The
Minnesota
Goal
Post
Serving the Central Northwest
1\
DEQUATE
public service
to
a
population of
1,400,000
in
518
cities
.n.
and
"
owns
oftheCentral
Northwest,
centering
at
Minneapolis
and
Saint
Paul,
is
the
task to
which
the
organization
of
Northern States
Power
Company
is dedicated.
The
Company has
pioneered in
three
of the
outstanding
develop
ments
ofthe
electric
industry
"super"
power,
rural
electrifica
tion
and
customer
ownership.A
total
of
more
than
450,000'
horsepower
of
generating
capacityin
51
hydro
and steam
plants
supplies
the
electrical energy de
mands
of
this
gn'at
territory.
Transmission lines
extending
into
Minnesota,
Wisconsin,
North
DakotaandSouth Dakota,
are
unified
through
interconnection
into
acompact,efficient
"super"
power
system.
A
total
of
419,582
customers
of
all classes
are
served,
313,343
beingusers
of
electricity.
Electrical
en
ergy
output
in
1926
totaled
805,-380,692
kilowatt-hours.
Northern
States
Power
Com
pany
is
cooperating
with
farmers,
educational
and
government
agencies
in
the
solution
ofthe
problems
of
farm
electrification-itsRed
Wing line
was
the
firstexperimen
tal
rural
electric line
in
the
world.
Atthe
close
of
1926
the
Com
pany had
a
total
of
53,938
share
holders-a
shareholder for
every
six electriccustomers.
NORTHERN
STATESPOWER
COMPANY
Every Sixth
Customer
tIl
Sooreholder
Personal
vittention
to
Every
Customer
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