EX-5.16 23 a09516516.htm EXHIBIT 5.16
Entergy Services, Inc.
639 Loyola Avenue (70113)
P.O. Box 61000
New Orleans, LA 70161
Tel: 504-576-5228
Fax: 281-297-5310
e-mail: motts@entergy.com

Mark G. Otts
Assistant General Counsel
Legal Services Department
Exhibit 5.16
August 26, 2016
Entergy New Orleans, Inc.
1600 Perdido Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I refer to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”), including the exhibits thereto, which Entergy New Orleans, Inc. (the “Company”), proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or shortly after the date hereof, for (I) the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of an indeterminate aggregate principal amount of its First Mortgage Bonds (the “Bonds”), such Bonds to be issued in one or more new series pursuant to the Company’s Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of May 1, 1987, with The Bank of New York Mellon, as successor Trustee, as heretofore amended and supplemented by all indentures amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, and as it will be further amended and supplemented (the Mortgage and Deed of Trust as so amended and supplemented being hereinafter referred to as the “Mortgage”); and (II) the qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of the Mortgage. In connection therewith, I have reviewed such documents and records as I have deemed necessary to enable me to express an opinion on the matters covered hereby.
I have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the authenticity of the documents submitted to me as originals, the conformity with the originals of all documents submitted to me as originals of the documents submitted to me as certified or facsimile copies and the authenticity of the originals of all documents submitted to me as copies.
Subject to the qualifications hereinafter expressed, I am of the opinion that the Bonds, when issued and delivered for the consideration contemplated by, and otherwise as contemplated in, the Registration Statement and the Mortgage, will be legally issued and will be binding obligations of the Company.

For purposes of the opinions set forth above, I have assumed (I) that the Bonds will be issued and delivered in compliance with the due authorization of and in accordance with the terms set by the Company’s Board of Directors or an authorized committee thereof or an authorized officer, and (II) that the Bonds will be issued and delivered in compliance with appropriate orders with regard to the issuance of the Bonds by the Council of the City of New Orleans.
This opinion is limited to the laws of the States of Louisiana and New York and the federal laws of the United States of America. To the extent that the opinions relate to or are dependent upon matters governed by the laws of New York, I have relied upon the opinion of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, which is being filed as Exhibit 5.15 to the Registration Statement.
I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.16 to the Registration Statement. I also consent to the reference to me in the prospectus included in the Registration Statement under the caption “Legality.” In giving the foregoing consent, I do not admit that I am within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Mark G. Otts