EXHIBIT 21 (a) 1
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH WEST CORPORATION            
SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT                
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1994                       
                                              
Company Name                                  State of  Incorporation
Business Conducted Under Same Name            
                                              
Central Power and Light Company               Texas
539 North Carancahua Street                   
Corpus Christi, Texas  78401-2802             
                                              
Public Service Company of Oklahoma            Oklahoma
212 East 6th Street                           
Tulsa, Oklahoma  74119-1212                   
                                              
Southwestern Electric Power Company           Delaware
428 Travis Street                             
Shreveport, Louisiana  71156-0001             
                                              
West Texas Utilities Company                  Texas
301 Cypress Street                            
Abilene, Texas  79601-5820                    
                                              
Transok, Inc.                                 Oklahoma
110 West 7th Street                           
Tulsa, Oklahoma  74119-1044                   
                                              
Central and South West Services, Inc.         Texas
2 West Second Street                          
Tulsa, Oklahoma  74103-3102, and              
1616 Woodall Rodgers Freeway                  
Dallas, Texas  75202-1234                     
                                              
CSW Communications, Inc.                      Delaware
1616 Woodall Rodgers Freeway                  
Dallas, Texas  75202-1234                     
                                              
CSW Credit, Inc.                              Delaware
1616 Woodall Rodgers Freeway                  
Dallas, Texas  75202-1234                     
                                              
CSW Energy, Inc.                              Texas
1616 Woodall Rodgers Freeway                  
Dallas, Texas  75202-1234                     
                                              
CSW International, Inc.                       Delaware
1616 Woodall Rodgers Freeway                  
Dallas, Texas 75202-1234                      
                                              
CSW Leasing, Inc.                             Delaware
1616 Woodall Rodgers Freeway                  
Dallas, Texas  75202-1234