October 16, 2020 • EPE Related News
El Paso City Council reaffirms opposition to El Paso Electric power plant project
El Paso City Council reaffirms opposition to El Paso Electric power plant project
The El Paso City Council has reaffirmed the city’s opposition to El Paso Electric’s plan to spend $163.8 million to add a new, natural gas-fired generating unit to the Newman power plant in far Northeast El Paso.
It comes as the Public Utility Commission of Texas is scheduled to vote Friday morning on whether the utility's plan can go forward.
The City Council by a 7-0 vote Monday approved a resolution stating that the city continues to oppose the company’s plan because of the “anticipated high cost that would be borne by El Paso ratepayers” for the Newman Unit 6 generator and that it will “not likely be needed by 2023,” when the company hopes to have it in operation.
The city in filings with the PUC has been fighting for months against the utility's application to add the 228-megawatt generator to the utility's largest power plant, located in a mostly undeveloped area at Stan Roberts Sr. Drive and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
KFOX 14 News at 7AM – 10.14.2020
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