EXHIBIT 23(c)



INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


We consent to the incorporation by reference in Texas Utilities Company's
Registration Statement No. 33-55931 on Form S-3 and in Registration Statement
Nos. 33-59575, 33-59759 and 33-59961 on Form S-8 of our report dated March 3,
1997, which report includes an explanatory paragraph concerning the Company's
change during 1995 in its method of accounting for the impairment of long-lived
assets and for long-lived assets to be disposed of to conform with Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 121, appearing in this Annual Report on Form
10-K of Texas Utilities Company for the year ended December 31, 1996.


DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Dallas, Texas
March 12, 1997