Form 8-K                                              Page 3
December 21, 1998




                    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 11, 2000


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


1-8474       ENTERGY LOUISIANA, INC.                 72-0245590
             (a Louisiana corporation)
             4809 Jefferson Highway
             Jefferson, Louisiana 70121
             Telephone (504) 840-2734

Item 5.  Other Events

      Reference  is made to the Annual Reports on Form 10-K  for  the  year
ended  December 31, 1999, and the Quarterly Reports on Form  10-Q  for  the
quarter  ended  June  30,  2000, for Entergy  Corporation  ("Entergy")  and
Entergy  Louisiana,  Inc. ("Entergy Louisiana"), and  Amendment  No.  1  to
Entergy's  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A for the quarter ended  June  30,
2000,  for discussion of the complaint filed in June 1998 against  Entergy,
Entergy Power, Inc. and Entergy Louisiana in state court in Orleans  Parish
purportedly on behalf of all Entergy Louisiana ratepayers that seeks treble
damages  for  alleged  injuries  arising from  alleged  violations  by  the
defendants  of  Louisiana's  antitrust laws in connection  with  the  costs
included  in  fuel filings with the LPSC and passed through to  ratepayers;
and  for  discussion of the plaintiffs' request that the  LPSC  initiate  a
review  of  Entergy Louisiana's monthly fuel adjustment charge filings  and
force  restitution  to ratepayers of all costs that the  plaintiffs  allege
were improperly included in those fuel adjustment filings.

      Entergy Louisiana and the staff of the LPSC have reached an agreement
in  principle for the settlement of the matter before the LPSC.  The  terms
of  the proposed settlement have not as yet been agreed to by other parties
to  the LPSC proceeding, and must be approved by the LPSC after any parties
contesting  the  settlement  are afforded the opportunity  for  a  hearing.
Entergy Louisiana would agree under the proposed settlement terms to refund
to customers approximately $72 million to resolve all claims arising out of
or  relating  to  Entergy Louisiana's fuel adjustment clause  filings  from
January 1, 1975 through December 31, 1999, except with respect to purchased
power  and associated costs included in the fuel adjustment clause  filings
for  the period May 1 through September 30, 1999.  Reserves were previously
provided  by Entergy Louisiana for the refund.  If the proposed  settlement
is  approved,  Entergy Louisiana would also consent  to  future  fuel  cost
recovery  under  a  long-term gas contract based on a  formula  that  would
likely result in an under-recovery of actual costs under that contract  for
the  remainder  of  its term, which runs through 2013.  The  future  under-
recovery cannot be precisely estimated at this time because it will  depend
upon  factors that are not certain, such as the price of gas and the amount
of  gas  purchased under the long-term contract.  In recent years,  Entergy
Louisiana has made purchases under that contract totaling from $91  million
to   $121  million  annually.   Had  the  proposed  settlement  terms  been
applicable  to such purchases, the under-recoveries would have ranged  from
$4  million  to  $9  million per year.  Hearings  on  all  issues  in  this
proceeding currently are scheduled for September 2000.  In a pleading filed
August   11,  2000,  plaintiffs  requested  a  five  month  delay  in   the
commencement of the hearings.  This request has been argued by the  parties
and submitted to the ALJ in the case.

                                 SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                         ENTERGY CORPORATION

                         By:          /s/Michael Thompson
                                      Michael Thompson
                                     Senior Vice President and
                                    General Counsel

Dated:  August 18, 2000