<ARTICLE> 5
<LEGEND>
The schedule contains summarized financial information extracted from the
Mountain Fuel Supply Company Statement of Income and Balance Sheet for the
period ended September 30, 1994, and is qualified in its entirety by
references to such unaudited financial statements.
</LEGEND>
<MULTIPLIER> 1,000
       
                             
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