ENTERGY MISSISSIPPI LLC

DEFINITIONS

Certain abbreviations or acronyms used in the text and notes are defined below:

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DEFINITIONS (Continued)

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DEFINITIONS (Concluded)

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Entergy operates primarily through a single reportable segment, Utility. The Utility 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 in portions of Louisiana. See “Planned Sale of Gas Distribution Businesses” in the Form 10-K for discussion of the planned sale of the Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Louisiana gas distribution businesses.

See Note 7 to the financial statements herein for discussion of and financial information regarding Entergy’s business segment.

First Quarter 2024 Compared to First Quarter 2023

Following are income statement variances for Utility, Parent & Other, and Entergy comparing the first quarter 2024 to the first quarter 2023 showing how much the line item increased or (decreased) in comparison to the prior period.

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

First quarter 2024 results of operations include: (1) a $132 million ($97 million net-of-tax) charge, recorded at Utility, to reflect the write-off of a previously recorded regulatory asset as a result of an adverse decision in the Entergy Arkansas opportunity sales proceeding in March 2024; and (2) a $78 million ($57 million net-of-tax) regulatory charge, recorded at Utility in first quarter 2024, primarily to reflect a settlement in principle between Entergy New Orleans and the City Council in April 2024 for additional sharing with customers of income tax benefits from the resolution of the 2016-2018 IRS audit. See Note 2 to the financial statements herein and in the Form 10-K for discussion of the Entergy Arkansas opportunity sales proceeding. See Note 10 to the financial statements herein for discussion of the April 2024 settlement in principle and Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of the resolution of the 2016-2018 IRS audit.

First quarter 2023 results of operations include a $129 million reduction in income tax expense as a result of the Hurricane Ida securitization in March 2023, which also resulted in a $103 million ($76 million net-of-tax) regulatory charge, recorded at Utility, to reflect Entergy Louisiana’s obligation to provide credits to its customers as described in an LPSC ancillary order issued as part of the securitization regulatory proceeding. See Notes 2 and 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of the Entergy Louisiana March 2023 storm cost securitization.

Utility

The Utility operating companies’ results include revenues from rate mechanisms designed to recover fuel, purchased power, and other costs such that the revenues and expenses associated with these items generally offset and do not affect net income. “Fuel, rider, and other revenues that do not significantly affect net income” includes the revenue variance associated with these items.

Storm restoration carrying costs represent the equity component of storm restoration carrying costs recognized by Entergy Louisiana as part of its March 2023 storm cost securitization. See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of the Entergy Louisiana March 2023 storm cost securitization.

The volume/weather variance is primarily due to the effect of more favorable weather on residential sales, partially offset by a decrease in commercial and industrial usage. The decrease in industrial usage is primarily due to a decrease in demand from cogeneration customers.

The retail electric price variance is primarily due to:

•an increase in Entergy Arkansas’s formula rate plan rates effective January 2024;

•an increase in Entergy Louisiana’s formula rate plan revenues, including increases in the distribution and transmission recovery mechanisms, effective September 2023;

•an increase in Entergy Mississippi’s formula rate plan rates effective April 2023; and

•an increase in Entergy Texas’s base rates effective June 2023.

See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of the regulatory proceedings discussed above.

Total electric energy sales for Utility for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 are as follows:

See Note 12 to the financial statements herein for additional discussion of operating revenues.

Other Income Statement Items

Utility

Other operation and maintenance expenses increased from $620 million for the first quarter 2023 to $681 million for the first quarter 2024 primarily due to:

•an increase of $10 million in compensation and benefits costs primarily due to higher healthcare claims activity in 2024;

•the effects of recording a final judgment in first quarter 2023 to resolve claims in the ANO damages case against the DOE related to spent nuclear fuel storage costs. The damages awarded included the reimbursement of approximately $10 million of spent nuclear fuel storage costs previously recorded as other operation and maintenance expenses. See Note 8 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of the spent nuclear fuel litigation;

•an increase of $9 million in power delivery expenses primarily due to higher vegetation maintenance costs due to timing and higher readiness and response costs;

•an increase of $9 million in contract costs related to operational performance, customer service, and organizational health initiatives;

•an increase of $7 million in non-nuclear generation expenses primarily due to a higher scope of work, including during plant outages, performed in 2024 as compared to 2023; and

Asset write-offs, impairments, and related charges includes a $132 million ($97 million net-of-tax) charge to reflect the write-off, at Entergy Arkansas, of a previously recorded regulatory asset as a result of an adverse decision in the Entergy Arkansas opportunity sales proceeding in March 2024. See Note 2 to the financial statements herein and in the Form 10-K for discussion of the Entergy Arkansas opportunity sales proceeding.

