Exhibit 4(a)9

ENTERGY CORPORATION

OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE

Steven C. McNeal, the Vice President and Treasurer of Entergy Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), pursuant to the authority granted in the Board Resolutions of the Company dated May 11, 2000 and July 25, 2003, and Sections 102, 201 and 301 of the Indenture defined herein, does hereby certify to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the "Trustee") under the Indenture (For Unsecured Debt Securities) of the Company dated as of December 1, 2002 (the "Indenture") that:

- The Securities of the seventh series to be issued under the Indenture shall be designated "6.23% Senior Notes due March 15, 2008" (the "Senior Notes").  All capitalized terms used in this certificate which are not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in Exhibit A hereto; all capitalized terms used in this certificate which are not defined herein or in Exhibit A hereto shall have the meanings set forth in the Indenture.   
- The Senior Notes shall be issued by the Company in the initial aggregate principal amount of $15,000,000.  Additional Senior Notes, without limitation as to amount, having substantially the same terms as the Outstanding Senior Notes (except a different issue date and issue price and bearing interest from the last Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for on the Outstanding Senior Notes, and, if no interest has been paid, from November 20, 2003), may also be issued by the Company pursuant to the Indenture without the consent of the existing Holders of the Senior Notes.  Such additional Senior Notes shall be part of the same series as the Outstanding Senior Notes.   
- The Senior Notes shall mature and the principal thereof shall be due and payable together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon on March 15, 2008.   
- The Senior Notes shall bear interest as provided in the form thereof set forth in Exhibit A hereto.  For the purposes of Section 310 of the Indenture, a period from and including the 15 th  of one month to but not including the 15 th  of the next month will be considered a full month.   
- The principal of, and premium, if any, and each installment of interest on the Senior Notes shall be payable upon presentation of the Senior Notes at the office or agency of the Company in The City of New York; provided that payment of principal of, premium, if any, and each installment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the address of the persons entitled thereto or by wire transfer to an account designated by the person entitled thereto; and provided further that after payment of the Senior Notes in full, the Holders thereof shall promptly surrender such Senior Notes at the office or agency of the Company in The City of New York.  Notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Senior Notes and the Indenture may be served at the office or agency of the Company in The City of New York.  The Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee will initially be the agency of the Company for such payment and service of notices and demands and the Company hereby appoints Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as its agent for all such purposes; provided, however, that the Company reserves the right to change, by one or more Officer's Certificates, any such office or agency and such agent.  The registration and registration of transfers and exchanges in respect of the Senior Notes may be effected at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.  The Trustee will initially be the Security Registrar and the Paying Agent for the Senior Notes.   
- The Senior Notes will be redeemable at the option of the Company prior to the Stated Maturity of the principal thereof as provided in the form thereof set forth in Exhibit A hereto.   
- No service charge shall be made for the registration of transfer or exchange of the Senior Notes; provided, however, that the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with the exchange or transfer.   
- If the Company shall make any deposit of money and/or Eligible Obligations with respect to any Senior Notes, or any portion of the principal amount thereof, as contemplated by Section 701 of the Indenture, the Company shall not deliver an Officer's Certificate described in clause (z) in the first paragraph of said Section 701 unless the Company shall also deliver to the Trustee, together with such Officer's Certificate, either:
(A)  an instrument wherein the Company, notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of its indebtedness in respect of the Senior Notes, shall assume the obligation (which shall be absolute and unconditional) to irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or Paying Agent such additional sums of money, if any, or additional Eligible Obligations (meeting the requirements of Section 701), if any, or any combination thereof, at such time or times, as shall be necessary, together with the money and/or Eligible Obligations theretofore so deposited, to pay when due the principal of and premium, if any, and interest due and to become due on such Senior Notes or portions thereof, all in accordance with and subject to the provisions of said Section 701; provided, however, that such instrument may state that the obligation of the Company to make additional deposits as aforesaid shall be subject to the delivery to the Company by the Trustee of a notice asserting the deficiency accompanied by an opinion of an independent public accountant of nationally recognized standing, selected by the Trustee, showing the calculation thereof; or
(B)  an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that, as a result of a change in law occurring after the date of this certificate, the Holders of such Senior Notes, or portions of the principal amount thereof, will not recognize income, gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes as a result of the satisfaction and discharge of the Company's indebtedness in respect thereof and will be subject to United States federal income tax on the same amounts, at the same times and in the same manner as if such satisfaction and discharge had not been effected.
- So long as any Senior Notes remain Outstanding, the Company will comply with the following covenants in addition to those specified in Article Six of the Indenture:
(a) Limitation on Debt.  The Company shall not permit the total principal amount of all Debt of the Company and its subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis and without duplication of liability therefor, at any time to exceed 65% of Capitalization, as defined below, determined as of the last day of the Company's most recently ended fiscal quarter.  For purposes of this restriction "Debt" and "Capitalization" shall not include junior subordinated deferrable interest debentures of a Significant Subsidiary issued to a subsidiary trust which has issued preferred securities that are included in the calculation of "Capitalization," and any Debt of any subsidiary of the Company that is Non-Recourse Debt.  "Non-Recourse Debt" means any Debt of any subsidiary of the Company that does not constitute Debt of the Company or of any Significant Subsidiary.  "Capitalization" means, as of any date of determination, with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the total principal amount of all Debt of the Company and its subsidiaries outstanding on such date, (ii) Consolidated Net Worth as of such date and (iii) to the extent not otherwise included in Capitalization, all preferred stock and other preferred securities of the Company and its subsidiaries, including preferred securities issued by any subsidiary trust, outstanding on such date.
(b) Disposition of Assets.  The Company will not sell, lease, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) any shares of voting common stock (or of stock or other instruments convertible into voting common stock) of any Principal Utility Subsidiary (as defined below), or permit any Principal Utility Subsidiary to issue, sell or otherwise dispose of any of its shares of voting common stock (or of stock or other instruments convertible into voting common stock) (each such case, a "Stock Disposition"), except to the Company or to a Principal Utility Subsidiary, unless within 180 days of such Stock Disposition, the Company applies (or causes such Principal Utility Subsidiary to apply) all of the Net Available Cash (as defined below) from such Stock Disposition (i) to prepay, repay, purchase, repurchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise acquire for value Debt of the Company and/or Debt of one or more Domestic Regulated Utility Subsidiaries that remain a subsidiary of the Company and/or (ii) to reinvest in the business of one or more Domestic Regulated Utility Subsidiaries.  For purposes of this restriction, a Stock Disposition shall be treated as a separate transaction and not part of a series of transactions if it occurs 180 days or more after another Stock Disposition.