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March 5, 2021 • EPE Related News
CPS Energy pursues internal probe on TX winter outages; references El Paso Electric
CPS Energy pursues internal probe on TX winter outages; references El Paso Electric
February 26, 2021 • EPE Related News
EPE Engineers Honored for National Engineers Week 2021
EPE Engineers Honored for National Engineers Week 2021
February 20, 2021 • Business News
El Paso Electric Permanently Extends Customer Care Call Center Hours
El Paso Electric (EPE) is pleased to announce that Customer Care Call Center hours will be permanently extended to 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. MST, Monday through Friday in order to better serve customers. The new hours of operation for EPE’s Customer Care Call Center will go into effect this Monday, February 22.
February 17, 2021 • EPE Related News
No, wind and solar power are not the main causes of Texas' power outages despite Gov. Abbott's claim on Fox News
DALLAS — CLAIM: Are frozen wind turbines the main cause of Texas’s power outages? This claim is false. SOURCES: Governor Greg Abbott (R) - Texas, ERCOT senior director Dan Woodfin, and ERCOT CEO Bill Magness. In an interview with Fox News’s Sean Hannity on Tuesday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott...
February 17, 2021 • EPE Related News
Texas counties with fewer power outages are not part of state grid
HOUSTON — Some parts of Texas battered by the winter storm had relatively few homes lose power. They are primarily in areas outside of ERCOT, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which manages the electric grid for 90% of the state and operates separate from federal oversight and regulation.
February 17, 2021 • EPE Related News
Electricity primer: Not being connected to rest of Texas helped El Paso in cold wave
El Paso escaped the massive power outages seen in much of Texas this week mostly because El Paso Electric is not in the Texas power grid, which is one of three major power grids in the United States. The Texas grid had massive power outages due to power plant problems caused by extreme cold temperatures.
February 19, 2021 • EPE Related News
Million-dollar economic development fund seeks applicants in southern New Mexico
LAS CRUCES – El Paso Electric and the Infrastructure Investments Fund recently established the El Paso Electric New Mexico Economic Development Fund (Economic Development Fund) to provide $1 million per year for 20 years. The Economic Development Fund will be administered by the Community Foundation of Southern New Mexico and governed by...
February 19, 2021 • EPE Related News
'Those in power have failed us': Twitter reacts as El Paso escapes outages, but Texas suffers
El Paso escaped the massive power outages seen in much of Texas this week mostly because El Paso Electric is not part of the Texas power grid. The Texas grid had massive power outages due to power plant problems caused by extremely cold temperatures.
February 17, 2021 • Regional News
Texas didn't learn its lesson | Experts say little has changed with winterization of generators since blackouts of 2011
HOUSTON — Ten years ago this month, severe winter weather caused rolling blackouts, sparking a Senate hearing and a whole lot of outrage. However, some observers say not enough has actually changed. Rewind time a decade ago, and the headline from the Texas State Senate was clear: "Lack of winterization led to blackouts."
February 19, 2021 • EPE Related News
Lessons from El Paso's 2011 winter storm keep electricity coming as state faces blackouts
As the rest of Texas battles rolling blackouts, this week’s winter storms haven’t impacted El Paso’s electricity. That’s because the Borderland is on a different system, and one that’s prepared for a freeze like this one. Keenan Willard reports on how El Paso is keeping the lights on amid a winter storm that...
February 19, 2021 • EPE Related News
While millions of Texas homes face rolling blackouts, experience keeps El Paso's lights on
As the rest of Texas battles rolling blackouts, this week’s winter storms haven’t impacted El Paso’s electricity. That’s because the Borderland is on a different system, and one that’s prepared for a freeze like this one. Keenan Willard reports on how El Paso is keeping the lights on amid a winter storm that has...
February 17, 2021 • EPE Related News
Construction begins on NMSU, El Paso Electric solar project
Construction is now underway on a renewable energy project at New Mexico State University’s Arrowhead Park that is projected to generate enough solar electricity to power about one-third of the university’s 900-acre Las Cruces campus by this fall.
