<ARTICLE> UT
                                                            EXHIBIT 27.01

<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
Statements of Income, Balance Sheets, Statements of Capitalization, Statements
of Changes in Common Stockholders' Equity and Statements of Cash Flows and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
<MULTIPLIER> 1,000
       
                             
<PERIOD-TYPE>                   12-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                          DEC-31-1995
<PERIOD-END>                               DEC-31-1995
<BOOK-VALUE>                                  PER-BOOK
<TOTAL-NET-UTILITY-PLANT>                    4,310,341
<OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST>                    670,718
<TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS>                         704,463
<TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES>                       374,212
<OTHER-ASSETS>                                 168,851
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                               6,228,585
<COMMON>                                       170,440
<CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN>                      599,094
<RETAINED-EARNINGS>                          1,266,026
<TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ>               2,027,391<F1>
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                                0
<PREFERRED>                                    240,469
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET>                         1,542,286
<SHORT-TERM-NOTES>                                 594
<LONG-TERM-NOTES-PAYABLE>                            0
<COMMERCIAL-PAPER-OBLIGATIONS>                 215,600
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-CURRENT-PORT>                  167,360
<PREFERRED-STOCK-CURRENT>                            0
<CAPITAL-LEASE-OBLIGATIONS>                          0
<LEASES-CURRENT>                                     0
<OTHER-ITEMS-CAPITAL-AND-LIAB>               2,026,716<F1>
<TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB>                6,228,585
<GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE>                    2,568,584
<INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE>                           152,228<F2>
<OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                   2,075,557
<TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                   2,222,705
<OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS>                        345,879
<OTHER-INCOME-NET>                              57,886<F2>
<INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN>                 398,685
<TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE>                       122,890
<NET-INCOME>                                   275,795
<PREFERRED-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                     12,449
<EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM>                  263,346
<COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                       180,510
<TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS>                      111,994
<CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS>                         573,787
<EPS-PRIMARY>                                     3.91
<EPS-DILUTED>                                        0

<FN>
<F1>
NOTE 1 - ($8,169) 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>
NOTE 2 - $5,080 thousand of non-operating income taxes are classified as
         Income Tax Expense.  The financial statement presentation includes
         them as a component of Other Income (Expense).
</FN>