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Entergy Corporation and Subsidiaries
Notes to Financial Statements
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decommissioning the plants less the decommissioning cost estimated in an independent decommissioning cost study.
The asset is increased by monthly accretion based on the applicable discount rate necessary to ultimately provide for
the estimated future value of the decommissioning contract. The monthly accretion is recorded as interest income.
Entergy maintains decommissioning trust funds that are committed to meeting the costs of decommissioning
the nuclear power plants. The fair values of the decommissioning trust funds and the related asset retirement
obligation regulatory assets of Entergy as of December 31, 2009 are as follows:
Decommissioning
Trust Fair Values
Regulatory
Asset
(In Millions)
Utility:
ANO 1 and ANO 2 $440.2 $173.7
River Bend $349.5 $11.0
Waterford 3 $209.1 $91.0
Grand Gulf $327.0 $97.8
Non-Utility Nuclear $1,885.4 $-
The fair values of the decommissioning trust funds and the related asset retirement obligation regulatory
assets of Entergy as of December 31, 2008 are as follows:
Decommissioning
Trust Fair Values
Regulatory
Asset
(In Millions)
Utility:
ANO 1 and ANO 2 $390.5 $159.5
River Bend $303.2 $8.7
Waterford 3 $180.9 $77.7
Grand Gulf $268.8 $96.1
Non-Utility Nuclear $1,688.9 $-
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