Highlights:

• Five-year total shareholder return of 22% at December 31, 2007.
• Earnings per share growth equating to 36% in 2006 
• Member of S&P MidCap 400 Index
• Fortune 1000 List
• Forbes Platinum 400 List of Best Big Companies in America
• Platts Top 250 Global Energy Company
• Ranked #1 for total shareholder return in the EEI Index of small-cap U.S. owned electric utilities for the 5-year period ending September 30, 2007.
• Received Electric Light and Power's 2005 "Utility of the Year" award.
• Designated as a Mergent Dividend Achiever for an outstanding record of 10 or more years of consecutive dividend increases.