SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                         Washington, D.C.



                             FORM 8-K

                          CURRENT REPORT



              Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                 Securities Exchange Act of 1934




         Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
                          March 10, 1997




                       ENSERCH Corporation
      (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)




          Texas               1-3183               75-0399066
    (State or other         (Commission        (I.R.S. Employer
    of incorporation)       File Number)      Identification No.)




ENSERCH Center, 300 S. St. Paul, Dallas, Texas            75201  
 (Address of principal executive offices)              (Zip Code)




Registrant's telephone number, including Area Code:  214-651-8700




ITEM 5. Other Events

     Set forth below in its entirety is a News Release issued by
ENSERCH Corporation on March 10, 1997.

     ENSERCH/TEXAS UTILITIES MERGER CLEARS
     DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE; IRS RULING RECEIVED

          DALLAS, TEXAS (March 10, 1997)--ENSERCH
     Corporation (NYSE--ENS) and Texas Utilities Company
     (NYSE--TXU) have been notified by the Department of
     Justice (DOJ) that it has closed its investigation of
     the pending merger between ENSERCH Corporation and
     Texas Utilities Company.  The DOJ indicated that the
     investigation has been closed without the DOJ taking
     any action or requiring Texas Utilities or ENSERCH to
     take any action.  The Securities and Exchange
     Commission is proceeding with its approval process
     under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
     with regard to the proposed merger.

          ENSERCH Corporation also announces that it has
     received from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) a
     private letter ruling in connection with the pending
     distribution of shares of Enserch Exploration, Inc.
     (NYSE--EEX) to common stock shareholders of ENSERCH
     Corporation.  The distribution is to occur immediately
     prior to the pending merger of ENSERCH and Texas
     Utilities Company.  The IRS has ruled that neither
     ENSERCH nor its shareholders will recognize taxable
     gain on the distribution. The ruling also describes the
     allocation of tax basis of ENSERCH stock between the
     shares of EEX to be distributed and shares of ENSERCH
     common stock.

          ENSERCH Corporation is an integrated natural-gas
     company. 




                            SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                              ENSERCH Corporation



Date: March 12, 1997          By:  /s/ J. W. Pinkerton
                                   -----------------------------
                                   J. W. Pinkerton
                                   Vice President and Controller