Current Report Filing (8-k)

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

November 19, 2021

Entergy New Orleans, LLC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Texas

1-35747

82-2212934

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1600 Perdido Street, New Orleans, Louisiana

70112

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

[phone]

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Class			Trading Symbol			Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Mortgage Bonds, 5.0% Series due December 2052			ENJ			New York Stock Exchange
Mortgage Bonds, 5.50% Series due April 2066			ENO			New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.    ☐

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Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

On November 19, 2021, Entergy New Orleans, LLC (the “Company”) issued and sold (i) $90,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its First Mortgage Bonds, 4.19% Series due November 19, 2031 (the “Bonds of the Twenty-seventh Series”) and (ii) $70,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its First Mortgage Bonds, 4.51% Series due November 19, 2036 (the “Bonds of the Twenty-eighth Series” and, together with the Bonds of the Twenty-seventh Series, the “Bonds”), to certain institutional investors pursuant to a Bond Purchase Agreement in reliance on an exemption from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Bonds were issued pursuant to the Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of May 1, 1987, from the Company to The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, as amended and supplemented (the “Mortgage”), including by the Twenty-fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 1, 2021 (the “Supplemental Indenture”). The Bonds of the Twenty-seventh Series bear interest at the rate of 4.19 percent per annum, payable semi-annually on May 19 and November 19 each year, commencing May 19, 2022, and mature on November 19, 2031. The Bonds of the Twenty-seventh Series are subject to redemption prior to maturity at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount thereof plus a “make-whole” premium and plus accrued interest, until August 19, 2031, and on and after that date, at 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest. The Bonds of the Twenty-eighth Series bear interest at the rate of 4.51 percent per annum, payable semi-annually on May 19 and November 19 each year, commencing May 19, 2022, and mature on November 19, 2036. The Bonds of the Twenty-eighth Series are subject to redemption prior to maturity at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount thereof plus a “make-whole” premium and plus accrued interest, until August 19, 2036, and on and after that date, at 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest.

The descriptions set forth above are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Supplemental Indenture filed as Exhibit 4(a) to this Current Report on Form 8-K and to the Mortgage filed as Exhibit 4(f)1 to the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.			Description of Exhibit
4(a)			Twenty-fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 1, 2021 to the Company’s Mortgage and Deed of Trust dated as of May 1, 1987, establishing the terms of the Bonds.
104			Cover Page Interactive Data File – the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

			Entergy New Orleans, LLC
			(Registrant)
Date: November 19, 2021
			/s/ Steven C. McNeal
			(Signature) Steven C. McNeal Vice President and Treasurer

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