Depreciation and amortization expenses increased primarily due to:

•additions to plant in service;

•the recognition of $14 million in depreciation expense in first quarter 2024 at Entergy Texas for the 2022 base rate case relate back period, effective over six months beginning January 2024. The recognition of depreciation expense for the relate back period is effective over the same period as collections from the relate back surcharge rider and results in no effect on net income; and

•an increase in depreciation rates at Entergy Texas, effective June 2023.

The increase was partially offset by a reduction in depreciation expense at System Energy as a result of the approval by the FERC in August 2023 of the settlement establishing updated depreciation rates used in calculating Grand Gulf plant depreciation and amortization expenses under the Unit Power Sales Agreement. See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of the Unit Power Sales Agreement depreciation amendment proceeding. See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of the 2022 base rate case at Entergy Texas.

Other regulatory charges (credits) - net includes:

•a regulatory charge of$103 million, recorded by Entergy Louisiana in first quarter 2023, to reflect its obligation to provide credits to its customers as described in an LPSC ancillary order issued in the Hurricane Ida securitization regulatory proceeding. See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of the Entergy Louisiana March 2023 storm cost securitization; and

•a regulatory charge of$78 million, recorded by Entergy New Orleans in first quarter 2024, primarily to reflect a settlement in principle between Entergy New Orleans and the City Council in April 2024 for additional sharing with customers of income tax benefits from the resolution of the 2016-2018 IRS audit. See Note 10 to the financial statements herein for discussion of the April 2024 settlement in principle and Note 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of the resolution of the 2016-2018 IRS audit.

In addition, Entergy records a regulatory charge or credit for the difference between asset retirement obligation-related expenses and nuclear decommissioning trust earnings plus asset retirement obligation-related costs collected in revenue.

Other income increased primarily due to:

•changes in decommissioning trust fund activity, including portfolio rebalancing of decommissioning trust funds in first quarter 2024;

•an increase of $24 million in intercompany dividend income from affiliated preferred membership interests related to storm cost securitizations. The intercompany dividend income on the affiliate preferred membership interests is eliminated for consolidation purposes and has no effect on net income since the investment is in another Entergy subsidiary;

•a decrease of $17 million in net periodic pension non-service costs as a result of pension settlement charges recorded in first quarter 2023 and a reduction in the amortization of deferred pension losses as a result of an amendment to a qualified pension plan spinning-off predominantly inactive participants into a new qualified plan, extending the amortization period for deferred losses. See “MANAGEMENT’S FINANCIAL DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS -Critical Accounting Estimates” in the Form 10-K, Note 6 to the financial statements herein, and Note 11 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for further discussion of pension and other postretirement benefits costs; and

•a $15 million charge, recorded by Entergy Louisiana in first quarter 2023, for the LURC’s 1% beneficial interest in the storm trust II established as part of the March 2023 storm cost securitization. See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of the Entergy Louisiana March 2023 storm cost securitization.

Interest expense increased primarily due to the issuance by Entergy Texas of $350 million of 5.80% Series mortgage bonds in August 2023.

Parent and Other

Other income decreased primarily due to the elimination for consolidation purposes of intercompany dividend income of $24 million from affiliated preferred membership interests, as discussed above.

Interest expense increased primarily due to higher commercial paper balances. See Note 4 to the financial statements herein for discussion of Entergy’s commercial paper program.

The effective income tax rate was 21.5% for the first quarter 2024. The difference in the effective income tax rate for the first quarter 2024 versus the federal statutory rate of 21% was primarily due to the amortization of state accumulated deferred income taxes as a result of tax rate changes, a provision for uncertain tax positions, and the accrual for state income taxes, partially offset by certain book and tax differences related to utility plant items and book and tax differences related to the allowance for equity funds used during construction.

The effective income tax rate was (33.8%) for the first quarter 2023. The difference in the effective income tax rate for the first quarter 2023 versus the federal statutory rate of 21% was primarily due to the reduction in income tax expense as a result of the securitization of Hurricane Ida storm costs pursuant to Louisiana Act 55, as supplemented by Act 293 of the Louisiana Legislature’s Regular Session of 2021. See Notes 2 and 3 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of the Entergy Louisiana March 2023 storm cost securitization under Act 293.

See “MANAGEMENT’S FINANCIAL DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS -Income Tax Legislation and Regulation” in the Form 10-K for discussion of income tax legislation and regulation. The following is an update to that discussion.

Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, and System Energy have the potential to generate zero-emission nuclear power production tax credits for electricity generated by their respective nuclear power facilities. Based on guidance provided by the United States Treasury Department and the IRS, the production tax credits will be calculated by multiplying the kWh of qualifying electricity by $0.003, with the value of the credits decreasing ratably, or phasing out, once the annual gross receipts from the sale of nuclear power exceed a certain threshold. If certain prevailing wage requirements are satisfied, the calculation of the credit, as described in the preceding sentence, is multiplied by a factor of five. Additional guidance is needed from the United States Treasury Department and/or the IRS to determine how the value of these credits will be calculated for power generated from nuclear facilities of rate-regulated utilities. Due to the uncertainty of value, if any, of credits Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, or System Energy may receive, no credits have been recognized for the nuclear power produced during first quarter 2024. If credits are recognized in future periods, the value of such credits is expected to be shared with customers. As such, recognition of production tax credits is not expected to have a material effect on the results of operations of Entergy, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Louisiana, or System Energy.

Entergy Wholesale Commodities Exit from the Merchant Power Business

See “MANAGEMENT’S FINANCIAL DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS -Entergy Wholesale Commodities Exit from the Merchant Power Business” in the Form 10-K for discussion of the exit from the merchant power business.

Planned Sale of Gas Distribution Businesses

See “MANAGEMENT’S FINANCIAL DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS -Planned Sale of Gas Distribution Businesses” in the Form 10-K for discussion of the planned sale of Entergy New Orleans’s and Entergy Louisiana’s gas distribution businesses.

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 spending plans and other uses of capital, and sources of capital. The following are updates to that discussion.

Capital Structure and Resources

Entergy’s debt to capital ratio is shown in the following table. The increase in the debt to capital ratio is primarily due to the net issuance of debt in 2024.

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

As of March 31, 2024, 20.8% of the debt outstanding is at the parent company, Entergy Corporation, and 78.7% is at the Utility. The remaining 0.5% of the debt outstanding relates to the Vermont Yankee credit facility, as discussed in Note 4 to the financial statements herein. Net debt consists of debt less cash and cash equivalents. Debt consists of notes payable and commercial paper, finance lease obligations, and long-term debt, including the currently maturing portion. Capital consists of debt, equity, and subsidiaries’ preferred stock without sinking fund. Net capital consists of capital less cash and cash equivalents. The debt to capital ratio excluding securitization bonds and net debt to net capital ratio excluding securitization bonds are non-GAAP measures. 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.

Entergy Corporation has in place a credit facility that has a borrowing capacity of $3.5 billion and expires in June 2028. The facility includes fronting commitments for the issuance of letters of credit against $20 million of the total borrowing capacity of the credit facility. The commitment fee is currently 0.225% of the undrawn commitment amount. Commitment fees and interest rates on loans under the credit facility can fluctuate depending on the senior unsecured debt ratings of Entergy Corporation. As there were no borrowings under the facility for the three months ended March 31, 2024, the estimated interest rate as of March 31, 2024 that would have been applied to outstanding borrowings under the facility was 6.93%. The following is a summary of the amounts outstanding and capacity available under the credit facility as of March 31, 2024:

Entergy Corporation’s credit facility includes a covenant requiring Entergy to maintain a consolidated debt ratio, as defined, 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 and expects to remain in compliance with this covenant. If Entergy fails to meet this ratio, or if Entergy Corporation or one of the Registrant Subsidiaries (except Entergy New Orleans and System Energy) defaults on other indebtedness or is in bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, an acceleration of the Entergy Corporation credit 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.

Entergy Corporation has a commercial paper program with a Board-approved program limit of up to $2 billion. As of March 31, 2024, Entergy Corporation had $1,913.5 million of commercial paper outstanding. The weighted-average interest rate for the three months ended March 31, 2024 was 5.69%.

Equity Issuances and Equity Distribution Program

See “MANAGEMENT’S FINANCIAL DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS - Liquidity and Capital Resources - Sources of Capital - Equity Issuances and Equity Distribution Program” in the Form 10-K and Note 3 to the financial statements herein for discussion of the equity distribution program.

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 Entergy’s planned construction and other capital investments for 2024 through 2026. The following are updates to that discussion.

