SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM U-57
NOTIFICATION OF FOREIGN UTILITY COMPANY STATUS
Filed under Section 33(a) of the
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended
Entergy Power Edesur Holding, Ltd.
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(Name of foreign utility company)
Entergy Power Development Corporation
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(Name of filing company, if filed on behalf of
a foreign utility company)
The Commission is requested to mail copies of all
communications relating to this Notification to:
Laurence M. Hamric, Esq. Frederick F. Nugent, Esq.
Associate General Counsel General Counsel
Entergy Services, Inc. Entergy Enterprises, Inc.
639 Loyola Avenue Parkwood 2
New Orleans, Louisiana 70113 10055 Grogan's Mill Road
The Woodlands, TX 77380
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Entergy Power Development Corporation, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Entergy Corporation ("Entergy"), a registered
holding company under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of
1935, as amended (the "Act"), hereby notifies the Securities and
Exchange Commission that, by virtue of the sale by Entergy of its
entire indirect ownership interest in Entergy Power Edesur
Holding Ltd. to Perez Companc S.A. and its subsidiary, Perez
Companc International, Entergy Power Edesur Holding Ltd.
relinquishes its status as a "foreign utility company" within the
meaning of Section 33 of the Act.
SIGNATURES
The undersigned company has duly caused this amendment to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly
authorized.
ENTERGY POWER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
By: /s/ Frederick F. Nugent
Frederick F. Nugent
Secretary
Dated: July 12, 1999
