UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.
In the Matter of
ENTERGY CORPORATION CERTIFICATE
PURSUANT TO
File No. 70-8839 RULE 24
(Public Utility Holding Company
Act of 1935)
This is to certify, pursuant to Rule 24 under the
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended, that for
the quarter ended September 30, 1999, the transaction updated
below, proposed by Energy Corporation ("Company") in the
Application-Declaration on Form U-1, as amended, in the above
referenced File ("Application-Declaration"), has been carried out
in accordance with the terms and conditions of, and for the
purposes represented by the Application-Declaration and pursuant
to the Order of the Securities and Exchange Commission dated
March 25, 1997 (Release No. 35-26693) with respect thereto.
For the third quarter ended September 30, 1999,
pursuant to its Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan,
the Company sold 61,614 new shares of its common stock at an
average price of $29.79 per share (including the discount
applicable to shares purchased pursuant to waivers) with
resulting proceeds of $1,835,727.77.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this
certificate to be executed this 8th day of October 1999.
ENTERGY CORPORATION
By: /s/ Nathan E. Langston
Nathan E. Langston
Vice President and
Chief Accounting Officer
