FRANK PRAGER
Title: Xcel Energy vice president of environmental policy and services.
Responsibilities: Oversees environmental compliance in the eight states Xcel serves, and guides policy on environmental issues, including climate change and renewable energy.
JUDY POFERL
Title: President and CEO, Northern States Power Co.-Minnesota, an Xcel company.
Responsibilities: Oversees operations in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota serving 1.4 million electric and 500,000 natural gas customers.
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