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

El Paso Electric (NYSE:EE) will release fourth quarter 2016 earnings on Thursday, February 23, 2017. 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:

February 23, 2017

Time:

8:30 a.m. MST (10:30 a.m. EST)

Dial in #:

888-503-8163

Conference ID:

1144948

Host Name:

Lisa Budtke

Webcast Address:

http://www.epelectric.com

Participants International Toll Number: 719-325-2405

A replay of the conference call and webcast will be available shortly after the call ends and will be available until Thursday, March 9, 2017. Please use the replay number and pass code provided below to access the replay.

Replay Toll Free Number:

888-203-1112

Replay pass code:

1144948

Replay Toll Number:

719-457-0820

End Date:

March 9, 2017

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’s common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol EE.

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El Paso ElectricPublic Relations:Eddie Gutierrez, [e-mail] Relations:Lisa Budtke, [e-mail]