Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF 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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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Forbes Jeffrey S
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
01/02/2013		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ENTERGY CORP /DE/ [ETR]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O ENTERGY CORPORATION LEGAL DEPT., 639 LOYOLA AVENUE, 26TH FLOOR		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Exec. V.P., Nuclear Operations
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

NEW ORLEANS, LA 70113		 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 Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock 4,780
D
 
Common Stock 32
I
By 401(k)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)   (1) 01/27/2015 Common Stock 10,000 $ 69.47 D  
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)   (1) 01/26/2016 Common Stock 9,500 $ 68.89 D  
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)   (1) 01/25/2017 Common Stock 14,800 $ 91.82 D  
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)   (1) 01/24/2018 Common Stock 12,000 $ 108.2 D  
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)   (1) 01/29/2019 Common Stock 11,000 $ 77.53 D  
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)   (2) 01/28/2020 Common Stock 15,000 $ 77.1 D  
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)   (3) 01/27/2021 Common Stock 10,000 $ 72.79 D  
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)   (4) 01/26/2022 Common Stock 12,500 $ 71.3 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Forbes Jeffrey S
C/O ENTERGY CORPORATION LEGAL DEPT.
639 LOYOLA AVENUE, 26TH FLOOR
NEW ORLEANS, LA 70113		       Exec. V.P., Nuclear Operations  

Signatures

/s/ Daniel T. Falstad by power of attorney 01/04/2013
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(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) The reporting person may exercise the options at any time.
(2) 10,000 of the options may be exercised by the reporting person at any time. The remaining 5,000 options will become exercisable on January 28, 2013.
(3) 3,333 of the options may be exercised by the reporting person at any time. The remaining 6,667 options will vest in two equal installments on January 27, 2013 and January 27, 2014.
(4) The options will become exercisable in three equal annual installments on January 26, 2013, 2014 and 2015.

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