El Paso Electric (EPE) has unveiled a long-term energy supply resource plan in an effort to green up its power generation portfolio, the utility company announced last month.
Under the plan, EPE intends to expand solar energy, introduce utility-scale battery storage, and construct a new natural gas-fired generation unit. These initiatives are expected to help meet EPE’s 2022-2023 summer peak seasons energy demand and replace older, less efficient gas-fired generation.
“By being able to introduce large-scale battery storage into our region, we will, for the first time ever, be able to harness the power of the sun from our solar facilities and utilize that energy at night and during cloudy days,” said Adrian Rodriguez, interim CEO of EPE.
In 2017, the company determined it would need to add 50 megawatts of additional capacity by 2022 and 320 megawatts by 2023 to meet the needs of customers. After reviewing proposals received in response to an RFP, EPE select
