UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC  20549
 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) Nov. 14, 2008

 

Xcel Energy Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Minnesota

 

001-3034

 

41-0448030

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

414 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, Minnesota

 

55401

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code  612-330-5500

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


 

Item 8.01.                          Other Events.

 

On Nov. 14, 2008, Public Service Company of Colorado (PSCo), a Colorado Corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Xcel Energy Inc., filed with the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) a request for a Colorado retail electric general rate increase.

 

The rate filing requests an overall increase in annual revenues of approximately $174.7 million, or an increase of 7.4 percent.  The rate filing is based on a 2009 calendar year budget and includes a requested rate of return on equity of 11.00 percent, an electric net rate base of approximately $4.15 billion allocated to the Colorado electric retail jurisdiction, and an equity ratio of 58.08 percent.  PSCo expects new rates to be effective in the third quarter of 2009.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

Xcel Energy Inc.

 

(a Minnesota Corporation)

 

 

 

By

/s/ Benjamin G.S. Fowke III

 

 

Benjamin G.S. Fowke III

 

 

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

Nov. 17, 2008

 

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