CENTRAL & SOUTH WEST SERVICES INC
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                  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
                         before the
             SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              
                              
                              
                       PUBLIC UTILITY
                 HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1935
                              
                      in the matter of
                              
            CENTRAL AND SOUTH WEST SERVICES, INC.
                      File No.  70-6802
                  Dallas, Texas  75266-0164
                              
                              
                              
                              
                              
                              
                      REPORT FOR PERIOD
                              
         October 1, 1994  through December 31, 1994
                              
                     PURSUANT TO RULE 24
                              
                              





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I.  CONSTRUCTION AND FUEL PROJECTS
Central and South West Corporation (CSW) is a public utility
holding  company with four electric operating  subsidiaries:
Central  Power  and  Light  Company  (CPL);  Public  Service
Company  of  Oklahoma  (PSO);  Southwestern  Electric  Power
Company  (SWP)  and  West  Texas  Utilities  Company  (WTU).
Central  and  South West Services, Inc. (CSWS)  performs  at
cost,   accounting,  engineering,  tax,  legal,   financial,
marketing,   fuel  planning,  electronic  data   processing,
centralized economic dispatching of electric power and other
services for CSW and its subsidiaries.  CSWS is required  to
file  quarterly  reports  concerning:  (a)  description   of
activities  for each construction project;   (b)  method  of
accounting  for  each  project;   (c)  information  on  fuel
projects  and   (d)  information  on  the  project   billing
allocations.

(A)  METHOD OF ACCOUNTING

The  cost  of materials, labor, outside services  and  other
expenditures  directly attributable to construction  of  the
jointly-owned  projects are paid by CSWS and SWP  as  agents
for  the  participating  companies.  Controlled-disbursement
bank  accounts  for  each project and  the  CSW  money  pool
facilitate  funding of  construction checks.   Each  company
must  provide  financing for its share of  the  construction
costs.

A  summary statement of activity is provided monthly by CSWS
and  SWP to the participating companies.  A series of   work
orders   and   account  numbers  enables  the  participating
companies  to  record their respective ownership  shares  of
construction  work in progress, retentions payable,  accrued
sales tax, vendor accounts payable and cash paid.

(B)  CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES

COLETO CREEK UNIT  #2

No  new  construction or engineering activities occurred  on
this  project  during the quarter.  This  project  has  been
suspended.    CSWS   is  continuing  to  provide    contract
administration,  including contract  suspension  costs,  and
maintenance  of environmental permits during  the  project's
dormant period.  No costs were incurred this quarter.

WALKER COUNTY UNIT #1

No  new  construction or engineering activities occurred  on
this  project  during the quarter.  This  project  has  been
suspended.  No costs were incurred this quarter.

HIGH VOLTAGE DIRECT CURRENT LINES (HVDC)

SOUTH:   In  December 1985, all engineering and construction
related   work   on  the  south Texas  HVDC  Interconnection
project was suspended.

EAST:   In  1987,  CSW received an order  from  the  Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approving the East  HVDC
Tie.  During 1992 SWP and CPL entered into an agreement with
Houston   Lighting  &  Power  Company  and  Texas  Utilities
Electric Company to construct and operate an East Texas HVDC
transmission  interconnection.   This  interconnection  will
consist of a back-to-back converter station and 16 miles  of
345   kilovolt  transmission  line  connecting  transmission
substations  at SWP's Welsh Power Plant and Texas  Utilities
Electric   Company's  Monticello  Power  Plant  near   Mount
Pleasant,   Texas.    Application  for  a   Certificate   of
Convenience    and    Necessity   for    the    transmission
interconnection   was  approved  by   the   Public   Utility
Commission of Texas on March 24, 1993.  A turn key  contract
for  the  provision and installation of the major  equipment
was entered into with Siemens Energy and Automation, Inc. on
March  24, 1993.  This 600,000 kilowatt project is scheduled
to  be  completed  in 1995.  Costs incurred  in  the  fourth
quarter  of  1994 include engineering consulting fees,  home
office  costs,  construction costs, and the HVDC  supplier's
costs.