Renewables

Alternative RFP and Certification

As discussed in the Form 10-K, in March 2023, Entergy Louisiana made the first phase of a bifurcated filing to seek approval from the LPSC for an alternative to the requests for proposals (RFP) process that would enable the acquisition of up to 3 GW of solar resources on a faster timeline than the current RFP and certification process allows. The initial phase of the filing established the need for the acquisition of additional resources and the need for an alternative to the RFP process. The second phase of the filing, which contains the details of the proposal for the alternative competitive procurement process and the information necessary to support certification, was filed in May 2023. In addition to the acquisition of up to 3 GW of solar resources, the filing also seeks approval of a new renewable energy credits-based tariff, Rider Geaux ZERO. Several parties have intervened, and a procedural schedule was established in May 2023 with a hearing scheduled for March 2024. In March 2024 the hearing in this matter was rescheduled to June 2024.

Other Generation

Bayou Power Station

In March 2024, Entergy Louisiana filed an application with the LPSC seeking certification that the public convenience and necessity would be served by the construction of the Bayou Power Station, a 112 MW aggregated capacity floating natural gas power station with black-start capability in Leeville, Louisiana and an associated microgrid that would serve nearby areas, including Port Fourchon, Golden Meadow, Leeville, and Grand Isle. The current estimated cost of the Bayou Power Station is $411 million, including estimated costs of transmission interconnection and other related costs. Subject to timely approval by the LPSC and receipt of other permits and approvals, commercial operation is expected to occur by the end of 2028. No procedural schedule has been set at this time.

As discussed in the Form 10-K, in December 2022, Entergy Louisiana filed an application with the LPSC seeking a public interest finding regarding Phase I of Entergy Louisiana’s Future Ready resilience plan and approval of a rider mechanism to recover the program’s costs. Phase I in the December 2022 application reflected the first five years of a ten-year resilience plan and included investment of approximately $5 billion, including hardening investment, transmission dead-end structures, enhanced vegetation management, and telecommunications improvement. The LPSC staff and certain intervenors filed direct testimony in August, September, and October 2023. The LPSC staff filed cross-answering testimony in October 2023. The testimony largely supports implementation of some level of accelerated investment in resilience, but raises various issues related to the magnitude of the investment, the cost recovery mechanism applicable to the investment, and the ratemaking for the investment. In April 2024 the LPSC approved a framework which includes an initial five-year resilience plan providing for an investment of approximately $1.9 billion and a rider to recover the associated costs. The plan is subject to specified reporting requirements and includes a performance review of the hardened assets. Entergy Louisiana is permitted to make future filings for additional investments.

Entergy New Orleans

As discussed in the Form 10-K, in October 2021 the City Council passed a resolution and order establishing a docket and procedural schedule with respect to system resiliency and storm hardening. In July 2022, Entergy New Orleans filed with the City Council a response identifying a preliminary plan for storm hardening and resiliency projects, including microgrids, to be implemented over ten years at an approximate cost of $1.5 billion. In February 2023 the City Council approved a revised procedural schedule requiring Entergy New Orleans to make a filing in April 2023 containing a narrowed list of proposed hardening projects. In April 2023, Entergy New Orleans filed the required application and supporting testimony seeking City Council approval of the first phase (five years and $559 million) of a ten-year infrastructure hardening plan totaling approximately $1 billion. Entergy New Orleans also sought, among other relief, City Council approval of a rider to recover from customers the costs of the infrastructure hardening plan. In February 2024 the City Council approved a resolution authorizing Entergy New Orleans to implement a resilience project to be partially funded by $55 million of matching funding through the DOE’s Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships program. The resolution also requires Entergy New Orleans to submit, no later than July 2024, a revised resilience plan consisting of projects over a three-year period. In March 2024, Entergy New Orleans filed the requested three-year resilience plan, which includes $168 million in hardening projects. The three-year resilience plan is in addition to the previously authorized resilience project to be partially funded by the DOE’s Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships program. The filing requests an expedited technical conference in May 2024, which request is pending.

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 earnings per share from the Utility segment and the Parent and Other portion of the business, financial strength, and future investment opportunities. At its April 2024 meeting, the Board declared a dividend of $1.13 per share, which is the same quarterly dividend per share that Entergy has paid since the third quarter 2023.

Cash Flow Activity

As shown in Entergy’s Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 were as follows:

Net cash flow provided by operating activities decreased $439 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2023 primarily due tolower collections from Utility customers, including the effect of higher deferred fuel collections in 2023, and timing of payments to vendors.

Net cash flow used in investing activities increased $5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2023 primarily due to the initial payment of approximately $170 million in February 2024 for the purchase of the Walnut Bend Solar facility by Entergy Arkansas. The increase was partially offset by:

•a decrease of $79 million in distribution construction expenditures primarily due to lower capital expenditures for storm restoration in 2024 and a lower scope of work on projects in 2024 as compared to 2023; and

•a decrease of $70 million in nuclear construction expenditures primarily due to decreased spending on various nuclear projects in 2024.

