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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 (Continued) AGREEMENTS The Community Solar Garden Operator and the Company agree: Section No. 9 2nd Revised Sheet No. 73 1. Sale of Electricity Generated by the Community Solar Garden. Effective upon the Date of Commercial Operation, the Community Solar Garden shall sell and deliver to the Company at the Production Meter all of the photovoltaic energy produced by the PV System. Payment for the Subscribed Energy which is produced and delivered will be solely by a Bill Credit to Subscribers as detailed below. Payment for Unsubscribed Energy will be paid to the Community Solar Garden Operator at the then current: 1.) Company's avoided cost rate (found in the Company's rate book, Rate Code A51) for solar gardens of 40 kW (AC) capacity or larger, or 2.) Company's average retail energy rate (found in the Company's rate book, Rate Code A50) for solar gardens under 40 kW (AC) capacity. Where the Community Solar Garden Operator has elected to transfer the solar RECs to the Company, or where the VOS Bill Credit Rate applies to Subscribed Energy under the Standard Contract for Solar*Rewards Community, an additional payment of $0.01/kWh will be paid to the Community Solar Garden Operator for the RECs associated with this Unsubscribed Energy. The Community Solar Garden Operator shall not sell any photovoltaic energy generated from the PV System, or any capacity associated with the PV System, to any person other than the Company during the term of this Contract, and the Company shall purchase and own all photovoltaic energy produced by the PV System. This Contract conveys to the Company all energy generated from the PV System and all capacity associated with the PV System for the Term of the Contract. A. The Company will buy (through Bill Credits to the Subscribers) all Subscribed Energy generated by the Community Solar Garden and delivered to the Company during a particular Production Month at the Bill Credit Rate. Each Subscriber to the Solar*Rewards Community Program will receive a Bill Credit at the Bill Credit Rate for electricity generated attributable to the Subscriber's Subscription. Each Subscriber will also be charged for all electricity consumed by the Subscriber at the applicable rate schedule for sales to that class of customer. If the Bill Credit exceeds the amount owed in any billing period, the excess portion of the Bill Credit in any billing period shall be carried forward and credited against all charges. All Bill Credits must be carried forward for at least a twelve (12) month cycle. The Company shall purchase all Bill Credits with the billing statement which includes the last day in February and restart the credit cycle on the following period with a zero credit balance. Consistent with Minn. R. 7820.3800, Subp. 2, the purchase of the Bill Credits will only be made when the Bill Credit amount is more than $1 due for an existing customer or $2 or more due a person or legal entity no longer a customer of the Company. B. A copy of the presently filed Solar*Rewards Community Program tariff of the Company's rate book is attached to this Contract. The rates for sales and purchases of Subscribed Energy shall be changed annually or otherwise as provided by order of the MPUC. The Community Solar Garden Operator shall comply with all of the rules stated in the Company's applicable electric tariff related to the Solar*Rewards Community Program and the tariffed version of this Contract, as the same may be revised from time to time, or as otherwise allowed by an amendment to this Contract approved, or deemed approved, by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Contract and Company's electric tariff, the provisions of the tariff shall control. (Continued on Sheet No. 9-74) 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 T