ALLETE, Inc. is a diversified company operating in 43 states and nine Canadian provinces that is engaged in two business segments: Energy Services, which includes electric and gas services, coal mining and telecommunications, and Automotive Services, which includes a network of wholesale and total loss vehicle auctions, a finance company, a vehicle remarketing company, a company that provides vehicle inspection services to the automotive industry and its lenders, and a company that provides Internet-based parts location and insurance claim audit services nationwide.