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El Paso Electric Company

Location

Texas

Founded

1901-01-26

Website

https://www.epelectric.com

Articles

567 Articles

Category

Electric Services

Description

Today, El Paso Electric is a regional electric utility providing generation, transmission and distribution service to approximately 384,000 retail and wholesale customers in a 10,000 square mile area of the Rio Grande valley in west Texas and southern New Mexico. Its service territory extends from Hatch, New Mexico to Van Horn, Texas and includes two connections to Juarez, Mexico and the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), Mexico’s national utility. EPE’s principal industrial and large customers include steel production, copper and oil refining, and United States military installations including the United States Army Air Defense Center at Fort Bliss in Texas and the White Sands Missile Range and Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. EPE has a net dependable generating capability of 1,852 MW. It’s facilities include a 15.8 percent interest in the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station in Wintersburg, Arizona, a 7 percent interest in the Four Corners Station in northwestern New Mexico, the Rio Grande Power Station in Sunland Park, New Mexico, the Newman Power Station and the Copper Power Station in El Paso and the Hueco Mountain Wind Ranch in Hudspeth County, Texas.

Articles

EVs and what other states are doing about them and for them and because of them

2024-04-01 (okenergytoday.com)

EVs and what other states are doing about them and for them and because of them

Despite opposition to the Biden administration's spending of billions of dollars to promote electric vehicles and in effect kill gasoline-powered vehicles, other states report EV development. For instance, regulators in New Mexico have approved El Paso Electric 's transportation electrification plan

Read more
More than 50 blackouts caused by strong winds reported in El Paso

2024-01-08 (telemundo48elpaso.com)

More than 50 blackouts caused by strong winds reported in El Paso

Approximately 3,000 customers are experiencing an outage. All power outages are the result of gusts and strong winds.

Read more
General Services Administration, El Paso Electric to develop carbon pollution-free means of electricity for federal facilities

2024-01-04 (dailyenergyinsider.com)

General Services Administration, El Paso Electric to develop carbon pollution-free means of electricity for federal facilities

As a result of a new agreement between the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and El Paso Electric (EPE), carbon pollution-free electricity (CFE) tariffs or other means to supply federal facilities in parts of Texas ... Read More »

Read more
Climate change, record summer temperatures test El Paso’s power infrastructure

2023-08-11 (elpasomatters.org)

Climate change, record summer temperatures test El Paso’s power infrastructure

The unprecedented heat the El Paso region is experiencing this summer has driven power demand here to never-before-seen levels and stressed the region’s electricity systems.

Read more
El Paso Electric shares safety precautions for wind advisory

2023-02-22 (ground.news)

El Paso Electric shares safety precautions for wind advisory

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) - A High Wind Warning is in effect up until 8pm tonight in the El Paso area, with expected sustained winds at 35-46mph, gusts up to 65mph, according to The National Weather Service. “ At El Paso Electric, the safety and well-being of our customers and employees are our top

Read more
Caution! When Retrofitting Older Turbines, Upgrade Gas Control Valves

2022-12-13 (powermag.com)

Caution! When Retrofitting Older Turbines, Upgrade Gas Control Valves

As a result of legislative actions across the U.S., acquiring permits for greenfield natural gas-powered plants has increasingly become a challenge. In

Read more
Environmentalists say El Paso can lead on climate change with city charter on November ballot

2022-02-18 (elpasotimes.com)

Environmentalists say El Paso can lead on climate change with city charter on November ballot

Sunrise El Paso and Ground Game Texas are collecting signatures to prioritize solar power, water conservation and green jobs in city government.

Read more
'No one ... can resolve this on their own': Improving air quality in El Paso-Juárez a bi-national effort

2021-11-11 (elpasotimes.com)

'No one ... can resolve this on their own': Improving air quality in El Paso-Juárez a bi-national effort

Air pollution is impacting the Borderland. What does it take for two countries, two cities and three states to improve the air we breath?

Read more
3,000 including ABC-7 without power during storms - KVIA

2021-07-24 (kvia.com)

3,000 including ABC-7 without power during storms - KVIA

EL PASO, Texas — Around 3,000 El Paso Electric customers lost power Friday evening amidst severe thunderstorms rolling through the region. ABC-7’s studios were among those business and homes that lost power. As a result, KVIA was off the air.

Read more

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