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