EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — El Paso Electric celebrated the expansion of its Texas Community Solar Program with a new 10 megawatt facility in San Elizario.
The utility hosted a ribbon-cutting on Tuesday, March 18 to offically christen the expansion.
The project will allow an additional 5,000 customers to gain access to solar energy with reduced rates, El Paso Electric said.
The new solar facility occupies 70 acres of previously unused farmland, El Paso Electric said, and features nearly 19,000 solar panels.
“El Paso Electric’s Texas Community Solar began operating in 2017 with a 3 MW facility located in far East El Paso and was fully subscribed in one month. The first expansion occurred in 2018 bringing a total of 5 MW available to Texas customers. The expansion in San Elizario is expected to be operational by the end of 2024,” El Paso Electric said in its news release.
El Paso Electric provides service to about 460,000 customers in West Texas and Southern New Mexico.
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