AMARILLO, Texas (May 10, 2022) – Brooke Trammell, who has served as regional vice president for Rates and Regulatory Affairs for Xcel Energy’s Colorado jurisdiction since 2018, has accepted the position of regional vice president for Regulatory and Pricing for the Texas and New Mexico system, succeeding Bill Grant who is retiring June 1.

Trammell has been with Xcel Energy for almost a decade, starting in Amarillo as a regulatory case specialist in September 2012 before taking the role of rate case manager in 2014. She left regulatory in 2016 when she was named director for Customer and Community Relations in Texas and New Mexico.

Trammell is experienced with the Texas and New Mexico regulatory environment, and during her time leading the Texas-New Mexico community relations team she became well acquainted with community leaders across the Southwest region.

“Brooke has the right experience to work with regulators, customers and stakeholders in crafting a shared vision for our energy future,” said David Hudson, president, Xcel Energy – New Mexico, Texas. “She has ably led our Colorado regulatory team through some complex and challenging cases as we move toward more diverse and secure energy resources to meet our customer demands.”

Trammell was named in Public Utilities Fortnightly’s “Fortnightly Under Forty” in 2019 and in the Denver Business Journal’s Top Women in Energy in 2020. Her educational background includes a Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural economics and business, and a Master of Arts degree in economics with a specialization in public utility regulation, from New Mexico State University. In 2016 she earned a second master’s degree in business administration with an emphasis on management at West Texas A&M University.

Trammell succeeds Bill Grant in the regional vice president role, who is retiring June 1. Her office will be in the 790 Buchanan regional headquarters building in Amarillo.

“Bill is ending an outstanding 40-year career ensuring the best outcomes for Xcel Energy and our stakeholders as we’ve worked together to expand the capabilities of the Texas-New Mexico grid,” Hudson said. “He leaves a legacy of excellence and respect for people that is unmatched in the business, and we wish him all the best.”

Grant has served as a power plant operator at Maddox Generating Station near Hobbs, New Mexico, as a transmission operator at the Amarillo Control Center, as a director of Power Operations in the Denver Energy Markets group, then manager of the Amarillo Transmission Control Center. Before taking the regional vice president’s position, Grant was serving as director of Strategic Planning for Xcel Energy’s Southwest region and continued to manage those duties after taking on the regulatory work until Jarred Cooley was named director of Strategic Planning in 2021.

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