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414 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401 September 12, 2018 Via Electronic Filing Daniel P. Wolf Executive Secretary Minnesota Public Utilities Commission 121 7 th Place East, Suite 350 St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-2147 RE: 2020-2034 UPPER MIDWEST RESOURCE PLAN SEPTEMBER 10, 2018 WORKSHOP MATERIALS DOCKET NO. E002/RP-15-21 Dear Mr. Wolf: Northern States Power Company, doing business as Xcel Energy, submits to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission the materials presented at our September 10, 2018 workshop, Economic and Technical Considerations Part 1. This workshop was the fourth in a series leading-up to our 2020-2034 Upper Midwest Integrated Resource Plan filing in early 2019. Due to technical issues with the conference line during the September 10 workshop, the Company will be hosting a 90 minute webinar to re-present the materials on Friday, October 5 from 1pm 2:30pm. All parties on the Company s stakeholders list will receive an invitation. We have electronically filed this document with the Commission, and copies have been served on the parties on the attached service list. Please contact Amber Hedlund at 612-337-2268 or amber.r.hedlund@xcelenergy.com or Bria Shea at (612) 330-6064 or bria.e.shea@xcelenergy.com if you have any questions regarding this filing. Sincerely, /s/ BRIA SHEA DIRECTOR, REGULATORY AND STRATEGIC ANALYSIS Enclosures cc: Service list

1 Xcel Energy s IRP Stakeholder Workshop 4: Economic and Technical Considerations Part 1 September 10, 2018

2 Agenda 1:00 1:15 pm Welcome, Agenda Review, Intros 1:15 2:00 pm Load Forecast Overview Jannell Marks, Xcel Energy, Director of Energy Sales and Demand Q&A 2:00 2:30 pm Energy Efficiency, Demand Response, and Distributed Solar Shawn White, Xcel Energy, DSM Manager Q&A 2:30 2:40 pm Break 2:40 3:30 pm Modeling Assumptions Overview Jon Landrum, Xcel Energy, Resource Planning Analytics Manager Q&A 3:30 4:00 pm Q&A and Table Activity 4:00 pm ADJOURN

Integrated Resource Plan Load Forecast Overview IRP Stakeholder Meeting September 10, 2018

Agenda Load forecasting process overview Load forecast results Key assumptions Changes from last Resource Plan 2

Load Forecast Process MWh Sales Forecasts by State/Class Total System MWh Energy Forecast System MW Peak Demand Forecast 3

Sales Forecast MWh Sales Forecasts by State/Class Unique model for each state/class Econometric models Trend models Historical and forecast data (monthly frequency) Historical sales Historical and forecast data on customers, prices, Demand Side Management (DSM), Distributed Generation (DG) solar, economic/demographic data, weather Econometric models define the relationship between historical sales and explanatory variables Economic & Demographic data includes housing, population, personal income, gross state/metro product, employment 4

Sales Forecast MWh Sales Forecasts by State/Class Adjustments to model results DSM, DG solar, EV s Large customer information Large Customer adjustments are made to account for changes not captured with economic drivers. 5

Energy Forecast Total System MWh Energy Forecast Aggregate class sales to derive state sales Apply monthly loss factors to state sales Average of last 5 years of actual loss factors Aggregate state energy (sales + losses + company use) to derive monthly system energy 6

Peak Demand Forecast System MW Peak Demand Forecast Econometric model Historical and forecast data (monthly frequency) Historical system peak demand Historical and forecast energy (w/o DSM, DG solar, EV adjustments), DSM, DG solar, weather Adjustments to model results DSM, DG solar, EV s 7

Retail Sales Forecast NSP Annual Retail Sales Growth 8.0% 6.0% History Forecast 4.0% 2.0% 0.0% -2.0% -4.0% -6.0% 2002-2017 CAGR = 0.2% 2018-2035 CAGR = 0.2% -8.0% 2002 2007 2012 2017 2022 2027 2032 Actual Retail Sales WN Actual Retail Sales Forecast Retail Sales 8

