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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000072903-24-000055
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240326

FILER:

	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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	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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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i0fa13a42472e40308a79464445c99ea6_35"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div><img alt="xcelenergylogo.jpg" src="xcelenergylogo.jpg" style="height:46px;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:216px"></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">March 26, 2024</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">VIA EDGAR</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Division of Corporation Finance</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Office of Energy &#38; Transportation</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">100 F Street, NE</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Attn&#58; Sondra Snyder and Robert Babula</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">RE&#58; Xcel Energy, Inc. </font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">       Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2023</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">       Filed February 21, 2024</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">       File No. 001-03034</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Dear Ms. Snyder and Mr. Babula&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The following is the response of Xcel Energy Inc. (Xcel Energy) to the comment of the Securities and Exchange Commission Staff (the Staff) set forth in the Staff&#8217;s letter, dated March 19, 2024.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">To facilitate review, we have reproduced the text of the SEC&#8217;s comment in italicized print below. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Management&#8217;s Discussion and Analysis, page 26</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We note that your measures of the electric and natural gas margins on pages 28 and 29 appear to exclude certain amounts that would be attributable to cost of revenues and reflected in measures of gross margin in accordance with GAAP, such as operating and maintenance expenses and depreciation and amortization.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Therefore, it appears that your margin measures should be identified as non-GAAP measures and that you would need to adhere to the disclosure requirements in Item 10(e) of Regulation S-K. For example, electric gross margin and natural gas gross margin, each reflecting all costs and expenses applicable to revenues, would be identified as the most directly comparable GAAP measures in providing the disclosures required by Item 10(e)(1)(i)(A) and (B) of Regulation S-K&#59; reconciliations to your non-GAAP measures should begin with these GAAP measures.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Please also include analyses of the changes in these most directly comparable GAAP measures, similar to those provided for changes in your non-GAAP measures of the electric and gas margins. You may refer to the answers to Questions 100.05 and 102.10(a) and (b) of our C&#38;DI's pertaining to Non-GAAP measures if you require further clarification. You may view this guidance at the following website address&#58; https&#58;&#47;&#47;www.sec.gov&#47;corpfin&#47;non-gaap-financial-measures.htm</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Please submit the revisions that you propose to address these concerns also with respect to any corresponding disclosures made by your four utility subsidiaries.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Response&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Xcel Energy acknowledges the Staff&#8217;s view that electric and natural gas margin should be identified as non-GAAP measures and reconciled to the most directly comparable GAAP measure of gross margin. For future Form 10-K and Form 10-Q filings, beginning with the quarter ending March 31, 2024, Xcel Energy and its four utility subsidiaries will no longer present electric and natural gas margin. If Xcel Energy presents electric and natural gas margin in future filings, these amounts will be identified as non-GAAP measures and reconciled to gross margin.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">If you would like to discuss Xcel Energy&#8217;s responses to the Staff&#8217;s comments or have any other questions, please contact me at (612) 330-6747.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Sincerely, </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:5pt;margin-top:5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:47.457%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:3.387%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:45.856%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">XCEL ENERGY INC.</font></td></tr><tr style="height:6pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#47;s&#47; BRIAN J. VAN ABEL</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Brian J. 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