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d2f5e-us-el-paso-electric-company
Website
https://www.epelectric.com
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
2024-01-18 (electricenergyonline.com)
Electric Energy News Automation/IT | T&D | Climate Change | Generation | Hydroelectricity | Solar | Wind | Appointments | Financial | Oil & Gaz
Read more
2024-01-09 (kfoxtv.com)
During Monday's extreme weather event in El Paso that saw winds blowing in excess of 60 MPH across some parts of town, El Paso Electric experienced numerous outages that affected upwards of 4,500 customers at its peak. (Credit: KFOX14/CBS4)
Read more
2023-08-11 (elpasomatters.org)
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
2023-08-10 (lcsun-news.com)
Several thousand El Paso Electric customers were without power over the weekend due to extreme heat. Here’s what we found out about these outages.
Read more
2023-06-20 (telemundo48elpaso.com)
To prepare for extreme heat and maintain reliable service, each spring, crews work to identify areas that need to be upgraded, repaired or replaced.
Read more
2023-06-07 (spglobal.com)
Proposition K would also authorize the City Council to pursue the acquisition and municipalization of investor-owned electric utility El Paso Electric Co.
Read more
2023-04-29 (insideclimatenews.org)
EL PASO—For the first time, Texas voters have the chance to write climate action into a city charter. Activists from Sunrise El Paso and Ground Game Texas have written their own climate charter with aggressive renewable energy targets and collected enough signatures to have it placed before voters
Read more
2022-02-18 (elpasotimes.com)
Sunrise El Paso and Ground Game Texas are collecting signatures to prioritize solar power, water conservation and green jobs in city government.
Read more
2021-06-22 (lcsun-news.com)
Extreme heat not only has the potential to impact community members and animals, but El Paso Electric infrastructure as well.
Read more