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Alternative procurement has already displaced some sales, although aggregate retail demand has grown.","advantages":[{"mechanism":"efficient_scale","claim":"An established generation and delivery system serving approximately 3.1 million customers, supported by operating cost-recovery mechanisms, is a potential efficient-scale advantage. Network duplication barriers and territorial exclusivity are not established by the passages.","durability":"Existing operations and subsequent project cost-recovery approvals support continuity, but do not establish a durable advantage over alternative suppliers or an assured investment return.","risks":"Alternative procurement has already reduced some sales or growth opportunities. Regulatory refunds and historical write-offs demonstrate limits to recovery; future generation additions also face competitive solicitation requirements.","invalidation":"The potential advantage would be undermined by sustained customer bypass accompanied by declining retail demand, repeated material investment disallowances, or competing supply demonstrating an economic ability to replace Entergy’s delivery franchise.","competitors":[],"evidenceIds":["e1","e2","e3","e4"],"counterEvidenceIds":["e5","e6","e7","e8"]},{"mechanism":"switching_costs","claim":"Evest’s minimum bills, incremental-cost obligations, early-exit liabilities and collateral provide current contractual protection for customer-specific investment. These establish switching friction for this relationship, rather than a demonstrated company-wide switching-cost moat.","durability":"Protection depends on contract enforceability, counterparty performance and Entergy meeting reciprocal obligations. The supplied passages do not establish the contract duration or successful recovery following an actual exit.","risks":"Construction or service failures can trigger penalties and potential termination. Protection against unrecovered investment does not itself demonstrate retained demand or superior returns.","invalidation":"This protection would be invalidated if an early exit left material incremental costs unrecovered despite the contractual obligations and collateral, or if Entergy’s performance failures removed the expected protection.","competitors":[],"evidenceIds":["e9","e10","e11","e12"],"counterEvidenceIds":["e13","e14","e15"]}],"evidence":[{"id":"e1","sourceId":"filing-1","location":"Item 1, Entergy’s Business: operating generation capacity","excerpt":"Entergy owns and operates power plants with approximately 25,000 MW of electric generating capacity."},{"id":"e2","sourceId":"filing-1","location":"Item 1, Entergy’s Business: utility customers","excerpt":"Entergy delivers electricity to approximately 3.1 million Utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas."},{"id":"e3","sourceId":"filing-1","location":"Capital obligations: fuel and purchased power recovery mechanisms","excerpt":"The Registrant Subsidiaries each have rate mechanisms in place to recover fuel, purchased power, and associated costs incurred under these purchase obligations."},{"id":"e4","sourceId":"filing-2","location":"Arkansas Cypress Solar: approved project cost recovery","excerpt":"In March 2026 the APSC approved the Arkansas Cypress Solar facility and Entergy Arkansas’s recovery of the costs of the facility through the Generating Arkansas Jobs Act rider."},{"id":"e5","sourceId":"filing-1","location":"Risk Factors: realized displacement from alternative procurement","excerpt":"In addition, changes to regulatory policies, such as those that allow customers to directly access the market to procure wholesale energy or those that incentivize development and utilization of new, developing, or alternative sources of generation, could, and in some instances, have already reduced sales, and other non-traditional procurements, such as virtual purchase power agreements or “behind the meter” generation solutions, could, and in some instances have already limited growth opportunities or reduced sales at the Utility operating companies."},{"id":"e6","sourceId":"filing-1","location":"Rate and Regulatory Matters: Arkansas customer bill credits","excerpt":"Entergy Arkansas refunded $92.3 million of the total through one-time bill credits under the Grand Gulf credit rider during the August 2024 billing cycle."