El Paso Electric filings detail power plant impact behind Meta’s $10 billion data center

El Paso Electric filings detail power plant impact behind Meta’s $10 billion data center

As Meta Platform begins construction on its new multi-billion dollar El Paso data center, El Paso Electric is working to rapidly build a power plant for the facility that ratepayers will pay for within a few years.  Filings with the Public Utility Commission of Texas show the utility plans to shift the power plant’s cost to all customers after an initial one- to five-year “bridge” period where Meta would pay all of El Paso Electric’s cost to del…