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2 4 '"TI*' F" \ 'f"-- 0 it<.-. 2t,.. d... Entergy Services, Inc. m66 PO. Box61000 (L-MOB-l SD) New Orleans, L Tel Fax kdespeaaen tergy.com June 18,2002 Kimberly H. Despeaux Director Federal Regulatory Affairs Mary W. Cochran, Esq. Arkansas Public Service Commission 1000 Center Street Little Rock, AR Lawrence C. St. Blanc, Secretary Louisiana Public Service Commission Post Office Box Baton Rouge, LA George W. Fleming, Esq. Mississippi Public Utilities Staff Post Office Box 1174 Jackson, MS Mr. Kelley P. Meehan, Deputy Director City Council Utilities Regulatory Office Room 6E07, City Hall 1300 Perdido Street New Orleans, LA Norma K. Scogin, Esq. Texas Attorney General's Office 300 West 15th StreeUlOth Floor Austin, TX Sherry A. Quirk, Esq. Sullivan & Worcester LLP 1666 K Street, N.W. Washington, DC Mr. James R. Galloway, Filing Clerk Central Records - PUCT 1701 N. Congress Austin, TX Hon. Emma J. Williams Clerk of Council, City of New Orleans Room 1E04, City Hall 1300 Perdido Street New Orleans, LA Ladies and Gentlemen: For your information, enclosed is a copy of Form W-57, Amendment No. 9, which was filed with the SEC on December 26,2001, on behalf of Entergy Power Development Corp. If you need any additional information, please let me know. Sincerely, Kimberly H. Despeaux Enclosure

3 DISTRIBUTION LIST Attached for your files is a conformed copy of the following SEC filing, including any applicable exhibits. For your reference, Entergy's External Rdporting section also maintains an archived electronic filing copy. If you have found that you no longer need to receive copies of filings for this file number, please contact Julie Timphony at (504) or Cathy Montalbano at (504) SEC File No: Date Filed: 12/26/0 1 Filing Re: FUCO Notice - Entergy Filing Type: U-57/A No. 9 Power Development Corn. Entergy (via cc: mail) J. M. Adams S. Bonin Baker D. N. Beekman R. C. Belsom L. W. Dawsey D. J. Hollis P. LaRosa S. A. Lori0 F. F. Nugent P. J. Ory J. S. Perez Pillsbw WinthroD LLP D. P. Falck Deloitte & Touche LLP Patrick J. Brandau (pbrandauadeloitte.corn) Tom L. Keefe (tkeefe@,dttus.com) - Winston & Strawn Jthavens@,winston.com) - T. C. Havens I

4 [Letterhead of Entergy Services, Inc.] New Orleans, Louisiana December 20, 2001 Securities and Exchange Commission 450 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C Re: Entergy Power Development Corporation Form U-57/Amendment No. 9 Ladies and Gentlemen: Enclosed for filing with you pursuant to the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, via a direct transmission to the EDGAR system, please find Amendment No. 9 to Form U-57 for Entergy Power Development Corporation. Should you have any questions, please contact Tom Havens at (212) Very truly yours, ENTERGY SERVICES, INC. By: /s/ Paul J. Ory Paul J. Ory Manager - External Reporting

5 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIOY WASHINGTON, D.C. FORM U-57 AMENDMENT NO. 9 TO NOTIFICATION OF FOREIGN UTILITY COMPANY STATUS Filed under Section 33(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended la Entergy Power Development Corporation (Name of foreign utility company) Entergy Power Development Corporation (Name of filing company, if filed on behalf of a foreign utility company) The Commission is requested to mail copies of all communications relating to this Notification to: Frederick F. Nugent, Esq. General Counsel Entergy Wholesale Operations 20 Greenway Plaza Suite 1025 Houston, Texas Thomas C. Havens, Esq. Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue 599 Lexington Avenue New York, New York 10022

Entergy Power Development Corporation ( EPDC ), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Entergy Corporation ( Entergy ), a registered holding company under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as

