secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     XCEL ENERGY INC (XEL)
CIK:        0000072903
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-11-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000072903-25-000259
Event type: regulatory
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 8.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

PSCW approves $148M combined rate increase for Xcel's NSP-Wisconsin, below $175M request
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- Electric utility gets $126M over 2 years ($68M in 2026, $58M incremental in 2027); natural gas gets $22M ($18M in 2026, $4M incremental in 2027).
- Approved ROE of 9.8% and equity ratio of 52.5% vs. requested 10.0% and 53.5%.
- Reductions vs. request: capital investments -$8M, rate of return -$7M, O&M -$5M, nuclear decommissioning accrual -$6M.
- Final written order expected December 2025; new rates effective January 2026.
- NSP-Wisconsin is a wholly owned subsidiary of Xcel Energy Inc.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72903/000007290325000259/0000072903-25-000259-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72903/000007290325000259/xel-20251106.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072903-25-000259

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