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&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;FSP FAS 157-2, &amp;#8220;Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 157&amp;#8221;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;In February 2008, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued FASB Staff Position (FSP) FAS 157-2, &amp;#8220;Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 157&amp;#8221; (FSP FAS 157-2), which for us and the Utilities delayed the effective date of SFAS No. 157, &amp;#8220;Fair Value Measurements&amp;#8221; (SFAS No. 157), for all nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities,except for those that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis (at least annually), until January 1, 2009. The adoption of SFAS No. 157, including FSP FAS 157-2, did not have a material impact on our or the Utilities' financial position or results of operations. See Note 9B for information regarding fair value measurements under SFAS No. 157 and FSP FAS 157-2.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;SFAS No. 141R, &amp;#8220;Business Combinations&amp;#8221;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS Statement No. 141R, &amp;#8220;Business Combinations&amp;#8221; (SFAS No. 141R), which introduces significant changes in the accounting for business acquisitions. SFAS No. 141R considerably broadens the definition of a &amp;#8220;business&amp;#8221; and a &amp;#8220;business combination,&amp;#8221; which should result in an increased number of transactionsor other events that will qualify as business combinations. Other significant changes include the expensing of all acquisition-related transaction costs and most acquisition-related restructuring costs, the fair value remeasurement of certain earn-out arrangements and the discontinuance of the expense at acquisition of acquired-in-process research and development. SFAS No. 141R was effective for us for business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after January 1, 2009. The adoption of SFAS No.141R did not have any impact on our or the Utilities' financial position or results of operations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;SFAS No. 160, &amp;#8220;Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements, an amendment of ARB No. 51&amp;#8221;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;In conjunction with the issuance of SFAS No. 141R, in December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, &amp;#8220;Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements, an amendment of ARB No. 51&amp;#8221; (SFAS No. 160), which introduces significant changes in the accounting for noncontrolling interests in a partially owned consolidated subsidiary. SFASNo. 160 was adopted concurrently with the effective date of SFAS No. 141R, which for us was January 1, 2009. See Note 6B for information regarding our first quarter 2009 implementation of SFAS No. 160. The adoption of SFAS No. 160 resulted in a change in presentation of the financial statements and additional disclosures but did not have a material impact on our or the Utilities' financial position or results of operations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;SFAS No. 161, &amp;#8220;Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities &amp;#8211; an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133&amp;#8221;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;On January 1, 2009, we implemented SFAS Statement No. 161, &amp;#8220;Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities &amp;#8211; an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133&amp;#8221; (SFAS No. 161), which requires entities to provide enhanced disclosures about how and why an entity uses derivative instruments, how derivative instruments and related hedgeditems are accounted for under Statement 133 and its related interpretations and how derivative instruments and related hedged items affect an entity&amp;#8217;s financial position, financial performance and cash flows. See Note 11 for information regarding our first quarter 2009 implementation of SFAS No. 161. The adoption of SFAS No. 161 did not have a material impact on our or the Utilities' financial position or results of operations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"&gt;&lt;div id="FTR"&gt;&lt;div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;FSP EITF 03-6-1, &amp;#8220;Determining Whether Instruments Granted in Share-Based Payment Transactions Are Participating Securities&amp;#8221;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;On January 1, 2009, we implemented FSP EITF 03-6-1, &amp;#8220;Determining Whether Instruments Granted in Share-Based Payment Transactions Are Participating Securities&amp;#8221; (FSP EITF 03-6-1), which requires that certain unvested share-based payment awards (e.g. restricted stock) that contain nonforfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents
be included in the computation of earnings per share using the two-class method. FSP EITF 03-6-1 required a retrospective adjustment for all prior-period earnings per share data. The adoption of FSP EITF 03-6-1 did not have a material impact on our or the Utilities' financial position, results of operations or earnings per share amounts.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;New FSPs for Fair Value Measurement and Disclosures and Other-Than-Temporary Impairments&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;In April 2009, the FASB issued three FSPs for guidance on accounting for fair value measurement and other-than-temporary impairments.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;FSP FAS 157-4, &amp;#8220;Determining Fair Value When the Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transactions That are Not Orderly,&amp;#8221; provides guidance on determining fair value when market activity has decreased for an asset or liability. FSP FAS 107-1 and APB 28-1, &amp;#8220;Interim DisclosuresAbout Fair Value of Financial Instruments,&amp;#8221; increases the frequency of fair value disclosures required by SFAS No. 107, &amp;#8220;Disclosures of Fair Value of Financial Instruments,&amp;#8221; from annually to quarterly.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;FSP FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2, &amp;#8220;Recognition and Presentation of Other-Than-Temporary Impairments&amp;#8221; (FSP FAS 115-2), revises the recognition and reporting requirements for other-than-temporary impairments of debt securities and increases the frequency of disclosures for debt and equity securities. Under FSP FAS 115-2, if an entity intends tosell an impaired debt security or more likely than not will be required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis less any current-period credit loss, an other-than-temporary impairment must be recognized currently in earnings equal to the difference between the investment&amp;#8217;s amortized cost and its fair value at the balance sheet date.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;The three FSPs were effective for us during the three months ended June 30, 2009. The adoption of the three FSPs resulted in additional disclosures but did not have a material impact on our or the Utilities' financial position or results of operations. See Note 9 for the disclosures resulting from our second quarter 2009 implementationof the three FSPs.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;SFAS No. 165, &amp;#8220;Subsequent Events&amp;#8221;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;In May 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 165, &amp;#8220;Subsequent Events&amp;#8221; (SFAS No. 165), which is applicable to the accounting for and disclosure of subsequent events not otherwise addressed in GAAP. SFAS No. 165 defines subsequent events as &amp;#8220;events or transactions that occur after the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issuedor are available to be issued.&amp;#8221; For public entities, financial statements are considered &amp;#8220;issued&amp;#8221; when they are widely distributed to shareholders and other financial users for general use and reliance in a form and format that complies with GAAP. SFAS No. 165 is effective for us on June 30, 2009. The adoption of SFAS No. 165 requires the disclosure of the date through which subsequent events have been evaluated, as well as whether the date is the date the financial statements were issued or the date the financialstatements were available to be issued. See Note 1 for the information regarding our implementation of SFAS No. 165.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;FSP FAS 132R-1, &amp;#8220;Employers&amp;#8217; Disclosures about Post Retirement Benefit Plan Assets&amp;#8221;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;In December 2008, the FASB issued FSP FAS 132R-1, &amp;#8220;Employers&amp;#8217; Disclosures about Post Retirement Benefit Plan Assets&amp;#8221; (FSP FAS 132R-1), which requires additional disclosures on the investment allocation decision making process, the fair value of each major category of plan assets and the inputs and valuation techniques used to remeasurethe fair value of plan assets. FSP FAS 132R-1 is effective for us on December 31, 2009. The adoption of FSP FAS 132R-1 will change certain disclosures in the notes to the financial statements but we do not expect the adoption of FSP FAS 132R-1 to have a material impact on our or the Utilities&amp;#8217; financial position or results of operations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"&gt;&lt;div id="PGBRK" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"&gt;&lt;div id="FTR"&gt;&lt;div id="GLFTR" style="WIDTH: 100%" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;#160; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="PN" style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: always"&gt;&lt;div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;22&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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