EXHIBIT 24.10
                      POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned, as a director of Public Service Company  of
Oklahoma  (the  "Company"), hereby  makes,  constitutes  and
appoints Robert L. Zemanek and R. Russell Davis, and each of
them  severally,  his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact  and
agents, each with full power and authority (acting alone and
without the others) to execute in the name and on behalf  of
the  undersigned, in any and all capacities,  the  Company's
Annual  Report  on  Form  10-K for  1995  and  any  and  all
amendments   thereto,  to  be  filed  under  the  Securities
Exchange  Act  of 1934, as amended, and any other  documents
and  instruments incidental thereto, and to file  the  same,
with  all  exhibits thereto and all documents in  connection
therewith,  with  the  Securities and  Exchange  Commission,
hereby  granting to such attorneys-in-fact, and agents,  and
each  of them, full power and authority of substitution  and
revocation  in the premises and full power and authority  to
do  and  perform each and every act and thing requisite  and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully for
all  intents and purposes as the undersigned might or  could
do  in  person and hereby ratifying and confirming all  that
such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may do or
cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

IN  WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto executed this Power  of
Attorney this 16th day of January, 1996.


                              Harry A. Clarke





Subscribed and sworn to before me this 16th day of  January,
1996 by Harry A. Clarke.


                              Lina P. Holm
                              Notary Public


My Commission Expires:
January 28, 1999


EXHIBIT 24.10
                      POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned, as a director of Public Service Company  of
Oklahoma  (the  "Company"), hereby  makes,  constitutes  and
appoints Robert L. Zemanek and R. Russell Davis, and each of
them  severally,  his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact  and
agents, each with full power and authority (acting alone and
without the others) to execute in the name and on behalf  of
the  undersigned, in any and all capacities,  the  Company's
Annual  Report  on  Form  10-K for  1995  and  any  and  all
amendments   thereto,  to  be  filed  under  the  Securities
Exchange  Act  of 1934, as amended, and any other  documents
and  instruments incidental thereto, and to file  the  same,
with  all  exhibits thereto and all documents in  connection
therewith,  with  the  Securities and  Exchange  Commission,
hereby  granting to such attorneys-in-fact, and agents,  and
each  of them, full power and authority of substitution  and
revocation  in the premises and full power and authority  to
do  and  perform each and every act and thing requisite  and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully for
all  intents and purposes as the undersigned might or  could
do  in  person and hereby ratifying and confirming all  that
such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may do or
cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

IN  WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto executed this Power  of
Attorney this 16th day of January, 1996.


                              Harry D. Mattison





Subscribed and sworn to before me this 16th day of  January,
1996 by Harry D. Mattison.


                              Lina P. Holm
                              Notary Public


My Commission Expires:
January 28, 1999


EXHIBIT 24.10
                      POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned, as a director of Public Service Company  of
Oklahoma  (the  "Company"), hereby  makes,  constitutes  and
appoints Robert L. Zemanek and R. Russell Davis, and each of
them  severally,  his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact  and
agents, each with full power and authority (acting alone and
without the others) to execute in the name and on behalf  of
the  undersigned, in any and all capacities,  the  Company's
Annual  Report  on  Form  10-K for  1995  and  any  and  all
amendments   thereto,  to  be  filed  under  the  Securities
Exchange  Act  of 1934, as amended, and any other  documents
and  instruments incidental thereto, and to file  the  same,
with  all  exhibits thereto and all documents in  connection
therewith,  with  the  Securities and  Exchange  Commission,
hereby  granting to such attorneys-in-fact, and agents,  and
each  of them, full power and authority of substitution  and
revocation  in the premises and full power and authority  to
do  and  perform each and every act and thing requisite  and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully for
all  intents and purposes as the undersigned might or  could
do  in  person and hereby ratifying and confirming all  that
such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may do or
cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

IN  WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto executed this Power  of
Attorney this 16th day of January, 1996.


                              E. R. Brooks





Subscribed and sworn to before me this 16th day of  January,
1996 by E. R. Brooks.


