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July 31, 2020 • EPE Related News
City of El Paso extends mandates to stop utility disconnects as part of continued pandemic response
City of El Paso extends mandates to stop utility disconnects as part of continued pandemic response
July 31, 2020 • EPE Related News
El Paso Electric offers energy saving and safety tips amidst region’s record-breaking multi-day heat advisory
El Paso Electric offers energy saving and safety tips amidst region’s record-breaking multi-day heat advisory.
July 2, 2020 • Business News
El Paso Electric Receives Regulatory Approval to Provide Texas Customers with a Fuel Credit
El Paso Electric (EPE) customers who reside in Texas will see a credit on their electric bills during the peak usage season of the summer as EPE’s filing to issue a temporary fuel refund was officially approved by the Public Utilities Commission of Texas (PUCT).
July 2, 2020 • Regional News
Gov. Greg Abbott announces executive order requiring Texans to wear face covering in public spaces
Governor Greg Abbott today issued an Executive Order requiring all Texans to wear a face covering over the nose and mouth in public spaces in counties with 20 or more positive COVID-19 cases, with few exceptions.
July 31, 2020 • EPE Related News
El Paso Electric Receives Regulatory Approval to Provide Texas Customers with a Fuel Credit
El Paso Electric (EPE) customers who reside in Texas will see a credit on their electric bills during the peak usage season of the summer as EPE’s filing to issue a temporary fuel refund was officially approved by the Public Utilities Commission of Texas (PUCT).
June 26, 2020 • EPE Related News
EPE Pays It Forward: Honoring Essential Workers
El Paso Electric partnered with KFOX's Pay It Forward with Michael J. Gopin to honor El Paso's community heroes - the personnel at the City of El Paso's Testing Center locations. EPE and Michael Gopin donated 1,300 boxes of Girl Scouts "Thanks-A-Lot" cookies. Cookies were delivered...
June 20, 2020 • Community
El Paso Electric and Texas Gas Service Unite to Honor El Paso’s Community Heroes
El Paso Electric (EPE) and Texas Gas Service have united to recognize and honor El Paso’s community heroes with a sweet gesture by donating Girl Scout cookies to every first responder within the City of El Paso’s Fire Department, Emergency Medical Services Team and 9-1-1 Dispatch. With 1,100 first...
June 26, 2020 • EPE Related News
El Paso Electric and Texas Gas Service Unite to Honor El Paso’s Community Heroes
El Paso Electric (EPE) and Texas Gas Service have united to recognize and honor El Paso’s community heroes with a sweet gesture by donating Girl Scout cookies to every first responder within the City of El Paso’s Fire Department, Emergency Medical Services Team and 9-1-1 Dispatch. With 1,100 first...
June 18, 2020 • Business News
El Paso Electric Customers in Texas to See Decrease on Bills this Summer
El Paso Electric (EPE) customers who reside in Texas will see a decrease on their electric bills during the peak usage season of the summer as EPE files to issue a temporary fuel refund.
June 26, 2020 • EPE Related News
El Paso Electric Customers in Texas to See Decrease on Bills this Summer
El Paso Electric (EPE) customers who reside in Texas will see a decrease on their electric bills during the peak usage season of the summer as EPE files to issue a temporary fuel refund.
June 17, 2020 • Local News
Giant Amazon distribution center may be built in El Paso County, documents indicate
Plans appear to be in the works for Amazon to put one of its giant distribution centers, known as customer fulfillment centers, on a large tract of vacant land in far East El Paso County.
June 17, 2020 • Local News
El Pasoans Fighting Hunger reaches $1M goal; Officials announce new $600K Challenge
Tuesday afternoon, the El Pasoans Fighting Hunger (EPFH) Food Bank, in partnership with the Paul L. Foster Family Foundation, Woody and Gayle Hunt Family Foundation, and MountainStar Sports Group Foundation, announced they had reached their matching grant goal of raising $1 million to support families...
