UNITED STATES
                 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                       Washington, D.C.  20549
                  FORM U-12(I)-B (ANNUAL STATEMENT)
                         Calendar Year 2001

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.

   Donald C. Hintz
   639 Loyola Ave.
   New Orleans, LA 70161

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.

   Refer to companies listed in Item 4

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.

   President of Entergy Corporation

   Director and Chairman of the Board and President of Entergy
   Services, Inc.

   Director of:
   Entergy Arkansas, Inc.
   Entergy Gulf States, Inc.
   Entergy Louisiana, Inc.
   Entergy Mississippi, Inc.
   Entergy New Orleans, Inc.
   Entergy Enterprises, Inc.
   System Fuels, Inc.
   GSG&T, Inc.
   Southern Gulf Railway Company
   Entergy Operations Services, Inc.
   Entergy Holdings, Inc.
   Entergy Resources, Inc.
   System Energy Resources, Inc.
   Entergy Operations, Inc.
   Entergy Nuclear, Inc.
   Entergy Nuclear Generation Company
   Entergy Nuclear Holding Company
   Entergy Nuclear Holding Company #1
   Entergy Nuclear Holding Company #3
   Entergy Nuclear New York Investment Company I
   Entergy Nuclear New York Investment Company II
   Entergy Nuclear New York Investment Company III
   Entergy Nuclear New Hampshire Investment Company, Inc.,
   Entergy Retail Holding Company
   Entergy Retail Texas, Inc.
   TLG Services, Inc.

   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( Compensation received during the prior year and to be received
a) 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
    D. C. Hintz        $17,325      $18,018   Entergy Services, Inc.

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

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       $1,416
       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 1999 and as a
supplemental statement to such advance statement.

(Signed)  /s/ D. C. Hintz          Dated:  January 15 , 2001