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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000072903-25-000218"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "XEL"
cik: "0000072903"
company_name: "XCEL ENERGY INC"
filed_at: "2025-07-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T05:52:36.287633+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SPS selects 3,121 MW accredited capacity in IRP portfolio; includes gas, wind, solar, storage

## Summary
- Portfolio selection filed with NMPRC: 3,121 MW accredited capacity (5,168 MW nameplate).
- Breakdown: 2,088 MW natural gas, 1,273 MW wind, 695 MW solar, 1,112 MW storage.
- SPS to file Certificates of Convenience and Necessity with PUCT and NMPRC in H2 2025; approvals expected 2026.
- Second RFP planned for at least 500 MW accredited capacity by 2032 for NM RPS compliance.
- Projected resource need 5,300–10,200 MW by 2030, driven by load growth and retirements.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000072903-25-000218
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: XEL
- cik: 0000072903
- company_name: XCEL ENERGY INC
- filed_at: 2025-07-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72903/000007290325000218/0000072903-25-000218-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72903/000007290325000218/xel-20250717.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072903-25-000218.txt

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