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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-19-158120
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190528
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190528
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190528

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:		19857159

	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
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CURRENT
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) May&nbsp;28, 2019 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Xcel Energy Inc. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">001-3034</FONT></B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">41-0448030</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>414 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, Minnesota</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of principal executive offices)</B></TD>
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<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">330-5500</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Former name
or former address, if changed since last report) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box below
if the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;8-K</FONT> filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below): </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Written communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;14d-2(b)&nbsp;under</FONT> the Exchange Act (17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.14d-2(b))</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;13e-4(c)&nbsp;under</FONT> the Exchange Act (17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.13e-4(c))</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Securities registered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Act:</P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Common Stock, $2.50 par value per share</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>Nasdaq Stock Market LLC</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of
1933 (17 CFR &#167;230.405) or Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#167;240.12b-2).</FONT> </P>
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growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) of the Exchange
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On May&nbsp;28, 2019, Xcel Energy Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), issued $130,000,000 in aggregate principal amount
of 4.00% Senior Notes, Series due June&nbsp;15, 2028 pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated May&nbsp;21, 2019, by and among the Company and Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC and MUFG Securities Americas Inc., as the Underwriters named on
Schedule I therein. The notes are being issued pursuant to the registration statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-224333).</FONT> A prospectus supplement relating to the
offering and sale of the notes was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;22, 2019. The notes will be governed by the Company&#146;s Indenture, dated as of December&nbsp;1, 2000, as supplemented, between the Company and Wells
Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, and the Supplemental Indenture No.&nbsp;11, dated as of June&nbsp;25, 2018. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Current
Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> is being filed to report as exhibits certain documents in connection with that offering and sale for incorporation by reference into the registration statement. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibits </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72903/000007290318000028/exhibit401june2018.htm">Supplemental Indenture No.<U></U>&nbsp;11, dated as of June<U></U>&nbsp;
25, 2018, by and between Xcel Energy Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, creating $500,000,000<U></U> aggregate principal amount of 4.00% Senior Notes, Series due June<U></U>&nbsp;
15, 2028 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.01 to the Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed by Xcel Energy Inc. in June<U></U>&nbsp;25, 2018 (file no.
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">001-03034)).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d754052dex501.htm">Opinion of Scott M. Wilensky regarding the validity of the notes. </A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5">(a Minnesota Corporation)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Sarah W. Soong</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Scott Wilensky</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Executive Vice
President and General Counsel</I></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">401 Nicollet Mall</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Phone: 612.330.5942</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:5.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Fax:
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">May&nbsp;28, 2019 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Xcel Energy
Inc. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">414 Nicollet Mall </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">I am the Executive Vice
President and General Counsel of Xcel Energy Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), and, as such, I and the attorneys that I supervise have acted as counsel for the Company in connection with the issuance and sale of $130,000,000
aggregate principal amount of the Company&#146;s 4.00% Senior Notes, Series due June&nbsp;15, 2028 (the &#147;Notes&#148;), pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of May&nbsp;21, 2019 (the &#147;Underwriting Agreement&#148;), by and among
the Company and Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC and MUFG Securities Americas Inc., as the underwriters named on Schedule I therein (collectively, the &#147;Underwriters&#148;). The Notes will be issued pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of
December&nbsp;1, 2000, between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the &#147;Trustee&#148;), as supplemented, and as further supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture No.&nbsp;11, dated as of June&nbsp;25, 2018, with
respect to the Notes, by and between the Company and the Trustee (the Indenture, as supplemented, the &#147;Indenture&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">I, or
attorneys that I supervise, have examined or are otherwise familiar with the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company, the Bylaws of the Company, as amended, the Registration Statement on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-224333)</FONT> (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, to effect the registration of
the Notes under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), pursuant to which the Notes are to be issued, such corporate action in connection with the issuance of the Notes (the &#147;Corporate Proceedings&#148;) as have
occurred as of the date hereof and such other documents, records and instruments as I have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion letter. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Based upon the foregoing and assumptions that follow, I am of the opinion that the Notes, when they are executed by the Company and
authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the Indenture and issued and delivered to the Underwriters against payment therefore in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the
Company. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">May 28, 2019 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Page 2 </P>
<p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The foregoing opinion assumes that the Trustee has duly authorized,
executed and delivered the Indenture. The foregoing opinion is also subject to: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the limitation that the provisions of the Indenture and the Notes may be limited by bankruptcy, reorganization,
insolvency, moratorium or other laws of general application affecting the enforcement of creditors&#146; rights; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">general equity principles (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law); and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the effect of generally applicable laws that (a)&nbsp;limit the availability of a remedy under certain
circumstances where another remedy has been elected, (b)&nbsp;limit the enforceability of provisions releasing, exculpating or exempting a party from, or requiring indemnification of a party for, liability for its own action or inaction, to the
extent the action or inaction involves gross negligence, recklessness, willful misconduct or unlawful conduct, or (c)&nbsp;may, where less than all of a contract may be unenforceable, limit the enforceability of the balance of the contract to
circumstances in which the unenforceable portion is not an essential part of the agreed exchange. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">I express no opinion
as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the laws of the State of Minnesota. The opinion herein expressed is limited to the specific issues addressed and to laws existing on the date hereof. By rendering this opinion letter, I do not undertake
to advise you with respect to any other matter or of any change in such laws or in the interpretation thereof which may occur after the date hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.01 to the Current Report on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> dated the date hereof filed by the Company and incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, I do not hereby admit that I am included in the category of persons whose
consent is required under Section&nbsp;7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Scott Wilensky</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Xcel Energy Inc.</TD></TR>
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