El Paso Electric Issues an All Source Request For Proposal to Reliably Meet Growing Demand for Texas Customers by 2025
December 03 2021 - 7:10PM
Business Wire
El Paso Electric (EPE) issues an All Source Request for Proposal
(RFP) to obtain generating resources including renewable energy for
Texas customers by 2025. The objective of this RFP is to meet the
growing customer demand EPE is experiencing, specifically for its
Texas service territory, and to meet the anticipated 2025 summer
peak.
“Unlike many other electric utilities around the country who
have leveled out when it comes to their customer base, we continue
to experience a two percent customer base growth rate
year-over-year, which inevitably leads to an increase in energy
usage and customer demand,” shares President and CEO Kelly A.
Tomblin. “It is our responsibility to continue to meet this growing
demand cost effectively and with the service and reliability that
our customers and community have come to expect and deserve.”
EPE’s initial resource planning studies project a capacity need
of approximately 175 to 225 megawatts (MW) before May 1, 2025. New
generation is also necessary to offset EPE’s planned retirements of
older, less-efficient generating units.
Prospective bidders for EPE’s All Source RFP have until December
23, 2021, to submit an intent to bid. The full RFP can be found at
epelectric.com, here.
About El Paso Electric
El Paso Electric is a regional electric utility providing
generation, transmission and distribution service to approximately
450,000 retail and wholesale customers in a 10,000-square mile area
of the Rio Grande valley in west Texas and southern New Mexico.
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