EXHIBIT A

THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE

LANSING BOARD OF WATER AND LIGHT

DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES' PENSIONS

Lansing Board of Water and Light Defined Benefit Plan for Employees' Pensions is hereby amended effective March 28, 2005, by making the change noted below:

Section 7.B.1. shall be amended by replacing the first two sentences thereof with the following:

Any benefit payable under this Plan shall be paid within one year after termination of  employment in the form of a lump sum distribution ('Involuntary Cash Out') if the present value of the terminated employee's vested pension benefit which the terminated employee receives at the time of distribution does not exceed $1,000 or such other maximum amount as is permitted by relevant law. If a Participant would have received a distribution under the preceding sentence but for the fact that said present value exceeded $1,000 when the Participant terminated employment and if at a later time such present value is reduced so that it is not greater than $1,000, the employee will receive a distribution of such present value and the nonvested portion will be treated as forfeited.

LANSING BOARD OF WATER AND LIGHT
Dated: January 26, 2006
By:  Robin M. Smith
Its: Chair, Board of Commissioners
Dated: January 26, 2006
By:  Mary E. Sova
Its: Corporate Secretary