EXHIBIT 24.2
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

The  undersigned,  as Executive  Vice President and Chief  Financial  Officer of
Central  and  South  West   Corporation  (the   "Corporation"),   hereby  makes,
constitutes and appoints E. R. Brooks and Lawrence B. Connors,  and each of them
severally,  his true and lawful  attorneys-in-fact  and  agents,  each with full
power and authority (acting alone and without the others) to execute in the name
and on behalf of the undersigned,  in any and all capacities,  the Corporation's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for 1999 and any and all  amendments  thereto,  to be
filed under the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as  amended,  and any other
documents and  instruments  incidental  thereto,  and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith,  with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, hereby granting to such attorneys-in-fact,  and agents,
and each of them, full power and authority of substitution and revocation in the
premises  and full power and  authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully for
all intents  and  purposes  as the  undersigned  might or could do in person and
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such  attorneys-in-fact  and agents, or
any of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  I have hereunto  executed this Power of Attorney this 19th
day of January, 2000.


                                                /s/ Glenn D. Rosilier
                                                Glenn D. Rosilier
                                                Executive Vice President and
                                                Chief Financial Officer


Subscribed and sworn to before me this 19th day of January, 2000.



                                                /s/ Judy A. Hall
                                                Notary Public
                                                State of Texas


      My Commission Expires:  July 20, 2003