Exhibit F-1(e)
June 2, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Ladies and Gentlemen:
With respect to (1) the Application-Declaration
("Application-Declaration") on Form U-1, as amended (File No.
70-9141), filed by Entergy Louisiana, Inc. (the "Company")
with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission")
under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as
amended, contemplating, among other things, the issuance and
sale by the Company of one or more new series of the Company's
First Mortgage Bonds; (2) the Commission's order dated March
12, 1998 ("Order") permitting the Application-Declaration, as
amended, to become effective with respect to the issuance and
sale of said First Mortgage Bonds; and (3) the issuance and
sale by the Company on May 23, 2000 of $150,000,000 in
aggregate principal amount of its First Mortgage Bonds, 8 1/2%
Series due June 1, 2003 (the "Bonds"), I advise you that in my
opinion:
(a) the Company is a corporation duly
organized and validly existing under the laws of the
State of Louisiana;
(b) the issuance and sale of the Bonds have
been consummated in accordance with the Application-
Declaration, as amended, and the Order;
(c) all state laws that relate or are applicable
to the issuance and sale of the Bonds (other than so-
called "blue sky" or similar laws, upon which we do not
pass herein) have been complied with;
(d) the Bonds are valid and binding obligations
of the Company in accordance with their terms, except
as limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
other similar laws affecting enforcement of mortgagees'
and other creditors' rights; and
(e) the consummation of the issuance and sale of
the Bonds has not violated the legal rights of the
holders of any securities issued by the Company.
I am a member of the Louisiana State Bar and do not
hold myself out as an expert on the laws of any other state.
My consent is hereby given to the use of this opinion
as an exhibit to the Certificate pursuant to Rule 24.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Denise C. Redmann
Denise C. Redmann
Senior Counsel -
Corporate and Securities
