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) March 20, 1996
                                
                                
Commission   Registrant, State of Incorporation,     I.R.S. Employer
File Number  Address and Telephone Number            Identification No.

0-5807       NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE INC.         72-0273040
             (a Louisiana corporation)
             639 Loyola Avenue
             New Orleans, Louisiana  70113
             Telephone (504) 569-4000
             
                                                     
                                
                                
Form 8-K                                                 Page 1
New Orleans Public Service, Inc.


Item 5.   Other Events


          On March 20, 1996, New Orleans Public Service Inc. (the
"Company") entered into an Underwriting Agreement with Salomon
Brothers Inc and Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. as Underwriters, for
the sale of $40,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the
Company's General and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, 8% Series due
March 1, 2006.  Such series represents the balance (being
$15,000,000) of the $145,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
General and Refunding Mortgage Bonds of the Company registered
under Rule 415 pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 by a
Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on February 4, 1993
(File No. 33-57926) and a $25,000,000 portion of the $65,000,000
aggregate principal amount of General and Refunding Mortgage
Bonds of the Company registered under Rule 415 pursuant to the
Securities Act of 1933 by a Registration Statement on Form S-3
filed on January 17, 1996 (File No. 333-00255).  This report on
Form 8-K is being filed to incorporate by reference the documents
in definitive form referred to below as Exhibits to the
aforementioned Registration Statements.

Exhibits:   
 1.         Underwriting Agreement, dated March 20, 1996,
            between the Company and Salomon Brothers Inc. and
            Bear, Sterns & Co., Inc. as Underwriters.
            
 4.    (a)  Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March
            1, 1996, to the Mortgage and Deed of Trust,
            dated as of May 1, 1987, between the Company
            and Bank of Montreal Trust Company and Z.
            George Klodnicki (Mark F. McLaughlin,
            successor) Trustees.
            
       (b)  Form of General and Refunding Mortgage Bond, 8%
            Series due
            March 1, 2006.





Form 8-K                                             Page 2
New Orleans Public Service Inc.



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

                                 NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE INC.
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 By:    /s/ William J. Regan, Jr.
                                      William J. Regan, Jr.
                                   Vice President and Treasurer
                                 
Dated:  March 22, 1996