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.

     Kent Foster
     Entergy Services, Inc
     P O Box 551
     Little Rock, AR  72203-0551

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 Services, Inc.

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  Vice President, System Regulatory Affairs & Affiliate Rules
     Compliance, 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
      Kent Foster   $112,309.87  $161,950.83   Entergy Services, Inc.

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

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       $ 22,684.54
         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 a combined renewal of the
advance statement filed by the undersigned January 2001 and as a
supplemental statement to such advance statement.


Signed:  /s/ Kent Foster           Dated:  January 21, 2002
          Kent Foster