| Financial
Highlights (Year-end 2009) | | Operating revenues | $3.4
billion | | Operating income | $397
million | | Income from continuing operations, net of tax
| $129
million | | Income from discontinued
operations, net of tax | $0.3
million | Earnings per average common share
(basic) | $1.01 | Earnings per average common share
(diluted) | $1.01 | | Dividends declared per common share | $1.50 | | Market value per share at year-end | $30.26 | | Book value per share at year-end | $25.06 | | Construction and acquisition expenditures | $1,203
million | | Total assets | $9.0
billion |
| Utility Operations | | Maximum peak hour demand | 5,491
megawatts | | Total Utility Electric Sales (thousands of MWh) | 30,577
| | Electric customers | 982,462
| | Natural gas customers | 411,809
|
| Shareowners | | Total common shareowners | 37,480
| | Total common shares outstanding | 110,656,498
| | Average common shares outstanding - diluted | 110,352,000 | | Trading symbol for common stock on the New York Stock Exchange | LNT |
|
Employees | | Full-and part-time employees | 4,957
|
All data as of December 31,
2009 |
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