See Note 14 to the financial statements herein for discussion of the Walnut Bend Solar facility purchase.

Net cash flow provided by financing activities decreased $141 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2023 primarily due to proceeds from securitization of $1.5 billion received by the storm trust II at Entergy Louisiana in 2023, partially offset by:

•an increase of $737 million in net issuances of commercial paper in 2024 compared to 2023; and

•long-term debt activity providing approximately $1,371 million of cash in 2024 compared to providing approximately $780 million of cash in 2023.

See Note 2 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for a discussion of the Entergy Louisiana March 2023 storm cost securitization. See Note 4 to the financial statements herein and Notes 4 and 5 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for details of Entergy’s commercial paper program and long-term debt.

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.

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

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

Market and Credit Risk Sensitive Instruments

See “MANAGEMENT’S FINANCIAL DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS – Market and Credit Risk Sensitive Instruments” in the Form 10-K for a discussion of market and credit risk sensitive instruments. The following is an update to that discussion.

Some of the agreements to sell the power produced by the non-utility operations business contain provisions that require an Entergy subsidiary to provide credit support to secure its obligations under the agreements. The primary form of credit support to satisfy these requirements is an Entergy Corporation guarantee. Cash and letters of credit are also acceptable forms of credit support. At March 31, 2024, based on power prices at that time, Entergy had liquidity exposure of $3 million under the guarantees in place supporting its non-utility operations business transactions and $8 million of posted cash collateral.

See “MANAGEMENT’S FINANCIAL DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS – Nuclear Matters” in the Form 10-K for a discussion of nuclear matters. The following is an update to that discussion.

As discussed in the Form 10-K, the NRC’s Reactor Oversight Process is a program to collect information about plant performance, assess the information for its safety significance, and provide for appropriate licensee and

NRC response. The NRC evaluates plant performance by analyzing two distinct inputs: inspection findings resulting from the NRC’s inspection program and performance indicators reported by the licensee. The evaluations result in the placement of each plant in one of the NRC’s Reactor Oversight Process Action Matrix columns: “licensee response column,” or Column 1, “regulatory response column,” or Column 2, “degraded cornerstone column,” or Column 3, “multiple/repetitive degraded cornerstone column,” or Column 4, and “unacceptable performance,” or Column 5. Plants in Column 1 are subject to normal NRC inspection activities. Plants in Column 2, Column 3, or Column 4 are subject to progressively increasing levels of inspection by the NRC with, in general, progressively increasing levels of associated costs. Continued plant operation is not permitted for plants in Column 5. All of the nuclear generating plants owned and operated by Entergy’s Utility business are currently in Column 1.

In July 2023 the NRC placed River Bend in Column 2, effective April 2023, based on failure to inspect wiring associated with the high pressure core spray system. In August 2023 the NRC issued a finding and notice of violation related to a radiation monitor calibration issue at River Bend. In December 2023, River Bend successfully completed the inspection of the high pressure core spray system issue and in February 2024, River Bend completed the supplemental inspection of the radiation monitor calibration issue, each in accordance with the NRC’s inspection policies for nuclear plants in Column 2. The NRC issued its inspection report on both issues in March 2024 and River Bend was returned to Column 1.

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, utility regulatory accounting, taxation and uncertain tax positions, qualified pension and other postretirement benefits, and other contingencies.

See Note 1 to the financial statements in the Form 10-K for discussion of new accounting pronouncements. The following is an update to that discussion.

In March 2024 the SEC issued final rules that require registrants to provide certain climate-related disclosures in annual reports and registration statements in order to enhance and standardize climate-related disclosures for investors. The final rules require a registrant to disclose, among other things: material climate-related risks; activities to mitigate or adapt to such risks; information about the registrant’s board of directors’ oversight of climate-related risks and management’s role in managing material climate-related risks; and information on any climate-related targets or goals that are material to the registrant’s business, results of operations, or financial condition. In addition, the final rules require disclosure of Scope 1 and/or Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions on a phased-in basis by certain larger registrants when those emissions are material; the filing of an attestation report covering the required disclosure of such registrants’ Scope 1 and/or Scope 2 emissions, also on a phased-in basis; and disclosure of the financial statement effects of severe weather events and other natural conditions. The phase-in compliance period is effective for Entergy beginning with its annual report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. In April 2024 the SEC stayed the final rules, pending judicial review of consolidated challenges to the rules by the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Entergy is evaluating the impact the final rules will have on its disclosures and will continue to monitor developments related to the SEC’s stay of the rules and the litigation challenging such rules.