XCEL ENERGY INC — Director's Dealing 2006

Dec 28, 2006

SEC Form 3 — Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: XCEL ENERGY INC (XEL)
CIK: 0000072903
Period of Report: 2006-12-13

Reporting Person: Swenson Michael L (President and CEO, NSPWI, Xcel Energy owns 100% of NSPWI)

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	22385.705	Direct
Common	1322.083	Indirect

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Option, right to buy	$23.7188	2007-01-22	Common Stock (2586)		Direct
Option, right to buy	$26.875	2008-01-28	Common Stock (2362)		Direct
Option, right to buy	$26.3125	2009-01-27	Common Stock (2486)		Direct
Option, right to buy	$19.3125	2010-01-26	Common Stock (3515)		Direct
Option, right to buy	$26.3125	2010-08-20	Common Stock (36000)		Direct

Footnotes

F1: Option Grant exercisable dates are based on a vesting schedule of a pro-rated portion of each grant, which is unique to, and dictated by the plan under which the specific option grant was authorized.