Securities and Exchange Commission
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                   FORM 10-Q/A
                                 Amendment No. 1

(Mark One)

|X|  Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
     Act of 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 1994

                                       or

|_|  Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities 
     Exchange Act of 1934



                           Commission File No. 1-3548


                         Minnesota Power & Light Company
                             A Minnesota Corporation
                   IRS Employer Identification No. 41-0418150
                             30 West Superior Street
                             Duluth, Minnesota 55802
                           Telephone - (218) 722-2641


         Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934  during the  preceding  12 months and (2) has been  subject to such  filing
requirements for the past 90 days.
                  Yes    X      No    
                       ----         ----



                           Common Stock, no par value,
                          31,240,178 shares outstanding
                             as of October 31, 1994



Item 6.    Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

(a)     Exhibits

        27    Financial Data Schedule

        Due to  reclassifications  made for the  discontinuance of the paper and
pulp  business  as of June 30,  1995 and  changes in the way in which  Minnesota
Power & Light Company  (Company)  currently  reports  information  regarding its
businesses, the Company's financial data schedule for the period ended September
30, 1994 has been restated as follows:

         [RESTATED]
         [GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE]                              420,156
         [INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE]                                    11,500
         [OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES]                             342,964
         [TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES]                             376,398
         [OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS]                                 48,054
         [OTHER-INCOME-NET]                                       5,279  
         [INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN]                          70,971
         [TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE]                                33,434
         [TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS]                                    0
         [EPS-DILUTED]                                             1.25

 Includes Income from Equity Investments and Income from Discontinued 
     Operations.


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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
                                             ---------------------------------
                                                       (Registrant)





December 20, 1996                                    D. G. Gartzke
                                             ---------------------------------
                                                     D. G. Gartzke
                                             Senior Vice President - Finance
                                               and Chief Financial Officer





December 20, 1996                                    Mark A. Schober
                                             ---------------------------------
                                                     Mark A. Schober
                                                   Corporate Controller

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UT THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM MINNESOTA POWER'S CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET, STATEMENT OF INCOME, AND STATEMENT OF CASH FLOW FOR THE PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1994, AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. 1,000 9-MOS DEC-31-1994 JAN-01-1994 SEP-30-1994 PER-BOOK 1,078,495 378,803 235,092 93,966 0 1,786,356 292,951 0 263,594 552,317 0 48,547 622,818 44,455 0 0 9,031 0 0 0 504,960 1,786,356 420,156 11,500 342,964 376,398 48,054 5,279 70,971 33,434 37,537 2,400 35,137 42,720 0 89,908 1.25 1.25 Includes Income from Equity Investments and Income from Discontinued Operations.