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) April 27, 1999
Commission Registrant, State of Incorporation, I.R.S. Employer
File Number Address and Telephone Number Identification 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
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Item 5. Other Events
Entergy Operations, Inc. announces extension of River
Bend refueling outage
Entergy Operations, Inc. announced today that it expects the
duration of the current refueling outage at the Entergy Gulf States,
Inc.'s ("Entergy Gulf States") River Bend Station to be extended beyond
the original schedule by an estimated six to eight weeks.
Planned work during the outage included replacing nuclear fuel
assemblies earlier identified as having cladding degradation and
inspecting other assemblies. During the inspections, a higher than
expected amount of degradation was found on some assemblies. The outage
extension is necessary to allow for the design and manufacture of more
fuel assemblies than originally planned.
"Safety of employees and the public is not compromised by the fuel
cladding issues," said Don Hintz, President of Entergy Corporation
("Entergy"). "We also want our customers to know that Entergy is taking
steps to ensure that adequate power is available to meet their needs
this summer. Among those steps is bringing gas-fired units back on line
from reserve shutdown, which increases our system capacity by more than
550 megawatts."
Further analyses and evaluations are in progress. The financial
effects of extending the outage are still being assessed. Preliminary
estimates indicate the impact on Entergy Gulf States' earnings could be
in excess of $10 million in 1999.
Entergy is a major global energy company with power production,
distribution operations, and related diversified services. Entergy
owns, manages, or invests in powerplants generating nearly 30,000
megawatts of electricity domestically and internationally, and delivers
electricity to about 2.5 million customers in portions of Arkansas,
Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. It is also a leading provider of
wholesale energy marketing and trading services.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
1934, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed
on their behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
ENTERGY CORPORATION
ENTERGY GULF STATES, INC.
By: /s/ Nathan E. Langston
Nathan E. Langston
Vice President and Chief
Accounting Officer
Dated: April 27, 1999
