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February 28, 2020 • EPE Related News
Gadsden ISD receives check for their energy saving efforts
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM)- Gadsden Independent School District (GISD) received a check from El Paso Electric (EPE) for $91,186.07 for incentives earned last year from EPE’s New Mexico SCORE Plus and Commercial Load Management Programs.
February 28, 2020 • EPE Related News
New Mexico School District Raises the Bar for Environmental Stewardship
Anthony, New Mexico – Gadsden Independent School District (GISD) will receive a check from El Paso Electric (EPE) for $91,186.07 for incentives earned in 2019 from EPE’s New Mexico SCORE Plus and Commercial Load Management Programs – it’s ninth year of energy saving success with EPE.
February 27, 2020 • EPE Related News
El Paso Electric profit climbs to $123 million in 2019 with boost from Palo Verde fund
El Paso Electric's profit increased almost 46% in 2019 to $123 million, with most of the increase tied to gains in a Palo Verde nuclear plant investment fund, company officials reported Wednesday.
February 27, 2020 • Community
New Mexico School District Raises the Bar for Environmental Stewardship
Anthony, New Mexico – Gadsden Independent School District (GISD) will receive a check from El Paso Electric (EPE) for $91,186.07 for incentives earned in 2019 from EPE’s New Mexico SCORE Plus and Commercial Load Management Programs – it’s ninth year of energy saving success with EPE.
February 26, 2020 • EPE Related News
New Puget Sound Energy boss plugs into Northwest ethos
Puget Sound Energy’s new CEO and President Mary Kipp fell into the energy sector by accident.
February 21, 2020 • EPE Related News
Water Main Break at Viscount and I-10 Impacts EPE Electric Pole Structure
A non-El Paso Water contractor working in the area of Viscount and Interstate Highway 10 damaged a 12-inch water main causing a breach of water. That water washed out underlying dirt causing an EPE electric pole to lean. EPE reported no power outages or service interruptions and are on site to assess infrastructure...
February 28, 2020 • Industry-related News
Utilities Partner on Smart City Initiatives
The future of the city is smart and in some U.S. cities — like Columbus, Ohio; Kansas City, Missouri; San Antonio, Texas; and Spokane, Washington — the present is already one of increased connectivity and efficiency. They are powered by citizens who possess more information about their electric usage than ever before and aided by...
February 19, 2020 • Local News
El Paso metal recycler adding $7M Santa Teresa facility; plans new Downtown headquarters
El Paso-based W. Silver Recycling plans to put a $7 million scrap-metal processing facility in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, near El Paso's Upper Valley.
February 21, 2020 • EPE Related News
Power Outage in Northeast El Paso Impacts about 1,600 customers
After several hours, EPE crews were able to successfully restore power to 1,600 customers in northeast El Paso.
February 16, 2020 • Industry-related News
Texas Is The Next Battleground For The Green New Deal
Sunrise Movement, the youth campaign behind the Green New Deal, called 25,000 Iowans and persuaded 7,000 to sign pledges to vote for the candidate who advocated the most ambitious plan for rapidly lowering planet-heating emissions along with guaranteeing federal jobs to displaced workers.
February 13, 2020 • EPE Related News
Op-Ed: Question still unresolved: Who will control EPE if the sale goes through?
On Feb. 4, the El Paso City Council voted 4-2, with one abstention, to grant the use of city rights of way – a franchise – to Sun Jupiter, one of a dizzying array of companies connected to the proposed purchase of El Paso Electric (EPE).
February 13, 2020 • Industry-related News
College Station council approves $6.8 million contract for 'smart' electric meters
College Station City Council members unanimously approved a $6.8 million contract to implement “smart” electric meters for College Station Utilities customers.
February 10, 2020 • EPE Related News
Race to carbon-free generation is on
New Mexico’s utilities are drawing up the most comprehensive plans in decades to completely overhaul the state’s electric grid to reach 100% carbon-free generation by 2045.
February 10, 2020 • EPE Related News
El Paso Electric buyer again refutes JPMorgan affiliate assertions in federal filing
Lawyers for El Paso Electric and the investment fund in the process of buying the 117-year-old utility reiterated in a new filing with federal regulators that JP Morgan Chase is not a legal affiliate of the utility's buyer.
February 10, 2020 • EPE Related News
EP Electric sale: City approves franchise transfer
City Council last week gave another stamp of approval on the $4.3 billion sale of El Paso Electric to the Infrastructure Investments Fund, a private fund advised by financial giant JPMorgan.
February 7, 2020 • Industry-related News
The IBEW Endorses Vice President Joe Biden for President
The leadership of the IBEW, while attending its annual officers meeting this week, unanimously endorsed Vice President Joe Biden to be the next President of the United States.
February 7, 2020 • EPE Related News
Texas senator, environmental group urge delay in El Paso Electric franchise transfer
Texas Sen. José Rodriguez, D-El Paso, and the Sunrise El Paso environmental group want El Paso City Council to delay transferring El Paso Electric's city franchise, which is needed for the utility's pending sale to be completed.
February 7, 2020 • Local News
HUNT BUILDS COMMUNITIES
If you believe this book, the Hunts were one of the architects of the plan to develop El Paso. The plan we’re suffering under now.
February 7, 2020 • EPE Related News
City Council approves El Paso Electric franchise transfer to JPMorgan-tied investment fund
El Paso City Council on Tuesday approved transferring El Paso Electric's city franchise to the JPMorgan Chase-tied Infrastructure Investments Fund, or IIF, which is in the process of buying the 117-year-old utility.
February 7, 2020 • EPE Related News
Texas Sen. Jose Rodriguez talks about El Paso Electric sale
Video of Senator Rodriguez’s press conference yesterday. Link below.
February 7, 2020 • EPE Related News
City of El Paso Approves Assignment of Franchise Application in Connection with the Proposed Acquisition of El Paso Electric by The Infrastructure Investments Fund
El Paso Electric Company (EPE) and the Infrastructure Investments Fund (IIF) today announced that the City of El Paso, Texas (City of El Paso) consented to the acquisition of EPE by an affiliate of IIF by approving EPE’s Franchise Assignment Application filed with the City of...
February 7, 2020 • EPE Related News
What does the El Paso Electric sale mean for customers, community?
In case you've lost track of the long and winding road of El Paso Electric's pending sale, which officials with the buyer and the utility hope to have done by June 1, here's a primer:
February 7, 2020 • EPE Related News
Alternative Community Meetings hosted by Sunrise El Paso
Sunrise El Paso is a locally based environmental justice organization. This month we have witnessed JP Morgan/IIF engage in corporate propaganda by presenting a narrative that favored the Wall Street side of this buyout - not a community or environmental perspective. We invite you to our alternative community meetings regarding the proposed sale...
January 30, 2020 • Regional News
Centennial High School to get solar energy panels
LAS CRUCES - With its large campus sitting in an open area on the eastern side of Las Cruces toward the Dripping Springs natural area, Centennial High School gets a lot of sun exposure.
January 23, 2020 • Alerts
El Paso Electric Now Accepting Applications for 8th Annual Summer High School Internship Program
El Paso Electric (EPE) is now accepting applications for the 2020 Summer High School Internship Program. The paid internship opportunity, in its eighth year, is open to all high school juniors in EPE’s service area (Van Horn, TX to Hatch, NM). The application deadline is February 10, 2020.
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