el paso electric

Southern US utility the El Paso Electric (EPE) Company has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for renewable energy projects to serve its customers in New Mexico.

A subsidiary of the French power company EDF Renewables in North America has signed a 150MW solar-plus-storage power purchase agreement (PPA) with utility El Paso Electric in New Mexico, US.

The New Mexico Public Regulatory Commission has approved the offtake contracts for DE Shaw Renewables Investment's Carne solar facility.

News in Brief: Santa Barbara, California, is the 30th US city to vote in a 100% renewable energy mandate, North Carolina legislators instate a competitive bidding process and leasing programme for solar PV while South Carolina's SCE&G launches the state's largest community solar programme; there's also more community solar online in Texas, and the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources releases its final guidelines for its solar incentive SMART programme.

Texan utility El Paso Electric filed a request with regulators asking them to approve an 8.7% increase for electric customers and a mandatory demand charge for solar users.