A sale of power on a unit-contingent basis coupled with a guarantee of availability provides for the payment to the power purchaser of contract damages, if incurred, in the event the seller fails to deliver power as a result of the failure of the specified generation unit to generate power at or above a specified availability threshold.  All of Entergy’s outstanding guarantees of availability provide for dollar limits on Entergy’s maximum liability under such guarantees.
(d)
Transaction that requires receipt or delivery of energy at a specified delivery point (usually at a market hub not associated with a specific asset) or settles financially on notional quantities; if a party fails to deliver or receive energy, defaulting party must compensate the other party as specified in the contract, a portion of which may be capped through the use of risk management products.
(e)
Transactions for the purchase of energy, generally to offset a Firm LD transaction.
(f)
Amount of output expected to be generated by Entergy Wholesale Commodities resources considering plant operating characteristics, outage schedules, and expected market conditions that affect dispatch.
(g)
Assumes NRC license renewals for plants whose current licenses expire within five years.  Assumes shutdown of Vermont Yankee in the fourth quarter 2014 and uninterrupted normal operation at remaining plants.  NRC license renewal applications are in process for two units, as follows (with current license expirations in parentheses): Indian Point 2 (September 2013 and now operating under its period of extended operations) and Indian Point 3 (December 2015).  For a discussion regarding the shutdown of the Vermont Yankee plant, see “Impairment of Long-Lived Assets” in Note 11 to the financial statements herein.  For a discussion regarding the license renewals for Indian Point 2 and Indian Point 3, see “Entergy Wholesale Commodities Authorizations to Operate Its Nuclear Power Plants” above and in the Form10-K.
(h)
Percent of planned qualified capacity sold to mitigate price uncertainty under physical or financial transactions.
(i)
A contract for the sale of installed capacity and related energy, priced per megawatt-hour sold.
(j)
A contract for the sale of an installed capacity product in a regional market.
(k)
Contracts priced in accordance with cost-based rates, a ratemaking concept used for the design and development of rate schedules to ensure that the filed rate schedules recover only the cost of providing the service; these contracts are on owned non-utility resources located within Entergy’s Utility service area and were executed prior to receiving market-based rate authority under MISO.  The percentage sold assumes completion of the necessary transmission upgrades required for the approved transmission rights.
(l)
Non-nuclear planned generation and net MW in operation include purchases from affiliated and non-affiliated counterparties under long-term contracts and exclude energy and capacity from Entergy Wholesale Commodities’ wind investment. The decrease in planned net MW in operation beginning in 2017 is due to the expiration of a non-affiliated 75 MW contact.

Entergy estimates that a positive $10 per MWh change in the annual average energy price in the markets in which the Entergy Wholesale Commodities nuclear business sells power, based on June 30, 2014 market conditions, planned generation volumes, and hedged positions, would have a corresponding effect on pre-tax net income of $126 million for the remainder of 2014. A negative $10 per MWh change in the annual average energy price in the markets based on June 30, 2014 market conditions, planned generation volumes, and hedged positions, would have a corresponding effect on pre-tax net income of ($55) million for the remainder of 2014.

Some of the agreements to sell the power produced by Entergy Wholesale Commodities’s power plants contain provisions that require an Entergy subsidiary to provide collateral to secure its obligations under the agreements.  The Entergy subsidiary is required to provide collateral based upon the difference between the current market and contracted power prices in the regions where Entergy Wholesale Commodities sells power.  The primary form of collateral to satisfy these requirements is an Entergy Corporation guaranty.  Cash and letters of credit are also acceptable forms of collateral.  At June 30, 2014, based on power prices at that time, Entergy had liquidity exposure of $242 million under

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the guarantees in place supporting Entergy Wholesale Commodities transactions and $28 million of posted cash collateral.  As of June 30, 2014, the liquidity exposure associated with Entergy Wholesale Commodities assurance requirements, including return of previously posted collateral from counterparties, would increase by $195 million for a $1 per MMBtu increase in gas prices in both the short-and long-term markets.  In the event of a decrease in Entergy Corporation’s credit rating to below investment grade, based on power prices as of June 30, 2014, Entergy would have been required to provide approximately $141 million of additional cash or letters of credit under some of the agreements.

