XCEL ENERGY INC — Director's Dealing 2011

Mar 30, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: XCEL ENERGY INC (XEL)
CIK: 0000072903
Period of Report: 2011-03-28

Reporting Person: SAMPSON A PATRICIA (Director)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2011-03-28	Phantom Stock	$0	A	140.526	Acquired		Common Stock (140.526)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	1949.799	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Includes 18.812 shares of stock acquired pursuant to reinvestment of dividends.

F2: This total reflects 150 benefically held shares that were inadvertantly omitted from the reporting persons initial Form 3.

F3: Security converts to common stock on a one-for-one basis.

F4: Shares of phantom stock are payable in shares of common stock following termination of a reporting person's service. Partial shares are payable in cash.

F5: Includes 823.185 shares of stock acquired pursuant to reinvestment of dividends.