NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY (a Minnesota corporation) UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTUnderwriting Agreement • July 18th, 2005 • Northern States Power Co • Electric & other services combined • New York
Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota corporation (the “Company”), proposes to sell to the underwriters named in Schedule II hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as representatives (the “Representatives”), its First Mortgage Bonds of the designation, with the terms and in the aggregate principal amount specified in Schedule I hereto (the “Bonds”) to be issued under its Trust Indenture, dated as of February 1, 1937, from the Company to BNY Midwest Trust Company, as successor trustee (the “Trustee”), as previously amended, supplemented and restated and as to be amended and supplemented by a supplemental indenture relating to the Bonds (such Trust Indenture as so supplemented, amended and restated being hereinafter referred to as the “Indenture”). If the firm or firms listed in Schedule II hereto include only the firm or firms listed above, then the terms “Underwriters” and “Representatives,” as used herein, shall each be deemed to refer to such firm or firms.