As of June 30, 2014, substantially all of the counterparties or their guarantors for 100% of the planned energy output under contract for Entergy Wholesale Commodities nuclear plants through 2018 have public investment grade credit ratings.

Nuclear Matters

See "MANAGEMENT’S FINANCIAL DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS – Nuclear Matters" in the Form 10-K for a discussion of nuclear matters.

Critical Accounting Estimates

See "MANAGEMENT’S FINANCIAL DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS - Critical Accounting Estimates" in the Form 10-K for a discussion of the estimates and judgments necessary in Entergy’s accounting for nuclear decommissioning costs, unbilled revenue, impairment of long-lived assets and trust fund investments, qualified pension and other postretirement benefits, and other contingencies.  Following are updates to that discussion.

Nuclear Decommissioning Costs

In the first quarter 2014, Entergy Arkansas recorded a revision to its estimated decommissioning cost liabilities for ANO 1 and ANO 2 as a result of a revised decommissioning cost study.  The revised estimates resulted in a $43.6 million increase in the decommissioning cost liabilities, along with a corresponding increase in the related asset retirement cost assets that will be depreciated over the remaining lives of the units.

See “Impairment of Long-Lived Assets” in Note 1 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K and Note 11 to the financial statements herein for a discussion of the planned shutdown of Vermont Yankee and the December 2013 settlement agreement involving Entergy and Vermont parties.  In the settlement agreement, Entergy Vermont Yankee agreed to complete and shall provide to the Vermont parties by December 31, 2014, a site assessment study of the costs and tasks of radiological decommissioning, spent nuclear fuel management, and site restoration of Vermont Yankee.  Entergy Vermont Yankee also agreed that it shall file its Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report (PSDAR) for Vermont Yankee with the NRC no sooner than sixty days after completing the site assessment study.  It is possible that development of the site assessment study and PSDAR will lead to a revision of Vermont Yankee’s decommissioning cost liability estimate.

New Accounting Pronouncements

The accounting standard-setting process, including projects between the FASB and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) to converge U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards, is ongoing and the FASB and the IASB are each currently working on several projects that have not yet resulted in final pronouncements.  Final pronouncements that result from these projects could have a material effect on Entergy’s future net income, financial position, or cash flows.

In April 2014 the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-08, “Presentation of Financial Statements (Topic 205) and Property Plant, and Equipment (Topic 360): Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity” which changes the requirements for reporting discontinued operations. The ASU states that a disposal of a component of an entity or a group of components of an entity is required to be reported in discontinued

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operations if the disposal represents a strategic shift that has or will have a major effect on an entity’s operations and financial results when the component of an entity or group of components of an entity meets the criteria to be classified as held for sale, is disposed of by sale, or is disposed of other than by sale. The amendments in this ASU also require additional disclosures about discontinued operations. ASU 2014-08 is effective for Entergy for the first quarter 2015. Entergy does not currently expect ASU 2014-08 to affect materially its results of operations, financial position, or cash flows.

In May 2014 the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606).” The ASU’s core principle is that “an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services.” The ASU details a five-step model that should be followed to achieve the core principle. ASU 2014-09 is effective for Entergy for the first quarter 2017. Entergy does not expect ASU 2014-09 to affect materially its results of operations, financial position, or cash flows.















