The Board of Directors of Xcel Energy Inc. (NYSE: XEL) today declared a
quarterly dividend on its common stock of 32 cents per share. The
dividends are payable July 20, 2015, to shareholders of record on June
18, 2015.
Xcel Energy is a major U.S. electricity and natural gas company, with
operations in 8 Western and Midwestern states. Xcel Energy provides a
comprehensive portfolio of energy-related products and services to 3.5
million electricity customers and 1.9 million natural gas customers
through its regulated operating companies. Company headquarters are
located in Minneapolis. More information is available at www.xcelenergy.com.
This information is not given in connection with any sale or offer for
sale or offer to buy any securities.
Except for the historical statements contained in this release, the
matters discussed herein, are forward-looking statements that are
subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Such
forward-looking statements, including our 2015 earnings per share
guidance and assumptions, are intended to be identified in this document
by the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,”
“may,” “objective,” “outlook,” “plan,” “project,” “possible,”
“potential,” “should” and similar expressions. Actual results may vary
materially. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they
are made, and we do not undertake any obligation to update them to
reflect changes that occur after that date. Factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially include, but are not limited to:
general economic conditions, including inflation rates, monetary
fluctuations and their impact on capital expenditures and the ability of
Xcel Energy Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, Xcel Energy) to
obtain financing on favorable terms; business conditions in the energy
industry, including the risk of a slowdown in the U.S. economy or delay
in growth recovery; trade, fiscal, taxation and environmental policies
in areas where Xcel Energy has a financial interest; customer business
conditions; actions of credit rating agencies; competitive factors,
including the extent and timing of the entry of additional competition
in the markets served by Xcel Energy Inc. and its subsidiaries; unusual
weather; effects of geopolitical events, including war and acts of
terrorism; cyber security threats and data security breaches; state,
federal and foreign legislative and regulatory initiatives that affect
cost and investment recovery, have an impact on rates or have an impact
on asset operation or ownership or impose environmental compliance
conditions; structures that affect the speed and degree to which
competition enters the electric and natural gas markets; costs and other
effects of legal and administrative proceedings, settlements,
investigations and claims; actions by regulatory bodies impacting our
nuclear operations, including those affecting costs, operations or the
approval of requests pending before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission;
financial or regulatory accounting policies imposed by regulatory
bodies; availability or cost of capital; employee work force factors;
the items described under Factors Affecting Results of Operations in
Item 7 of Xcel Energy Inc.’s Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2014;
and the other risk factors listed from time to time by Xcel Energy in
reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),
including Risk Factors in Item 1A and Exhibit 99.01 of Xcel Energy
Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2014.
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