# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000072903
**File Stem:** 0001193125-25-233248
**Filing Date:** 2025-10
**Character Count:** 5012
**Document Hash:** 6a6011cd3ca646201b83d3f0718654a4
**Contains OCR:** False
**Source Format:** 

## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-25-233248.hdr.sgml**: 20251007

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-25-233248

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-A12B

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20251007

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20251007

**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
- **EIN:** 410448030
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** MN
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-A12B
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-03034
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251379376

**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

**UNITED STATES** 

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION** 

**Washington, D.C. 20549** 

**FORM 8-A** 

**FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES** 

**PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF** 

**THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934** 

## Xcel Energy Inc.
**(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)** 

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| **Minnesota** | **41-0448030** |
| **(State or other jurisdiction <br>of incorporation or organization)** | **(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)** |
| **414 Nicollet Mall**<br> **Minneapolis, Minnesota** | **55401** |
| **(Address of principal executive offices)** | **(Zip Code)** |

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**Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:** 

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|:---|:---|
| **Title of each class<br>to be so registered** | **Name of exchange on which<br>each class is to be registered** |
| 6.25% Junior Subordinated Notes due 2085 | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |

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If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following box. ☒

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check the following box. ☐

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. ☐

**Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates:** 

**Registration No. 333-278797** 

**Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:** 

**None** 

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**Item 1.** **Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered.** <br>

The securities to be registered hereunder are 6.25% Junior Subordinated Notes, Series due 2085 (the "Notes") of Xcel Energy Inc. (the "Company"). A description of the Notes is contained in (i) the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-278797) of the Company filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") under the section entitled "Description of Junior Subordinated Debt Securities" and (ii) a final prospectus supplement filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act under the section entitled "Supplemental Description of the Notes," each of which are hereby incorporated by reference. The Notes are expected to be listed on The Nasdaq Global Select Market under the trading symbol "XELLL" and to trade thereon within 30 days from the original issue date.

**Item 2.** **Exhibits.** <br>

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| 4.01 | [Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of October 1, 2025, by and between Xcel Energy Inc. and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.01 to Xcel Energy Inc.'s Form 8-K (File No. 001-3034) dated October 7, 2025).](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72903/000119312525232889/d59438dex401.htm) |
| 4.02 | [Supplemental Indenture No. 1, dated as of October 7, 2025, by and between Xcel Energy Inc. and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.02 to Xcel Energy Inc.'s Form 8-K (File No. 001-3034) dated October 7, 2025).](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72903/000119312525232889/d59438dex402.htm) |

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**SIGNATURE** 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

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|  | XCEL ENERGY INC. | XCEL ENERGY INC. |
|  | (a Minnesota corporation) | (a Minnesota corporation) |
| Date: October 7, 2025 | By: | /s/ Todd A. Wehner |
|  |  | Name: Todd A. Wehner |
|  |  | Title: Vice President, Treasurer |

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