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Exhibit 3-B Page G of 13 Docket No. E002/M-99-799 RWNorthern States Power Company Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401 MINNESOTA ELECTRIC RATE BOOK a MPUC NO. 2 GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS (Continued) Section No. 6 original sheet 29.1 5.3 SPECIAL FACUTIES (Continued) E. Special Facilities EMents 1. Where the requesting or ordering party is required to prepay or agrees to prepay or arrange payment N for Special Facilities, the requesting or ordering patty shall execute an agreement or service forme N pertaining to the installation, operation and maintenance, and payment of the Special Facilities. T Payments required will be made on a non-refundable basis and may be required in advance of construction unless other arrangements are agreed to in writing by the Company. The facilities installed by the Company shall be the property of the Company. Any payment by a customer requesting or N ordering party shall not change the Company's ownership interest or rights. N Payment for Special Facilities may be required by either, or a combination, of the following methods as prescribed by the Company: a single charge for the costs incurred or to be incurred by the Company due to such a special installation or a monthly charge being one-twelfth of Company's annual fixed costs necessary to provide such a special installation. The monthly charge will be discontinued if the special facilities are removed or if Ofe requester eventually qualifies for the originally requested Special Facilities. 2. Where Special Facilities are requested or ordered by a Municipality which is not a City. or in circumstances other than those addressed in Section 5.3(E)(3), and payment is not made or arranged by the Municipality, the Company may seek approval of the Commission to auow the Excess Expenditures to be the responsibility of the Company's customers residing within the Municipality and may seek approval by the Commission pursuant to Minn. Stat. Chap. 216E to allow recovery of such expenditures from those customers through a rate surcharge or other method. Company will provide notice to an affected Municipality of any miscellaneous rate filing by Company under Minn. Stat. Sect. 216B.16. Subd. 1. to establish a Special Facilities surcharge applicable to customers in such Municipality. Customers in the applicable Municipality will be notified of (a) the implementation of the Special Facilities surcharge through either a bill message or bill insert during the month of implementation of such surcharge, and (b) any change in the surcharge. (Continued on Sheet No. 6-29.2) Date Filed: 06-11-02 By: Kent T. Larson Effective Date: State Vice President *- Minnesota & Dakotas Docket No. E0021M-99_799 Order Date: 1 41 5861 vi