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EXPENDITURES BY PROJECT :

                                 COLETO    WALKER     HVDC
                                 CREEK     COUNTY   EAST (1)
QUARTER  ENDED  DECEMBER   31,            (thousands)          
1994
                                                    
CPL                                  $--       $--    $4,478
                                                            
PSO                                   --        --        --
                                                            
SWP                                   --        --     4,478
                                                            
WTU                                   --        --        --
                                                            
TOTAL                                $--       $--    $8,956

(1)  Excludes non-affiliated interests in these projects.


                                        COLETO    WALKER    HVDC
                                         CREEK    COUNTY    EAST
                                                    (1)
TWELVE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1994            (thousands)  
                                                  
CPL                                       $--       $70  $16,367
                                                          
PSO                                        --        62       --
                                                          
SWP                                        --        69   16,367
                                                          
WTU                                        --        23       --
                                                          
TOTAL                                     $--      $224  $32,734

(1)  Excludes non-affiliated interests in these projects.



(C)  FUEL PROJECTS

SOUTH  HALLSVILLE:   Work  on  this  project  consisted   of
overseeing  the  contract  miner's  reclamation  activities.
During  the second quarter of 1994 lignite reserve  property
which  was  previously under lease was  purchased  from  the
landowner.

DOLET HILLS:  Land and lignite lease maintenance as well  as
advance royalty payments comprised the majority of the  work
on  this  project.   The property is now in  production  and
advanced royalty payments are being recouped.

WALKER/GRIMES:  Land and lignite lease maintenance  as  well
as  advance royalty payments comprised the majority  of  the
work on this project.

KARNACK/WOODLAWN:   Land and lignite  lease  maintenance  as
well  as advance royalty payments comprised the majority  of
the work on this project.


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(D)  BASIS FOR PROJECT BILLING ALLOCATIONS

SWP PROJECTS:

                                  SOUTH          DOLET
OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE           HALLSVILLE        HILLS
                                                   
SWP                              85.936%        46.094%
                                                   
NON-AFFILIATED ENTITIES          14.064%        53.906%
                                                   
TOTAL                           100.000%       100.000%

The South Hallsville project and the Dolet Hills project are
in the production stage.

JOINT VENTURE PROJECTS:

                                 KARNACK        WALKER
ALLOCATION PERCENTAGES          WOODLAWN        GRIMES
                                             
CPL                              30.87%         30.87%
                                                   
PSO                              28.08%         28.08%
                                                   
SWP                              30.67%         30.67%
                                                   
WTU                              10.38%         10.38%
                                                   
TOTAL                            100.00%        100.00%


ADMINISTRATIVE AND GENERAL ACTIVITIES:

Administrative  and  general activities included  continuing
maintenance  of a Land Management System.  Expenditures  for
these activities, along with legal, accounting, procurement,
employee relations, treasury and information services were 
$8,854 for the quarter.

EXPENDITURES BY PROJECT:
(thousands)

QUARTER ENDED             SOUTH      DOLET      WALKER    KARNACK
DECEMBER  31, 1994      HALLSVILLE   HILLS      GRIMES    WOODLAWN
                           (1)        (1)                     
                                                         
CPL                       $--       $ --        $94         $4
                                                              
PSO                        --         --         86          4
                                                              
SWP                       104        224         93          4
                                                              
WTU                        --         --         32          1
                                                              
TOTAL                  $  104       $224      $ 305        $13
                                                              
   (1)  Excludes non-affiliated interests in these projects.
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TWELVE MONTHS ENDED        SOUTH      DOLET      WALKER    KARNACK
DECEMBER  31, 1994      HALLSVILLE    HILLS      GRIMES    WOODLAWN
                            (1)        (1)                     
                                                         
CPL                           $--       $ --       $240        $19
                                                              
PSO                            --         --        219         18
                                                              
SWP                         4,659        245        238         19
                                                              
WTU                            --         --         81          6
                                                              
TOTAL                      $4,659      $ 245       $778        $62
                                                              
   (1)  Excludes non-affiliated interests in these projects.

