Read the following texts and table with financial data from an S&P 500 earnings report carefully.Based on the question-answer history (if provided), answer the last question. The answer may require mathematical calculation based on the data provided.


entergy corporation and subsidiaries notes to financial statements liability to $ 60 million , and recorded the $ 2.7 million difference as a credit to interest expense . the $ 60 million remaining liability was eliminated upon payment of the cash portion of the purchase price . as of december 31 , 2016 , entergy louisiana , in connection with the waterford 3 lease obligation , had a future minimum lease payment ( reflecting an interest rate of 8.09% ( 8.09 % ) ) of $ 57.5 million , including $ 2.3 million in interest , due january 2017 that is recorded as long-term debt . in february 2017 the leases were terminated and the leased assets were conveyed to entergy louisiana . grand gulf lease obligations in 1988 , in two separate but substantially identical transactions , system energy sold and leased back undivided ownership interests in grand gulf for the aggregate sum of $ 500 million . the initial term of the leases expired in july 2015 . system energy renewed the leases for fair market value with renewal terms expiring in july 2036 . at the end of the new lease renewal terms , system energy has the option to repurchase the leased interests in grand gulf or renew the leases at fair market value . in the event that system energy does not renew or purchase the interests , system energy would surrender such interests and their associated entitlement of grand gulf 2019s capacity and energy . system energy is required to report the sale-leaseback as a financing transaction in its financial statements . for financial reporting purposes , system energy expenses the interest portion of the lease obligation and the plant depreciation . however , operating revenues include the recovery of the lease payments because the transactions are accounted for as a sale and leaseback for ratemaking purposes . consistent with a recommendation contained in a ferc audit report , system energy initially recorded as a net regulatory asset the difference between the recovery of the lease payments and the amounts expensed for interest and depreciation and continues to record this difference as a regulatory asset or liability on an ongoing basis , resulting in a zero net balance for the regulatory asset at the end of the lease term . the amount was a net regulatory liability of $ 55.6 million and $ 55.6 million as of december 31 , 2016 and 2015 , respectively . as of december 31 , 2016 , system energy , in connection with the grand gulf sale and leaseback transactions , had future minimum lease payments ( reflecting an implicit rate of 5.13% ( 5.13 % ) ) that are recorded as long-term debt , as follows : amount ( in thousands ) . <table class='wikitable'><tr><td>1</td><td>-</td><td>amount ( in thousands )</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>2017</td><td>$ 17188</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>2018</td><td>17188</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>2019</td><td>17188</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>2020</td><td>17188</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>2021</td><td>17188</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>years thereafter</td><td>257812</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>total</td><td>343752</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>less : amount representing interest</td><td>309393</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>present value of net minimum lease payments</td><td>$ 34359</td></tr></table> .
Question: what was the implicit interest rate numerically, or not in percentage?
Answer: 0.0513
Question: and what was the total in lease payments in 2018?

17188.0