EL25-024 - In the Matter of the Application of Northern States Power Company dba Xcel Energy for Authority to Increase its Electric Rates
Date Filed: 06/30/25 ♦ Intervention Date: 09/17/25
Date of Notice of Filing: 07/03/25 ♦ Pending
Date of Notice of Filing: 07/03/25 ♦ Pending
Agendas:
July 15, 2025, Agenda of Commission Meeting
October 7, 2025, Agenda of Commission Meeting
October 23, 2025, Agenda of Commission Meeting
Minutes:
Minutes of the July 15, 2025, Commission Meeting
Minutes of the October 7, 2025, Commission Meeting
Minutes of the October 23, 2025, Commission Meeting
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Electric Rate Increase Request Info Guide
Orders:- 07/21/25 - Order Assessing Filing Fee; Order Authorizing Executive Director to Enter into Consulting Contracts
- 10/09/25 - Order Granting Late Filed Intervention (Wegman)
- 10/27/25 - Order Granting Joint Motion for Approval of Procedural Schedule
- 06/30/25 - Northern States Power Company dba Xcel Energy's Application
Volume 1 – Application; Required Statements A to R- Cover Sheet
- Cover Sheet Confidential (not available to the public)
- Index
- Application
- Transmittal Letter
- Notice of Change in Rates
- Attestation of Authorized Accounting Representative
- Public Rate Increase Notice
- Required Statements A-R
- Statement A - Balance Sheet
- Statement B - Income Statements
- Statement C - Earned Surplus Statements
- Statement D - Cost of Plant
- Schedule D-1 - Detailed Plant Accounts
- Schedule D-2 - Plant Addition and Retirement for Test Period
- Schedule D-3 - Working Papers Showing Plant Accounts on Average Basis for Test Period
- Schedule D-4 - Plant Account Working Papers for Previous Year
- Schedule D-5 - Working Papers on Capitalizing Interest and Other Overheads During Construction
- Schedule D-6 - Changes in Intangible Plant Working Papers
- Schedule D-7 - Working Papers on Plant in Service not Used and Useful
- Schedule D-8 - Property Records Working Papers
- Schedule D-9 - Working Papers for Plant Acquired for Which Regulatory Approval has not been Obtained
- Statement E - Accumulated Depreciation
- Schedule E-1 - Working Papers on Recorded Changes to Accumulated Depreciation
- Schedule E-2 - Working Papers on Depreciation and Amortization Method
- Schedule E-3 - Working Papers on Allocation of Overall Accounts
- Statement F - Working Capital
- Schedule F-1 - Monthly Balances for Materials, Supplies, Fuel Stocks, and Prepayments
- Schedule F-2 - Monthly Balances for Two Years Immediately Preceding Test Year
- Schedule F-3 - Data Used in Computing Working Capital
- Statement G - Rate of Return
- Attachment 1 - Bonds
- Schedule G-1 - Stock Dividends, Stock Splits, or Changes in Par or Stated Value
- Schedule G-2 - Common Stock Information
- Schedule G-3 - Reacquisition of Bonds or Preferred Stock
- Schedule G-4 - Earning Per Share for Claimed Rate of Return Cost of Capital Working Papers
- Statement H - Operating and Maintenance Expenses
- Statement Ha - FERC Form 1 Tie Out
- Schedule H-1 - Adjustments to Operating and Maintenance Expenses
- Schedule H-2 - Cost of Power and Gas
- Schedule H-3 - Working Papers for listed Expense Accounts
- Schedule H-4 - Working Papers for Interdepartmental Transactions
- Statement I - Operating Revenues
- Statement J - Depreciation Expense
- Statement K - Income Taxes
- Statement K - Income Taxes Confidential (not available to the public)
- Schedule K-1 - Working Papers for Federal Income Taxes
- Schedule K-1 - Working Papers for Federal Income Taxes Confidential (not available to the public)
- Schedule K-2 - Differences in Book and Tax Depreciation
- Schedule K-3 - Working Papers for Consolidated Federal Income Tax
- Schedule K-3 - Working Papers for Consolidated Federal Income Tax Confidential (not available to the public)
- Schedule K-4 Working Papers for an allowance for Current Tax Greater Than Tax Calculated at Consolidated Rate
- Schedule K-5 Working Papers for Claimed Allowances for State Income
- Statement L - Other Taxes
- Statement M - Overall Cost of Service
- Statement N - Allocated Cost of Service
- Statement O - Comparison of Cost of Service
- Statement P - Fuel Cost Adjustment Factor
- Statement Q - Description of Utility Operations
- Statement R - Purchases from Affiliated Companies
Volume 2 – Testimony and Supporting Schedules; Proposed Tariffs- Cover Sheet
- Cover Sheet Confidential (not available to the public)
- Index
- Policy
- Overall Revenue Requirements, Rate Base, and Income Statement
- Laurie J. Wold’s Testimony
- Exhibit___(LJW-1), Schedule 1
- Exhibit___(LJW-1), Schedule 2
- Exhibit___(LJW-1), Schedule 3
- Exhibit___(LJW-1), Schedule 4
- Exhibit___(LJW-1), Schedule 5
