[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 220 (Friday, November 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 61154]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29988]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 35-26776]


Filings Under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as 
Amended (``Act'')

November 7, 1997.
    Notice is hereby given that the following filing(s) has/have been 
made with the Commission pursuant to provisions of the Act and rules 
promulgated thereunder. All interested persons are referred to the 
application(s) and/or declaration(s) for complete statements of the 
proposed transaction(s) summarized below. The application(s) and/or 
declaration(s) and any amendments thereto is/are available for public 
inspection through the Commission's Office of Public Reference.
    Interested persons wishing to comment or request a hearing on the 
application(s) and/or declaration(s) should submit their views in 
writing by December 1, 1997, to the Secretary, Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Washington, D.C. 20549, and serve a copy on the relevant 
applicant(s) and/or declarant(s) at the address(es) specified below. 
Proof of service (by affidavit or, in case of an attorney at law, by 
certificate) should be filed with the request. Any request for hearing 
shall identify specifically the issues of fact or law that are 
disputed. A person who so requests will be notified of any hearing, if 
ordered, and will receive a copy of any notice or order issued in the 
matter. After said date, the application(s) and/or declaration(s), as 
filed or as amended, may be granted and/or permitted to become 
effective.

Central and South West Services, Inc. (70-7671)

    Central and South West Services, Inc. (``CSWS''), 1616 Woodall 
Rodgers Freeway, P.O. Box 660164, Dallas, Texas 75266, a non-utility 
subsidiary company of Central and South West Corporation, a registered 
holding company, has filed a post-effective amendment under sections 
9(a) and 10 of the Act and rule 54 under the Act to an application-
declaration filed under sections 9(a) and 10 of the Act.
    By orders dated August 10, 1990 (HCAR No. 25132), December 18, 1992 
(HCAR No. 25714), and December 28, 1994 (HCAR No. 26206) (``Orders''), 
CSWS was authorized, among other things, to license and sell to non-
associate entities through December 31, 1997 specialized computer 
programs and to provide support services to licensees and entities that 
purchased the software. The support services were to include program 
enhancements and problem resolution and were to be sold to non-
associate companies for an amount not less than cost to CSWS.
    The Orders also authorized CSWS to make expenditures of up to $1 
million per calendar year and to make expenditures of up to $250,000 
per project to develop or change software for non-associate entities; 
to market software and services; and to add up to ten employees to 
support these activities.
    Finally, the Orders authorized CSWS to sell reserve computer 
capacity and to provide date management services to non-associate 
entities provided that CSWS would limit computer capacity sales to non-
associate entities to 50 percent of its total capacity.
    CSWS now requests that the Commission extend the term of the 
authorizations contained in the Orders through December 31, 2002.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, 
pursuant to delegated authority.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-29988 Filed 11-13-97; 8:45 am]
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