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• For projects rated at a voltage level between 100 KV and 300 KV, one-third of the costs would be recovered on
an SPP region-wide basis and two-thirds would be recovered from the pricing zone of the project; and
• For projects rated at a voltage level greater than 300 KV, 100 percent of costs would be recovered on an SPP
region-wide basis.
The details of the application of the highway/byway funding approach are still under development in SPP and any
methodology would still be subject to FERC approval. The uncertainty surrounding allocation of transmission costs in
SPP could affect the timing or location of transmission additions as well as near-term SPS transmission investment.
FERC Audit of Wholesale FCA — In October 2009, the FERC notified NSP-Minnesota and NSP-Wisconsin that the
FERC audit division began an audit of compliance with the FERC’s accounting and reporting regulations related to the
calculation of the NSP-Minnesota and NSP-Wisconsin wholesale FCA for the period commencing Jan. 1, 2008. The
audit is a periodic financial audit, and Xcel Energy is fully cooperating with the audit.
Xcel Energy Electric Operating Statistics
Year Ended Dec. 31,
2009 2008 2007
Electric sales (millions of Kwh)
Residential ..................................................... 24,039 24,448 24,866
Commercial and industrial ........................................... 61,255 63,511 62,396
Public authorities and other ........................................... 1,079 1,079 1,087
Total retail .................................................... 86,373 89,038 88,349
Sales for resale ................................................... 21,588 23,454 24,202
Total energy sold ................................................ 107,961 112,492 112,551
Number of customers at end of period
Residential ..................................................... 2,905,105 2,891,320 2,859,262
Commercial and industrial ........................................... 415,703 411,935 408,366
Public authorities and other ........................................... 71,677 71,403 71,726
Total retail .................................................... 3,392,485 3,374,658 3,339,354
Wholesale ...................................................... 101 114 129
Total customers ................................................. 3,392,586 3,374,772 3,339,483
Electric revenues (thousands of dollars)
Residential ..................................................... $2,355,138 $2,458,105 $2,281,354
Commercial and industrial ........................................... 4,071,707 4,625,581 4,099,017
Public authorities and other ........................................... 116,933 127,757 118,024
Total retail .................................................... 6,543,778 7,211,443 6,498,395
Wholesale ...................................................... 886,417 1,266,256 1,180,728
Other electric revenues .............................................. 274,528 205,294 168,869
Total electric revenues ............................................. $7,704,723 $8,682,993 $7,847,992
Kwh sales per retail customer .......................................... 25,460 26,384 26,457
Revenue per retail customer ........................................... $1,929 $2,137 $1,946
Residential revenue per Kwh .......................................... 9.80¢ 10.05¢ 9.17¢
Commercial and industrial revenue per Kwh ................................ 6.65 7.28 6.57
Wholesale revenue per Kwh ........................................... 4.11 5.40 4.88
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