Question: What is Xcel Energy’s role in natural gas?

Answer:

Our role is to purchase the natural gas supply on behalf of our customers and to distribute it through our intrastate pipelines and distribution system.

We purchase the gas on our customers’ behalf and we do everything we can to ensure we’re getting the best price for our customers. As a natural gas distribution company, the service we provide is the actual transportation of the natural gas from suppliers to our distribution customers. We operate under regulatory oversight of the Public Utilities Commission for each state in which we operate, which ensures that we’re making sound purchasing decisions on our customers’ behalf.