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 30, 1997, 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 first quarter ended June 30, 1997, pursuant to
its Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan, the Company
sold 2,799,652 new shares of its common stock at an average price
of $24.35 per share (including the discount applicable to shares
purchased pursuant to waivers) with resulting proceeds of
$68,174,452.


               IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this
certificate to be executed this 3rd day of July, 1997.

                                          ENTERGY CORPORATION
                                 
                                 
                                 By:      /s/William J. Regan, Jr.
                                           William J. Regan, Jr.
                                      Vice President and Treasurer