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EXHIBIT J

UTILITY MONEY POOL AGREEMENT

        This Utility Money Pool Agreement (the "Agreement"), dated as of November 3, 2003, is made and entered into by and among Xcel Energy Inc., ("Xcel Energy"), a Minnesota corporation and a holding company under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended (the "Act"), Xcel Energy Services Inc. ("Xcel Services"), a Delaware corporation and a non-utility subsidiary of Xcel Energy (in its role as administrator of the money pool), and each of the utility subsidiaries whose name appears on the signature pages hereof (each a "Subsidiary" and collectively with Xcel Energy and Xcel Services, the "Parties").

WITNESSETH:

        WHEREAS, the Parties desire to establish a Money Pool (the "Utility Money Pool") to coordinate and provide for certain of the short-term cash and working capital requirements of the Subsidiaries; and

        WHEREAS, the Subsidiaries may from time to time have need to borrow funds on a short-term basis, and certain of the Parties will from time to time have funds available to loan on a short-term basis;

        NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements, covenants and provisions contained herein, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I
CONTRIBUTIONS AND BORROWINGS

Section 1.01Contributions to Utility Money Pool.    

        Each Subsidiary and Xcel Energy will determine each day, on the basis of cash flow projections and other relevant factors, in such Party's sole discretion, the amount of funds it has available for contribution to the Utility Money Pool, and will contribute such funds to the Utility Money Pool. The determination of whether a Party at any time has surplus funds to lend to the Utility Money Pool or shall lend funds to the Utility Money Pool will be made by such Party's chief financial officer or treasurer, or by a designee thereof, on the basis of cash flow projections and other relevant factors, in such Party's sole discretion. Each Party may withdraw any of its funds at any time upon notice to Xcel Services as administrative agent of the Utility Money Pool.

Section 1.02Rights to Borrow.    

        Subject to the provisions of Section 1.04(c) of this Agreement, short-term borrowing needs of the Subsidiaries may be met by funds in the Utility Money Pool to the extent such funds are available. Each Subsidiary shall have the right to make short-term borrowings from the Utility Money Pool from time to time, subject to the availability of funds and the limitations and conditions set forth herein and in the applicable orders of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). Each Subsidiary may request loans from the Utility Money Pool from time to time during the period from the date hereof until this Agreement is terminated by written agreement of the Parties; provided, however, that the aggregate amount of all loans requested by any Party hereunder shall not exceed the applicable borrowing limits set forth in applicable orders of the SEC and other regulatory authorities, resolutions of such Party's Board of Directors, such Party's governing corporate documents, and agreements binding upon such Party. No loans through the Utility Money Pool will be made to, and no borrowings through the Utility Money Pool will be made by, Xcel Energy.

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Section 1.03Source of Funds.    

        (a)   Funds will be available through the Utility Money Pool from the following sources for use by the Parties from time to time: (1) surplus funds in the treasuries of the Subsidiaries, (2) surplus funds in the treasury of Xcel Energy, and (3) proceeds from bank borrowings and the sale of commercial paper by Xcel Energy and each Subsidiary ("External Funds"), in each case to the extent permitted by applicable laws and regulatory orders. Funds will be made available from such sources in such other order as Xcel Services, as administrator of the Utility Money Pool, may determine will result in a lower cost of borrowing to companies borrowing from the Utility Money Pool, consistent with the individual borrowing needs and financial standing of the Parties providing funds to the Utility Money Pool.

        (b)   Borrowing Subsidiaries will borrow pro rata from each lending Party in the proportion that the total amount loaned by such lending Party bears to the total amount then loaned through the Utility Money Pool. On any day when more than one funding source (e.g., surplus treasury funds of Xcel Energy and Subsidiaries ("Internal Funds") and External Funds), with different rates of interest, is used to fund loans through the Utility Money Pool, each borrowing Subsidiary will borrow pro rata from each fund source in the same proportion that the amount of funds provided by that fund source bears to the total amount of short-term funds available to the Utility Money Pool.

Section 1.04Authorization.    

        (a)   Each loan shall be authorized by the lending Party's chief financial officer or treasurer, or by a designee thereof.

        (b)   Xcel Services, as administrator of the Utility Money Pool, will provide each Party with periodic activity and cash accounting reports that include, among other things, reports of cash activity, the daily balance of loans outstanding and the calculation of interest charged.

        (c)   All borrowings from the Utility Money Pool shall be authorized by the borrowing Party's chief financial officer or treasurer, or by a designee thereof. No Party shall be required to effect a borrowing through the Utility Money Pool if such Party determines that it can (and is authorized to) effect such borrowing at lower cost directly from banks or through the sale of its own commercial paper.

