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Northern States Power Co - Minnesota: 16.98 ¢/kWh for homes, 110 minutes of SAIDI (2024)
In Minnesota, Northern States Power Co - Minnesota bills 1,375,256 accounts, 89.4% residential, as an investor owned utility. Businesses and industry take 69% of the 27,722,191 MWh it sells; homes take 31%.
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Northern States Power Co - Minnesota: 588 kWh a month costs roughly $100 in energy at 16.98 ¢/kWh, +9.9% on the Minnesota average of 15.45 ¢.
Businesses and industry take 69% of the 27,722,191 MWh it sells; homes take 31%.
Who buys power from Northern States Power Co
Business share of sales
69%homes 31% of 27,722,191 MWh
The customer mix of Northern States Power Co - Minnesota is its own: 1,230,057 home accounts buy 31.3% of 27,722,191 MWh, 144,718 commercial accounts buy 44.0%, and the remaining 24.7% goes to 480 industrial and other accounts. A typical Northern States Power Co home uses 7,054 kWh a year, a typical business account 84,243.
How it compares
Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
Northern States Power Co - Minnesota, 2024
Home
Business
Bill
SAIDI
Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
16.98 ¢/kWh
12.85 ¢/kWh
$100at 588 kWh
110 minSAIDI
Minnesota average against this company, which is 14 of 16 on priceLowest in this table
Northern States Power Co: +0.5% on 2024 for homes, Minnesota +2.5%.
Northern States Power Co home price, 2025
17.07 ¢/kWh+0.5% on 2024, early release
Northern States Power Co SAIDI, 2025
115 min+4% on 2024, early release
Northern States Power Co against Minnesota, 2025
-1.9 pointsNorthern States Power Co +0.5%, Minnesota +2.5%, price in Minnesota 15.83 ¢
Northern States Power Co - Minnesota reported 17.07 ¢/kWh for homes in 2025, +0.5% on its 2024 figure of 16.98, while the Minnesota average moved +2.5%. Its SAIDI is 115 minutes against 110 in 2024.
Carbon context
Northern States Power Co - Minnesota serves 1,230,057 homes in Minnesota. At 588 kWh a month that is about 199 kg of CO₂, or 2,392 kg a year, at the Minnesota plant rate, state generation and not this utility: Minnesota generation mix.
Northern States Power Co - Minnesota charts
Residential price since 2015: 16.98 ¢ in 2024
12.60 ¢ in 2015, 16.98 ¢ in 2024 (+34.8%); Minnesota 12.12 to 15.45 ¢.
Northern States Power Co - Minnesota residential price 2015-2024, 2015 to 2024: 10 rows
From 12.60 ¢ in 2015 to 16.98 ¢ in 2024, a move of +34.8%: Northern States Power Co - Minnesota outpaced its state (+27.5%) by 7.3 points, and +4.5 points against the U.S. Northern States Power Co - Minnesota's sharpest move came in 2022, +12.1%. The latest year is the high at 16.98 ¢; the low was 12.60 ¢ (2015). 2024: +4.1% here, +4.9% for the Minnesota average. SAIDI at Northern States Power Co - Minnesota (major events excluded) rose from 87 minutes in 2015 to 110 in 2024, +26%; worst year 2024 at 110. Northern States Power Co - Minnesota filed SAIDI under the national median in 9 of 10 years; its 2024 figure was 110 minutes, +11 from that year's median. 2024: 309 minutes with major events, 110 without, the widest gap of any year. Northern States Power Co - Minnesota has 13 cheaper and 2 higher-priced Minnesota peers among 16 with 20,000+ homes. Next cheaper, East Central Energy, bills 16.89 ¢ (-0.10). Next higher-priced, Lake Country Power, bills 17.90 ¢ (+0.92).
A 9.9% premium over Minnesota, with outage minutes at 1.11x the national median.
Home accounts at Northern States Power Co - Minnesota went from 1,122,172 in 2015 to 1,230,057 in 2024, +9.6%. Business customers paid 0.76 times the home price in 2024 (12.85 against 16.98 ¢); the ratio was 0.75 in 2015. SAIFI went from 0.82 in 2015 to 1.08 in 2024, between 0.73 and 1.08.
Outages and home price of Northern States Power Co - Minnesota (EIA utility 13781), 2013 to 2024
By 2024 the average Northern States Power Co - Minnesota customer sat through 110 minutes of outage, against 95 in 2013 (+16%). The low came in 2017 at 74, the high in 2024 at 110; 12 years were filed. The Minnesota median in 2024 was 57 minutes, so Northern States Power Co - Minnesota ran above it.
Measured in 2025 dollars, Northern States Power Co - Minnesota home rates went 17.50 ¢ to 17.43 ¢ (−0.4%) from 2013 to 2024; on the bill 12.66 ¢ to 16.98 ¢. Over 12,000 kWh a year the real price meant $2,100 in 2013 and $2,091 in 2024. Of 45 Minnesota utilities with 1,000+ home accounts in 2024, Northern States Power Co - Minnesota stood 41st cheapest (82nd of 99 in 2013).
Northern States Power Co - Minnesota outage minutes a customer, 2013 to 2024: 110 in 2024
Northern States Power Co - Minnesota at 110 min in 2024 and the Minnesota median at 57.
