<ARTICLE> UT <PERIOD-TYPE> 9-MOS <FISCAL-YEAR-END> JUN-30-1999 <PERIOD-END> MAR-31-1999 <BOOK-VALUE> PER-BOOK <TOTAL-NET-UTILITY-PLANT> 76,173 <OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST> 6,913 <TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS> 18,084 <TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES> 4,844 <OTHER-ASSETS> 3,290 <TOTAL-ASSETS> 109,304 <COMMON> 27,412 <CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN> 0 <RETAINED-EARNINGS> 10,053 <TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ> 37,465 <PREFERRED-MANDATORY> 0 <PREFERRED> 312 <LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET> 40,000 <SHORT-TERM-NOTES> 10,100 <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> 21,427 <TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB> 109,304 <GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE> 41,677 <INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE> 1,980 <OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES> 11,416 <TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES> 16,745 <OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS> 6,690 <OTHER-INCOME-NET> 1,891 <INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN> 8,581 <TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE> 3,361 <NET-INCOME> 3,240 <PREFERRED-STOCK-DIVIDENDS> 11 <EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM> 3,229 <COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS> 2,087 <TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS> 0 <CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS> 1,898 <EPS-PRIMARY> 1.35 <EPS-DILUTED> 0