Wayne H. Brunetti

Wayne H. Brunetti is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of
Xcel Energy Inc. He has served as such since August 18, 2001, and as
President and Chief Executive Officer upon the completion of its merger
on August 18, 2000. From March 1, 2000, until the completion of the
merger, he served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of
MCE and as a Director and Officer of several of NCE’s subsidiaries. From
August 1997 until March 1, 2000, Mr. Brunetti was Vice Chairman,
President and Chief Operating Officer of NCE. Before the merger of PSCo
and Southwestern Public Service Company (SPS) to form NCE, Mr. Brunetti
was President and CEO of PSCo. He joined PSCo in July 1994 as President
and Chief Operating Officer. In January 1996, he added the title of
CEO. Mr. Brunetti is the former President and CEO of Management Systems
International, a Florida management consulting firm that he founded in
1991. Prior to that, he was Executive Vice President of Florida Power &
Light Company. Mr. Brunetti has been active in various professional and
civic groups. He currently serves on the Executive Committee and Board
of the Edison Electric Institute, the Medic Alert Foundation, Mountain
States Employers Council, the Board of Advisors of the University of
Colorado at Denver, the Labor Relations Committee of the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States of America, the Capital City Partnership
and the Minnesota Orchestra. He is past chairman of the 2000 Mile High
United Way campaign, past Chairman of the Board of the Colorado
Association of Commerce and Industry and served on the Colorado
Renewable Energy Task Force, an appointment made by Governor Roy Romer.
Mr. Brunetti holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business
Administration from the University of Florida. He is a graduate of the
Harvard Business School for Management Development.