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Dossier · Organization
El Paso Electric (EPE)
The regional grid utility that, per the governor's February 2025 release, worked closely with BorderPlex for two years before the project was announced.
At a glance
- Kind
- Utility
- Role in the project
- Utility provider
- Jurisdiction
- Private sector (no public jurisdiction)
- Key people
- Kelly Tomblin
- Verification
- confirmed — Two independent accounts agree
- In the record
- 1 sources · 4 connections · 2 dated entries
- Record id
- PJO38
Key facts
- 2025-02-25The governor's February 25, 2025 release says the utility “worked closely with BorderPlex over the last two years.”
- Its CEO, Kelly Tomblin, is Vice Chair of the Borderplex Alliance.
- 2020-07-29Went private in a $4.3 billion buyout by the JPMorgan-tied Infrastructure Investments Fund that closed July 29, 2020, after 73 years on the public market.
- Issued a 2026 New Mexico all-source request for 100–400 MW and a 2026–2035 expansion plan with $308 million in resiliency spending.
- 2026-09-08The county's chair has said avoiding demand on El Paso Electric was written into the community benefits agreement.
The record
El Paso Electric — grid-interconnection utility; CEO Tomblin is Vice Chair of the Borderplex Alliance.
Relationships · 4
In the timeline · 2
Dated entries in the record that involve this party. Appearing here is not an allegation — it means the graph draws an edge from this dossier to that event.
In the Watch · 3
Sources · 1
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