},{"id":"e7","sourceId":"filing-3","location":"Appendix A: historical regulatory write-offs, earnings and diluted shares","excerpt":"1,758 1,056 2,357 Less adjustments: Utility 4Q24 E-LA adjustment to a regulatory liability primarily related to securitization resulting from Louisiana state income tax rate change — 9 — 2Q24 E-LA agreement in principle to resolve its FRP extension filing and other retail matters — (151) — 1Q24 E-AR write-off of a regulatory asset related to the opportunity sales proceeding — (132) — 1Q24 E-NO increase in customer sharing of income tax benefits as a result of the 2016–2018 IRS audit resolution — (79) — 4Q23 customer sharing of tax benefits as a result of the 2016–2018 IRS audit resolution — — (98) 3Q23 E-AR write-off of assets related to the ANO stator incident — — (78) 1Q23 impacts from E-LA storm cost approvals and securitizations, including customer sharing (excluding income tax items below) — — (87) Income tax effect on Utility adjustments above — 92 73 4Q24 income tax expense resulting from Louisiana state income tax rate change — (29) — 4Q23 E-LA reversal of regulatory liability associated with Hurricane Isaac securitization, initially recorded in 2017 as a result of the TCJA — — 106 4Q23 2016–2018 IRS audit resolution — — 568 1Q23 E-LA income tax benefit resulting from securitization — — 129 Total Utility — (289) 611 Parent & Other 2024 pension lift out — (320) — 4Q24 DOE spent nuclear fuel litigation settlements — 25 40 Income tax effect on Parent & Other adjustments above — 62 (9) 4Q23 2016–2018 IRS audit resolution — — 275 Total Parent & Other — (233) 307 Total adjustments — (522) 919 ETR adjusted earnings 1,758 1,577 1,438 Diluted average number of common shares outstanding (in millions) (a) 450 432 425 Calculations may differ due to rounding (a) Diluted number of common shares outstanding and per-share information reflects the post-Stock Split share count."},{"id":"e8","sourceId":"filing-2","location":"Jefferson Power Station: future competitive solicitation requirements","excerpt":"Additionally, in its January 2026 order, the APSC found that Entergy Arkansas should conduct all-source competitive solicitations for future generation additions, with limited exceptions where Entergy Arkansas believes that a specific solicitation should be restricted to a certain resource and provides a detailed explanation to the APSC supporting this belief, which the APSC later determined in its March 2026 order is a narrow exception."},{"id":"e9","sourceId":"filing-2","location":"Evest customer agreements: incremental costs and minimum monthly bills","excerpt":"The protections include terms requiring the customer to pay Entergy Louisiana’s incremental costs to serve the customer, including through contributions in aid of construction, other advanced payments and minimum monthly bills."},{"id":"e10","sourceId":"filing-2","location":"Evest customer agreements: early termination and default obligations","excerpt":"The agreements also include specified financial obligations in the event that Evest terminates the contracts early, restructures the project, or in the event of default."},{"id":"e11","sourceId":"filing-2","location":"Evest customer agreements: unrecovered incremental cost basis","excerpt":"These specified financial obligations would be based on Entergy Louisiana’s unrecovered incremental costs to serve Evest at the time of such an event."},{"id":"e12","sourceId":"filing-2","location":"Evest customer agreements: collateral and guaranty","excerpt":"Evest’s obligations under the electric service agreement and related contracts are secured by various forms of collateral, including a guaranty from Meta Platforms, Inc."},{"id":"e13","sourceId":"filing-2","location":"Evest customer agreements: construction and service performance obligations","excerpt":"Finally, the electric service agreement also includes provisions relating to Entergy Louisiana’s performance obligations, including the timely construction of the facilities supporting service to Evest, audit rights for the construction costs supported by Evest, and service standards during the term of the electric service agreement."},{"id":"e14","sourceId":"filing-2","location":"Evest customer agreements: potential performance penalties","excerpt":"Entergy Louisiana’s failure to meet one or more of these performance obligations could result in specified financial and/or non-financial penalties."},{"id":"e15","sourceId":"filing-2","location":"Evest customer agreements: potential 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approval of rates and service terms","excerpt":"Utility Regulatory Risks\n•The terms and conditions of service, including electric rates, of the Registrant Subsidiaries are determined through regulatory approval proceedings that can be lengthy and subject to appeal, potentially resulting in lengthy litigation and uncertainty as to ultimate results."