6 Entergy Power Development Corporation ( EPDC ), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Entergy Corporation ( Entergy ), a registered holding company under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended (the Act ), hereby amends and restates the notification previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission that EPDC is, and claims status as, a foreign utility company ( FUCO) within the meanhg of Section 33 of the Act. Item 1. Name, Business Address, Facilities and Ownership. A. The name and business address of the company claiming FUCO status is: Entergy Power Development Corporation c/o Entergy Wholesale Operations 20 Greenway Plaza Suite 1025 Houston, Texas EPDC claims an exemption from the Act as a FUCO by virtue of its direct or indirect ownership interest in the following subsidiary companies (each of which has also claimed an exemption as a FUCO): (1) EP Edegel, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of EPDC, which owns, indirectly through its subsidiaries, a 24.23% interest in Edegel S.A.A. ( Edegel ). Edegel is a public utility which currently owns and operates five hydroelectric generating stations (with an aggregate installed capacity of 547 megawatts ( MW,)), one 260 MW thermal electric generating station and 576 kilometers of interconnecting transmission lines located near Lima, Peru. (2) Entergy Power CBA Holding Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of EPDC, which owns directly a 7.81% interest in Central Termoelectrica Buenos Aires SA., a company which owns and operates a 220 MW combined cycle gas turbine generator located at the Central Costanera S.A. power plant in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (3) Entergy S.A., a wholly-owned subsidiary of EPDC, which owns directly a 6% interest in Central Costanera S.A. ( Costanera ). Costanera owns and operates and electric generating station located in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which consists of nine natural gadoilfired generating units with a total installed capacity of 2,3 11 MW, including a combined-cycle power plant comprised of two gas turbine generator units with corresponding duct-fired boilers and steam turbines. Entergy S.A. also owns, indirectly through Costanera, a 3.06% interest in Central Termoelectrica Buenos Aires S.A. (4) EWO Holdings, Inc., a subsidiary of EPDC, which owns, indirectly through its subsidiaries, a 25% interest in Compania Electrica San Isidro S.A. ( San Isidro ). San Isidro owns and operates a 370 MW single unit, combined cycle electric generating plant (the Plant ) located near Santiago, Chile. A subsidiary of San Isidro owns and operates electric transmission lines that interconnect the Plant with the grid. (5) Entergy Power Damhead Creek Holding I, Ltd., a subsidiary of EPDC, which owns, indirectly through its subsidiaries, Entergy s interest in Damhead Creek Limited, an -2-

English private limited company ( DCL ). DCL owns a gas-fired, combined cycle electric generating facility in the County of Kent, England (the Facility ).

7 English private limited company ( DCL ). DCL owns a gas-fired, combined cycle electric generating facility in the County of Kent, England (the Facility ). The Facility consists of two gas-fired turbines and one steam turbine, and related auxiliary equipment. The Facility has a generating capacity of approximately 792 MW (at average site conditions). (6) Maritza East 111 Power Company AD ( Maritza East III ), a joint venture company formed by Entergy and NEK (the state-owned utility in Bulgaria) for the purpose of jointly owning the Maritza East I11 power generating facility, located near Stara Zagora in south central Bulgaria (the Plant ). The Plant currently consists of four 210 MW (nominal) lignite coal-fired electric generating units and appurtenant buildings and property. Through Maritza East 111, Entergy and NEK plan to rehabilitate and modify the Plant. Currently, Entergy and NEK own 51% and 49%, respectively, of Maritza East III. Upon financial closing, Entergy s ownership interest in Maritza East 111 will be increased to 73% (and NEK s interest reduced to 27%), and Entergy s interest will be held through Entergy Power Maritza Holding BV, a whollyowned subsidiary of EPDC and a FUCO. All of the output from the Plant is currently expected to be sold to NEK at wholesale. (7) Maritza East 3 Operating Company AD ( OpCo ), currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of Entergy formed for purposes of providing operation and maintenance services to Maritza East 111 with respect to the Plant. Upon financial closing, Entergy s ownership interest in OpCo will be reduced to 73%, and NEK will acquire a 27% interest in OpCo. In addition to the foregoing existing ownership interests in FUCOs, EPDC is engaged in development activities with respect to potential additional investments by Entergy in foreign energy projects which would qualify as FUCOs. EPDC also may from time to time acquire and hold, on behalf of Entergy, interests in additional FUCOs. EPDC undertakes to file a hrther amendment to this Notification in the event that it acquires any securities or an interest in the business of another FUCO. No persons (other than Entergy and its subsidiaries) currently own a 5% or more voting interest in EPDC. Item 2. Domestic Associate Public-Utility Companies of EPDC and their Relationship to EPDC. The following companies, each of which is a direct or indirect subsidiary of Entergy, are domestic associate public-utility companies of EPDC: Entergy Arkansas, Inc. ( Entergy Arkansas ), Entergy Gulf States, Inc. ( Entergy Gulf States ), Entergy Louisiana, Inc. ( Entergy Louisiana ), Entergy Mississippi, Inc. ( Entergy Mississippi ), Entergy New Orleans, Inc. ( Entergy New Orleans ), The Arklahoma Corporation ( Arklahoma ), System Energy Resources, Inc. ( SEW ), Entergy Power, Inc. ( EPI ) and Entergy Operations, Inc. ( EOI ) (Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Gulf States, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy New Orleans, Arklahoma, SEN, EPI and EO1 are collectively referred herein to as the Domestic Utilities ). None of the Domestic Utilities has made an investment in or has any contractual relationship with EPDC. -3-

8 EXHIBIT A. State Certification. Not applicable. SIGNATURE I The undersigned company has duly caused this statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. ENTERGY POWER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION Dated: December 19,2001 By: /s/ Robert A. Malone Robert A. Malone Vice President

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BEFORE THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION ) ) ) ) MOTION TO INTERVENE AND COMMENTS OF THE INDICATED TRANSMISSION OWNERS

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BEFORE THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION North American Electric Reliability Corporation Northeast Power Coordinating Council, Inc. ) ) ) ) Docket No. RC09-3-000 MOTION