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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) Original Sheet No. 86 14. Renewable Energy Credits (RECs). Under any of the following conditions, the RECs associated with the Community Solar Garden belong to the Company: (Continued) B. Definition of M -RETS Program. "M -RETS Program" means the Midwest Renewable Energy Trading System program, MPUC Docket No. E999/CI-04-1616 and subsequent or related proceedings. C. Ownership of RECs. All RECs associated with the Subscribed Energy and Unsubscribed Energy shall be assigned to the Company. By participating as a Community Solar Garden Operator under this Contract, the Community Solar Garden Operator hereby assigns to Company all right title and interest of the Community Solar Garden Operator to all RECs arising out of or associated with the generation of Subscribed Energy and Unsubscribed Energy. None of the Subscribers to the Community Solar Garden shall receive any RECs associated with the Subscribed Energy and Unsubscribed Energy. The Community Solar Garden Operator warrants and represents to the Company that it has or will have at the time of delivery good and sufficient title to all RECs associated with such Subscribed Energy and Unsubscribed Energy output and/or the ability to transfer good and sufficient title of all such RECs to the Company. The Company shall be entitled to all RECs generated by the Community Solar Garden PV System for such Subscribed Energy and Unsubscribed Energy while the Community Solar Garden Operator participates in the service offered in this Contract. The Community Solar Garden Operator hereby automatically and irrevocably assigns to the Company all rights, title and authority for Company to register the Community Solar Garden Operator's RECs associated with Subscribed Energy and Unsubscribed Energy under the terms of this Contract and to and own, hold and manage these RECs associated with the Community Solar Garden 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 in Minnesota or other jurisdictions (including but not limited to 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 these RECs and the Company has full authority to hold, sell or trade such RECs to its own account of said renewable energy information or tracking systems. Upon the request of Company from time to time, at no cost to Company, (i) Community Solar Garden Operator shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Company such attestations / certifications of all RECs, and (ii) Community Solar Garden Operator shall provide full cooperation in connection with Company's registration of the Community Solar Garden Operator's RECs under this Contract and certification of RECs. The Company shall own all RECs arising out of or associated with the generation of Subscribed Energy and Unsubscribed Energy for all purposes, and be entitled to use them in any manner it chooses. (Continued on Sheet No. 9-87) 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