February 12, 2021 • EPE Related News
El Paso Electric names regional vice presidents
El Paso Electric has hired Cheryl Mele and Rico Gonzales as regional vice presidents. Most recently, Mele worked as an independent consultant. Before that, she spent much of her career at Austin Energy, a municipally owned electric utility that serves the city of Austin. She is a Texas-registered professional engineer and...
February 12, 2021 • Local News
Binational committee creates fund to monitor air quality in El Paso, Juarez, New Mexico
A binational committee on air quality created a new fund Thursday to pay for long-term monitoring of air pollution in the Borderland.
February 10, 2021 • People
El Paso Electric Board of Directors Names David Hawkins Vice President of Strategy and Sustainability
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – David Hawkins is appointed as El Paso Electric’s (EPE) Vice President of Strategy and Sustainability by the Company’s Board of Directors, effective February 8, 2021.
February 12, 2021 • Industry-related News
Toyota to add electric, plug-in hybrid vehicles next year
DETROIT (AP) — Toyota says it will roll out two new battery-electric vehicles and one plug-in gas-electric hybrid in the U.S. this year as the parade of new EVs continues.
February 12, 2021 • EPE Related News
The Sunniest City in Texas is Expanding … Natural Gas Production
Jeanette Lara is one of a handful of doctors who serves the small, unincorporated community of Chaparral, New Mexico. Every day, when she drops off her 8-month-old son to his grandparents before work, she drives past the Newman Power Station, a natural gas plant just across the Texas border in El Paso, which provides power to residents in both...
February 12, 2021 • EPE Related News
El Paso Electric Board of Directors taps David Hawkins as Vice President of Strategy and Sustainability
Wednesday afternoon, officials with El Paso Electric’s (EPE) announced that David Hawkins was appointed as Vice President of Strategy and Sustainability by the Company’s Board of Directors, effective February 8, 2021.
February 12, 2021 • EPE Related News
Electric utility establishes $20 million economic development initiative for southern New Mexico
El Paso Electric announced a $20 million economic development initiative for southern New Mexico on Monday. The effort will provide grants for projects focused on job creation, and support businesses that will contribute to economic growth, according to a release.
February 12, 2021 • EPE Related News
Bright Hearts of El Paso: Help for struggling El Pasoans
When El Paso struggles, it struggles together. There is a sense of commonality here, a unity of purpose. Rather than belie our differences, it defines them. One could not claim any community is perfect, yet there is something about this place. We come together when any of us face a challenge.
February 12, 2021 • EPE Related News
Driving change: El Paso car market evolves
Casa Auto Group acquired the Crawford Buick GMC dealership, at 6800 Montana near the airport. Ronnie Lowenfield, left, will be the manager and is pictured here with brothers and colleagues Luke (center) and Justin Lowenfield. Luke said the deal had been a long time in the making and the time was finally right. Carvana...
February 4, 2021 • Business News
EPE Establishes $20 Million Economic Development Fund in Southern New Mexico to Drive Regional Growth and Economic Vibrancy in our Community
El Paso Electric (EPE) and the Infrastructure Investments Fund (IIF) are delivering on its commitments to benefit its customers in Southern New Mexico through a newly established El Paso Electric New Mexico Economic Development Fund (Economic Development Fund) and providing $1 million per year for 20 years. The Economic Development Fund will be...
February 4, 2021 • People
El Paso Electric Welcomes Two Regional Vice Presidents
El Paso Electric (EPE) announces the appointments of Cheryl Mele and Rico Gonzales as Regional Vice Presidents.
February 5, 2021 • EPE Related News
El Paso’s 10th anniversary from the February Freeze of 2011
It was Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011, when an intense arctic air mass moved into southern New Mexico and far west Texas. The weather system brought locally heavy snowfall to portions of the area on the night of Feb. 1st and into the afternoon of the 2nd, and was followed by several days of sub-freezing temperatures.
February 12, 2021 • EPE Related News
PRC approves disconnection moratorium aimed at balancing needs of utilities and customers
AZTEC — As the pandemic continues to impact people's ability to pay utility bills, the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission hopes a new order will help customers without causing irreparable harm to small utilities.
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