Xcel Energy Inc. Guidelines on Corporate Governance

XCEL ENERGY INC.

GUIDELINES ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

(As amended and adopted on April 24, 2008)

          Xcel Energy Inc. was created to be a premier provider of energy services in an increasingly competitive marketplace. To achieve this goal, all parts of Xcel Energy and its subsidiaries and affiliates including the Xcel Energy Board of Directors should endeavor to make decisions and create business processes that promote the best interests of Xcel Energy's shareholders, customers, employees and communities. To this end, the Board of Directors of Xcel Energy has established the following guidelines to assist it in governing Xcel Energy and its subsidiaries and affiliates.Corporate Governance Guidelines (58 KB pdf).