Executive Profiles

David L. Eves

President and CEO, Public Service Company of Colorado (PSCo), an Xcel Energy Company

David Eves is president and CEO, Public Service Company of Colorado (PSCo), an Xcel Energy company. He also serves as a director of Southwestern Public Service Co. (SPS).

He most recently served as president and CEO of SPS. He also has served as vice president of Resource Planning and Acquisition for Xcel Energy, where his primary functions included long-term resource planning, competitive acquisition of generation resources, negotiating and managing all long-term power purchase agreements, securing and managing the electric transmission access and rights for native load and wholesale markets, and planning and securing the gas transportation and storage services for gas businesses and for generation fuel.

Since 1981, he has held various positions of responsibility for purchased power, wholesale marketing, energy trading and resource planning for PSCo, New Century Energies and Xcel Energy.

Eves received a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Kansas State University in 1981 and has completed the Edison Electric Institute mid-level management program.

He currently serves as a member of the executive committee and board of directors of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce. He also represents Xcel Energy at the Colorado Forum. Eves has served as a past executive committee and operating committee member at Western Systems Power Pool. While in Texas, he served on the boards of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce, Golden Spread Council of the Boy Scouts of America, United Way of Amarillo and Canyon and Cal Farley’s Boys Ranch.