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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000950120-98-000239.txt : 19980625
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950120-98-000239
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	19980604
ITEM INFORMATION:		
FILED AS OF DATE:		19980624
SROS:			NYSE

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ENSERCH CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000033015
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION & DISTRIBUTION [4923]
		IRS NUMBER:				750399066
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			TX
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-03183
		FILM NUMBER:		98653418

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ENERGY PLAZA
		STREET 2:		1601 BRYAN STREET
		CITY:			DALLAS
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75201
		BUSINESS PHONE:		214-812-46

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		300 S ST PAUL ST
		CITY:			DALLAS
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75201

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	LONE STAR GAS CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19751015
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                          SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                                WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                       FORM 8-K


                                    CURRENT REPORT
                          PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF
                         THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


           DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED):  JUNE 4, 1998


                                 ENSERCH CORPORATION
                (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)


            TEXAS                   1-3183                75-0399066  
      -----------------         ---------------       ----------------
       (STATE OR OTHER           (COMMISSION          (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
        JURISDICTION             FILE NUMBER)        IDENTIFICATION NO.)
      OF INCORPORATION)


              ENERGY PLAZA, 1601 BRYAN STREET, DALLAS, TEXAS 75201-3411
             -----------------------------------------------------------
                 (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)  (ZIP CODE)


          REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE (214) 812-4600
                                                             ---------------


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          ITEM 5.   OTHER EVENTS.
                    ------------

               Reference is made to (i) the sixth and seventh paragraphs of
          the Regulation and Rates section of Item 1 contained in the
          Registrant's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
          1997 (10-K); (ii) the Regulation and Rates section of the
          Financial Condition section of Management's Discussion and
          Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation
          contained in the 10-K; (iii) the Inquiry into Lone Star Gas
          Company Rates section of Note 10 of the financial statements
          contained in the 10-K and (iv) Note 7 of the financial statements
          contained in the Registrant's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
          March 31, 1998.

               In August, 1996, the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC)
          ordered a general inquiry (Gas Utility Docket 8647) into the
          rates and service of Lone Star Gas Company, a division of a
          wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registrant (Lone Star Gas).  On
          June 4, 1998, Lone Star Gas announced that it had received RRC
          approval of a settlement agreement among it and various cities in
          Texas which had intervened in the proceeding.  The settlement
          provides that Lone Star Gas will credit a total of $18 million to
          residential and commercial customers over the five-month periods
          of November 1998 through March 1999 and November 1999 through
          March 2000; and, accordingly, an average residential customer is
          expected to experience a $9 reduction in gas costs for the 10-
          month period.  The earnings of Lone Star Gas will not be affected
          by the settlement due to reserves previously established.  As a
          result of the settlement, Docket 8647 has been dismissed.

               As part of the settlement, Lone Star Gas and the intervenors
          agreed to dismiss their respective appeals of the prior Lone Star
          Gas city gate rate case (Gas Utilities Docket 8654).


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                                      SIGNATURE


               Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
          of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
          on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


                                             ENSERCH CORPORATION


                                             By:  /s/ Robert S. Shapard
                                                ---------------------------
                                             Name: Robert S. Shapard
                                             Title: Treasurer and Assistant
                                                       Secretary


          Dated:  June 24, 1998


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