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Veronica Escobar: “El Paso Electric will be supplying all of the electricity in…”

Featuring: Veronica Escobar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 16

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Democratic U.S. Rep. Escobar discusses Big Bend construction, data centers and the Iran war

Published | Video Starts at 09:35

Correct. El Paso Electric is on a different grid. And what the META data center is doing is it's collaborating with El Paso Electric and El Paso Electric will be supplying all of the electricity in about five years or so. That could potentially impact ratepayers in El Paso who are already facing skyrocketing utility bills. So Governor Abbott's order, even though it's, I consider it too little, too late, it doesn't even impact El Paso. (09:35–09:51)

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Asserts that El Paso Electric will supply all electricity to the META data center in five years.

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