Storm 2011
El Paso Electric's service has been fully restored to all of our customers in Texas and New Mexico. All system repairs related to the February 2-4, 2011 winter storm were completed in April.
FERC and NERC Release Task Force Report on Southwest Outages
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation have released a staff report making recommendations to help prevent recurrence of rolling blackouts experienced by customers in the Southwest during the extreme cold weather the first week of Februrary 2011.
Report on Outages and Curtailments During the Southwest Cold Weather Event of February 1 - 5, 2011
Prepared by the staffs of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation on August 2011.
Cold Weather Protection Assessment Report, compliled by Black & Veatch, June 2011
As one element of a program to improve the availability of their generating facilities during future cold weather events, El Paso Electric retained Black & Veatch to assess the specific systems and components of the Newman and Rio Grande plants which were found to be vulnerable during February’s extreme cold weather.
Report from the Public Utility Commission of Texas on El Paso Electric's Weather-Related Issues in February 2011
The report was issued by the Public Utility Commission of Texas on May 13, 2011.
A Letter from El Paso Electric CEO David Stevens
Storm 2011 Photos
Pictures taken by El Paso Electric employees during the February 2011 Winter Freeze.
February 2011 Winter Freeze
A summary of events that occurred when a record setting winter storm passed through West Texas and Southern New Mexico. This summary was taken from a report provided to the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
A Statement from Federal Energy Regulatory Commissioner John R. Norris
Federal Energy Regulatory Commissioner John R. Norris released this statement on the recent inquiry into outages in Texas and the Southwest