No. 70-8511
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549
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Post Effective Amendment No. 5
to the
Form U-1/A
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APPLICATION - DECLARATION
Under
THE PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935
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System Energy Resources, Inc. Entergy Corporation
1340 Echelon Parkway P.O. Box 61005
Jackson, Mississippi 39213 New Orleans, Louisiana 70161
Telephone: 601-368-5000 Telephone: 504-529-5262
Entergy Arkansas, Inc. Entergy Louisiana, Inc.
(formerly Arkansas Power & Light (formerly Louisiana Power
Company) & Light Company)
P.O. Box 551 639 Loyola Avenue
Little Rock, Arkansas 72203 New Orleans, Louisiana 70113
Telephone: 501-377-4000 Telephone: 504-576-4000
Entergy Mississippi, Inc. Entergy New Orleans, Inc.
(formerly Mississippi Power & (formerly New Orleans
Light) Public Service Company Inc.)
P.O. Box 1640 639 Loyola Avenue
Jackson, Mississippi 39205 New Orleans, Louisiana 70113
Telephone: 601-969-2311 Telephone: 504-576-4000
(Names of companies filing this statement and addresses
of principal executive offices)
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ENTERGY CORPORATION
(Name of top registered holding company
parent of each applicant or declarant)
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William J. Regan, Jr.
Vice President and Treasurer
System Entergy Resources, Inc.
1340 Echelon Parkway
Jackson, Mississippi 39213
(Name and address of agent for service)
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The Commission is also requested to send copies
of communications in connection with this matter to:
Laurence M. Hamric, Esq. Steven C. McNeal
Ann G. Roy, Esq. Entergy Services, Inc.
Entergy Services, Inc. 639 Loyola Avenue
639 Loyola Avenue New Orleans, LA 70113
New Orleans, Louisiana 70113 (504) 576-4363
(504) 576-2095
Kevin Stacey, Esq. David P. Falck, Esq.
Reid & Priest Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam &
40 West 57th Street Roberts
New York, New York 10019 One Battery Park Plaza
(212) 603-2110 New York, New York 10004
(212) 858-1438
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The Application-Declaration is amended as follows:
Item 5. Procedure
Item 5, Procedure, is hereby amended in its entirety and
restated to read as follows:
The parties request that the Commission's notice of
proposed transactions published pursuant to Rule 23(e) be issued
by June 6, 1996, or as soon thereafter as practicable, and that
the Commission's order authorizing the remaining transactions
proposed in this proceeding be issued by July 12, 1996, or as
soon thereafter as practicable.
The parties hereby waive a recommended decision by a
hearing officer or any other responsible officer of the
Commission; agree that the Staff of the Division of Investment
Management may assist in the preparation of the Commission's
decision, and request that there be no waiting period between the
issuance of the Commission's order and the date it is to become
effective.
The Company requests that the Commission's order
authorizing the above transactions release reservations of
jurisdiction over (i) the execution of and performance under any
Reimbursement Agreement underlying any letter of credit issued as
security for the Company's obligations in connection with the
issuance and sale of Tax-Exempt Bonds and (ii the proposed
issuance and sale of Debentures, in each case pending completion
of the records with respect thereto.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding
Company Act of 1935, the undersigned companies have duly caused
this amendment to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned
thereunto duly authorized.
ENTERGY CORPORATION
SYSTEM ENERGY RESOURCES, INC.
ENTERGY ARKANSAS, INC.
ENTERGY LOUISIANA, INC.
ENTERGY MISSISSIPPI, INC.
ENTERGY NEW ORLEANS, INC.
By: /s/ William J. Regan,Jr.
William J. Regan, Jr.
Vice President and Treasurer
Dated: August 26, 1996