                           QTR ENDED       TWELVE MONTHS ENDED
                      DECEMBER  31, 1994   DECEMBER  31, 1994
                       BUDGET    ACTUAL    BUDGET    ACTUAL
                                                          
SOUTH   HALLSVILLE      $188      $104      $884    $4,659
(1)
                                                          
DOLET HILLS (1)           --       224        --       245
                                                          
WALKER GRIMES            367       305       487       778
                                                          
KARNACK WOODLAWN           2        13        10        62
                                                          
TOTAL                   $557      $646    $1,381    $5,744

(1)  Excludes non-affiliated interests in these projects.


                                  SINCE
CUMULATIVE  EXPENDITURES       JANUARY 1, 1984
                               (thousands)
                              
SOUTH HALLSVILLE (1)             $17,861
                                      
DOLET HILLS (1)                    8,553
                                      
WALKER GRIMES                     16,624
                                      
KARNACK/WOODLAWN                   5,431
                                      
ABANDONED PROJECTS                   587
                                      
TOTAL                            $49,056

(1)  Excludes non-affiliated interests in these projects.

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II.  FUEL PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES


                                               CONTRACT      
                            TOTAL     TOTAL    MINER'S    TOTAL
                             TONS      TONS    DELIVERED  COST OF
                           PRODUCED  SHIPPED   COST/TON  FUEL/TON
                                                           (3)
QUARTER ENDED                                         
DECEMBER  31, 1994                                    
                                                      
SOUTH HALLSVILLE (1)       874,651    815,914    $13.11    $13.67
                                                          
DOLET HILLS (2)            306,585    280,839     22.16     22.81
                                                      

TWELVE MONTHS ENDED
DECEMBER  31, 1994                                    
                                                      
SOUTH HALLSVILLE (1)     2,940,515  2,913,747    $16.20    $16.74
                                                          
DOLET HILLS (2)          1,106,277  1,085,241     22.38     23.59
                                                      

The  above amounts exclude non-affiliated interests in these
projects.



(1)   Lignite  reserves  are owned and  controlled  by  SWP,
Oklahoma  Municipal  Power Authority  (OMPA)  and  Northeast
Texas Electric Cooperative (NTEC) and mined by Sabine Mining
Company.   All tonnage was delivered to the Henry W.  Pirkey
Power Plant which is also owned by SWP, OMPA, and NTEC.  The
total  cost  of   fuel  is the sum of the  contract  miner's
delivered   cost,  lease  maintenance  and  royalty   costs,
overhead costs and amortization costs.

(2)   Lignite  reserves  are owned and  controlled  by  SWP,
Central  Louisiana Electric Company, Inc. (CLECO) and  OMPA.
NTEC  acquires its ownership share from SWP once the lignite
is  delivered to the plant.  The lignite is mined  by  Dolet
Hills  Mining  Venture.  All tonnage was  delivered  to  the
Dolet  Hills Power Plant which is owned by SWP, CLECO,  OMPA
and  NTEC.  The total cost of fuel is the sum of the miner's
delivered   cost,  lease  maintenance  and  royalty   costs,
overhead costs and amortization costs.

(3)   The  cost  per ton is estimated each  month  and  then
adjusted to actual cost the following month.

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III.  OIL AND GAS ACTIVITIES

CPL  incurred  expenditures primarily for the operation  and
development of existing leases in south Texas.

                            QUARTER ENDED       TWELVE MONTHS ENDED
                          DECEMBER  31, 1994    DECEMBER  31, 1994
                             (thousands)           (thousands)
CPL                              $45                  $174


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                          SIGNATURE
                              


As requested by order of the Securities and Exchange

Commission pursuant to the Public Utility Holding Company

Act of 1935, Central and South West Services, Inc. has duly

caused this report to be signed on the 28th day of February

1995.






                                   By :   /s/ R. Russell Davis
                                              R. Russell Davis
                                              Controller
                                              Central and South West 
                                                Services, Inc.

2 West 2nd Street
P.O. Box 21928
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74121-1928
Telephone (918) 594-2000









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