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Business Summary

Entergy Corporation operates primarily through a single reportable segment, Utility, which 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 included operation of a small natural gas distribution business in portions of Louisiana through June 30, 2025. The industry is shaped by regulatory frameworks at the federal and state levels, including oversight by the FERC, state public utility commissions, and the NRC for nuclear facilities, as well as participation in MISO, a regional transmission organization that sets market rules and capacity requirements. Key structural forces include the transition to cleaner energy sources, the growing demand from large-scale data centers and industrial customers, and the need for significant capital investment in generation, transmission, and distribution infrastructure to maintain reliability and meet load growth.

Entergy's competitive positioning is defined by its vertically integrated utility model in regulated markets, with no named primary competitors in the filing. The company's stated competitive advantages include its diversified generation portfolio, which encompasses nuclear, natural gas, coal, and solar assets, and its established relationships with regulators in its service territories. The filing does not provide specific market share data or relative standing compared to peers.

Entergy generates revenue primarily through the sale of electric power to retail and wholesale customers in its regulated service territories, with a small amount of natural gas distribution revenue through June 30, 2025. The revenue model is heavily influenced by regulatory rate mechanisms, including formula rate plans, fuel and purchased power cost recovery riders, and other surcharges, which are designed to align revenues with costs and provide a return on invested capital. Customer segments include residential, commercial, industrial, and governmental customers, with industrial demand driven by large customers in primary metals, petroleum refining, chlor-alkali, and technology industries.

The Utility segment's electric operating revenues are derived from residential, commercial, industrial, and governmental customer classes, as well as sales for resale and other electric revenues. For the year ended December 31, 2025, total electric energy sales were 141,957 GWh , compared to 137,861 GWh in 2024, with industrial sales increasing 7% to 60,882 GWh and residential sales increasing 3% to 37,177 GWh . The Utility segment also includes a small natural gas distribution business that was sold on July 1, 2025, and the filing does not provide a separate revenue figure for that business for the full year.

The Utility segment's owned and contracted generating capacity includes nuclear plants such as Arkansas Nuclear One Units 1 and 2, Grand Gulf Unit 1, River Bend Station, and Waterford 3, as well as coal-fired plants like Independence Steam Electric Station, White Bluff, and Nelson Unit 6, and natural gas and solar facilities. The company is investing in new generation projects including the Orange County Advanced Power Station, Legend Power Station, and Lone Star Power Station at Entergy Texas, and solar facilities such as Arkansas Cypress Solar, a planned 600 MW solar photovoltaic array with a 350 MW battery energy storage system estimated to cost $1,602 million , and Delta Solar, an 80 MW facility estimated to cost $157.2 million .

Significant operational developments during the period include the sale of the Entergy Louisiana and Entergy New Orleans natural gas distribution businesses on July 1, 2025, which resulted in a $15 million gain from the sale, including the derecognition of $7 million of goodwill. Entergy Louisiana elected in third quarter 2025 to cancel the Bayou Power Station project and evaluate an alternative transmission solution, expensing $11 million of project costs. Entergy Texas issued $500 million of 5.25% Series mortgage bonds in February 2025, and Entergy Mississippi issued $600 million of 5.80% Series mortgage bonds in March 2025. Entergy Louisiana issued $750 million of 5.80% Series mortgage bonds in January 2025. System Energy issued an additional $240 million in a reopening of its 5.30% Series mortgage bonds in May 2025. Entergy Arkansas issued an additional $300 million in a reopening of its 5.45% Series mortgage bonds in May 2025.

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, Entergy Corporation reported net income attributable to Entergy Corporation of $1,758,272 thousand , compared to $1,055,590 thousand in 2024. Operating revenues increased to $12,888 million from $11,806 million in 2024, driven by higher fuel and rider revenues, volume and weather effects, and retail electric price increases. The effective income tax rate was 21.9% for 2025, compared to 26.4% for 2024. The Utility segment's net income was $2,279,517 thousand in 2025, compared to $1,826,704 thousand in 2024.

Business Outlook

A major growth vector is the expansion of generation capacity to serve growing demand, particularly from large-scale data centers and industrial customers. Entergy is pursuing multiple new generation projects, including the Ironwood Power Station, a 446 MW simple cycle natural gas combustion turbine facility in Arkansas, and the Arkansas Cypress Solar facility, a planned 600 MW solar photovoltaic array with a 350 MW battery energy storage system estimated to cost $1,602 million . In Mississippi, the Delta Solar facility, an 80 MW solar facility estimated to cost $157.2 million , and the Penton Solar facility, a 190 MW solar facility estimated to cost $327.2 million , are under construction. In Louisiana, the Bogalusa West Solar facility, a 200 MW solar facility, was approved by the LPSC in October 2025 and is expected to be in service by 2028. The Segno Solar facility (170 MW ) and Votaw Solar facility (141 MW ) were transferred from Entergy Texas to Entergy Louisiana in third quarter 2025 for approximately $42.1 million , and Entergy Louisiana filed for LPSC approval in December 2025, with expected in-service by 2029.

