<ARTICLE> 5 <LEGEND> The following schedule contains summarized financial information extracted from the Mountain Fuel Supply Company Statements of Income and Balance Sheet for the nine-months ended September 30, 1995, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such unauditied financial statements. </LEGEND> <MULTIPLIER> 1,000 <PERIOD-TYPE> 9-MOS <FISCAL-YEAR-END> DEC-31-1995 <PERIOD-END> SEP-30-1995 <CASH> 295 <SECURITIES> 0 <RECEIVABLES> 28,339 <ALLOWANCES> 0 <INVENTORY> 24,698 <CURRENT-ASSETS> 57,994 <PP&E> 769,398 <DEPRECIATION> 300,028 <TOTAL-ASSETS> 23,982 <CURRENT-LIABILITIES> 85,923 <BONDS> 175,000 <COMMON> 22,974 <PREFERRED-MANDATORY> 0 <PREFERRED> 6,211 <OTHER-SE> 175,391 <TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY> 551,346 <SALES> 0 <TOTAL-REVENUES> 247,942 <CGS> 0 <TOTAL-COSTS> 203,132 <OTHER-EXPENSES> 27,013 <LOSS-PROVISION> 0 <INTEREST-EXPENSE> 12,157 <INCOME-PRETAX> 9,213 <INCOME-TAX> 925 <INCOME-CONTINUING> 8,288 <DISCONTINUED> 0 <EXTRAORDINARY> 0 <CHANGES> 0 <NET-INCOME> 8,288 <EPS-PRIMARY> 0 <EPS-DILUTED> 0