Section 1.05Interest.    

        The daily outstanding balance of all loans to any Subsidiary shall accrue interest as follows:

        (a)   If only Internal Funds comprise the daily outstanding balance of all loans outstanding during a calendar month, the interest rate applicable to such daily balances shall be the rates for high-grade unsecured 30-day commercial paper of major corporations sold through dealers as quoted in The Wall Street Journal on the last business day of the prior calendar month (the "Composite Rate").

        (b)   If only External Funds comprise the daily outstanding balance of all loans outstanding during a calendar month, the interest rate applicable to such daily outstanding balance shall be the lender's cost for such External Funds or, if more than one Party had made available External Funds at any time during the month, the applicable interest rate shall be a composite rate, equal to the weighted average of the costs incurred by the respective Parties for such External Funds.

        (c)   In cases where the daily outstanding balances of all loans outstanding at any time during the month include both Internal Funds and External Funds, the interest rate applicable to the daily outstanding balances for the month shall be equal to the weighted average of the (i) cost of all Internal Funds contributed by Parties, as determined pursuant to Section 1.05(a) of this Agreement, and (ii) the cost of all such External Funds, as determined pursuant to Section 1.05(b) of this Agreement.

        (d)   The interest rate applicable to Loans made by a Subsidiary to the Utility Money Pool under Section 1.01 of this Agreement shall be the Composite Rate as determined pursuant to Section 1.05(a) of this Agreement.

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Section 1.06Certain Costs.    

        The cost of compensating balances and fees paid to banks to maintain credit lines by Parties lending External Funds to the Utility Money Pool shall initially be paid by the Party maintaining such line. A portion of such costs shall be retroactively allocated every month to the Subsidiaries borrowing such External Funds through the Utility Money Pool in proportion to their respective daily outstanding borrowings of such External Funds.

Section 1.07Repayment.    

        Each Subsidiary receiving a loan from the Utility Money Pool hereunder shall repay the principal amount of such loan, together with all interest accrued thereon, on demand and in any event within 365 days of the date on which such loan was made. All loans made through the Utility Money Pool may be prepaid by the borrower without premium or penalty.

Section 1.08Form of Loans to Subsidiaries.    

        Loans to the Subsidiaries from the Utility Money Pool shall be made as open-account advances, pursuant to the terms of this agreement. A separate promissory note will not be required for each individual transaction. Instead, a promissory note evidencing the terms of the transactions shall be signed by the Subsidiaries to the transaction. Any such note shall: (a) be in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A; (b) be dated as of the date of the initial borrowing; (c) be payable on demand; and (d) be repayable in whole at any time or in part from time to time, without premium or penalty.

ARTICLE II
OPERATION OF UTILITY MONEY POOL

Section 2.01Operation.    

        Operation of the Utility Money Pool, including record keeping and coordination of loans, will be handled by Xcel Services under the authority of the appropriate officers of the Parties. Xcel Services shall be responsible for the determination of all applicable interest rates and charges to be applied to advances outstanding at any time hereunder. Xcel Services shall maintain records of all deposits to and advances from the Utility Money Pool, including the following information:

        (1)   For each deposit with and each withdrawal from the Utility Money Pool, the date of the deposit or withdrawal, the amount of the deposit or withdrawal, the maturity date, if any, of the deposit, and the interest earning rate on the deposit;

        (2)   For each borrowing from the Utility Money Pool, the date of the borrowing, the amount of the borrowing, the maturity date, if any, of the borrowing, and the interest rate on the borrowing;

        (3)   The security, if any, provided for repayment of deposits into the Utility Money Pool and the security, if any, provided in support of borrowings from the Utility Money Pool; and

        (4)   The daily balance of the Utility Money Pool.

Xcel Services shall prepare periodic reports thereof for the Parties. Xcel Services will administer the Utility Money Pool on an "at cost" basis. Separate records shall be kept by Xcel Services for the Utility Money Pool established by this Agreement and any other money pool administered by Xcel Services.

Section 2.02Investment of Surplus Funds in the Utility Money Pool.    

        Funds not required for the Utility Money Pool loans (with the exception of funds required to satisfy the Utility Money Pool's liquidity requirements) will ordinarily be invested in one or more short-term investments, including (i) interest-bearing accounts with banks; (ii) obligations issued or

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guaranteed by the U.S. government and/or its agencies and instrumentalities, including obligations under repurchase agreements; (iii) obligations issued or guaranteed by any state or political subdivision thereof, provided that such obligations are rated not less than A by a nationally recognized rating agency; (iv) commercial paper rated not less than A-1 by S&P or P-1 by Moody's, or their equivalent by a nationally recognized rating agency; (v) money market funds; (vi) bank certificates of deposit; (vii) Eurodollar funds; and (viii) such other investments as are permitted by Section 9(c) of the Act and Rule 40 thereunder.