- Exhibit___(LJW-1), Schedule 6A
- Exhibit___(LJW-1), Schedule 6B
- Exhibit___(LJW-1), Schedule 7
- Exhibit___(LJW-1), Schedule 8
- Exhibit___(LJW-1), Schedule 9
- Exhibit___(LJW-1), Schedule 10
- Exhibit___(LJW-1), Schedule 11
- Capital Investments, Depreciation, and Nuclear Decommissioning
- Distribution
- Brandon T. Cramer’s Testimony
- Brandon T. Cramer’s Testimony Confidential (not available to the public)
- Resource Prudence
- Bixuan Sun’s Testimony
- Bixuan Sun’s Testimony
Confidential (not available to the public)
- Exhibit___BS-1), Schedule 1
- Exhibit___(BS-1), Schedule 2
- Exhibit___(BS-1), Schedule 3
- Exhibit___(BS-1), Schedule 4
- Exhibit___(BS-1), Schedule 5
- Exhibit___(BS-1), Schedule 6
- Exhibit___(BS-1), Schedule 7
- Exhibit___(BS-1), Schedule 8
- Exhibit___(BS-1), Schedule 9
- Exhibit___(BS-1), Schedule 9 Confidential (not available to the public)
- Exhibit___(BS-1), Schedule 10
- Exhibit___(BS-1), Schedule 10 Confidential (not available to the public)
- Bixuan Sun’s Testimony
Confidential (not available to the public)
- Class Cost of Service Study
- Return on Equity
- Joshua C. Novak’s Testimony
- Exhibit___(JCN-1), Schedule 1
- Exhibit___(JCN-1), Schedule 2
- Exhibit___(JCN-1), Schedule 3
- Exhibit___(JCN-1), Schedule 4
- Exhibit___(JCN-1), Schedule 5
- Exhibit___(JCN-1), Schedule 6
- Exhibit___(JCN-1), Schedule 7
- Exhibit___(JCN-1), Schedule 8
- Exhibit___(JCN-1), Schedule 9
- Exhibit___(JCN-1), Schedule 10
- Exhibit___(JCN-1), Schedule 11
- Exhibit___(JCN-1), Schedule 12
- Rate Design
- Nicholas N. Paluck’s Testimony
- Exhibit___(NNP-1), Schedule 1
- Exhibit___(NNP-1), Schedule 2
- Exhibit___(NNP-1), Schedule 3
- Exhibit___(NNP-1), Schedule 4
- Exhibit___(NNP-1), Schedule 5
- Exhibit___(NNP-1), Schedule 6
- Exhibit___(NNP-1), Schedule 7
- Exhibit___(NNP-1), Schedule 8
- Exhibit___(NNP-1), Schedule 9
- Exhibit___(NNP-1), Schedule 10
- Exhibit___(NNP-1), Schedule 11
- Cover Sheet
- Cover Sheet Confidential (not available to the public)
- Index
- II - Cost of Service Study (COSS)
- III - Rate Base (Plant)
- P1 - Summary
- P2 - Non-Plant
- P3 - Roll Forward Reports
- P4 - Plant Manual Sources
- P4-1 Nuclear Outage Amortization
- P4-2 ITC Grant Accounting
- P4-3 Monticello LCM/EPU Return
- P4-4 State Credit Rate Change
- P5 - M&S, Prepayments & Fuel Inventory
- P6 - Property Taxes
- P7 - Tax Additions
- P8 - Tax Credits
- P9 - Other Rate Base
- P10 - Cash Working Capital
- IV - Revenue
- V - O&M
- O1 - Summary
- O2 - Cost of Goods
- O3 - O&M by Jurisdictional Allocator
- O4 - Transmission
- O5 - Interchange
- O6 - O&M by Jurisdictional Allocator
- O7 - Transmission
- O8 - Interchange
- VI - Cost of Capital
- VII – Budget Allocators
- VIII - Adjustments
- A1 - Advertising
- A2 - Dues: Professional Associations
- A3 - Aviation
- A4 - Customer Deposits Expense
- A5 - Economic Development Donations
- A6 - Economic Development O&M
- A7 - Employee Expenses
- A8 - Foundation Admin
- A9 - Incentive Pay
- A10 - Incentive: Long Term Removal
- A11 - Time Based LTI
- A12 - Late Payment
- A13 - Pension: Non-Qualified SERP
- A14 - South Dakota Pay as Go
- A15 - SD PI EPU Deferral
- A16 - Bad Debt Expense
- A17 - Credit Card Auto Pay
- A18 - SD Decommissioning
- A19 - SD Depreciation Study: TD&G
- A20 - Dues: Chamber of Commerce
- A21 - EOL Nuclear Fuel Update
- A22 - Foundation and Other Donations
- A23 - Environmental LTI
- A24 - Remaining Life
- A25 - Remaining Life - ITC
- A26 - Remaining Life - King
- A27 - Remaining Life – Monticello Life Extension
- A28 - Remaining Life – Prairie Island Life Extension
- A29 - Remaining Life – Sherco 3
- A30 - Storm Damage
- A31 - Vegetation Management
- A32 - NOL Tax Reform ADIT ARAM
- A33 - Prairie Island Indian Community (PIIC) Deferral
- A34 - Rate Case Expenses
- A35 - Rider: Infrastructure Rider
- A36 - Rider: TCR
- A37 - Cash Working Capital Adjustment
- A38 - Net Operating Loss
- IX – Known and Measurable Adjustments
- Cover Sheet
- Index
- Lead Lag Study
- Cost Assignment and Allocation Manual
- Interchange Agreement
- Cover Sheet
- 07/30/25 - Staff’s First Set of Data Requests Certificate of Service
- 08/14/25 - Staff’s Second Set of Data Requests Certificate of Service
- 08/18/25 - Northern States Power Company dba Xcel Energy's Letter regarding Response to Customer Comment
- 09/10/25 - Staff’s Third Set of Data Requests Certificate of Service
- 09/22/25 - Steven Wegman’s Petition to Intervene
- 09/24/25 - Staff’s Fourth Set of Data Requests Certificate of Service
- 10/01/25 - Joint Motion for Approval of Procedural Schedule
- 10/17/25 - Staff’s Fifth Set of Data Requests Certificate of Service
- 10/31/25 - Staff’s Sixth Set of Data Requests Certificate of Service

