CLINTON, Miss., Jan. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/

The Board of Directors of Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR) has declared a quarterly dividend of 54 cents per common share. The payment date is March 1, 2006 to stockholders of record February 10, 2006.

Entergy Corporation is an integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power production and retail distribution operations. Entergy owns and operates power plants with approximately 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity, and it is the second-largest nuclear generator in the United States. Entergy delivers electricity to 2.6 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. Entergy has annual revenues of over $9 billion and approximately 14,000 employees.

Entergy's online address is http://www.entergy.com