8-K

                            UNITED STATES
                 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): September 20, 2005

Commission   Registrant, State of Incorporation,     I.R.S. Employer
File Number  Address and Telephone Number            Identification No.


1-11299      ENTERGY CORPORATION                     72-1229752
             (a Delaware corporation)
             639 Loyola Avenue
             New Orleans, Louisiana 70113
             Telephone (504) 576-4000

1-10764      ENTERGY ARKANSAS, INC.                  71-0005900
             (an Arkansas corporation)
             425 West Capitol Avenue, 40th Floor
             Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
             Telephone (501) 377-4000

1-27031      ENTERGY GULF STATES, INC.               74-0662730
             (a Texas corporation)
             350 Pine Street
             Beaumont, Texas 77701
             Telephone (409) 838-6631

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

0-320        ENTERGY MISSISSIPPI, INC.               64-0205830
             (a Mississippi corporation)
             308 East Pearl Street
             Jackson, Mississippi 39201
             Telephone (601) 368-5000

0-5807       ENTERGY NEW ORLEANS, INC.               72-0273040
             (a Louisiana corporation)
             1600 Perdido Building
             New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
             Telephone (504) 670-3674

1-9067       SYSTEM ENERGY RESOURCES, INC.           72-0752777
             (an Arkansas corporation)
             Echelon One
             1340 Echelon Parkway
             Jackson, Mississippi 39213
             Telephone (601) 368-5000

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Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation.

(Entergy Corporation)

     As  more fully-described in its report on Form 8-K filed on June
1, 2005 and in its report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
June 30, 2005, on May 25, 2005 Entergy Corporation entered into a  $2
billion,  5-year bank credit facility (the "$2 Billion Facility")  by
and  among  Entergy as borrower, Citibank, N.A., as bank, LC  issuing
bank and administrative agent, ABN AMRO Bank N.V., as LC issuing bank
and bank, and several banks party thereto.  Entergy from time to time
has borrowed under the facility and has also from time to time issued
letters of credit against the borrowing capacity of the facility.  As
of  September  19,  2005, amounts outstanding under  the  $2  Billion
Facility are as follows (in millions):

                                         LETTERS      CAPACITY
  FACILITY      CAPACITY   BORROWINGS   OF CREDIT    AVAILABLE

5-Year Facility  $2,000      $995          $169         $836

Item 7.01.  Regulation FD Disclosure.

(Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Gulf States, Entergy
Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, System Energy)

     The  information in this Current Report on Form 8-K  under  Item
7.01,  including  Exhibit 99 listed below, is  being  furnished,  not
filed, pursuant to Regulation FD.

     On  September  20,  2005, Entergy Corporation  issued  a  public
announcement, which is attached as Exhibit 99 hereto and incorporated
herein by reference.

Item 8.01.  Other Events.

(Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Gulf States, Entergy
Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, System Energy)

     Entergy  announced  today  its preliminary  estimates  of  storm
restoration  costs  associated  with Hurricane  Katrina  as  well  as
initial  estimates of the number of customers that are  not  able  to
receive  electric  service. Limited access to heavily  flooded  areas
continues  to hamper Entergy's ability to fully assess the extent  of
damage  to certain portions of its infrastructure.  As a result,  the
initial   restoration  estimates  are  subject  to   change.    Total
restoration  costs  for  the repair and/or replacement  of  Entergy's
electric and gas facilities damaged by Hurricane Katrina and business
continuity costs are estimated to be in the range of $750 million  to
$1.1 billion.  Restoration and business continuity cost estimates for
the  various  utility  jurisdictions affected by  the  storm  are  as
follows:

Company             			       Estimated Costs
                    			    (U.S. $ in millions)
Entergy Gulf States - Louisiana jurisdiction       25-45
Entergy Louisiana    				 275-400
Entergy Mississippi             		  75-100
Entergy New Orleans          			 325-475
Other                 				   50-80
    Total           			       750-1,100

The  above  cost estimates do not include other potential incremental
losses that cannot be estimated at this time.

