Minnesota Residential Rate Summary

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

During a rate review an interim rate adjustment may apply to the charges below.

This tariff is available to residential customers on the Residential Service, RDC, or Farm Service Rates; and to commercial customers on the Small General Service Rate (less than 20 kW) and the General Service Rate. Participating eligible commercial customers may receive a monthly bill credit for each ton of connected cooling load.

Central cooling equipment will be cycled on a 15-minute on / 15-minute off schedule. Commercial customer dual stage air conditioners will be allowed to have the first stage run without interruption while the second stage will be shut off for the entire load management period.

Monthly bill credit may be prorated and applies June through September. Air conditioning may be cycled a maximum of 300 hours during the cooling season. During rate reviews an interim rate adjustment may apply to the charges below.

Customers on base residential, farm, or general commercial tariffs may receive a bill credit each month when direct control to water heating is configured. Water heaters may be controlled up to 14 hours a day.

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.

During a rate review an interim rate adjustment may apply to the charges below.

This rate is available to residential 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.

During a rate review an interim rate adjustment may apply to the charges below.

This rider is for both residential and non-residential service to any approved permanently connected deferred loads. Such loads primarily are thermal storage, like underfloor heating or central-storage furnaces, and may include water heaters and heat pumps when deferred heating load is in use. Loads may be controlled up to 14 hours a day, as measured from midnight to midnight. Optional rate 195 allows for qualified summer-season loads such as a heat pump to be cycled 15 minutes on and 15 minutes off during control periods.

During a rate review an interim rate adjustment may be applied to the charges below.

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.

During rate reviews an interim rate adjustment may apply to the charges below.

This tariff 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. The tariff does allow for short-duration cycling of qualified summer-season loads during control periods. To accommodate system controls, Option 2 permits up to 5% of off-peak-load use to remain in service during control periods. The penalty provision of the tariff is not intended as a buy-through option.

During rate reviews an interim rate adjustment may apply to the charges below.

This is for permanently connected deferred loads with current transformer (CT) metering, primarily thermal-storage space heating or other approved loads. 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. Penalty rates are not intended as buy-through options.

During rate reviews an interim rate adjustment may apply to the charges below.

This is for permanently connected deferred loads with self-contained (typical) metering, primarily thermal-storage space heating or cooling, and other approved loads. 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. Penalty rates are not intended as buy-through options.

During a rate review an interim rate adjustment may apply to the charges below.

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.

During rate reviews an interim rate adjustment may apply to the charges below.