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ABOUT THIS PUBLICATION | • variations in weather and the occurrence of hurricanes and other storms and disasters, |
This publication is unaudited and should be used in conjunction with Entergy’s 2019 | including uncertainties associated with efforts to remediate the effects of hurricanes, ice |
Annual Report to Shareholders and Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange | storms, or other weather events and the recovery of costs associated with restoration, |
Commission. It has been prepared for information purposes and is not intended for use | including accessing funded storm reserves, federal and local cost recovery mechanisms, |
in connection with any sale or purchase of, or any offer to buy, any securities of Entergy | securitization, and insurance, as well as any related unplanned outages; |
Corporation or its subsidiaries. | • the risk that an incident at any nuclear generation facility in the U.S. could lead to the |
| assessment of significant retrospective assessments and/or retrospective insurance |
FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION | premiums as a result of Entergy’s participation in a secondary financial protection |
In this report and from time to time, Entergy Corporation makes statements concerning | system, a utility industry mutual insurance company, and industry self- insurance |
its expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, strategies, and future events or | programs; |
performance. Such statements are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of | • effects of climate change, including the potential for increases in extreme weather |
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as “may,” “will,” | events and sea levels or coastal land and wetland loss; |
“could,” “project,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “expect,” “estimate,” “continue,” | • changes in the quality and availability of water supplies and the related regulation of |
“potential,” “plan,” “predict,” “forecast,” and other similar words or expressions are | water use and diversion; |
intended to identify forward-looking statements but are not the only means to identify | • Entergy’s ability to manage its capital projects, including completion of projects timely |
these statements. Although Entergy believes that these forward-looking statements and | and within budget and to obtain the anticipated performance or other benefits, and its |
the underlying assumptions are reasonable, it cannot provide assurance that they will | operation and maintenance costs; |
prove correct. Any forward-looking statement is based on information current as of the | • Entergy’s ability to purchase and sell assets at attractive prices and on other attractive |
date of this report and speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made. | terms; |
Except to the extent required by the federal securities laws, Entergy undertakes no | • the economic climate, and particularly economic conditions in Entergy’s Utility service |
obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a | area and the northern United States and events and circumstances that could influence |
result of new information, future events, or otherwise. | economic conditions in those areas, including power prices, and the risk that anticipated |
Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties. There are | load growth may not materialize; |
factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or | • federal income tax reform, including the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and its intended and |
implied in the forward-looking statements, including those factors discussed or | unintended consequences on financial results and future cash flows; |
incorporated by reference in (a) Item 1A. Risk Factors contained in the Form 10-K for | • the effects of Entergy’s strategies to reduce tax payments; |
the year ended Dec. 31, 2019, (b) those factors discussed or incorporated by reference | • changes in the financial markets and regulatory requirements for the issuance of |
in Management’s Financial Discussion and Analysis contained in the Form 10-K for the | securities, particularly as they affect access to capital and Entergy’s ability to refinance |
year ended Dec. 31, 2019, and (c) the following factors (in addition to others described | existing securities, execute share repurchase programs, and fund investments and |
elsewhere in this report and in subsequent securities filings): | acquisitions; |
• resolution of pending and future rate cases, formula rate proceedings and related | • actions of rating agencies, including changes in the ratings of debt and preferred |
negotiations, including various performance-based rate discussions, Entergy’s utility | stock, changes in general corporate ratings, and changes in the rating agencies’ ratings |
supply plan, and recovery of fuel and purchased power costs; | criteria; |
• continuing long-term risks and uncertainties associated with the termination of the | • changes in inflation and interest rates; |
System Agreement in 2016, including the potential absence of federal authority to | • the effects of litigation and government investigations or proceedings; |
resolve certain issues among the Utility operating companies and their retail regulators; | • changes in technology, including (i) Entergy’s ability to implement new or emerging |
• regulatory and operating challenges and uncertainties and economic risks associated | technologies, (ii) the impact of changes relating to new, developing, or alternative |
with the Utility operating companies’ participation in MISO, including the benefits of | sources of generation such as distributed energy and energy storage, renewable energy, |
continued MISO participation, the effect of current or projected MISO market rules and | energy efficiency, demand side management and other measures that reduce load and |
market and system conditions in the MISO markets, the allocation of MISO system | government policies incentivizing development of the foregoing, and (iii) competition from |
transmission upgrade costs, the MISO-wide base rate of return on equity allowed or | other companies offering products and services to Entergy’s customers based on new or |
any MISO-related charges and credits required by the FERC, and the effect of planning | emerging technologies or alternative sources of generation; |
decisions that MISO makes with respect to future transmission investments by the | • the effects, including increased security costs, of threatened or actual terrorism, |
Utility operating companies; | cyber-attacks or data security breaches, natural or man-made electromagnetic pulses |
• changes in utility regulation, including with respect to retail and wholesale competition, | that affect transmission or generation infrastructure, accidents, and war or a catastrophic |
the ability to recover net utility assets and other potential stranded costs, and the | event such as a nuclear accident or a natural gas pipeline explosion; |
application of more stringent return on equity criteria, transmission reliability | • the effects of a global event or pandemic, such as the COVID-19 global pandemic, |
requirements or market power criteria by the FERC or the U.S. Department of Justice; | including economic and societal disruptions; volatility in the capital markets (and any |
• changes in the regulation or regulatory oversight of Entergy’s nuclear generating | related increased cost of capital or any inability to access the capital markets or draw |
facilities and nuclear materials and fuel, including with respect to the planned or actual | on available bank credit facilities); reduced demand for electricity, particularly from |
shutdown and sale of each of the nuclear generating facilities owned or operated by | commercial and industrial customers; increased or unrecoverable costs; supply chain, |
Entergy Wholesale Commodities, and the effects of new or existing safety or | vendor, and contractor disruptions; delays in completion of capital or other construction |
environmental concerns regarding nuclear power plants and nuclear fuel; | projects, maintenance, and other operations activities, including prolonged outages; |
• resolution of pending or future applications, and related regulatory proceedings and | impacts to Entergy’s workforce availability, health, or safety; increased cybersecurity |