Energy and Peak Demand Forecast 60,000 History NSP Annual Energy and Peak Demand Forecast 12,000 11,000 50,000 10,000 GWh 9,000 MW 40,000 8,000 7,000 30,000 6,000 2002 2007 2012 2017 2022 2027 2032 2002-2017 CAGR WN Energy = 0.1% WN Peak Demand = 0.2% 2018-2035 CAGR Energy = 0.2% Peak Demand = 0.7% WN Actual Energy Actual Energy Forecast Energy WN Actual Peak Actual Peak Forecast Peak 9

Residential Forecast Exogenous Adjustment for Electric Vehicles Method Key Variables Sources Adoption (Energy) Internal modeling (Bass Diffusion) Electricity Prices Vehicle Battery Prices Gasoline Prices Car ownership Car usage Efficiency Compare to Bloomberg, Navigant, GTM, EIA Behavior (Demand) Estimation using representative datasets Share of charging done at homes Penetration of managed charging solutions DOE EV Project Data Set 10

EV Adoption and Sales Growth NSP Likely Scenario Electric Vehicle Adoption Comparison U.S. Adoption Rates 2016 2020 2025 2030 Xcel Energy 0.2% 0.7% 2.8% 9.6% Bloomberg 0.2% 1.0% 3.0% 9.0% Year # Cars % of Cars GWh MW 2018 8,947 0.3% 35 2 2019 14,492 0.4% 53 7 2020 25,126 0.7% 89 16 2021 33,329 1.0% 132 24 2022 42,641 1.2% 171 31 2023 55,370 1.6% 221 43 GreenTech Media 3.8% Energy Information Agency 2.6% Navigant 0.2% 1.0% 2.8% Bank of America/Merrill Lynch (global adoption) 0.2% 1.0% 10.0% 33.0% 11

EV Peak Load Impacts Idaho National Lab s EV Project Data. The EV Project is a public/private partnership partially funded by the Dept. of Energy which has collected and analyzed operating and charging data from more than 8,300 plug-in electric vehicles and approximately 12,000 public and residential charging stations over a two year period. The EV Project data has been used in other utilities IRPs (Portland General Electric, Puget Sound Energy, Seattle City Light) as well as in cost-benefit analyses performed by consultants for government agencies (MJ Bradley) Unmanaged Baseline Managed 17% Public 17% Public 17% Public 83% Residential: 1% Managed 99% Unmanaged 83% Residential: 20% Managed 80% Unmanaged 83% Residential: 90% Managed 10% Unmanaged 12 12

DG Solar Forecast Based on MW (DC) installed capacity targets for 2018-2036 (both Solar*Rewards and Non Solar*Rewards) Econometric models used to determine historical relationships between number of customers, installed DC kw solar capacity and monthly kwh solar generation based on historical solar customer data Historical relationships are used to determine: Number of customers required to achieve the forecasted solar capacity targets Forecasted kw capacity kwh generation volumes 13

DSM Assumptions DSM forecast excludes peak kw from Load Management (Saver s Switch & Peak Control) Future DSM impacts 2018-2019 Triennial Plan Goals 2020+ 1.5% Scenario from 2016-2030 NSP RP Limited to 14-year Lifetime Additional impact from Lighting Codes and Standards (adjustment for Residential and Business DSM not included in Xcel Energy-sponsored programs) 14

Forecast Sensitivities 60,000 NSP Annual Energy MW GWh 50,000 40,000 30,000 2002 2007 2012 2017 2022 2027 2032 WN Actual Energy Actual Energy 90th %-ile Forecast Energy 10th %-ile 13,000 11,000 NSP Annual Peak Demand Forecast sensitivities are derived using a Monte Carlo simulation method which generates a probability distribution around the mean energy and mean peak demand forecasts. 9,000 7,000 2002 2007 2012 2017 2022 2027 2032 WN Actual Peak Actual Peak 90th %-ile Forecast Peak 10th %-ile 15

Changes from Last Resource Plan 60,000 NSP Annual Energy 50,000 GWh 40,000 30,000 12,000 NSP Annual Demand 10,000 MW 2002 2007 2012 2017 2022 2027 2032 WN Actual Energy Forecast Energy Prev RP Forecast Energy 8,000 6,000 2002 2007 2012 2017 2022 2027 2032 WN Actual Peak Forecast Peak Prev RP Forecast Peak 16

