EL PASO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
The Board of Directors of El Paso Electric (NYSE:EE) has declared a
regular quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of $0.25 per share.
The dividend was declared on October 23, 2012 and is payable on December
28, 2012 to shareholders of record on December 13, 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.

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Source: El Paso Electric
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