EXHIBIT 24.16
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, as a director of West Texas Utilities
Company (the "Company"), hereby makes, constitutes and
appoints Glenn Files and R. Russell Davis, 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 Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for 1995 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 23rd day of January, 1996.
Richard Bacon
Director
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 23rd day of January,
1996 by Richard Bacon.
Martha Murray
Notary Public
My Commission Expires:
11-19-96
EXHIBIT 24.16
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, as a director of West Texas Utilities
Company (the "Company"), hereby makes, constitutes and
appoints Glenn Files and R. Russell Davis, 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 Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for 1995 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 23rd day of January, 1996.
Harwell Barber
Director
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 23rd day of January,
1996 by Harwell Barber.
Martha Murray
Notary Public
My Commission Expires:
11-19-96
EXHIBIT 24.16
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, as a director of West Texas Utilities
Company (the "Company"), hereby makes, constitutes and
appoints Glenn Files and R. Russell Davis, 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 Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for 1995 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 23rd day of January, 1996.
Paul J. Brower
Director
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 23rd day of January,
1996 by Paul J. Brower.
Martha Murray
Notary Public
My Commission Expires:
11-19-96
EXHIBIT 24.16
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, as a director of West Texas Utilities
Company (the "Company"), hereby makes, constitutes and
appoints Glenn Files and R. Russell Davis, 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 Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for 1995 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 23rd day of January, 1996.
T. D. Churchwell
Director
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 23rd day of January,
1996 by T. D. Churchwell.
Martha Murray
Notary Public
My Commission Expires:
11-19-96
EXHIBIT 24.16
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, as a director of West Texas Utilities
Company (the "Company"), hereby makes, constitutes and
appoints Glenn Files and R. Russell Davis, 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 Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for 1995 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 23rd day of January, 1996.
Harry D. Mattison
Director
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 23rd day of January,
1996 by Harry Mattison.
Martha Murray
Notary Public
My Commission Expires:
11-19-96
EXHIBIT 24.16
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, as a director of West Texas Utilities
Company (the "Company"), hereby makes, constitutes and
appoints Glenn Files and R. Russell Davis, 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 Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for 1995 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 23rd day of January, 1996.
Tommy Morris
Director
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 23rd day of January,
1996 by Tommy Morris.
Martha Murray
Notary Public
My Commission Expires:
11-19-96
EXHIBIT 24.16
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, as a director of West Texas Utilities
Company (the "Company"), hereby makes, constitutes and
appoints Glenn Files and R. Russell Davis, 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 Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for 1995 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 23rd day of January, 1996.
Dian G. Owen
Director
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 23rd day of January,
1996 by Dian G. Owen.
Martha Murray
Notary Public
My Commission Expires:
11-19-96
EXHIBIT 24.16
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, as a director of West Texas Utilities
Company (the "Company"), hereby makes, constitutes and
appoints Glenn Files and R. Russell Davis, 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 Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for 1995 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 23rd day of January, 1996.
James Parker
Director
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 23rd day of January,
1996 by James Parker.
Martha Murray
Notary Public
My Commission Expires:
11-19-96
EXHIBIT 24.16
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, as a director of West Texas Utilities
Company (the "Company"), hereby makes, constitutes and
appoints Glenn Files and R. Russell Davis, 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 Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for 1995 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 23rd day of January, 1996.
F. L. Stephens
Director
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 23rd day of January,
1996 by F. L. Stephens.
Martha Murray
Notary Public
My Commission Expires:
11-19-96
EXHIBIT 24.16
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, as a director of West Texas Utilities
Company (the "Company"), hereby makes, constitutes and
appoints Glenn Files and R. Russell Davis, 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 Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for 1995 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 23rd day of January, 1996.
Dennis M. Sharkey
Director
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 23rd day of January,
1996 by Dennis M. Sharkey.
Martha Murray
Notary Public
My Commission Expires:
11-19-96