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

EL PASO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--El Paso Electric (NYSE:EE) will release third quarter earnings on November 1, 2012. 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:	November 1, 2012
Time:	8:30 a.m. MT (10:30 a.m. ET)
Dial in #:	888-417-8465
Conference ID:	7564457
Host Name:	Steven P. Busser, EE Vice President and Treasurer
Webcast Address:	http://www.epelectric.com

Participants International Toll Number: 719-325-2402

A replay of the conference call and webcast will be available shortly after the call ends and will be available until November 15, 2012. Please use the replay number and pass code provided below to access the replay.

Replay #:	888-203-1112
Replay Pass code:	7564457
International Toll Number:	719-457-0820
End Date:	November 15, 2012

El Paso Electric is a regional electric utility providing generation, transmission and distribution service to approximately 384,000 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 1,785 MW. El Paso Electric’s common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol EE.