<ARTICLE> UT <CIK> 0000916863 <NAME> WPS RESOURCES CORPORATION <SUBSIDIARY> <NUMBER> 1 <NAME> WISCONSIN PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION <MULTIPLIER> 1,000 <PERIOD-TYPE> YEAR <FISCAL-YEAR-END> DEC-31-1999 <PERIOD-START> JAN-01-1999 <PERIOD-END> DEC-31-1999 <BOOK-VALUE> PER-BOOK <TOTAL-NET-UTILITY-PLANT> 1,150,902 <OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST> 168,143 <TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS> 292,925 <TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES> 70,490 <OTHER-ASSETS> 134,088 <TOTAL-ASSETS> 1,816,548 <COMMON> 26,851 <CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN> 172,108 <RETAINED-EARNINGS> 337,341 <TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ> 536,300 <PREFERRED-MANDATORY> 0 <PREFERRED> 51,193 <LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET> 510,917 <SHORT-TERM-NOTES> 10,403 <LONG-TERM-NOTES-PAYABLE> 0 <COMMERCIAL-PAPER-OBLIGATIONS> 79,855 <LONG-TERM-DEBT-CURRENT-PORT> 943 <PREFERRED-STOCK-CURRENT> 0 <CAPITAL-LEASE-OBLIGATIONS> 73,585 <LEASES-CURRENT> 419 <OTHER-ITEMS-CAPITAL-AND-LIAB> 552,933 <TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB> 1,816,548 <GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE> 1,098,540 <INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE> 29,741 <OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES> 978,803 <TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES> 978,803<F1> <OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS> 119,737<F2> <OTHER-INCOME-NET> 8,949 <INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN> 128,686<F3> <TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE> 36,269 <NET-INCOME> 62,676 <PREFERRED-STOCK-DIVIDENDS> 3,111 <EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM> 59,565 <COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS> 53,018 <TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS> 34,106 <CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS> 114,858 <EPS-BASIC> 2.24 <EPS-DILUTED> 2.24 <FN> <F1>Operating expenses exclude income taxes of $29,741. <F2>Operating income is before income taxes of $29,741. <F3>Income before interest expense is before income taxes of $29,741. </FN>