FORM 3
        
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
                      

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *

Berntsen Robert		 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY)
5/20/2024 

 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

XCEL ENERGY INC [XEL]
(Last)        (First)        (Middle)

414 NICOLLET MALL		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

_____ Director                          _____ 10% Owner
___X___ Officer (give title below)        _____ Other (specify below)
EVP, Chief Legal /
(Street)

MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55401      

(City)              (State)              (Zip)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(MM/DD/YYYY)
 

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)

_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
No Securities Beneficially Owned 0 D  

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security
(Instr. 4)		2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(MM/DD/YYYY)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date ExercisableExpiration DateTitleAmount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:

Remarks:
Exhibit List: Exhibit 24.0 Power of Attorney

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address
Relationships
Director10% OwnerOfficerOther
Berntsen Robert
414 NICOLLET MALL
MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55401

EVP, Chief Legal
Signatures
Kristin L. Westlund, Attorney in Fact for Robert Berntsen5/22/2024
**Signature of Reporting PersonDate
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Amy L. Schneider, Kristin L. Westlund and Karen Quam, 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 17 day of April, 2024.


/s/Robert Berntsen
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Robert Berntsen 
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