ALLETE is a provider of competitively-priced energy in the upper Midwest, and has a strategic investment in the American Transmission Company. ALLETE's Minnesota Power electric utility serves 144,000 residents, 16 municipalities and some of the nation's largest industrial customers. Other businesses include BNI Coal in North Dakota, ALLETE Clean Energy, a developer of energy projects with limited environmental impact, and ALLETE Properties, which owns 10,000 acres of real estate in northeast Florida.