UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.
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In the Matter of : CERTIFICATE PURSUANT TO
: RULE 24
ENTERGY LOUISIANA, INC. :
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File No. 70-9141 :
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(Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935) :
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This is to certify, pursuant to Rule 24 under the
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended, that the
transactions described below, which were proposed by Entergy
Louisiana, Inc. ("Company") in its Application-Declaration, as
amended, in the above file, have been carried out in accordance
with the terms and conditions of and for the purposes represented
by said Application-Declaration, as amended, and pursuant to the
order of the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect
thereto dated March 12, 1998.
On May 23, 2000, the Company issued and sold, by
negotiated public offering, to Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated,
as underwriters, $150,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of
the Company's First Mortgage Bonds, 8 1/2% Series due June 1,
2003 ("Bonds"), issued pursuant to the Fifty-fifth Supplemental
Indenture to the Company's Mortgage and Deed of Trust, as
supplemented.
Attached hereto and incorporated by reference are:
Exhibit A-2(c) - Execution form of Fifty-fifth
Supplemental Indenture relating to the
Bonds.
Exhibit B-2(c) - Execution form of Underwriting
Agreement relating to the Bonds.
Exhibit C-3(c) - Copy of the Prospectus being used
in connection with the sale of the Bonds
(previously filed in Registration No.
333-93683 and incorporated herein by
reference).
Exhibit F-1(e) - Post-effective opinion of Denise C.
Redmann, Senior Counsel - Corporate and
Securities of Entergy Services, Inc.,
counsel for the Company.
Exhibit F-2(e) - Post-effective opinion of Thelen
Reid & Priest LLP, counsel for the
Company.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Entergy Louisiana, Inc. has caused
this certificate to be executed this 2nd day of June 2000.
ENTERGY LOUISIANA, INC.
By: /s/ Steven C. McNeal
Steven C. McNeal
Vice President and Treasurer