     As  of 9:00 p.m. CDT on September 19, Entergy had restored power
to  approximately 874,000 of the 1.1 million customers who lost power
at  the  peak of the storm.  Entergy expects to restore power to  all
those customers who can take service in the non-flooded areas of  New
Orleans  and surrounding parishes within 2 weeks.  Some customers  in
the most  devastated  areas  of  greater  New Orleans and surrounding
parishes, estimated to be  in the  range  of 150,000  to 170,000, are
unable to accept electric  and gas service, and therefore  cannot  be
restored at the current time. Restoration for many of these customers
will follow major repairs  or reconstruction of  customer facilities,
and  will  be  contingent  on  validation  by  local  authorities  of
habitability and electrical safety of customers' structures.

     Revenues are expected to be lower at both Entergy Louisiana  and
Entergy  New Orleans as a result of the 150,000 to 170,000  customers
that  are  unable to accept electric and gas service for a period  of
time  that  cannot  yet  be  estimated.  Included  in  this  customer
estimate  are  115,000 to 130,000 customers located  in  Entergy  New
Orleans' service territory, with the remainder in Entergy Louisiana's
service  territory.  The majority of these customers are residential,
and  the  balance  is primarily commercial.  Average annual  non-fuel
revenues associated with these customers are estimated to range  from
$50 million to $60 million for Entergy Louisiana and $160 million  to
$190  million  for Entergy New Orleans.  Entergy's  estimate  of  the
revenue  impact  of  customers who are  currently  unable  to  accept
electric and gas service is subject to change, however, because of  a
range  of  uncertainties, in particular the timing of when individual
customers will return to service.

     Entergy  plans to pursue a broad range of initiatives to recover
storm  restoration costs and incremental losses.  Initiatives include
obtaining  reimbursement  of  certain  costs  covered  by  insurance,
obtaining  assistance through federal legislation targeting Hurricane
Katrina  relief, and pursuing recovery through existing or  new  rate
mechanisms regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission  and
local regulatory bodies.  Entergy is unable to predict the degree  of
success  it  may have in these initiatives, the amount of restoration
costs  and incremental losses it may recover, or the timing  of  such
recovery.

(Entergy New Orleans)

     Since  the onset of Hurricane Katrina Entergy New Orleans'  cash
receipts  have  been significantly below normal  levels  due  to  the
number   of  customers  displaced  by  the  storm  and  the  extended
interruptions  in  customers' ability to  take  power.   Entergy  New
Orleans'  need to make cash payments has continued, however,  due  to
costs  associated with fuel used before the hurricane  outages  along
with  recurring  payments associated with fuel  and  purchased  power
contracts,  in  addition  to  storm  restoration  costs   and   other
obligations.

     As disclosed in its 2004 Form 10-K, for 2005 Entergy New Orleans
reported  approximately  $182 million in minimum purchase obligations
under fuel and purchased power contracts. $97 million of that amount,
or $8.1 million per month, is Entergy New Orleans'  obligation  under
the Unit Power Sales Agreement, which governs the sale of capacity and
energy from the Grand Gulf nuclear power plant.  The remainder of the
minimum  purchase  obligations  are primarily  from  purchased  power
contracts with affiliates and natural gas supply contracts.   Subject
to  certain  conditions, the LPSC has approved purchases  by  Entergy
Gulf  States  and Entergy Louisiana of the capacity and  energy  that
Entergy  New  Orleans  is entitled to under the  affiliate  purchased
power  contracts,  and Entergy Gulf States has  petitioned  the  PUCT
asking  for similar approvals.  As for Entergy New Orleans' share  of
the output from Grand Gulf, that capacity and energy is being sold in
the short-term wholesale market at prices that should support most of
the  costs  incurred by Entergy New Orleans for its  share  of  Grand
Gulf,  although sales are not occurring during Grand Gulf's scheduled
refueling  outage that began on September 18.  Entergy  New  Orleans'
remaining pension plan contribution for 2005 of $6.9 million that was
disclosed  in its Second Quarter 2005 Form 10-Q was due on  September
15, 2005, but the IRS has given permission to delay that contribution
until October 31, 2005.

