UNITED STATED

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): July 12, 2006

Commission
File Number

Registrant, State of Incorporation,
Address and Telephone Number

I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.

1-11299

ENTERGY CORPORATION
(a Delaware corporation)
639 Loyola Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70113
Telephone (504) 576-4000

72-1229752

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2.):

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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure

On July 12, 2006, Entergy Corporation issued an investor release announcing that one of its subsidiaries had reached an agreement with Consumers Energy Company to acquire the Palisades nuclear energy plant, a 798 MW plant located near South Haven, Michigan. A copy of the investor release is attached as Exhibit 99.

The investor release and the Company's press release announcing the transaction are available at http://www.shareholder.com/entergy/publications.cfm.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.

Description

99

Investor Release dated July 12, 2006

   

 

 

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

ENTERGY CORPORATION

 

By: /s/ Nathan E. Langston

 

Nathan E. Langston,
Senior Vice President and
Chief Accounting Officer

 

 

 

 

Dated: July 12, 2006