<ARTICLE> UT
<MULTIPLIER> 1,000
       
                             
<PERIOD-TYPE>                   3-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                          DEC-31-1995
<PERIOD-END>                               MAR-31-1995
<BOOK-VALUE>                                  PER-BOOK
<TOTAL-NET-UTILITY-PLANT>                      223,109
<OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST>                      6,329
<TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS>                          54,638
<TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES>                        24,616
<OTHER-ASSETS>                                  13,340
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                                 322,032
<COMMON>                                        27,532
<CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN>                       49,862
<RETAINED-EARNINGS>                             32,422
<TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ>                 109,816
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                                0
<PREFERRED>                                          0
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET>                            77,888
<SHORT-TERM-NOTES>                              41,041
<LONG-TERM-NOTES-PAYABLE>                            0
<COMMERCIAL-PAPER-OBLIGATIONS>                       0
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-CURRENT-PORT>                    8,451
<PREFERRED-STOCK-CURRENT>                            0
<CAPITAL-LEASE-OBLIGATIONS>                      2,236
<LEASES-CURRENT>                                   711
<OTHER-ITEMS-CAPITAL-AND-LIAB>                  81,889
<TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB>                  322,032
<GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE>                       70,353
<INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE>                             7,680
<OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                      48,206
<TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                      55,886
<OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS>                         14,467
<OTHER-INCOME-NET>                                 223
<INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN>                  14,690
<TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE>                         2,241
<NET-INCOME>                                    12,449
<PREFERRED-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                          0
<EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM>                   12,449
<COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                         2,595
<TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS>                        1,943
<CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS>                          14,824
<EPS-PRIMARY>                                     1.51
<EPS-DILUTED>                                     1.51