June 17, 2020 • EPE Related News
100% CO2-free electricity: Inside N.M.'s battle
New Mexico is planning to shed its heavy dependence on coal to generate power, but reaching the state's carbon-free standard for major electric utilities by 2045 won't be easy.
June 17, 2020 • EPE Related News
Grants support area microenterprises
Project Vida has received grants totaling $208,933 in support of its microenterprise technical assistance program, which offers business, financial and management literacy to low and moderate-income micro-business owners in El Paso County. They are: a $90,000 city of El Paso Community Development Block Grant,...
June 17, 2020 • EPE Related News
El Paso Electric earns 2020 Energy Star Market Leader Award
According to officials, the honor was awarded to EPE for its “outstanding efforts to promote and support energy efficient construction and help homebuyers experience the peace of mind, quality, comfort, and value that come with living in an Energy Star certified home or apartment."
June 10, 2020 • Business News
El Paso Electric Earns 2020 ENERGY STAR® Market Leader Award
El Paso Electric (EPE) is proud to announce that it has received the 2020 ENERGY STAR® Market Leader Award for its outstanding efforts to promote and support energy efficient construction and help homebuyers experience the peace of mind, quality, comfort, and value that come with living in an ENERGY STAR certified home...
June 10, 2020 • Business News
El Paso Electric obtiene el Premio al Liderazgo en el Mercado ENERGY STAR® 2020
La compañía El Paso Electric (EPE) se complace en anunciar que ha sido galardonada con el Premio al Liderazgo en el Mercado ENERGY STAR 2020 por sus esfuerzos sobresalientes en el fomento y apoyo a...
June 10, 2020 • EPE Related News
New Mexico’s renewable energy is fast growing
The energy reputation enjoyed by the state of New Mexico isn’t based just on the wealth generated from the state’s share of the crude oil produced from the Permian Basin, but now because of rapidly growing renewable energy development too.
July 30, 2020 • EPE Related News
Postergan venta de EP Electric
La venta pendiente de El Paso Electric (EPE) a JP Morgan Management Inc., tasada en 4.3 mil millones de dólares, fue postergada de común acuerdo por espacio de...
June 5, 2020 • EPE Related News
Utility internship goes virtual
El Paso Electric recently welcomed a new cohort of eight college students for its annual summer internship program. The students will participate in an eight-week career-development program with an El Paso Electric department related to their field of study. They will also lead a corporate social responsibility project as part...
June 1, 2020 • Local News
Coronavirus in Texas: No consensus on whether El Paso is ready to reopen
Gov. Greg Abbott had given El Paso County and the Amarillo area — two of the state's biggest recent COVID-19 hot spots — a temporary reprieve from implementing Texas' next phase of reopening. That reprieve was set to last until last Friday, both areas were required to implement the newest phase of reopening that took...
June 1, 2020 • EPE Related News
El Paso Electric sale deadline extended three months due to pending federal agency approval
The deadline for El Paso Electric's pending $4.3 billion sale has been extended to Sept. 1. The sale's closing deadline had been today, June 1. Officials with the electric utility and the buyer, the JP Morgan Chase-tied Infrastructure Investments Fund, or IIF, announced Monday that they agreed to extend the sale deadline as...
June 1, 2020 • Community
EPE Manages Beyond Pandemic To Safely Maintain Annual College Summer Internship Program
El Paso Electric (EPE) officially welcomes its newest cohort of eight college scholars for the Company’s 9th annual summer internship program. College students will participate in an eight-week career-development program with an EPE department related to their field of study, as well as lead a corporate social...
June 5, 2020 • EPE Related News
ROAD CLOSURE: El Paso Electric to Conduct Work Along Pendale Road
El Paso Electric (EPE) will be replacing transmission lines and completing several wire crossings in the Mission Valley area of El Paso along Pendale Road between Roseway and North Loop Drives. For the safety of the public, EPE will be requiring a three-day road closure to...
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