XCEL ENERGY INC. (a Minnesota corporation) DEBT SECURITIES UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTXcel Energy Inc • December 18th, 2000 • Electric & other services combined • Minnesota
Xcel Energy Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the "Company"), proposes to sell to the underwriters named in Schedule II hereto (the "Underwriters"), for whom you are acting as representatives (the "Representatives"), its Debt Securities of the designation, with the terms and in the aggregate principal amount specified in Schedule I hereto (the "Debt Securities") to be issued under its Indenture, dated as of December 1, 2000 from the Company to Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"), as to be amended and supplemented by a supplemental indenture relating to the Debt Securities (such Indenture as so supplemented and amended being hereinafter referred to as the "Indenture"). If the firm or firms listed in Schedule II hereto include only the firm or firms listed in Schedule I hereto, then the terms "Underwriters" and "Representatives," as used herein, shall each be deemed to refer to such firm or firms.
