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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000065984-00-000012
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	U-12-IB
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20000125

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ENTERGY CORP /DE/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000065984
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911]
		IRS NUMBER:				721229752
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		U-12-IB
		SEC ACT:		
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	012-00016
		FILM NUMBER:		512146

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		639 LOYOLA AVE
		CITY:			NEW ORLEANS
		STATE:			LA
		ZIP:			70113
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5045295262

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PO BOX 61000
		CITY:			NEW ORLEANS
		STATE:			LA
		ZIP:			70161

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ENTERGY GSU HOLDINGS INC /DE/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940329

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ENTERGY CORP /FL/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940329

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MIDDLE SOUTH UTILITIES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19890521

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HAMRIC LAURENCE M
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001057606
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911]
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		U-12-IB

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		639 LOYOLA AVE
		CITY:			NEW ORLEANS
		STATE:			LA
		ZIP:			70113
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5045295262
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                            UNITED STATES
                 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                       Washington, D.C.  20549
                  FORM U-12(I)-B (ANNUAL STATEMENT)
                         Calendar Year 2000

STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(I) OF PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY
ACT OF 1935 BY A PERSON REGULARLY EMPLOYED OR RETAINED BY A REGISTERED
HOLDING COMPANY OR A SUBSIDIARY THEREOF AND WHOSE EMPLOYMENT CONTEMPLATES
ONLY ROUTINE EXPENSES AS SPECIFIED IN RULE U-71(b)
  (To be filed in DUPLICATE.  If acknowledgment is desired, file in
                            triplicate.)

1. Name and business address of person filing statement.

   L. M. Hamric, 639 Loyola Ave., New Orleans, LA  70113

2. Names and business addresses of any persons through whom the
   undersigned proposes to act in matters included within the
   exemption provided by paragraph (b) of Rule U-71.

   None

3. Registered holding companies and subsidiary companies by which the
   undersigned is regularly employed or retained.

   Entergy Corporation,          Prudential Oil & Gas, Inc.,
   Assistant Secretary           Assistant Secretary
   Entergy Services, Inc.,       Southern Gulf Railway Company,
   Assistant Secretary           Assistant Secretary
   Entergy Arkansas, Inc.,       Varibus Corporation, Assistant
   Assistant Secretary           Secretary
   Entergy Gulf States, Inc.,    System Fuels, Inc., Assistant
   Assistant Secretary           Secretary
   Entergy Louisiana, Inc.,      Entergy International Holdings LTD
   Assistant Secretary           LLC, Vice President & Secretary
   Entergy Mississippi, Inc.,    Entergy International LTD LLC, Vice
   Assistant Secretary           President and Secretary
   Entergy New Orleans, Inc.,    Entergy International Investments
   Assistant Secretary           No. 2 LTD LLC, Vice President and
   System Energy Resources,      Secretary
   Inc., Assistant Secretary     Entergy Victoria, Inc., Director,
   Entergy Enterprises, Inc.,    Vice President and Secretary
   Assistant Secretary           Entergy Nuclear Holding Company #1,
   GSG&T, Assistant Secretary    Assistant Secretary

4. Position or relationship in which the undersigned is employed or
   retained by each of the companies named in Item 3, and  brief
   description of nature of services to be rendered in each such
   position or relationship.

   As an officer and/or director of the above listed companies, my
   duties may include, from time to time, presenting, advocating or
   opposing matters affecting Entergy Corporation and its subsidiary
   companies before Congress and members and committees thereof, and
   before this Commission and the Federal Energy Regulatory
   Commission and members, officers and employees of such
   Commissions.

   The services required to be described in this form under Section
   12(i) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 are
   incidental to the undersigned's primary and principal duties and,
   although such services vary in extent from time to time, they
   represent overall only a comparatively minor portion of the total
   services rendered

5( Compensation received during the prior year and to be received
a) during  the calendar year by the undersigned or others, directly
   or indirectly, for services rendered by the undersigned, from each
   of  the companies designated in Item 3.  (Use column (a) as
   supplementary statement only.)

                     Salary or other compensation
        Name of      During Prior    To be    Person or company
       Recipient         Year      received  from whom received
                         (a)          (b)     or to be received
 Laurence M. Hamric  $200,000.00  $205,000.00   Entergy Services, Inc.

5( Basis for compensation if other than salary.
b)

6. (To be answered in supplementary statement only.  See
   instructions.)  Expenses incurred by the undersigned or any
   person named in Item 2, above, during the calendar year in
   connection with the activities described in Item 4, above, and
   the source or sources of reimbursement for same.

   (a) Total amount of routine       $
       expenses charged to client:
   (b) Itemized list of all other    No other expenses
       expenses:

In accordance with the provisions of subdivision (c) of Rule U-71,
the undersigned files this statement as a combined renewal of the
advance statement filed by the undersigned January 1998 and as a
supplemental statement to such advance statement.


(Signed) /s/ Laurence M. Hamric    Dated:  November 22, 1999


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