AMENDMENT TO THE ALLETE AND AFFILIATED COMPANIES SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN

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                                                                  EXHIBIT 10(i)4
                                                           ALLETE 2006 Form 10-K

                                AMENDMENT TO THE
                         ALLETE AND AFFILIATED COMPANIES
                     SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN

         The ALLETE and Affiliate Companies Supplemental Executive Retirement
Plan, amended and restated effective January 1, 2004, is amended as follows:

         1. Effective January 1, 2007, Section 4.10 is DELETED in its entirety
         and replaced with the following:

         4.10    FORM OF PAYMENT - RETIREMENT BENEFITS

         The normal, or default, form of the Retirement Benefits provided for in
         Section 4.6 will be a 15-year monthly annuity (calculated using an 8%
         interest rate or other rate as approved by the Committee). The
         Participant may elect to receive the Retirement Benefits in the
         optional form of a monthly life annuity (calculated using the factor
         described in Section 4.6), such amount to be adjusted (i.e.,
         cost-of-living adjustments) in the same manner as provided in Section
         5.11 of Retirement Plan A; provided, however, that any P