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| <xsd:import schemaLocation="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/xbrl-instance-2003-12-31.xsd" namespace="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance"/> |
| <xsd:import schemaLocation="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/xbrl-linkbase-2003-12-31.xsd" namespace="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase"/> |
| <xsd:import schemaLocation="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2023/dei-2023.xsd" namespace="http://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2023"/> |
| <xsd:import schemaLocation="http://www.xbrl.org/dtr/type/numeric-2009-12-16.xsd" namespace="http://www.xbrl.org/dtr/type/numeric"/> |
| <xsd:import schemaLocation="http://www.xbrl.org/dtr/type/nonNumeric-2009-12-16.xsd" namespace="http://www.xbrl.org/dtr/type/non-numeric"/> |
| <xsd:import schemaLocation="https://xbrl.sec.gov/naics/2023/naics-2023.xsd" namespace="http://xbrl.sec.gov/naics/2023"/> |
| <xsd:import schemaLocation="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd" namespace="http://xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt"/> |
| <xsd:annotation> |
| | <xsd:appinfo> |
| | | <link:linkbaseRef xlink:arcrole="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink/properties/linkbase" xlink:href="xel-20240229_lab.xml" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/labelLinkbaseRef" xlink:title="Label Links, all" xlink:type="simple"/> |
| | | <link:linkbaseRef xlink:arcrole="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink/properties/linkbase" xlink:href="xel-20240229_pre.xml" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationLinkbaseRef" xlink:title="Presentation Links, all" xlink:type="simple"/> |
| | | <link:roleType roleURI="http://www.xcelenergy.com//20240229/taxonomy/role/DocumentDocumentAndEntityInformation" id="Role_DocumentDocumentAndEntityInformation"> |
| <link:definition> 100000 - Document - Document and Entity Information </link:definition> |
| <link:usedOn> link:calculationLink </link:usedOn> |
| <link:usedOn> link:presentationLink </link:usedOn> |
| <link:usedOn> link:definitionLink </link:usedOn> |
| </link:roleType> |
| | | </xsd:appinfo> |
| | </xsd:annotation> |
| </xsd:schema> |
