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) April 15, 1998
                                
                                
                                
Commission     Registrant, State of Incorporation,   I.R.S. Employer
File Number    Address and Telephone Number          Identification No.
                                                   
                                                   
1-11299        ENTERGY CORPORATION                   72-1229752
               (a Delaware corporation)            
               639 Loyola Avenue
               New Orleans, Louisiana 70113
               Telephone (504) 529-5262
               
0-5807         ENTERGY NEW ORLEANS, INC.             72-0273040
               (a Louisiana corporation)
               639 Loyola Avenue
               New Orleans, Louisiana 70113
               Telephone (504) 529-5262
               
                                
                                
                                
                                
Item 5:   Other Events
                                
          On April 15, 1998, a group of residential and business
ratepayers filed suit against Entergy New Orleans, Inc. ("Entergy
New Orleans") in the Orleans Parish Civil District Court on
behalf of all ratepayers in New Orleans.  The plaintiffs allege
that Entergy New Orleans has overcharged ratepayers at least
$300,000,000 since 1975 in violation of limits set by the 1922
franchise ordinances passed by the City of New Orleans City
Council (the "City Council"). The plaintiffs seek, among other
things, (1) a declaratory judgment that such franchise ordinances
have been violated, and (2) a remand to the City Council for the
establishment of the amount of overcharges plus interest.
                                
          Entergy New Orleans' position is that the lawsuit is
completely without merit.  Entergy New Orleans has charged only
those rates authorized by the City Council, which the City
Council has set in accordance with applicable law.  Entergy New
Orleans will vigorously defend itself in this matter.
     



                            SIGNATURE

                                

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
1934, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed
on their behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                              ENTERGY CORPORATION
                              ENTERGY NEW ORLEANS, INC.


                              By:  /s/ Louis E. Buck
                                   Louis E. Buck
                               Vice President, Chief Accounting
                               Officer and Assistant Secretary

Dated:  April 21, 1998