X0306 4 2016-12-07 0 0000072903 XCEL ENERGY INC XEL 0001206908 FOWKE BENJAMIN G S III 414 NICOLLET MALL MINNEAPOLIS MN 55401 1 1 0 0 Chairman, President and CEO Common Stock 2016-12-07 5 G 0 10953 0 D 429080.011 D Common Stock 1950.753 I 401(k) This amount also includes 895.758 shares of stock acquired since the reporting person's last report pursuant to the reinvestment of dividends. Shares held in the Xcel Energy Stock Fund under the Xcel Energy 401(k) Savings Retirement Plan as of the most recent plan statement (December 5, 2016). This amount also includes 47.505 shares acquired since the reporting person's last report pursuant to the reinvestment of dividends. Tara M. Stoffel, Attorney in Fact for Benjamin G.S. Fowke III 2016-12-09