XCEL ENERGY INC — Director's Dealing 2006

Feb 24, 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: BONAVIA PAUL J (VP, Xcel Energy Services Inc.)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2006-02-22	Common Stock	A	39020	—	Acquired	78531.23	Direct
2006-02-22	Common Stock	F	16661.54	$19.095	Disposed	61869.23	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	2822.09	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Includes 1735.52 shares of common stock acquired pursuant to reinvestment of dividends.

F2: A fractional share interest was sold.

F3: Between February 1, 2005 and January 31, 2006, the reporting person acquired 365.71 shares of Xcel Energy common stock under the Xcel Energy 401(k) Savings Plan. The information in this report is based on a plan statement dated as of January 31, 2006.