Regional electric utility serving 384,000 customers across west Texas and southern New Mexico
El Paso Electric operates a regional utility serving approximately 384,000 retail and wholesale customers across 10,000 square miles in the Rio Grande valley, with generation capacity of 1,852 MW sourced through nuclear, coal, wind, and natural gas facilities. The company is actively modernizing infrastructure—current projects span CIS/CCS configuration, system upgrades, and renewable generation—while managing legacy networking deployments and NERC compliance requirements. Hiring velocity is accelerating across engineering and operations, suggesting a push to close technical debt and infrastructure gaps.
El Paso Electric is a publicly traded regional utility founded in 1901, providing generation, transmission, and distribution service across west Texas and southern New Mexico. The service territory includes industrial and large customers in steel production, copper refining, oil refining, and U.S. military installations (Fort Bliss, White Sands Missile Range, Holloman Air Force Base). Generation assets include a 15.8% stake in Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, a 7% stake in Four Corners Station, multiple thermal power stations, and the Hueco Mountain Wind Ranch. The company serves dual markets: retail customers across the region and wholesale power customers including the Mexican national utility CFE.
El Paso Electric serves approximately 384,000 retail and wholesale customers across 10,000 square miles in the Rio Grande valley, extending from Hatch, New Mexico to Van Horn, Texas, with two connections to Mexico's CFE utility.
El Paso Electric operates 1,852 MW of net dependable generating capacity, including stakes in Palo Verde Nuclear (15.8%), Four Corners Station (7%), Rio Grande Power Station, Newman Power Station, Copper Power Station, and Hueco Mountain Wind Ranch.
Yes. El Paso Electric has 3 active engineering roles posted with accelerating hiring velocity across 9 total open positions, including senior and junior-level engineering and operations roles.
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