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Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota corporation Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401 MINNESOTA ELECTRIC RATE BOOK - MPUC NO. 2 STANDARD CONTRACT FOR SOLAR*REWARDS COMMUNITY STANDARD CONTRACT FOR SOLAR*REWARDS COMMUNITY Section No. 9 1 st Revised Sheet No. 69 THIS CONTRACT is entered into 120 , by Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Xcel Energy Inc. and (hereafter called "Company") (hereafter called "Community Solar Garden Operator"). Together, the Company and Community Solar Garden Operator are the Parties. RECITALS The Community Solar Garden Operator is the operator of a Community Solar Garden with an established or planned solar photovoltaic electric generating facility with a nameplate capacity of kilowatts of alternating current (AC), on property located at ("Community Solar Garden"). The Community Solar Garden is a facility that generates electricity by means of a ground mounted or roof mounted solar photovoltaic device(s) whereby a Subscriber to the Community Solar Garden receives a Bill Credit for the electricity generated in proportion to the size of the Subscription. The Community Solar Garden Operator is prepared to generate electricity in parallel with the Company. DEFINITIONS 'Bill Credit' shall mean the dollar amount paid by the Company to each Subscriber as a credit on the Subscriber's retail electric service bill to compensate the Subscriber for its beneficial share of solar photovoltaic electricity produced by the Community Solar Garden and delivered to the Company from the Community Solar Garden. "Bill Credit Rate" shall mean the then current applicable Bill Credit Rate as found in the Company's rate book applicable to the Solar*Rewards Community Program. The Bill Credit Type is either the "Standard" Bill Credit, "Enhanced" Bill Credit, or T a Value of Solar (VOS) Bill Credit Rate as found at the applicable sheet in the rate book. The Standard Bill Credit is based C on the applicable retail rate, which shall be the full retail rate, including the energy charge, demand charge, customer charge and applicable riders, for the customer class applicable to the Subscriber receiving the credit, and shall not reflect compensation for RECs. The "Enhanced" Bill Credit found at that sheet in the rate book is the sum of the Standard Bill Credit and the REC price and is the applicable Bill Credit Rate only where the Community Solar Garden Operator has made an election under Section 14.iii of this Contract to transfer the solar RECs to the Company. The REC prices embedded within the Enhanced Bill Credit are fixed for the duration of the term of this Contract and are fixed at the REC price in place at the time the Community Solar Garden has filed a completed application. Accordingly, the Standard and Enhanced Bill Credit rates will change over the term of this Contract and the Bill Credit Rate will be based on the then - current Standard or Enhanced Bill Credit as provided for in this Contract, but the REC value embedded within the Enhanced Bill Credit will not change during the Contract term. Once a Standard or Enhanced Bill Credit applies, that Bill Credit Type applies for the term of the Contract. (Continued on Sheet No. 9-69.1) Date Filed: 12-01-16 By: Christopher B. Clark Effective Date: 09-06-16 President, Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota corporation Docket No. E002/M-13-867 Order Date: 09-06-16