},{"id":"e20","sourceId":"filing-2","location":"Arkansas 2026 base rate case: proposed rates suspended","excerpt":"In March 2026 the APSC issued an order suspending the proposed rates and tariffs filed by Entergy Arkansas."},{"id":"e21","sourceId":"filing-7","location":"Appendix C: retail sales and customer counts, 2026 versus 2025","excerpt":"(n)\nGWh sold\nResidential\n8,736\n8,899\n(1.8)\n2.8\n16,792\n17,683\n(5.0)\n(0.2)\nCommercial\n7,208\n7,265\n(0.8)\n0.3\n13,437\n13,507\n(0.5)\n(0.1)\nGovernmental\n617\n617\n-\n1.6\n1,172\n1,176\n(0.3)\n0.3\nIndustrial\n17,164\n15,620\n9.9\n9.9\n33,060\n29,452\n12.3\n12.3\nTotal retail 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construction, higher collections from Utility customers, and the timing of recovery of fuel and purchased power costs."},{"id":"e23","sourceId":"filing-2","location":"Liquidity and Capital Resources: increased generation construction spending","excerpt":"•an increase of $804 million in non-nuclear generation construction expenditures primarily due to higher spending by Entergy Arkansas on the Jefferson Power Station project, the Cypress Solar project, and the Ironwood Power Station project, by Entergy Louisiana on the Richland Parish Power Station Units 1-4 project, the Pointe Coupee Units 1-3 project, the Waterford 6 Power Station project, the Waterford 5 Power Station project, and the Westlake Power Station project, and by Entergy Mississippi on the Traceview Advanced Power Station project; partially offset by lower spending by Entergy Texas on the Legend Power Station project as a result of the sale of assets related to the in-process project in December 2025 and lower spending on the Orange County Advanced Power Station project in 2026."},{"id":"e24","sourceId":"filing-2","location":"Vendor exclusivity agreement: amended minimum equipment commitment","excerpt":"The agreement was amended in second quarter 2026, updating the minimum order commitment of PIE to 27 sets, with no change to the original commitment of a minimum order of two CTs."},{"id":"e25","sourceId":"filing-7","location":"Year-to-date June 2026 cash-flow statement: investing and financing cash flows","excerpt":"Depreciation, amortization, and decommissioning, including nuclear fuel amortization\n1,326,139 \n1,255,204 \n70,935 \n Deferred income taxes, tax credits, and non-current taxes accrued\n220,890 \n231,274 \n(10,384)\n Asset write-offs, impairments, and related charges\n18,059 \n— \n18,059 \n Changes in working capital:\n Receivables\n(225,491)\n(275,045)\n49,554 \n Fuel inventory\n(5,679)\n(4,852)\n(827)\n Accounts payable\n134,118 \n(53,439)\n187,557 \n Taxes accrued\n12,201 \n11,230 \n971 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measures and weights","excerpt":"2025 Annual Incentive Program Performance Measures and Methodology The measures that the Talent and Compensation Committee approved to determine the EAM for 2025 were: ETR Adjusted EPS; Adjusted FFO/Debt Ratio; Safety; Customer NPS; and Talent, Culture, and Commerce, with ETR Adjusted EPS being the most heavily weighted at 60% and the remaining measures each weighted at 10%."},{"id":"e27","sourceId":"filing-3","location":"2025 incentive results: safety shortfalls and maintenance achievements","excerpt":"The committees assessed management’s performance at below minimum (0%) on each of the SIF and TRIR sub-metrics, 100% of target on the priority replacement pole sub-metric, and 200% of target on the vegetation trimming backlog sub-metric, resulting in an overall payout factor of 50% for the Safety measure."},{"id":"e28","sourceId":"filing-2","location":"Stock-based Compensation: January 2026 awards approved and granted","excerpt":"The following table includes financial information for stock options for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025: Three Months Ended Six Months Ended 2026 2025 2026 2025 (In Millions) Compensation expense included in Entergy’s consolidated net income $1.0 $1.0 $2.0 $2.1 Tax benefit recognized in Entergy’s consolidated net income $0.2 $0.2 $0.4 $0.5 Compensation cost capitalized as part of fixed assets and materials and supplies $0.5 $0.5 $1.0 $1.0 Other Equity Awards In January 2026 the Board approved and Entergy granted long-term incentive awards in the form of 461,708 restricted stock awards, 20,954 restricted stock units, and 195,692 performance units under the 2019 Omnibus Incentive Plan."