ALLETE EXECUTIVE LONG-TERM INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN STOCK GRANT

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                                                                 EXHIBIT   10(m)9
                                                           ALLETE 2006 FORM 10-K

                                     ALLETE
                 EXECUTIVE LONG-TERM INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN
                                   STOCK GRANT
                                 EFFECTIVE 2007
                         [ELIGIBLE EXECUTIVE EMPLOYEES]


Name

SS #

In accordance with the terms of ALLETE's Executive Long-Term Incentive
Compensation Plan (the "Plan"), as determined by and through the Executive
Compensation Committee of ALLETE's Board of Directors, ALLETE hereby grants to
you (the "Participant") the right to receive ALLETE Common Stock, as set forth
below, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Grant (including
Annex A hereto and all documents incorporated herein by reference):


     Number of Shares of ALLETE Common Stock:

     Date of Grant:

     Vesting Period:


This Grant is made in accordance with the Plan, which was approved by ALLETE's
shareholders at the 2005 Annual Meeting.

Further terms and conditions of the Grant are set forth in Annex A hereto, which
is an integral part of this Grant.

All terms, provisions and conditions set forth in the Plan and not set forth
herein are incorporated by reference. To the extent any provision hereof is
inconsistent with a provision of the Plan, the provisions of the Plan will
govern.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, ALLETE has caused this Grant to be executed by its Chairman,
President and Chief Executive Officer as of the date and year first above
written.


                                        ALLETE


                                        By:
                                           -------------------------------------
                                                Chairman, President and CEO


Attachment:   Annex A

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                                     ANNEX A
                                       TO
                                     ALLETE
                  EXECUTIVE LONG-TERM INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN
                                   STOCK GRANT
                                 EFFECTIVE 2007
                         [ELIGIBLE EXECUTIVE EMPLOYEES]

     1.     FURTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF STOCK GRANT. The Grant of Shares
evidenced by the Grant to which this is annexed is subject to the following
additional terms and conditions:

     (a)    DIVIDEND EQUIVALENTS. The Participant shall not receive Dividend
     Equivalents with respect to the number of Shares subject to the Grant.

     (b)    PAYMENT. Subject to the provisions of subsection (c) hereof, payment
     shall be made within two and one half months after the end of the vesting
     period, after withholding Shares equal in value to the Participant's income
     tax obligation via a deposit of ALLETE common stock into an account in the
     ALLETE Invest Direct plan.

     (c)    PA