North Dakota Regulator Endorses Xcel’s 150-Megawatt Wind Power Contract With Condition to Return REC Benefits to Customers

The North Dakota Public Service Commission on Aug. 5 conditionally granted Northern States Power Company’s request for a determination of prudence for its contract to buy 151 megawatts of wind-generated power from Dakota Range III LLP. The agency ordered that customers should receive financial compensation for the renewable energy certificates, or RECs, associated with the…