0001140361-12-005949.txt : 20120207 0001140361-12-005949.hdr.sgml : 20120207 20120207170043 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001140361-12-005949 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120207 ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure FILED AS OF DATE: 20120207 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120207 FILER: 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 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-03034 FILM NUMBER: 12578574 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 8-K 1 form8k.htm XCEL ENERGY 8-K 02-07-2012 form8k.htm
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) Feb. 7, 2012

Xcel Energy Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Minnesota
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

001-3034
  
41-0448030
(Commission File Number)
  
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
414 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN
  
55401
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code 612-330-5500

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
 
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Item 7.01
Regulation FD Disclosure.
 
Xcel Energy’s management will meet with investors on Feb. 8 - 9, 2012.  Management plans to update investors on Xcel Energy’s operations, capital expenditures, business plans and reiterate 2012 ongoing earnings to be in the lower half of the guidance range of $1.75 to $1.85 per diluted share.

Interested investors may access the presentation materials at the following URL: http://www.xcelenergy.com

This report made by Xcel Energy contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. The matters discussed herein, including our 2012 full year earnings per share guidance and assumptions, and our capital expenditures forecast, are forward-looking statements that are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Such forward looking statements are intended to be identified in this document by the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “objective,” “outlook,” “plan,” “project,” “possible,” “potential,” “should” and similar expressions. Actual results may vary materially. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and we do not undertake any obligation to update them to reflect changes that occur after that date. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include, but are not limited to: general economic conditions, including inflation rates, monetary fluctuations and their impact on capital expenditures and the ability of Xcel Energy Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, Xcel Energy) to obtain financing on favorable terms; business conditions in the energy industry, including the risk of a slow down in the U.S. economy or delay in growth recovery; trade, fiscal, taxation and environmental policies in areas where Xcel Energy has a financial interest; customer business conditions; actions of credit rating agencies; competitive factors, including the extent and timing of the entry of additional competition in the markets served by Xcel Energy Inc. and its subsidiaries; unusual weather; effects of geopolitical events, including war and acts of terrorism; state, federal and foreign legislative and regulatory initiatives that affect cost and investment recovery, have an impact on rates or have an impact on asset operation or ownership; or imposed environmental compliance conditions; structures that affect the speed and degree to which competition enters the electric and natural gas markets; costs and other effects of legal and administrative proceedings, settlements, investigations and claims; actions by regulatory bodies impacting our nuclear operations, including those affecting costs, operations or the approval of requests pending before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; financial or regulatory accounting policies imposed by regulatory bodies; availability of cost of capital; employee work force factors; and the other risk factors listed from time to time by Xcel Energy in reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including Risk Factors in Item 1A of Xcel Energy’s Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2010 and Item 1A and Exhibit 99.01 in the Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, June 30, and Sept. 30, 2011.

 
 
 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
Xcel Energy Inc.
(a Minnesota Corporation)
  
     
 
/s/ TERESA S. MADDEN
  
 
Teresa S. Madden
  
 
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  
Feb.7, 2012    
 
 
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