ENTERGY ARKANSAS, LLC

FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

In this combined report and from time to time, Entergy Corporation and the Registrant Subsidiaries each makes statements as a registrant concerning its expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, projections, strategies, and future events or performance. Such statements are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as “may,” “will,” “could,” “project,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “goal,” “commitment,” “expect,” “estimate,” “continue,” “potential,” “plan,” “predict,” “forecast,” and other similar words or expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements but are not the only means to identify these statements. Although each of these registrants believes that these forward-looking statements and the underlying assumptions are reasonable, it cannot provide assurance that they will prove correct. Any forward-looking statement is based on information current as of the date of this combined report and speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made. Except to the extent required by the federal securities laws, each registrant undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties. There are factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements, including (a) those factors discussed or incorporated by reference in Item 1A. Risk Factors in the Form 10-K and in this report, (b) those factors discussed or incorporated by reference in Management’s Financial Discussion and Analysis in the Form 10-K and in this report, and (c) the following factors (in addition to others described elsewhere in this combined report and in subsequent filings with the SEC):

•resolution of pending and future rate cases and related litigation, formula rate proceedings and related negotiations, including various performance-based rate discussions, Entergy’s utility supply plan, and recovery of fuel and purchased power costs, as well as delays in cost recovery resulting from these proceedings;

•regulatory and operating challenges and uncertainties and economic risks associated with the Utility operating companies’ participation in MISO, including the benefits of continued MISO participation, the effect of current or projected MISO market rules, market design and market and system conditions in the MISO markets, the allocation of MISO system transmission upgrade costs, delays in developing or interconnecting new generation or other resources or other adverse effects arising from the volume of requests in the MISO transmission interconnection queue, which delays or other adverse effects may be exacerbated by significant current and expected load growth, the MISO-wide base rate of return on equity allowed or any MISO-related charges and credits required by the FERC, and the effect of planning decisions that MISO makes with respect to future transmission investments by the Utility operating companies;

•changes in utility regulation, including, with respect to retail and wholesale competition, the ability to recover net utility assets and other potential stranded costs, including those capital investments associated with unrealized customer growth expectations (including data center customers), and the application of more stringent return on equity criteria, transmission reliability requirements, or market power criteria by the FERC or the U.S. Department of Justice;

•changes in the regulation or regulatory oversight of Entergy’s owned or operated nuclear generating facilities, nuclear materials and fuel, and the effects of new or existing safety or environmental concerns regarding nuclear power plants and fuel;

•resolution of pending or future applications, as well as regulatory proceedings and litigation, relating to generation, transmission, or other facilities (including license modifications or other authorizations for nuclear generating facilities) and the effect of public and political opposition on these applications, regulatory proceedings, and litigation, including without limitation opposition to the employment of technologies to capture, transport, and store carbon dioxide from gas plants, land use opposition to new solar facilities and transmission lines, and land use and other environmental opposition to wind turbines;

•the performance of and deliverability of power from Entergy’s generation resources, including the capacity factors at Entergy’s nuclear generating facilities;

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•increases in costs and capital expenditures that could result from changing regulatory requirements, changing governmental policies, priorities, programs, and actions, including as a result of tariffs, shifts in international trade policies, and other measures, changing or volatile economic conditions, disruptions to pre-existing supply chains and vendor relations, and emerging operating and industry issues, such as anticipated growth in demand from large data centers, and the risks related to recovery of these costs and capital expenditures from Entergy’s customers (especially in an increasing cost environment);

•the commitment of substantial human and capital resources required for the safe and reliable operation and maintenance of Entergy’s utility system, including its nuclear generating facilities;

•Entergy’s ability to develop and execute on a point of view regarding future prices of electricity, natural gas, and other energy-related commodities;

•the prices and availability of fuel and power Entergy must purchase for its Utility customers, particularly given the recent and ongoing significant growth in liquified natural gas exports and the associated significantly increased demand for natural gas and resulting fluctuation in natural gas prices, increasing challenges with respect to natural gas transportation arrangements, and Entergy’s ability to meet credit support requirements for fuel and power supply contracts;

