0000072903-24-000052.txt : 20240307 0000072903-24-000052.hdr.sgml : 20240307 20240307174252 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000072903-24-000052 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20240301 FILED AS OF DATE: 20240307 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20240307 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Ostrom Melissa CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0002012625 ORGANIZATION NAME: FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-03034 FILM NUMBER: 24731534 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 414 NICOLLET MALL CITY: MINNEAPOLIS STATE: MN ZIP: 55401 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: XCEL ENERGY INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000072903 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC & OTHER SERVICES COMBINED [4931] ORGANIZATION NAME: 01 Energy & Transportation IRS NUMBER: 410448030 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MN FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 414 NICOLLET MALL CITY: MINNEAPOLIS STATE: MN ZIP: 55401 BUSINESS PHONE: 6123305500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 414 NICOLLET MALL CITY: MINNEAPOLIS STATE: MN ZIP: 55401 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NORTHERN STATES POWER CO /MN/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 3 1 form3.xml X0206 3 2024-03-01 0 0000072903 XCEL ENERGY INC XEL 0002012625 Ostrom Melissa 414 NICOLLET MALL MINNEAPOLIS MN 55401 true Vice President, Controller Common Stock 2265.583 D Common Stock 378.607 I 401(k) Restricted Stock Units Common Stock 413 D Restricted Stock Units Common Stock 803 D Restricted Stock Units Common Stock 999 D Restricted Stock Units Common Stock 1796 D Restricted Stock Units Common Stock 1711 D Shares held in the Xcel Energy Stock Fund under the Xcel Energy 401(k) Savings Plan as of a plan statement dated March 1, 2024. Award vests on December 31, 2024. Award vests on December 31, 2025. Award vests on December 31, 2026. Upon vesting, each restricted stock unit may be settled in one share of Xcel Energy common stock or in the cash value thereof, or a combination of cash and shares, at the discretion of the Governance, Compensation and Nominating Committee. Exhibit List: Exhibit 24.0 Power of Attorney Kristin L. Westlund, Attorney in Fact for Melissa Ostrom 2024-03-07 EX-24 2 melissaostrompoa.htm MELISSAOSTROMPOA
POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Amy L. Schneider, Kristin L. Westlund and Karen Quam, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact for the limited purpose to:

(1)
execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Xcel Energy Inc. (“Xcel Energy”), Forms 3, 4 and 5 under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or Forms 144 pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any appropriate amendment or amendments, supplementations or corrections to such forms;

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do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 or Form 144, including any amendments, supplementations or corrections thereto, and timely file such forms with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)
take any other action of any type whatsoever, including filing the Uniform Application for Access Codes to File on EDGAR, in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of or legally required by the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his or her discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact or his or her substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by Xcel Energy, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to Xcel Energy.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 12 day of February, 2024.


 /s/ Melissa Ostrom
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