Exhibit 24.01
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, Xcel Energy Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the “Company”), is about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a registration statement for the registration of up to 8,323,800 shares of its Common Stock and associated rights to purchase Common Stock (collectively, the “Shares”) for issuance under the Xcel Energy Inc. 2005 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”); and
WHEREAS, each of the undersigned holds the office or offices in the Company herein below set opposite his/her name, respectively.
NOW, THEREFORE, each of the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints BENJAMIN G.S. FOWKE III, RICHARD C. KELLY and CATHY J. HART, and each of them individually, his/her attorney, with full power to act for him/her and in his/her name, place and stead, to sign his/her name in the capacity or capacities set forth below to a registration statement on Form S-8 (or such other appropriate form) relating to the registration of up to 8,323,800 Shares for issuance under the Plan, and to any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to such registration statements, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorney may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto set their hands this 6th day of June 2005.
/s/ Wayne H. Brunetti | | /s/ Teresa S. Madden | |
Wayne H. Brunetti
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer
(Principal Executive Officer) | Teresa S. Madden
Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer) |
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/s/ Benjamin G.S. Fowke III | | /s/ Richard C. Kelly | |
Benjamin G.S. Fowke III
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer) | Richard C. Kelly
President, Chief Operating Officer and
Director |
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/s/ Roger R. Hemminghaus | | /s/ C. Coney Burgess | |
Roger R. Hemminghaus
Director | C. Coney Burgess
Director |
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/s/ Douglas W. Leatherdale | | /s/ A. Barry Hirschfeld | |
Douglas W. Leatherdale
Director | A. Barry Hirschfeld
Director |
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/s/ Margaret R. Preska | | /s/ Albert F. Moreno | |
Margaret R. Preska
Director | Albert F. Moreno
Director |
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/s/ Ralph R. Peterson | | /s/ Patricia A. Sampson | |
Ralph R. Peterson
Director | Patricia A. Sampson
Director |
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/s/ David A. Christensen | | /s/ Richard H. Anderson | |
David A. Christensen
Director | Richard H. Anderson
Director |
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/s/ Ronald M. Moquist | | |
Ronald M. Moquist
Director | |
