<ARTICLE> UT
          <MULTIPLIER> 1,000
                 
                                       
          <PERIOD-TYPE>                   9-MOS
          <FISCAL-YEAR-END>                          DEC-31-1994
          <PERIOD-END>                               SEP-30-1995
          <BOOK-VALUE>                                  PER-BOOK
          <TOTAL-NET-UTILITY-PLANT>                    1,068,964
          <OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST>                     53,682
          <TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS>                         231,091
          <TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES>                       632,767
          <OTHER-ASSETS>                                       0<F1>
          <TOTAL-ASSETS>                               1,986,504
          <COMMON>                                       162,214
          <CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN>                      276,234
          <RETAINED-EARNINGS>                             51,555
          <TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ>                 490,003
          <PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                           74,528
          <PREFERRED>                                     65,571
          <LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET>                           591,686
          <SHORT-TERM-NOTES>                                   0
          <LONG-TERM-NOTES-PAYABLE>                            0
          <COMMERCIAL-PAPER-OBLIGATIONS>                       0
          <LONG-TERM-DEBT-CURRENT-PORT>                   39,860
          <PREFERRED-STOCK-CURRENT>                            0
          <CAPITAL-LEASE-OBLIGATIONS>                     36,147
          <LEASES-CURRENT>                                 1,724
          <OTHER-ITEMS-CAPITAL-AND-LIAB>                 686,985
          <TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB>                1,986,504
          <GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE>                      683,768
          <INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE>                            12,695
          <OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                     610,740
          <TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                     623,435
          <OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS>                         65,582
          <OTHER-INCOME-NET>                               3,512
          <INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN>                  69,094
          <TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE>                        40,937
          <NET-INCOME>                                    28,157
          <PREFERRED-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                      7,659
          <EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM>                   20,498
          <COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                        21,916
          <TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS>                       23,070
          <CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS>                         107,095
          <EPS-PRIMARY>                                     0.63
          <EPS-DILUTED>                                     0.63
          <FN>
          <F1>Included in Total Deferred Charges.
          </FN>