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 September 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 third quarter ended September 30, 1997, pursuant to
its  Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan,  the  Company
sold 2,766,770 new shares of its common stock at an average price
of  $25.78 per share (including the discount applicable to shares
purchased  pursuant  to  waivers)  with  resulting  proceeds   of
$71,322,281.

                IN  WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused  this
certificate to be executed this 12th day of January, 1998.

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