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stations served by Xcel. From 2009-2013 the SRA successfully fought to expand Xcel power outage credits for all electric customers and special municipal pumping customers, saving all customers tens of thousands of dollars going forward. In 2006 the SRA won its designation to maintain the municipal pumping rate class for Xcel Energy electric service, alone, which has saved Minnesota cities with pumping stations served by Xcel anywhere from $1,000420.000 annually since Januar. SRA member Eden Prairie, for example, has likely saved $16,800 a year since 2007 as a direct result of the SRA's success in the 2005 -filed Xcel Electric case described below. CURRENT AND PAST SRA PARTICIPATION 2014 Municipal Pumping Outage Credits. The SRA initially won the right in 2010 for municipalities with pumping stations to be paid $200 for each outage of any duration that is eligible for credits under Xcel Energy's tariff. Since that time cities received numerous credits but Xcel had failed to recognize a collective $350,000 in credits, which the SRA discovered and has now secured through PUC proceedings. 2013 Residential/Business Customer Outage Credits. Due to repeated, uncompensated outages occurring within a residential neighborhood of an SRA member city, the SRA successfully argued for an expansive formula to credit customers who have repeated electric outages in Xcel service territory that remain unrepaired. These credits range from $50 to $125 and have been implemented since 2013. 2013 Street Lighting Rate Reduction. Due to SRA efforts in Xcel Energy's 2013 rate case, electric rates paid by cities for street lighting saw no increase in 2013 and will stay the same in 2014-15, despite rising rates for other services. These savings total hundreds of thousands of dollars collectively to cities and their ratepayers who may pay them directly or indirectly. 2011 Xcel Gas $3.5 Million Rate Base Reduction. The SRA successfully eliminated $3.5 million requested by Xcel Gas for predicted facilities relocation projects not proven to be funded through the American Recovery Act. 2010 CenterPoint Energy $4 Million Rate Base Reduction. The SRA successfully eliminated $4 million requested by CenterPoint in its rate case related to costs to replace faulty and dangerous piping it purchased but did not inspect at the time of purchase. 2009-2013 CenturyLink Alternative Form of Regulation (AFOR). The SRA has intervened actively on behalf of Twin Cities Metropolitan Area cities in the AFOR CenturyLink (formerly Qwest) have utilized under Minnesota law since 1999. In these AFOR proceedings, the SRA has sought and obtained important protections against pass-through costs to city residents and businesses costs of CentuaLink facilities relocation and undergrounding. The SRA has further obtained provisions providing for CenturyLink technology investment (such as DSL) in Twin Cities suburbs. On December 31, 2013, the PUC extended the CenturyLink AFOR for another three years. SRA will continue to participate to protect suburban cities and their ratepayers. 355483v1 JMS SU160-3 2