Changes from Last Resource Plan Actual sales and peak demand over past four years have been lower than expected Declining Residential and Small C/I use per customer Loss of large C/I loads Expected additional loss of large C/I loads Inclusion of DG solar and EV impacts 17

NSPM C&I Sales Have Declined 17 16 15 14 13 18 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 NSPM Small C&I (GWh) History 2018 Fcst v 2.0 2018 Fcst v 1.0 2017 Fcst v 2.0 2016 Fcst v 2.0 2015 Fcst v 2.0 11 10 9 8 7 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 NSPM Large C&I (GWh) History 2018 Fcst v 2.0 2018 Fcst v 1.0 2017 Fcst v 2.0 2016 Fcst v 2.0 2015 Fcst v 2.0

Large Losses in NSPM Large C&I History 2009: -9.3% due to recession 2012: shutdown of CMP Sartell and shutdown of Ford Motor Co. 2013: additional GWh impact from CMP Sartell; remainder of top 40 was down 111 GWh 2017: CHP partial year impact Forecast 2018 Additional CHP impact Change in large customers operations 2019 Additional CHP impact Change in large customers operations 2008-2017 total change = -1,321 GWh, -13.0% 2018-2019 total change = -544 GWh, -6.2% 19

Sales Forecast for NSPM and NSPW 38 NSPM Total Retail (GWh) 36 34 32 NSPM Retail Sales forecasts have been lowered 30 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 History 2018 Fcst v 2.0 2018 Fcst v 1.0 2017 Fcst v 2.0 2016 Fcst v 2.0 2015 Fcst v 2.0 8.0 NSPW Total Retail (GWh) NSPW Retail Sales forecasts have been fairly consistent for past few years 7.5 7.0 6.5 6.0 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 History 2018 Fcst v 2.0 2018 Fcst v 1.0 2017 Fcst v 2.0 2016 Fcst v 2.0 2015 Fcst v 2.0 20

Integrated Resource Plan Energy Efficiency & Demand Response IRP Stakeholder Meeting September 10, 2018 1

Integrated Resource Plan Resource Need EE & DR Stakeholders & Customers Low-Cost Resource Requirements 2

Demand Response Stakeholders 6 meetings since Dec. 2017 Stakeholder & policy objectives Future potential Collaborative development of design principles New programs to achieve future potential 3

Energy Efficiency Stakeholders Statewide Potential Study (Dept. of Commerce) Advisory group of interested parties Electric & Gas Preliminary results under review Policy recommendations from study provider (Center for Energy & Environment and their partners) 4

Integrated Resource Plan Base Case Scenario Source Base Case Model Energy Efficiency Xcel Energy Base level at 1.5% requirement. (approximately 440+ GWh per year) Sensitivities High sensitivities for EE based on Statewide Potential Study (in process). Estimates close to 2% of Xcel Energy s annual electric sales. Demand Response The Brattle Group 400 MW to comply with MPUC Order. DR Potential from The Brattle Group Study at varying avoided costs. 5

Integrated Resource Plan Energy Efficiency Base case scenario from most recent DSM Potential Study. Annual variations from expected reality but cumulative potential remains realistic Energy & Demand Savings 500.0 450.0 400.0 350.0 300.0 250.0 200.0 150.0 100.0 50.0 0.0 MW GWh $ 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 Spend $ (Millions) 6

Energy Efficiency Base Case 1.5% of annual electric sales Consistent with 2015 Potential Study Headwinds for EE (cost effectiveness, market transformation, diminishing savings w/new tech) [But we remain committed to state goals] 7

Energy Efficiency Sensitivities Minnesota Statewide Potential Study High scenario likely approaching 2.0% Break state into 7 regions, including a region for Xcel Energy territory Use some region/utility-specific assumptions (e.g., Xcel s avoided energy cost, Xcel s mix of 16 different building types), but many model assumptions are statewide across all regions (e.g., measure saturation levels) 2020 2029 timeframe Study completed fall 2018 8

Methodology Source: Center for Energy & Environment 9

Integrated Resource Plan Demand Response 400 MW of incremental DR in 2023 Study feasibility of 1,000 MW by 2025 Review cost-effectiveness potential by engaging The Brattle Group Met with a dozen or so stakeholders since December to educate them on demand response and engage them in our planning process 10

