XCEL ENERGY INC — Director's Dealing 2011

Mar 3, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: XCEL ENERGY INC (XEL)
CIK: 0000072903
Period of Report: 2011-03-01

Reporting Person: SPARBY DAVID M (VP and CFO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-03-01	Common Stock	F	752.359	$23.75	Disposed	77297.100	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	4087.204	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: A fractional share interest was sold.

F2: Between February 24, 2011 and March 2, 2011, the reporting person acquired approximately 61.557 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 2, 2011.