Another growth vector is the development of new generation to support large-scale data center customers. In September 2025, Entergy Arkansas filed an application with the APSC seeking approval of a long-term special rate contract with Altitude, LLC, a subsidiary of Alphabet, Inc. (Google), for the sale of electricity to a new large-scale data center in West Memphis, Arkansas. The APSC issued an order in December 2025 approving the special rate contract but denying certain requested ratemaking treatment, and in January 2026 the APSC reversed itself on the treatment of investment tax credits from the Arkansas Cypress Solar facility. Entergy Texas is also pursuing the Orange County Advanced Power Station, Legend Power Station, and Lone Star Power Station projects to support load growth.The Utility operating companies have fuel recovery mechanisms in place to recover natural gas costs, and Entergy Texas plans in second quarter 2026 to file for a capacity cost recovery rider to recover future MISO capacity procurement costs, following Texas legislation enacted in June 2025 that established such a mechanism. The filing notes that the Utility operating companies plan to work with their retail regulators to recover higher natural gas costs from Winter Storm Fern in a manner that mitigates effects on customer bills.

The operational outlook includes significant planned construction and capital investments for 2026 through 2029. For 2026, Entergy plans total construction and capital investments of $11,615 million , including $6,350 million for generation, $2,380 million for transmission, $2,555 million for distribution, and $330 million for utility support. For 2027, planned investments are $12,965 million , with $8,010 million for generation. For 2028, planned investments are $10,655 million , and for 2029, $8,235 million . These investments include generation projects to modernize, decarbonize, expand, and diversify portfolios, as well as transmission and distribution spending to improve reliability and resilience.

Capital allocation plans include contributions to pension and other postretirement plans. Entergy currently expects to contribute approximately $200 million to its qualified pension plans and approximately $40.9 million to its other postretirement plans in 2026. The filing does not provide specific R&D spending levels, share repurchase authorization amounts, or dividend policy figures.

A key headwind is the potential impact of changes to international trade policy and tariffs, which may increase costs associated with capital investments and operation and maintenance expenses, cause supply chain disruptions, and affect the ability to make planned capital investments as expected. The filing notes that the Registrant Subsidiaries have incurred incremental cost increases due to certain tariff-exposed inputs, but such increases have not had a material effect on capital spending plans as of the date of the filing.

Another headwind is the uncertainty surrounding the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), enacted on July 4, 2025, which modified and extended clean energy tax incentives. The OBBBA significantly shortened the time period for solar and wind facilities to claim clean energy tax incentives, requiring facilities to be placed in service by December 31, 2027 to qualify, unless construction begins by July 3, 2026 and certain safe harbor requirements are met. The OBBBA also adopted new foreign entity of concern (FEOC) rules that could deny clean energy tax incentives to projects using equipment from prohibited foreign entities. These changes could materially affect Entergy's resource planning, particularly for solar and wind resources, and its ability to achieve carbon emission goals.

Risk Factors

The most material risks specific to Entergy include the potential for changes in federal tax law, particularly the OBBBA, which shortened the time period for solar and wind facilities to claim clean energy tax incentives to December 31, 2027 for placed-in-service, and adopted FEOC rules that could deny incentives for projects using equipment from prohibited foreign entities, materially affecting resource planning and carbon emission goals. Another key risk is the impact of tariffs and trade policy, which have already caused incremental cost increases for certain tariff-exposed inputs, and could further disrupt supply chains and increase capital costs. The company also faces risks related to the recovery of storm costs, as evidenced by Winter Storm Fern in January 2026, with preliminary restoration cost estimates of approximately $460 million to $560 million and natural gas purchases for January 2026 of $483 million , compared to $207 million in January 2025. Additionally, the company is exposed to risks from MISO market design changes, including a reliability-based demand curve that has increased clearing prices in the planning resource auction, and the potential for seasonal variations in capacity credit, which could affect liquidity and capital investment needs.

Management Priorities

Management's message emphasizes the company's focus on executing its capital investment plan to support reliability, customer growth, and the transition to cleaner energy, while navigating regulatory and policy changes. Key themes include the importance of regulatory mechanisms for cost recovery, the impact of the OBBBA on tax incentives and resource planning, and the need to manage the effects of tariffs and trade policy on capital projects.

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Analysis on 6/21/2026