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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
 
     WHEREAS, ENSERCH Corporation, a Texas corporation (the "Corporation"),
 intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, an Annual Report on
 Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995, with such amendment or
 amendments thereto in each case as may be necessary or appropriate, together
 with any and all exhibits and other documents having relation to said
 Form 10-K;
 
     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned in his capacity as a director or officer
 or both, as the case may be, of the Corporation, does hereby appoint W. T.
 Satterwhite or M. E. Rescoe, and each of them severally, his true and lawful
 attorney or attorneys with power to act with or without the other and with
 full power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his name, place
 and stead in his capacity as a director, officer or both, as the case may be,
 of the Corporation, said Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto and all
 instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith and to file the
 same with the Commission.  Each of said attorneys shall have full power and
 authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned in
 any and all capacities every act whatsoever necessary or desirable to be done
 in the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
 might or could do in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and approving
 the acts of said attorneys and each of them.
 
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument on this
 26th day of March, 1996.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                              /s/ D. W. Biegler
                                        ______________________________
                                                D. W. Biegler
 
 
 
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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
 
    WHEREAS, ENSERCH Corporation, a Texas corporation (the "Corporation"),
 intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, an Annual Report on
 Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995, with such amendment or
 amendments thereto in each case as may be necessary or appropriate, together
 with any and all exhibits and other documents having relation to said
 Form 10-K;
 
    NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned in his capacity as a director of the
 Corporation, does hereby appoint D. W. Biegler, W. T. Satterwhite or M. E.
 Rescoe, and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorney or attorneys
 with power to act with or without the other and with full power of
 substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead in
 his capacity as a director of the Corporation, said Form 10-K and any and all
 amendments thereto and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection
 therewith and to file the same with the Commission.  Each of said attorneys
 shall have full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on
 behalf of the undersigned in any and all capacities every act whatsoever
 necessary or desirable to be done in the premises as fully and to all intents
 and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, the undersigned
 hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorneys and each of them.
 
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument on this
 26th day of March, 1996.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                            /s/ Frederick S. Addy
                                        ______________________________
                                              Frederick S. Addy
 
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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
 
    WHEREAS, ENSERCH Corporation, a Texas corporation (the "Corporation"),
 intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, an Annual Report on
 Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995, with such amendment or
 amendments thereto in each case as may be necessary or appropriate, together
 with any and all exhibits and other documents having relation to said
 Form 10-K;
 
    NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned in his capacity as a director of the
 Corporation, does hereby appoint D. W. Biegler, W. T. Satterwhite or M. E.
 Rescoe, and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorney or attorneys
 with power to act with or without the other and with full power of
 substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead in
 his capacity as a director of the Corporation, said Form 10-K and any and all
 amendments thereto and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection
 therewith and to file the same with the Commission.  Each of said attorneys
 shall have full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on
 behalf of the undersigned in any and all capacities every act whatsoever
 necessary or desirable to be done in the premises as fully and to all intents
 and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, the undersigned
 hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorneys and each of them.
 
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument on this
 26th day of March, 1996.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                          /s/ B. A. Bridgewater, Jr.
                                        ______________________________
                                            B. A. Bridgewater, Jr.
 
 
 
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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
 
    WHEREAS, ENSERCH Corporation, a Texas corporation (the "Corporation"),
 intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, an Annual Report on
 Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995, with such amendment or
 amendments thereto in each case as may be necessary or appropriate, together
 with any and all exhibits and other documents having relation to said
 Form 10-K;
 
    NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned in his capacity as a director of the
 Corporation, does hereby appoint D. W. Biegler, W. T. Satterwhite or M. E.
 Rescoe, and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorney or attorneys
 with power to act with or without the other and with full power of
 substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead in
 his capacity as a director of the Corporation, said Form 10-K and any and all
 amendments thereto and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection
 therewith and to file the same with the Commission.  Each of said attorneys
 shall have full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on
 behalf of the undersigned in any and all capacities every act whatsoever
 necessary or desirable to be done in the premises as fully and to all intents
 and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person,  the undersigned
 hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorneys and each of them.
 
