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File No. 70-7572
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington D.C. 20549
AMENDMENT NO. 8 (POST-EFFECTIVE) TO
FORM U-1 APPLICATION
UNDER
THE PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935
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CENTRAL POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
539 N. Carancahua Street
Corpus Christi, Texas 78401-2431
(Name of company filing this statement and
address of principal executive office)
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CENTRAL AND SOUTH WEST CORPORATION
(Name of top registered holding company parent)
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Shirley Briones
Treasurer
Central Power and Light Company
539 N. Carancahua Street
Corpus Christi, Texas 78401-2431
Stephen J. McDonnell
Treasurer
Central and South West Corporation
1616 Woodall Rodgers Freeway
Dallas, Texas 75202
Joris M. Hogan
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
1 Chase Manhattan Plaza
New York, New York 10005
(Names and addresses of agents for service)
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Central Power and Light Company ("CPL"), a Texas
corporation and an electric utility subsidiary of Central and
South West Corporation ("CSW"), a registered holding company
under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended
(the "Act"), hereby files this Amendment No. 8 (Post-Effective)
to the Form U-1 Application, File No. 70-7572, for the purpose of
amending Item 1 to include the following additional information.
In all other respects, the Application as previously filed and as
heretofore amended will remain the same.
Item 1. Description of Proposed Transaction.
As shown in the following table, the amount of space
currently leased by the Company to unaffiliated third parties is
approximately 4.1 percent of the total space owned by the
Company.
Total Space Owned by the Company 1,231,249 sq.ft.
Space Leased to Unaffiliated Third Parties 50,487 sq.ft.
Percentage Leased 4.1%
The Company determines market rates for any particular
property by surveying building leasing agents and real estate
brokers having knowledge of lease rates for properties comparable
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S I G N A T U R E
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding
Company Act of 1935, the undersigned company has duly caused this
document to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto
duly authorized.
Dated: October 2, 1995
CENTRAL POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
By /s/SHIRLEY S. BRIONES
Shirley S. Briones
Treasurer
