<ARTICLE> UT
<LEGEND>
THE SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME, CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF RETAINED
EARNINGS, CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS, CONSOLIDATED CAPITALIZATION
STATEMENTS, CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS, AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS
ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
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<MULTIPLIER> 1,000
       
                             
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<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                          SEP-30-1994
<PERIOD-START>                             OCT-01-1993
<PERIOD-END>                               SEP-30-1994
<BOOK-VALUE>                                  PER-BOOK
<TOTAL-NET-UTILITY-PLANT>                   $1,163,196
<OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST>                     $6,235
<TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS>                        $338,746
<TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES>                       $40,615
<OTHER-ASSETS>                                       0
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                              $1,548,792
<COMMON>                                      $165,307
<CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN>                            0
<RETAINED-EARNINGS>                           $366,168
<TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ>                $531,475
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                                0
<PREFERRED>                                          0
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET>                          $549,150
<SHORT-TERM-NOTES>                                $900
<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>                $467,267
<TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB>               $1,548,792
<GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE>                   $1,111,172
<INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE>                           $27,413
<OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                    $995,862
<TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                  $1,023,275
<OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS>                        $87,897
<OTHER-INCOME-NET>                             $16,591
<INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN>                $104,488
<TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE>                       $40,663
<NET-INCOME>                                   $63,825
<PREFERRED-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                          0
<EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM>                  $63,825
<COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                       $55,343
<TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS>                      $38,029
<CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS>                        $175,504
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