SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTSettlement Agreement • August 14th, 2021
Contract Type FiledAugust 14th, 2021EPE is proposing to modify the existing Newman Generating Station, located at 4900 Stan Roberts Sr. Avenue in El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, by constructing a new Mitsubishi 501G series natural gas 230-Megawatt simple cycle combustion turbine fired by pipeline quality natural gas, referred to as Newman Unit 6, along with ancillary equipment (“Project”), which are more completely described in EPE’s permit application (“Application”). To receive authorization for the Project, EPE filed air permit applications, including the Application, with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (“TCEQ”). Chaparral Community Coalition for Health and the Environment is an unincorporated neighborhood association based in Chaparral, New Mexico. Protestants have opposed the Application and TCEQ’s issuance of the air permits applied for by EPE and were granted party status in State Office of Administrative Hearings (“SOAH”) Docket No. 582-21-1740 (TCEQ Docket No. 2021-0314-AIR), which is pending at S