16 unchanged sentences
Black Dog-Burnsville, MN, 3 Units Natural Gas 1987 - 2018 491
−Removed: Blue Lake-Shakopee, MN, 6 Units Natural Gas/Oil 1974 - 2005 454
+Added: Blue Lake-Shakopee, MN, 2 Units Natural Gas 2005 300 (d)
High Bridge-St.
Paul, MN, 3 Units Natural Gas 2008 530
−Removed: Inver Hills-Inver Grove Heights, MN, 8 Units Natural Gas/ Oil 1972 - 1996 276
+Added: Inver Hills-Inver Grove Heights, MN, 6 Units Natural Gas 1972 - 1996 272
Riverside-Minneapolis, MN, 3 Units Natural Gas 2009 454
+Added: Reciprocating Generation:
+Added: Blue Lake-Shakopee, MN 3 Units Natural Gas Various 24
Hennepin Island-Minneapolis, MN 5 Units Hydro 1954-1955 6
−Removed: Blazing Star 1-Lincoln County, MN, 100 Units Wind 2020 200 (d)
−Removed: Blazing Star 2-Lincoln County, MN, 100 Units Wind 2021 200 (d)
−Removed: Border-Rolette County, ND, 75 Units Wind 2015 148 (d)
−Removed: Community Wind North-Lincoln County, MN, 12 Units Wind 2020 26 (d)
−Removed: Courtenay Wind-Stutsman County, ND, 100 Units Wind 2016 190 (d)
−Removed: Crowned Ridge 2-Grant County, SD, 88 Units Wind 2020 192 (d)
−Removed: Dakota Range, SD, 72 Units Wind 2022 298 (d)
−Removed: Foxtail-Dickey County, ND, 75 Units Wind 2019 150 (d)
−Removed: Freeborn-Freeborn County, MN, 100 Units Wind 2021 200 (d)
+Added: Blazing Star 1-Lincoln County, MN, 100 Units Wind 2020 200 (e)
+Added: Blazing Star 2-Lincoln County, MN, 100 Units Wind 2021 200 (e)
+Added: Border-Rolette County, ND, 75 Units (f)
+Added: Wind 2015 150 (e)
+Added: Community Wind North-Lincoln County, MN, 12 Units Wind 2020 26 (e)
+Added: Courtenay Wind-Stutsman County, ND, 100 Units Wind 2016 190 (e)
+Added: Crowned Ridge 2-Grant County, SD, 88 Units Wind 2020 192 (e)
+Added: Dakota Range, SD, 72 Units Wind 2022 298 (e)
+Added: Foxtail-Dickey County, ND, 75 Units Wind 2019 150 (e)
+Added: Freeborn-Freeborn County, MN, 100 Units Wind 2021 200 (e)
Grand Meadow-Mower County, MN, 67 Units
−Removed: Wind 2008 100 (d)
−Removed: Jeffers-Cottonwood County, MN, 20 Units Wind 2020 43 (d)
−Removed: Lake Benton-Pipestone County, MN, 44 Units Wind 2019 99 (d)
−Removed: Mower-Mower County, MN, 43 Units Wind 2021 91 (d)
−Removed: Nobles-Nobles County, MN, 133 Units Wind 2010 200 (d)
−Removed: Northern Wind-Murray County, MN, 37 Units Wind 2023 92 (d)
−Removed: Pleasant Valley-Mower County, MN, 100 Units Wind 2015 196 (d)
−Removed: Rock Aetna-Murray County, MN, 8 Units Wind 2022 20 (d)
−Removed: Sherco Solar 1-Becker, MN, 63 units Solar 2024 223
+Added: Wind 2008 100 (e)
+Added: Jeffers-Cottonwood County, MN, 20 Units Wind 2020 43 (e)
+Added: Lake Benton-Pipestone County, MN, 44 Units Wind 2019 99 (e)
+Added: Mower-Mower County, MN, 43 Units Wind 2021 91 (e)
+Added: Nobles-Nobles County, MN, 133 Units Wind 2010 200 (e)
+Added: Northern Wind-Murray County, MN, 37 Units Wind 2023 92 (e)
+Added: Pleasant Valley-Mower County, MN, 100 Units (f)
+Added: Wind 2015 200 (e)
+Added: Rock Aetna-Murray County, MN, 8 Units Wind 2022 20 (e)
+Added: Sherco Solar 1 and 2-Becker, MN, 130 units Solar 2024 - 2025 460 (e)
(a) Summer 2025 net dependable capacity.
2 unchanged sentences
(c) RDF is made from municipal solid waste.
−Removed: (d) Net maximum capacity is attainable only when wind conditions are sufficiently available.
+Added: (d) Four units were retired in 2025.
+Added: (e) Net maximum capacity is attainable only when conditions are sufficiently available.
Typical average capacity factors are 35-50% for wind facilities.
