[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 39 (Thursday, February 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 9006]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4859]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Release No. 35-26673]


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

February 21, 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 March 17, 1997, to the Secretary, Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Washington, DC 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.

Southwestern Electric Power Company, et al. (70-8987)

    Southwestern Electric Power Company (``SWEPCO''), 428 Travis 
Street, Shreveport, Louisiana 71156, Public Service Company of Oklahoma 
(``PSO''), 212 E. 6th Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74119, and West Texas 
Utilities Company (``WTU'' and, collectively with SWEPCO and PSO, the 
``Applicants''), 301 Cypress Street, Abilene, Texas 79601, each an 
electric utility subsidiary of Central and South West Corporation, a 
registered holding company, have filed an application under sections 
9(a) and 10 of the Act and rule 54 thereunder.
    The Applicants propose to lease to nonaffiliated third parties 
excess space in the Applicants' respective office buildings and other 
properties owned or leased by the Applicants, but not currently used in 
the normal course of their operations.
    The properties to be leased shall include the following types of 
properties: office space in buildings currently owned or leased by the 
Applicants; area or local offices, which typically consist of less than 
10,000 square feet; service centers which include office and warehouse 
facilities and which typically consist of less than 20,000 square feet; 
district or division offices, which typically consist of less than 
25,000 square feet; excess capacity in the Applicants' training 
facilities; miscellaneous facilities which are being held for future 
use or sale and which typically consist of less than 10,000 square 
feet; and other improved and unimproved land.
    All rental payments from nonaffiliated third parties for excess 
space are, and in the future will be, accounted for as rent from 
property devoted to electric operations for the Applicants that own the 
relevant building or property.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, 
pursuant to delegated authority.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-4859 Filed 2-26-97; 8:45 am]
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