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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
For the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2014 and 2013
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
2014
 
2013
 
2014
 
2013
 
(In Thousands, Except Share Data)
OPERATING REVENUES
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Electric

$2,373,842

 

$2,177,210

 

$4,600,306

 
$4,126,490
Natural gas
35,469

 
33,881

 
113,689

 
87,202

Competitive businesses
587,339

 
527,117

 
1,491,498

 
1,133,390

TOTAL
2,996,650

 
2,738,208

 
6,205,493

 
5,347,082

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
OPERATING EXPENSES
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating and Maintenance:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fuel, fuel-related expenses, and gas purchased for resale
604,081

 
489,608

 
1,147,910

 
999,940

Purchased power
517,898

 
485,744

 
1,092,525

 
858,873

Nuclear refueling outage expenses
66,497

 
66,464

 
126,041

 
127,183

Other operation and maintenance
816,609

 
844,195

 
1,554,590

 
1,598,453

Decommissioning
67,250

 
59,389

 
133,049

 
118,494

Taxes other than income taxes
152,736

 
144,888

 
307,204

 
295,983

Depreciation and amortization
331,742

 
297,516

 
660,465

 
598,392

Other regulatory charges (credits)
(14,640
)
 
3,892

 
(10,645
)
 
9,207

TOTAL
2,542,173

 
2,391,696

 
5,011,139

 
4,606,525

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
OPERATING INCOME
454,477

 
346,512

 
1,194,354

 
740,557

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
OTHER INCOME
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Allowance for equity funds used during construction
14,788

 
16,249

 
29,917

 
29,000

Interest and investment income
24,245

 
40,541

 
59,493

 
78,847

Miscellaneous - net
(14,675
)
 
(13,157
)
 
(26,379
)
 
(26,779
)
TOTAL
24,358

 
43,633

 
63,031

 
81,068

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
INTEREST EXPENSE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest expense
164,327

 
155,768

 
326,877

 
308,918

Allowance for borrowed funds used during construction
(8,516
)
 
(6,791
)
 
(15,535
)
 
(11,979
)
TOTAL
155,811

 
148,977

 
311,342

 
296,939

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES
323,024

 
241,168

 
946,043

 
524,686

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income taxes
128,743

 
73,113

 
345,709

 
189,648

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME
194,281

 
168,055

 
600,334

 
335,038

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Preferred dividend requirements of subsidiaries
4,898

 
4,332

 
9,777

 
9,915

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO ENTERGY CORPORATION

$189,383

 

$163,723

 

$590,557

 

$325,123

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Earnings per average common share:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic

$1.06

 

$0.92

 

$3.30

 

$1.83

Diluted

$1.05

 

$0.92

 

$3.29

 

$1.82

Dividends declared per common share

$0.83

 

$0.83

 

$1.66

 

$1.66

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic average number of common shares outstanding
179,354,103

 
178,196,525

 
179,077,503

 
178,112,709

Diluted average number of common shares outstanding
180,045,432

 
178,614,383

 
179,547,020

 
178,534,201

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
For the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2014 and 2013
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
2014
 
2013
 
2014
 
2013
 
(In Thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net Income

$194,281

 

$168,055

 

$600,334

 

$335,038


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other comprehensive income (loss)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash flow hedges net unrealized gain (loss)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(net of tax expense (benefit) of ($3,772), $14,531, $3,453, and ($26,604))
(6,744
)
 
27,590

 
7,010

 
(48,385
)
Pension and other postretirement liabilities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(net of tax expense of $1,822, $5,885, $19,583, and $11,754)
3,459

 
9,779

 
(9,237
)
 
19,574

Net unrealized investment gains (losses)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(net of tax expense (benefit) of $29,580, ($9,325), $35,328, and $44,986)
39,235

 
(8,033
)
 
62,224

 
48,344

Foreign currency translation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(net of tax expense (benefit) of $172, $11, $213, and ($405))
320

 
19

 
395

 
(753
)
Other comprehensive income
36,270

 
29,355

 
60,392

 
18,780


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Comprehensive Income
230,551

 
197,410

 
660,726

 
353,818

Preferred dividend requirements of subsidiaries
4,898

 
4,332

 
9,777

 
9,915

Comprehensive Income Attributable to Entergy Corporation

$225,653

 

$193,078

 

$650,949

 

$343,903

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2014 and 2013
(Unaudited)
 
 
2014
 
2013
 
 
(In Thousands)
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
 
 
 
 
Consolidated net income
 

$600,334

 

