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Exhibit
32
Section
1350 Certification of Periodic Report
By
the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant
to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Pursuant
to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, each
of the undersigned officers of ALLETE, Inc. (ALLETE), does hereby certify
that:
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1.
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The
Annual Report on Form 10-K of ALLETE for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2009, (Report) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m);
and
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2.
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The
information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and results of operations of
ALLETE.
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Date: February
12,
2010 Donald J.
Shippar
Donald J. Shippar
Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer
Date: February
12,
2010 Mark A.
Schober
Mark A. Schober
Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
This
certification shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to liability pursuant to
that section. Such certification shall not be deemed to be incorporated by
reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, except to the extent that ALLETE specifically incorporates
it by reference.
A signed
original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other document
authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signature that appears
in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement required
by Section 906, has been provided to ALLETE and will be retained by ALLETE and
furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon
request.