<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-31-1998 <PERIOD-START> JAN-01-1998 <PERIOD-END> DEC-31-1998 <BOOK-VALUE> PER-BOOK <TOTAL-NET-UTILITY-PLANT> 1,010,158 <OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST> 41,235 <TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS> 240,712 <TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES> 70,041 <OTHER-ASSETS> 148,241 <TOTAL-ASSETS> 1,510,387 <COMMON> 26,551 <CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN> 163,438 <RETAINED-EARNINGS> 327,201 <TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ> 517,190 <PREFERRED-MANDATORY> 0 <PREFERRED> 51,200 <LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET> 343,037 <SHORT-TERM-NOTES> 12,703 <LONG-TERM-NOTES-PAYABLE> 0 <COMMERCIAL-PAPER-OBLIGATIONS> 47,590 <LONG-TERM-DEBT-CURRENT-PORT> 884 <PREFERRED-STOCK-CURRENT> 0 <CAPITAL-LEASE-OBLIGATIONS> 0 <LEASES-CURRENT> 0 <OTHER-ITEMS-CAPITAL-AND-LIAB> 537,783 <TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB> 1,510,387 <GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE> 1,063,736 <INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE> 23,445 <OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES> 963,692 <TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES> 963,692<F1> <OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS> 100,044<F2> <OTHER-INCOME-NET> 2,678 <INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN> 102,722<F3> <TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE> 30,125 <NET-INCOME> 49,763<F4> <PREFERRED-STOCK-DIVIDENDS> 3,132 <EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM> 46,631 <COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS> 50,985 <TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS> 26,879 <CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS> 109,711 <EPS-PRIMARY> 1.76 <EPS-DILUTED> 1.76 <FN> <F1>Operating expenses exclude income taxes of $23,445. <F2>Operating income is before income taxes of $23,445. <F3>Income before interest expense is before income taxes of $23,445. <F4>Net income includes deduction for minority interest of $(611). </FN>