Section 2.03Allocation of Interest Income and Investment Earnings.    

        The interest income and other investment income earned by the Utility Money Pool on loans and investment of surplus funds will be allocated among the Parties in accordance with the proportion each Party's contribution of funds in the Utility Money Pool bears to the total amount of funds in the Utility Money Pool and the cost of any External Funds provided to the Utility Money Pool by such Party. Interest and other investment earnings will be computed on a daily basis and settled once per month.

Section 2.04Event of Default.    

        If any Subsidiary shall generally not pay its debts as such debts become due, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or any proceeding shall be instituted by or against any Subsidiary seeking to adjudicate it bankrupt or insolvent, then Xcel Services, on behalf of the Utility Money Pool, may, by notice to the Subsidiary, terminate the Utility Money Pool's commitment to the Subsidiary and/or declare the principal amount then outstanding of, and the accrued interest on, the loans and all other amounts payable to the Utility Money Pool by the Subsidiary hereunder to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon such amounts shall be immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other formalities of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by each Subsidiary.

ARTICLE III
MISCELLANEOUS

Section 3.01Amendments.    

        No amendment to this Agreement shall be adopted except in a writing executed by a duly authorized officer of each of the Parties hereto and subject to all applicable approvals by the SEC and the applicable state utility regulatory commission.

Section 3.02Legal Responsibility.    

        Nothing herein contained shall render any Party liable for the obligations of any other Party hereunder and the rights, obligations and liabilities of the Parties are several in accordance with their respective obligations, and not joint.

Section 3.03Rules for Implementation.    

        The Parties may develop a set of guidelines for implementing the provisions of this Agreement, provided that the guidelines are consistent with all of the provisions of this Agreement.

Section 3.04Governing Law.    

        This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Minnesota.

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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the duly authorized officer of each Party hereto as of the date first above written.

XCEL ENERGY INC.
By:	/s/  RICHARD C. KELLY
	Name:	Richard C. Kelly
	Title:	President and COO
XCEL ENERGY SERVICES INC.
By:	/s/  BENJAMIN G.S. FOWKE III
	Name:	Benjamin G.S. Fowke III
	Title:	Vice President, Treasurer and CFO
NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY,* a Minnesota corporation
By:	/s/  KENT T. LARSON
	Name:	Kent T. Larson
	Title:	Vice President
NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY,* a Wisconsin corporation
By:	/s/  MICHAEL L. SWENSON
	Name:	Michael L. Swenson
	Title:	President and CEO
PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF COLORADO*
By:	/s/  CYNTHIA A. EVANS
	Name:	Cynthia A. Evans
	Title:	Vice President
SOUTHWESTERN PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY*
By:	/s/  GARY L. GIBSON
	Name:	Gary L. Gibson
	Title:	President and CEO
CHEYENNE LIGHT, FUEL AND POWER COMPANY*
By:	/s/  RICHARD L. KAYSEN
	Name:	Richard L. Kaysen
	Title:	President and CEO

*

As to each Subsidiary, this Utility Money Pool Agreement shall only become effective as to such Subsidiary upon receipt by such Subsidiary of all necessary state regulatory approvals (if any).

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EXHIBIT A
To Utility Money Pool Agreement

FORM OF NOTE

        FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned,                        (the "Borrower"), hereby promises to pay to the order of Xcel Services Inc., as administrator of the Utility Money Pool as defined in the Money Pool Agreement (as defined below), at its principal office in                        , on demand, the principal amount outstanding from time to time under that certain Utility Money Pool Agreement dated as of                        , 2003 by and among Xcel Energy Inc., Xcel Energy Services Inc., as administrator, the undersigned, and each of the other utility subsidiaries whose name appears on the signature pages thereof (the "Money Pool Agreement"). The principal amount outstanding under this note shall bear interest, calculated daily, at a rate determined in accordance with the Money Pool Agreement. The undersigned hereby authorizes the administrator to record on the grid on the reverse side hereof or attached hereto the date and amount of each advance under the Money Pool Agreement and each payment made on account of the principal thereof. The principal amount outstanding as set forth on the grid on the reverse side hereof or attached hereto shall be rebuttable presumptive evidence of the principal amount owing and unpaid on this note. This note may be prepaid in full at any time or in part from time to time, without premium or penalty.

Date:
	By:
	Name
	Title:

Schedule to Note
dated                        , 2003

Date
Amount of Loan Loan Repayment Principal Amount
Outstanding

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