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

El Paso Electric (NYSE:EE) will release second quarter 2016 earnings on Wednesday, August 3, 2016. 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:

August 3, 2016

Time:

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

Dial in #:

888-337-8198

Conference ID:

6337142

Host Name:

Lisa Budtke

Webcast Address:

http://www.epelectric.com

Participants International Toll Number:

719-325-2494

A replay of the conference call and webcast will be available shortly after the call ends and will be available until Wednesday, August 17, 2016. Please use the replay number and pass code provided below to access the replay.

Replay #:

888-203-1112

Replay pass code:

6337142

International Toll Number:

719-457-0820

End Date:

August 17, 2016

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 1,990 MW. El Paso Electric’s common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol EE.

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