UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

          BEFORE THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                        WASHINGTON, D.C.


       In the Matter of

      ENTERGY CORPORATION             CERTIFICATE
                                      PURSUANT TO
       File No. 70-8839               RULE 24

(Public Utility Holding Company
         Act of 1935)



           This  is  to  certify, pursuant to Rule 24  under  the
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended, that  for
the  quarter  ended  September 30, 1999, the transaction  updated
below,   proposed  by  Energy  Corporation  ("Company")  in   the
Application-Declaration on Form U-1, as  amended,  in  the  above
referenced File ("Application-Declaration"), has been carried out
in  accordance  with the terms and conditions  of,  and  for  the
purposes  represented by the Application-Declaration and pursuant
to  the  Order  of  the Securities and Exchange Commission  dated
March 25, 1997 (Release No. 35-26693) with respect thereto.

           For  the  third  quarter  ended  September  30,  1999,
pursuant  to  its Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase  Plan,
the  Company  sold 61,614 new shares of its common  stock  at  an
average  price  of  $29.79  per  share  (including  the  discount
applicable   to  shares  purchased  pursuant  to  waivers)   with
resulting proceeds of $1,835,727.77.

               IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this
certificate to be executed this 8th day of October 1999.

                                       ENTERGY CORPORATION


                                 By:     /s/ Nathan E. Langston
                                          Nathan E. Langston
                                          Vice President and
                                       Chief Accounting Officer