XCEL ENERGY INC — Director's Dealing 2008

Feb 23, 2008

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: XCEL ENERGY INC (XEL)
CIK: 0000072903
Period of Report: 2008-02-20

Reporting Person: Tyson George E II (Vice President and Treasurer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2008-02-20	Common Stock	A	18603.33	—	Acquired	26926.75	Direct
2008-02-20	Common Stock	F	8133.6	$20.62	Disposed	18793.15	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	2081.29	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Includes 336.76 shares of stock acquired pursuant to reinvestment of dividends.

F2: A fractional share interest was sold.

F3: Between February 1, 2007 and January 31, 2008, the reporting person acquired 85.44 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 February 1, 2008.