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El Paso Electric is expanding its footprint in East El Paso.

The company started in 1901 as the El Paso Electric Railway Company, initially focused on providing transportation via mule-drawn streetcars. By 1902, the mule-drawn streetcars were replaced with electric streetcars, and by 1925, the company's business focus shifted to producing and distributing electricity.

EPE provides electricity for roughly 465,000 customers across a 10,000-square-mile area stre

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