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) August 22, 1996
Commission Registrant, State of Incorporation, I.R.S.
File Number Address and Telephone Number Employer
Identification No.
1-11299 ENTERGY CORPORATION 72-1229752
(a Delaware corporation)
639 Loyola Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70113
Telephone (504) 529-5262
0-320 ENTERGY MISSISSIPPI, INC. 64-0205830
(a Mississippi corporation)
308 East Pearl Street
Jackson, Mississippi 39201
Telephone (601) 368-5000
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Item 5. Other Information
Entergy Corporation and Entergy Mississippi, Inc.
The Mississippi Public Service Commission (MPSC), on August
22, 1996, issued an order establishing a generic docket to
consider all aspects of competition in the provision of retail
electric service. In issuing its order, the MPSC stated that if,
after completing the docket, it determines that competition in
the provision of retail electric service is in the public
interest, it may seek enabling legislation to allow competitive
retail electric service in Mississippi.
The MPSC also issued an order approving Entergy Mississippi,
Inc.'s request that the rate rider it filed on August 2, 1996 be
remanded to the file. That rider was designed to prevent cost
shifting from one class of customers to another. Entergy
Mississippi, Inc. requested the MPSC to order the remand because
the generic docket will address retail competition issues that
are associated with and included in Entergy Mississippi, Inc.'s
August 2 filing. Entergy Mississippi, Inc.'s August 2 filing
will be held in abeyance pending the outcome of the MPSC's
generic docket.
Entergy Mississippi, Inc., is a wholly-owned electric
utility subsidiary of Entergy Corporation.
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August 28, 1996
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange
Act 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 Mississippi, Inc.
By: /s/Louis E. Buck, Jr.
Louis E. Buck, Jr.
Vice President and Chief
Accounting Officer
Dated: August 28, 1996