The Brattle Group Potential Study Preliminary Results Preliminary Study Reviewed Two Types of Demand Response: Conventional (Peak Load Reductions for 2023) Non-Traditional (Impacts to the Load Forecast & Peak Load Reductions for 2025 and beyond) Extended DR value streams included capacity deferral, load building; and ancillary services. Avoided generation costs continues to be primarily driver of DR benefits. 11

The Brattle Group Potential Study 2023 Preliminary Results Cost-Effective Demand Response = less than 400 MW While the model will include 400 MW in the base case; we will present the analysis that this will be difficult to achieve Final study will update costs and provide further sensitivities Five-year plan to reach 400 MW 850 MW Total DR Potential in 2023 287 MW 42 MW Demand Response Potential in Xcel Energy s Northern States Power Service Territory The Brattle Group 81.18 12

The Brattle Group Potential Study 2030 Preliminary Results Results indicate 1000 MW by 2030 is not feasible Potential includes Critical Peak Pricing, Auto-DR, Smart Water Heating, EV charging Total DR Potential in 2030 368 MW 314 MW 850 MW Demand Response Potential in Xcel Energy s Northern States Power Service Territory The Brattle Group 8.1.18 13

In Summary Base Case scenarios will include 1.5% for Energy Efficiency and 400 MW of Demand Response Potential Scenarios will be dependent on finalized potential studies 14

1 Xcel Energy s IRP Stakeholder Workshop 4: Modeling Assumptions Overview Part 1 September 10, 2018

2 Strategist Modeling Assumptions September 10, 2018

3 Strategist Model Strategic planning software package used for electric utility resource planning 35+ years in the industry Approximately 50 Companies currently license some or all components of Strategist - Utilities: IOUs, Coops, & Municipals - ISOs, and RTOs - Federal and State Regulatory Commissions - Consulting companies Minnesota Department of Commerce uses Strategist as its model to evaluate plans filed with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission

4 Variable Inputs Drive Results Demand & Energy Forecast Energy Efficiency, Demand Response Assumptions Fuel Prices New Thermal Unit Data Value of Excess Capacity Emission Costs Reserve Requirements Inflation Rates New Renewable Data Transmission Costs Existing Fleet Data Timing of Replacements

5 Model Inputs Rigorously Developed All inputs come from internal and external subject matter experts JD Energy, Hauou Energy, John T Boyd (coal) Global Insight (Economics) Environmental Policy NYMEX EPRI PIRA/CERA/ Wood Mackenzie (gas, power) Siemens, GE, Westinghouse (CT/CC) Energy Supply Construction Transmission Access Load Forecasting Brattle Group / KEMA Energy Supply Operations

6 Strategist Modules and Layout Generate Portfolios & Rank Plans Optimization, Resource Plans PROVIEW DP Resource Optimization Process Customer Loads, Apply DSM, & Calculate Production Costs Load Forecast Adjustment Generation and Fuel Capital Expenditures Recovery Calculate Capital Project Revenue Requirements

7 Defining the Reference or Base Case Resource Assumption Nuclear Monti retires 2030, PI 1 retires 2033, PI 2 retires 2034 Coal Sherco 2 retires 2023, Sherco 1 retires 2026, King retires 2037, Sherco 3 retires 2040 Renewable Expansion No going back on renewables (hold committed/2015 IRP preferred plan wind/solar nameplate constant into future) PPA Extensions Assume NOT extended (Manitoba Hydro, MEC 1, Cottage Grove, Cannon Falls, etc. ) Energy Efficiency Demand Response PVSC (Carbon Costs) 1.5% annual energy savings 400 MW incremental added by 2023 Base case to assume high externality costs which applies until 2025 and then high regulatory costs of carbon afterwards

8 Assumptions Financial WACC is updated for TCJA, weighted average of /ND/SD/WI Inflation from Global Insight long term forecast for Chained Price Index of Total Personal Consumption Expenditures Discount Rate and Capital Structure Before Tax After Tax WACC WACC 7.17% 6.53% Planning Period 2020-2035 Model Period 2018-2057 Inflation 2.00%