     As  of  August  31,  2005, Entergy New Orleans'  cash  and  cash
equivalents  balance was $533 thousand.  As described in Entergy  New
Orleans'  2004 Form 10-K, as updated by its Second Quarter 2005  Form
10-Q,  in  addition  to  cash on hand and cash flow  from  operations
Entergy New Orleans had two established financing sources on hand  to
meet  its  short-term liquidity needs, a $15 million, 364-day  credit
facility  and  borrowings  from Entergy's  money  pool.   The  credit
facility  is  fully drawn at this time.  Entergy New  Orleans'  money
pool  borrowings are subject to a limit on unsecured debt  securities
contained   in   its  articles  of  incorporation.   The   limit   is
approximately  $42  million at this time, and  Entergy  New  Orleans'
money  pool borrowings outstanding were $21.3 million as of September
19,  2005.  Because of certain near-term contracted payments for fuel
and  purchased  power,  Entergy  New Orleans  expects  to  reach  its
unsecured debt securities limit in the next several days.

     Various  alternatives  are  being  considered  by  Entergy   for
maintaining  liquidity  at Entergy New Orleans.   These  alternatives
include  open  account advances to Entergy New Orleans and  assigning
Entergy  New  Orleans contracts for purchased power to other  Entergy
companies  to  reduce cash requirements at Entergy New  Orleans.   In
addition,  Entergy  is  evaluating the  options  of  additional  debt
issuances,  the  expansion  of short-term borrowing  capacity  and/or
infusing  equity  into  Entergy New Orleans.   Further,  Entergy  New
Orleans will consider filing  a petition for protection under federal
bankruptcy  law.   Entergy believes this option should be  considered
to  determine  whether it is the most appropriate course of action to
protect any future investment in Entergy New Orleans and to  preserve
legal  rights  while  achieving  business  continuity  at Entergy New
Orleans.   Entergy  cannot currently predict  which  options  it  may
pursue to maintain acceptable liquidity at Entergy New Orleans  given
the uncertainties associated with restoration cost estimates, amounts
of  cost  recovery  and the timing of such recovery  through  various
initiatives noted above.

In this Current Report on Form 8-K and from time to time, Entergy
makes statements concerning its expectations, beliefs, plans,
objectives, goals, strategies, and future events or performance.
Such statements are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning
of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Although
Entergy believes that these forward-looking statements and the
underlying assumptions are reasonable, it cannot provide assurance
that they will prove correct. Except to the extent required by
federal securities laws, Entergy undertakes no obligation to publicly
update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result
of new information, future events or otherwise. Forward-looking
statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties, and there
are factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from
those expressed or implied in these statements. Some of those factors
include, but are not limited to: resolution of pending and future
rate cases and other proceedings at local and federal regulatory
agencies, Entergy's ability to manage its operation and maintenance
costs, particularly at its non-utility nuclear generating facilities,
the performance of Entergy's generating plants, and particularly the
capacity factor at its nuclear generating facilities, prices for
power generated by Entergy's unregulated generating facilities,
and the prices and availability of power Entergy must purchase for
its utility customers, uncertainty regarding establishment of sites
for spent nuclear fuel storage and disposal, Entergy's ability to
develop and execute on a point of view regarding prices of
electricity, natural gas, and other energy-related commodities,
changes in the financial markets, particularly those affecting
the availability of capital and Entergy's ability to refinance
existing debt, execute its share repurchase program, and fund
investments and acquisitions, actions of rating agencies,
including changes in the ratings of debt and preferred stock,
Entergy's ability to purchase and sell assets at attractive
prices and on other attractive terms, changes in utility
regulation and in regulation of the nuclear industry, the
success of Entergy's strategies to reduce tax payments, the
effects of litigation and weather, and uncertainties associated
with efforts to remediate the effects of Hurricane Katrina and
recovery of costs associated with restoration including
Entergy's ability to obtain financial assistance from
governmental authorities in connection with this storm.




Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) Exhibits.