For the year ended Dec.
−Removed: 31, 2024, NSP-Minnesota’s wind facilities had a weighted-average capacity factor of 46%.
+Added: 31, 2025, wind facilities had a weighted-average capacity factor of 44%.
+Added: For solar projects placed in service in 2025, factors will be available after a full year of operations.
+Added: (f) Repowered in 2025.
NSP-Wisconsin
5 unchanged sentences
French Island-La Crosse, WI, 2 Units Oil 1974 119
−Removed: Wheaton-Eau Claire, WI, 4 Units Natural Gas/Oil 1973 189 (c)
+Added: Wheaton-Eau Claire, WI, 1 Unit Natural Gas 2025 206 (c)
+Added: Reciprocating Generation:
+Added: Wheaton-Eau Claire, WI, 5 Units Natural Gas 2025 40 (c)
Various locations, 62 Units Hydro Various 135
1 unchanged sentence
(b) RDF is made from municipal solid waste.
−Removed: (c) Retired unit in 2024.
+Added: (c) Four combustion turbine units were retired in 2025 and replaced with one new combustion turbine and five reciprocating generation units.
Station, Location and Unit at Dec.
6 unchanged sentences
Coal 1965 - 1976 233 (d)
−Removed: Pawnee-Brush, CO, 1 Unit Coal 1981 505
+Added: Pawnee-Brush, CO, 1 Unit Coal 1981 505 (e)
Cherokee-Denver, CO, 1 Unit Natural Gas 1968 310
10 unchanged sentences
Various locations, 6 Units Hydro Various 23
−Removed: Rush Creek, CO, 300 units Wind 2018 582 (e)
−Removed: Cheyenne Ridge, CO, 229 units Wind 2020 477 (e)
+Added: Rush Creek, CO, 300 units Wind 2018 582 (f)
+Added: Cheyenne Ridge, CO, 229 units Wind 2020 477 (f)
+Added: Rocky Mountain Solar-Keenesburg, CO, 87 units Solar 2025 325 (f)
(a) Summer 2025 net dependable capacity.
−Removed: Wind is presented as net maximum capacity.
+Added: Wind and solar is presented as net maximum capacity.
(b) Based on PSCo’s ownership of 67%.
1 unchanged sentence
(d) Based on PSCo’s ownership of 76% of Unit 1 and 37% of Unit 2.
−Removed: (e) Net maximum capacity is attainable only when wind conditions are sufficiently available.
+Added: (e) Pawnee coal plant was retired in 2025 and completed conversion to natural gas in 2026.
+Added: (f) Net maximum capacity is attainable only when conditions are sufficiently available.
Typical average capacity factors are 35-50% for wind facilities.
For the year ended Dec.
−Removed: 31, 2024, PSCo’s wind facilities had a weighted-average capacity factor of 44%.
+Added: 31, 2025, wind facilities had a weighted-average capacity factor of 41%.
+Added: For solar projects placed in service in 2025, factors will be available after a full year of operations.
Station, Location and Unit at Dec.
1 unchanged sentence
Cunningham-Hobbs, NM, 1 Unit Natural Gas 1957 - 1965 183
−Removed: Harrington-Amarillo, TX 1 Unit Natural Gas 2024 339 (b)
−Removed: Harrington-Amarillo, TX 2 Units Coal 1976 - 1980 679 (b)
+Added: Harrington-Amarillo, TX 3 Units Natural Gas 2024 - 2025 1,018
Jones-Lubbock, TX, 2 Units Natural Gas 1971 - 1974 486
7 unchanged sentences
Maddox-Hobbs, NM, 1 Unit Natural Gas 1963 - 1976 61
−Removed: Hale-Plainview, TX, 239 Units Wind 2019 478 (c)
−Removed: Sagamore-Dora, NM, 240 Units Wind 2020 507 (c)
+Added: Hale-Plainview, TX, 239 Units Wind 2019 478 (b)
+Added: Sagamore-Dora, NM, 240 Units Wind 2020 508 (b)
(a) Summer 2025 net dependable capacity.
Wind is presented as net maximum capacity.
−Removed: (b) Harrington coal plant units 1-3 were retired in December 2024.
−Removed: Unit 2 was repowered to natural gas in the fourth quarter of 2024.
−Removed: Units 1 and 3 are also being repowered to natural gas in 2025, with Unit 1 having completed conversion in January and Unit 3 expected to be completed in the summer.
−Removed: (c) Net maximum capacity is attainable only when wind conditions are sufficiently available.
+Added: (b) Net maximum capacity is attainable only when conditions are sufficiently available.
Typical average capacity factors are 35-50% for wind facilities.
21 unchanged sentences
Compared sentence by sentence after normalising whitespace, quotation marks, case and digits, so re-formatting and restated figures do not read as changed language. Wording changes appear as one removal and one addition. The current filing and the prior one are authoritative.