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FILED AS OF DATE:		20090407
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090407

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ALLETE INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000066756
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC & OTHER SERVICES COMBINED [4931]
		IRS NUMBER:				410418150
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-03548
		FILM NUMBER:		09737233

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		30 W SUPERIOR ST
		CITY:			DULUTH
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55802-2093
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2182795000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		30 W SUPERIOR STREET
		CITY:			DULUTH
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55802-2093

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ALLETE
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20000901

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MINNESOTA POWER INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19980603

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MINNESOTA POWER & LIGHT CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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Power estimates that the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) will order
an overall retail electric rate increase of approximately $21 million when it
issues a formal written order on or before May 4, 2009. Minnesota Power
announced its rate increase estimate today following an April 3, 2009,
deliberation and vote by the MPUC, which considered and decided upon more than
60 different issues contained in the company&#8217;s rate increase request. The MPUC
approved a 10.74 percent return on common equity and a 54.79 percent equity
ratio.</font></div>
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Power will continue to collect interim rates from its customers until the new
rates go into effect, which will be after the reconsideration period has expired
and after all compliance filings are completed and accepted. Reconsideration of
the order could affect the final rate increase estimate. The company expects to
inform its customers of the new final rates, which will differ by customer
class, later this summer.</font></div>
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Power&#8217;s $40 million rate increase request cited rising operational and
maintenance costs and government-mandated renewable energy facilities and
environmental retrofits. The company has been collecting interim rates
equivalent to a $35 million annualized increase since August 1,
2008.</font></div>
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interim rates now being collected and the estimated final rates through March
31, 2009.</font></div>
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Power, a division of ALLETE, supplies electric service to 142,000 retail
customers, 16 municipalities and some of the largest industrial customers in the
United States.</font></div>
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- -Minnesota Power News Release&#160;dated April 7, 2009,&#160;announcing the MPUC
rate case estimate.</font></div>
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are cautioned that forward-looking statements should be read in conjunction with
ALLETE&#8217;s disclosures under the heading: &#8220;SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT UNDER THE PRIVATE
SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995&#8221; located on page 2 of this Form
8-K.</font></div>
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in this report that are not statements of historical facts may be considered
&#8220;forward-looking&#8221; and, accordingly, involve risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed. Although such
forward-looking statements have been made in good faith and are based on
reasonable assumptions, there is no assurance that the expected results will be
achieved. Any statements that express, or involve discussions as to, future
expectations, risks, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions, events,
uncertainties, financial performance or growth strategies (often, but not
always, through the use of words or phrases such as &#8220;anticipates,&#8221; &#8220;believes,&#8221;
&#8220;estimates,&#8221; &#8220;expects,&#8221; &#8220;intends,&#8221; &#8220;plans,&#8221; &#8220;projects,&#8221; &#8220;will likely result,&#8221;
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similar meaning) are not statements of historical facts and may be
forward-looking.</font></div>
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connection with the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995, we are hereby filing cautionary statements identifying
important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from
those projected, or expectations suggested, in forward-looking statements made
by or on behalf of ALLETE in this Current Report on Form 8-K, in presentations,
on our website, in response to questions or otherwise. These statements are
qualified in their entirety by reference to, and are accompanied by, the
following important factors, in addition to any assumptions and other factors
referred to specifically in connection with such forward-looking
statements:</font></div>
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      ability to successfully implement our strategic
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      governmental policies, regulatory actions, and legislation including those
      of the United States Congress, state legislatures, the FERC, the MPUC, the
      PSCW, and various local and county regulators, and city administrators,
      about allowed rates of return, financings, industry and rate structure,
      acquisition and disposal of assets and facilities, real estate
      development, operation and construction of plant facilities, recovery of
      purchased power, capital investments and other expenses, present or
      prospective wholesale and retail competition (including but not limited to
      transmission costs), zoning and permitting of land held for resale and
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disclosures regarding factors that could cause our results and performance to
differ from results or performance anticipated by this report are discussed in
Item 1A under the heading &#8220;Risk Factors&#8221; beginning on page 20 of our 2008
Form&#160;10-K. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on
which such statement is made, and we undertake no obligation to update any
forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on
which that statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated
events. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for
management to predict all of these factors, nor can it assess the impact of each
of these factors on the businesses of ALLETE or the extent to which any factor,
or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from
those contained in any forward-looking statement. Readers are urged to carefully
review and consider the various disclosures made by us in this Form 8-K and in
our other reports filed with the SEC that attempt to advise interested parties
of the factors that may affect our business.</font></div><br>
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million when it issues a formal written order on or before May 4,
2009.</font></div>
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deliberation and vote by the MPUC, which considered and decided upon more than
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approved a 10.74 percent return on common equity and a 54.79 percent equity
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inform its customers of the new final rates, which will differ by customer
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environmental retrofits. The company has been collecting interim rates
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2008.</font></div>
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through March 31.</font></div>
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in connection with this release that are not historical facts, are
forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those
projected in the forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements
involve risks and uncertainties and investors are directed to the risks
discussed in documents filed by ALLETE with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.</font></div>
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incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except
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