Minnesota Residential Rate Summary

These are standard general service rates applied to most household electrical use.

Customers on the Residential Service, RDC, or Farm Service Rates may receive a monthly bill credit between June and September when direct control is configured to permit cycling 15 minutes on/off during periods of energy control. Bill credit amount varies by state.

Air conditioning may be controlled a maximum of 300 hours during the cooling season.

Customers on the base tariffs listed above, among others, may receive a bill credit each month when direct control to connect water heating is configured. Water heaters may be controlled up to 14 hours a day. Credit amounts vary by state.

This rate applies to water heaters that are metered separately and subject to controlled service. Water heaters may be controlled up to 14 hours a day.

This rate is available to customers with approved demand-control systems and applies to lighting, heating, water heating, cooking, refrigeration, air-conditioning, and other general uses of electricity. The demand charge, measured in kilowatts, is based on a customer's highest one-hour winter-season demand reading during a control period in the most recent 12 months. Service may be controlled up to 14 hours a day.

This is for permanently connected deferred loads. These loads primarily are thermal storage, such as underfloor heating or central-storage furnaces. You also may include water heaters on this rate when deferred heating load is in use. Loads may be controlled up to 14 hours a day. Rate 195 allows for qualified summer-season loads to be cycled 15 minutes on and 15 minutes off during control periods.

This is for permanently connected interruptible heating loads with an alternate fuel backup system that is served with self-contained (typical) metering. You also may include water heaters on this rate when other interruptible load is in use. Heating loads may be controlled up to 24 hours a day and water-heating loads may be controlled up to 14 hours a day. Rate 185 allows for air-source heat pump loads to be cycled 15 minutes on and 15 minutes off during summer control periods.

This is for permanently connected interruptible heating loads with an alternate fuel backup system that is serviced by current transformer (CT) metering. You also may include water heaters on this rate when other qualified interruptible load is in use. Heating loads may be controlled up to 24 hours a day and water heating loads may be controlled up to 14 hours a day. Rates 165 and 169/269 allow for qualified summer-season loads to be cycled 15 minutes on and 15 minutes off during control periods. To accommodate system controls, Rates 168/268 and 169/269 allow up to 5% of off-peak-load use to remain in service during control periods.

This is for permanently connected deferred loads with current transformer (CT) metering, primarily thermal-storage space heating or other approved loads. Electric service will be provided from 10:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m. In all other hours, the customer's load will be controlled.  

This is for permanently connected deferred loads with self-contained (typical) metering, primarily thermal-storage space heating or other approved loads. Electric service will be provided from 10:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m. In all other hours, the customer's load will be controlled. 

Customers may purchase off-peak electricity solely to recharge an electric vehicle (as defined by statute). Energy is delivered between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. All other hours of electric service are unauthorized and subject to penalty period kilowatt-hour charges.