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) August 22, 1996 Commission Registrant, State of Incorporation, I.R.S. File Number Address and Telephone Number Employer Identification No. 1-11299 ENTERGY CORPORATION 72-1229752 (a Delaware corporation) 639 Loyola Avenue New Orleans, Louisiana 70113 Telephone (504) 529-5262 0-320 ENTERGY MISSISSIPPI, INC. 64-0205830 (a Mississippi corporation) 308 East Pearl Street Jackson, Mississippi 39201 Telephone (601) 368-5000 Form 8-K Page 1 August 28, 1996 Item 5. Other Information Entergy Corporation and Entergy Mississippi, Inc. The Mississippi Public Service Commission (MPSC), on August 22, 1996, issued an order establishing a generic docket to consider all aspects of competition in the provision of retail electric service. In issuing its order, the MPSC stated that if, after completing the docket, it determines that competition in the provision of retail electric service is in the public interest, it may seek enabling legislation to allow competitive retail electric service in Mississippi. The MPSC also issued an order approving Entergy Mississippi, Inc.'s request that the rate rider it filed on August 2, 1996 be remanded to the file. That rider was designed to prevent cost shifting from one class of customers to another. Entergy Mississippi, Inc. requested the MPSC to order the remand because the generic docket will address retail competition issues that are associated with and included in Entergy Mississippi, Inc.'s August 2 filing. Entergy Mississippi, Inc.'s August 2 filing will be held in abeyance pending the outcome of the MPSC's generic docket. Entergy Mississippi, Inc., is a wholly-owned electric utility subsidiary of Entergy Corporation. Form 8-K Page 2 August 28, 1996 SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. Entergy Corporation By: /s/Louis E. Buck, Jr. Louis E. Buck, Jr. Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer Entergy Mississippi, Inc. By: /s/Louis E. Buck, Jr. Louis E. Buck, Jr. Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer Dated: August 28, 1996