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FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CENTRAL & SOUTH WEST CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000018540
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911]
		IRS NUMBER:				510007707
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		RW
		SEC ACT:		
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	070-09105
		FILM NUMBER:		596023

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1616 WOODALL RODGERS FRWY
		CITY:			DALLAS
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75202
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2147771000
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<DESCRIPTION>WITHDRAWING FORM U-1
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                       Central and South West Corporation
                          1616 Woodall Rodgers Freeway
                               Dallas, Texas 75202


                                  April 7, 2000


Mr. Jonathan G. Katz
Secretary
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.   20549


          Re:      Central and South West Corporation - File No. 70-9105

Dear Mr. Katz:

         This letter is to advise the  Securities and Exchange  Commission  (the
"Commission")  that Central and South West Corporation  ("CSW") hereby withdraws
the  Form  U-1  Application-Declaration  File No.  70-9105,  as  filed  with the
Commission on November 13, 1997.

         If you have any questions regarding this letter, please do not hesitate
to call Mark Menezes of CSW at (202) 628-0886 or Joris Hogan of Milbank,  Tweed,
Hadley & McCloy LLP at (212) 530-5106.

                                Very truly yours,

                                    CENTRAL AND SOUTH WEST CORPORATION

                                    By:  /s/ WENDY G. HARGUS
                                             Treasurer


cc:      Mark Menezes
         Catherine Fisher
         Martha Cathey Baker
         Robert P. Wason
         Office of Public Utility Regulation
         Division of Investment Management

         Joris M. Hogan/Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP

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