<ARTICLE> UT
<MULTIPLIER> 1,000
       
                             
<PERIOD-TYPE>                   12-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                          DEC-31-1994
<PERIOD-END>                               DEC-31-1994
<BOOK-VALUE>                                  PER-BOOK
<TOTAL-NET-UTILITY-PLANT>                    1,656,034
<OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST>                     50,681
<TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS>                         207,971
<TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES>                        51,904
<OTHER-ASSETS>                                       0
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                               1,966,590
<COMMON>                                       424,334<F1>
<CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN>                      (1,751)<F2>
<RETAINED-EARNINGS>                            193,895
<TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ>                 616,478
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                                0
<PREFERRED>                                    116,716
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET>                           662,862
<SHORT-TERM-NOTES>                                   0
<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>                 570,534
<TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB>                1,966,590
<GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE>                      759,075
<INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE>                            39,922
<OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                     608,113
<TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                     648,035
<OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS>                        111,040
<OTHER-INCOME-NET>                             (9,864)<F3>
<INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN>                 101,176
<TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE>                        42,856
<NET-INCOME>                                    58,320
<PREFERRED-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                      5,828
<EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM>                   52,492
<COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                        53,500
<TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS>                       41,357
<CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS>                         180,881
<EPS-PRIMARY>                                        0
<EPS-DILUTED>                                        0
<FN>
<F1>Includes Common Stock Expense of $836.
<F2>Represents Unrealized Loss on Marketable
Securities, Net of Income Taxes.
<F3>Includes ($3,369) for Cumulative Effect of Change
in Accounting for Post-Employment Benefits, Net of
Income Taxes.
</FN>