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File No. 70-7572
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington D.C. 20549
AMENDMENT NO. 9 (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)
Central Power and Light Company (the "Company"), 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. 9 (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 available for
lease by the Company to unaffiliated third parties (including currently leased
space) as of November 8, 1995, is approximately 9.75 percent of the total
space owned by the Company.
AS OF 11/8/95
Total Space Owned by the Company 1,231,249 sq.ft.
Space Available for Lease 120,069 sq.ft.
Percentage Available for Lease 9.75%
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: November 9, 1995
CENTRAL POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
By /s/SHIRLEY S. BRIONES
Shirley S. Briones
Treasurer