$335,038

Adjustments to reconcile consolidated net income to net cash flow provided by operating activities:
Depreciation, amortization, and decommissioning, including nuclear fuel amortization
 
1,041,970

 
948,950

Deferred income taxes, investment tax credits, and non-current taxes accrued
 
357,571

 
162,189

Changes in working capital:
 
 
 
 
Receivables
 
(47,120
)
 
(218,279
)
Fuel inventory
 
32,125

 
6,190

Accounts payable
 
46,697

 
151,993

Prepaid taxes and taxes accrued
 
(39,317
)
 
(58,176
)
Interest accrued
 
1,508

 
(3,172
)
Deferred fuel costs
 
(237,726
)
 
(101,421
)
Other working capital accounts
 
(115,605
)
 
(133,575
)
Changes in provisions for estimated losses
 
4,314

 
(250,343
)
Changes in other regulatory assets
 
26,070

 
216,659

Changes in other regulatory liabilities
 
89,860

 
98,807

Changes in pensions and other postretirement liabilities
 
(128,922
)
 
24,955

Other
 
(103,196
)
 
(63,910
)
Net cash flow provided by operating activities
 
1,528,563

 
1,115,905

 
 
 
 
 
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
 
 
 
 
Construction/capital expenditures
 
(959,618
)
 
(1,244,859
)
Allowance for equity funds used during construction
 
31,577

 
30,977

Nuclear fuel purchases
 
(236,296
)
 
(209,509
)
Proceeds from sale of assets
 
10,100

 

Insurance proceeds received for property damages
 
28,226

 

Changes in securitization account
 
6,987

 
9,118

NYPA value sharing payment
 
(72,000
)
 
(71,736
)
Payments to storm reserve escrow account
 
(3,624
)
 
(3,855
)
Receipts from storm reserve escrow account
 

 
260,230

Increase in other investments
 
(140,772
)
 
(28,895
)
Litigation proceeds for reimbursement of spent nuclear fuel storage costs
 

 
10,763

Proceeds from nuclear decommissioning trust fund sales
 
981,530

 
779,706

Investment in nuclear decommissioning trust funds
 
(1,036,770
)
 
(837,114
)
Net cash flow used in investing activities
 
(1,390,660
)
 
(1,305,174
)
 
 
 
 
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
 
 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2014 and 2013
(Unaudited)
 
 
2014
 
2013
 
 
(In Thousands)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
 
 
 
 
Proceeds from the issuance of:
 
 
 
 
Long-term debt
 
1,232,161

 
1,973,866

Treasury stock
 
81,358

 
16,634

Retirement of long-term debt
 
(1,224,733
)
 
(2,010,111
)
Repurchase of common stock
 
(18,259
)
 

Changes in credit borrowings and commercial paper - net
 
(7,538
)
 
294,123

Other
 
17,030

 

Dividends paid:
 
 
 
 
Common stock
 
(297,228
)
 
(297,054
)
Preferred stock
 
(9,752
)
 
(10,137
)
Net cash flow used in financing activities
 
(226,961
)
 
(32,679
)

 
 
 
 
Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents
 

 
751


 
 
 
 
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
 
(89,058
)
 
(221,197
)

 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
 
739,126

 
532,569


 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
 

$650,068

 

$311,372

 
 
 
 
 
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
 
 
 
 
Cash paid during the period for:
 
 
 
 
Interest - net of amount capitalized
 

$312,747

 

$302,179

Income taxes
 

$19,505

 

$88,665

 
 
 
 
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
 
 


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ENTERGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
ASSETS
June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013
(Unaudited)
 
 
2014
 
2013
 
 
(In Thousands)
CURRENT ASSETS
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents:
 
 
 
 
Cash
 

$148,639

 

$129,979

Temporary cash investments
 
501,429

 
609,147

Total cash and cash equivalents
 
650,068

 
739,126

Accounts receivable:
 
 
 
 
Customer
 
703,524

 
670,641

Allowance for doubtful accounts
 
(33,719
)
 
