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El Paso council unanimously denies El Paso Electric rate filing, authorizes settlement talks
Summary
The City Council voted 9-0 to deny El Paso Electric’s full rate request and directed city staff to negotiate potential settlements with the utility and intervenors. The disputed filing sought roughly $93 million in new annual revenue and proposed changes that would shift more costs to residential customers.
The El Paso City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to deny El Paso Electric’s (EPE) January 2025 general rate filing as submitted and authorized the city manager and city attorney to enter settlement negotiations with EPE and other intervening parties.
The council’s action came after a three‑hour public hearing that included a legal recommendation from the city attorney’s utility regulation team and a technical presentation by EPE staff and witnesses. Assistant City Attorney Matt Marcus told the council, “the recommendation right now at this stage of this stage of the process ... is to deny the amount of the request and the rate design proposals, as currently filed.”
Why it matters: EPE’s filing proposed about $93 million in additional annual revenue and, as presented by company witnesses, would raise the average residential bill by about $22 per month (roughly 23% on the example bills EPE provided). The filing also included company requests to increase the customer monthly charge, change how distributed solar…
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