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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 2015
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 517 (a)
Monticello-Monticello, Minn., 1 Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nuclear 1971 607
PI-Welch, Minn.
Unit 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nuclear 1973 521
Unit 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nuclear 1974 519
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 282
Blue Lake-Shakopee, Minn., 6 Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Natural Gas 1974-2005 453
High Bridge-St. Paul, Minn., 3 Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Natural Gas 2008 538
Inver Hills-Inver Grove Heights, Minn., 6 Units . . . . . . . . . . Natural Gas 1972 282
Riverside-Minneapolis, Minn., 3 Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Natural Gas 2009 470
Various locations, 14 Units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Natural Gas Various 67
Wind:
Grand Meadow-Mower County, Minn., 67 Units. . . . . . . . . . Wind 2008 101 (c)
Nobles-Nobles County, Minn., 134 Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wind 2010 201 (c)
Pleasant Valley-Mower County, Minn., 100 Units. . . . . . . . . Wind 2015 200 (c)
Border-Rolette County, N.D., 75 Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wind 2015 150 (c)
Total 7,144
(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 2015
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., 4 Units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Natural Gas 1973 183
Hydro:
Various locations, 63 Units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hydro Various 135
Total 524
(a) Refuse-derived fuel is made from municipal solid waste.