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<LEGEND>
The Detroit Edison Company and Subsidiary Companies Schedule contains summary
financial information extracted from the Consolidated Statement of Income,
Balance Sheet, Statement of Cash Flows and Statement of Common Shareholders'
Equity and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial
statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME> THE DETROIT EDISON COMPANY
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