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Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota corporation Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401 MINNESOTA ELECTRIC RATE BOOK - MPUC NO. 2 STANDARD CONTRACT FOR Section No. 9 SOLAR*REWARDS COMMUNITY (Continued) 1st Revised Sheet No. 85 14. Renewable Energy Credits (RECs). Under any of the following conditions, the RECs associated with the Community Solar Garden belong to the Company: (Continued) The Community Solar Garden Operator hereby automatically and irrevocably assigns to Company all rights, title and authority for Company to register the Subscribed Energy and Unsubscribed Energy and own, hold and manage the RECs associated with all such energy in the Company's own name and to the Company's account, including any rights associated with any renewable energy information or tracking system that exists or may be established (including but not limited to participants in any applicable REC Registration Program and the United States government) with regard to monitoring, registering, tracking, certifying, or trading such credits. The Community Solar Garden Operator hereby authorizes Company to act as its agent for the purposes of registering, tracking and certifying RECs and the Company has full authority to hold, sell or trade such RECs within its own account of said renewable energy information or tracking systems. Upon the request of Company, at no cost to Company, (i) Community Solar Garden Operator shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Company such attestations and/or certifications of the Community Solar Garden and its associated RECs, and (ii) Community Solar Garden Operator shall cooperate with Company's registration and certification of the Community Solar Garden. The Company shall own and retain all RECs associated with Subscribed Energy and Unsubscribed Energy produced by the Community Solar Garden. 0 A. Definition of Renewable Energy Credits (RECs). 'Renewable Energy Credits" or "RECs" are all attributes of an environmental or other nature that are created or otherwise arise from the Community Solar Garden Operator's generation of energy using solar energy as a fuel, including, but not limited to, tags, certificates or similar products or rights associated with solar energy as a "green" or "renewable" electric generation resource, including any and all environmental air quality credits, emission reductions, off -sets, allowances or other benefits related to the generation of energy from the Community Solar Garden PV System that reduces, displaces or off -sets emissions resulting from fuel combustion at another location pursuant to any existing or future international, federal, state or local legislation or regulation or voluntary agreement, and the aggregate amount of credits, offsets or other benefits including any rights, attributes or credits arising from or eligible for consideration in the M -RETS program or any similar program pursuant to any international, federal, state or local legislation or regulation or voluntary agreement and any renewable energy certificates issued pursuant to any program, information system or tracking system associated with the renewable energy generated from the Community Solar Garden PV System. RECs do not include any federal, state or local tax credits, cash grants, production incentives or similar tax or cash benefits for which Community Solar Garden Operator or the Community Solar Garden PV System are eligible or which either receives, or any depreciation, expenses, credits, benefits or other federal, state or local tax treatment for which Community Solar Garden Operator or the Community Solar Garden PV System is eligible or that either receives. (Continued on Sheet No. 9-86) Date Filed: 12-18-15 By: Christopher B. Clark Effective Date: 12-18-15 President, Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota corporation Docket No. E002/M-13-867 Order Date: 12-15-15