$960,000 of XCEL ENERGY INC lobbying was just disclosed, from Q1 of 2026, in a new Lobbying Disclosure Act filing.
This included lobbying on issues like:
"H.R. 2486, Heating and Cooling Relief Act; H.R. 4016, Department of Defense Act, 2026; H.R. 4553, FY2025 Energy, Water, and Related Agencies Appropriations Legislation; H.R. 4213, Department of Homeland Security Act, 2026; H.R. 4552, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Act, 2026; H.R. 4754, FY2026 Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Act; H.R. 5304, FY2026 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Act; H.R. 5371, Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act 2026 H.R. 6938, FY2026 Appropriations Commerce, law enforcement, science, energy and water development, public lands, and the environment; H.R. 7148 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026; S. 1214 Heating & Cooling Relief Act; FY 2025 Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations Legislation; Disaster Supplemental Funding; Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program; Energy R&D funding; H.R. 471, Fix Our Forests Act; H.R. 753, FIRE Act; H.R. 1047, Grid Power Act; H.R. 1355, The Weatherization Enhancement and Readiness Act; H.R.2444 - To establish the Supply Chain Resiliency and Crisis Response Office in the Department of Commerce, and for other purposes; H.R. 2703, Advancing GETs Act; H.R. 3015, National Coal Council Reestablishment Act; H.R. 3062, Promoting Cross-Border Energy Infrastructure Act; H.R. 3157, State Energy Accountability Act; H.R. 3616, Reliable Power Act; H.R. 3617, Securing Americas Critical Minerals Supply Act; H.R. 3626 - To facilitate the development of a whole-of-government strategy for nuclear cooperation and nuclear exports, and for other purposes. HR. 3628, State Planning for Reliability and Affordability Act; H.R. 3632, Power Plant Reliability Act; H.R. 3638, Electric Supply Chain Act; H.R. 3657, Hydropower Relicensing Transparency Act; H.R. 3668, Improving Interagency Coordination for Pipeline Reviews Act; H.R. 3699, Energy Choice Act; H.R. 3843, the Baseload Reliability Protection Act; H.R. 3898, PERMIT Act; H.R. 4136 - To establish an Office of Public Engagement and Participation within the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and for other purposes; H.R. 4503, ePermit Act; H.R. 5600, SPEED and Reliability Act; H.R. 6336, Fair Allocation of Interstate Rates Act; H.R. 6633 High-Capacity Grid Act; H.R. 6983 PRICE Act; H.R. 7729 SURGE Act; H. Res. 290; Recognizing Threat of Retirement of Nonintermittent Electric Generation Facilities; S. 914, Energy Threat Analysis Establishment Act; S. 1327 Advancing GETs Act of 2025; S. 1462, Fix Our Forests Act; S.1757 - To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to provide for more efficient hearings on nuclear facility construction applications, and for other purposes; S. 1801 -- To facilitate the development of a whole-of-government strategy for nuclear cooperation and nuclear exports, and for other purposes; S. 1945, Energy Choice Act; S. 2082, the Nuclear Refuel Act; S. 3034 Reliable Power Act; S. 3585 DATA Act; S. 3682 Power for the People Act of 2026; S. 3814, the Advancing Reliable Capacity (ARC) Act; S. 3852 GRID Act; S. 3947 REWIRE Act; S. 465 GRID Power Act; 811 Locate Issues generally; Artificial intelligence issues generally; Data Center issues generally; Draft Advancing Reliable Capacity (ARC) Act; Draft legislation on permitting certainty; Draft Permitting Reform Legislation; Draft transmission legislation; Electric grid/energy infrastructure cybersecurity; Energy Emergency Leadership Act; Load growth, reliability, and resource adequacy generally; Energy security issues generally; Issues related to energy grid supply chain; Issues related to energy sector impacts from tariff policies; Distribution transformers supply chain; Energy efficiency generally, DOE grant awards and implementation, Draft legislation on permitting certainty; Issues related to FERC Order 1000 solicitation requirements and speeding transmission build out; Issues related to permitting onshore wind energy projects. Implementation of provisions related to H.R. 1- The One Big Beautiful Bill Act; H.R. 2872- the RESILIENCE Act of 2025; S. 448- the Credit Incentives for Resilient Critical Utility Infrastructure and Transformers Act (CIRCUIT) Act; Draft Disaster Zone Energy Affordability Act; Inflation Reduction Act Implementation; Tax Cuts and Jobs Act issues generally; Tax Reconciliation Legislation; Impact of Tariffs on energy bills; Extension of expiring provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. H.R. 5301, PIPES Act; Issues Related to FEMA reform; Issues Related to Beyond Visual Line of Sight rulemaking; Issues related to Section 2209 rulemaking; Supply chain issues; TSA Reauthorization; Wildfire issues; Issues related to drone supply chain; Pipeline Safety Reauthorization. H.R. 161, New Source Review Permitting Improvement Act; H.R. 573, Studying NEPAs Impact on Projects Act; H.R. 753 Fire Improvement and Reforming Exceptional Events Act (FIRE) Act H.R. 4776, SPEED Act; S. 441, Fit for Purpose Wildfire Readiness Act; S. 902, the Wildfire Response and Preparedness Act; EPA regulations generally; Good Neighbor Rule; Coal combustion residuals; Effluent Limitation Guidelines; Draft legislation related to the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council; Categorical exclusions; Siting and permitting generally; National Environmental Policy Act; Clean Water Act generally; Endangered Species Act generally; Power demand generally; National Historic Preservation Act generally; Wildfires and other natural disasters; H.R. 5062, Pipeline Security Act; H.R. 5079, Widespread Information Management for the Welfare of Infrastructure and Government Act; H.R. 7257 - SECURE Grid Act H.R. 7272 - Pipeline Cybersecurity Preparedness Act H.R 7305 - Energy Threat Analysis Center Act of 2026; S. 1337- Cybersecurity Information Sharing Extension Act; S. 1875 - Streamlining Federal Cybersecurity Regulations Act of 2025; FY26 National Defense Authorization Act; FY27 National Defense Authorization Act; Counter-UAS Authority; Cyber incident reporting generally; Cyber regulatory harmonization generally; Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 reauthorization; Draft Energy Threat Analysis Center Act; Draft SECURE Grid Act; Issues Related to Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council; Draft Pipeline Security Preparedness Act. Proposed tariffs, generally. H.R. 466, Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act; S.101 - Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act; S.3016 - To require the Secretary of Energy to study new technologies and opportunities for recycling spent nuclear fuel."
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XEL Congressional Stock Trading
Members of Congress have traded $XEL stock 2 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 2 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $XEL stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:
- REPRESENTATIVE JULIE JOHNSON has traded it 2 times. They made 0 purchases and 2 sales worth up to $30,000 on 12/18, 11/13.
To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard.
XEL Insider Trading Activity
XEL insiders have traded $XEL stock on the open market 2 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 2 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $XEL stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- AMANDA J ROME (EVP, Group President, Utilitie) sold 15,969 shares for an estimated $1,335,168
- RYAN J. LONG (EVP, Chief Legal and) sold 800 shares for an estimated $66,328
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.
XEL Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 595 institutional investors add shares of XEL stock to their portfolio, and 472 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- UBS AM, A DISTINCT BUSINESS UNIT OF UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC removed 6,336,737 shares (-70.5%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $468,031,394
- BARCLAYS PLC added 3,881,011 shares (+63.6%) to their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $286,651,472
- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO added 3,546,423 shares (+16.9%) to their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $261,938,802
- MACQUARIE GROUP LTD removed 2,816,455 shares (-87.2%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $208,023,366
- PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ removed 2,795,545 shares (-10.0%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $206,478,953
- DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ removed 2,536,548 shares (-47.9%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $187,349,435
- BOSTON PARTNERS added 1,980,821 shares (+4530.7%) to their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $146,303,439
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.
XEL Analyst Ratings
Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $XEL in the last several months. We have seen 4 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- UBS issued a "Buy" rating on 02/13/2026
- Keybanc issued a "Overweight" rating on 12/12/2025
- Citigroup issued a "Buy" rating on 11/03/2025
- Mizuho issued a "Outperform" rating on 10/27/2025
To track analyst ratings and price targets for XEL, check out Quiver Quantitative's $XEL forecast page.
XEL Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $XEL recently. We have seen 6 analysts offer price targets for $XEL in the last 6 months, with a median target of $87.0.
Here are some recent targets:
- William Appicelli from UBS set a target price of $91.0 on 04/20/2026
- Nicholas Campanella from Barclays set a target price of $82.0 on 01/15/2026
- Sophie Karp from Keybanc set a target price of $84.0 on 12/12/2025
- Jeremy Tonet from JP Morgan set a target price of $87.0 on 12/11/2025
- Ryan Levine from Citigroup set a target price of $92.0 on 11/03/2025
- Anthony Crowdell from Mizuho set a target price of $87.0 on 10/27/2025
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