X0306 4 2016-02-22 0 0000072903 XCEL ENERGY INC XEL 0001530607 Savage Jeffrey S 414 NICOLLET MALL MINNEAPOLIS MN 55401 0 1 0 0 SVP & Controller Phantom Stock 0 2016-02-22 4 A 0 2712.163 39.67 A Common Stock 2712.163 21215.741 D Security converts to common stock on a one-for-one basis. Shares of phantom stock become payable in accordance with the reporting person's distribution elections made pursuant to the Xcel Energy Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Plan"). The number of shares of phantom stock beneficially owned following the reported transaction reflects the aggregate amount of all phantom stock beneficially owned by the reporting person. Previous reports filed by the reporting person had separated reported amounts of phantom stock into groupings based on the nature of the deferral giving rise to the phantom shares. Tara M. Heine, Attorney in Fact for Jeffrey S. Savage 2016-02-24