Exhibit 24

DATE:     January 26, 1996

TO:       Louis E. Buck, Jr.
          Laurence M. Hamric

FROM:     Edwin Lupberger, et. al.

SUBJECT:  Power of Attorney


Entergy Corporation, referred to herein as the Company, will
file  with the Securities and Exchange Commission its Annual
Report  on  Form 10-K for the year ended December  31,  1995
pursuant  to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange
Act of 1934.

The   Company  and  the  undersigned,  in  their  respective
capacities  as directors and/or officers of said Company  as
specified  in Attachment I, do each hereby make,  constitute
and  appoint Louis E. Buck, Jr. and Laurence M. Hamric, and
each  of  them, their true and lawful Attorneys  (with  full
power  of substitution) for each of the undersigned  and  in
his  or  her name, place and stead to sign and cause  to  be
filed  with  the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  the
aforementioned Annual Report on Form 10-K and any amendments
thereto.

Yours very truly,

Entergy Corporation




By:     /s/ Edwin Lupberger
  Edwin Lupberger                     Gerald D. McInvale
Chairman of the Board and            Senior Vice President
and Chief Executive Officer          Chief Financial Officer




__/s/ W. Frank Blount               ____/s/ John A. Cooper,Jr.
  W. Frank Blount                    John A. Cooper, Jr.




__/s/ Lucie J. Fjeldstad            __/s/ Norman C. Francis
 Lucie J. Fjeldstad                   Norman C. Francis




__/s/ Kaneaster Hodges, Jr.         ____/s/ Robert v.d. Luft
Kaneaster Hodges, Jr.                  Robert v.d. Luft




___/s/ Edwin Lupberger               ___/s/ Kinnaird R. McKee
  Edwin Lupberger                     Kinnaird R. McKee




___/s/ Paul W. Murrill               _____/s/ James R. Nichols
  Paul W. Murrill                      James R. Nichols




_____/s/ Eugene H. Owen              ___/s/ John N. Palmer, Sr.
   Eugene H. Owen                    John N. Palmer, Sr.




_____/s/ Robert D. Pugh              ___/s/ H. Duke Shackelford
   Robert D. Pugh                    H. Duke Shackelford




___/s/ Wm. Clifford Smith            __/s/ Bismark A. Steinhagen
 Wm. Clifford Smith                  Bismark A. Steinhagen




Entergy Corporation

Chairman  of  the Board, President, Chief Executive  Officer
and Director (principal executive officer) - Edwin Lupberger

Executive   Vice  President  and  Chief  Financial   Officer
(principal financial officer) - Gerald D. McInvale

Directors - W. Frank Blount, John A. Cooper, Jr.,  Lucie  J.
Fjeldstad, Norman C. Francis, Kaneaster Hodges, Jr.,  Robert
v.d.   Luft,   Kinnaird   R.   McKee,   Paul   W.   Murrill,
James  R.  Nichols,  Eugene H. Owen, John  N.  Palmer,  Sr.,
Robert  D.  Pugh,  H. Duke Shackelford, Wm. Clifford  Smith,
Bismark A. Steinhagen.