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  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES
  AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Washington,
  D.C. 20549</font></b></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">FORM&nbsp;8-K</font></b></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">CURRENT REPORT</font></b></p>
  
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  Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></b></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Date of Report (Date of earliest
  event reported) <b>May&nbsp;21, 2008</b></font></p>
  
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  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Xcel Energy Inc.</font></b></p>
  
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  below if the Form&nbsp;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):</font></p>
  
  <p align="left" style="color:windowtext;letter-spacing:-.15pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
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  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In December&nbsp;2007,
  Northern States Power Company (NSP-Minnesota), a Minnesota Corporation and
  wholly owned subsidiary of Xcel Energy, filed a request with the North Dakota
  Public Service Commission (NDPSC) to increase North Dakota retail electric
  rates by $20.5 million, or about 14 percent. The request was based on an 11.50
  percent return on equity (ROE), an equity ratio of 51.77 percent, and a rate
  base of approximately $242 million.&#160;
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  NDPSC staff reached a stipulation settlement in the rate case in which both
  parties recommended an ROE of 10.75 percent, with a sharing mechanism for
  earnings above 10.75 percent.&#160; This
  stipulation settlement is subject to approval by the NDPSC.</font></p>
  
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  NDPSC&nbsp;Staff filed direct testimony recommending an overall base rate
  decrease of $200,000.&#160; The primary
  recommended disallowances include costs associated with plant investments
  resulting from Minnesota environmental mandates,&nbsp;refund to customers of
  non-legal asset retirement obligation funds,&nbsp;changes to plant lives used
  to establish depreciation rates and the impact of a stipulated 10.75 percent
  ROE.&#160; The recommended impact to
  NSP-Minnesota is partially offset by $2.9 million as a result of moving
  wholesale margins and some Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator
  costs between fuel cost adjustment and base rates.&#160; The remaining schedule is as follows:</font></p>
  
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  2008.</font></p>
  
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  <p align="left" style="color:windowtext;letter-spacing:-.15pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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.</font></p>
  
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text: SECURITIES
  AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington,
  D.C. 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)
  May 21, 2008
  Xcel Energy Inc.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its
  charter)
  Minnesota
  (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  1-3034
  41-0448030
  (Commission File Number)
  (IRS Employer Identification No.)
  414
    Nicollet Mall, Mpls, MN
  55401
  (Address of principal executive offices)
  (Zip Code)
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code
  612-330-5500
  (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  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
  In December 2007,
  Northern States Power Company (NSP-Minnesota), a Minnesota Corporation and
  wholly owned subsidiary of Xcel Energy, filed a request with the North Dakota
  Public Service Commission (NDPSC) to increase North Dakota retail electric
  rates by $20.5 million, or about 14 percent. The request was based on an 11.50
  percent return on equity (ROE), an equity ratio of 51.77 percent, and a rate
  base of approximately $242 million. 
  Interim rates of $17.2 million became effective in February 2008.
  NSP-Minnesota and the
  NDPSC staff reached a stipulation settlement in the rate case in which both
  parties recommended an ROE of 10.75 percent, with a sharing mechanism for
  earnings above 10.75 percent.  This
  stipulation settlement is subject to approval by the NDPSC.
  On May 21, 2008, the
  NDPSC Staff filed direct testimony recommending an overall base rate
  decrease of $200,000.  The primary
  recommended disallowances include costs associated with plant investments
  resulting from Minnesota environmental mandates, refund to customers of
  non-legal asset retirement obligation funds, changes to plant lives used
  to establish depreciation rates and the impact of a stipulated 10.75 percent
  ROE.  The recommended impact to
  NSP-Minnesota is partially offset by $2.9 million as a result of moving
  wholesale margins and some Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator
  costs between fuel cost adjustment and base rates.  The remaining schedule is as follows:
  ·
  Rebuttal testimony June 13, 2008
  ·
  Evidentiary hearings June 23,
  2008
  ·
  Order issued August 2008
  New rates are expected to be effective Oct. 1,
  2008.
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  SIGNATURES
  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)
  /s/BENJAMIN G.S. FOWKE III
  Benjamin G.S. Fowke III
  Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  May 29, 2008
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