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ABOUT THIS PUBLICATION | |
This publication is unaudited and should be used in conjunction with Entergy’s 2018 | • the effects of changes in federal, state or local laws and regulations, and other |
Annual Report to Shareholders and Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange | governmental actions or policies, including changes in monetary, fiscal, tax, |
Commission. It has been prepared for information purposes and is not intended for use | environmental, trade/tariff, or energy policies; |
in connection with any sale or purchase of, or any offer to buy, any securities of Entergy | • the effects of full or partial shutdowns of the federal government or delays in |
Corporation or its subsidiaries. | obtaining government or regulatory actions or decisions; |
| • uncertainty regarding the establishment of interim or permanent sites for spent |
FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION | nuclear fuel and nuclear waste storage and disposal and the level of spent fuel and |
In this report and from time to time, Entergy Corporation makes statements concerning | nuclear waste disposal fees charged by the U.S. government or other providers related |
its expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, strategies, and future | to such sites; |
events or performance. Such statements are “forward-looking statements” | • variations in weather and the occurrence of hurricanes and other storms and disasters, |
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. | including uncertainties associated with efforts to remediate the effects of hurricanes, |
Words such as “may,” “will,” “could,” “project,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” | ice storms, or other weather events and the recovery of costs associated with |
“expect,” “estimate,” “continue,” “potential,” “plan,” “predict,” “forecast,” | restoration, including accessing funded storm reserves, federal and local cost recovery |
and other similar words or expressions are intended to identify forward-looking | mechanisms, securitization, and insurance; |
statements but are not the only means to identify these statements. Although Entergy | • effects of climate change, including the potential for increases in extreme weather |
believes that these forward-looking statements and the underlying assumptions are | events and sea levels or coastal land and wetland loss; |
reasonable, it cannot provide assurance that they will prove correct. Any | • changes in the quality and availability of water supplies and the related regulation of |
forward-looking statement is based on information current as of the date of this | water use and diversion; |
report and speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made. | • Entergy’s ability to manage its capital projects and operation and maintenance costs; |
Except to the extent required by the federal securities laws, Entergy undertakes | • Entergy’s ability to purchase and sell assets at attractive prices and on other |
no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, | attractive terms; |
whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. | • the economic climate, and particularly economic conditions in Entergy’s Utility |
Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties. | service area and the northern United States and events and circumstances that could |
There are factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those | influence economic conditions in those areas, including power prices, and the risk |
expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements, including (a) those | that anticipated load growth may not materialize; |
factors discussed or incorporated by reference in Item 1A. Risk Factors contained | • federal income tax reform, including the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and |
in the Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2018, (b) those factors discussed or | its intended and unintended consequences on financial results and future cash flows; |
incorporated by reference in Management’s Financial Discussion and Analysis | • the effects of Entergy’s strategies to reduce tax payments, especially in light of |
contained in the Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2018, and (c) the following | federal income tax reform; |
factors (in addition to others described elsewhere in this report and in | • changes in the financial markets and regulatory requirements for the issuance of |
subsequent securities filings): | securities, particularly as they affect access to capital and Entergy’s ability to |
• resolution of pending and future rate cases, formula rate proceedings and related | refinance existing securities, execute share repurchase programs, and fund |
negotiations, including various performance-based rate discussions, Entergy’s utility | investments and acquisitions; |
supply plan, and recovery of fuel and purchased power costs; | • actions of rating agencies, including changes in the ratings of debt, changes in general |
• long-term risks and uncertainties associated with the termination of the System | corporate ratings, and changes in the rating agencies’ ratings criteria; |
Agreement in 2016, including the potential absence of federal authority to resolve | • changes in inflation and interest rates; |
certain issues among the Utility operating companies and their retail regulators; | • the effect of litigation and government investigations or proceedings; |
• regulatory and operating challenges and uncertainties and economic risks associated | • changes in technology, including (i) Entergy’s ability to implement new or emerging |
with the Utility operating companies’ participation in MISO, including the benefits | technologies, (ii) the impact of changes in technology relating to new, developing, or |
of continued MISO participation, the effect of current or projected MISO market rules | alternative sources of generation such as distributed energy and energy storage, |
and market and system conditions in the MISO markets, the allocation of MISO | renewable energy, energy efficiency, demand side management, and other measures that |
system transmission upgrade costs, and the effect of planning decisions that MISO | reduce load, and (iii) competition from other companies offering products and services to |
makes with respect to future transmission investments by the Utility operating | Entergy's customers based on new or emerging technologies or alternative sources of |
companies; | generation; |
• changes in utility regulation, including with respect to retail and wholesale | • the effects, including increased security costs, of threatened or actual terrorism, cyber- |
competition, the ability to recover net utility assets and other potential stranded costs, | attacks or data security breaches, natural or man-made electromagnetic pulses that |
and the application of more stringent transmission reliability requirements or market | affect transmission or generation infrastructure, accidents, and war or a catastrophic |
power criteria by the FERC or the U.S. Department of Justice; | event such as a nuclear accident or a natural gas pipeline explosion; |
• changes in the regulation or regulatory oversight of Entergy’s nuclear generating | • Entergy’s ability to attract and retain talented management, directors, and employees |
facilities and nuclear materials and fuel, including with respect to the planned, | with specialized skills; |
potential or actual shutdown of nuclear generating facilities owned or operated by | • changes in accounting standards and corporate governance; |
Entergy Wholesale Commodities and the effects of new or existing safety or | • declines in the market prices of marketable securities and resulting funding |
environmental concerns regarding nuclear power plants and nuclear fuel; | requirements and the effects on benefits costs for Entergy’s defined benefit pension |