EXHIBIT $7$

Investor$-$Owned Utilities in the Southeast United States in $1993$

$\backslash$table$[[,$FPL Group,Carolina Power,Duke Power,Florida Progress,SCANA Corp.,The Southern Co$.,$TECO Energy, Inc.$],[$Electric subsidlaries,$\backslash$table$[[$Fiorida Power$],[$and Light Company$]],\backslash$table$[[$Carolina Power$],[$and Light Company$]],$Duke Power Co$.,$Florida Power Corp.,$\backslash$table$[[$SC Electric and$],[$Gas Company$]],\backslash$table$[[$Alabarna Power Co$.],[$Georgia Power Co$.],[$Gulf Power Co$.($FL$)]],$Tampa Electric Co$.],[$Markets and customers$],[$Major markets $.............,$East$/$South FL$,\backslash$table$[[$East NC$],[$Northeast $8$C$]],\backslash$table$[[$Contral NC$],[$Northwest SC$]],$North Central FL$,$Southwest SC$,\backslash$table$[[$Northwest FL$,],[$GA$,$ and AL$]],$Central FL$],[\backslash$table$[[$Total kWh produced $($millions$)....],[$Customer mix $($percent of sales$)]],72,454\mathrm{.}7,45,505\mathrm{.}0,76,058\mathrm{.}0,28,647\mathrm{.}8,16,880\mathrm{.}0,119,206\mathrm{.}0,13,446\mathrm{.}5],[$Residental $............,56\mathrm{.}0\%,33\mathrm{.}0\%,33\mathrm{.}0\%,47\mathrm{.}0\%,43\mathrm{.}0\%,320\%,44\mathrm{.}0\%],[$Commercial $..............,36\mathrm{.}0,20\mathrm{.}0,24\mathrm{.}0,28\mathrm{.}0,29\mathrm{.}0,26\mathrm{.}0,30\mathrm{.}0],[$Industrial $.................,4\mathrm{.}0,26\mathrm{.}0,28\mathrm{.}0,120,20\mathrm{.}0,27\mathrm{.}0,10\mathrm{.}0],[$Utility companies and other $....,4\mathrm{.}0,21\mathrm{.}0,15\mathrm{.}0,13\mathrm{.}0,8\mathrm{.}0,15\mathrm{.}0,16\mathrm{.}0],[$Capital structure$],[$Long$-$term debi$/$Total capitalization,$46\mathrm{.}4\%,48\mathrm{.}2\%,39\mathrm{.}9\%,48\mathrm{.}7\%,50\mathrm{.}2\%,45\mathrm{.}1\%,49\mathrm{.}1\%],[$Common stock$/$Total capitalization $..,47\mathrm{.}3\%,49\mathrm{.}1\%,50\mathrm{.}9\%,47\mathrm{.}5\%,47\mathrm{.}0\%,46\mathrm{.}8\%,48\mathrm{.}3\%],[$Total assets $($millions$)........,$$$13,078,$$$8,194,$$$12,193,$$$5,639,$$$4,041,$$$25,911,$$$3,128],[$Profitability$],[$Return on common stock $.......,12\mathrm{.}5\%,13\mathrm{.}6\%,13\mathrm{.}2\%,10\mathrm{.}9\%,12\mathrm{.}6\%,13\mathrm{.}0\%,14\mathrm{.}3\%],[$Earnings per share $..........,$$$2\mathrm{.}75,$$$2\mathrm{.}23,$$$2\mathrm{.}80,$$$2\mathrm{.}26,$$$3\mathrm{.}72,$$$1\mathrm{.}57,$$$1\mathrm{.}30],[$Cash flow per share $.........,$$$5\mathrm{.}85,$$$5\mathrm{.}09,$$$5\mathrm{.}80,$$$5\mathrm{.}59,$$$6\mathrm{.}02,$$$3\mathrm{.}16,$$$2\mathrm{.}70],[$Dividend per common share $.....,$$$2\mathrm{.}47,$$$1\mathrm{.}66,$$$1\mathrm{.}84,$$$1\mathrm{.}95,$$$2\mathrm{.}74,$$$1\mathrm{.}14,$$$0\mathrm{.}95],[$Dividend yield $...,6\%,5\%,5\%,6\%,6\%,5\%,4\%],[$Payout ratio $($all dividends$)......,91\%,74\%,68\%,87\%,74\%,75\%,73\%],[$Capacity utillzation$],[$Annual load factor",$57\%,59\%,60\%,51\%,57\%,59\%,/$a$],[$Capecity margin $^($b$)$dots$.....,8\mathrm{.}6\%,12\mathrm{.}0\%,14\mathrm{.}3\%,11\mathrm{.}0\%,7\mathrm{.}9\%,12\mathrm{.}1\%,13\mathrm{.}8\%],[\backslash$table$[[$Percent of power purchased$],[(1993$ est.$).............]],30\mathrm{.}0\%,11\mathrm{.}0\%,1\mathrm{.}0\%,15\mathrm{.}0\%,26\mathrm{.}0\%,7\mathrm{.}0\%,3\mathrm{.}0\%],[$Costs$],[$Operation$/$Maintenance costs$/$kWh$,$$$0\mathrm{.}0075,$$$0\mathrm{.}0103,$$$0\mathrm{.}0072,$$$0\mathrm{.}0070,$$$0\mathrm{.}0051,$$$0\mathrm{.}0059,$$$0\mathrm{.}0049],[$Busbar cost $/$kWhh$^($e$)$dots$........,0\mathrm{.}0366,0\mathrm{.}0403,0\mathrm{.}0317,0\mathrm{.}0344,0\mathrm{.}0293,0\mathrm{.}0319,0\mathrm{.}0368],[$Incremental generation cost$/$kWh$,0\mathrm{.}0187,0\mathrm{.}0154,0\mathrm{.}0176,0\mathrm{.}0182,0\mathrm{.}0186,0\mathrm{.}0115,0\mathrm{.}0242],[$Transmission cost$/$KWh $(1987)....,0\mathrm{.}0019,0\mathrm{.}0009,0\mathrm{.}0010,0\mathrm{.}0010,0\mathrm{.}0007,0\mathrm{.}0008,0\mathrm{.}0006],[$Pates $($average realization per kWh$)],[$Residential : $..............,$$$0\mathrm{.}0811,$$$0\mathrm{.}0828,$$$0\mathrm{.}0732,$$$0\mathrm{.}0792,$$$0\mathrm{.}0713,$$$0\mathrm{.}0732,$$$0\mathrm{.}0813],[$Commercial$..............,0\mathrm{.}0675,0\mathrm{.}0684,0\mathrm{.}0800,0\mathrm{.}0581,0\mathrm{.}0562,0\mathrm{.}0704,0\mathrm{.}0673],[$Industrial