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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000072903-25-000019
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20250123
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250127
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250127

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Stockfish Devin W
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001613252
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-03034
		FILM NUMBER:		25559084

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY
		STREET 2:		220 OCCIDENTAL AVENUE SOUTH
		CITY:			SEATTLE
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			98104

	FORMER NAME:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Stockfish Devon W
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20140709

ISSUER:		

	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

	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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    <remarks>Exhibit List: Exhibit 24.0 Power of Attorney</remarks>

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        <signatureName>Kristin L. Westlund, Attorney in Fact for Devin Stockfish</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2025-01-27</signatureDate>
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    <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Exhibit 24.0</div>
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  <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">POWER OF ATTORNEY<font style="width: 9pt; font-size: 1px; display: inline-block;" class="HorizontalTab"><br>
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  <div style="text-align: justify;">The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Amy L. Schneider, Kristin L. Westlund, Jeannine Zahn and Karen Quam, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact for the limited purpose to:</div>
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          <div>execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Xcel Energy Inc. (&#8220;Xcel Energy&#8221;), 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;</div>
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          <div>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</div>
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          <div>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.</div>
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  <div style="text-align: justify;">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.</div>
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  <div style="text-align: justify;">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms&#160;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.</div>
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  <div style="text-align: justify;">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 13 day of January, 2025.</div>
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      <div style="text-indent: 180pt;"><u>/s/Devin Stockfish</u><font class="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="display: inline-block; text-indent: 0px; font-size: 1px; width: 252pt"> <br>
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