(34,311
)
Other
 
191,147

 
195,028

Accrued unbilled revenues
 
371,997

 
340,828

Total accounts receivable
 
1,232,949

 
1,172,186

Deferred fuel costs
 
311,018

 
116,379

Accumulated deferred income taxes
 
33,241

 
175,073

Fuel inventory - at average cost
 
176,833

 
208,958

Materials and supplies - at average cost
 
932,982

 
915,006

Deferred nuclear refueling outage costs
 
307,287

 
192,474

Prepayments and other
 
600,755

 
410,489

TOTAL
 
4,245,133

 
3,929,691

 
 
 
 
 
OTHER PROPERTY AND INVESTMENTS
 
 
 
 
Investment in affiliates - at equity
 
38,333

 
40,350

Decommissioning trust funds
 
5,164,746

 
4,903,144

Non-utility property - at cost (less accumulated depreciation)
 
198,727

 
199,375

Other
 
138,063

 
210,616

TOTAL
 
5,539,869

 
5,353,485

 
 
 
 
 
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
 
 
 
 
Electric
 
43,569,861

 
42,935,712

Property under capital lease
 
940,688

 
941,299

Natural gas
 
370,658

 
366,365

Construction work in progress
 
1,668,324

 
1,514,857

Nuclear fuel
 
1,532,498

 
1,566,904

TOTAL PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
 
48,082,029

 
47,325,137

Less - accumulated depreciation and amortization
 
19,972,785

 
19,443,493

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT - NET
 
28,109,244

 
27,881,644

 
 
 
 
 
DEFERRED DEBITS AND OTHER ASSETS
 
 
 
 
Regulatory assets:
 
 
 
 
Regulatory asset for income taxes - net
 
846,935

 
849,718

Other regulatory assets (includes securitization property of $775,911 as of June 30, 2014 and $822,218 as of December 31, 2013)
 
3,870,076

 
3,893,363

Deferred fuel costs
 
172,202

 
172,202

Goodwill
 
377,172

 
377,172

Accumulated deferred income taxes
 
42,532

 
62,011

Other
 
947,584

 
887,160

TOTAL
 
6,256,501

 
6,241,626

 
 
 
 
 
TOTAL ASSETS
 

$44,150,747

 

$43,406,446

 
 
 
 
 
See Notes to Financial Statements.
 
 
 
 

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ENTERGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013
(Unaudited)
 
 
2014
 
2013
 
 
(In Thousands)
CURRENT LIABILITIES
 
 
 
 
Currently maturing long-term debt
 

$682,666

 

$457,095

Notes payable and commercial paper
 
1,039,349

 
1,046,887

Accounts payable
 
1,159,726

 
1,173,313

Customer deposits
 
401,055

 
370,997

Taxes accrued
 
151,776

 
191,093

Accumulated deferred income taxes
 
36,098

 
28,307

Interest accrued
 
182,505

 
180,997

Deferred fuel costs
 
14,545

 
57,631

Obligations under capital leases
 
2,413

 
2,323

Pension and other postretirement liabilities
 
51,844

 
67,419

Other
 
406,092

 
484,510

TOTAL
 
4,128,069

 
4,060,572

 
 
 
 
 
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
 
 
 
 
Accumulated deferred income taxes and taxes accrued
 
8,986,343

 
8,724,635

Accumulated deferred investment tax credits
 
258,419

 
263,765

Obligations under capital leases
 
30,988

 
32,218

Other regulatory liabilities
 
1,385,816

 
1,295,955

Decommissioning and asset retirement cost liabilities
 
4,108,256

 
3,933,416

Accumulated provisions
 
120,015

 
115,139

Pension and other postretirement liabilities
 
2,207,357

 
2,320,704

Long-term debt (includes securitization bonds of $831,928 as of June 30, 2014 and $883,013 as of December 31, 2013)
 
11,936,105

 
12,139,149

Other
 
622,151

 
583,667

TOTAL
 
29,655,450

 
29,408,648

 
 
 
 
 
Commitments and Contingencies
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Subsidiaries' preferred stock without sinking fund