•volatility and changes in markets for electricity, natural gas, uranium, emissions allowances, and other energy-related commodities, including as a result of trade-related governmental actions, such as tariffs and other measures, and the effect of those changes on Entergy and its customers;

•changes in environmental laws and regulations, agency positions, or associated litigation, including requirements for reduced emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, greenhouse gases, mercury, particulate matter and other regulated air emissions, heat and other regulated discharges to water, waste management and disposal, remediation of contaminated sites, wetlands protection and permitting, and reporting, and changes in costs of compliance with environmental laws and regulations, as well as changes to federal, state, or local laws and regulations, including the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and governmental policies incentivizing the development or utilization of alternative sources of generation;

•changes in laws and regulations, agency positions, or associated litigation related to protected species and associated critical habitat designations;

•the effects of changes in federal, state, or local laws and regulations, such as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and other governmental actions or policies, including changes in monetary, fiscal, tax, environmental, trade/tariff, domestic purchase requirements, or energy policies and related laws, regulations, and other governmental actions, including as a result of prolonged litigation over proposed legislation or regulatory actions;

•the effects of full or partial shutdowns of the federal government or delays in obtaining government or regulatory actions or decisions;

•uncertainty regarding the establishment of interim or permanent sites for spent nuclear fuel and nuclear waste storage and disposal and the level of spent fuel and nuclear waste disposal fees charged by the U.S. government or other providers related to such sites;

•variations in weather and the occurrence of hurricanes and other storms and disasters, including uncertainties associated with efforts to remediate the effects of hurricanes, ice storms, floods, wildfires, or other weather events and the recovery of costs associated with restoration, including the ability to access funded storm reserves, federal and local cost recovery mechanisms, securitization, and insurance, as well as any related unplanned outages;

•effects of climate change, including the potential for increases in the frequency or severity of extreme weather events, such as hurricanes, heat waves, floods, drought or wildfires, and rising sea levels or coastal land and wetland loss, and Entergy’s ability to effectively prepare for such effects and events, including through accelerated resilience plans and projects, and any challenges in execution thereof and/or in obtaining any necessary regulatory approvals for appropriate scope and timing of such plans and projects now and in the future;

•the risk that as a result of Entergy’s membership in Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited (NEIL), an incident at a NEIL member-insured nuclear generation facility could lead to a significant retrospective assessment;

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•the risk that an incident at a nuclear generation facility participating in a secondary financial protection system could lead to a significant retrospective insurance premium;

•changes in the quality and availability of water supplies and the related regulation of water use and diversion;

•Entergy’s ability to manage and execute on its capital projects, including any capital projects to serve the growing demand for electricity driven in part by the anticipated development of large data centers, and to complete such capital projects timely and within budget, to obtain the anticipated performance or other benefits of such capital projects, and to manage its capital and operation and maintenance costs;

•the effects of supply chain disruptions, including those driven by geopolitical developments or trade-related governmental actions, including tariffs and other measures, on Entergy’s ability to complete its capital projects in a timely and cost-effective manner;

•Entergy’s ability to purchase and sell assets at attractive prices and on other attractive terms;

•the economic climate, and particularly economic conditions in the Utility service area and events and circumstances that could influence economic conditions in those areas, including power prices and inflation, and the risk that anticipated load growth may not materialize;

•changes to or the repeal of federal income tax laws, regulations, and interpretive guidance and policies, including the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and the continuing impact of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, and any related intended or unintended consequences on financial results and future cash flows;

•the effects of Entergy’s strategies to reduce tax payments;

•the effect of interest rate volatility and other changes in the financial markets, federal law, including the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and regulatory requirements for the issuance of securities, particularly as they affect access to and cost of capital and Entergy’s ability to refinance existing securities and fund investments and acquisitions;

•actions of rating agencies, including changes in the ratings of debt and preferred stock, changes in general corporate ratings, and changes in the rating agencies’ ratings criteria;

•changes in inflation and interest rates and the impacts of inflation or a recession on Entergy’s customers;

•the effects of government investigations, proceedings, or audits;

