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43
Item 1B — Unresolved Staff Comments
None.
Item 2 — Properties
Virtually all of the utility plant property of NSP-Minnesota, NSP-Wisconsin, PSCo and SPS is subject to the lien of their first
mortgage bond indentures.
Electric Utility Generating Stations:
NSP-Minnesota
Station, Location and Unit Fuel Installed
Summer 2013
Net Dependable
Capability (MW)
Steam:
A.S. King-Bayport, Minn., 1 Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coal 1968 511
Sherco-Becker, Minn.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unit 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coal 1976 680
Unit 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coal 1977 682
Unit 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coal 1987 507 (a)
Monticello-Monticello, Minn., 1 Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nuclear 1971 554
Prairie Island-Welch, Minn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unit 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nuclear 1973 521
Unit 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nuclear 1974 519
Black Dog-Burnsville, Minn., 2 Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coal/Natural Gas 1955-1960 232
Various locations, 4 Units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wood/Refuse-derived fuel Various 36 (b)
Combustion Turbine:
Angus Anson-Sioux Falls, S.D., 3 Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Natural Gas 1994-2005 327
Black Dog-Burnsville, Minn., 2 Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Natural Gas 1987-2002 271
Blue Lake-Shakopee, Minn., 6 Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Natural Gas 1974-2005 453
High Bridge-St. Paul, Minn., 3 Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Natural Gas 2008 534
Inver Hills-Inver Grove Heights, Minn., 6 Units . . . . . . . . . . Natural Gas 1972 282
Riverside-Minneapolis, Minn., 3 Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Natural Gas 2009 470
Various locations, 17 Units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Natural Gas Various 101
Wind:
Grand Meadow-Mower County, Minn., 67 Units. . . . . . . . . . Wind 2008 101 (c)
Nobles-Nobles County, Minn., 134 Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wind 2010 201 (c)
Total 6,982
(a) Based on NSP-Minnesota’s ownership of 59 percent.
(b) Refuse-derived fuel is made from municipal solid waste.
(c) This capacity is only available when wind conditions are sufficiently high enough to support the noted generation values above. Therefore, the on-demand net
dependable capacity is zero.
NSP-Wisconsin
Station, Location and Unit Fuel Installed
Summer 2013
Net Dependable
Capability (MW)
Steam:
Bay Front-Ashland, Wis., 3 Units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coal/Wood/Natural Gas 1948-1956 56
French Island-La Crosse, Wis., 2 Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wood/Refuse-derived fuel 1940-1948 16 (a)
Combustion Turbine:
Flambeau Station-Park Falls, Wis., 1 Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Natural Gas 1969 12
French Island-La Crosse, Wis., 2 Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Natural Gas 1974 122
Wheaton-Eau Claire, Wis., 6 Units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Natural Gas 1973 290
Hydro:
Various locations, 63 Units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hydro Various 135
Total 631
(a) Refuse-derived fuel is made from municipal solid waste.