<ARTICLE> UT
                                                            Exhibit 27.01
<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
Consolidated Statements of Income, Consolidated Balance Sheets and Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such
financial statements.


</LEGEND>
<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>                    4,281,729
<OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST>                    646,123
<TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS>                         624,999
<TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES>                       378,638
<OTHER-ASSETS>                                 141,789
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                               6,073,278
<COMMON>                                       169,759
<CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN>                      587,162
<RETAINED-EARNINGS>                          1,255,785
<TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ>               2,003,144<F1>
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                                0
<PREFERRED>                                    240,469
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET>                         1,545,244
<SHORT-TERM-NOTES>                                 248
<LONG-TERM-NOTES-PAYABLE>                            0
<COMMERCIAL-PAPER-OBLIGATIONS>                 139,200
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-CURRENT-PORT>                  167,917
<PREFERRED-STOCK-CURRENT>                            0
<CAPITAL-LEASE-OBLIGATIONS>                          0
<LEASES-CURRENT>                                     0
<OTHER-ITEMS-CAPITAL-AND-LIAB>               1,967,494<F1>
<TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB>                6,073,278
<GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE>                    1,915,816
<INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE>                           124,621<F2>
<OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                   1,536,840
<TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                   1,648,364
<OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS>                        267,452
<OTHER-INCOME-NET>                              56,273<F2>
<INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN>                 310,628
<TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE>                        93,824
<NET-INCOME>                                   216,804
<PREFERRED-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                      9,388
<EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM>                  207,416
<COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                       134,822
<TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS>                       84,110
<CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS>                         483,207
<EPS-PRIMARY>                                    $3.09
<EPS-DILUTED>                                        0

<FN>
<F1> $(9,562) thousand of Common Stockholders' Equity is classified as Other
Items-Capitalization and Liabilities.  This represents the net of leveraged
common stock held by the Employee Stock Ownership Plan and the currency
translation adjustments.

<F2> $13.097 million of non-operating income taxes are classified as Income Tax
Expense.  The financial statement presentation includes them as a component of
Other Income (expense) - Net.
</FN>