<ARTICLE> UT
<MULTIPLIER> 1,000

                             
<PERIOD-TYPE>                   6-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                          DEC-31-2000
<PERIOD-END>                               JUN-30-2000
<BOOK-VALUE>                                  PER-BOOK
<TOTAL-NET-UTILITY-PLANT>                    1,489,776
<OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST>                  1,148,945
<TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS>                       4,945,735
<TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES>                       285,506
<OTHER-ASSETS>                                       0
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                               7,869,962
<COMMON>                                       601,456
<CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN>                     (11,769)
<RETAINED-EARNINGS>                             42,750
<TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ>                 632,437
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                          145,000
<PREFERRED>                                          0
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET>                           520,626
<SHORT-TERM-NOTES>                             110,750
<LONG-TERM-NOTES-PAYABLE>                       24,601
<COMMERCIAL-PAPER-OBLIGATIONS>                  23,082
<LONG-TERM-DEBT-CURRENT-PORT>                   47,288
<PREFERRED-STOCK-CURRENT>                            0
<CAPITAL-LEASE-OBLIGATIONS>                      3,066
<LEASES-CURRENT>                                 1,512
<OTHER-ITEMS-CAPITAL-AND-LIAB>               6,361,600
<TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB>                7,869,962
<GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE>                    2,735,387
<INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE>                             1,803
<OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                   2,734,057
<TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES>                   2,734,057
<OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS>                          1,330
<OTHER-INCOME-NET>                              19,471
<INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN>                  20,801
<TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE>                        29,966
<NET-INCOME>                                  (10,968)
<PREFERRED-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                     22,518
<EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM>                 (33,486)
<COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS>                        11,300
<TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS>                            0
<CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS>                        (12,723)
<EPS-BASIC>                                     (0.76)
<EPS-DILUTED>                                   (0.76)

<F1>LONG-TERM DEBT-NET DOES NOT MATCH THE AMOUNT REPORTED ON THE COMPANY'S
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CAPITALIZATION AS LONG-TERM DEBT DUE TO THE OTHER
CATEGORIES REQUIRED BY THIS SCHEDULE.
<F2>OTHER ITEMS CAPITAL AND LIABILITIES INCLUDES THE CURRENT LIABILITIES, DEFERRED
CREDITS AND MINORITY INTEREST, LESS CERTAIN AMOUNTS INCLUDED UNDER LONG-TERM
DEBT-CURRENT PORTION AND LEASES-CURRENT, FROM THE COMPANY'S CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEET.
<F3>THE COMPANY DOES NOT INCLUDE INCOME TAX EXPENSE AS AN OPERATING EXPENSE ITEM.
IT IS INCLUDED ON THE COMPANY'S STATEMENTS AS A BELOW-THE-LINE ITEM.
<F4>INCOME BEFORE INTEREST EXPENSE IS NOT A SPECIFIC LINE ITEM ON THE COMPANY'S
INCOME STATEMENTS. THE COMPANY COMBINES TOTAL INTEREST EXPENSE AND OTHER INCOME
TO CALCULATE INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES.