# El Paso Electric **Entity class:** Electric utility ## Definition **El Paso Electric** is the regional electric utility serving El Paso and surrounding areas. Gigawatt-scale data-center proposals make generation, transmission, interconnection, resilience, rates, and load growth central planning questions. ## Relationships - **serves:** [[wiki/City of El Paso|City of El Paso]] and regional customers. - **infrastructure demand:** [[wiki/Meta El Paso Data Center|Meta El Paso Data Center]] and potential [[wiki/Fort Bliss Hyperscale Data Center|Fort Bliss]] loads. - **generation proposal:** [[wiki/McCloud Natural Gas Facility|McCloud Natural Gas Facility]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [City of El Paso — Draft Data Center Policy Framework](https://www.elpasotexas.gov/assets/Documents/CoEP/Data-Centers/Draft-Data-Center-Policy-Framework-updated.pdf)