XCEL ENERGY INC — Director's Dealing 2007

Mar 19, 2007

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: XCEL ENERGY INC (XEL)
CIK: 0000072903
Period of Report: 2007-03-16

Reporting Person: VINCENT PATRICIA K (VP, Xcel Energy Services Inc.)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2007-03-16	Phantom Stock	$0	A	34.56	Acquired		Common Stock (34.56)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	3541.26	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Between February 1, 2007 and March 5, 2007, the reporting person acquired 438.4 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 March 5, 2007.

F2: Shares of phantom stock are payable in cash following termination of reporting person's employment.

F3: The information in this report has been updated based on a plan statement dated as of March 15, 2007.