},{"id":"e29","sourceId":"filing-3","location":"Director Stock Ownership Requirement: verified compliance","excerpt":"A review of non-employee director stock ownership was conducted at the December 2025 Corporate Governance Committee meeting, and the committee determined that all of our non-employee directors who had been members of the Board for at least five years satisfied the ownership requirement."},{"id":"e30","sourceId":"filing-3","location":"Appendix A: predetermined exclusions from incentive EPS","excerpt":"ETR Adjusted EPS, one of the performance measures used in our 2025 annual incentive program, is the earnings measure by which we provide external guidance, adjusted to eliminate the effect of: (i) major storms, including the impact on total debt of pending securitizations; (ii) resolutions during the year of certain unresolved regulatory litigation matters; (iii) unrealized gains or losses on equity securities; (iv) effects of income tax law changes; and (v) any adjustments to contributions to pension investments or trusts related to post-retirement benefits that are elective and deviate from original plan assumptions (collectively, the Pre-Determined Exclusions)."},{"id":"e31","sourceId":"filing-1","location":"Utility resource projects: Sterlington commercial 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management present at each regular Board meeting."},{"id":"e35","sourceId":"filing-3","location":"Board meeting information: incumbent director attendance","excerpt":"Each of the incumbent directors attended at least 99% of the total meetings of our Board and the committees on which he or she served during 2025."},{"id":"e36","sourceId":"filing-3","location":"Corporate Governance: shareholder rights","excerpt":"•Director orientation and support for continuing education\nShareholder Rights\n•Proxy access right\n•Majority voting for directors with resignation policy for directors in uncontested elections\n•Annual election of directors\n•No supermajority voting requirements"},{"id":"e37","sourceId":"filing-7","location":"Second-quarter 2026 results: interest, operating and depreciation cost offsets","excerpt":"These drivers were partially offset by higher interest expense, higher O&M, and higher depreciation and amortization."},{"id":"e38","sourceId":"filing-1","location":"Rate and 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This supports a mixed assessment without implying a measured retention rate.","Realized pricing now includes disclosed earnings contributions from regulatory actions and construction returns; proposed Arkansas rates remain excluded from realized increases.","Retain the prior numerical pricing and management grades after reassessing current catalog evidence. Governance and alignment are supported by actual arrangements and achievements, rather than proposed votes or assumed ownership."],"limitations":["All supplied sources are issuer filings or issuer earnings materials. Contractual disclosures and operating results support assessments, while management explanations and guidance-delivery claims remain issuer-reported.","No supplied passage identifies a named competing supplier in its competitive role. Competitor arrays therefore remain empty; customers, guarantors, advisers, regulators and companies mentioned in director biographies are not treated as competitors.","Exclusive service rights, competing-network economics, comparative delivered costs and sustained returns above capital costs are not established. Scale and regulated recovery alone do not confirm a moat.","Customer counts and sales provide indirect retention evidence; they do not disclose customer churn, renewal rates or the amount of demand lost to alternative procurement.","Project approvals and contractual protection do not establish completed project returns, on-budget delivery or successful collection following customer default.","Executive holdings and the complete long-term performance framework are not supplied. Director ownership compliance and granted awards support alignment without establishing exceptional durability.","Source dates are treated as filed dates, preserving dateKind. No later resolution is assumed for proceedings pending in the supplied passages."],"qualityAssessments":[{"category":"moat","checks":[{"criterion":"structural_advantage","grade":null,"rationale":"Operating scale and cost recovery suggest a potential franchise advantage, but the passages do not establish exclusivity or barriers to economic replacement. 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