[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 27, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 55046]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-21777]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 35-27562]


Filings Under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as 
Amended (``Act'')

August 21, 2002.
    Notice is hereby given that the following filing has been made with 
the Commission pursuant to provisions of the Act and rules promulgated 
under the Act. All interested persons are referred to the application/
declaration for a complete statements of the proposed transaction 
summarized below. The application/declaration is available for public 
inspection through the Commission's Branch of Public Reference.
    Interested persons wishing to comment or request a hearing on the 
application/declaration should submit their views in writing by 
September 16, 2002, to the Secretary, Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Washington, DC 20549-0609, and serve a copy on the relevant 
applicant/declarant at the address specified below. Proof of service 
(by affidavit or, in the case of an attorney at law, by certificate) 
should be filed with the request. Any request for hearing should 
identify specifically the issues of facts or law that are disputed. A 
person who so requests will be notified of any hearing, if ordered, and 
will receive a copy of any notice or order issued in the matter. After 
September 16, 2002, the application/declaration, as filed or as 
amended, may be granted and/or permitted to become effective.

Entergy Corporation (70-9749)

    Entergy Corporation (``Entergy''), a registered public utility 
holding company, 639 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70113, has filed a 
post-effective amendment under sections 6(a) and 7 of the Act and rule 
54 under the Act to its previously filed application-declaration 
(``Application'').
    By order dated April 3, 2001 (HCAR No. 27371) the Commission 
authorized, among other things, Entergy to issue and sell through June 
30, 2004 (``Authorization Period'') short-term debt in the form of 
notes to banks (``Notes'') or commercial paper (``Paper,'' and 
collectively with ``Notes,'' ``Short-Term Debt'') that will not exceed 
an outstanding aggregate principal amount of $1.5 billion.
    In this post-effective amendment, Entergy requests authority to 
issue and sell from time to time through the Authorization Period 
additional Short-Term Debt in an aggregate principal amount at any time 
outstanding not to exceed $2 billion. Terms and conditions of Short-
Term Debt previously authorized continue to apply to additional Short-
Term Debt issued under this authority.
    Entergy will use the proceeds from the financings for general 
corporate purposes, including (i) financing, in part, investments by 
and capital expenditures of Entergy and its subsidiaries, (ii) the 
repayment, redemption, refunding or purchase by Entergy of any of its 
securities under rule 42, and (iii) financing working capital 
requirements of Entergy and its subsidiaries.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, 
pursuant to delegated authority.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-21777 Filed 8-26-02; 8:45 am]
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