 Exhibit No.              Description

   99      Release, dated September 20, 2005, issued
           by Entergy Corporation

                              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
Entergy Arkansas, Inc.
Entergy Gulf States, Inc.
Entergy Louisiana, Inc.
Entergy Mississippi, Inc.
Entergy New Orleans, Inc.
System Energy Resources, Inc.

By: /s/ Nathan E. Langston
Nathan E. Langston
Senior Vice President and
Chief Accounting Officer

Dated: September 20, 2005

EX-99

								Exhibit 99



								Entergy
								639 Loyola Avenue
								New Orleans, La 70113



Date:	        September 20, 2005				NEWS
								RELEASE
For Release:	Immediately

Contact:	Yolanda Pollard (News Media)     Michele Lopiccolo (Investor Relations)
                800-844-8084 pin 1440471         (501) 607-3557
                ypollar@entergy.com	         mlopicc@entergy.com


		Entergy Provides Storm Restoration Update

New Orleans, La. - Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) announced today its
preliminary estimates of storm restoration costs associated with
Hurricane Katrina as well as initial details on the number of customers
that are not able to receive electric service.  In addition, the company
provided an update on its liquidity position, noting that it will pursue
a range of options to recover storm-related costs and other potential
incremental losses.

	           Preliminary Restoration Cost Estimates

Limited access to heavily flooded areas continues to hamper Entergy's
ability to fully assess the extent of damage to certain portions of its
infrastructure.  As a result, Entergy noted that the initial restoration
estimates are subject to change.  Total restoration costs for the repair
and/or replacement of Entergy's electric and gas facilities damaged by
Hurricane Katrina and business continuity costs are estimated to be in
the range of $750 million to $1.1 billion.  Restoration and business
continuity cost estimates for the various utility jurisdictions affected
by the storm are as follows:

		Company	 			   Estimated Costs
						(U.S. $ in millions)
 	     Entergy Gulf States - LA			  25-45
	     Entergy Louisiana				275-400
	     Entergy Mississippi			 75-100
	     Entergy New Orleans			325-475
	     Other				          50-80
    		Total				      750-1,100


The above cost estimates do not include other potential incremental losses
that cannot be estimated at this time.

		      Restoration Progress and Timing

As of 9:00 p.m. CDT yesterday, Entergy had restored power to approximately
874,000 of the 1.1 million customers who lost power at the peak of the
storm.  Entergy expects to restore power to all those customers who can
take service in the non-flooded areas of New Orleans and surrounding
parishes within 2 weeks.  Some customers in the most devastated areas
of greater New Orleans and surrounding parishes, estimated to be in
the range of 150,000 to 170,000, are unable to accept electric and gas
service, and therefore cannot be restored at the current time.
Restoration for many of these customers will follow major repairs or
reconstruction of customer facilities, and will be contingent on
validation by local authorities of habitability and electrical safety
of customers' structures.  In areas where demolition is required before
reconstruction can occur, Entergy will coordinate with parish officials
to make every effort to have electric and gas facilities ready to serve
customers as their communities are rebuilt.

			     Estimated Revenue Impact

Revenues are expected to be lower at both Entergy Louisiana, Inc. (ELI)
and Entergy New Orleans, Inc. (ENOI) as a result of the 150,000 to 170,000
customers that are unable to accept electric and gas service for a period
of time that cannot yet be estimated.  Included in this customer estimate
are 115,000 to 130,000 customers located in ENOI's service territory, with
the remainder in ELI's service territory.  The majority of these
customers are residential, and the balance is primarily commercial.

Average annual non-fuel revenues associated with these customers are
estimated to range from $50 million to $60 million for ELI and $160 million
to $190 million for ENOI.  However, Entergy noted that it cannot estimate
the actual revenue impact of customers who are currently unable to accept
electric and gas service.  This is due to a range of uncertainties, in
particular the timing of when individual customers will return to service.
The company noted that the lower revenues from the most severely impacted
areas could be partially offset by potential sales growth in other Entergy
service areas.  This growth could come from evacuees moving into
neighboring cities in Entergy's service territory such as Baton Rouge, LA
and Jackson, MS or from temporary facilities constructed by federal and
local agencies.

