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                                                       DA 97-1546

                            Before the
                FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                     Washington, D.C.  20554


In the Matter of                             )
                                        )
Application of Entergy ETHC Merger Company        )
for a Determination of Exempt Telecommunications  )    File No. ETC-97-8
Company Status under Section 34 of the Public Utility  )
Holding Company Act of 1935, as added by          )
Section 103 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 )    

                              ORDER

     Adopted: July 21, 1997                  Released: July 21, 1997


By the General Counsel:


     1.   On May 23, 1997, Entergy ETHC Merger Company ("ETHC") filed an
application with the Commission for a determination of "exempt telecommunications company"
("ETC") status pursuant to section 34(a)(1) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
("PUHCA"), as added by section 103 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.  ETHC's
application was placed on public notice for comment on the adequacy and accuracy of the
representations contained therein on May 27, 1997.  Entergy ETHC Merger Company, Public
Notice, DA No. 97-1112 (OGC rel. May 27, 1997).  No comments were filed in response to the
public notice.  As explained below, ETHC satisfies the statutory criteria required for an
affirmative determination of ETC status and its application is, therefore, granted. 

     2.   ETHC states that it is a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Entergy Corporation, a registered public utility holding company under PUHCA.  ETHC further
represents that it will be engaged, directly or indirectly through one or more "affiliates," as
defined in Section 2(a)(11)(b) of PUHCA, and exclusively in the business of providing
telecommunications services, information services, other services or products subject to the
jurisdiction of the Commission, and/or products or services that are related or incidental to the
provision of such products or services, within the meaning of Section 34(a)(1) of PUHCA.

     3.   Specifically, ETHC intends to engage directly, or indirectly through affiliates, and
exclusively, in the business of providing remote alarm monitoring services to business,
industrial, residential and/or government customers in the states of Alabama, Colorado, Florida,
Indiana, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas.  These services will consist of the operation
of remote alarm monitoring and response centers which will utilize telephone landlines and/or
wireless facilities to receive, process and transmit emergency and other information to and from
customer premises and public safety entities.  ETHC further represents that in addition to these
activities, ETHC will also engage in activities related or incidental to the above activities.

     4.   ETHC further represents that it anticipates that it may merge into 280 Security
Holdings, Inc. or its successor, Entergy Security Corporation.  280 Security Holdings, Inc. is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Entergy Technology Holding Company which, in turn, is a wholly-
owned subsidiary of Entergy Corporation.  The Commission has previously granted
determinations of ETC status to both Entergy Technology Holding Company and 280 Security
Holdings. 

     5.   Based upon the representations contained in ETHC's application, ETHC meets the
statutory requirements for a determination that it is an exempt telecommunications company as
that term is defined in PUHCA section 34(a)(1), as amended.

     6.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the application of ETHC IS GRANTED.  IT
IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Securities and Exchange Commission SHALL BE
NOTIFIED of this determination.

                         FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                         William E. Kennard
                         General Counsel