File No. 70-9893
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM U-1
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AMENDMENT NO. 4
To
APPLICATION-DECLARATION
under
THE PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935
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Entergy Corporation Entergy Arkansas, Inc.
639 Loyola Avenue 425 West Capitol Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70113 Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
Entergy Services, Inc. Entergy Gulf States, Inc.
639 Loyola Avenue 350 Pine Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70113 Beaumont, Texas 77701
System Fuels, Inc. Entergy Louisiana, Inc.
350 Pine Street 4809 Jefferson Highway
Beaumont, Texas 77701 New Orleans, Louisiana 70121
System Energy Resources, Inc. Entergy Mississippi, Inc.
1340 Echelon Parkway 308 East Pearl Street
Jackson, Mississippi 39213 Jackson, Mississippi 39201
Entergy Operations, Inc. Entergy New Orleans, Inc.
1340 Echelon Parkway 1600 Perdido Building
Jackson, Mississippi 39213 New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
(Names of companies filing this statement and
addresses of principal executive offices)
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Entergy Corporation
(Name of top registered holding company parent
of each applicant or declarant)
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C. John Wilder
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
for each applicant or declarant
639 Loyola Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70113
(Name and address of agent for service)
The Commission is also requested to send copies of any
communications in connection with this matter to:
Mark W. Hoffman, Esq.
Entergy Services, Inc.
639 Loyola Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70113
Item 1. Description of Proposed Transactions
Paragraphs "C" and "D" of Item 1, Section VII of the
Application-Declaration in this File are hereby amended and
restated in their entirety to read as follows:
"C. Each of the Operating Companies represents that it
will not issue any security authorized in the matter, if,
as a consequence of such issuance, the common equity
component of the capital structure of the applicable
Operating Company (on a consolidated basis) would
comprise less than 30% of its total consolidated
capitalization (based upon the financial statements
filed with the most recent Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q or Annual Report on Form 10-K).
D. Each of the Operating Companies represents that it will
not issue any senior long-term debt that, if it is rated,
is not rated investment grade by at least one nationally
recognized statistical rating agency, except for new debt
designed to refund, redeem or replace existing debt that,
if voluntarily refunded, is at a lower effective after-tax
cost of money, for privately placed debt or for debt
authorized by the Council of the City of New Orleans or
authorized by the Arkansas Public Service Commission."
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935, the undersigned companies have duly
caused this Amendment to be signed on their behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
ENTERGY CORPORATION
ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
ENTERGY ARKANSAS, INC.
ENTERGY GULF STATES, INC.
ENTERGY LOUISIANA, INC.
ENTERGY MISSISSIPPI, INC.
ENTERGY NEW ORLEANS, INC.
ENTERGY OPERATIONS, INC.
SYSTEM ENERGY RESOURCES, INC.
SYSTEM FUELS, INC.
/s/ Steven C. McNeal
By Steven C. McNeal
Vice President and Treasurer
Dated: November 29, 2001