			         Recovery Initiatives

Entergy plans to pursue a broad range of initiatives to recover storm
restoration costs and incremental losses.  Initiatives include obtaining
reimbursement of certain costs covered by insurance, obtaining assistance
through federal legislation targeting Hurricane Katrina relief, and pursuing
recovery through existing or new rate mechanisms regulated by the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission and local regulatory bodies.

Federal legislation expected to be introduced shortly will consider a wide
array of potential relief mechanisms for electric and gas utilities
impacted by Hurricane Katrina.  For example, Entergy understands that
Congress will consider amendments to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, provide additional appropriations for
restoration and repair costs through Community Development Block Grants,
and other potential alternatives that the Congress enacted following the
September 11, 2001 tragedy.  Entergy appreciates the Congress considering
on an expedited basis legislation, that if approved, would permit the
Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development, and states to obtain federal aid to provide direct assistance
to privately owned utilities in the storm-stricken areas.

Entergy noted that it is unable to predict the degree of success it may
have in these initiatives, the amount of restoration costs and incremental
losses it may recover or the timing of such recovery.

			Liquidity Impact

Entergy Corporation continues to believe it has sufficient liquidity to
meet its current obligations and to fund its restoration efforts.
However, the impact of lower revenues and storm restoration costs,
concentrated at ENOI, are expected to create liquidity constraints at
that company.  Various alternatives are being considered by Entergy for
maintaining acceptable liquidity at ENOI.   These alternatives include
open account advances to ENOI and assigning ENOI contracts for purchased
power to other Entergy companies to reduce cash requirements at ENOI and
provide attractively priced power to other Entergy system customers.
In addition, Entergy is evaluating the options of additional debt
issuances, the expansion of short-term borrowing capacity and/or
infusing equity into ENOI.

Further, ENOI will consider seeking a petition for protection under
federal bankruptcy law.  Entergy believes this option should be
considered to determine whether or not it is the most appropriate
course of action to protect any future investment in ENOI and
to preserve legal rights while achieving business continuity at
ENOI.  Some of these options being considered may affect Entergy's
debt arrangements and the financing and power purchase agreements
relating to System Energy Resources, Inc.  Entergy cannot currently
predict which options it may pursue to maintain acceptable liquidity
at ENOI given the uncertainties associated with restoration cost
estimates, amounts of cost recovery and the timing of such recovery
through various initiatives noted above.

Additional statistics on Entergy subsidiaries impacted by the storm
and details on restoration progress achieved to date are included in
appendix A to this release.

Entergy Corporation is an integrated energy company engaged primarily
in electric power production and retail distribution operations. Entergy
owns and operates power plants with approximately 30,000 megawatts of
electric generating capacity, and it is the second-largest nuclear
generator in the United States. Entergy delivers electricity to 2.7
million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and
Texas. Entergy has annual revenues of over $10 billion and
approximately 14,000 employees.


Appendix A provides Hurricane Katrina Outage Restoration Statistics.

Table 1:  Outage Restoration Status - Retail Customer Outages
Current Status vs Storm Peak



			 	     Electric	               Gas
Number of Retail       Total as of   Extended   Total as of Total as of   Extended   Total as of
  Customer Outages      9/19/2005  Restoration  Storm Peak  9/19/2005   Restoration  Storm Peak
(in thousands)
			                                                  
Entergy Gulf States - LA    -	        -	    107    	-	      -		  -
Entergy Louisiana	   45	     35 - 40	    507	       NA	     NA		 NA
Entergy Mississippi	    -	        -	    302	       NA	     NA		 NA
Entergy New Orleans	  173	   115 - 130	    172	       95	     95		 96
Total Customer Outages	  218	   150 - 170	  1,088	       95	     95		 96


Table 2:  Outage Restoration Status - Transmission Line & Substation Outages
Current Status vs Storm Peak


 			Total as of  Total as of			 Total as of  Total as of
Transmission Lines       9/19/2005   Storm Peak	 Substations	          9/19/2005    Storm Peak
(count: #)			 		 (count; #)
 			                                                      
