El Paso Electric New Mexico Rate Case Conference Call for Investors and Analysts

El Paso Electric (NYSE:EE) will host a conference call for Investors and Analysts to discuss the Company’s recent New Mexico Rate Case filing. The 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 12, 2015

Time:

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

Dial in #:

888-299-7209

Conference ID:

9581572

Host Name:

Lisa Budtke

Webcast Address:

http://www.epelectric.com

Participants International Toll Number: 719-325-2454

A replay of the conference call and webcast will be available shortly after the call ends and will be available until Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Please use the replay number and pass code provided below to access the replay.

Replay #:

888-203-1112

Replay pass code:

9581572

International Toll Number:

719-457-0820

End Date:

May 26, 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]