<ARTICLE> UT
<MULTIPLIER> 1,000
       
                             
<PERIOD-TYPE>                   9-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                          DEC-31-1998
<PERIOD-END>                               SEP-30-1998
<BOOK-VALUE>                                  PER-BOOK
<TOTAL-NET-UTILITY-PLANT>                    1,242,479
<OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST>                    941,659
<TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS>                         493,278
<TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES>                     2,378,180
<OTHER-ASSETS>                                       0
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                               5,055,596
<COMMON>                                        73,119
<CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN>                      925,051
<RETAINED-EARNINGS>                            850,675
<TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ>               1,478,102<F1>
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                            4,500
<PREFERRED>                                    250,222<F2>
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET>                         1,366,440
<SHORT-TERM-NOTES>                                   0
<LONG-TERM-NOTES-PAYABLE>                        4,375
<COMMERCIAL-PAPER-OBLIGATIONS>                       0
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-CURRENT-PORT>                   80,321
<PREFERRED-STOCK-CURRENT>                            0
<CAPITAL-LEASE-OBLIGATIONS>                     41,047
<LEASES-CURRENT>                                19,989
<OTHER-ITEMS-CAPITAL-AND-LIAB>               1,810,600
<TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB>                5,055,596
<GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE>                      941,805
<INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE>                            66,685<F3>
<OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                     731,797
<TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                     731,797
<OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS>                        210,008
<OTHER-INCOME-NET>                              86,620
<INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN>                 296,628
<TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE>                        82,540<F4>
<NET-INCOME>                                   147,403<F5>
<PREFERRED-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                          0
<EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM>                  147,403
<COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                        83,930
<TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS>                       61,142
<CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS>                         243,460
<EPS-PRIMARY>                                     1.90<F6>
<EPS-DILUTED>                                     1.85<F6>
<FN>
<F1>Includes $(370,743) of Treasury Stock at cost
<F2>Includes $13,010 of Preference Stock
<F3>Non-Operating Expense
<F4>Includes $12,518 of Preferred and Preference Stock Dividends
<F5>Excludes $82,548 extraordinary restructuring charge
<F6>Excludes $1.06 loss per share re:<F5>
</FN>