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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * DOMINO JOSEPH F   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ENTERGY CORP /DE/ [ETR] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) "Officer" Pursuant to Rules (Last) (First) (Middle) ENTERGY GULF STATES, INC., 350 PINE STREET 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 05/18/2005 (Street) BEAUMONT, TX 77701 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Entergy Corporation Common Stock 05/18/2005   M   4,436 A $ 37 11,829 D   Entergy Corporation Common Stock 05/18/2005   F   2,850 D $ 72.0213 (2) 8,979 D   Entergy Corporation Common Stock 05/18/2005   J   1,586 D $ 72.0213 (2) 7,393 D   Entergy Corporation Common Stock 05/18/2005   S   4,464 D $ 72.0213 (2) 2,929 (1) D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Employee Stock Options

$ 37

05/18/2005

M

4,436

01/25/2002

01/25/2011

Common Stock

4,436

$ 72.0213

9,184

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
DOMINO JOSEPH F ENTERGY GULF STATES, INC. 350 PINE STREET BEAUMONT, TX 77701			"Officer" Pursuant to Rules

Signatures

Christopher Screen for Joseph F Domino		05/20/2005
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	As of May 19,2005, the filing individual had a balance of 3517 shares of Company stock in the Company's Savings Plan.
(2)	The filing individual engaged in a cashless exercise of 4436 stock options, and sold an additional 4464 shares held in a brokerage account. These 8900 shares were sold in multiple executions, 3300 at $72.00, 2800 at $72.03, 200 at $72.01 and 2600 at $72.04, for an average price of $72.0213.

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