0001567619-22-000500.txt : 20220105 0001567619-22-000500.hdr.sgml : 20220105 20220105160951 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001567619-22-000500 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20220103 FILED AS OF DATE: 20220105 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20220105 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Carter Brett C CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001739288 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-03034 FILM NUMBER: 22511210 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 414 NICOLLET MALL, 401-9 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] 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 4 1 doc1.xml FORM 4 X0306 4 2022-01-03 0 0000072903 XCEL ENERGY INC XEL 0001739288 Carter Brett C 414 NICOLLET MALL MINNEAPOLIS MN 55401 0 1 0 0 EVP, Chief Customer and Innova Restricted Stock Units 2022-01-03 4 A 0 3680 0 A 2024-12-31 Common Stock 3680 3680 D 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, in the discretion of the Governance, Compensation and Nominating Committee. Award vests on December 31, 2024. Exhibit List: Exhibit 24.0 Power of Attorney Gioia M. Gentile, Attorney in Fact for Brett C. Carter 2022-01-05 EX-24 2 poa_carter.htm
POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Amy L. Schneider, Gioia M. Gentile and Kristin L. Westlund, 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;

(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 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 11th day of  May, 2021.


/s/ Brett Carter        
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Brett Carter            
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