XCEL ENERGY INC — Director's Dealing 2011

Feb 26, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: XCEL ENERGY INC (XEL)
CIK: 0000072903
Period of Report: 2011-02-23

Reporting Person: Swenson Michael L (President and CEO, NSPW)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-02-23	Common Stock	A	11569.383	—	Acquired	66587.210	Direct
2011-02-23	Common Stock	F	5122.384	$23.62	Disposed	61464.826	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	1913.361	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Includes 1,879.940 shares of stock acquired pursuant to reinvestment of dividends.

F2: A fractional share interest was sold.

F3: Between February 25, 2010 and February 23, 2011, the reporting person acquired approximately 81.592 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 23, 2011.