Mr. Larson has more than 38 years of experience in the energy industry with Xcel Energy, retiring in 2020 as its executive vice president and group president. He directed overall operations for Xcel Energy, including overseeing $45 billion of assets and 8,000 employees, as well as providing strategic direction and leadership to the company’s generation, transmission, distribution, gas, energy trading and supply chain businesses.
Along with Mr. Larson’s experience with Xcel Energy, he currently serves on the board of directors of Adolfson & Peterson Construction Company, a construction company, Quanta Services West, a utility construction company and subsidiary of Quanta Services, and Regions Hospital, a hospital based in St. Paul, Minnesota, providing specialty care across the Twin Cities and western Wisconsin. He resides in Shoreview, Minnesota.