EXHIBIT 21

Central And South West Corporation
Subsidiaries of the Registrant
As of December 31, 1996

Company Name
Business Conducted Under Same Name        State or Jurisdiction of Incorporation
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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

SEEBOARD, plc                                            United Kingdom
Registered Office
Forest Gate, Brighton Road
Crawley, West Sussex  RH11 9BH

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
1705 South Capital of Texas Highway - Suite 400
Austin, Texas  78746

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

EnerShop Inc.                                            Delaware
1616 Woodall Rodgers Freeway
Dallas, Texas 75202-1234