<ARTICLE> UT
<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from Indiana
Energy, Inc.'s consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 1999, and
for the three months then ended and is qualified in its entirety by reference to
such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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<PERIOD-END>                               DEC-31-1999
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