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July 28, 2019 • EPE Related News

As Wind Outpaces Coal as a Power Source in Texas, EPE Shares How Wind May Play a Role In The Southwest

As Wind Outpaces Coal as a Power Source in Texas, EPE Shares How Wind May Play a Role In The Southwest

July 25, 2019 • EPE Related News

Puget Sound Energy selects Mary E. Kipp, of El Paso Electric, as new company president

Puget Sound Energy (PSE) announced Monday, July 1, that it has named Mary E. Kipp, former CEO of El Paso Electric in El Paso, Texas, as its company president.

July 27, 2019 • Industry-related News

Wind is outpacing coal as a power source in Texas for the first time

(CNN) Wind power has surpassed coal for the first time in Texas, according to a new report.

July 26, 2019 • EPE Related News

How El Paso Electric is helping area youth light a bright path for the future

While El Paso Electric (EPE) powers homes and businesses in the area with electricity, they’re also helping power young minds by contributing to the local Success Through Technology Education (STTE) Foundation. Together, they’re working to pave a brighter future for the El Paso area by helping students thrive in the areas of science,...

July 28, 2019 • EPE Related News

City budget discussions continue, commercial property valuations fall

City officials were surprised to find that commercial property valuations fell in reports released by the Central Appraisal District — reigniting concerns about continued tax burdens on residential property owners.

July 18, 2019 • EPE Related News

El Paso Electric officials sought bids from utilities, investment funds in sale pursuit

El Paso Electric officials spent more than two years looking at possibilities of selling the  117-year-old utility before approving a recent agreement to sell it to a J.P. Morgan Chase investment fund, recently filed documents show.

July 15, 2019 • EPE Related News

El Paso Electric's proposed sale to private equity firm under scrutiny

An El Paso businessman has commissioned an independent financial study examining the upcoming sale of El Paso Electric to a private equity firm as some in El Paso raise questions about the deal, including former Mayor Larry Francis.

July 15, 2019 • Local News

El Paso considers putting nearly $1 billion bond on ballot for expenses including public safety

The El Paso City Council could adopt a budget of just over $1 billion for the 2020 fiscal year and a 4 cent increase in the property tax rate. 

July 8, 2019 • EPE Related News

Business partnerships key to nonprofits’ survival

Over the last decade, El Paso has seen an increase in the number of quality nonprofit programs and community partnerships – a remarkable growth in the not-for-profit world that helps to address some of our community’s most pressing needs.

July 8, 2019 • EPE Related News

El Paso native named interim CEO of El Paso Electric, Kipp stepping down to take position in Washington

El Paso Electric CEO Mary Kipp signs a solar panel during the groundbreaking ceremony for a 3-megawatt solar facility in Far East El Paso in 2016.

July 2, 2019 • EPE Related News

El Paso CEO to Depart Amid Take-private Deal

El Paso Electric’s long-serving president and CEO Mary Kipp is leaving the company, which is in the midst of a take-private transaction, to take a leadership role at an electric utility in Washington State.

July 2, 2019 • EPE Related News

El Paso Electric taps El Paso native as next CEO

El Paso Electric has named a new interim CEO of the company, less than a month after it was announced the company was being sold.

July 2, 2019 • EPE Related News

El Paso Electric CEO Mary Kipp taking job in Washington, interim replacement named

El Paso Electric Company President and CEO will leave the company to take a job as president of Puget Sound Energy in Washington state, according to a company news release.

July 2, 2019 • EPE Related News

Native El Pasoan named interim CEO of El Paso Electric

El Paso Electric has named El Paso native Adrian Rodriguez interim CEO. An Eastwood High grad and the company's general counsel, Rodriguez's first order of business will be guiding the 118-year-old utility through its $4.3 billion sale to JPMorgan’s Infrastructure Investments Fund.

July 2, 2019 • EPE Related News

Kipp's letter to employees: 'This was a difficult decision'

Team, After being part of the El Paso Electric family for 12 years, I am announcing to you that I am leaving the Company in the hands of a strong leadership team including Adrian Rodriguez, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, who will serve as interim CEO. I have accepted a position as president of Puget Sound Energy...

July 2, 2019 • EPE Related News

El Pasoan Adrian Rodriguez named Interim CEO of EP Electric; Kipp heads to Washington State

El Paso Electric Company (EPE) today announced that the Company’s Board of Directors has appointed Adrian Rodriguez, EPE’s Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, as interim Chief Executive Officer.

July 2, 2019 • EPE Related News

El Paso Electric CEO Mary Kipp takes Seattle-area job; El Paso native to be interim leader (Update)

El Paso Electric President and Chief Executive Officer Mary Kipp will leave the company Aug. 1 to take a job as president and eventual CEO of Puget Sound Energy in the Seattle area, company officials announced Monday.

July 2, 2019 • EPE Related News

Puget Sound Energy to make make all-too-rare woman CEO to woman CEO succession

Mary Kipp, a federal prosecutor turned Texas utility executive, will become the president at Puget Sound Energy next month — a leadership change that comes at a critical moment for the state’s largest energy utility.

July 2, 2019 • EPE Related News

Native El Pasoan Adrian Rodriguez Named Interim CEO of El Paso Electric

EL PASO, Texas - El Paso Electric Company (EPE) today announced that the Company’s Board of Directors has appointed Adrian Rodriguez, EPE’s Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, as interim Chief Executive Officer. The Board has also appointed Elaina Ball, EPE’s Senior Vice President and Chief...

June 30, 2019 • EPE Related News

Get ready for 'smart' electrical meters

El Paso Electric is one step closer to deploying “smart” meters to customers across the region, a big undertaking that would allow residents to track their electrical data in real-time and help the utility better manage energy use.

June 21, 2019 • EPE Related News

El Paso Electric Customers in Texas to See Decrease on Bills Throughout Summer Energy Saving Tips can also help cut down electricity costs

TEXAS – With the first day of Summer only a few hours away, long, hot and dry weather has already blanketed west Texas sending customers indoors where they can find refuge with cranked up ACs. Although higher electricity usage becomes the norm during Summer months, El Paso Electric (EPE) customers in Texas have already began to see a...

June 21, 2019 • EPE Related News

David Leeper spells out who profits from the sale of El Paso Electric: not the ratepayers

Over the past several weeks, El Paso Electric has spent a lot of money trying to convince us that its proposed sale to a New York investment firm is best for the El Paso community.  Many readers are not so sure this is true, so I thought I would share some of...

June 21, 2019 • EPE Related News

Peak in electricity usage around the corner with the start of summer days away

ABC7 News talks about the peak in electricity usage around the corner with the start of summer days away. 

June 14, 2019 • Local News

Future of El Paso Housing Authority employees in question as agency privatizes positions

More than a third of the El Paso housing authority's employees may have to re-apply for their jobs or even find their positions eliminated by the end of the year.

June 14, 2019 • Local News

El Paso Mayor Dee Margo possibly in violation of state financial disclosure requirements

Shares in various companies — including a realty trust focused on Downtown El Paso — appeared to be missing from Mayor Dee Margo’s personal financial statements filed with the state, and the Texas Ethics Commission says that oversight would be a violation of state law.

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