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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 issuance and sale of up to $1 billion of unsecured long-term debt
securities; 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 GARY R. JOHNSON, EDWARD J. MCINTYRE 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 one or more registration statements on Form S-3
relating to the issuance and sale of up to $1 billion of unsecured long-term
debt securities 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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto set their hands
this 21st day of August, 2000.
/s/ Wayne H. Brunetti /s/ James J. Howard
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Wayne H. Brunetti, Principal James J. Howard, Director
Executive Officer & Director
/s/ C. Coney Burgess /s/ David A. Christensen
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C. Coney Burgess, Director David A. Christensen, Director
/s/ Giannantonio Ferrari /s/ Roger R. Hemminghaus
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Giannantonio Ferrari, Director Roger R. Hemminghaus, Director
/s/ A. Barry Hirschfeld /s/ Douglas W. Leatherdale
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A. Barry Hirschfeld, Director Douglas W. Leatherdale, Director
/s/ Albert F. Moreno /s/ Margaret R. Preska
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Albert F. Moreno, Director Margaret R. Preska, Director
/s/ A. Patricia Sampson /s/ Allan L. Schuman
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A. Patricia Sampson, Director Allan L. Schuman, Director
/s/ Rodney E. Slifer /s/ W. Thomas Stephens
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Rodney E. Slifer, Director W. Thomas Stephens, Director
/s/ Edward J. McIntyre /s/ David E. Ripka
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Edward J. McIntyre David E. Ripka
Principal Financial Officer Principal Accounting Officer
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STATE OF MINNESOTA )
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COUNTY OF HENNEPIN )
On this 21st day of August, 2000, before me, Catherine J. Cleveland a
Notary Public in and for said County and State, personally appeared each of the
above-named directors and officers of Xcel Energy Inc., a Minnesota corporation,
and known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to in the foregoing
instrument, and each person acknowledged to me that he or she executed the same
as his or her own free act and deed.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
official seal on the date set forth above.
/s/ Catherine J. Cleveland
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Catherine J. Cleveland