                              Lina P. Holm
                              Notary Public


My Commission Expires:
January 28, 1999


EXHIBIT 24.10
                      POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned, as a director of Public Service Company  of
Oklahoma  (the  "Company"), hereby  makes,  constitutes  and
appoints Robert L. Zemanek and R. Russell Davis, and each of
them  severally,  his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact  and
agents, each with full power and authority (acting alone and
without the others) to execute in the name and on behalf  of
the  undersigned, in any and all capacities,  the  Company's
Annual  Report  on  Form  10-K for  1995  and  any  and  all
amendments   thereto,  to  be  filed  under  the  Securities
Exchange  Act  of 1934, as amended, and any other  documents
and  instruments incidental thereto, and to file  the  same,
with  all  exhibits thereto and all documents in  connection
therewith,  with  the  Securities and  Exchange  Commission,
hereby  granting to such attorneys-in-fact, and agents,  and
each  of them, full power and authority of substitution  and
revocation  in the premises and full power and authority  to
do  and  perform each and every act and thing requisite  and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully for
all  intents and purposes as the undersigned might or  could
do  in  person and hereby ratifying and confirming all  that
such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may do or
cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

IN  WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto executed this Power  of
Attorney this 16th day of January, 1996.


                              Robert B. Taylor, Jr.





Subscribed and sworn to before me this 16th day of  January,
1996 by Robert B. Taylor, Jr.


                              Lina P. Holm
                              Notary Public


My Commission Expires:
January 28, 1999



EXHIBIT 24.10
                      POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned, as a director of Public Service Company  of
Oklahoma  (the  "Company"), hereby  makes,  constitutes  and
appoints Robert L. Zemanek and R. Russell Davis, and each of
them  severally,  his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact  and
agents, each with full power and authority (acting alone and
without the others) to execute in the name and on behalf  of
the  undersigned, in any and all capacities,  the  Company's
Annual  Report  on  Form  10-K for  1995  and  any  and  all
amendments   thereto,  to  be  filed  under  the  Securities
Exchange  Act  of 1934, as amended, and any other  documents
and  instruments incidental thereto, and to file  the  same,
with  all  exhibits thereto and all documents in  connection
therewith,  with  the  Securities and  Exchange  Commission,
hereby  granting to such attorneys-in-fact, and agents,  and
each  of them, full power and authority of substitution  and
revocation  in the premises and full power and authority  to
do  and  perform each and every act and thing requisite  and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully for
all  intents and purposes as the undersigned might or  could
do  in  person and hereby ratifying and confirming all  that
such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may do or
cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

IN  WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto executed this Power  of
Attorney this 16th day of January, 1996.


                              Paul K. Lackey, Jr.





Subscribed and sworn to before me this 16th day of  January,
1996 by Paul K. Lackey, Jr.


                              Lina P. Holm
                              Notary Public


My Commission Expires:
January 28, 1999



EXHIBIT 24.10
                      POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned, as a director of Public Service Company  of
Oklahoma  (the  "Company"), hereby  makes,  constitutes  and
appoints Robert L. Zemanek and R. Russell Davis, and each of
them  severally,  his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact  and
agents, each with full power and authority (acting alone and
without the others) to execute in the name and on behalf  of
the  undersigned, in any and all capacities,  the  Company's
Annual  Report  on  Form  10-K for  1995  and  any  and  all
amendments   thereto,  to  be  filed  under  the  Securities
Exchange  Act  of 1934, as amended, and any other  documents
and  instruments incidental thereto, and to file  the  same,
with  all  exhibits thereto and all documents in  connection
therewith,  with  the  Securities and  Exchange  Commission,
hereby  granting to such attorneys-in-fact, and agents,  and
each  of them, full power and authority of substitution  and
revocation  in the premises and full power and authority  to
do  and  perform each and every act and thing requisite  and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully for
all  intents and purposes as the undersigned might or  could
do  in  person and hereby ratifying and confirming all  that
such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may do or
cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

IN  WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto executed this Power  of
Attorney this 26th day of January, 1996.


                              Paula Marshall-Chapman





Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26th day of  January,
1996 by Paula Marshall-Chapman.


