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)
                           May 30, 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 30, 1997.

     ENSERCH WILL FILE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST WITH IRS

          DALLAS, TEXAS (May 30, 1997) - ENSERCH Corporation's
     (NYSE-ENS) previously announced merger agreement with
     Texas Utilities is subject to certain conditions which
     include the approval from the Securities and Exchange
     Commission (SEC) under the Public Utility Holding Company
     Act of 1935 and the receipt of a favorable tax ruling
     from the Internal Revenue Service (Service).  The SEC is
     continuing its review for approval.  In February 1997,
     the tax ruling was issued.  ENSERCH recently announced it
     discovered that a misstatement of fact was made in the
     original filing which it does not believe is material.

          ENSERCH will file early next week a Formal
     Supplemental Request with the Service to confirm the
     reliability of the ruling.  The Company believes the
     Service will rule favorably on its Formal Supplemental
     Request and it will pursue confirmation of the
     reliability as expeditiously as possible.

          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: June 5, 1997       By:   /s/ J. W. Pinkerton
                                  Vice President