<ARTICLE> UT <PERIOD-TYPE> 3-MOS <FISCAL-YEAR-END> JUN-30-1999 <PERIOD-END> SEP-30-1998 <BOOK-VALUE> PER-BOOK <TOTAL-NET-UTILITY-PLANT> 76,661 <OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST> 6,242 <TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS> 13,810 <TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES> 4,795 <OTHER-ASSETS> 3,290 <TOTAL-ASSETS> 104,798 <COMMON> 5,881 <CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN> 19,535 <RETAINED-EARNINGS> 7,349 <TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ> 32,765 <PREFERRED-MANDATORY> 0 <PREFERRED> 312 <LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET> 34,000 <SHORT-TERM-NOTES> 10,835 <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> 26,886 <TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB> 104,798 <GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE> 4,247 <INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE> (558) <OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES> 2,909 <TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES> 3,261 <OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS> (573) <OTHER-INCOME-NET> 432 <INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN> (356) <TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE> 1,078 <NET-INCOME> (876) <PREFERRED-STOCK-DIVIDENDS> 4 <EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM> (880) <COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS> 682 <TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS> 0 <CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS> (2,076) <EPS-PRIMARY> (.38) <EPS-DILUTED> 0