Northern States Power Co - Minnesota home price since 2013: −0.4% after inflation
Northern States Power Co - Minnesota: 17.43 ¢ in 2025 dollars (solid) and 16.98 ¢ as billed (dashed) in 2024.
Northern States Power Co - Minnesota, EIA utility 13781, year by year among Minnesota utilities
Northern States Power Co 2013-2024: 12 rows
Year, Northern States Power Co
¢ billed
¢ in 2025 $
Price place, Northern States Power Co
SAIDI min
SAIFI
SAIDI place, Northern States Power Co
Minnesota median SAIDI
2013
12.66
17.50
82 of 99
95
0.90
23 of 35
66
2014
12.75
17.34
79 of 99
82
1.00
22 of 39
74
2015
12.60
17.11
73 of 100
87
0.82
26 of 41
67
2016
13.18
17.68
72 of 98
93
0.82
25 of 45
89
2017
13.79
18.11
80 of 99
74
0.73
23 of 43
68
2018
14.15
18.14
84 of 99
95
0.88
31 of 49
80
2019
13.62
17.16
85 of 114
81
0.74
25 of 48
79
2020
13.74
17.09
31 of 43
97
0.97
20 of 31
62
2021
13.92
16.54
31 of 43
92
0.93
23 of 33
66
2022
15.60
17.16
37 of 43
90
0.87
21 of 33
67
2023
16.31
17.23
38 of 43
83
0.84
24 of 34
59
2024
16.98
17.43
41 of 45
110
1.08
31 of 36
57
Northern States Power Co, EIA utility 13781: EIA-861, CPI-U.
What kind of utility is Northern States Power Co - Minnesota?
Northern States Power Co - Minnesota files with EIA as an investor-owned utility. In Minnesota, investor-owned utilities serve 60% of residential customers at an average 16.6 cents per kWh. Northern States Power Co - Minnesota itself averaged 17.0 cents, 0.4 cents above its type in Minnesota.
Shutoffs: this utility reported 52,259 disconnections for nonpayment in 2024, 4.2 per 100 accounts (Minnesota: 3.4; EIA Form EIA-112). All utilities.
Reliability and meters, 2024
In 2024 the average Northern States Power Co - Minnesota customer was without power 110 minutes without major events and 309 with them. That is 23rd fewest of 27 Minnesota utilities with 10,000+ customers. The median Minnesota utility reported 57 minutes. Smart (AMI) meters: 89% of its 1,254,155 residential meters.
How many customers does Northern States Power Co - Minnesota serve in Minnesota?
1,375,256 accounts in 2024: residential 1,230,057, commercial 144,718, industrial 480.
What is the average residential rate of Northern States Power Co - Minnesota?
In 2024 homes paid 16.98 cents; against the Minnesota average that is +9.9%.
How reliable is Northern States Power Co - Minnesota by SAIDI and SAIFI?
SAIDI 110.4 min and SAIFI 1.08 a year, major events excluded; ratio to the national median 1.11, CAIDI 102 min.
How much solar net metering is on the Northern States Power Co - Minnesota grid?
15,033 installations with 188.3 MW, of which residential installations number 13,411.
What is the monthly bill at Northern States Power Co - Minnesota for average use?
588 kWh at 16.98 cents comes to about $100, energy only.
How does Northern States Power Co - Minnesota rank on price within Minnesota?
Rank 14 of 16 in Minnesota on price, +9.9% against the state average; 13 charge less than 16.98 ¢.
What share of Northern States Power Co - Minnesota sales do homes buy?
Homes take 31.3% of 27,722,191 MWh, commercial accounts 44.0%, industrial and other 24.7%; the 144,718 commercial accounts use 84,243 kWh each, 11.9 times a home.
At Northern States Power Co - Minnesota, are smart meters in homes, with a TOU option?
1,121,389 of 1,254,155 home meters are AMI, 89.4%. Northern States Power Co offers a home time-of-use rate; 16,042 customers use dynamic pricing, 1.30% of its homes.
Has Northern States Power Co - Minnesota moved up the Minnesota price list since 2015?
10th cheapest of 14 in 2015, 14th of 16 in 2024; its price rose 34.8% while Minnesota rose 27.5%.
Where does Northern States Power Co - Minnesota stand among 2 peers?
Place 3 of 3 on home price at 16.98 ¢ (Xcel Energy group); median 15.83 ¢, cheapest member 15.05 ¢.
What did Northern States Power Co - Minnesota charge homes in 2025?
17.07 cents per kWh, +0.5% on the 16.98 of 2024 (EIA early release for 2025).
Utilities with a similar home price
Home prices nearest to Northern States Power Co - Minnesota at 16.98 ¢/kWh in 2024, among companies with a page here, any state.
EIA-861 form instructions for Northern States Power Co - Minnesota: 16.98 ¢/kWh for homes, 110 minutes of SAIDI (2024), how a customer is counted
EIA state profiles for Northern States Power Co - Minnesota: 16.98 ¢/kWh for homes, 110 minutes of SAIDI (2024), the state price average
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Northern States Power Co - Minnesota: 588 kWh a month costs roughly $100 in energy at 16.98 ¢/kWh, +9.9% on the Minnesota average of 15.45 ¢.
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author = "Electric Consumer",
title = {Northern States Power Co - Minnesota customer mix: 17.07 ¢/kWh in 2025, SAIDI 110 min in 2024},
year = {2026},
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note = {Data as of 26 October 2026. Accessed 26 October 2026}
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