Revenues

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Revenues

Revenue is classified by the type of goods/services rendered and market/customer type. Xcel Energy’s operating revenues consisted of the following:

	Three Months Ended Sept. 30, 2020
(Millions of Dollars)	Electric		Natural Gas		All Other		Total
Major revenue types
Revenue from contracts with customers:
Residential	$	962	$	124	$	11	$	1,097
C&I	1,340		56		5		1,401
Other	34		—		2		36
Total retail	2,336		180		18		2,534
Wholesale	227		—		—		227
Transmission	157		—		—		157
Other	17		28		—		45
Total revenue from contracts with customers	2,737		208		18		2,963
Alternative revenue and other	204		11		4		219
Total revenues	$	2,941	$	219	$	22	$	3,182

	Three Months Ended Sept. 30, 2019
(Millions of Dollars)	Electric		Natural Gas		All Other		Total
Major revenue types
Revenue from contracts with customers:
Residential	$	865	$	124	$	10	$	999
C&I	1,383		58		6		1,447
Other	35		—		1		36
Total retail	2,283		182		17		2,482
Wholesale	205		—		—		205
Transmission	151		—		—		151
Other	13		24		—		37
Total revenue from contracts with customers	2,652		206		17		2,875
Alternative revenue and other	119		16		3		138
Total revenues	$	2,771	$	222	$	20	$	3,013

	Nine Months Ended Sept. 30, 2020
(Millions of Dollars)	Electric		Natural Gas		All Other		Total
Major revenue types
Revenue from contracts with customers:
Residential	$	2,356	$	647	$	32	$	3,035
C&I	3,481		308		20		3,809
Other	94		—		4		98
Total retail	5,931		955		56		6,942
Wholesale	553		—		—		553
Transmission	442		—		—		442
Other	55		86		—		141
Total revenue from contracts with customers	6,981		1,041		56		8,078
Alternative revenue and other	449		41		11		501
Total revenues	$	7,430	$	1,082	$	67	$	8,579