Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP advised the underwriters on an SEC-registered offering by Southwestern Public Service Company (the “Company”) of $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.30% First Mortgage Bonds, Series No. 12 due 2035.

The Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Xcel Energy Inc., is a utility engaged primarily in the generation, purchase, transmission, distribution and sale of electricity in portions of Texas and New Mexico. The Company provides electric utility service to approximately 0.4 million customers in Texas and New Mexico.

The Hunton team included Peter K. O’Brien, Brendan P. Harney, Reuben H. Pearlman, Gabrielle Kraushaar and Catherine I. Bulger. Robert McNamara, William Freeman, Caitlin Scipioni and Katherine Gallagher provided tax advice.