Exhibit B-1(d) LESSEE'S CONSENT Pursuant to Section 33(b) of the Fuel Lease, dated as of February 24, 1989, between River Fuel Funding Company #3, Inc. ("Lessor") and System Energy Resources, Inc. ("Lessee"), Lessee hereby consents to Lessor's...

                                              Exhibit B-1(d)
                              
                      LESSEE'S CONSENT
                              
      Pursuant to Section 33(b) of the Fuel Lease, dated  as
of February 24, 1989, between River Fuel Funding Company #3,
Inc.   ("Lessor")   and   System  Energy   Resources,   Inc.
("Lessee"), Lessee hereby consents to Lessor's execution and
delivery  of  two  separate Note Purchase  Agreements,  each
dated  as  of  January  30,  1998,  with  Metroplitan   Life
Insurance  Company  and Nationwide Life  Insurance  Company,
respectively, as Purchasers, relating to the issue and  sale
of   $25,000,000  original  aggregate  principal  amount  of
Lessor's  Intermediate Term Secured Notes, 6.44 %  Series  C
due February 15, 2001.

                              SYSTEM ENERGY RESOURCES, INC.
                              
                              
                              
                          By:      /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xx.
                                  Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xx.
                                      Vice President
                                             
Dated:  January 30, 1998