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument on this
 26th day of March, 1996.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                              /s/ Odie C. Donald
                                        ______________________________
                                                Odie C. Donald
 
 
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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
 
    WHEREAS, ENSERCH Corporation, a Texas corporation (the "Corporation"),
 intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, an Annual Report on
 Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995, with such amendment or
 amendments thereto in each case as may be necessary or appropriate, together
 with any and all exhibits and other documents having relation to said
 Form 10-K;
 
    NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned in his capacity as a director of the
 Corporation, does hereby appoint D. W. Biegler, W. T. Satterwhite or M. E.
 Rescoe, and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorney or attorneys
 with power to act with or without the other and with full power of
 substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead in
 his capacity as a director of the Corporation, said Form 10-K and any and all
 amendments thereto and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection
 therewith and to file the same with the Commission.  Each of said attorneys
 shall have full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on
 behalf of the undersigned in any and all capacities every act whatsoever
 necessary or desirable to be done in the premises as fully and to all intents
 and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person,  the undersigned
 hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorneys and each of them.
 
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument on this
 26th day of March, 1996.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                            /s/ Marvin J. Girouard
                                        ______________________________
                                              Marvin J. Girouard
 
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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
 
    WHEREAS, ENSERCH Corporation, a Texas corporation (the "Corporation"),
 intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, an Annual Report on
 Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995, with such amendment or
 amendments thereto in each case as may be necessary or appropriate, together
 with any and all exhibits and other documents having relation to said
 Form 10-K;
 
    NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned in his capacity as a director of the
 Corporation, does hereby appoint D. W. Biegler, W. T. Satterwhite or M. E.
 Rescoe, and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorney or attorneys
 with power to act with or without the other and with full power of
 substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead in
 his capacity as a director of the Corporation, said Form 10-K and any and all
 amendments thereto and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection
 therewith and to file the same with the Commission.  Each of said attorneys
 shall have full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on
 behalf of the undersigned in any and all capacities every act whatsoever
 necessary or desirable to be done in the premises as fully and to all intents
 and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, the undersigned
 hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorneys and each of them.
 
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument on this
 26th day of March, 1996.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                          /s/ Joseph M. Haggar, Jr.
                                        ______________________________
                                            Joseph M. Haggar, Jr.
 
 
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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
 
    WHEREAS, ENSERCH Corporation, a Texas corporation (the "Corporation"),
 intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, an Annual Report on
 Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995, with such amendment or
 amendments thereto in each case as may be necessary or appropriate, together
 with any and all exhibits and other documents having relation to said
 Form 10-K;
 
    NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned in his capacity as a director of the
 Corporation, does hereby appoint D. W. Biegler, W. T. Satterwhite or M. E.
 Rescoe, and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorney or attorneys
 with power to act with or without the other and with full power of
 substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead in
 his capacity as a director of the Corporation, said Form 10-K and any and all
 amendments thereto and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection
 therewith and to file the same with the Commission.  Each of said attorneys
 shall have full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on
 behalf of the undersigned in any and all capacities every act whatsoever
 necessary or desirable to be done in the premises as fully and to all intents
 and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, the undersigned
 hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorneys and each of them.
 
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument on this
 26th day of March, 1996.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                           /s/ Thomas W. Luce, III
                                        ______________________________
                                             Thomas W. Luce, III
 
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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
 
    WHEREAS, ENSERCH Corporation, a Texas corporation (the "Corporation"),
 intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, an Annual Report on
 Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995, with such amendment or
 amendments thereto in each case as may be necessary or appropriate, together
 with any and all exhibits and other documents having relation to said
 Form 10-K;
 
    NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned in his capacity as a director of the
 Corporation, does hereby appoint D. W. Biegler, W. T. Satterwhite or M. E.
 Rescoe, and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorney or attorneys
 with power to act with or without the other and with full power of
 substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead in
 his capacity as a director of the Corporation, said Form 10-K and any and all
 amendments thereto and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection
 therewith and to file the same with the Commission.  Each of said attorneys
 shall have full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on
 behalf of the undersigned in any and all capacities every act whatsoever
 necessary or desirable to be done in the premises as fully and to all intents
 and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, the undersigned
 hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorneys and each of them.
 