9 Assumptions Reserve Requirements Source MISO 2018-2019 LOLE Study Report No assumption made at this time for future change MISO s reserve margin at the time of peak is 8.4%. Coincidence factor between NSP System and MISO system peak is 5%. Effective reserve margin is: (1-5%) * (1 + 8.4%) - 1 = 2.98%. Reserve Margin Coincidence Factor 5.00% MISO Coincident Peak Reserve Margin % 8.40% Effective RM Based on Noncoincident Peak 2.98%

Existing Resources Net Capacity Position 10 Assume PPA s and owned units retire at EOL/expiration Prior IRP order requires 400MW incremental DR by 2023 Projected surplus capacity through Action Period

11 Assumptions Environmental Costs CO2 values per January and June 2018 MPUC Orders Base Case (PVSC): CO2 until 2025 based on "High" externalities values 2025 and beyond based on the "High" end of range from June 11, 2018 Order All costs escalate at general inflation Will run PVSC and 4 other cases (including PVRR)

12 Assumptions Coal Costs Combination of existing short term contracts and generic PRB long-term forecasts from external experts Similar methodology as 4- source gas, but different vendors due to specialization Effective annualized growth from forecasts is 2.5% (2018-2057)

13 Assumptions Gas and Markets Same 4-source blend methodology as previous IRP s (NYMEX, IHS CERA, PIRA, Wood Mackenzie) High and Low sensitivities based on ½ or 2 * base escalation rate Model prices shown are for Ventura Hub, derived from HH forecast Market prices come from same vendors as 4- source gas data Increase in market is less than gas implied heat rate is declining Expect market will remain clearing mostly on gas thermal units will likely be needed for balancing unless technology sea change occurs

14 Assumptions Renewable Costs Wind / Solar costs in development with strong influence from NREL 2018 ATB data Pursuing other external data points for comparison Reviewing recent market intelligence to inform near-term pricing (CO solicitation, NSP unsolicited proposals, etc.) Will use data points consistent with expected capacity factors for NSP region Adjustments will be made to incorporate updated tax and tariff assumptions (solar tariff, IRS guidance, TCJA, etc.)

15 Assumptions Renewable Integration Enernex analysis nearing completion Will include: Integration Congestion Coal Cycling Preliminary results indicate (wind): Integration + Cycling < $1 Congestion $3.50 Expect minimal impact from solar

16 Assumptions Distributed Solar Data shown is compliance-based Q3 2018 forecast Exploring adoption based forecast Early CSG growth is related to initial (2014) program/tariff structure. As rules and credits have been revised, applications have tapered to more sustainable level Expect transition from Solar*Rewards to non-incentivized DG over time

17 Assumptions Capacity Costs and Value Based on Public Service of Colorado all-source solicitation bids (Nov 28, 2017). Assumed 10% improvement rate ELCC for 4 hour = 100%, no assumption for degradation of ELCC Strategist calculates arbitrage and spinning reserve value Representation of other ancillary benefits still being evaluated

18 Assumptions Transmission Costs These are preliminary estimates based on internal transmission planning study of queue, recent projects, and available sites. Still working on finalizing costs pending study completion. CT expected to be $0 for brownfield site CC and wind have higher costs due to MISO study process reviewing all-hours Preliminary Grid Upgrade and Interconnection Costs (Greenfield) $/kw CC $ 225 CT $ 100 Wind $ 200 Solar $ 70 CT and solar are lower due to on-peak nature of generation

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Carl Cronin, hereby certify that I have this day served copies of the foregoing document on the attached lists of persons. xx by depositing a true and correct copy thereof, properly enveloped with postage paid in the United States mail at Minneapolis, Minnesota xx electronic filing Docket No. E002/RP-15-21 Dated this 12 th day of September 2018 /s/ Carl Cronin Regulatory Administrator

