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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

xANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018

or

¨TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
001-303441-0448030
(Commission File Number)(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
(Registrant, State of Incorporation or Organization, Address of Principal Executive Officers and Telephone Number)
Xcel Energy Inc.
(a Minnesota corporation)
414 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, MN 55401
612-330-5500

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

Title of each className of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $2.50 par value per shareNasdaq Stock Market LLC
Securities registered pursuant to section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. x Yes ¨ No

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. ¨ Yes x No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. x Yes ¨ No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 and Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). x Yes ¨ No

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulations S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. x Large accelerated filer ¨ Accelerated filer ¨ Non-accelerated filer ¨ Smaller Reporting Company ¨ Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). ¨ Yes x No

As of June 29, 2018, the aggregate market value of the voting common stock held by non-affiliates of the Registrants was $23,246,479,826 and there were 508,898,420 shares of common stock outstanding.

As of Feb. 14, 2019, there were 514,211,368 shares of common stock outstanding, $2.50 par value.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

The Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement for its 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders is incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I
Item 1 —Business3
ABBREVIATIONS AND INDUSTRY TERMS3
COMPANY OVERVIEW5
ELECTRIC UTILITY OPERATIONS8
Electric Operating Statistics8
NSP-Minnesota11
NSP-Wisconsin12
PSCo13
SPS14
NATURAL GAS UTILITY OPERATIONS15
Natural Gas Operating Statistics15
NSP-Minnesota16
NSP-Wisconsin16
PSCo16
SPS16
GENERAL16
ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS17
CAPITAL SPENDING AND FINANCING17
EMPLOYEES17
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS18
Item 1A —Risk Factors19
Item 1B —Unresolved Staff Comments23
Item 2 —Properties24
Item 3 —Legal Proceedings25
Item 4 —Mine Safety Disclosures25
PART II
Item 5 —Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities25
Item 6 —Selected Financial Data26
Item 7 —Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations26
Item 7A —Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk43
Item 8 —Financial Statements and Supplementary Data43
Item 9 —Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure78
Item 9A —Controls and Procedures78
Item 9B —Other Information78
PART III
Item 10 —Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance78
Item 11 —Executive Compensation78
Item 12 —Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters78
Item 13 —Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence78
Item 14 —Principal Accountant Fees and Services78
PART IV
Item 15 —Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules79
Item 16 —Form 10-K Summary85
SIGNATURES86

PART I

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