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument on this
 26th day of March, 1996.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                               /w/ W. C. McCord
                                        ______________________________
                                                 W. C. McCord
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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
 
    WHEREAS, ENSERCH Corporation, a Texas corporation (the "Corporation"),
 intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, an Annual Report on
 Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995, with such amendment or
 amendments thereto in each case as may be necessary or appropriate, together
 with any and all exhibits and other documents having relation to said
 Form 10-K;
 
    NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned in her capacity as a director of the
 Corporation, does hereby appoint D. W. Biegler, W. T. Satterwhite or M. E.
 Rescoe, and each of them severally, her true and lawful attorney or attorneys
 with power to act with or without the other and with full power of
 substitution and resubstitution, to execute in her name, place and stead in
 her capacity as a director of the Corporation, said Form 10-K and any and all
 amendments thereto and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection
 therewith and to file the same with the Commission.  Each of said attorneys
 shall have full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on
 behalf of the undersigned in any and all capacities every act whatsoever
 necessary or desirable to be done in the premises as fully and to all intents
 and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, the undersigned
 hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorneys and each of them.
 
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument on this
 26th day of March, 1996.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                            /s/ Diana S. Natalicio
                                        ______________________________
                                              Diana S. Natalicio
 
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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
 
    WHEREAS, ENSERCH Corporation, a Texas corporation (the "Corporation"),
 intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, an Annual Report on
 Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995, with such amendment or
 amendments thereto in each case as may be necessary or appropriate, together
 with any and all exhibits and other documents having relation to said
 Form 10-K;
 
    NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned in his capacity as an officer of the
 Corporation, does hereby appoint D. W. Biegler or W. T. Satterwhite, and each
 of them severally, his true and lawful attorney or attorneys with power to act
 with or without the other and with full power of substitution and
 resubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead in his capacity as an
 officer of the Corporation, said Form 10-K and any and all amendments thereto
 and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith and to
 file the same with the Commission.  Each of said attorneys shall have full
 power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the
 undersigned in any and all capacities every act whatsoever necessary or
 desirable to be done in the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes
 as the undersigned might or could do in person, the undersigned hereby
 ratifying and approving the acts of said attorneys and each of them.
 
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument on this
 26th day of March, 1996.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                               /s/ M. E. Rescoe
                                        ______________________________
                                                 M. E. Rescoe
 
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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
 
    WHEREAS, ENSERCH Corporation, a Texas corporation (the "Corporation"),
 intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, an Annual Report on
 Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995, with such amendment or
 amendments thereto in each case as may be necessary or appropriate, together
 with any and all exhibits and other documents having relation to said
 Form 10-K;
 
    NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned in his capacity as an officer of the
 Corporation, does hereby appoint D. W. Biegler, W. T. Satterwhite or M. E.
 Rescoe, and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorney or attorneys
 with power to act with or without the other and with full power of
 substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his name, place and stead in
 his capacity as an officer of the Corporation, said Form 10-K and any and all
 amendments thereto and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection
 therewith and to file the same with the Commission.  Each of said attorneys
 shall have full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on
 behalf of the undersigned in any and all capacities every act whatsoever
 necessary or desirable to be done in the premises as fully and to all intents
 and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, the undersigned
 hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorneys and each of them.
 
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument on this
 26th day of March, 1996.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                            /s/ J. W. Pinkerton 
                                      ______________________________
                                               J. W. Pinkerton