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 June 30th, 2002, the transaction updated below,
proposed  by  Entergy 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.

      Entergy did not issue any new shares of common stock  under
the Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan for the quarter
ended June 30, 2002.


          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this
certificate to be executed this 1st day of July, 2002.

                                       ENTERGY CORPORATION


                                 By:  /s/ Steven C. McNeal
                                           Steven C. McNeal
                                          Vice President and
                                               Treasurer