Exhibit 25(b)


                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM T-1

                    STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE TRUST
                     INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A CORPORATION
                          DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

              CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A
               TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2) ____________

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                              THE BANK OF NEW YORK
               (Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)


                New York                             13-5160382
     (Jurisdiction of incorporation               (I.R.S. Employer
       if not a U.S. national bank)               Identification No.)

  One Wall Street, New York, New York                     10286
(Address of principal executive offices)               (Zip code)

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                                  TXU CAPITAL I
               (Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)


                  Delaware                         To Be Applied For
       (State or other jurisdiction                 (I.R.S. Employer
     of incorporation or organization)             Identification No.)

    Energy Plaza, 1601 Bryan Street
                 Dallas, Texas                         75201
(Address of principal executive offices)             (Zip code)

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                         TXU CAPITAL I TRUST SECURITIES*
                       (Title of the indenture securities)


     *Specific title(s) to be determined in connection with issuance(s) of TXU
Capital I Trust Securities.





ITEM 1.   GENERAL INFORMATION.*

             Furnish the following information as to the Trustee:

      (a)    Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to
             which it is subject.

Superintendent of Banks of the          2 Rector Street, New York, N.Y. 10006
   State of New York                       and Albany, N.Y. 12203
Federal Reserve Bank of New York        33 Liberty Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10045
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation   550 17th Street, N.W.,
                                        Washington, D.C. 20429
New York Clearing House Association     New York, N.Y. 10005

      (b)    Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

             Yes.

ITEM 2.    AFFILIATIONS WITH OBLIGOR.

              If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such
affiliation.

              None. (See Note on page 2.)

ITEM 16.   LIST OF EXHIBITS.

             Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the
Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant
to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Act") and Rule 24 of
the Commission's Rules of Practice.

1.    -    A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York
           (formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains
           the authority to commence business and a grant of powers to exercise
           corporate trust powers.  (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form T-1
           filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215, Exhibits 1a and 1b to
           Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-21672 and Exhibit 1
           to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-29637.)

4.    -    A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee.  (Exhibit 4 to
           Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-31019.)

6.    -    The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act.
           (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement
           No. 33-44051.)

7.    -    A copy of the latest report of condition of the
           Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements
           of its supervising or examining authority.


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          *Pursuant to General Instruction B, the Trustee has responded only to
Items 1, 2 and 16 of this form since to the best of the knowledge of the Trustee
the obligor is not in default under any indenture under which the Trustee is a
trustee.





                                      NOTE

                  Inasmuch as this Form T-1 is being filed prior to the
ascertainment by the Trustee of all facts on which to base a responsive answer
to Item 2, the answer to said Item is based on incomplete information.

                  Item 2 may, however, be considered as correct unless amended
by an amendment to this Form T-1.



                                    SIGNATURE

                  Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank
of New York, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of
New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New
York, and State of New York, on the 2nd day of December, 1998.


                                          THE BANK OF NEW YORK


                                          By:  /s/ REMO J. REALE
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                                                     Remo J. Reale
                                                Assistant Vice President





                                                                       EXHIBIT 7
                                                                   (Page 1 of 3)

                       Consolidated Report of Condition of
                              THE BANK OF NEW YORK
                     of 48 Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286

    And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries, a member of the Federal Reserve
System, at the close of business June 30, 1998, published in accordance with a
call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the
provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.

                                                                  Dollar Amounts
ASSETS                                                              in Thousands
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Cash and balances due from
  depository institutions:
  Noninterest-bearing balances
    and currency and coin........................................ $ 7,301,241
  Interest-bearing balances......................................   1,385,944
Securities:
  Held-to-maturity securities....................................   1,000,737
  Available-for-sale securities..................................   4,240,655
Federal funds sold and Securities
    purchased under agreements to resell.........................     971,453
Loans and lease financing
  receivables:
  Loans and leases, net of unearned
    income.......................................      38,788,269
  LESS:  Allowance for loan and
    lease losses.................................         632,875
  LESS: Allocated transfer risk
    reserve.......................................              0
  Loans and leases, net of unearned
    income, allowance, and reserve...............................  38,155,394
Assets held in trading accounts..................................   1,307,562
Premises and fixed assets (including
  capitalized leases)............................................     670,445
Other real estate owned..........................................      13,598
Investments in unconsolidated subsid-
  iaries and associated companies................................     215,024
Customers' liability to this bank on
  acceptances outstanding........................................     974,237
Intangible assets................................................   1,102,625
Other assets.....................................................   1,944,777
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Total assets..................................................... $59,283,692
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                                                                       EXHIBIT 7
                                                                   (Page 2 of 3)

LIABILITIES
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Deposits:
  In domestic offices............................................ $26,930,258
  Noninterest-bearing................................  11,579,390
  Interest-bearing...................................  15,350,868
  In foreign offices, Edge and
  Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs...............................  16,117,854
  Noninterest-bearing................................     187,464
  Interest-bearing...................................  15,930,390
Federal funds purchased and Securities
  sold under agreements to repurchase ...........................   2,170,238
Demand notes issued to the U.S.
  Treasury.......................................................     300,000
Trading liabilities..............................................   1,310,867
Other borrowed money:
  With remaining maturity of one year or less....................   2,549,479
  With remaining maturity of more than
    one year through three years ................................           0
  With remaining maturity of more than
      three years................................................      46,654
Bank's liability on acceptances
  executed and outstanding.......................................     983,398
Subordinated notes and debentures................................   1,314,000
Other liabilities................................................   2,295,520
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Total liabilities................................................  54,018,268
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EQUITY CAPITAL
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Common stock.....................................................   1,135,284
Surplus..........................................................     731,319
Undivided profits and capital
  reserves.......................................................   3,385,227
Net unrealized holding gains (losses)
  on available-for-sale securities...............................      51,233
Cumulative foreign currency
  translation adjustments........................................     (37,639)
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Total equity capital.............................................   5,265,424
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Total liabilities and equity capital............................. $59,283,692
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                                                                       EXHIBIT 7
                                                                   (Page 3 of 3)

    I, Robert E. Keilman, Senior Vice President and Comptroller of the
above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition has been
prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System and is true to the best of my knowledge and
belief.

                                              Robert E. Keilman


    We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this Report of
Condition and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our
knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions
issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and is true and
correct.

    J. Carter Bacot  )
    Thomas A. Renyi  )              Directors
    Alan R. Griffith )