<ARTICLE> UT <PERIOD-TYPE> 3-MOS <FISCAL-YEAR-END> JUN-30-1998 <PERIOD-END> SEP-30-1997 <BOOK-VALUE> PER-BOOK <TOTAL-NET-UTILITY-PLANT> 75,093 <OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST> 6,155 <TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS> 15,010 <TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES> 4,875 <OTHER-ASSETS> 3,290 <TOTAL-ASSETS> 104,423 <COMMON> 5,594 <CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN> 17,436 <RETAINED-EARNINGS> 7,261 <TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ> 30,291 <PREFERRED-MANDATORY> 0 <PREFERRED> 321 <LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET> 40,000 <SHORT-TERM-NOTES> 10,720 <LONG-TERM-NOTES-PAYABLE> 0 <COMMERCIAL-PAPER-OBLIGATIONS> 0 <LONG-TERM-DEBT-CURRENT-PORT> 0 <PREFERRED-STOCK-CURRENT> 0 <CAPITAL-LEASE-OBLIGATIONS> 0 <LEASES-CURRENT> 0 <OTHER-ITEMS-CAPITAL-AND-LIAB> 23,091 <TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB> 104,423 <GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE> 4,480 <INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE> (538) <OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES> 2,659 <TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES> 3,024 <OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS> (493) <OTHER-INCOME-NET> 424 <INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN> (69) <TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE> 1,101 <NET-INCOME> (836) <PREFERRED-STOCK-DIVIDENDS> 4 <EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM> (840) <COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS> 638 <TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS> 0 <CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS> (2,056) <EPS-PRIMARY> (.38) <EPS-DILUTED> 0