Exhibit 24 (a) 1
 1
                      POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned, as President and Chief Executive Officer of
Central  and  South  West Corporation  (the  "Corporation"),
hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Glenn D. Rosilier and
Wendy  G.  Hargus 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  1994  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 16th day of January, 1995.



                              E. R. Brooks
                              President & Chief Executive Officer






      Subscribed  and sworn to before me this  16th  day  of
January, 1995 by E. R. Brooks.

                              Fredric L. Frawley
                              Notary Public

My Commission Expires:
December 3, 1998