First Name Last Name Email Company Name Address Delivery Method View Trade Secret Service List Name David Aafedt daafedt@winthrop.com Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. Suite 3500, 225 South Sixth Street Minneapolis, 554024629 Christopher Anderson canderson@allete.com Minnesota Power 30 W Superior St Duluth, 558022191 Alison C Archer aarcher@misoenergy.org MISO 2985 Ames Crossing Rd Mara Ascheman mara.k.ascheman@xcelen ergy.com Ryan Barlow Ryan.Barlow@ag.state.mn. us Eagan, 55121 Xcel Energy 414 Nicollet Mall Fl 5 Office of the Attorney General-RUD Minneapolis, 55401 Tracy Bertram tbertram@ci.becker.mn.us 12060 Sherburne Ave Becker City Hall Becker, 55308-4694 James J. Bertrand james.bertrand@stinson.co m Michael J. Bull mbull@mncee.org Center for Energy and Environment James Canaday james.canaday@ag.state. mn.us Thomas Carlson thomas.carlson@edfre.com Stinson Leonard Street LLP 50 S 6th St Ste 2600 Office of the Attorney General-RUD Electronic Service Yes OFF_SL_15-21_Official 445 Minnesota Street Electronic Service Yes OFF_SL_15-21_Official Bremer Tower, Suite 1400 St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 Minneapolis, 55402 212 Third Ave N Ste 560 Minneapolis, 55401 Suite 1400 445 Minnesota St. St. Paul, 55101 EDF Renewable Energy 10 2nd St NE Ste. 400 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55413 Electronic Service Yes OFF_SL_15-21_Official Electronic Service Yes OFF_SL_15-21_Official

First Name Last Name Email Company Name Address Delivery Method View Trade Secret Service List Name Jeanne Cochran Jeanne.Cochran@state.mn.us Office of Administrative Hearings P.O. Box 64620 St. Paul, 55164-0620 John Coffman john@johncoffman.net AARP 871 Tuxedo Blvd. Electronic Service Yes OFF_SL_15-21_Official Generic Notice Commerce Attorneys commerce.attorneys@ag.st ate.mn.us Office of the Attorney General-DOC St, Louis, MO 63119-2044 445 Minnesota Street Suite 1800 St. Paul, 55101 Electronic Service Yes OFF_SL_15-21_Official Riley Conlin riley.conlin@stoel.com Stoel Rives LLP 33 S. 6th Street Suite 4200 Minneapolis, 55402 Carl Cronin Regulatory.records@xcele nergy.com Xcel Energy 414 Nicollet Mall FL 7 Leigh Currie lcurrie@mncenter.org Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy Minneapolis, 554011993 26 E. Exchange St., Suite 206 Electronic Service Yes OFF_SL_15-21_Official Electronic Service Yes OFF_SL_15-21_Official St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 James Denniston james.r.denniston@xcelen ergy.com Xcel Energy Services, Inc. 414 Nicollet Mall, Fifth Floor Electronic Service Yes OFF_SL_15-21_Official Minneapolis, 55401 Ian Dobson residential.utilities@ag.stat e.mn.us Office of the Attorney General-RUD John Farrell jfarrell@ilsr.org Institute for Local Self- Reliance 1400 BRM Tower 445 Minnesota St St. Paul, 551012130 1313 5th St SE #303 Minneapolis, 55414 Electronic Service Yes OFF_SL_15-21_Official 2

First Name Last Name Email Company Name Address Delivery Method View Trade Secret Service List Name Sharon Ferguson sharon.ferguson@state.mn.us Mike Fiterman mikefiterman@libertydiversi fied.com Stephen Fogel Stephen.E.Fogel@XcelEne rgy.com Department of Commerce 85 7th Place E Ste 280 Liberty Diversified International Xcel Energy Services, Inc. Saint Paul, 551012198 5600 N Highway 169 Minneapolis, 55428-3096 816 Congress Ave, Suite 1650 Electronic Service Yes OFF_SL_15-21_Official Austin, TX 78701 J Drake Hamilton hamilton@fresh-energy.org Fresh Energy 408 St Peter St Electronic Service Yes OFF_SL_15-21_Official Saint Paul, 55101 Kimberly Hellwig kimberly.hellwig@stoel.co m Stoel Rives LLP 33 South Sixth Street Suite 4200 Minneapolis, 55402 Annete Henkel mui@mnutilityinvestors.org Minnesota Utility Investors 413 Wacouta Street #230 St.Paul, 55101 Patrick Hentges phentges@mankatomn.gov City Of Mankato P.O. Box 3368 Mankato, 560023368 Michael Hoppe il23@mtn.org Local Union 23, I.B.E.W. 932 Payne Avenue St. Paul, 55130 Alan Jenkins aj@jenkinsatlaw.com Jenkins at Law 2265 Roswell Road Suite 100 Marietta, GA 30062 3

