UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM U-12(I)-B (ANNUAL STATEMENT)
Calendar Year 1998
STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(I) OF PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF
1935 BY A PERSON REGULARLY EMPLOYED OR RETAINED BY A REGISTERED HOLDING
COMPANY OR A SUBSIDIARY THEREOF AND WHOSE EMPLOYMENT CONTEMPLATES ONLY
ROUTINE EXPENSES AS SPECIFIED IN RULE U-71(b)
(To be filed in DUPLICATE. If acknowledgment is desired, file in triplicate.)
1. Name and business address of person filing statement.
Joseph L. Blount
Energy Operations, Inc.
1340 Echelon Parkway
Jackson, MS 39213
2. Names and business addresses of any persons through whom the
undersigned proposes to act in matters included within the exemption
provided by paragraph (b) of Rule U-71.
None
3. Registered holding companies and subsidiary companies by which the
undersigned is regularly employed or retained.
Refer to companies listed in Item 4
4. Position or relationship in which the undersigned is employed or
retained by each of the companies named in Item 3, and brief
description of nature of services to be rendered in each such
position or relationship.
General Attorney-Generation and Secretary of:
Entergy Operations, Inc.
Secretary of System Energy Resources, Inc.
Assistant Secretary of Entergy Nuclear, Inc.
As an officer of the companies listed above, the undersigned, subject
to the President/CEO's oversight, has responsibility for the company's
legal activities. These duties which vary, from time to time and to
varying degrees,include involvement with industry activities,
presenting, advocating or opposing matters affecting Entergy
Corporation and its subsidiary companies before this Commission, the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission and their respective members and members of their
respective staffs and before Congress and members and committees
thereof.
The services required to be described in this form under Section 12(i)
of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 are incidental to the
undersigned's primary and principal duties and, although such services
vary in extent from time to time, they represent overall only a
comparatively minor portion of the total services rendered.
5(a) Compensation received during the prior year and to be received during
the calendar year by the undersigned or others, directly or indirectly,
for services rendered by the undersigned, from each of the companies
designated in Item 3. (Use column (a) as supplementary statement only.)
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Salary or other compensation
Name of Recipient During Prior Year(a) To be received(b) Person or company from whom
received or to be received
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Joseph L. Blount $3,925.08 * $4,042.83 ** Entergy Services, Inc.
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* Estimate 3% of time spent communicating with a member of Congress,
FERC, FERC staff, SEC or SEC staff.
** Officers salaries for 1998 have not been determined. This is a
projected figure only.
5(b) Basis for compensation if other than salary.
6. (To be answered in supplementary statement only. See instructions.)
Expenses incurred by the undersigned or any person named in Item 2,
above, during the calendar year in connection with the activities
described in Item 4, above, and the source or sources of reimbursement
for same.
(a) Total amount of routine expenses charged to client: $200.17 *
(b) Itemized list of all other expenses: No other expenses.
In accordance with the provisions of subdivision (c) of Rule U-71, the
undersigned files this statement as a combined renewal of the advance
statement filed by the undersigned January 1997 and as a supplemental
statement to such advance statement.
/s/ Joseph L. Blount Dated: February 4, 1998
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