Exhibit 10(a)

ENTERGY CORPORATION
SUMMARY OF OUTSIDE DIRECTOR COMPENSATION AND BENEFiTS
AS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD on July 29, 2005

Attendance Fees

• $1,500 for attendance at a Board meeting
• $1,000 for attendance as a member at a committee meeting scheduled in conjunction with a Board meeting
• $2,000 for attendance as a member at a committee meeting scheduled in a different location from any other Committee and/or Board meeting
• One-half of the fee of an attending member for attendance at a meeting of a committee on which the director is not a member
• $1,500 per day for participation in a director education program, director orientation or business session, inspection trip or conference that in each case is not held on the same day as a Board or committee meeting
• One-half the fees set forth above for telephone attendance at a Board or committee meeting
• All fees described above shall be paid not later than forty-five days after any such meeting, program or session

Chair Fees

• $10,000 per year to the Chairs of