File #: Details 2013-363    Version: Name:
Type: GR - General Rate Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 11/26/2013 In control: PUC Agenda Meeting
On agenda: 10/15/2015 Final action:
Title: ** E002/GR-13-868 Northern States Power Company d/b/a Xcel Energy In the Matter of the Application of Northern States Power Company for Authority to Increase Rates for Electric Service in the State of Minnesota. Should the Commission grant the petition for reconsideration of its August 31, 2015 Order as requested by the Office of the Attorney General? If so, should the Commission change or modify its decision authorizing Xcel to recover its 2015 revenue deficiency as it accrued beginning on March 3, 2015 and through the date new, final rates are put into effect? (PUC: Harding) The Commission has the authority to accept or decline a petition for reconsideration with or without a hearing or oral argument. (Minnesota Rules 7829.3000, Subpart 6) In other words, a decision on a petition for reconsideration can be made without taking oral comments at the Commission meeting.
Attachments: 1. PUC - Order - May-8-2015, 2. Additional Doc - Xcel Interim Rate Refund Proposal 11-13-14, 3. Xcel - Petition for Reconsideration - May-28-2015, 4. Additional Doc - PUC Notice of Additional Comment Period 11-21-14, 5. DOC - Petition for Reconsideration & Clarification - May-28-2015, 6. Additional Doc - DOC Comments 1-13-15, 7. OAG - Petition for Reconsideration - May-28-2015, 8. Additional Doc - DOC Letter 1-16-15, 9. Xcel - Recon-Answer - Jun-8-2015, 10. Additional Doc - OAG Petition for Reconsideration 9-21-15, 11. Additional Doc - OAG Comments 1-13-15, 12. DOC - Recon-Answer - Jun-8-2015, 13. Additional Doc - Xcel Reply Comments 1-23-15, 14. OAG - Recon-Answer - Jun-8-2015, 15. Additional Doc - OAG Reply Comments 1-23-15, 16. Additional Doc - PUC Staff Briefing Papers for March 19 & 26-15, Vol. VII (pp. 84-94) 3-12-15, 17. Xcel Compliance Preliminary Schedules 4-24-15, 18. Additional Doc - PUC FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS, AND ORDER 5-8-15, 19. OAG - Sherco 3 - Letter - May-7-2015, 20. Additional Doc - Xcel Prelim Compliance Interim Rate Refund Schedules 4-30-15, 21. Additional Doc - PUC Notice Clarifying Time Period for Comments 5-13-15, 22. DOC - Sherco 3 - Comments - May-27-2015, 23. Additional Doc - OAG Comments 5-28-15, 24. DOC Comments 2-2-15, 25. Additional Doc - AARP Comments 5-28-15, 26. Additional Doc - PUC Staff Briefing Papers for July 9-15, Vol. I (pp. 6-19) 7-9-15, 27. DOC Reply Comments 2-10-15, 28. Additional Doc - PUC ORDER DENYING PETITIONS FOR RECONSIDERATION 7-13-15, 29. OAG Reply Comments 2-10-15, 30. Additional Doc - PUC ORDER REOPENING, CLARIFYING, AND SUPPLEMENTING 5-8-15 ORDER (pp. 8-11 & 19) 8-31-15, 31. Xcel Letter 6-3-15, 32. DOC Comments 6-4-15, 33. Additional Doc - Xcel Response to Petition for Recon 9-30-15, 34. Xcel Compliance 6-11-15, 35. Additional Doc - DOC Comments PUBLIC 5-28-15, 36. Xcel – Actual Sales Data & Property Tax Expense Update 1-16-15, 37. PUC ORDER REOPENING, CLARIFYING, AND SUPPLEMENTING 5-8-15 ORDER (pp. 8-11 & 19) 8-31-15, 38. Xcel - CCOSS & Revenue Apportionment Compliance Filing - May-1-2015, 39. OAG Petition for Reconsideration 9-21-15, 40. PUC - Request for Comments on Xcel's CCOSS and Class Revnue Apportionment Schedules - #13-868 - May-15-2015, 41. Xcel Response to Petition for Recon 9-30-15, 42. PUC Briefing Papers with att A and B, 43. Att C - Additional Record Documents, 44. Xcel - CCOSS - Reply Comments - PUBLIC - Jun-8-2015, 45. OAG - CCOSS - Reply Comments - Jun-8-2015, 46. XLI - CCOSS - Reply Comments - Jun-8-2015, 47. MCC - CCOSS - Reply Comments - Jun-8-2015, 48. Xcel - Petition - Nov-13-2014, 49. PUC - 1st Request for Comments on Xcel's Interim Rate Refund Proposal - Nov-21-2014, 50. DOC - Comments - Jan-13-2015, 51. DOC - Letter - Jan-16-2015, 52. OAG - Comments - Jan-13-2015, 53. Xcel - Reply Comments - Jan-23-2015, 54. OAG - Reply Comments - Jan-23-2015, 55. PUC Briefing Papers for 3-19 & 26, 2015, Vol. VII, pp. 84-94 3-12-15, 56. Xcel - Intrim Rate Refund Schedules - Apr-30-2015, 57. PUC - 2nd Request for Comments on Xcel's Interim Rate Refund Proposal - May-13-2015, 58. DOC - Comments - May-28-2015, 59. OAG - Comments - May-28-2015, 60. PUC - Order Setting Interim Rates - Jan-2-2014, 61. AARP - Comments - May-28-2015, 62. OAG - reply comments - 6-30-15, 63. Xcel - property taxes - 6-30-15, 64. DOC Letter 7-1-15, 65. DOC Letter 7-2-15, 66. Xcel - Sherco 3 - Final Report - PUBLIC - Mar-31-2015, 67. OAG - Sherco 3 - Comments - PUBLIC - May-22-2015, 68. OAG – Request for Procedural Guidance PUBLIC 1-20-15, 69. Xcel Comments PUBLIC 2-3-15, 70. DOC - CCOSS - Comments - PUBLIC - May-28-2015, 71. Briefing Papers, Vol I of V - Introduction & Interim Rate Refund Plan, 72. Briefing Papers, Vol II of V - Financial Issues, 73. Briefing Papers, Vol III of V - Class Cost of Service Study PUBLIC, 74. Briefing Papers, Vol IV of V - Class Revenue Apportionment, 75. Briefing Papers, Vol V of V - Revenue Decoupling, 76. Deliberation Outline
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**                     E002/GR-13-868                     Northern States Power Company d/b/a Xcel Energy

In the Matter of the Application of Northern States Power Company for Authority to Increase Rates for Electric Service in the State of Minnesota.

 

Should the Commission grant the petition for reconsideration of its August 31, 2015 Order as requested by the Office of the Attorney General?

If so, should the Commission change or modify its decision authorizing Xcel to recover its 2015 revenue deficiency as it accrued beginning on March 3, 2015 and through the date new, final rates are put into effect? (PUC: Harding)

 

The Commission has the authority to accept or decline a petition for reconsideration with or without a hearing or oral argument.  (Minnesota Rules 7829.3000, Subpart 6)  In other words, a decision on a petition for reconsideration can be made without taking oral comments at the Commission meeting.