• Xcel Energy unit NSP-Minnesota filed an Electric Customer Rate Stability Plan with Minnesota regulators as an alternative to a rate case.
• Proposal calls for a customer base-rate freeze in 2027 and 2028.
• Plan would accelerate federal Investment Tax Credit benefits from five battery-storage projects to offset capital spending impacts.
• Regulator decision requested by January 2027; a rejected plan would trigger an early-2027 electric rate case filing.

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