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February 28, 2018 • Local News
El Paso Times: El Paso gets new expansion USL soccer team, will play at Southwest University Park in 2019
El Paso has a new professional soccer team that will begin play next year at Southwest University Park.
February 27, 2018 • Local News
Santa Fe New Mexican: PRC, please explain decisions
In a state ravaged by poverty, keeping a lid on the cost of power is critical to struggling households and our ability to attract business and create jobs. Yet, New Mexico’s electric utilities continue a barrage of rate increase demands to pay for new investments — often in dying technologies. This in a state showing little or no...
February 27, 2018 • Industry-related News
Forbes: How To Prevent Electric Vehicles From Stressing The Grid
According to the Edison Electric Institute, seven million zero-emission vehicles will be on American roads by 2025. This could have significant impacts on the grid as charging one electric vehicle (EV) is nearly equivalent to adding three houses to the power system.
February 27, 2018 • Regional News
ABQ Journal: Tax changes sink PNM earnings in 2017
PNM Resources reported a 32 percent decline in net earnings in 2017, reflecting a $57.5 million write-off in the fourth quarter related to federal tax reform.
February 27, 2018 • Local News
El Paso Inc: $40 million Blue Flame project is a go
The Housing Authority of the City of El Paso has won the historical designation it needed to push ahead with the transformation of the Blue Flame building.
February 27, 2018 • Industry-related News
PV Magazine: Getting ahead of the changes
Interview: Mary Powell, CEO at Vermont utility Green Mountain Power speaks with pv magazine about her unique strategy to bring clean energy and 21st century innovation by focusing on customer needs.
February 23, 2018 • Local News
Las Cruces Sun-News: John Vasquez resigns from Doña Ana County Commission
LAS CRUCES - Facing heavy criticism for his treatment of women and calls from top leaders in his own party to resign, Doña Ana County Commissioner John Vasquez stepped down on Thursday.
February 23, 2018 • EPE Related News
El Paso Electric Celebrates Engineers Week 2018
#EPElectric is celebrating the many contributions made by our engineers, who help improve systems and create more efficient ways to generate, transmit, and use power. #PoweringTheFuture #Eweek2018
February 23, 2018 • Local News
El Paso Times: El Paso Democratic voter turnout up 86 percent over 2014 on first day of early voting
More than 4,800 people in El Paso County cast ballots on Tuesday — the first day of early voting for the March primary.
February 23, 2018 • Regional News
Houston Chronicle: Texas' summer power prices expected to rise
Wholesale summer power prices in Texas are expected to rise after the shutdown of three coal-fired power plants last year. But by how much -- and what kind of impact those increases will have on electricity bills -- might not be known until the summer is over, regulators say.
February 23, 2018 • Industry-related News
Utility Dive: FERC order opens 'floodgates' for energy storage in wholesale markets
The commission directed grid operators to develop rules for storage to participate in the wholesale energy, capacity and ancillary services markets.
February 22, 2018 • Industry-related News
WSJ: Mandates, Not Market Prices, Likely to Keep U.S. Solar Growing
Government mandates should keep U.S. solar power growing, despite new Trump administration tariffs on imported solar panels that are poised to raise prices.
February 22, 2018 • Local News
El Paso Times: KVIA's Estela Casas to be off air while she recovers from double mastectomy
Longtime Channel 7-KVIA news anchor Estela Casas will undergo a double mastectomy this week.
February 22, 2018 • Local News
City of Las Cruces: Mayor Miyagishima joins Hundreds of Mayors from Across the Country Opposing Clean Power Plan Repeal and Urging Trump Administration to Act on Climate
Today, Las Cruces Mayor Ken Miyagishima joined more than 200 mayors from across the U.S. to express his support for the Clean Power Plan (CPP) – an essential public health protection and climate change solution that sets the first-ever federal limits on carbon pollution from power plants and helps cities transition to a clean energy...
February 23, 2018 • Regional News
TCEQ: Grants for Electricity Storage Projects
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality announces that grant funds are available for Electricity Storage Projects, the storage of power from renewable energy that is released back to the grid, under the New Technology Implementation Grant Program. Eligible organizations that intend to build, own, and operate new technologies to reduce...
February 23, 2018 • Local News
El Paso Times: El Paso city, county golf courses big money losers
El Paso's three publicly owned golf courses have lost millions of dollars in recent years.
February 23, 2018 • Regional News
Dallas News: Denton aims to become second 'all renewable' city in Texas by 2020
Denton is set to become the second city in Texas to use 100 percent renewable energy.
February 20, 2018 • Industry-related News
ABC News: Electric cars have benefits, but likely won't save you money
Electric cars have a lot of perks: zero emissions, a quiet ride and instant acceleration. But can they save you money? Probably not.
February 20, 2018 • Local News
El Paso Times: Silicon Valley tech startup to open Downtown El Paso office
Fivestars, a San Francisco-based technology company, is setting up shop in El Paso.
February 20, 2018 • EPE Related News
Construction Crews Clip Lines Across I-10 Affecting Commuters
El Paso Electric crews worked quickly to restore power after construction crew clips lines across I-10.
February 19, 2018 • Local News
El Paso Inc: Q&A with Woody Hunt, Executive Chairman, Hunt Companies
As executive chairman of El Paso-based Hunt Companies, a conglomerate with 6,500 employees nationwide, Woody Hunt is one of the city’s most influential businessmen.
February 23, 2018 • Regional News
Trade Publication: PUCT Nears Approval on LP&L Move to ERCOT
AUSTIN, Texas — The Public Utility Commission of Texas last week hinted it may be near a decision on Lubbock Power & Light’s proposal to move 470 MW of its load from SPP to ERCOT.
February 16, 2018 • Local News
El Paso Times: EPISD board to consider audit of trustee Susie Byrd over role in Escobar campaign
The El Paso Independent School District board of trustees will consider approving an audit into whether trustee Susie Byrd, working as campaign manager for former County Judge Veronica Escobar, secured donations and endorsements from district vendors for the congressional candidate.
February 16, 2018 • Local News
El Paso Times: KVIA News Channel-7 anchor Rick Cabrera announces he's leaving station
News Channel-7 anchor Rick Cabrera is leaving the station at the end of May.
February 16, 2018 • Regional News
ABQ Journal: Session ends on bipartisan note
SANTA FE – A brisk 30-day legislative session – marked by bipartisan compromise and little appetite for political confrontation – reached the finish line Thursday as New Mexico lawmakers beat a deadline to approve bills that would change the structure of a popular scholarship program and move most nonpartisan elections to...
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