NSP System: 10-Year Transmission Plan / 20-Year ... - Xcel Energy
NSP System: 10-Year Transmission Plan / 20-Year ... - Xcel Energy
NSP System: 10-Year Transmission Plan / 20-Year ... - Xcel Energy
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<strong>20</strong>-<strong>Year</strong> Scenario AssessmentAnalysis• Resource availability• Variety of potential locations for new generationresources– Most likely to develop outside the Twin Cities metropolitanarea.• Assumed that new nuclear power plants on <strong>NSP</strong>system unlikely during next <strong>20</strong> years• Assumed that small scale distributed generation willcontinue in their present role in the resource plan or fortransmission needs.• Solar technology is starting to be installed, but will likelydevelop in the sunnier American southwest