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'''El Paso Electric''' is an Electric utility that provides electricity to western [[Texas]] and southern [[New Mexico]]. Its service area covers an area from [[Van Horn, Texas]] in the east and goes west to [[Luna, New Mexico]] and from the [[United States-Mexico border]] north to [[Holloman Air Force Base]]. As of 2009 it provides electric service to approximately 363,000 customers in this region.<ref>{{citation | title=El Paso Electric Company Overview | publisher=Hoovers | date=2009-08-26 | url=http://www.hoovers.com/el-paso-electric/--ID__13287--/free-co-profile.xhtml }}</ref> |
'''El Paso Electric''' is an Electric utility that provides electricity to western [[Texas]] and southern [[New Mexico]]. Its service area covers an area from [[Van Horn, Texas]] in the east and goes west to [[Luna, New Mexico]] and from the [[United States-Mexico border]] north to [[Holloman Air Force Base]]. As of 2009 it provides electric service to approximately 363,000 customers in this region.<ref>{{citation | title=El Paso Electric Company Overview | publisher=Hoovers | date=2009-08-26 | url=http://www.hoovers.com/el-paso-electric/--ID__13287--/free-co-profile.xhtml }}</ref> |
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El Paso Electric is an Electric utility that provides electricity to western Texas and southern New Mexico. Its service area covers an area from Van Horn, Texas in the east and goes west to Luna, New Mexico and from the United States-Mexico border north to Holloman Air Force Base. As of 2009 it provides electric service to approximately 363,000 customers in this region.[1]
History
El Paso Electric (EPE) first began serving its customers on August 30, 1901. It was then known as the El Paso Electric Railway Company. Initially its primary business consisted of providing transportation via mule-drawn streetcars, which were replaced in 1902 with electric streetcars.
Today, El Paso Electric is a regional electric utility providing generation, transmission and distribution service to approximately 372,000 retail and wholesale customers in a 10,000 square mile area of the Rio Grande valley in west Texas and southern New Mexico. Its service territory extends from Hatch, New Mexico to Van Horn, Texas.
Transmission System
El Paso Electric transmission system voltages are 115,000 volts and 345,000 volts. There are also two 230 KV interconnections with Mexico to the south.
External links
References
- ^ El Paso Electric Company Overview, Hoovers, 2009-08-26