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El Paso Electric Customers in Texas to Receive Credit

El Paso Electric will refund its Texas customers about $25 on average throughout the next three months, which will lower monthly bills by about 7.5% from September through November.

The utility predicts how much power it has to generate to supply customers months or years ahead of time, and also how much fuel it has to buy – such as natural gas or nuclear power plant fuel – to generate the electricity the utility thinks it will need.

After that process, El Paso Electric reconciles the amount it expected to spend on fuel with how much it actually spent, and issues a refund or

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