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Northern States Power Co - Minnesota rate plans
4 residential plans are currently open to new customers that we can price side by side. Some charge different prices depending on the hour — which is where most of the savings hide.
What does Northern States Power Co - Minnesota cost at a normal month’s usage?
A household using 1,000 kWh a month pays about $1,800 a year on the cheapest of the 8 plans we can price here — Residential Service - Overhead Electric Space Heating (A01) — and $2,186 on the priciest. Same house, same wires.
| A month of | Cheapest, a year | On which plan | Priciest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 kWh | $936 | Residential Service - Overhead Electric Space Heating (A01) | $1,129 |
| 1,000 kWh | $1,800 | Residential Service - Overhead Electric Space Heating (A01) | $2,186 |
| 2,000 kWh | $3,528 | Residential Service - Overhead Electric Space Heating (A01) | $4,301 |
The same plan is cheapest at every level of use here, so the answer does not turn on how much you use. Estimates from the filed tariff, priced hour by hour on a household with central air — not a quote.
How much does the plan you pick actually matter here?
Run the same three-bedroom house with central air through every plan Northern States Power Co - Minnesota files, and the bill lands anywhere between $1,620 and $1,737 a year. That $117 spread is not a difference in electricity — it is the same kilowatt-hours, from the same wires, priced under different rules. Nobody sends you a letter when you are on the wrong side of it.
2 of these 4 plans price by the hour. Those are the ones where moving laundry, dishes, or car charging into the cheap window changes the bill; on the rest, the clock is irrelevant and only the total matters. Which camp you belong in is the first question worth settling, because it decides whether shifting your day is worth anything at all.
How Northern States Power Co - Minnesota compares with the rest of the country
Northern States Power Co - Minnesota is the only South Dakota utility we can price, so there is no in-state comparison to make. Against the whole country there is: run the same three-bedroom house with central air through its default plan at each of the 125 utilities we cover, and Northern States Power Co - Minnesota lands 73rd cheapest — in the dearer half — at about $1,620 a year against a national median of $1,547. The range runs from $905 at Entergy Louisiana (Louisiana) to $5,089 at Ameren Illinois (Illinois).
The other two households sit in the same place: a small apartment pays about $861 here against a national median of $895, and the same house with an electric car charging overnight about $2,212 against $2,062. Effective rate, fixed charge included, is 17.1¢ per kilowatt-hour for the family home.
Inside Northern States Power Co - Minnesota itself, the gap between its cheapest and dearest plan for that house is $117 a year. That is the part of the bill a customer here can act on; the rest is set by which utility the address falls under.
When are Northern States Power Co - Minnesota’s peak hours?
Northern States Power Co - Minnesota’s peak hours are 9am–9pm, June–September on all 3 of its time-of-use plans. Everything outside those hours is off-peak, apart from a mid-priced shoulder period. Weekends are off-peak all day.
At peak, Residential TOD Overhead Electric Space Heating charges 31.5¢ a kWh; off-peak it is 8.8¢ — 3.6× apart. These hours only matter on a time-of-use plan — the default plan, Residential Service - Overhead Standard (A01), charges one rate at every hour.
| Plan | Peak hours | Peak | Off-peak | Weekends |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential TOD Overhead Electric Space Heating (A02) | 9am–9pm, June–September | 31.5¢ | 8.8¢ | off-peak all day |
| Residential TOD Overhead Standard (A02) | 9am–9pm, June–September | 31.5¢ | 8.8¢ | off-peak all day |
| Residential TOD Underground Standard (A04) | 9am–9pm, June–September | 28.6¢ | 9.2¢ | off-peak all day |
On Residential TOD Overhead Electric Space Heating, every kilowatt-hour a day you move from 9am to midnight is worth about $83 a year in the month the gap is widest — an electric car or a water heater on a timer is the kind of load that actually moves. When to charge an electric car →
Which plan would cost you least?
No bill upload, no sign-up. Tell us roughly what a month costs you and what runs on electricity — we price every plan against the same household and show you the gap.
That adds up to 9,923 kWh a year. Compare it to the total on your bill and adjust until it’s close.
Same usage, different plan
$286a year
That is the gap between the cheapest plan you could be on — Residential Service - Overhead Electric Space Heating (A01) — and the priciest. Not by using less power. By being billed differently for the same power.
| Plan | Per year | Vs best |
|---|---|---|
| Residential Service - Overhead Electric Space Heating (A01)The hour never matters here — only the season. Rates peak June–September. | $1,451 | — |
| Residential Service - Underground Electric Space Heating (A03)The hour never matters here — only the season. Rates peak June–September. | $1,451 | +$0 |
| Residential TOD Overhead Electric Space Heating (A02)Peak hits 9am–9pm on weekdays, all year. | $1,520 | +$69 |
| Residential TOD Underground Electric Space Heating (A04)Peak hits 9am–9pm on weekdays, all year. | $1,520 | +$69 |
| Residential TOD Underground Standard (A04)Peak hits 9am–9pm on weekdays, all year. | $1,662 | +$210 |
| Residential Service - Overhead Standard (A01)The hour never matters here — only the season. Rates peak June–September. | $1,679 | +$228 |
| Residential Service - Underground Standard (A03)The hour never matters here — only the season. Rates peak June–September. | $1,679 | +$228 |
| Residential TOD Overhead Standard (A02)Peak hits 9am–9pm on weekdays, all year. | $1,737 | +$286 |
An estimate, not a quote. Supply charges move month to month, and your real usage pattern is not exactly this one. What it does show reliably is the gap between plans — both are priced off the same assumptions.
Before you switch anything
- What is a time-of-use electricity rate?
The same kilowatt-hour, priced differently depending on when you use it.
- Should you switch to a time-of-use electricity plan?
A wide peak-to-off-peak gap is a lever, not a saving. Levers need something to move.
- How to compare electricity plans without getting it wrong
Six things that break a comparison, and the order to check them in.
Every plan, in detail
Hour-by-hour schedules, tier thresholds, and the tariff each one comes from.
- Residential Service - Overhead Electric Space Heating (A01)flat
The hour never matters here — only the season. Rates peak June–September.
12.1–17.4¢ - Residential Service - Overhead Standard (A01)flat
The hour never matters here — only the season. Rates peak June–September.
15.6–17.4¢ - Residential Service - Underground Electric Space Heating (A03)flat
The hour never matters here — only the season. Rates peak June–September.
12.1–17.4¢ - Residential Service - Underground Standard (A03)flat
The hour never matters here — only the season. Rates peak June–September.
15.6–17.4¢ - Residential TOD Overhead Electric Space Heating (A02)time-of-use
Peak hits 9am–9pm on weekdays, all year.
8.8–31.5¢ - Residential TOD Overhead Standard (A02)time-of-use
Peak hits 9am–9pm on weekdays, all year.
8.8–31.5¢ - Residential TOD Underground Electric Space Heating (A04)time-of-use
Peak hits 9am–9pm on weekdays, all year.
8.8–31.5¢ - Residential TOD Underground Standard (A04)time-of-use
Peak hits 9am–9pm on weekdays, all year.
9.2–28.6¢