First Name Last Name Email Company Name Address Delivery Method View Trade Secret Service List Name Linda Jensen linda.s.jensen@ag.state.m n.us Office of the Attorney General-DOC 1800 BRM Tower 445 Minnesota Street Electronic Service Yes OFF_SL_15-21_Official St. Paul, 551012134 Richard Johnson Rick.Johnson@lawmoss.co m Moss & Barnett 150 S. 5th Street Suite 1200 Minneapolis, 55402 Sarah Johnson Phillips sarah.phillips@stoel.com Stoel Rives LLP 33 South Sixth Street Suite 4200 Minneapolis, 55402 Mark J. Kaufman mkaufman@ibewlocal949.o rg IBEW Local Union 949 12908 Nicollet Avenue South Electronic Service Yes OFF_SL_15-21_Official Burnsville, 55337 Hank Koegel hank.koegel@edf-re.com EDF Renewable Eenrgy 10 2nd St NE Ste 400 Minneapolis, 55413-2652 Thomas Koehler TGK@IBEW160.org Local Union #160, IBEW 2909 Anthony Ln St Anthony Village, 55418-3238 Frank Kohlasch frank.kohlasch@state.mn.u s Pollution Control Agency 520 Lafayette Rd N. St. Paul, 55155 Michael Krikava mkrikava@briggs.com Briggs And Morgan, P.A. 2200 IDS Center 80 S 8th St Minneapolis, 55402 Douglas Larson dlarson@dakotaelectric.co m Dakota Electric Association 4300 220th St W Farmington, 55024 4

First Name Last Name Email Company Name Address Delivery Method View Trade Secret Service List Name Peder Larson plarson@larkinhoffman.co m Peter Madsen peter.madsen@ag.state.m n.us Larkin Hoffman Daly & Lindgren, Ltd. Office of the Attorney General-DOC 8300 Norman Center Drive Suite 1000 Bloomington, 55437 Bremer Tower, Suite 1800 445 Minnesota Street St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 Kavita Maini kmaini@wi.rr.com KM Energy Consulting LLC 961 N Lost Woods Rd Electronic Service Yes OFF_SL_15-21_Official Electronic Service Yes OFF_SL_15-21_Official Oconomowoc, WI 53066 Pam Marshall pam@energycents.org Energy CENTS Coalition 823 7th St E Mary Martinka mary.a.martinka@xcelener gy.com Xcel Energy Inc St. Paul, 55106 414 Nicollet Mall 7th Floor Minneapolis, 55401 Electronic Service Yes OFF_SL_15-21_Official Daryl Maxwell dmaxwell@hydro.mb.ca Manitoba Hydro 360 Portage Ave FL 16 PO Box 815, Station Main Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 2P4 Canada Brian Meloy brian.meloy@stinson.com Stinson,Leonard, Street LLP 50 S 6th St Ste 2600 Minneapolis, 55402 David Moeller dmoeller@allete.com Minnesota Power 30 W Superior St Andrew Moratzka andrew.moratzka@stoel.co m Duluth, 558022093 Stoel Rives LLP 33 South Sixth St Ste 4200 Minneapolis, 55402 Electronic Service Yes OFF_SL_15-21_Official 5

First Name Last Name Email Company Name Address Delivery Method View Trade Secret Service List Name Alan Muller alan@greendel.org Energy & Environmental Consulting Carl Nelson cnelson@mncee.org Center for Energy and Environment 1110 West Avenue Red Wing, 55066 212 3rd Ave N Ste 560 Minneapolis, 55401 J Newberger Jnewberger1@yahoo.com State Rep 14225 Balsam Blvd Electronic Service Yes OFF_SL_15-21_Official David Niles david.niles@avantenergy.c om Minnesota Municipal Power Agency Carol A. Overland overland@legalectric.org Legalectric - Overland Law Office Gayle Prest gayle.prest@minneapolism n.gov Greg Pruszinske gpruszinske@ci.becker.mn. us Kevin Reuther kreuther@mncenter.org Center for Environmental Advocacy Richard Savelkoul rsavelkoul@martinsquires.c om Becker, 55308 220 South Sixth Street Suite 1300 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402 1110 West Avenue Red Wing, 55066 City of Mpls Sustainability 350 South 5th St, #315 Minneapolis, 55415 City of Becker Box 250 12060 Sherburne Ave Becker, Minnesota 55308 Martin & Squires, P.A. 26 E Exchange St, Ste 206 St. Paul, 551011667 332 Minnesota Street Ste W2750 St. Paul, 55101 Electronic Service Yes OFF_SL_15-21_Official Electronic Service Yes OFF_SL_15-21_Official 6

