Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned director and/or officer of Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota corporation, does hereby make, constitute and appoint BENJAMIN G.S. FOWKE III and TERESA S. MADDEN, and each or any of them, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead and in any and all capacities, to sign and affix the undersigned’s name as such director and/or officer of said Company to a Registration Statement or Registration Statements on Form S-3 or other applicable form, and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto, and all registration statements for the same offering that are to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to be filed by said Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of debt securities, guarantees, and other securities related thereto (all of the foregoing being referred to in this Power of Attorney as “Securities”) proposed to be sold by said Company from time to time, and/or proposed to be registered by the Company for re-sale and/or exchange on behalf of one or more holders of such Securities, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or incidental to the performance and execution of the powers herein expressly granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 6th day of December, 2013.
/s/ David M. Sparby | |
| David M. Sparby | |
| President, Chief Executive Officer and Director |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned director and/or officer of Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota corporation, does hereby make, constitute and appoint BENJAMIN G.S. FOWKE III and DAVID M. SPARBY, and each or any of them, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead and in any and all capacities, to sign and affix the undersigned’s name as such director and/or officer of said Company to a Registration Statement or Registration Statements on Form S-3 or other applicable form, and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto, and all registration statements for the same offering that are to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to be filed by said Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of debt securities, guarantees, and other securities related thereto (all of the foregoing being referred to in this Power of Attorney as “Securities”) proposed to be sold by said Company from time to time, and/or proposed to be registered by the Company for re-sale and/or exchange on behalf of one or more holders of such Securities, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or incidental to the performance and execution of the powers herein expressly granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 6th day of December, 2013.
/s/ Teresa S. Madden | |
| Teresa S. Madden | |
| Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned director and/or officer of Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota corporation, does hereby make, constitute and appoint BENJAMIN G.S. FOWKE III, TERESA S. MADDEN and DAVID M. SPARBY, and each or any of them, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead and in any and all capacities, to sign and affix the undersigned’s name as such director and/or officer of said Company to a Registration Statement or Registration Statements on Form S-3 or other applicable form, and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto, and all registration statements for the same offering that are to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to be filed by said Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of debt securities, guarantees, and other securities related thereto (all of the foregoing being referred to in this Power of Attorney as “Securities”) proposed to be sold by said Company from time to time, and/or proposed to be registered by the Company for re-sale and/or exchange on behalf of one or more holders of such Securities, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or incidental to the performance and execution of the powers herein expressly granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 6th day of December, 2013.
/s/ Jeffrey S. Savage | |
| Jeffrey S. Savage | |
| Vice President and Controller |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned director and/or officer of Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota corporation, does hereby make, constitute and appoint TERESA S. MADDEN and DAVID M. SPARBY, and each or any of them, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead and in any and all capacities, to sign and affix the undersigned’s name as such director and/or officer of said Company to a Registration Statement or Registration Statements on Form S-3 or other applicable form, and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto, and all registration statements for the same offering that are to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to be filed by said Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of debt securities, guarantees, and other securities related thereto (all of the foregoing being referred to in this Power of Attorney as “Securities”) proposed to be sold by said Company from time to time, and/or proposed to be registered by the Company for re-sale and/or exchange on behalf of one or more holders of such Securities, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or incidental to the performance and execution of the powers herein expressly granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 6th day of December, 2013.
/s/ Benjamin G.S. Fowke III | |
| Benjamin G.S. Fowke III | |
| Chairman and Director |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned director and/or officer of Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota corporation, does hereby make, constitute and appoint BENJAMIN G.S. FOWKE III, TERESA S. MADDEN and DAVID M. SPARBY, and each or any of them, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead and in any and all capacities, to sign and affix the undersigned’s name as such director and/or officer of said Company to a Registration Statement or Registration Statements on Form S-3 or other applicable form, and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto, and all registration statements for the same offering that are to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to be filed by said Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of debt securities, guarantees, and other securities related thereto (all of the foregoing being referred to in this Power of Attorney as “Securities”) proposed to be sold by said Company from time to time, and/or proposed to be registered by the Company for re-sale and/or exchange on behalf of one or more holders of such Securities, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or incidental to the performance and execution of the powers herein expressly granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 11th day of December, 2013.
/s/ Judy M. Poferl | |
| Judy M. Poferl | |
| Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Director |