Entergy Gulf States - LA     1	          32	 Entergy Gulf States - LA      -	   36
Entergy Louisiana	     -	          90	 Entergy Louisiana	      11	   86
Entergy Mississippi	    16	          41	 Entergy Mississippi	       -	  117
Entergy New Orleans	    12	          19	 Entergy New Orleans	      12	   24
Total Transmission Line
  Outages	            29	         182	 Total Substation Outages     23	  263


Table 3:  Outage Restoration Status - Fossil Fleet Impacted by Hurricane Katrina
Current Status vs Storm Peak

		       Owned						As of
		     Capability	Fuel                        As of	Storm
Plant	       Unit     (a)     Type      Purpose         9/19/2005	Peak
Entergy Louisiana
Buras	        8	 12	Gas/Oil	Peaking	          Extensive
							Flooding (EF)	Outage
Little Gypsy	1	238	Gas/Oil	Intermediate	Returned to Svc
 							    (RTS)	Outage
Little Gypsy	2	415	Gas/Oil	Intermediate	     RTS	Outage
Little Gypsy	3	545	Gas/Oil	Intermediate	     RTS	Outage
Ninemile Point	1	 50	Gas/Oil	Peaking		     RTS	Outage
Ninemile Point	2	 60	Gas/Oil	Peaking		     RTS	Outage
Ninemile Point	3	125	Gas/Oil	Intermediate	     RTS	Outage
Ninemile Point	4	730	Gas/Oil	Intermediate	     RTS	Outage
Ninemile Point	5	740	Gas/Oil	Intermediate	     RTS	Outage
Waterford	1	411	Gas/Oil	Intermediate	     RTS	Outage
Waterford	2	411	Gas/Oil	Intermediate	     RTS	Outage
Entergy New Orleans
A. B. Paterson	3	 50	Gas/Oil	Peaking		     EF	   	Outage
A. B. Paterson	4	  -	Gas/Oil	Peaking		     EF	   	Outage
A. B. Paterson	5	 11	Oil	Peaking		     EF	   	Outage
Michoud	        1        65	Gas/Oil	Peaking		     EF	   	Outage
Michoud	        2       244	Gas/Oil	Intermediate	     EF		Outage
Michoud	        3       545	Gas/Oil	Intermediate	     EF		Outage

(a) Owned Capability is the dependable load carrying capability as demonstrated
under actual operating conditions based on the primary fuel (assuming no
curtailments) that each unit was designed to utilize.

 				    -30-

		Entergy's online address is www.entergy.com

In this release and from time to time, Entergy makes statements concerning its
expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, strategies, and future events
or performance. Such statements are "forward-looking statements" within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Although
Entergy believes that these forward-looking statements and the underlying
assumptions are reasonable, it cannot provide assurance that they will prove
correct. Except to the extent required by federal securities laws, Entergy
undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise. Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and
uncertainties, and there are factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those expressed or implied in these statements. Some
of those factors include, but are not limited to: resolution of pending and
future rate cases and other proceedings at local and federal regulatory
agencies, Entergy's ability to manage its operation and maintenance costs,
particularly at its non-utility nuclear generating facilities, the
performance of Entergy's generating plants, and particularly the capacity
factor at its nuclear generating facilities, prices for power generated by
Entergy's unregulated generating facilities, and the prices and availability
of power Entergy must purchase for its utility customers, uncertainty
regarding establishment of sites for spent nuclear fuel storage and
disposal, Entergy's ability to develop and execute on a point of view
regarding prices of electricity, natural gas, and other energy-related
commodities, changes in the financial markets, particularly those
affecting the availability of capital and Entergy's ability to refinance
existing debt, execute its share repurchase program, and fund investments
and acquisitions, actions of rating agencies, including changes in the
ratings of debt and preferred stock, Entergy's ability to purchase and
sell assets at attractive prices and on other attractive terms, changes
in utility regulation and in regulation of the nuclear industry, the
success of Entergy's strategies to reduce tax payments, the effects of
litigation and weather, and uncertainties associated with efforts to
remediate the effects of Hurricane Katrina and recovery of costs associated
with restoration including Entergy's ability to obtain financial assistance
from governmental authorities in connection with this storm.