Securities and Exchange Commission
                              Washington, DC 20549





                                    FORM 8-K

                                 Current Report





     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934





        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) - January 4, 1996




                         Minnesota Power & Light Company

                             A Minnesota Corporation
                           Commission File No. 1-3548
                   IRS Employer Identification No. 41-0418150
                             30 West Superior Street
                             Duluth, Minnesota 55802
                           Telephone - (218) 722-2641


Item 5.  Other Events.

         On January 4, 1996, the Florida Public Service  Commission (FPSC) voted
4-1 to permit  Southern  States  Utilities  (SSU), a wholly-owned  subsidiary of
Minnesota  Power & Light  Company,  to implement an interim rate increase  which
would  result,  on an  annualized  basis,  in an  increase  of $7.9  million  in
authorized  revenue over revenue from rates currently in effect. SSU expects the
interim  rates to be  effective  by  February  1,  1996.  The  revenue  increase
represents 94 percent of the amount  required by SSU based on a 1994  historical
test year.

         SSU  originally  requested  interim  rates in an  annualized  amount of
approximately $12 million based on a 1995 forward-looking test year. However, by
order dated  November  1, 1995,  the FPSC  denied the  original  request for two
reasons:  (i) it was based on system-wide rates (which were deemed improper by a
court order subsequent to SSU's original filing),  and (ii) the FPSC had not yet
formulated a policy as to what types of investments  and expenses could properly
be included in a forward-looking interim test year.

         This interim rate action is taken in connection  with SSU's request for
an $18 million  final  revenue  increase  filed August 2, 1995.  Final rates are
anticipated to become effective in the fourth quarter of 1996.

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                                   Signatures


Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.



                                              Minnesota Power & Light Company  
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                                                      (Registrant)





January 8, 1996                                        D.G. Gartzke
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                                                       D.G. Gartzke
                                              Senior Vice President - Finance
                                                and Chief Financial Officer


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