Table 1 – Comparison of 2019 Output Emissions

[A]ny technology that exclusively relies on an energy source that is naturally regenerated over a short time and derived directly from the sun, indirectly from the sun, or from moving water or other natural movements and mechanisms of the environment. Renewable energy technologies include those that rely on energy derived directly from thesun, wind, geothermal, hydroelectricwave or tidal energy, or on biomass or biomass-based waste products, including landfill gas. A renewable energy technology does not rely on energy resources derived from fossil fuels, waste products from fossil fuels, or waste products from inorganic resources.

The Company’s existing resources provide a foundation for developing EPE’s 2021 Integrated ResourcePlan (“IRP”). The goalof the IRP is to produce the most cost-effective resource portfolio that minimizes cost to our customers while meeting or exceeding reliability and Renewable Portfolio Standard3 requirements. EPE utilizes its current supply side resources to satisfy the bulk of its customers' electrical demands with power generated from company-owned generating facilities and third-party purchased power agreement facilities fueled by solar, natural gas, and uranium. Further, EPE utilizes Demand Side Management (“DSM”) to encourage consumers to use less energy during peak load hours or to shift that usage to off-peak hours in order to reduce the need for additional power plants.

EPE’s carbon footprint is among the lowest one-third of the utility industry due to its ownership in the Palo Verde Generating Station and the fact that EPE exited from coal generation in 2016. Table 1 shows a comparison of output emissions of EPE, the US Power Sector, the southwestern region of WECC, New Mexico, and Texas. It is key to note that EPE has a lower carbon footprint than all the utilities combined within the southwestern region of WECC whencomparing in pounds per megawatt hour (“lbs/MWh”).

Table 1. Comparison of 2019 Output Emissions

2019 Output Emissions

El Paso Electric U.S. Power Sector WECC Southwest New Mexico Texas

CO2e (lbs/MWh)

543 884 957 1327 913

U.S. EPA, 2021. Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID) at https://www.epa.gov/egrid/summary-data

The Renewable Study explores the costs and feasibility of further decarbonization and maximization of renewable integration beyond EPE’s already low carbon footprint. The

3 EPE is subject to Renewable Portfolio Standards in both Texas and New Mexico. 16 Tex. Admin Code § 25.173, § 17.9.572 New Mexico Administrative Code.