File No. 70-8597
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
AMENDMENT NO. 7 (POST-EFFECTIVE)
TO
FORM U-1 APPLICATION-DECLARATION
UNDER THE
PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935
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CENTRAL POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
539 North Carancahua Street
Corpus Christi, Texas 78401
(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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Wendy G. Hargus
Treasurer
Central and South West Corporation
1616 Woodall Rodgers Freeway
P.O. Box 660164
Dallas, Texas 75266-0164
Joris M. Hogan, Esq.
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 (the "Company"), a Texas
corporation and a wholly-owned electric public utility subsidiary of Central and
South West Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a registered holding company
under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended, hereby files
this Amendment No. 7 (this "Amendment") to the Form U-1 Application-Declaration
in File No. 70-8597 (the "Application") for the purpose of amending Item 1 of
the Application. In all other respects, the Application as previously filed and
amended will remain the same. Item 1. Description of Proposed Transaction.
The first sentence of paragraph 6 of Item 1 is amended to read
as follows:
In sum, the Company has incurred obligations in connection with $160.635
million of Refunding Bonds and no New Money Bonds and, thus, has authority to
incur obligations in connection with an additional $164.365 million of Refunding
Bonds and $150 million of New Money Bonds, which authority expires December 31,
1997.
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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: December 23, 1997
CENTRAL POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY
By:/s/ WENDY G. HARGUS
Wendy G. Hargus
Treasurer
