xcel energy inc has narrowed its earnings guidance range for 2022 and said thursday that it expects slightly higher earnings next year the minneapolisbased power company said it now expects annual earnings to be between 314 and 319 a share this year compared with the previous projected range of 310 to 320 a share the narrowed guidance comes after xcel generated higher thirdquarter revenue than wall street analysts had expected as well as earnings that were just shy of analyst forecasts but still above last years xcel said it expects earnings to rise to between 330 and 340 a share next year