SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date earliest event reported) September 5, 1996
Commission Registrant, State of Incorporation, I.R.S.
File Number Address and Telephone Number Employer
Identifica
tion No.
1-11299 ENTERGY CORPORATION 72-1229752
(a Delaware corporation)
639 Loyola Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70113
Telephone (504) 529-5262
1-2703 ENTERGY GULF STATES, INC. 74-0662730
(a Texas corporation)
350 Pine Street
Beaumont, Texas 77701
Telephone (409) 838-6631
1-8474 ENTERGY LOUISIANA, INC. 72-0245590
(a Louisiana corporation)
639 Loyola Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70113
Telephone (504) 529-5262
Form 8-K Page 1
September 6, 1996
Item 5. Other Information
Entergy Corporation, Entergy Gulf States, Inc. and
Entergy Louisiana, Inc.
On September 5, 1996, Entergy Gulf States, Inc. and Entergy
Louisiana, Inc. filed with the Louisiana Public Service
Commission proposals designed to achieve an orderly transition to
retail electric competition in Louisiana, while protecting
certain classes of ratepayers from unfairly bearing the burden of
cost shifting.
The proposals do not increase rates for any customer class,
but provide for a universal service charge for customers that
remain connected to the Entergy Gulf States, Inc. or Entergy
Louisiana, Inc. electric distribution systems but choose to
purchase their electricity from another source. For customers
that continue to purchase electricity from these utilities,
electric bills would not increase under these proposals because
the charge is already included in electric rates.
The plan also includes a base rate freeze, which would be
put into effect for seven years in the Entergy Gulf States, Inc.
and Entergy Louisiana, Inc. service areas within Louisiana.
These companies also would make certain accounting adjustments to
permit a complete recovery of the investment in the River Bend
and Waterford 3 nuclear units in seven years, which would be
about one-fourth the currently authorized recovery period.
Form 8-K Page 2
September 6, 1996
The Louisiana Public Service Commission is studying the
issue of electric competition in a proceeding that it instituted
in 1995. Both Entergy Gulf States, Inc. and Entergy Louisiana,
Inc. are participants in that proceeding.
Entergy Gulf States, Inc. is a wholly-owned electric and gas
utility subsidiary, and Entergy Louisiana, Inc. is a wholly-owned
electric utility subsidiary, of Entergy Corporation.
Form 8-K Page 3
September 6, 1996
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
ENTERGY CORPORATION
By: /s/ Louis E. Buck, Jr.
Louis E. Buck, Jr.
Vice President and Chief
Accounting Officer
ENTERGY GULF STATES, INC.
By: /s/ Louis E. Buck, Jr.
Louis E. Buck, Jr.
Vice President and Chief
Accounting Officer
ENTERGY LOUISIANA, INC.
By: /s/ Louis E. Buck, Jr.
Louis E. Buck, Jr.
Vice President and Chief
Accounting Officer
Dated: September 6, 1996
