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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.
January 24, 2020 • Industry-related News
New solar farm near border reflects Mexico’s push toward alternative energy sources
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — A Spanish energy company has confirmed plans to build and operate an 80-megawatt solar panel plant near Juarez, Mexico.
January 21, 2020 • EPE Related News
El Paso Electric's utility franchise transfer request gets City Council's first approval
El Paso Electric's request to transfer its city franchise as part of the process to sell the company has taken its first step toward being approved by the City Council.
January 20, 2020 • Local News
ABC-7 Xtra: Who Rules El Paso
Thats the title of a new book and the topic of this week's ABC 7 Xtra with host Saul Saenz. The book is a collaborative project of the El Paso First Coalition,which include a series of essays written by local scholars, journalists and politicians who take a deeper look into the movers and shakers...
January 20, 2020 • EPE Related News
El Paso Electric sale receives a key approval; protestors disrupt community meeting
The sale of El Paso Electric to the Infrastructure Investments Fund is one step closer to completion after the deal received a stamp of approval from the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
January 17, 2020 • Construction
Road Closures: El Paso Electric To Conduct Work in Central El Paso at U.S. 54
EL PASO, Texas – As part of Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) I-10 Connect project, at the intersection of Interstate 10 (I-10) and U.S. Highway 54 (US 54) in El Paso County, El Paso Electric (EPE) will be relocating electrical infrastructure over US 54 on Sunday, January 19. In order...
January 17, 2020 • EPE Related News
Avala Comisión Estatal venta de El Paso Electric
La Comisión de Servicios Públicos de Texas (PUCT) aprobó este jueves la venta de El Paso Electric Company (EPE) al Fondo de Inversiones e Infraestructura (IIF), una subsidiaria de...
January 17, 2020 • EPE Related News
PUC of Texas approves El Paso Electric sale to IIF, EPE hosts second community meeting with IIF in collaboration with City of El Paso
EPE and the Infrastructure Investments Fund (IIF) announced that the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) approved IIF’s proposed acquisition of EPE as being in the public interest. A Final Order from the PUCT is expected to be issued within the next few weeks. EPE alongside IIF, an...
January 16, 2020 • EPE Related News
Pending El Paso Electric sale approved by Texas Public Utility Commission; more OKs needed
The Public Utility Commission of Texas on Thursday approved the pending $4.3 billion sale of El Paso Electric.
January 16, 2020 • Business News
PUC of Texas Approves Proposed Acquisition of EPE by IIF
EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Electric Company (EPE) and the Infrastructure Investments Fund (IIF) today announced that the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) approved IIF’s proposed acquisition of EPE as being in the public interest. A Final Order from the PUCT is expected to be issued...
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