                              Lina P. Holm
                              Notary Public


My Commission Expires:
January 28, 1999

EXHIBIT 24.10
                      POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned, as a director of Public Service Company  of
Oklahoma  (the  "Company"), hereby  makes,  constitutes  and
appoints Robert L. Zemanek and R. Russell Davis, and each of
them  severally,  his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact  and
agents, each with full power and authority (acting alone and
without the others) to execute in the name and on behalf  of
the  undersigned, in any and all capacities,  the  Company's
Annual  Report  on  Form  10-K for  1995  and  any  and  all
amendments   thereto,  to  be  filed  under  the  Securities
Exchange  Act  of 1934, as amended, and any other  documents
and  instruments incidental thereto, and to file  the  same,
with  all  exhibits thereto and all documents in  connection
therewith,  with  the  Securities and  Exchange  Commission,
hereby  granting to such attorneys-in-fact, and agents,  and
each  of them, full power and authority of substitution  and
revocation  in the premises and full power and authority  to
do  and  perform each and every act and thing requisite  and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully for
all  intents and purposes as the undersigned might or  could
do  in  person and hereby ratifying and confirming all  that
such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may do or
cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

IN  WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto executed this Power  of
Attorney this 16th day of January, 1996.


                              William R. McKamey





Subscribed and sworn to before me this 16th day of  January,
1996 by William R. McKamey.


                              Lina P. Holm
                              Notary Public


My Commission Expires:
January 28, 1999


EXHIBIT 24.10
                      POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned, as a director of Public Service Company  of
Oklahoma  (the  "Company"), hereby  makes,  constitutes  and
appoints Robert L. Zemanek and R. Russell Davis, and each of
them  severally,  his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact  and
agents, each with full power and authority (acting alone and
without the others) to execute in the name and on behalf  of
the  undersigned, in any and all capacities,  the  Company's
Annual  Report  on  Form  10-K for  1995  and  any  and  all
amendments   thereto,  to  be  filed  under  the  Securities
Exchange  Act  of 1934, as amended, and any other  documents
and  instruments incidental thereto, and to file  the  same,
with  all  exhibits thereto and all documents in  connection
therewith,  with  the  Securities and  Exchange  Commission,
hereby  granting to such attorneys-in-fact, and agents,  and
each  of them, full power and authority of substitution  and
revocation  in the premises and full power and authority  to
do  and  perform each and every act and thing requisite  and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully for
all  intents and purposes as the undersigned might or  could
do  in  person and hereby ratifying and confirming all  that
such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may do or
cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

IN  WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto executed this Power  of
Attorney this 16th day of January, 1996.


                              Mary M. Polfer





Subscribed and sworn to before me this 16th day of  January,
1996 by Mary M. Polfer.


                              Lina P. Holm
                              Notary Public


My Commission Expires:
January 28, 1999


EXHIBIT 24.10
                      POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned, as a director of Public Service Company  of
Oklahoma  (the  "Company"), hereby  makes,  constitutes  and
appoints Robert L. Zemanek and R. Russell Davis, and each of
them  severally,  his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact  and
agents, each with full power and authority (acting alone and
without the others) to execute in the name and on behalf  of
the  undersigned, in any and all capacities,  the  Company's
Annual  Report  on  Form  10-K for  1995  and  any  and  all
amendments   thereto,  to  be  filed  under  the  Securities
Exchange  Act  of 1934, as amended, and any other  documents
and  instruments incidental thereto, and to file  the  same,
with  all  exhibits thereto and all documents in  connection
therewith,  with  the  Securities and  Exchange  Commission,
hereby  granting to such attorneys-in-fact, and agents,  and
each  of them, full power and authority of substitution  and
revocation  in the premises and full power and authority  to
do  and  perform each and every act and thing requisite  and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully for
all  intents and purposes as the undersigned might or  could
do  in  person and hereby ratifying and confirming all  that
such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may do or
cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

IN  WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto executed this Power  of
Attorney this 16th day of January, 1996.


                              Waldo Zerger, Jr.





Subscribed and sworn to before me this 16th day of  January,
1996 by Waldo Zerger, Jr.


                              Lina P. Holm
                              Notary Public


My Commission Expires:
January 28, 1999