UNITED STATES
                 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                       Washington, D.C.  20549
                  FORM U-12(I)-B (ANNUAL STATEMENT)
                         Calendar Year 2002

STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(I) OF PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY
ACT OF 1935 BY A PERSON REGULARLY EMPLOYED OR RETAINED BY A REGISTERED
HOLDING COMPANY OR A SUBSIDIARY THEREOF AND WHOSE EMPLOYMENT CONTEMPLATES
ONLY ROUTINE EXPENSES AS SPECIFIED IN RULE U-71(b)
  (To be filed in DUPLICATE.  If acknowledgment is desired, file in
                            triplicate.)

1.   Name and business address of person filing statement.

     Claiborne Deming


2.   Names and business addresses of any persons through whom the
     undersigned proposes to act in matters included within the
     exemption provided by paragraph (b) of Rule U-71.

     None

3.   Registered holding companies and subsidiary companies by which
     the undersigned is regularly employed or retained.

     Entergy Corporation

4.   Position or relationship in which the undersigned is employed or
     retained by each of the companies named in Item 3, and  brief
     description of nature of services to be rendered in each such
     position or relationship.

     As a member of the Board for Directors, my duties may include,
     from time to time, presenting, advocating or opposing matters
     affecting Entergy Corporation and its subsidiary companies before
     Congress and members and committees thereof, and before this
     Commission and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and
     members, officers and employees of such Commissions.

     The services required to be described in this form under Section
     12(i) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 are
     incidental to the undersigned's primary and principal duties and,
     although such services vary in extent from time to time, they
     represent overall only a comparatively minor portion of the total
     services rendered.

5(a) Compensation received during the prior year and to be received
     during  the calendar year by the undersigned or others, directly
     or indirectly, for services rendered by the undersigned, from
     each of  the companies designated in Item 3.  (Use column (a) as
     supplementary statement only.)

                       Salary or other compensation
          Name of      During Prior    To be    Person or company
         Recipient         Year      received   from whom received
                           (a)          (b)     or to be received
      C. Deming             $0        $63,200   Entergy Corporation

5(b) Basis for compensation if other than salary.

     Board of Directors Compensation

6.   (To be answered in supplementary statement only.  See
     instructions.)  Expenses incurred by the undersigned or any
     person named in Item 2, above, during the calendar year in
     connection with the activities described in Item 4, above, and
     the source or sources of reimbursement for same.

     (a) Total amount of routine       $0
         expenses charged to client:
     (b) Itemized list of all other    No other expenses
         expenses:

In accordance with the provisions of subdivision (c) of Rule U-71,
the undersigned files this statement as an advance statement.

(Signed)  /s/ Claiborne Deming     Dated:  January 25, 2002