XCEL ENERGY INC — Director's Dealing 2006

Feb 28, 2006

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: XCEL ENERGY INC (XEL)
CIK: 0000072903
Period of Report: 2006-02-22

Reporting Person: Johnson Gary Ronald (VP and General Counsel)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2006-02-22	Common Stock	A	39527	—	Acquired	82778.5	Direct
2006-02-22	Common Stock	F	16877.89	$19.095	Disposed	65900.5	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	96.9	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Includes 3,775.68 shares of common stock acquired pursuant to reinvestment of dividends.

F2: A fractional share interest was sold.

F3: Since the date of reporting person's last ownership report, he transferred shares to an alternate payee account under a qualified domestic relations order.