•changes in technology, including (i) Entergy’s ability to effectively assess, acquire, implement, and manage new or emerging technologies, including its ability to maintain and protect personally identifiable information while doing so; (ii) the emergence of artificial intelligence (including machine learning), which may present increased electricity demand, as well as ethical, security, legal, operational, or regulatory challenges; (iii) advances in artificial intelligence (including machine learning) technologies that could reduce the expected electricity demand for these technologies and data centers; (iv) the impact of changes relating to new, developing, or alternative sources of generation such as distributed energy and energy storage, renewable energy, energy efficiency, demand side management, and other measures that reduce load and government policies impacting development or utilization of the foregoing; and (v) competition from other companies offering products and services to Entergy’s customers based on new or emerging technologies or alternative sources of generation;

•Entergy’s ability to effectively formulate and implement plans to increase its carbon-free energy capacity and to reduce its carbon emission rate and aggregate carbon emissions, including its commitment to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and the related increasing investment in renewable power generation sources and carbon capture and storage, the potential impact on its business and financial condition of attempting to achieve such objectives, and Entergy’s ability to achieve its climate goals and commitments due to expected load growth;

•the effects, including increased security costs, of threatened or actual terrorism, cyber attacks or data security breaches, physical attacks on or other interference with facilities or infrastructure, natural or man-made electromagnetic pulses that affect transmission or generation infrastructure, accidents, and war or a catastrophic event such as a nuclear accident or a natural gas pipeline explosion;

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•impacts of perceived or actual cybersecurity or data security threats or events on Entergy and its subsidiaries, its vendors, suppliers or other third parties interconnected through the grid, which could, among other things, result in disruptions to its operations, including but not limited to, the loss of operational control, temporary or extended outages, or loss of data, including but not limited to, sensitive customer, employee, financial or operations data;

•the effects of a catastrophe, pandemic (or other health-related event), or a global or geopolitical event such as escalating trade tensions between the United States and China or the military activities between Russia and Ukraine, or in the Middle East, including resultant economic and societal disruptions; fuel procurement disruptions; volatility in the capital markets (and any related increased cost of capital or any inability to access the capital markets or draw on available bank credit facilities); reduced demand for electricity, particularly from commercial and industrial customers; increased or unrecoverable costs; supply chain, vendor, and contractor disruptions, including as a result of trade-related sanctions; delays in completion of capital or other construction projects, maintenance, and other operations activities, including prolonged or delayed outages; impacts to Entergy’s workforce availability, health, or safety; increased cybersecurity risks as a result of many employees telecommuting and/or working partially remotely; increased late or uncollectible customer payments; regulatory delays; executive orders affecting, or increased regulation of, Entergy’s business; changes in credit ratings or outlooks as a result of any of the foregoing; or other adverse impacts on Entergy’s ability to execute on its business strategies and initiatives or, more generally, on Entergy’s results of operations, financial condition, and liquidity;

•Entergy’s ability to attract and retain talented management, directors, and employees with specialized skills, institutional knowledge, capacity, and abilities, including the ability to effectively execute on Entergy’s growth strategy;

•Entergy’s ability to attract, retain, and manage an appropriately qualified and sufficiently staffed workforce;

•changes in accounting standards and corporate governance best practices;

•declines in the market prices of marketable securities and changes in interest rates and resulting pension and retiree welfare plan funding requirements and the effects on benefits costs for Entergy’s defined benefit pension and other postretirement benefits plans;

•future wage and employee benefits costs, including changes in discount rates and returns on benefit plan assets;

•changes in decommissioning trust fund values or earnings or in the timing of, requirements for, or cost to decommission Entergy’s nuclear plant sites and the implementation of decommissioning of such sites following shutdown;

•the effectiveness of Entergy’s risk management policies and procedures and the ability and willingness of its counterparties, including lending, hedging, credit support, and major customer counterparties, to satisfy their financial and performance commitments;

•reductions in the demand for electricity to power hyperscale data centers and the potential for stranded assets;

•concentration of business with a small number of customers in an industry based on emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence and machine learning; and

•Entergy and its subsidiaries’ ability to successfully execute on their business strategies, including their ability to complete strategic transactions that they may undertake, and their ability to meet the rapidly growing demand for electricity, including from hyperscale data center and other large customers, and to manage the impacts of growth in demand for electricity on customers and Entergy’s business.

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