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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000065984-02-000071
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	35-CERT
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20020304

FILER:

	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:		35-CERT
		SEC ACT:		1935 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	070-09723
		FILM NUMBER:		02566199

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		639 LOYOLA AVE
		CITY:			NEW ORLEANS
		STATE:			LA
		ZIP:			70113
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5045764000

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

	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

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ENTERGY GSU HOLDINGS INC /DE/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940329
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<TEXT>
                    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

          BEFORE THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                        WASHINGTON, D.C.

*  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *
In the Matter of                    *
                                    *
ENTERGY CORPORATION                 *       CERTIFICATE
                                    *   PURSUANT TO RULE 24
File No. 70-9723                    *
                                    *
(Public Utility Holding Company     *
Act of 1935)                        *
*  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *

     Pursuant to Rule 24 promulgated by the Securities and

Exchange Commission ("SEC") under the Public Utility Holding

Company Act of 1935, as amended ("Act"), as modified by the

application-declaration in the above referenced file (the

"Application Declaration") and the related order dated January 5,

2001 ("January 2001 Order"), this is to certify that no

transactions were carried out during the period commencing

October 1, 2001 and ending December 31, 2001 by Entergy

Corporation and its Nonutility Companies,1 pursuant to the

authorization of the SEC under the January 2001 Order.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned company has caused this

certificate to be filed this 1st day of March, 2002.

ENTERGY CORPORATION



By: /s/ Nathan E. Langston
     Nathan E. Langston
     Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
_______________________________
1  Nonutility Companies are defined in the Application
   Declaration as New Subsidiaries, "exempt wholesale generators"
   ("EWGs"), "foreign utility companies ("FUCOs"), "exempt
   telecommunications companies" ("ETCs"), Rule 58 Companies and
   other non-utility subsidiaries of Entergy (including EPMC and O&M
   Subs) which Entergy is authorized or by rule permitted to acquire
   and own.

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