Exhibit 23.02


                 INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


     We consent to the incorporation by reference in
Registration Statement No. 333-00415 on Form S-3 (relating to
the Northern States Power Company Dividend Reinvestment and
Stock Purchase Plan), Registration Statement No. 2-61264 on Form
S-8 (relating to the Northern States Power Company Employee
Stock Ownership Plan), Registration Statement No. 33-38700 on
Form S-8 (relating to the Northern States Power Company
Executive Long-Term Incentive Award Stock Plan), and in
Registration Statement No. 33-63243 on Form S-3 (relating to the
Northern States Power Company $300,000,000 Principal Amount of
First Mortgage Bonds) of our report dated February 8, 1995,
which expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an
explanatory paragraph relating to the change in method of
accounting for postretirement health care costs in 1993
appearing in this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Northern States
Power Company (Minnesota) (File No. 1-3034) for the year ended
December 31, 1995.



                 
(Deloitte & Touche LLP)
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Minneapolis, Minnesota
March 27, 1996