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| Every time energy is used, the natural environment can be affected. The more carefully energy is developed and used, the more the earth is protected. One way to protect the natural environment is to promote the use of energy from renewable resources. El Paso Electric is committed to supporting the development of renewable energy projects in its West Texas and Southern New Mexico service territory. |
| Texas Solar Photovoltaic PV Pilot Program
El Paso Electric has a Solar PV Pilot Program which offers an incentive of $2.50 per DC Watt for new qualified solar electric distributed energy generating systems located in El Paso Electric's Texas service territory. Incentive funding must be requested by installation companies who meet certain eligibility requirements and are registered to work with the program.
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| Solar Tower in Santa Teresa
El Paso Electric has signed a power purchase agreement for the full capacity of a 92-megawatt (MW) concentration solar power plant to be built in southern New Mexico’s Doña Ana County. |
| Distributed Generation Interconnection
Customers installing and interconnecting a renewable energy generator reduce the energy requirements that would be normally taken from El Paso Electric. At the end of the billing month, El Paso Electric would read the meter and bill or credit the net kiloWatt hours (kWhs) flowing from or to the EPE system. |
| Compliance with the New Mexico Renewable Energy Act and the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission Renewable Energy Rule 572
Contained in this section are El Paso Electric's 2010 and 2009 Renewable Energy Procurement Plan Applications. |
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