El Paso Electric First Quarter Earnings Release Date and Conference Call Notification

El Paso Electric (NYSE:EE) will release first quarter 2015 earnings on Wednesday, May 6, 2015. A conference call and presentation will be webcast on El Paso Electric’s website, www.epelectric.com. Please use the following information to access the conference call by phone:

Date:

May 6, 2015

Time:

8:30 a.m. MDT (10:30 a.m. EDT)

Dial in #:

888-466-4462

Conference ID:

5619633

Host Name:

Lisa Budtke

Webcast Address:

http://www.epelectric.com

Participants International Toll Number: 719-457-2697

A replay of the conference call and webcast will be available shortly after the call ends and will be available until Wednesday, May 20, 2015. Please use the replay number and pass code provided below to access the replay.

Replay #:

888-203-1112

Replay pass code:

5619633

International Toll Number:

719-457-0820

End Date:

May 20, 2015

El Paso Electric is a regional electric utility providing generation, transmission and distribution service to approximately 400,000 retail and wholesale customers in a 10,000 square mile area of the Rio Grande valley in west Texas and southern New Mexico. El Paso Electric has a net dependable generating capability of 2,010 MW. El Paso Electric’s common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol EE.

El Paso ElectricPublic RelationsEddie Gutierrez, [e-mail] RelationsLisa Budtke, [e-mail]