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��. <br />.-- <br />JOINT AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT <br />h7ETR0 RATE AUTHORITY <br />The parties to this agreement are governmental units <br />of the State of Minnesota. This agreement is made pursuant <br />to Minnesota Statutes, Section 471.59. <br />I. GENERAL PURPOSES <br />The general purpose of this agreement is to establish <br />an organization to jointly and cooperatively administer the <br />rate provisions of uniform franchises which the parties to <br />this agreement have granted to Northern States Power Company. <br />The name of the organization is the METRO RATE AUTHORITY. <br />II. DEFINITIONS <br />Sectian 1. For the purposes o� this agreement, the <br />terms defined in this article have the meanings given them. <br />Section 2. "Authority" means the electric rate <br />regulatory authority created pursuant to this agreement and <br />contemplated in the uniform franchises granted to the I3orthern <br />States Power Company by the parties to this agreement. <br />Section 3. 1°Board°' means the Board of Directors of <br />the authority established by Article IV. <br />Section 4. "Executive Committee" means the committee <br />appointed by the Board pursuant to Article VIII. <br />Section 5. "Council" means the governing body of a <br />governmental unit, and in the case of a town, the term means <br />the town board. <br />Section 6. "Company" means the Northern States Power <br />