0001140361-11-013847.txt : 20110303 0001140361-11-013847.hdr.sgml : 20110303 20110303154914 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001140361-11-013847 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110301 FILED AS OF DATE: 20110303 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110303 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Sheppard James J. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001500804 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-03034 FILM NUMBER: 11660119 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 224 WALNUT GROVE AVENUE CITY: ROSEMEAD STATE: CA ZIP: 91770 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: XCEL ENERGY INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000072903 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC & OTHER SERVICES COMBINED [4931] IRS NUMBER: 410448030 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MN FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 800 NICOLLET MALL CITY: MINNEAPOLIS STATE: MN ZIP: 55402 BUSINESS PHONE: 6123305500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 800 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 doc1.xml FORM 3 X0203 3 2011-03-01 0 0000072903 XCEL ENERGY INC XEL 0001500804 Sheppard James J. 414 NICOLLET MALL MINNEAPOLIS MN 55401 1 0 0 0 No securities are beneficially owned 0 D Tara M. Heine, Attorney in Fact for James J. Sheppard 2011-03-03 EX-24 2 poa1.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY Unassociated Document
 
 
 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Patrice D. Blaeser, Cathy J. Hart, Tara M. Heine and Carol J. Peterson, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)           execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer (as defined in Rule 16a-1 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission) and/or director of Xcel Energy Inc. ("Xcel"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, and the respective rules thereunder;

(2)           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 and timely file such form 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.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is Xcel assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this _3rd__ day of _March_________, 2011.

__/s/ James J. Sheppard__________________________________
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