File No. 70-8979
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO
FORM U-1 APPLICATION-DECLARATION
UNDER THE
PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH WEST CORPORATION
1616 Woodall Rodgers Freeway
Dallas, TX 75202
CENTRAL POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
539 North Carancahua Street
Corpus Christi, Texas 78401-2802
PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF OKLAHOMA
212 East Sixth Street
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74119-1212
SOUTHWESTERN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY
428 Travis Street
Shreveport, Louisiana 71156-0001
WEST TEXAS UTILITIES COMPANY
301 Cypress Street
Abilene, Texas 79601-5820
(Name of company or companies filing this statement and addresses
of principal executive offices)
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH WEST CORPORATION
(Name of top registered holding company parent)
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Wendy G. Hargus, Treasurer
Central and South West Corporation
1616 Woodall Rodgers Freeway
Dallas, Texas 75202
Joris M. Hogan, Esq.
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
1 Chase Manhattan Plaza
New York, New York 10005
(Names and addresses of agents for service)
Central and South West Corporation ("CSW"), a Delaware corporation
and a registered holding company under the Public Utility Holding Company Act
of 1935, as amended (the "Act"), and its subsidiary companies Central Power
and Light Company , Public Service Company of Oklahoma ,
Southwestern Electric Power Company, and West Texas Utilities
Company, collectively referred to as the "Operating Subsidiaries", hereby amends
its Form U-1 Application-Declaration in File No. 70-8979 in the following
respects. In all other respects, the Application-Declaration as previously
filed will remain the same.
Item 1. Description of Proposed Transactions.
Item 1 is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph after the fourth
paragraph of Item 1:
CSW and the Operating Subsidiaries also request authorization to deviate
from the preferred stock provisions of the Statement of Policy Regarding
Preferred Stock Subject to the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, HCR
No. 13106 (Feb. 16, 1956), to the extent applicable with respect to the Proposed
Amendments.
S I G N A T U R E
Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of
1935, as amended, the undersigned company has duly caused this document
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: February 11, 1997
CENTRAL AND SOUTH WEST CORPORATION
By: /s/ Wendy G. Hargus
Wendy G. Hargus
Treasurer
CENTRAL POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
By: /s/ Wendy G. Hargus
Wendy G. Hargus
Treasurer
PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF OKLAHOMA
By: /s/ Wendy G. Hargus
Wendy G. Hargus
Treasurer
SOUTHWESTERN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY
By: /s/ Wendy G. Hargus
Wendy G. Hargus
Treasurer
WEST TEXAS UTILITIES COMPANY
By: /s/ Wendy G. Hargus
Wendy G. Hargus
Treasurer
