Adrian Rodriguez is President of Xcel Energy’s New Mexico and Texas Southwestern Public Service Company (SPS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Xcel Energy Inc., that supplies retail electric utility services to 400,000 customers in eastern New Mexico and West Texas, in addition to wholesale power and interstate transmission services, and is a member of the Southwest Power Pool. 

Rodriguez joined Xcel Energy in 2022 from Puget Sound Energy where he served as senior vice president of regulatory and strategy, overseeing clean energy strategy, regulatory and governmental affairs, new product development, and energy efficiency. He previously served as interim Chief Executive Officer and General Counsel of El Paso Electric Company (formerly NYSE: EE), an electric utility serving customers in far West Texas and southern New Mexico, and he was a member of its board of directors. 

Rodriguez practiced law at Vinson & Elkins LLP in the firm’s complex commercial litigation and energy regulatory practice groups, clerked for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, and previously worked in legislative and political affairs. Rodriguez earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with highest honors in economics and government from the University of Texas at Austin, a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard University and a juris doctorate from Columbia University. Rodriguez is licensed to practice law in Texas and New Mexico and serves as a council member of the American Bar Association's Infrastructure & Regulated Industries Section. He is also a Texas middle and high school football official.