First Name Last Name Email Company Name Address Delivery Method View Trade Secret Service List Name Larry L. Schedin Larry@LLSResources.com LLS Resources, LLC 332 Minnesota St, Ste W1390 Electronic Service Yes OFF_SL_15-21_Official St. Paul, 55101 Janet Shaddix Elling jshaddix@janetshaddix.co m Shaddix And Associates 7400 Lyndale Ave S Ste 190 Electronic Service Yes OFF_SL_15-21_Official Richfield, 55423 Jessie Smith jseim@piic.org Prairie Island Indian Community Joshua Smith joshua.smith@sierraclub.or g Ken Smith ken.smith@districtenergy.c om Beth H. Soholt bsoholt@windonthewires.or g 5636 Sturgeon Lake Rd Welch, 55089 85 Second St FL 2 San Francisco, California 94105 District Energy St. Paul Inc. 76 W Kellogg Blvd Wind on the Wires St. Paul, 55102 570 Asbury Street Suite 201 Electronic Service Yes OFF_SL_15-21_Official Electronic Service Yes OFF_SL_15-21_Official St. Paul, 55104 Anna Sommer anna@sommerenergy.com Sommer Energy LLC PO Box 766 Electronic Service Yes OFF_SL_15-21_Official Grand Canyon, AZ 86023 Mark Spurr mspurr@fvbenergy.com International District Energy Association 222 South Ninth St., Suite 825 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402 Byron E. Starns byron.starns@stinson.com Stinson Leonard Street LLP 50 S 6th St Ste 2600 Minneapolis, 55402 7

First Name Last Name Email Company Name Address Delivery Method View Trade Secret Service List Name James M. Strommen jstrommen@kennedygraven.com Kennedy & Graven, Chartered Robert Stupar rob.stupar@enel.com Enel Green Power North America, Inc. 470 U.S. Bank Plaza 200 South Sixth Street Minneapolis, 55402 816 Connecticut Avenue NW Suite 600 Washington, DC 20006 Eric Swanson eswanson@winthrop.com Winthrop & Weinstine 225 S 6th St Ste 3500 Capella Tower Minneapolis, 554024629 Douglas Tiffany tiffa002@umn.edu University of Minnesota 316d Ruttan Hall 1994 Buford Avenue St. Paul, 55108 Lisa Veith lisa.veith@ci.stpaul.mn.us City of St. Paul 400 City Hall and Courthouse 15 West Kellogg Blvd. St. Paul, 55102 Julie Voeck julie.voeck@nee.com NextEra Energy Resources, LLC Samantha Williams swilliams@nrdc.org Natural Resources Defense Council Cam Winton cwinton@mnchamber.com Minnesota Chamber of Commerce 700 Universe Blvd Juno Beach, FL 33408 20 N. Wacker Drive Ste 1600 Chicago, IL 60606 400 Robert Street North Suite 1500 St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 Daniel P Wolf dan.wolf@state.mn.us Public Utilities Commission 121 7th Place East Suite 350 St. Paul, 551012147 Electronic Service Yes OFF_SL_15-21_Official 8

First Name Last Name Email Company Name Address Delivery Method View Trade Secret Service List Name Jonathan G. Zierdt jzierdt@greatermankato.co m Patrick Zomer Patrick.Zomer@lawmoss.c om Greater Mankato Growth 1961 Premier Dr Ste 100 Moss & Barnett a Professional Association Mankato, 56001 150 S. 5th Street, #1200 Minneapolis, 55402 9